[Call to Order]
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GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER FOR NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023.
WILL YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH IT STANDS.
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR REED HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON HERE.
ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.THE FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM DOUG BABER, OUR CITY MANAGER FROM THE CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER.
IF YOU WOULD KINDLY COME UP TO THE PODIUM, SIR.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER.
I COME HERE TODAY WITH MY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, TROY SLATTERY.
WE WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF SOME VERY KIND HEARTED FOLKS AND EMPLOYEES.
AND HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A COUPLE OF BAD WEEKS HERE LATELY IN IN THE CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER.
AND WE ARE THE THE GEM OF THE NATURE COAST, AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON A LOT OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
ABOUT 30 DAYS AFTER I STARTED IN THE CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, WE EXPERIENCED HURRICANE IDALIA.
SO IT FLOODED NEARLY 40% OF THE HOMES IN CRYSTAL RIVER AND PUTTING MANY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOUSES WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF ALL THE RESIDENTS TO BE AS RESILIENT AS THEY ARE. THE CITY STAFF WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE TO KEEP MOVING THE CITY FORWARD.
WITH THAT, WE CAME ACROSS A PHONE CALL FROM DAVID REYES HERE WITH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, AS WELL AS FROM YOUR CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER FROM CALLOWAY, EDDIE COOK. THEY OFFERED TO DO THE SISTER CITY PROGRAM, WHICH I HAD HEARD ABOUT THROUGH MY TIMES IN BAY COUNTY, AT THE CITY OF MEXICO BEACH.
THAT HAD ALSO BEEN THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF DISASTER THERE OVER THE YEARS.
WE GOT HIT PRETTY HARD AS SOME OF THE STAFF EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN HIT AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE FLOOD.
A LOT OF THEM LIVE IN TOWN AND THEN THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO WORK TO DO THEIR JOB.
SO WITH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, THE ABILITY TO HELP US BY SENDING OVER SEVERAL CREWS AFTER THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF THE STORM HELPED US OPEN UP OUR STORMWATER, HELPED THE WATER TO RESIDE. WE HAD WE HAD THINGS THAT WE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
AIRBOAT RESCUES GOING DOWN HIGHWAY 19.
IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, WE HAD MANATEES FLOATING BEHIND THE DRIVE THROUGH AT WENDY'S.
HE COULD KIND OF TELL SOME OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAD WITH THE CITY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH YOU, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICES, MANY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OVER 35 YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE OPENED OUR STORMWATER MAIN CANALS AND WE WERE ABLE TO FOCUS.
SOME OF MY TEAM WAS ABLE TO STAY FOCUSED ON OUR ROADS.
WITHIN A WEEK OF THE HURRICANE, OUR CITY WAS BACK TO LIFE.
IN FACT, DANIEL AND I STAY IN CONTACT FREQUENTLY AS A RESULT OF THAT.
SO I'VE GOT A FRIEND FOR LIFE, I HOPE.
HE'S A RANGER. HE'S A RANGER PARK RANGER FOR US IN THE CITY.
AND HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
IT WASN'T JUST LIKE THE GIFT CARDS AND THINGS THAT WOULD HELP HIM BUY NECESSITIES THAT HE NEEDED.
I MEAN, IT WAS ALL THE CLOTHES AND THINGS THAT CAME.
THE BIGGEST THING HE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR WHAT HE SAID.
HE'S A PARK RANGER FOR THE CITY.
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THROUGH THOSE TOGETHER. BUT HE SAID THOSE WILL BE FRAMED ON HIS WALL.AND HE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF OF IT'S HARD TO TAKE THINGS.
SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT.
I'M ACTUALLY ON HERE, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR OF CRYSTAL RIVER, JOE MEEK.
HE HAS ASKED ME TO PRESENT A PLAQUE.
I'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL KEY TO THE CITY.
I'D LIKE TO READ THAT TO YOU IF YOU GOT A SECOND.
SO THIS IS ON THE BEHALF OF JOE MEEK.
IN RECOGNITION OF SUCH, THIS KEY TO THE CITY IS BEING PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS WITH THANKS AND APPRECIATION FROM THE CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER AND THOSE WHO RESIDE HERE. THOSE THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE NORMAL BECOME THE LOCAL HEROES THAT ARE PART OF OUR BEST RESOURCE.
AND AND CAUSE TO BE AFFIXED TO THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA.
THIS SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023.
HONORABLE JOE MEEK, MAYOR I WOULD LIKE TO GET A PICTURE IF I COULD.
IT'D BE EXCITING FOR ME AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE RIGHT DOWN.
WE WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO BE A PART OF YOUR CITY.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A SISTER CITY, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT SAFETY IS ALWAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR FOR ALL OF US HERE AND OUR EXTRAORDINARY STAFF.
AND AND DAVID REYES AND HIS TEAM, YOU HAD YOU HAD FOLKS OUT THERE WITHIN HOURS TO HELP.
YOU'RE ON THE PHONE RIGHT AWAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A REFLECTION OF HOW MUCH WE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR COMING.
AND THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR THE KEY TO THE CITY.
THANK YOU. WE'LL BE RIGHT OVER.
ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER MOMENT FOR AN INITIATIVE THAT COUNCIL JUST APPROVED RECENTLY WHERE DURING OUR BUDGET HEARINGS, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT AS A COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW FOR A $5,000 PER YEAR PER SCHOOL DONATION FOR THE TEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT AND DRAW THEM OUT OF A HAT, OKAY.
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WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND JOIN YOU.CONCERT. YAY! PUBLIC SCHOOLS! ALL RIGHT, LYNN, ARE YOU READY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DRAW ONE SCHOOL.
SO LUCKILY THERE ARE FIVE OF US AND TEN SCHOOLS WITHIN THE AREA.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PRINCIPALS WHO CAME TO JOIN US TONIGHT.
SOME OF US ARE SO LUCKY TO GET TO SPEND TIME IN YOUR SCHOOLS.
PLEASE KEEP INVITING US. WE WILL COME AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO EVERY DAY.
ARE YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO HOLD THIS AND YOU GET TO CHOOSE.
OH AND I'LL GO LAST. IT'S FINE.
YEAH. ARE YOU READY? VICE MAYOR. WHERE'S VICE MAYOR? OKAY, SO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS PUBLIC SCHOOL DONATION IS.
AND THE WINNER FOR THE FIRST YEAR, 2023 IS.
CARL IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.
WHO IS IT? MARSH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2023.
ARE YOU HERE? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE AFTERWARDS OF EVERYBODY.
YEAH, OKAY. THEY'RE THERE. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. AND SO THE NEXT, THE NEXT SCHOOL TO BE DRAWN FOR THE YEAR 2024, $5,000.
WHO'S IT GOING TO BE? OH, BOY. DREMEL.
PIERCE HAMMOCK. PIERCE HAMMOCK.
HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, PUT YOUR HAND IN.
DRUM ROLL. DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT SAYS TIMBER TRACE ELEMENTARY.
CONGRATULATIONS. TIMBER TRACE.
A SCHOOL BUS HAT. PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY.
SAID. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING IN.
I'M NOT LOOKING. LET'S SEE HOW.
WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT UP.
OKAY. COME ON AROUND AGAIN, GUYS.
I WON'T SCREW AROUND WITH OUR BUS HAT.
PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL.
WOO HOO! YOU GOT THAT? ALL RIGHT. NEXT. NEXT.
THREE MORE TO GO. YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
YOU GOT IT. DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND A PAIR OF READING GLASSES.
CONGRATULATIONS. I GOT TO BE PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY THE OTHER DAY AT EISENHOWER.
BERT. WE'VE GOT WATSON B DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ALL RIGHT. AND LAST BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT LEAST IS DWYER HIGH SCHOOL FOR OUR TEN YEAR OUT PROGRAM.
SO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS STAY INVOLVED ANY TIME YOU RECEIVE THAT $5,000 OR EVERY YEAR.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.
I DON'T KNOW, HE GETS EVERYBODY IN THERE.
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OKAY. THANK YOU.THANKS AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF ME.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT IT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM PALM TRAN AND I THOUGHT I SAW JOSH NICOLE COME IN.
COME ON. HOW ARE YOU? COME ON UP. OH, CLINTON.
YOU'RE HERE. I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
HELLO, SIR. CLINTON FORBES IS HERE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PALM TRAN.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR UPDATE.
MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I'M JOINED BY JOSH NAGEL, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT PLANNING AT PALM TRAN, AND DEBORAH POSEY BLOCKER, WHO IS THE GOVERNOR GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS LEADER. I DO RECOGNIZE, MADAM MAYOR, THAT YOU HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE AGENDA.
YOU WILL SEE THAT I WILL SKIP OVER SEVERAL SLIDES IN RECOGNITION OF BREVITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO CUE THIS PRESENTATION UP FOR ME.
BEGIN. WHICH ONE IS YOURS? RIGHT THERE. THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT AGAIN.
CLINTON FORBES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PALM TRAN.
YOU KNOW, I JUST JUST WANT TO TAKE A 30S ON THIS SLIDE.
THIS, I THINK, REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, ILLUSTRATES WHAT WE DO AT PALM TRAN IN TERMS OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL ASSETS, THE ROLLING STOCK THAT WE USE.
WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE.
AND THE PILLARS OF THAT MISSION STATEMENT IS WE DO IT SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY AND COURTEOUSLY.
THE SECOND PILLAR IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, AND THAT IS EFFICIENCY.
YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE FIDUCIARIES OF THE OF THE PUBLIC DOLLAR AND THAT WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE SPEND THE PUBLIC'S TAX DOLLARS WISELY.
AGAIN, WE'LL SKIP OVER SOME OF THESE ITEMS. IN INTEREST OF TIME, I'M JUST ON THE PROGRESS TO DATE ON THESE CHANGES THAT WE'RE USHERING IN IN PALM TRAN THAT AFFECTS PALM BEACH GARDENS. WE HAVE HAD A BOARD WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT THE BOARD DIRECTED US TO MEET WITH OUR BOARD AT PALM TRAN, THE PALM TRAN SERVICE BOARD, TO GET OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO HAVE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HELD THAT MEETING ON OCTOBER 26TH.
WE ANTICIPATE THE BOARD RATIFYING OUR PLAN ON NOVEMBER 28TH, AND THE BOARD ALSO DIRECTED US TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE AFFECTED AND IMPACTED MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE CHANGES.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE CHAIR OF THE TPA, THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY HERE.
WE COULD SHARE THAT RIVIERA BEACH AND PALM BEACH GARDENS, OF COURSE.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. AND THE VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON IS SET FOR DECEMBER 5TH.
THESE ARE ALL OF THE AFFECTED AREAS BY THESE CHANGES.
WE HAVE THREE MODES OF TRANSIT FIXED ROUTE, PARATRANSIT AND MOBILITY ON DEMAND.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT FIXED ROUTE AND PARATRANSIT JUST TO ISOLATE THAT FOR YOU.
AND WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE ARE REDESIGNING HOW WE DELIVER PUBLIC TRANSIT.
WE CALL IT A PART OF OUR ROUTE PERFORMANCE MAXIMIZATION PROJECT 2.0.
THE FIRST MAP THAT YOU SEE THERE INDICATES ROUTE 33 AND ROUTE 20.
AND ROUTE 21 ALSO TRAVERSES THIS AREA.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MADE TO OUR BOARD WAS TO ELIMINATE ROUTE 21 THAT ESSENTIALLY TRAVERSES ALONG THAT CORNER PROSPERITY ROAD FARM TO THE GARDENS.
IT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A VERY CIRCUITOUS ROUTE, AND MODIFY THE ROUTES 20 AND 33 TO PROVIDE COVERAGE AND ADD THAT SOMETHING NEW, A NEW APPROACH HERE, A TRANSPORT NETWORK COMPANY VOUCHER PILOT PROGRAM.
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MAGNOLIA PARK, TRI-RAIL AND THE MUNICIPALITIES AFFECTED PALM BEACH GARDENS, NORTH PALM BEACH, LAKE PARK, RIVIERA BEACH, AND MANGONIA PARK. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO ELIMINATE ROUTE 21 AND REPLACE IT WITH A TRANSPORT NETWORK COMPANY VOUCHER PROGRAM.THIS, THIS ESSENTIALLY, COMMUNITY WILL EMERGE WITH BETTER MOBILITY THAN IT HAD BEFORE ON ROUTE 21. ROUTE 21 IS ONE OF OUR LOWER PERFORMING ROUTES.
OUT OF THE 31 ROUTES WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S NUMBER 30.
WE SPEND APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION ANNUALIZED TO OPERATE THE ROUTE.
AS I LIKE TO JOKE WITH MY STAFF, WE CARRY AIR CONDITIONING, SO IT'S ABOUT 1.1 BOARDINGS A DAY ON THAT ROUTE. AND SO THAT'S NOT EFFICIENT.
TAX THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS WISELY.
AND SO WE ARE REPLACING IT WITH THIS MOBILITY OPTION WHICH ACTUALLY IS BETTER TRANSIT.
FOR EXAMPLE THE ANNUALIZED COST OF THE ROUTE IS 1.1 MILLION.
THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS UBER LYFT PARTNERSHIP WILL BE ABOUT 150 TO $200,000 ANNUALIZED.
SO ESSENTIALLY, THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT YOU WILL MERGE WITH BETTER TRANSIT, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE ROUTE 33 AND 20 THAT WE HAVE MODIFIED TO MAKE TO COVER SOME OF THE AREAS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE OVERLAID THAT'S THE BLUE LIGHT BLUE SHADED AREA WHICH WE CALL A ZONE.
THAT'S WHERE THE TNC WILL OPERATE.
AND SO ON. FIXED ROUTE ESSENTIALLY A FIXED ROUTE IS OF COURSE OUR BIG 40 FOOT BUSSES.
IN ORDER TO USE THE FIXED ROUTE, EVERY TRANSIT TRIP MUST BEGIN WITH A PEDESTRIAN TRIP.
A CYCLING TRIP OR SOMEONE DROP YOU TO THE BUS STOP.
YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE BUS STOP.
YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE BUS STOP.
WITH THIS APPROACH, WE TAKE YOU FROM YOUR DOORSTEP OF YOUR HOME, WITHIN THIS ZONE TO YOUR DESTINATION, OR TO A CONNECTING BUS STOP THAT CAN TAKE YOU A LONGER DISTANCE.
AND SO WE'LL TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT HOW THAT.
SO WE'RE DOING THIS IN THREE AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
PALM BEACH GARDENS WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED A VERY LOW PERFORMING ROUTE.
ROUTE 52IN ROYAL PALM WHICH IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST IN TERMS OF PRODUCTIVITY.
WE'RE ELIMINATING THAT ROUTE TOTALLY.
SO BUT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THOSE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THIS AREA.
SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY IN TERMS OF OUR SAVINGS TO DO THIS.
WE ASK THE BOARD TO ALLOW US TO REINVEST THE 2.4 MILLION BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
ALLOW US TO REINVEST THEM BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE THREE PILOT TNC VOUCHER PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE ELIMINATED ROUTES AND INCREASE THE PEAK WEEKDAY FREQUENCY OF ROUTE THREE FROM 30 TO 20 MINUTES AND SUNDAY FROM 60 TO 30 MINUTES, WHICH OF COURSE AFFECTS PALM BEACH GARDENS IS ONE OF OUR MOST PRODUCTIVE ROUTES.
IF YOU CAN LOOK ON THE RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE, THAT SORT OF MAGENTA LINE THAT GOES UP THE SPINE OF THE COUNTY FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS TO BOCA RATON, IS ONE OF OUR MOST PRODUCTIVE ROUTES, IS 30 MINUTE SERVICE.
WE WANT TO DIAL UP THE FREQUENCY TO 20 MINUTES.
THAT MEANS THE BUS COMES EVERY 20 MINUTES.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE A ROUTE THAT IS LINEAR, THAT TRAVELS ALONG A DENSE AREA AND THAT IS FREQUENT, IT EQUALS RIDERSHIP, IT EQUALS BETTER USABILITY.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER MINOR MODIFICATIONS OR REINVESTMENTS WE WON'T GO INTO.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY WHEN YOU DIAL UP THE FREQUENCY.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS.
WE DID IT ON ROUTE 43IN OKEECHOBEE.
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AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 2021 TO 2022, 15% INCREASE FROM 2022 TO 2023, 22% INCREASE.AND WE EXPECT THE SAME TO HAPPEN FOR ROUTE THREE THAT THAT REINVESTMENT.
THIS IS HOW ROUTE THREE LOOKS NOW DURING PEAK PERIODS IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY.
WE LIKE TO LIKE TO SEE THIS PHOTO, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS RIDERSHIP.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A CRUSH LOAD.
AND BUT IT'S NOT AS CONVENIENT FOR THE CUSTOMER.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF BY INTRODUCING MORE FREQUENT SERVICE.
HERE ARE THE THREE TNC VOUCHER PILOT PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS.
SO A PERSON AND I HAVE ROUTE 52 UP HERE JUST FOR ILLUSTRATION BECAUSE THIS IS THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPACTFUL CHANGE BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THE FIXED ROUTE OUT OF THIS AREA.
SO JUST AS AN ILLUSTRATION A CUSTOMER WILL.
JUST LIKE YOU WOULD HAIL AN UBER OR LYFT.
YOU PULL OUT YOUR PHONE FROM YOUR HOME AND YOU'LL SELECT AN UBER OR LYFT.
THAT UBER OR LYFT WILL COME TO THE DOORSTEP OF YOUR HOME OR THE CURB.
IT'S VERY INTUITIVE, AND THAT DESTINATION COULD BE A A BUS STOP THAT WE HAVE GEOCODED IN THE ZONE WITHIN 400FT OF THAT BUS STOP.
AND SO THAT UBER AND LYFT, YOU WILL PAY $2 RIGHT NOW ON THE FIXED ROUTE, THE FARE IS $2, RIGHT.
YOU WILL PAY $2 INITIALLY FOR THE TRIP AND WE WILL SUBSIDIZE.
WE WILL PROVIDE YOU A VOUCHER FOR $8.
SO THAT'S THE $10 ESSENTIALLY VALUE THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL USING THE UBER AND LYFT.
WE ESTIMATE THAT THAT VALUE WILL GET YOU BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF TO THREE MILES WITHIN THE ZONE.
YOU CANNOT TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE ZONE.
SO IF YOU IF YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO CONNECT TO A BUS STOP AND GO A LONGER DISTANCE AND YOU WANT TO GO TO PUBLIX OR MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT, CHRISTOPHER'S, OR, YOU KNOW, TO THE BARBERSHOP OR THE PUBLIX, YOU CAN HAIL THAT VEHICLE FROM YOUR HOME.
IF THERE'S A BUS STOP, GEOCODED IN THAT AREA.
AND IF THERE'S NOT, AND THAT'S A PLACE OF DESTINATION, WE CAN PUT A PLACE, A BUS STOP THERE IN GEOCODED, IF YOU TRAVEL MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF TO THREE MILES, THEN YOU CARRY THE ADDITIONAL FREIGHT, BUT YOU HAVE TO STILL DO IT WITHIN THE ZONE.
SO LET'S SAY YOU TRAVELED FIVE MILES AND THAT TRIP CAME UP TO $14.
WE WILL SUBSIDIZE EIGHT, AND AT THE END OF YOUR TRIP YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $4 TO PAY.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW IT WORKS.
IF A IF A CUSTOMER DOES NOT HAVE A SMARTPHONE OR REQUIRES AN ADA VEHICLE, AN ADA ACCESSIBLE TAXI WILL BE DEPLOYED BY TELEPHONE. NOW, AS YOU KNOW, UBER AND LYFT, THEY DO NOT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTS AND THEY DO NOT THEY'RE NOT SUBJECTED TO, YOU KNOW, OUR REQUIREMENTS OF RIGOROUS DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING AND BACKGROUND.
SO IF A MOTHER OR A PERSON IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF IT, THE TAXI COMPANIES ESSENTIALLY STAND IN OUR SHOES WITH THE TYPE OF RIGOROUS TESTING AND BACKGROUND THAT GOVERNMENT DOES.
I'M GOING TO SKIP THIS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT.
AND LAST, OUR CONNECTION EFFICIENCY PROJECT.
WE ARE REALLY REDEFINING HOW WE PROVIDE THIS VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A VERY DELICATE COMMUNITY OF RIDERS, OUR ELDERLY AND DISABLED.
THIS IS THE SMALLER GRAY VEHICLE.
WE CALL IT A CUTAWAY, A SMALL VAN THAT TRANSPORTS OUR ELDERLY AND DISABLED.
AND SO WE ARE REDESIGNING HOW WE DELIVER THAT SERVICE.
THE COSTS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF.
IT'S A SERVICE RIGHT NOW THAT IS REALLY NOT SUSTAINABLE INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THE PROPORTION OF PARATRANSIT BUDGET TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE FIXED ROUTE BUDGET
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IS JUST ENORMOUS.YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR PEERS ARE WELL BELOW 20%.
SO WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON THIS SERVICE.
AND SO WE'RE REDESIGNING THAT SERVICE AS A PART OF THIS PLAN.
WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE ARE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PUT FORWARD TO THE BOARD ON THIS.
ONE IS TO ALIGN THE ADA SERVICE AREA WITH FTA GUIDELINES.
TWO IS TO LAUNCH A TRANS ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROGRAM USING LYFT.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THAT MEANS, IS, OF COURSE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, THAT'S THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM, THE SQUIGGLY SORT OF MAGENTA LINES.
THAT'S. THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM.
THE MIDDLE SLIDE IS THREE QUARTERS MILE OF THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM.
THAT'S THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. WE ARE REQUIRED.
THAT'S ONLY THE SERVICE WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PARATRANSIT.
AND ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE IS SERVES ALL.
PALM BEACH COUNTY SERVES ALL PALM BEACH COUNTY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE PROVIDE TODAY.
MOST TRANSIT AGENCIES PROVIDE THE MIDDLE THE SERVICE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE.
AND SO WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS TRANSITIONING OUR SYSTEM TO THE MIDDLE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS NOT TO HAVE A LIGHT SWITCH APPROACH TO THIS, TO CHANGE THIS VERY IMPORTANT SERVICE TO A VERY DELICATE GROUP OF RIDERS IN A VERY SLOW WAY.
THE FARES WE ARE RECOMMENDING, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED IN TEN YEARS.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO TO THE FEDERAL MAXIMUM OF $4, WHICH IS A 14% INCREASE, AND WE PLAN A VERY ROBUST PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, FIELD PEOPLE ON THE GROUND AT HIGH RIDERSHIP LOCATIONS, MAILERS, SOCIAL MEDIA ON BOARD, AUDIO AND VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF POSTINGS AT EVERY BUS STOP SIGN, SIMPLY EXPLAINING HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
AND OF COURSE, WE'LL DO MAILERS AND MUNICIPAL COORDINATION.
BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THE TNC PART OF THIS IN JANUARY.
SO WE ARE ON A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE.
AND THAT MADAM MAYOR CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. FORBES. DOES COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION AT THE MOMENT? ALL RIGHT. IF WE DO HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THE DECK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, WILL YOU COME BACK AGAIN IF WE NEED YOU TO? WE WOULD LOVE TO. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
[V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]
I DO HAVE TWO COMMENT CARDS THAT ARE FOR ITEMS NOT CONSIDERED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.THE FIRST CARD WILL BE FOR MS..
JASMINE TAYLOR, AND THE SECOND CARD WILL BE FOR LAWRENCE MILSTEIN.
THE CONVERSATION THAT MR. MILSTEIN WILL BE SHARING WITH US WILL BE FOR AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF JASMINE TAYLOR COULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 3594 FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
GOOD EVENING. I AM A SENIOR STUDENT AT WILLIAM T DWYER HIGH SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING MY GUESTS ARE THANKING THE GUESTS THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT, AND A BIG THANK YOU TO MISS MAYOR CHELSEA REED, AS WELL AS THE VICE MAYOR WOODS, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT.
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SCHOOL AND THE STUDENTS.WHILE THE MAIN FOCUS TENDS TO BE COLLEGE, THERE IS A LARGE PART OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION THAT ARE INVESTING TIME AND EFFORT IN OTHER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS ARMED SERVICES AND TRADE SCHOOLS.
THE MAJORITY OF ON CAMPUS CLUBS AND PROGRAMS ARE SELF-FUNDED, MEANING THEY RECEIVE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE SCHOOL, ONLY WHAT IS INDEPENDENTLY RAISED BY THE MEMBERS. SOME OF THE CLUBS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED AT DWYER ARE CAREER BASED PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SKILLS AND RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS SEEKING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF COLLEGE.
THE GRANT FUNDS WOULD SUPPORT THE JROTC PROGRAM BY PROVIDING THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, IMPROVING THE RESOURCES UTILIZED TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERSHIP TO THE PROGRAM, AND OFFER SUPPORT TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY IN DWYER COMMUNITY.
LASTLY, THANK YOU, MAYOR CHELSEA REED, FOR INITIATING THE SUPPORT OF OUR LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
YOU MAY BE SEATED. AND I HAVE TO SAY, WE'RE ALL SO IMPRESSED TO GET UP IN FRONT OF THIS MANY FOLKS.
YOU'RE AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
IF YOU COULD JUST KINDLY STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
LAWRENCE MILSTEIN, 497 CAPISTRANO DRIVE AND PALM BEACH GARDENS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR REED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE, OR AJC.
PALM BEACH COUNTY REGIONAL OFFICE.
ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2020, THREE MORE JEWS WERE MURDERED THAN ON ANY SINGLE DAY SINCE THE HOLOCAUST.
IT WAS A MODERN DAY POGROM, BUT THIS TIME NOT IN EASTERN EUROPE OR IN CZARIST RUSSIA, BUT IN THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. THE REST IS REALLY COMMENTARY, BUT THE COMMENTARY IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S OUR DUTY, INDEED OUR OBLIGATION, TO BEAR WITNESS.
THE MORE THAN 1400 JEWS BRUTALLY MURDERED, INCLUDING 30 AMERICANS, WERE WOMEN, CHILDREN, GRANDMOTHERS, INFANTS, HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND EVEN ENTIRE FAMILIES.
THE MASSACRE, THE SLAUGHTER, THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY MUST NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
LET US CONSTANTLY REMIND THE WORLD THAT SUCH EVIL MUST BE DEFEATED, THAT HAMAS IS A VICIOUS, TOUTED BY IRAN AND ENGAGED IN A GENOCIDAL CAMPAIGN NOT ONLY AGAINST ISRAEL, BUT AGAINST JEWS EVERYWHERE.
FOLLOWING OUR OWN NINE DIVIDED BY 11, NOBODY SUPPORTED AL QAEDA WHEN PARIS WAS ATTACKED.
THERE IS NO MORAL EQUIVALENCE.
ISRAEL WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN PEACE.
BUT SHE CANNOT ALLOW HER MOTHERS AND CHILDREN TO BE SLAUGHTERED.
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FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF THE HOSTAGES.AND WE THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER REPORT TONIGHT, RON? IN THE INTERESTS OF TIME, I WILL FOREGO THE MANAGER REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL JUST VERY BRIEFLY RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF TONIGHT AND OUR COUNCIL WEARING TEAL.
WE'RE WEARING TEAL IN SUPPORT OF THE ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR RAISING ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS.
AND OUR CITY HALL AS YOU LEAVE.
YOU'LL SEE IT IS ALSO LIT UP IN TEAL.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM HERE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WILL BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? MY COUNCIL? NO, MA'AM.MR.. ALL RIGHT. SO NOTHING HAS BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT AGENDA.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. IT'S WORKING.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW.
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AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE A LARGER GROUP THAN NORMAL.SO IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH US, WE JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION AS WE GO.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO IS WE READ A QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENT.
AND SO I'LL BE DOING THAT NOW.
TONIGHT WE'RE HOLDING A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES.
AT FIRST READING A REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,193.58 ACRES.
ORDINANCE 21 2023 AT FIRST READING REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 20.27 ACRES.
ORDINANCE 22 OF 2023 FIRST READING REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 31.25 ACRES.
ORDINANCE 23 2023 FIRST READING REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 32.92 ACRES.
ORDINANCE 24 2023 FIRST READING REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 38.71 ACRES.
ORDINANCE, 19 2023 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF A CITY INITIATED PETITION TO REZONE 13.45 ACRES AND ORDINANCE 26, 2023. AT FIRST READING CITY INITIATED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, OR PUD REZONING.
THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BASE ITS DECISION 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 CROSS-EXAMINE ANY OF THE WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED TONIGHT.
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 ON TESTIFYING THIS EVENING TO DO YOUR THREE MINUTES OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FILLED OUT A CARD. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY CLERK CITY CLERK OVER HERE HAS RECEIVED IT.
ANYONE WHO INTENDS TO GIVE TESTIMONY TONIGHT, THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THE CASES.
SO IF YOU FILLED OUT A CARD, PLEASE STAND UP.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING TONIGHT FOR THREE MINUTES, WHICH YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ANNEXATION OR ANYTHING IN OUR AGENDA, PLEASE STAND UP SO YOU CAN BE SWORN IN. YOU MAY NOT DO PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE QUASI JUDICIAL.
TONIGHT, ORDINANCE 20, ORDINANCE 21, ORDINANCE 22, ORDINANCE 23.
AND ORDINANCE 24 WILL BE A COMBINED PRESENTATION.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING.
AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH EX PARTE.
DO WE HAVE EX PARTE FOR MARCIE.
BESIDES THE EMAILS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED I SPOKE TO MR. PETER BANTING. ALL RIGHT.
OUTSIDE OF THE EMAILS FROM THE RESIDENTS.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M IN THE SAME BOAT, HAVING RECEIVED A FEW EMAILS.SO BEFORE WE DIG IN, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT WITH PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION, TESTIMONY AND DISCUSSION.
ABOVE ALL, MUTUAL RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION IS EXPECTED.
SO TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS TONIGHT, HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF BASIC GROUND RULES.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS CHAMBER FUNCTIONS MOST EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY BY FOLLOWING RULES OF DECORUM WITH RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL TONE AND CONDUCT TOWARDS US ALL. IF YOU PLAN TO COMMENT PUBLICLY, PLEASE ASSURE AGAIN THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
I WILL ASK YOU AS YOU COME UP AS WELL.
PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND WE DO ASK THAT YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENTS WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
KEEP IN MIND THAT'S ABOUT 150 WORDS.
SO IF YOU'VE WRITTEN OUT WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO SAY, YOU MAY WANT TO JUST TAKE A QUICK PEEK.
IN 150 WORDS IS ABOUT THREE MINUTES.
SO WHEN YOU ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS, WE ASK THAT YOU ADDRESS THE PRESIDING OFFICER, WHICH IS ME, AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALLY CALL ANYONE OUT, WHETHER IT'S COUNCIL STAFF OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SO LET'S USE COMMON COURTESY TONIGHT.
ANY ACTIONS THAT DISRUPT THIS ORDERLY CONDUCT OF OUR MEETING OUT OF ACCORDANCE WITH BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DECORUM, MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATELY BEING REMOVED FROM THESE PROCEEDINGS.
SO WE TRY TO CULTIVATE AND PROTECT AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL AND OUR PUBLIC CAN ATTEND TO MUNICIPAL BUSINESS OPENLY, FAIRLY AND RESPECTFULLY WITH FULL PARTICIPATION.
SO PLEASE KNOW ONE LAST THING.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING FOR ORDINANCE 20, YOU NEED TO TURN IT IN BEFORE THE CLERK READS IT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ALL SET AND READY TO GO, AND THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE INCLUDED. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH OUR PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE OUR PLANNING MANAGER, MARTIN FITZ.
WILL YOU READ THE TITLE? A LOT OF TALKING.
ORDINANCE 22,023, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING A CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT AREA OF UNINCORPORATED REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 1,193.58 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMUNITIES OF CABANA COLONY, CRYSTAL POINT, HIDDEN KEY, FRENCHMAN'S LANDING, PLEASANTRILLIONIDGE, CAPTAINS KEY, MARINER'S COVE AND THE MAINE-NEW SUBDIVISION.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 171 .0413 FLORIDA STATUTES, SUCH PARCELS BEING GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF PGA BOULEVARD, EAST OF ALTERNATE A-1-A, WEST OF LITTLE LAKE WORTH, AND SOUTH OF DONALD ROSS ROAD.
AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERE TO AMENDING ARTICLE TWO OF THE CITY CHARTER TO REDEFINE THE CORPORATE LIMITS PURSUANT TO INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
I'VE ALREADY OPENED THE HEARING. WE'VE DONE OUR PART.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HAVE MARTIN FITTS, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, GIVE US OUR PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING SIR. THANK YOU MA'AM.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARTIN FITTS, PLANNING MANAGER, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
TONIGHT I WILL BE PROVIDING A COMBINED PRESENTATION FOR ORDINANCES 2324, WHICH ARE CITY INITIATED PETITIONS TO PLACE ANNEXATION REFERENDUMS ON THE BALLOT FOR FIVE AREAS IN ORDER TO ALLOW RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY OR NOT.
I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNEXATION.
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EACH AREA PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED MUST BE CONTIGUOUS, COMPACT AND NOT LOCATED WITHIN ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY AT THE TIME THAT THE ANNEXATION PROCEEDING BEGINS. CONTIGUOUS BASICALLY MEANS THAT A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE AREA THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED MUST SHARE A BOUNDARY WITH THE ANNEXING MUNICIPALITY.COMPACT IS DEFINED IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES AS A CONCENTRATION OF PROPERTY IN A SINGLE AREA THAT DOES NOT CREATE AN ENCLAVE OR A POCKET OF UNINCORPORATED LAND, OR A FINGER, OR A SERPENTINE PATTERN.
WHAT'S AN ENCLAVE? FLORIDA STATUTES FURTHER DEFINES THAT AN ENCLAVE AS AN UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT IS ENCLOSED WITHIN, AND BOUNDED COMPLETELY ON ALL SIDES BY A SINGLE MUNICIPALITY.
SO BASICALLY YOU WOULD SURROUND THE ENTIRE AREA OR ANY AREA THAT IS ENCLOSED WITHIN AND BOUNDED BY A SINGLE MUNICIPALITY AND A NATURAL OR MANMADE OBSTACLE THAT PREVENTS VEHICULAR ACCESS EXCEPT THROUGH THE MUNICIPALITY.
HERE I HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT AN ENCLAVE IS.
ON THE LEFT WE HAVE AN AREA FIVE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND OPTION, IN WHICH, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS THE WEST AND SOUTH BORDERS, AND ON THE EAST AND NORTH IS A BODY OF WATER PREVENTING VEHICULAR ACCESS, EXCEPT THROUGH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
THE FLORIDA STATUTES INDICATES ENCLAVES AS CREATING SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS IN THE PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES FOR MUNICIPALITIES, AND AS SUCH.
FLORIDA STATUTES SPECIFICALLY DECLARES THAT IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO ELIMINATE ENCLAVES.
SECOND, WE HAVE A POCKET OF UNINCORPORATED LAND, AND A POCKET OF UNINCORPORATED LAND IS AN AREA THAT'S COMPLETELY ENCLOSED WITHIN OR BOUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY TWO OR MORE MUNICIPALITIES.
WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE DAYCARE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN AREA FOUR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY EITHER PALM BEACH GARDENS OR NORTH PALM BEACH.
AND LASTLY, WE, THE CITY CANNOT ANNEX TO CREATE A FINGER OR SERPENTINE PATTERN.
FLORIDA STATUTES CHAPTER 171 SPECIFIES A NUMBER OF WAYS IN WHICH THIS CAN BE CAN BE JUSTIFIED.
THE PRIMARY REASON OR PRIMARY WAY IS SUBSECTION.
SUBSECTION A WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED.
THE TOTAL RESIDENT POPULATION EQUAL TO AT LEAST TWO PERSONS PER EACH ACRE OF LAND, AS PART OF THE PROCESS FOR A REFERENDUM.
ANNEXATION. THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE OR PREPARE AN ANNEXATION FEASIBILITY STUDY.
IN THE STUDY, THE PROVIDES DOCUMENTATION FOR HOW EACH AREA MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR ANNEXATION.
ALSO, IT REVIEWS ALL OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF PUBLIC SERVICES WITHIN THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREA, SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION, AND IDENTIFIES WHAT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE ANNEXATION AREAS AS IS PROVIDED TO THE CURRENT CITY.
EXCUSE ME. AND ALSO TO DETERMINE WHAT WHETHER OR NOT THE ANNEXATION WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY.
THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREAS WILL REMOVE GAPS IN THE CITY'S BOUNDARY AND EXTEND THE CITY'S BOUNDARY TO NATURAL STOPPING POINTS, SUCH AS THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY AND THE NEIGHBORING MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES.
FIVE SEPARATE ORDINANCES AND FIVE SEPARATE REFERENDUMS. I WOULD NOTE THAT FOR EACH REFERENDUM, THE VOTES WITHIN THAT AREA APPLY ONLY TO THAT AREA AND DO NOT IMPACT ANY OTHERS.
SO VOTES IN AREA ONE DO NOT IMPACT AREA FOUR AND VICE VERSA.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ANNEX.
A TOTAL OF ABOUT 3500 PARCELS, WITH JUST UNDER 4000 DWELLING UNITS, EQUATING TO 8300 POTENTIAL RESIDENTS FOR THE CITY. ALSO A TOTAL OF ABOUT 1300 ACRES.
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THERE IS ALSO LIMITED PUBLIC AND INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN THE AREA.AREA ONE IS SHOWN ON THE MAP IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY ALTERNATE A-1-A ON THE WEST, DONALD ROSS ROAD ON THE NORTH, LITTLE LAKE WORTH AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ON THE EAST, AND PGA BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH.
COMPOSES JUST UNDER 1200 ACRES, 3600 DWELLING UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 7600 RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE ALSO INSTITUTIONAL USES.
THERE ARE TWO CHURCHES, ONE SCHOOL, TWO PARKS, AND CONSERVATION LAND OWNED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THE LAND USES RANGE FROM THE PRIMARILY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TYPIFIED BY CABANA COLONY, PLEASANT RIDGE, HIDDEN KEY, AND CAPTAINS KEY, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL ALONG US ONE AND ALTERNATE A-1-A AND SOME HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ALONG WITH EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY AND INDUSTRIAL AT SEMINOLE MARINE.
THE ZONING FOR THE AREA IS ALSO PRIMARILY MULTIFAMILY, MEDIUM DENSITY, AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS.
ALL OF THE AREAS ARE WITHIN THE SEA COAST UTILITY AUTHORITY SERVICE AREA.
AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA HAS SANITARY SEWER PROVIDED THROUGH SEA, COAST OR PRIVATE SYSTEMS. THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN AREA ONE THAT CURRENTLY ARE SERVICED WITH PRIVATE SEPTIC TANKS, AND THESE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AS PERMITTED THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED A PARKS AND RECREATION LEVEL OF SERVICE OF FIVE ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 569 ACRES OF PARK SPACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES.
AREA ONE HAS A PROJECTED POPULATION OF 66,582 RESIDENTS.
WHEN WE ADD THE EXISTING POPULATION OF 59,000, THIS WOULD REQUIRE PARK SPACE OF 332 ACRES.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE CODE COMPLIANCE, BUT WE THE AREA IS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE AREA.
BASED ON THE PROJECTED POPULATION.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE ADDING 18 NEW POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
THE ANTICIPATED FIRST YEAR COST WOULD BE JUST OVER $3 MILLION.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE UPFRONT COST OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS COSTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE REDUCED FOR FIRE RESCUE.
THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN AN AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT WITH THE WITH NORTH PALM BEACH AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE FOR ALL OF THE ADJOINING AREAS.
OUR FIRST CALL FOR THOSE AREAS FOR THE AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY, PALM BEACH GARDENS DOES ALREADY SERVE THESE AREAS THROUGH THE AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT.
THIS AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE AND THEREFORE NO.
NO ADDITIONAL COSTS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FIRE RESCUE AT THIS TIME.
THE ANTICIPATED FIRST YEAR COST WOULD BE $276,000.
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MAINTAIN THOSE CANALS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE CITY'S WORK PROGRAM.THE CITY PAYS FOR THE SOLID WASTE PICKUP FOR THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE PRIMARILY PERSONNEL FOR ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, IT AND THE LIKE, BUT THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL COST FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL POLLING LOCATIONS FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS, YIELDING AN ANTICIPATED COST OF $268,000.
WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST OF THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
APPROXIMATELY $6.5 MILLION ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR THE FIRST YEAR ARE SOURCED FROM AD VALOREM TAXES, FRANCHISE FEES, AND THE COMMUNICATION SERVICE TAX, AS WELL AS THE GAS TAX, WHICH IS USED TO PAY FOR ROADS.
AREA TWO, EXCUSE ME, IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF ELLISON WILSON ROAD AND EAST OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY, NORTH OF MCLAREN ROAD, SO APPROXIMATELY 20.27 ACRES, 74 DWELLING UNITS AND 157 RESIDENTS.
IT IS COMPLETELY SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
GAME DENSITY. MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL FOR ALL PARCELS AREA TO MEETS THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNEXATION BEING CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT, AS WELL AS HAVING A DENSITY OF 7.74 RESIDENTS OR PERSONS PER ACRE.
NO ADDITIONAL COSTS ARE ANTICIPATED.
ANTICIPATED REVENUES ARE $195,000, YIELDING $191,000 BENEFIT.
ANNEXATION. AREA THREE IS GENERALLY KNOWN AS PIRATE COVE.
CONSISTS OF 31.25 ACRES AND 63 DWELLING UNITS AND 134 RESIDENTS.
IT'S GENERALLY BUILT OUT AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
ALL THE PARCELS HAVE A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THREE UNITS PER ACRE.
LAND USE AND A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
AGAIN, THE AREA IS IN THE SEA COAST UTILITY AUTHORITY AREA FOR WATER AND SEWER AND WATER.
WATER AND SEWER ARE PROVIDED OR AVAILABLE FOR ALL ALL UNITS WITHIN THE THE ANNEXATION AREA.
NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT ARE ANTICIPATED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION, POLICE OR THE FIRE RESCUE, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
HOWEVER, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE, I APOLOGIZE.
PUBLIC SERVICES WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF $12,000, AND SOLID WASTE WOULD HAVE AN ANTICIPATED COST OF $9,000, YIELDING A TOTAL ANTICIPATED FIRST YEAR COST OF $21,000.
ESTIMATED FIRST YEAR REVENUES WOULD BE $316,000, WITH A NET ANTICIPATED BENEFIT OF $295,000.
ANNEXATION. AREA FOUR CONSISTS OF THE COMMUNITIES OF MONET ACRES AND MONET HEIGHTS, AS WELL AS THE COLOMBIAN BUILDING ASSOCIATION HALL, AND THE DAYCARE IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST OR NORTHWEST CORNER OF RCA BOULEVARD AND PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE PARCEL ON THE EAST SIDE OF PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD, 32.92 ACRES WITH 71 DWELLING UNITS AND 151 RESIDENTS.
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THE ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY.THIS AREA MEETS THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR FOR ANNEXATION BY BEING CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT, AND IT HAS A DENSITY OF 4.93 PERSONS PER ACRE. THE AREA IS WITHIN THE SEA COAST UTILITY AUTHORITY SERVICE AREA.
HOWEVER, MONET ACRES DOES HAVE A PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM AND LIFT STATION IN PLACE.
MONET HEIGHTS IS SERVICED BY INDIVIDUAL WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS, AND THEY MAY CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THESE SYSTEMS AS CONSISTENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION AND NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, POLICE, FIRE RESCUE OR GENERAL SERVICES. GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
IT'S AN ESTIMATED FIRST YEAR COST OF $20,000.
ESTIMATED FIRST YEAR REVENUE OF $101,000, YIELDING A NET BENEFIT OF $81,000.
ANNEXATION. AREA FIVE IS MONET GARDENS.
THIS IS AN EXISTING ENCLAVE CURRENTLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RCA BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF FAIRCHILD.
THE CONSISTS OF 38.71 ACRES, 113 DWELLING UNITS, APPROXIMATELY 240 RESIDENTS.
IT'S ALMOST COMPLETELY BUILT OUT AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THIS AREA MEETS THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNEXATION AS WELL.
IT IS A AS AN ENCLAVE, IT IS CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT, AND IT HAS A DENSITY OF 6.2 PERSONS PER ACRE.
AGAIN, THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE SEA COAST UTILITY AUTHORITY SERVICE AREA.
NO ADDITIONAL PARK SPACE IS REQUIRED FOR THE POPULATION.
THERE IS ALSO NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT ANTICIPATED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, POLICE OR FIRE PUBLIC SERVICES ANTICIPATES A COST OF $12,000, AND THE SOLID WASTE WOULD BE $10,000.
DUE TO THE RESIDENCES, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT ANTICIPATES NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT.
THE FIRST YEAR ESTIMATED COST WILL BE $22,000.
ESTIMATED FIRST YEAR REVENUES OF 116,000, WITH A NET BENEFIT OF $94,000.
AREA ONE IS CONTIGUOUS ON THREE SIDES AND IS COMPACT PER THE DEFINITION IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES.
AREA TWO IS CONTIGUOUS ON THE NORTH AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST.
AREA THREE IS CONTIGUOUS ON THE NORTH WEST AND MOST OF THE EAST AS WELL.
THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS FILED WITH THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
NO FEWER THAN 15 DAYS BEFORE COMMENCING ANNEXATION PROCEDURES ON OCTOBER 17TH, MAILERS WERE SENT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA NO LESS THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING, AND THEY WERE MAILED ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023.
WE HAVE TWO HEARINGS ON THE ORDINANCES.
THE SECOND READING WILL BE ON DECEMBER 6TH.
I WOULD NOTE THAT IN THE IN THE ANNEXATION REFERENDUM, ONLY THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE AREA WOULD VOTE ON THE ANNEXATION, AND A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST WILL DECIDE THE RESULTS OF THE ANNEXATION REFERENDUM.
THE COUNTY CODES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
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THE CITY WILL ALSO SURVEY ALL THE ROADS, CANALS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRAINAGE TO SEE WHICH MAY BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY'S WORK PROGRAM.SO EVEN THOUGH WE DID THAT, THE CLERK WILL BE READING EACH ORDINANCE OUT.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU INTEND TO PUT A COMMENT CARD IN FOR THE REMAINING ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE 21, 22, 23 OR 24, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO, AND I WILL CALL THAT OUT AHEAD EACH TIME SO THAT EVERYONE CAN COME UP AND GIVE A COMMENT CARD.
I DO HAVE COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO CALL OUT THE NAMES OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENT CARDS FOR THIS FIRST ORDINANCE FOR ORDINANCE 20. AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WE'LL BRING YOU UP TO THE PODIUM.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
WE WILL ASK AGAIN IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, MY NAME IS SO-AND-SO.
I LIVE AT SO-AND-SO, AND YES, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, THEN WE WON'T ASK YOU.
SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET US KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
AND THEN AFTER MISTER HOLLINGS, IT WILL BE JOHN SHEA.
AND I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME FOR ANY NAMES THAT I MAY NOT GET RIGHT TONIGHT.
AGAIN, IF WE COULD KEEP THE COMMENTS, APPLAUSE AND EVERYTHING TO ZERO, THAT WOULD BE LOVELY.
THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
AT YOUR INFORMATIONAL MEETING LAST WEEK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER LORI OLAVARRIA, AND REFERRING TO THIS MAILER THAT I RECEIVED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I POINTED OUT THAT IT SAYS ANNEXATION ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S DONE TO YOU.
ANNEXATION IS DONE SOMETHING BY YOU.
SO I ASKED HER IF I WERE TO PRESENT A PETITION BEARING THE SIGNATURES OF 50% PLUS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS OPPOSED TO ANNEXATION, WOULD SHE REMOVE PLEASANT RIDGE FROM ANNEXATION ZONE ONE? HER REPLY WAS BASICALLY, NO, IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT.
CONSEQUENTLY, IF ANNEXATION IS APPROVED IN ZONE ONE, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO US IN PLEASANT RIDGE.
THE ARTICLE QUOTES PALM BEACH GARDENS OFFICIALS AS SAYING THE MOVE TO ANNEX THAT LAND IS PART OF A LARGER STRATEGY TO PROVIDE MORE CONTROL OVER DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS. IN THAT SAME ARTICLE, LAURIE IS QUOTED AS SAYING A FEASIBILITY STUDY IS UNDERWAY NOW TO EXAMINE RESOURCES WHICH MIGHT BE NEEDED TO BRING THOSE AREAS UP TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
WE VALUE AND RESPECT THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHICH IS A COUNCIL CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
IN REFERENCE TO JUNO BEACH'S VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PURSUIT OF CAPTAINS KEY, PALM BEACH GARDENS MAYOR CHELSEA REED IS QUOTED IN THIS MORNING'S PALM BEACH POST AS SAYING, QUOTE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
IN CLOSING, I MUST SAY PALM BEACH GARDEN HAS NOT NOT BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO PLEASANT RIDGE.
YOU NEVER ASKED US IF WE WANTED TO BE ANNEXED.
I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE DON'T AND YOU MUST VOTE NO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU NEXT MONTH.
NO, NO. IF THERE ARE APPLAUSE AFTER SPEAKING, OR BOOS IF ANYONE IS SPEAKING, WHETHER THEY ARE FOR OR AGAINST OR OTHERWISE, YOU WILL BE REMOVED AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
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WE WANT THIS TO BE RESPECTFUL AND TIMELY.WE HAVE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF HOURS OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ALLOW EVERYONE THEIR THREE MINUTES.
AND I DON'T NEED TO TOUCH THAT GAVEL AGAIN.
NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JOHN SHEA.
AND THEN AFTER THAT NICHOLAS GEISSLER.
GEISSLER. COME UP, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO START THE CLOCK.
AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING, IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.
I WASN'T TURNED ON. ALL RIGHT.
AGAIN IT'S JOHN SHEA AND THEN NICHOLAS GEISLER.
AFTERWARDS YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.
AND THEN AFTER NICHOLAS GEISSLER IS HOLLY FINCH.
NICHOLAS GESSLER, ATTORNEY WITH BARTLETT, LOEB, HYNES, THOMPSON AND ANGELOS, REPRESENTING RESIDENTS OF HIDDEN KEY ADDRESS, 819 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, STUART.
AND I'VE BEEN SWORN IN AS A PRELIMINARY MATTER.
SO WE HAVE PREPARED THE RESIDENTS HAVE PREPARED A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT I HAVE MAILED, EMAILED TO EACH OF YOU AND ALSO SENT TO THE CITY CLERK, BUT I'D LIKE TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE IT TO BE PART OF THE RECORD TONIGHT.
IT WAS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF HIDDEN KEY.
BY WHOM? WELL, BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
BUT I'M SUBMITTING IT TONIGHT AS THEIR ATTORNEY.
SO ARE YOU TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE DOCUMENT? YES. OKAY, SO AS IF IT'S BEING WRITTEN BY YOU.
SHOULD I STOP? THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN APPROACH THE CLERK. ABSOLUTELY.
CAN WE PAUSE HIS TIMER? ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? THANK YOU. WE'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXTRA SECONDS.
I APPRECIATE THAT, MADAM MAYOR.
AND WE DO ASK THAT THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER ITS POSITION ON INTERVENTION OF AFFECTED PARTIES SHOULD THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED TONIGHT AND THE SECOND READING HAPPEN AGAIN IN DECEMBER.
NOTWITHSTANDING THAT I DO REPRESENT HIDDEN KEY AND AS OUTLINED IN THE WRITTEN STATEMENT, WE FEEL THAT THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS IMPROPER BOTH FOR REASONS OF GOVERNANCE AND FOR REASONS OF LEGALITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY'S OWN FEASIBILITY STUDY, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE 11, THERE IS A CERTIFICATION THAT THE AREA AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONE ONE IS REASONABLY COMPACT, AND THAT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA LAW, AND IT IS PRESENT IN YOUR STUDY.
WELL, ON PAGE THREE, IT LISTS ALL THE AREAS PLURAL THAT ARE PART OF ZONE ONE.
THIS INCLUDES CABANA COLONY, FRENCHMAN'S LAND AND CRYSTAL POINT, AND IT GOES ON AND ON.
I CAN'T SAY THEM ALL BECAUSE THERE'S OVER 40 OF THEM.
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW CAN THIS BE A SINGLE AREA WHEN YOUR OWN FEASIBILITY STUDY SAYS IT'S OVER 40 AREAS? MOVING DOWN ON THAT PAGE, IT GOES THROUGH THE EXISTING LAND USE AND THE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING OF THESE 40 COMMUNITIES.
IT CAN'T EVEN FIT ON THE PAGE.
SO YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ENTIRE APPENDIX AT THE BACK OF YOUR FEASIBILITY STUDY.
IF YOU TURN TO THAT PAGE OF THE APPENDIX, IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT ZONING CATEGORIES GENERAL, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, TRANSITION, TRANSITIONAL, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
IT TAKES UP MULTIPLE LINES OF TWO PAGES OF THE APPENDIX.
SO IN SHORT, WE DON'T FEEL THAT THIS ANNEXATION IS PROPER.
WE THINK IT VIOLATES FLORIDA LAW.
AND DESPITE WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT, THE RESIDENTS OF HIDDEN KEY DON'T INTEND TO LET IT HAPPEN.
PLEASE. NO. AFTER WE'VE GOT HOLLY FINCH, AND THEN FOLLOWING MISS FINCH WILL BE.
SO, MISS FINCH AND THEN BARRY.
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HELLO. MY NAME IS HOLLY FINCH.MY ADDRESS IS 11639 LANDING PLACE, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO POINT OUT, REALLY REITERATE HIS POINT, THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF OF ENCLAVES, THEY HAD TO BE CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT. AND I NOTICED EVEN IN YOUR OWN ORDINANCES, THE DIFFERENCE AND IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE SIZE OF THE DIFFERENT ZONES AND OUR ZONE IS MUCH LARGER LOTS, IN FACT, 12 TIMES LARGER THAN THE NEXT LARGEST ZONE AND 32 TIMES LARGER THAN THAN, I'M SORRY, 32 TIMES LARGER THAN THE NEXT ZONE, AND 712 TIMES LARGER THAN ALL THE OTHER ZONES.
SO THE ISSUE THAT MY RESIDENTS OF HIDDEN KEY HAVE AND IT IS UNANIMOUS, UNANIMOUS THAT THAT PETITION HAS BEEN SIGNED, THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU, WE DON'T HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS FOR THIS ANNEXATION BECAUSE THAT ZONE WAS UNFAIRLY PUT TOGETHER.
AND I ALSO KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
HAVING LIVED IN HIDDEN KEYS SINCE 2000, THAT I PERSONALLY HAD A SMALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF OUR GATE, AND I SAT THERE WHILE THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE ARGUED ABOUT WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF ME AT THE FRONT OF HIDDEN KEY, BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONTINUOUS.
WE ACTUALLY ABUT UP TO NORTH PALM BEACH.
SO WE ARE NOT SURROUNDED BY PALM BEACH GARDENS.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANNEXED BY PALM BEACH.
PALM BEACH GARDENS. I DON'T HAPPEN TO LIVE ON THE WATER.
MY PROPERTY BACKS UP TO OAKBROOK PLAZA.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR SERVICES, YOUR POLICE AND YOUR FIRE, IF ANYONE IN OUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A FIRE OR A MEDICAL ISSUE, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY PALM BEACH GARDENS, CURRENT FACILITIES.
BUT IT JUST WAS NOT COMMUNICATED WELL TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL LEARNED ABOUT IT IN THE PALM BEACH POST AND THAT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON OCTOBER 3RD, WE SENT A STEERING COMMITTEE OVER TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THEY WANT US TO VALUE AND RESPECT THEM.
BUT THE REALITY IS ALL OF OUR CONCERNS WERE IGNORED.
WE'VE BEEN BRUSHED OFF AND PUT ASIDE.
AND THAT IS WHY ALL THE RESIDENTS OF HIDDEN KEY HAVE CHIPPED IN FOR FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THIS ISN'T THE END OF THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT BARRY PAIVA, ICU.
AND THEN AFTER BARRY, WE HAVE MELISSA WIEGAND.
WE CAN DO THAT. I JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE NORTHERN WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
WAIT, SIR, YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR ADDRESS.
AND THAT YOU WERE SWORN IN. PLEASE.
OKAY. IT'S BARRY. 11758 LAKESHORE PLACE, NORTH PALM.
OKAY. AND YOU? WERE YOU SWORN IN, SIR? PARDON ME? DID YOU LIFT UP YOUR HAND? AND WHEN OUR CLERK SAW.
WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN REAL QUICK.
BEFORE SHE DOES, IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS SUBMITTED A CARD.
IF YOU WERE NOT SWORN IN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AT THIS TIME SO YOU CAN BE SWORN IN? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES. THANK YOU SIR.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE NORTHERN WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
THEY THEY TAKE CARE OF THE SIDEWALKS.
WE DON'T NEED ANYBODY TO DO ALL THAT STUFF.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF EVALUATE AND JUST EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THIS IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE WANT.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE MELISSA WEIGAND AND THEN CHARLES COLLINS.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND NEARBY OR BE CLOSE BY.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
PLEASANT DRIVE. AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
THANK YOU. UM, I ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE DECLARATION OF OPPOSITION FORMS. I WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THESE FORMS. I WOULD LIKE THEM SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD.
THEY ARE FROM THE MAJORITY OF THEM, FROM AREA ONE.
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SO I WOULD LIKE THIS ADDED TO THE TO THE RECORD AS WELL.AND WHAT ARE THEY, MA'AM? THEY ARE DECLARATION OF OPPOSITION TO INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
SO THEY HAVE THE RESIDENTS NAMES.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK, WE WILL.
THAT'S FINE AS LONG AS IT'S ADDED TO THE RECORD.
THAT'S ALL WE ASK AT THIS POINT.
MY NAME IS GOING TO SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK.
PLEASE, CAN YOU STOP THE CLOCK AND THEN SUBMIT IT TO THE CLERK? OKAY. I AM ADDRESSING YOU IN OPPOSITION TO THE INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
ANNEXATION? AND CLEARLY I REPRESENT A LARGE NUMBER OF UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS.
ALSO IN OPPOSITION FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.
DUE TO OUR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERCOASTAL, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY BRIDGES, AND THE CLOSEST PALM BEACH GARDENS STATION IS PHYSICALLY FOR FOUR MILES OR 11 MINUTES AWAY FROM MY SPECIFIC ADDRESS, WITH AN ADDED TEN MINUTES PLUS FOR BRIDGE OPENINGS.
THIS IS A MINIMUM OF 21 MINUTES RESPONSE TIME 21 MINUTES.
WHEN A DWELLING IS ON FIRE, A CITIZEN IS IN CARDIAC ARREST, OR WHEN SOMEONE IS BEING HELD AT GUNPOINT IS A HUGE LIABILITY AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. WE REALIZE THAT AREA ONE RESIDENTS REALIZE THAT THERE ARE OVER 2.1 MILLION REASONS FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS TO ATTEMPT THIS ANNEXATION.
THIS WHICH IS BASICALLY A RESIDENTIAL LAND GRAB.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE CHARLES COLLINS AFTER CHARLES COLLINS SEAN, SHAWNA WALKER AFTER SHAWNA WALKER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RAY SAHAK.
SO AGAIN MR. COLLINS, SHAWNA WALKER.
CHARLES COLLINS 11916 LAKESHORE PLACE.
EXCUSE ME, SIR, HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU.
AS YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, NOT ONE RESIDENT IN HIDDEN KEY IS IN FAVOR OF THIS ANNEXATION.
TO US, THIS IS A LAND GRAB AND A TAX REVENUE GRAB.
HIDDEN. HIDDEN KEY REPRESENTS ONLY 3% OF ZONE ONE HOUSEHOLDS, BUT REPRESENTS 25% OF ZONE ONE REVENUE THAT YOU WILL BE GENERATING FROM THIS ANNEXATION. AND IT'S IN THIS CONTEXT THAT I WANTED TO ADD SOME COLOR TO OUR ATTORNEY'S ARGUMENTS, WHICH YOU HAVE WHICH HAVE BEEN SET OUT IN WRITING.
MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE LIVED IN HIDDEN KEY FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.
MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE RETIRED AND LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME.
FOR SOME OF US, THIS ANNEXATION WILL EFFECTIVELY TAX US OUT OF OUR OWN HOMES, PAYING AS MUCH AS AN ADDITIONAL $250,000 TO GARDENS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO YOU SEE, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO MANY OF US WHETHER THE SERVICES OF GARDENS ARE SUPERIOR TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, BECAUSE MANY OF US WILL NOT BE LIVING IN HIDDEN KEY AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNEXATION.
AND TO THAT END, I WONDER IF THE HUMAN ELEMENT TO THIS ANNEXATION WAS PART OF YOUR CALCULUS.
I WONDER HOW EACH OF YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOU WERE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THIS ANNEXATION.
I DOUBT VERY MUCH THAT IT WAS PART OF YOUR CALCULATION.
YOU GO ON TO SAY ANNEXATION CAN ONLY BE DONE BY YOU.
YOU CONTINUE BY SAYING IT IS YOUR CHOICE.
WE ARE UNANIMOUS IN NOT WANTING TO BE PART OF THIS ANNEXATION.
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BE TRUE TO YOUR WORDS.PLEASE. PLEASE DON'T, I WILL NOT.
I WOULD LOVE EVERYONE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
LET'S ALLOW THAT. SO LET'S LET MS..
WALKER SPEAK. SHE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN AFTER THAT WILL BE MR..
HAYEK. AND THEN AFTER THAT IS JOSEPH SOMETHING.
COUNCIL. SHANNON WALKER, 3842 DUNES ROAD, PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY QUICK COMMENTS.
THEY ARE HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE INCREASE IN TAXES, AND THE UTILITY AND COMMUNICATIONS BENEFITS THAT YOU HAVE ESTIMATED DO NOT APPLY TO THE MULTITUDE OF OUR HOMEOWNERS.
SO THE COST SAVINGS IS NOT A COST SAVINGS TO US AT ALL.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT THERE ARE $2 MILLION IN PROFIT JUST FROM AREA ONE.
THAT IS DISTURBING TO MOST OF OUR HOMEOWNERS.
SO WE AGAIN DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ANNEXATION.
WE HAVE 740 HOMES AND WE WILL BE OUT THERE ON CORNERS WITH SIGNS AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SWAY ANY OF THESE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THAT WE DO NOT WANT THIS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
SAHAK. OR IS IT MR. SAHAK? I APOLOGIZE. ARI.
YES. ARI. SAHAK, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER.
THE ADDRESS IS 12300 ALTERNATE A-1-A ON THE CORNER OF ALTERNATE A-1-A AND FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
I'D LIKE TO, FIRST OF ALL, STATE THAT THE.
CERTAIN BUSINESSES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
SHOULD THOSE BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF NON-CONFORMING ISSUES, CONFORMING ISSUES? THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTIONS THAT HAVE TO GO ON.
AND THERE'S A LOT ON THE LINE FOR US AS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S A VIOLATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS, AS I SAID BEFORE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AND AS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER THERE, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE A VOTE, I VOTE NO ON RECORD.
AND YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THEN CHRISTOPHER WINGATE AFTER THAT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE DESMOND MARES AFTER.
BUT I WILL GET MY GLASSES OUT TO READ THAT ONE AGAIN.
SO IS MR. ANGELO HERE OR DE ANGELO HERE? NO. OKAY, SIR.
WE'LL GET RID OF YOUR CAR. SO WE'VE GOT MR. CHRISTOPHER WINGATE. AND AFTERWARDS IT IS DESMOND JOHN MARES.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CHRISTOPHER WINGATE.
I ALSO LIVE ON DUNES ROAD AT THREE, THREE, THREE SEVEN, SEVEN THREE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP ON ZONE ONE, AND I KIND OF SEE THAT CABANA COLONIES IS ABOUT ABOUT 30%, OR MAYBE 33% OF ZONE ONE. I CAN'T PREDICT THE VOTE IF IT WOULD BE YES OR NO, BUT I CAN PREDICT THAT THE CABANA COLONY RESIDENTS WOULD BE AT A TWO THIRDS DISADVANTAGE WHETHER THE VOTE IS YES OR NO.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING SO MUCH.
WE'VE GOT MR. DESMOND, JOHN MAYERS AND THEN TAYLOR GIBBON AFTERWARDS, AND THEN AFTER THAT, FRED BRUNT.
SO IF YOU ALL COULD BE READY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? NO. THAT WAS THE ONE WHO WAS NOT COMING, MR. MAYERS. NO.
ALL RIGHT, SO AFTER TAYLOR GIBBON, IF FRED BRANDT COULD PLEASE GET READY AFTER FRED BRANDT.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN.
TAYLOR GIBBON. I LIVE AT TWO, SIX, THREE THREE BORDEAUX COURT AND I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
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WE LIVE IN FRENCHMAN'S LANDING, AND SO FAR, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM MOST OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE ANNEXATION.WILL TAXES BE GOING UP? WHAT'S THE GUARANTEE ON THAT? AND MAYBE LIKE A LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT? WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD YOU GUYS BE MAKING IN ORDER TO TAKE ON THIS GAINED POPULATION? SO WOULD YOU BE BUILDING NEW FIRE STATIONS AND NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL POPULATION, AND WHEN WOULD THAT TAKE PLACE AND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GO INTO EFFECT? WE ALSO FEEL THAT THE PERKS AND BENEFITS THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE, BEING AN HOA AND HAVING PRIVATE ROADS DO NOT, ARE NOT BALANCED WITH THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT WOULD GO UP. WE WOULDN'T BE WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING THE MAINTENANCE, THE STREET MAINTENANCE, THE STORM, DRAINAGE, MAINTENANCE, THE STREET SIGNS.
SO I JUST DON'T SEE WHAT THE BENEFIT WOULD BE FOR US.
WE ALREADY DO GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO THEY ARE TAX VALUED AT A MUCH LOWER AMOUNT THAN WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY SELLING FOR RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I'M JUST WORRIED WE'RE NOT.
IT'S NOT GREAT. THANKS FOR LISTENING.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MISS GIBBONS.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT FRED BRANDT.
BRANDT. AFTER MR. FRED BRANDT, WE HAVE MIKE PERRY.
IT LOOKS LIKE A Z E AND THEN CELESTE CARLTON.
MR. BRANDT, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, SIR.
FRED BRANDT TWO FIVE, SIX SEVEN MONACO CIRCLE.
I MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF ANNEXATION HAD IT BEEN PRESENTED IN A MORE OPEN WAY.
IT'S NOT UNTIL I CAME HERE AND LISTENED TONIGHT DO I REALIZE THIS IS BEING FORCED ON ME.
UNLESS YOU TELL ME THAT IF ZONE A OR ZONE 120, IF 51% OF THOSE PEOPLE WITHIN THE ENTIRE ZONE VOTE, THEN THE ENTIRE AREA IS ANNEXED.
IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK IT IS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIR, WE'VE GOT MIKE PERRY.
I THINK IT'S A Z OR AN S OR AN R AN E.
YOU CAN CLARIFY WHEN YOU COME ON UP.
IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN AFTER MR..
AFTER MIKE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CELESTE AND THEN WALLACE WOODARD.
MY NAME IS MIKE PRIEST. I LIVE AT 3603 CATALINA ROAD IN CABANA COLONY.
AND WE ARE COMPLETELY AGAINST BEING ANNEXED.
WE'VE LIVED IN CABANA COLONY OR I HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE.
GREW UP THERE, BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE, RAISED A FAMILY THERE.
I'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE.
WE BOUGHT A HOUSE BASED ON A TAX CODE THAT WE COULD AFFORD, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD NO HOA FEES, WITH NO PROBLEMS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE GET TOLD THAT WE'RE BEING PUT UP FOR A VOTE FOR ANNEXATION FOR ALL THIS.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THE COUNTY COME IN AND CLEAN UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SHERIFF HAS BEEN VERY AND I ASKED THIS AT THE CHURCH, AND I'LL ASK IT AGAIN, HOW IS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF GOVERNMENT GOING TO MAKE MY LIFE BETTER? I COME IN HERE, I HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION TO SPEAK.
YOU BANG A GAVEL WHEN WE CLAP FOR PEOPLE.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANY OF THIS MAKES MY LIFE BETTER.
BETTER THE LIFE OF MY NEIGHBORS.
BETTER. YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN.
AND I'M ASKING AGAIN, HOW IS MY LIFE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM ANY OF THIS?
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ARE YOU DONE? ARE YOU DONE SPEAKING? I AM, YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. SO EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY NOW.
WE DON'T WE WE JUST LISTEN NOW.
SO WE'RE HERE TO DO NOTHING BUT LISTEN.
AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO JUST COME UP AND SPEAK.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO NOW IS LISTEN TO YOU.
SO WE HAVE CELESTE, AND I'M SORRY.
CARLTON, I APOLOGIZE, ALL RIGHT? I COULDN'T READ IT. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE HAVE WALLACE WOODARD AND THEN ROBIN BUNDY.
IF YOU COULD BE PREPARED TO SPEAK.
OKAY. MY NAME IS CELESTE CARLTON.
I LIVE IN HIDDEN KEY AT 11660 LANDING PLACE, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
OKAY, THE GATED ENTRANCE AND THE LAND ON BOTH SIDES, UP TO THE SIDEWALK.
AND HIDDEN KEY SHARES THE COST ANNUALLY WITH THEM.
AND IF WE NEED THE SHERIFF, HE RESPONDS, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE CRIME.
WE DON'T NEED THEM VERY OFTEN.
MY QUESTION IS IF IF WE VOTE YES FOR ANNEXATION, WHAT ARE YOU REALLY OFFERING US THAT WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE? AND DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE THE THIS IS HOW THE GATE IS NOT IN PALM BEACH GARDEN.
THE GATE IS IN UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY.
MA'AM, IF IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT IT OVER HERE TO OUR CLERK.
AND OUR LAWYER WILL REVIEW IT FOR SUBMISSION.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE WALLACE WOODARD, AND THEN WE HAVE ROBIN BUNDY.
AFTER ROBIN BUNDY, WE HAVE MIKE LOVE.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. NAME, ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT ONE, 2774 SOUTH NORMANDIE WAY IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 40 YEARS.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT TWO CONCERNS I HAVE WITH YOUR PROPOSED ANNEXATION INFORMATION.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE NUMBERS THAT YOU ARRIVED AT FOR THE TAXING PURPOSES HERE AND HOW MUCH YOU WOULD BE PAYING.
ALTHOUGH I'M NOT INTERESTED IN PAYING ANY MORE TAXES.
I GOT NUMBERS LAST WEEK FROM YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT YOUR REVENUES WOULD BE $9,170,000, WHICH WAS CLOSE TO THE NUMBERS THAT CAME UP TODAY, OVER 3500 PROPERTIES.
AND WHEN I TOOK THAT OUT, IT WAS OVER $2,600 ON AVERAGE FOR EACH PROPERTY.
SO IF THAT'S 2600 ON AVERAGE FOR EACH PROPERTY, AND SUPPOSEDLY PEOPLE THAT ARE 400,000 OR LESS WOULD BE PAYING NEXT TO NOTHING, THEN LARGELY THE MONEYS ARE GOING TO BE SECURED FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVE PROPERTIES WORTH MORE THAN THAT.
THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS THE AREAS SELECTED.
AND THAT WAS THE MY CONCERN WAS, WHY DID YOU PICK ALL THE AREAS YOU DID? WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE SINGLE AREAS SELECTED ONE AT A TIME OR SOMETHING? WELL, IT HAS TO BE CONTIGUOUS.
SO THEN I LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE EAST AND I SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CONTIGUOUS AND BUT YOU SKIPPED OVER SEMINOLE LANDING AND YOU SKIPPED OVER LOST TREE.
WHY WERE THEY NOT INCLUDED? SO THOSE WERE THE TWO CONCERNS I HAD.
WE'VE GOT ROBIN BUNDY AND AFTER ROBIN BUNDY, WE HAVE MIKE LOVE.
OKAY, SO NOT SPEAKING WE'VE GOT CATHERINE.
SORRY MIKE LOVE AND THEN CATHERINE MURRAY.
ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS MICHAEL LOVE.
I LIVE AT 2117 NORTH PALM CIRCLE AND NORTH PALM BEACH.
PARDON? HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU SIR.
ALTHOUGH NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS ANNEXATION, I ALSO HAVE A HOME IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
AND IT'S A VERY NICE PLACE TO BE.
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I JUST RECENTLY BUILT A NEW HOME.I THINK THE REASON SEA COAST HAS NOT BROUGHT SEPTIC SERVICES TO OUR AREA IS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE, AND I WOULD JUST CHALLENGE YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS VERY CLOSELY AND FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE SEWER SERVICE OR ACCESS TO SEWER SERVICES, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LEACHING RIGHT INTO THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY, WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE RESIDENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ALIKE GET FRUSTRATED BY THAT AND PUT, YOU KNOW, FORCE GOVERNMENT TO DO SOMETHING.
HOW MANY RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SEWER? IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WE HAVE A LINE THAT WE CAN TAP ONTO.
THERE IS NO SUCH LINE THAT WE CAN TAP ONTO.
OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DO HAVE TWO MORE CARDS FOR THIS ORDINANCE FOR ORDINANCE 20.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM CATHERINE MURRAY AND THEN GENEVIEVE DUCHOW.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. YOU JUST.
WERE YOU SWORN IN, MA'AM? THAT WAS MY NEXT COMMENT.
WE JUST TRY TO FOLLOW THE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED.
THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
AND I ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
IT'S INTERESTING TO TO BE AT A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN EVERYONE IS SAYING THE SAME THING.
I JUST IT JUST IS REALLY INTERESTING THAT THERE'S A LITTLE DIVERSITY IN, IN COMMENTS HERE THAT WE DO NOT WISH TO BE ANNEXED INTO PALM BEACH GARDENS WHEN I LOOK OVER YOUR YOUR DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR US AGAIN, I'M IN AREA ONE AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR WE MEET THE CRITERIA AS STATED IN THE STATUTES. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE AREA IS COMPACT.
THAT IS IS A REALLY UNUSUAL DEFINITION OF COMPACT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, WE ARE THERE IS PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS TO OAKBROOK SQUARE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSES ARE NOT CONTIGUOUS TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AND THEREFORE WE ARE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CONTIGUOUS.
I DO NOT, AS A PROPERTY OWNER, NEED OR DESIRE ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND OR THE INCREASED TAX BURDEN.
FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT YOU CONSIDER SEPARATING THAT ZONE ONE AND ALLOW DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND DIFFERENT PROPERTIES TO DETERMINE THEIR OWN DESTINY.
TAKE HIDDEN KEY AND PERHAPS OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE EAST OF US ONE AND ALLOW THEM TO VOTE ON THE REFERENDUM THEMSELVES.
WHY PUT EVERYBODY INTO ONE GIGANTIC ZONE? THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM FAIR, AND DOESN'T SEEM THAT IT ALLOWS US TO DETERMINE OUR OWN DESTINY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
SO THE LAST CARD FOR ORDINANCE 20 IS FOR GENEVIEVE SHOW.
DOES SHE STILL WANT TO SPEAK? IS NOT HERE. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, MAX, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING? YES, MADAM MAYOR. JUST AS A MATTER OF.
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WHICH INCLUDES THE ANNEXATION FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ORDINANCE 2023.I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ENTERED INTO THE RECORD, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT IT IS.
ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE HEARD ALL THE COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE CHAMBER CLEARS.
SO I'M GOING TO JUST DO A ONE MINUTE INTERMISSION.
WELL, IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE KINDLY SPEAK OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE THE HEARINGS.
WE ARE JUST ALLOWING YOU TO LEAVE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE LISTENING, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.
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LISTENING. EXCUSE ME.FOR ANYONE LISTENING IN THE LOBBY.
WE'LL BE RECONVENING IN ABOUT A MINUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS HEARING UP AGAIN.
WE ARE ON ORDINANCE 20, AND I'M JUST ABOUT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE 2023 ON FIRST READING AND BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE OF THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED, MAKE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.
THAT ALL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT NECESSARY TO HOLD THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAVE BEEN FULLY COMPLIED WITH PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 171 OF FLORIDA STATUTE, AND THAT ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 171 .042 FLORIDA STATUTES HAS BEEN FULLY SATISFIED AND COMPLIED WITH, AND THE CHARACTER OF THE ERIC TO BE ANNEXED FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH AT SECTION 171 .043 FLORIDA STATUTE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR WOODS.
MAY I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON.
LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD OTHERWISE? VICE MAYOR WANT ME TO START? SURE I CAN, I THOUGHT.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A PANIC WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE 40 YEARS, WORKED FOR THE CITY A LONG TIME IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AND THE CITY'S BEEN A CHECKERBOARD AS LONG AS AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
SO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IS A GREAT CITY.
YOU YOU WOULD BE MORE IN A A INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE DO CARE ABOUT WHAT? HOW EVERYBODY FEELS.
WE LIVE HERE. WE'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN WHATEVER SIDE OF THIS DAIS YOU SIT ON.
THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY ENTITY ARE AMENITIES SUCH AS OUR PARKS, SOCCER FIELD.
WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON OUR OUR POOLS, OUR RECREATION OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'S MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOVERNMENT.
I WAS ELECTED INTO THE CITY BY PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.
I DON'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT VIEW ON THINGS, BUT I LOOK AT IT AS NOT A HOSTILE THING.
IT'S AN INVITATION TO TO COME INTO THE FAMILY.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO COME INTO THE FAMILY, THEN DON'T VOTE FOR IT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SQUARE OFF OUR BOUNDARIES.
BUT THIS COUNCIL PROBABLY WOULDN'T SUPPORT A LIFESTYLE CHANGE IN, SAY, CABANA COLONY.
SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE THE VISION OF ANNEXATION.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT WHAT, WHAT WHAT THE VOTER WANTS.
AND THAT'S HOW IT GOES. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BE IN THE CITY, GREAT.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE CITY, THAT'S FINE TOO.
I LOVE THE CITY. I WORK HERE AND BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER A LONG TIME, SO THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND THAT'S THE POSITION I'M GOING TO STAY ON ALL OF THE ORDINANCES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE DO TAKE THEM VERY SERIOUSLY.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
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I SPENT HOURS AND HOURS, I READ ALL THE EMAILS AND I SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ASK A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ADDRESSED.
I KNOW THAT THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT ANNEXATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE TABLE FOR THE FOR THESE VARIOUS AREAS. AND SO IT MIGHT BE NEW TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR FOR 20 YEARS.
WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER THE DEFINITION OF COMPACT AREA IN THE PRESENTATION, AND I'M NOT GOING TO DEBATE THE PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE THAT HAVE OFFERED TESTIMONY OTHERWISE. UM, AND THE OTHER THING I HAD WAS.
THE COMMERCIAL PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOTE.
IS THERE ANY KIND OF INFORMATION WE CAN GIVE THEM AS TO HOW THE CITY SEES THEIR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY? WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
THEIR USES ARE THEIR USES, AND WE HAVE HISTORICALLY, EVERY TIME WE'VE ANNEXED A PROPERTY, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT THAT FIT THE AREA THAT WAS ANNEXED, WE CREATED A ZONING DISTRICT SO THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY USES OR PRIVILEGES AWAY FROM ANYBODY VIS A VIS ANNEXATION.
SO WE TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T POUND THE SQUARE PEG INTO THE ROUND HOLE.
THANKS. I'LL PASS IT ON BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
YEAH. JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON DANA'S COMMENTS IN TERMS OF THE ANNEXATION, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW DECADES, DISCUSSIONS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY AND OTHER THINGS. SO THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THE CITY HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH COMMUNITIES OUT WEST AND NORTH IN OUR CITY WITH ANNEXATION, DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.
AND I THINK WE'VE PLANNED VERY WELL FOR THOSE AREAS.
WE'RE BUILDING FIRE STATIONS, WE HAVE POLICE PRESENCE.
WE'VE EXPANDED OUR SERVICES, PUBLIC SERVICES, OUR RECREATION AREAS.
BUT NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE THE CITY IS SO STRONG, THE SERVICES ARE EXCELLENT.
THE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE, I THINK, WILL BENEFIT FOR THE RESIDENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANAL.
AND AS ALL THE PARCELS TO THE SOUTH AS WELL.
SO THERE'S NOTHING HIDDEN HERE, STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THE MOST POPULAR ELECTION, WHICH IS COMING UP IN MARCH.
SO IF PEOPLE COME OUT AND VOTE FOR IT, IF THEY DON'T, WE UNDERSTAND.
BUT THERE'S NO HIDDEN AGENDA HERE.
AND I THINK BEING ON THE MARCH ELECTION, WHICH IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST PARTICIPATION, WHOEVER VOTES FOR IT, VOTES FOR IT, WHOEVER DOESN'T, DOESN'T, AND WE'LL LIVE WITH THE RESULTS OF WHAT COMES IN.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BERT. MERCI.
CARL. I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT ANNEXATION SINCE 2016.
I'M HOLDING UP A COMPREHENSIVE ANNEXATION STUDY FROM NOVEMBER 17TH, 2016, AND THAT THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THESE AREAS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
LIKE OUR ATTORNEY SAID, WE'VE MADE SURE TO CREATE THE LAND, USE THE ZONING.
WE'VE NEVER TAKEN ANY PROPERTY RIGHTS AWAY.
THAT'S A VERY SERIOUS THING THAT WE WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TAXES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THAT CAME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE ALSO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND IN MANY CASES, BECAUSE OUR MILLAGE RATE IS THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY, TAXES WILL GO DOWN IN MANY OF THESE AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE THERE, AND WE'VE ALREADY PROMISED THAT WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, IT'S TYPICAL FOR CITIES TO HAVE OVERLAPPING ANNEXATION AREAS.
AGAIN, WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, AND NOW THAT WE ARE FINALLY TAKING THIS TO A
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VOTE, I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE MOST DEMOCRATIC, TRANSPARENT APPROACH TO ASKING WHETHER AND, LIKE CARL SAID, INVITING YOU, WHETHER YOU WANT TO COME INTO OUR CITY OR NOT.AND THAT'S HOW WE DO IT, IS BY A VOTE.
SO I FEEL THAT IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY, SO I'LL JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY IN THE DOCUMENTS I'VE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED.
WORKING AT THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL.
SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING BACK SINCE MAY OF 1989.
AND THE FIRST RESOLUTION FOR IT HERE IN THE CITY WAS SEPTEMBER 6TH OF 1990.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE A LARGE PART OF THIS OVER THE LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 8500 PEOPLE TO VOTE, OF WHICH TONIGHT WE HAD ABOUT 20.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 25 OR 26 PEOPLE SPEAK.
SO THAT THAT I THINK IS QUITE A LOT IN JUST A FEW NUMBERS.
SO THAT SAID, LET'S BRING IT TO VOTE FOR ORDINANCE 20 2223 AT FIRST READING.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 21, 2023.
IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE, THIS WILL BE FOR THE AREA KNOWN AS ELLISON WILSON PARCELS.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING A CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT AREA OF UNINCORPORATED REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 20.27 ACRES, MORE OR LESS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ELLISON WILSON PARCELS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 171 .0413 FLORIDA STATUTES, SUCH PARCELS BEING GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF PGA BOULEVARD, EAST OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY AND WEST OF ELLISON WILSON ROAD.
AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO.
PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 2123.
WE ALREADY DID. EX PARTE FOR ORDINANCE 20.
I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD FOR THIS ITEM AND THAT IS FOR SARAH WILLIAMSON.
HI, MY NAME IS SARAH WILLIAMSON.
ALLISON WILSON AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW I STRONGLY OPPOSE ANY ANNEXATION WHATSOEVER.
YOU UNDERSTAND? I'M VERY BUSY AS WELL, SO I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME.
PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE THE VIBE THAT PALM BEACH GARDENS PROPOSES TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY WITH THE I BELIEVE IT'S 86 FOOT NEW MARINA THAT I'LL BE LOOKING AT FROM MY BACKYARD AS WELL AS THE RITZ CARLTON DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH OUR VALUES.
IF OUR LITTLE CUTE, KIND OF QUAINT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIGH DENSITY AND HIGH TRAFFIC HASN'T REALLY BEEN NEGOTIATED PROPERLY.
WHEN THEY STARTED TO DO THE RITZ CARLTON, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS EMAIL THE BUILDER AND SAY, HAVE YOU DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY? THEY WERE PRESENTING IT.
THEY WERE BRINGING IT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND THERE WAS NOTHING.
SO PEOPLE LIKE ME GET TO HAVE TRAFFIC BACKED UP IN MY FRONT YARD FOR EVER.
EVERY SINGLE TIME THE BRIDGE OPENS, EVERY SINGLE DAY, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.
I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BIG VISIONS FOR BEAUTIFUL THINGS LIKE THIS COMMUNITY CENTER, THIS BEAUTIFUL THING, PALM BEACH GARDENS, AVENIR, HUGE PROJECTS.
I WANT TO LIVE IN THE HOMETOWN VIBE THAT I HAVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE IT.
SO WITH THAT, I ASK YOU IF MY MONEY IS REALLY WORTH IT, AND IF IT BENEFITS YOU ENOUGH THAT YOU FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE IT, I THINK I WILL LOSE.
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I FEEL PASSIONATELY THAT I WILL LOSE, AND I ASK THAT YOU DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.ALL RIGHT. WE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENT CARDS FOR ORDINANCE 2123.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IT IS PART OF THE RECORD.
I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
THAT ALL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT NECESSARY TO HOLD THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAVE BEEN FULLY COMPLIED WITH PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 171 FLORIDA STATE STATUTES, AND THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 171 .042 FLORIDA STATUTES HAS BEEN FULLY SATISFIED AND COMPLIED WITH, AND THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION ONE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR WOODS, MAY I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. DANA. SO, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ORDINANCE 21 OR 23 OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
MOVING ALONG TO ORDINANCE 22, 2023.
IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
ORDINANCE 22 2023, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING A CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT AREA OF UNINCORPORATED REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 31.25 ACRES, MORE OR LESS COMMONLY KNOWN AS PIRATE'S COVE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 171 .0413 FLORIDA STATUTES.
SUCH PARCELS BEING GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF PGA BOULEVARD, WEST OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY AND NORTH OF CANAL ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO.
PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.
WE ALREADY DECLARED EX PARTE UNDER ORDINANCE 20, AND I DO HAVE THREE COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
SO IF ISABEL COULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
YEAH. THERE ARE NO CARDS FOR THIS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE. I SKIPPED AHEAD.
THANK YOU. PATTY. MY APOLOGIES.
MY READING GLASSES ARE NOT WORKING REALLY WELL, AS USUAL.
SO IT'S MY FAULT. OKAY, SO, ORDINANCE 22, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ONE.
AND THAT ONE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR NEXT.
MAX, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE'D LIKE TO ENTER INTO THE IN THE RECORD.
THE ENTIRETY OF THE STAFF REPORT RELATED TO ORDINANCE 22 2023.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAX, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? MAYOR, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE ADOPT ORDINANCE 22 2023 ON FIRST READING AND BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, MAKE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. THAT ALL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT NECESSARY TO HOLD THIS PUBLIC HEARING HAVE BEEN FULLY COMPLIED WITH PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 171 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, AND THAT THE REQUIREMENTS SECTION OF 171 .042 FLORIDA STATUTES HAVE BEEN FULLY SATISFIED AND COMPLIED WITH, AND THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 170 1.0 43 OF FLORIDA STATUTES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. MAY I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WILL HAVE THE THREE COMMENT CARDS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ORDINANCE 23 2023 AT THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 23 2023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING A CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT AREA OF UNINCORPORATED REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 32.92 ACRES.
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LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD AND RCA BOULEVARD.AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO.
PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE EX PARTE UNDER ORDINANCE 20.
I DO HAVE THREE COMMENT CARDS FOR ORDINANCE 23.
AND THAT AGAIN, WAS MISS STEVENSON, MR. BALBUS AND MR. PRENTICE. SO, MISS STEVENSON, I APOLOGIZE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM? EVERYONE ELSE WILL GET TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS.
MY NAME IS ISABELLE STEVENSON.
I LIVE AT ONE 1148 MONET LANE.
YES, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I DO OPPOSE THE ANNEXATION.
MONET LANE IS A STREET OF 20 HOMES, ONE ACRE PROPERTIES.
30 YEARS AGO, WHEN I MOVED THERE, I WAS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK.
WE DO NOT HAVE CITY CITY SERVICES.
WE DO NOT HAVE CITY WATER, WE DO NOT HAVE CITY SEWER.
AND I DON'T SEE THE BENEFIT IN GOING WITH THE WITH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, WHICH I DO THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL CITY, BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR STREET, BECAUSE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR US ON OUR STREET? ARE YOU GOING TO REPAVE OUR ROAD? ARE YOU GOING TO BRING IN WATER? ARE YOU GOING TO BRING IN SEWER? I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE IF YOU DID, THEN WE'D ALL HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT SAID, THE WAY THAT WE LIVE ON THAT ONE LITTLE STREET OF 20 HOMES WITH RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE LIFETIME AND GENERATIONS, THEN IT'S NOT A BENEFIT TO ANYONE FOR US.
WELL, THE THE PROPERTY NEXT TO US IS A MOBILE HOME PARK.
IT'S A TRAILER PARK THAT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.
IT'S A GREAT LITTLE TRAILER PARK.
THERE'S 86 HOMES THERE WHICH ARE 0.06 ACRE LOT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, LITTLE TRAILER LOT WHERE WE ARE ALL ONE ACRE LOTS.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW HOW PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE.
30 YEARS AGO, MY PROPERTY TAXES WERE VERY LOW AND THEY STILL ARE.
SO NOW BECAUSE OF OUR VALUE, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ACRE PROPERTY WHICH WE'VE WAITED 30 YEARS TO HAVE THAT INCREASE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THOSE TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP, AND WE'RE STILL NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY SERVICES.
I THINK PALM BEACH GARDENS IS A GREAT CITY.
I'VE LIVED HERE ACTUALLY FOR 60.
SAY IT OUT LOUD OVER 50 YEARS, LET'S JUST SAY, AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ROBERTO BALBUS AND THEN HOWARD PANOS THE THIRD.
ACTUALLY, SHE EXPRESSED MOST OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN, SIR? SORRY.
I WON'T REPEAT WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE LAST EIGHT, TEN, 15 YEARS.
ONE IS THE FACT THAT IT'S A VERY PLEASANT RURAL ATMOSPHERE, IF YOU WILL.
ALSO THAT THE LOTS ARE ONE ACRE IN SIZE, WHICH ALLOWS THE BUILDING OF A NICE SIZED BUILDING.
SO SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS, 3 OR 4 THAT ARE THERE, I'VE INCREASED THE VALUE OF THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERED ME WAS THE FACT THAT THE CITY, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, HAS IN THE PRESENTATION, HE DID SAY THAT THE CITY WILL BE MAKING A PROFIT.
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SO THAT'S $70,000, YOU KNOW THAT.SO THEN WE WILL BE PAYING EVEN MORE.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE WHAT YOU WILL BE GIVING ME IN TERMS OF SERVICE, BECAUSE I HAVE EVERYTHING I WANT PEACE, TRANQUILITY AND ONE ACRE LOT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF VOTING IN THIS CASE IS NOT QUITE VOTING IN THE SENSE OF EVERYONE HAS A VOTE BECAUSE, SAY, WHAT SHOULD BE? DECIDING WHO CAN VOTE IS WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, AND THEN THEREFORE EVERYONE THAT OWNS THE PROPERTY, A PIECE OF PROPERTY SHOULD VOTE.
AND THEN ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE VOLUME.
AND THE RULES, I THINK, DO NOT ALLOW EVERYONE TO VOTE.
YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED VOTER.
IF YOU ARE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, YOU MAY NOT VOTE.
SO PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, MR. PANOS, THE THIRD.
NO. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ALONG.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO? MAX, BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YES, MADAM MAYOR. AS A MATTER OF RECORD, AS IN THE PREVIOUS ONES, I WANT TO MAKE IT MAKE SURE AT THIS TIME THAT WE'RE ENTERING THE ENTIRETY OF THE STAFF REPORT AND PRESENTATION INTO THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ALL IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE AND INCLUDES THE ANNEXATION FEASIBILITY STUDY RELATED TO ORDINANCE 22, 2023.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION? I'LL MOVE THAT. WE ADOPT ORDINANCE 23 2023 ON FIRST READING AND BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE AND THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED, MAKE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW THAT ALL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT NECESSARY TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN FULLY COMPLIED WITH PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 171 FLORIDA STATUTES, AND THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 171 .042 FLORIDA STATUTES HAS BEEN FULLY SATISFIED AND COMPLIED WITH, AND THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH AT SECTION 170 1.0 43 OF FLORIDA STATUTES.
THANK YOU. CARL. MAY I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, IF I.
IT'S 23. OH, I CAN SEE I GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS FOR ORDINANCE 23 223.
THE HEARING WAS ALREADY CLOSED. WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S BRING IT TO VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ALONG TO ORDINANCE 24.
IF THE CLERK WOULD KINDLY READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 24 2023, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING A CONTIGUOUS AND COMPACT AREA OF UNINCORPORATED REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 38.71 ACRES, MORE OR LESS COMMONLY KNOWN AS MONET GARDENS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 171 .0413 FLORIDA STATUTES, SUCH PARCELS BEING GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF RCA BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF FAIRCHILD AVENUE, AND EAST OF FAIRCHILD GARDENS AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND IS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO AMENDING ARTICLE TWO OF THE CITY CHARTER TO REDEFINE THE CORPORATE LIMITS PURSUANT TO INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE FLORIDA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 24 2023.
WE ALREADY DID AN EX-PARTE ON ORDINANCE 20.
WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD FOR ORDINANCE 24 2023.
AND I'D LIKE TO CALL PETER BERTINO TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, SIR.
YOU'LL BE SO KIND TO STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
I LIVE AT 11147 MONET RIDGE ROAD AND I WAS SWORN IN.
I AM REPRESENTING THE AREA ANNEXATION NUMBER FIVE AND PROBABLY THE POSTER CHILD FOR THE ENCLAVE.
WE ARE THE DONUT HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
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I SUPPORT THIS THING FULLY.WE'RE ON WELL AND SEPTIC, THE ROADS DETERIORATE OVER TIME AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM PAVED AND GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO TRY TO COLLECT A CHECK FROM EVERYBODY IS NOT MY IDEA OF FUN.
ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS LOWER TAXES THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN MY AREA WOULD WOULD RECEIVE, THE POLICE, THE FIRE SERVICES, I BELIEVE WOULD BE FAR SUPERIOR, BEING FULLY SURROUNDED BY PALM BEACH GARDENS.
SO THAT IS ONE BENEFIT, AND I'M HOPEFUL SOME OF MY RESIDENT FRIENDS WILL DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER.
I HEARD A LOT OF NEGATIVITY TONIGHT, AND THERE ARE MORE BENEFITS TO BE HAD FOR THESE ANNEXATIONS, AT LEAST IN MY AREA FOR SURE THAN PEOPLE SEEM TO REALIZE.
SO I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH STAFF MANY TIMES ALREADY TO LEND MY SUPPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO HOPEFULLY GET MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
THAT LEADS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THESE ARE BENEFITS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO OTHER COMMENT CARDS.
MAX, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO ADD BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT ALL? YES, MADAM MAYOR, AS IN THE OTHERS WE NEED AT THIS TIME TO WOULD LIKE THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO EVIDENCE THE ENTIRETY OF THE STAFF REPORT AND PRESENTATION, WHICH IS IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE AND INCLUDES THE ANNEXATION FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ORDINANCE 24 2023.
OKAY, IT'S IN THE RECORD. THANK YOU, MAX, I APPRECIATE IT.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
COULD I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
IT'S NICE TO END ON A HIGH NOTE.
SO I WILL MOVE THAT. WE ADOPT ORDINANCE 24 2023 ON FIRST READING AND BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED, MAKE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. THAT ALL THE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT NECESSARY TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING HAVE BEEN FULLY COMPLIED WITH PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 171 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, AND THAT ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION ONE, 71.0, 42 FLORIDA STATUTES HAVE BEEN FULLY SATISFIED AND COMPLIED WITH, AND THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 170 1.0 43 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES.
ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.
VICE MAYOR WOODS SECOND BY MARCIE TINSLEY.
ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM OUR COUNSEL HERE.
OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CLOSE THE HEARING AND LET'S MOVE ALONG TO ORDINANCE FIVE 2023.
[VIII.f. ORDINANCE 5, 2023 – (1ST READING) CITY-INITIATED LAND DEVELOPMENT TEXT AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 - LAND DEVELOPMENT AT ARTICLE III. - DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES BY REPEALING DIVISION 4. - CITYWIDE IMPACT FEES AND MOBILITY FEES, AND READOPTING SAME, AS REVISED, IN ORDER TO REVISE THE CITY’S IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT LOCALIZED DATA FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, FIRE PROTECTION/EMS, POLICE PROTECTION, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES; PROVIDING FOR AND DECLARING THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT NECESSITATE THE ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED IMPACT FEES AT THE FULLY CALCULATED RATE AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]
IF THE. PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE FIVE 2023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT AT ARTICLE THREE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCEDURES BY REPEALING DIVISION FOUR CITYWIDE IMPACT FEES AND MOBILITY FEES AND RE ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED IN ORDER TO REVISE THE CITY'S IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOST RECENT LOCALIZED DATA FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, FIRE PROTECTION, MS POLICE PROTECTION, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES PROVIDING FOR AND DECLARING THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT NECESSITATE THE ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED IMPACT FEES AT THE FULLY CALCULATED RATE.AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING FOR ORDINANCE FIVE 2023.
AND I WILL BE CALLING STAFF TO THE PODIUM.
FIRST. I SEE THAT JOANNE ESCARRA IS HERE TO PRESENT REGARDING ORDINANCE FIVE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JOANNE SCURRIA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AMENDMENT FOR IMPACT FEES, SPECIFICALLY POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING A FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES TO ALLOW THE IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE TO BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY UPON EFFECTIVE DATE AT THE FULLY CALCULATED RATE.
AND NOW WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR CONSULTANT.
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STAFF HIRED NEW URBAN CONCEPTS IN 2022 TO UPDATE THE CITY'S IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE.AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MR. JONATHAN PAUL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOANNE, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
MY NAME IS JONATHAN PAUL. I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF NEW URBAN CONCEPTS.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE OF THE PARK AND RECREATION, FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, POLICE PROTECTION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES IMPACT FEES FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
AND THIS JUST REALLY PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE CALCULATED FEES, DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY NEW INFORMATION, BUT IT'S JUST A SUMMARIZATION OF THE OVERALL DETAIL.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS AN UPDATE OF FOR THE EXISTING FEES WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, THE PARK AND RECREATION, FIRE PROTECTION, POLICE PROTECTION, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.
NEITHER OF THOSE ARE BEING UPDATED THIS EVENING.
THEY WILL POTENTIALLY BE UPDATED AT A FUTURE TIME.
ONE OF THE IMPACTS OF ANY TYPE OF FEE IS ITS IMPACT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS IN FLORIDA STATUTE THAT ALLOWS FOR EITHER A REDUCTION IN FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR POTENTIALLY A WAIVER OF THEM OUTRIGHT.
THE CITY HAS SEPARATE POLICIES AS IT RELATES TO RESIDENTIAL USES, AND THEN WITHIN THOSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IMPACT FEES, WAIVERS OR REDUCTIONS INTO THE FUTURE.
IN TERMS OF THE CALCULATIONS THEMSELVES FOR RESIDENTIAL USES, THEY ARE MIGRATING FROM A USE PER DWELLING UNIT TO A USE PER SQUARE FOOTAGE, SO THIS WOULD IN ESSENCE ALLOW FOR A SMALLER SQUARE FOOTAGE RESIDENTS APARTMENTS, CONDOS TO ACTUALLY PAY A LOWER OVERALL FEE VERSUS A HIGHER FEE FOR LARGER SCALE USES.
SO IN TERMS OF THE FEE CALCULATION ITSELF, THAT'S ONE WAY TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY.
ANOTHER MEANS IS THROUGH A SEPARATE PROGRAM TO EITHER ALLOW REDUCTION OR WAIVERS.
AND I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS A PROGRAM TO THAT EFFECT THAT IT CAN ELECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ON.
THE CITY ITSELF IS PROJECTED TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS.
THE BASE YEAR THAT WE LOOKED AT IS 2022, AND OUR FUTURE YEAR WAS 2035.
THE DATA ANALYSIS ACTUALLY LOOKS OUT AS FAR AS 2045.
BUT IN TERMS OF A REALISTIC, REALISTIC PROJECTION OF FUTURE GROWTH, 2035 IS OUR BASE YEAR.
SO THE PROJECTION IS THE CITY POPULATION WOULD INCREASE BY ROUGHLY 33,000 OVER THOSE 12 YEARS.
EMPLOYMENT USES WOULD INCREASE BY ROUGHLY 22,000.
AND ALL THESE FACTORS GO INTO THE CALCULATIONS OF THE IMPACT FEES THEMSELVES.
AND THEN THEN WHAT WE CALL A FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT RESIDENT.
SO THIS ADDRESSES A FULL TIME RESIDENT TO THE CITY AND ALSO THE EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE CITY.
THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS MADE FOR THOSE THAT BOTH WORK AND LIVE IN THE CITY ALREADY.
THEY ONLY USE SERVICES PART OF THE TIME, THEREFORE THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED A FULL RESIDENT.
WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN AS A FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT RESIDENT.
SO THE NUMBER YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS ROUGHLY 120,889.
THE CITY'S CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
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TODAY, THESE ARE APPLICABLE TO RESIDENTS ONLY, AND THE STANDARD IS FIVE ACRES OF LAND FOR 1000 RESIDENTS.IT IS BASED ON RESPONSE TIMES TO CALLS FOR SERVICES.
FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S BASED ON CALLS FOR SERVICE AND FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.
YOU DO NOT HAVE A STANDARD TODAY.
THE FIVE ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS IS A GOOD STANDARD FOR USE IN AN IMPACT FEE.
RESPONSE TIMES AND CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE SOMEWHAT HARD TO QUANTIFY AND ALSO SOMEWHAT HARD TO TIE DIRECTLY TO NEW GROWTH, IN PARTICULAR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THERE'S NOT DEMAND FOR THEIR SERVICES.
IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY PROVIDING TODAY.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE FEE A SEPARATE UNIT OF MEASURE.
SO WE LOOKED AT A SEPARATE STANDARD SERVICE STANDARD FOR THAT AS WELL.
WE LOOK BACK OVER TEN YEARS TO WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THE CITY PROVIDES TODAY.
ONE OF THOSE HAPPENS TO BE LEVEL OF SERVICE PER RESIDENT.
SO WE CAPTURE BOTH SERVICES BEING PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.
FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE 1.84 PERSONNEL.
THAT'S BOTH FIREFIGHTERS, EMS AND THEIR SUPPORT STAFF PER 1000 EQUIVALENT RESIDENTS.
POLICE PERSONNEL WAS 2.5 ROUGHLY PER 1000 RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, WHICH IS YOUR ADMINISTRATION, YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN PARK AND RECREATION OR LIFE SAFETY.
WE ALSO LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAD BUDGETED IN TERMS OF YOUR 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
AND FROM THAT WE DEVELOPED A LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS FOR IMPACT FEE PURPOSES.
WE KEPT THE FIVE ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS FOR PARKS, BUT WE INCLUDED BOTH RESIDENTS AND EQUIVALENT RESIDENTS. FOR FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL, WE USE TWO PERSONNEL PER 1000 EQUIVALENT RESIDENTS, POLICE PROTECTION 2.5 AND THEN FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT 2.3.
SO WE'LL START FIRST ON THE PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM.
THE CITY HAS A FAIRLY ROBUST PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM TODAY.
SO THE IMPACT FEE UPDATE ADDRESSES BOTH ACREAGE NEEDED TIED TO NEW GROWTH, IN ADDITION TO PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS TO YOUR EXISTING FACILITIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T REALLY NECESSARY TO GO OVER.
IT'S REALLY MORE OR LESS A REFERENCE IN YOUR TECHNICAL REPORT, BUT YOUR FEE TODAY IS JUST BASED ON THE SERVICE PROVIDED IN THE PAST AND BASED ON THE COST OF FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE PAST.
THIS PLAN AND THIS FEE IS SIMILAR TO THE MOBILITY FEE YOU ADOPTED, IS THAT IT LOOKS IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT LOOKS AT WHAT DO YOU NEED AS A COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE TO YOUR RESIDENTS OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS? AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF YOUR STAFF FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR FACILITIES AND PARKS, THE FIRE, THE POLICE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND CONTAINS A DETAILED LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THE FEE ITSELF IS BASED ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE THERE'S A NUMBER OF CALCULATIONS THAT GO INTO IT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT RESULTS IN A PARK IMPACT FEE RATE.
AND THAT RATE IS WHAT WE USE TO ACTUALLY CALCULATE THE PARK IMPACT FEE.
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SO WE LOOKED AT PARK AND RECREATION AND WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED ELSEWHERE WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR BOTH MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY ITSELF.AND JUST A CAVEAT FOR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC OR THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THIS, ANY SPECIFIC DETAIL ON ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN PALM BEACH GARDENS? IT'S RECOMMENDED YOU GO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAIL.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARIZATION OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, BUT THE CITY OF BOCA RATON, THE PARK AND RECREATION, IMPACT FEES ROUGHLY $4,500 FOR A 2000 TO 4000 SQUARE FOOT DWELLING UNIT WITHIN THE CITY OF WELLINGTON, IT'S $4,000 PER DWELLING UNIT. THEY DON'T REALLY SPECIFY THE SIZE, JUST THE $4,000 PER UNIT.
WITHIN THE CITY OF ROYAL PALM BEACH, IT'S 2200.
WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY, IT WAS CALCULATED THAT 2300.
AH, $2,300 FOR THIS TYPE OF HOME.
THE ACTUAL ADOPTED RATE HAD TO BE LESS BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAD MADE A DEMONSTRATION OR FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DIDN'T ALLOW DIDN'T ELECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO ESSENTIALLY THEY HAD TO PHASE THE INCREASE OF THEIR FEE CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE, THE PALM BEACH GARDENS FEE TODAY. ABSENT AN UPDATE OF YOUR IMPACT FEE IS $4,114.
THAT'S WHAT A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ACTUALLY PAY THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
THE UPDATED FEE BE ROUGHLY $4,000.
SO THAT FEE IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT YOU'D PAY ON A 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOME OR MORE.
SO IN THAT REGARDS, ANYTHING UNDER 3000FT², THEY WOULD PAY A LOWER FEE THAN TODAY.
ANYTHING ABOVE 3000FT², THEY WOULD PAY A HIGHER FEE BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS.
ALL THE RESIDENTIAL IS LOWER THAN TODAY, SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER.
BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE LIKELY SIZES OF DWELLING UNITS TO GET A MORE ACCURATE COMPARISON.
AND THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY FOR A 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. IT USED TO BE CONSIDERED MULTIFAMILY.
BASED ON YOUR CURRENT FEE, BOTH YOUR ROAD IMPACT FEE AND YOUR MOBILITY FEE.
SO THE UPDATED IMPACT FEES FALL THAT SAME EXAMPLE.
AND I WILL JUST CALL OUT TO NOTE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA AND ANALYSIS THAT GOES INTO THE REPORT.
ATTACHED UP TO 4500FT², AND FOR MULTIFAMILY UP TO 2500FT².
THE DATA ANALYSIS SUPPORTS YOUR CITY MANAGER THROUGH YOUR ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THESE SHOULD SOMEONE COME IN AND PROVIDE DATA TO SHOW TO THE CONTRARY, OR YOU AS A BODY COULD ELECT TO LOWER THESE THRESHOLDS.
BUT THESE ARE WHAT THE CALCULATED NUMBERS SUPPORT.
SO AND FOR NON RESIDENTIAL USES IT'S THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES PER 1000 SQUARE FOOT THAT WORK THERE.
NOT VISITORS, NOT GUESTS OR CLIENTS OR CUSTOMERS TO A USE BUT THE ACTUAL EMPLOYEES.
AND IT'S ALSO ADJUSTED FOR WHAT THEIR REASONABLE AVAILABILITY THAT THEY COULD USE THE PARK SYSTEM.
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WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE UPDATE OF THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT IMPACT FEE AND SIMILAR TO THE OTHER USES, IT INCLUDES A DETAILED LIST OF FUTURE NEEDS OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS AS A NEED FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS, ONE OF WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 23. SO THE FEE CALCULATION ITSELF ADJUSTS THE FEE FOR THAT FUNDED FIRE STATION.SO IT STILL SHOWS YOU NEED FOR.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE CALCULATION ITSELF, IT INCLUDES THE FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR THAT STATION.
SO NEW DEVELOPMENTS NOT BEING CHARGED FOR THAT ALREADY FUNDED FIRE STATION.
THERE ARE A COUPLE. THERE ARE THREE LAND USES HOTELS, PRIVATE EDUCATION AND COMMERCIAL STORAGE THAT ARE ALL MUCH HIGHER. FOR ONE, THEIR BASE WAS FAIRLY LOW TO BEGIN WITH, SO ANY INCREASE IS GOING TO BE A LARGER PERCENTAGE.
FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION SPECIFICALLY, THE OLD FEE WAS BASED ON A PER STUDENT.
NOW IT'S GOING TO A MORE EASIER TO MEASURE PER 1000 SQUARE FOOT.
AND FOR COMMERCIAL STORES IT WAS JUST EXTREMELY LOW.
SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF USES FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION AND EMS IMPACT FEE ROUGHLY INCREASE ABOUT 26%.
I DIDN'T INCLUDE A COMPARISON FOR FIRE AND EMS, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE SEPARATE FIRE AND EMS FEES.
EITHER THEY ELECT NOT TO PROVIDE THEM OR THAT SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY.
SO THERE ARE DELRAY, AND I KNOW A FEW OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING AT THE FEE, BUT NOT MANY OF THEM HAVE IT FOR FIRE PROTECTION. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FEES FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, COORDINATED CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF THERE, AND DETERMINED BOTH FUTURE SPACE NEEDS AND ALSO THE NEEDS FOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR A PROJECTED NUMBER OF OFFICERS.
THE FUTURE NEEDS INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR EITHER ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, OR, MORE LIKELY, A POLICE STATION SERVING THE GROWING WESTERN COMMUNITY. AS PART OF OVERALL PALM BEACH COUNTY OR PALM BEACH GARDENS GROWTH AND THEN THE FEE CALCULATIONS THEMSELVES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE FACTORS THAT WENT INTO THE FEE ITSELF, AND GIVE US A RATE OF $219 PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENT, THEN THAT ACTUALLY GIVES US OUR FEE.
SO THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY DRAMATICALLY INCREASING.
AGAIN, GIVEN THE LAST UPDATE WAS 2016 2017, AND WE'RE NOW IN 2023, SEVEN YEARS GIVEN INFLATION, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS SEEM OUT OF CONTEXT.
THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS CALLED POTENTIALLY FOR A GREATER SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THE STAFF ON YOUR FACILITIES TEAM LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BUILDING YOU'RE PROVIDING TODAY, HOW THIS SPACE COULD POTENTIALLY BE REUSED TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, AND WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN TERMS OF THAT.
SO PROJECTIONS INTO THE FUTURE.
THE NEED WAS ROUGHLY 450FT² PER PER PERSONNEL.
THEY DECIDED THAT 200FT² WAS A BETTER METRIC BECAUSE THERE IS EXISTING CAPACITY IN THE FACILITIES.
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SO THAT HELPED TO ACTUALLY KEEP THE OVERALL FEE LOWER.THERE ARE A FEW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT HAVE PUBLIC FACILITY FEES.
ROYAL PALM BEACH THE FEE IS ROUGHLY $1,100 FOR A 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOME WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
IT WAS CALCULATED AT $1,500 FOR THAT SIMILAR HOME.
THEY ADOPTED A LOWER RATE $251 BECAUSE OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
THE GARDEN'S RATE TODAY IS $231.
THE PROJECTED INCREASE IS $275 FOR 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
THE OVERALL PARK OR THE PUBLIC FACILITY INCREASES AVERAGE ABOUT 20% HIGHER THAN WHAT YOUR EXISTING FEE IS TODAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING THE HOTEL'S PRIVATE EDUCATION AND COMMERCIAL STORAGE.
SO THAT THAT SORT OF WAS A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE FEE UPDATES THEMSELVES.
SO IN TERMS OF GOING TO A METRIC PER SQUARE FOOT, WE LOOKED AT DATA SPECIFIC TO PALM BEACH GARDENS, INCLUDING POPULATION DWELLING UNITS AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE. AND THEN WE CALCULATED THAT OUT FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL USES.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS PER SQUARE FOOT TIER FOR ALL FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL USES FOR CONDOS, TOWNHOUSES, SINGLE FAMILY, ATTACHED AND DETACHED.
LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
THE REPORT ITSELF GOES INTO FURTHER DETAIL WHERE YOU SEE YOUR NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. AT FIVE BEDROOMS, ROUGHLY, THERE ARE 1000 DWELLING UNITS THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 2000 AND 2020 22.
ROUGHLY 1000 DWELLING UNITS, OR JUST UNDER 20%, HAD FIVE BEDROOMS OR MORE.
AND THEN YOU SEE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL DROP OFF.
SIX BEDROOMS, SEVEN BEDROOMS, EIGHT BEDROOMS. THERE IS STILL SOME GROWTH, BUT IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT RATE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FIVE BEDROOM THRESHOLD IS ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO 7000FT² IN TERMS OF A USE.
THE DATA SUPPORTS AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF A INCREASE IN NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, INCREASE IN BEDROOMS PER DWELLING INCREASE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OVERALL NUMBERS.
BUT IT DOES DROP OFF PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER FIVE BEDROOMS. SO IF YOU WANTED TO ESTABLISH A LOWER THRESHOLD FOR SINGLE FAMILY FROM THE 9500 TO SAY A 7000 OR A DIFFERENT RATE YOU COULD DO, THAT COULD ALSO BE DONE THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS IN THE MANUAL ITSELF AND THE THE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCES.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE GARDENS SPECIFIC TO PALM BEACH GARDENS, GOING TO A LOT OF DETAIL IN THE TECHNICAL REPORTS OF THAT AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE IMPACT OF THOSE USES.
AND THAT LEAVES US WITH WHAT'S KNOWN AS EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CALCULATED FEE, THAT'S 100%.
THE MAXIMUM YOU COULD INCREASE IT IS TO 50%.
THE OTHER REQUIREMENT IS IF IT'S BETWEEN 0 OR 0.1% AND A 25% INCREASE, IT HAS TO BE PHASED IN OVER TWO YEARS AND IN EQUAL INCREMENTS. AND IF IT'S BETWEEN 25.1% UP TO 50%, IT HAS TO BE PHASED IN OVER FOUR YEARS.
THE LEGISLATURE DIDN'T DEFINE THAT TERM.
IT'S LARGELY BEEN TIED TO GROWTH IN POPULATION.
THAT STUDY CAN'T BE ANY OLDER THAN 12 MONTHS.
THE STUDY IS ROUGHLY ONE MONTH OLD AT THIS POINT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.
TWO WORKSHOPS WERE HELD IN THE 19TH, ONE AT 9 A.M.
AND THEN FINALLY IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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SO IF A SUPERMAJORITY OF YOU ELECT NOT TO MOVE FORWARD TO EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WOULD PHASE IN UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE.SO IT WOULD BE 50% CAP PLUS THE PHASING OF THE VARIOUS USES.
UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF USES FELL UNDER THE 50% THRESHOLD.
AND THE BASELINE IS ARE YOU GROWING FASTER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? YES OR NO? THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING STATES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
MANY PEOPLE WOULD RECOGNIZE IT HAS EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH.
SO IF YOU'RE GROWING HIGHER THAN THAT, YOU AS A COMMUNITY CAN MAKE A PRETTY STRONG CASE.
YOU HAVE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH.
IF YOU'RE GROWING LESS THAN THAT, YOU HAVE TO FIND OTHER DOCUMENTATION.
WE LOOKED ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1990, AND AT THAT POINT THE CITY WAS GROWING QUITE RAPIDLY.
IN FACT, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS OUTSIDE OF WESTLAKE, WHICH IS STARTING AT A BASIS OF 13 RESIDENTS OR 150 DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DATA HAS BEEN UPDATED TO. YOU ARE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY BY A PRETTY FAR MARGIN, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BASES FOR THE GROWTH. WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT'S THE GROWTH PROJECTED TO BE OUT INTO THE FUTURE, AND IS IT STILL GOING TO EXCEED THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND WILL IT STILL EXCEED PALM BEACH COUNTY? AND USING JUST A PLANNING LEVEL TERM MEDIUM PROJECTIONS AND HIGH PROJECTIONS, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC BUSINESS RESEARCH, PRODUCES COST ESTIMATES EVERY YEAR, POPULATION ESTIMATES EVERY YEAR FOR COUNTIES AND THE STATE, AND THEY FACTORED INTO LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH.
SO WE LOOKED AT BOTH MEDIUM AND HIGH FOR THE GARDENS.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU ANNEXED AS A HIGH GROWTH PROJECTION, AND UNDER BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS, THE CITY WELL OUTPACED THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TRANSITIONING TO AN IMPROVEMENT DRIVEN PLAN, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY STATUTE IS LOOKING TO REQUIRE, AND DEPENDING ON HOW YOU READ IT, DOES REQUIRE IT.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE BASES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE TECHNICAL REPORT.
THE TWO MOST SIGNIFICANT BEING YOUR EXTRAORDINARY POPULATION GROWTH IN THE PAST, PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE, AND TRANSITIONING TO A IMPROVEMENTS BASED SYSTEM. AND I ALSO SAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE, AS YOU HAVE SEEN AS A BODY, HAS PREEMPTED A NUMBER OF YOUR POWERS AS IT RELATES TO LAND USE AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY.
YOU'VE TRANSITIONED TO A PLANS BASED IMPROVEMENT.
YOU'RE SEEING 10%, 15% BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY PROJECTING OUT INTO THE FUTURE OF WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB TAKING A LOT OF DATA AND MAKING IT DIGESTIBLE.
ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS REGARDING MADAM MAYOR.
YES, MA'AM. JUST VERY QUICKLY, FOR THE RECORD.
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SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DID HEAR THIS ITEM AT THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING, AND THEY RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL 7 TO 0.FIRST READING IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING.
SECOND READING IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 6TH AND IF THE ITEM IS APPROVED, WE WOULD ISSUE NOTICE IN DECEMBER WITH THE FEES EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THANK YOU JOANNE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ALL RIGHT. AGAIN I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE FIVE 2223 THAT BASED UPON THE TESTIMONY OF MISTER PAUL AND HIS TECHNICAL REPORT AND STUDY, I MOVE TO MAKE A FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO ADOPT ORDINANCE FIVE 2023 ON FIRST READING THE SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARL.
AND THEN DANA. SO, CARL, YOU MADE THE MOTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? NO, I JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE THAT WAS A SOFT BUDGET REVIEW.
SO, I MEAN, THE CITY GROWING, THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GROWING.
I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON IT.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. ALL RIGHT I GOT COMMENTS.
I COULD GO ON FOR A WHILE ON THIS.
LOVE IT. BUT BASICALLY ALL GOOD.
COVID GOT IN THE WAY. SO UNDERSTANDABLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE NEED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBERS TO KIND OF MEET THE PROJECTIONS, MAYBE THROUGH 2035 WITH ANOTHER FIVE YEAR REVIEW DOWN THE ROAD, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
IF NOT, SUPPLEMENTAL INCREASES COULD BE THEN, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS YOU SAID.
I AGREE WITH EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES ALL ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS, AND I'M TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF DOING IT, NOT ON THE BACKS OF OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS, BUT DOING IT ON THE BACKS OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WANT TO COME INTO THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TRAFFIC, THE GROWTH, A LOT OF THE ISSUES ARE GOING TO COME FROM.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NO, NO, NO, TWO CITIES ARE THE SAME LEGISLATURE UP THERE.
WE CAN'T AFFORD CAPS ON THOSE NUMBERS WHEN WE HAVE 30% PLUS GROWTH.
SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT RIGHT AWAY.
I THINK WE'RE GIVING ENOUGH TIME FOR THE PERMIT STATUS TO TAKE EFFECT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GIVING AMPLE TIME AND NOTICE.
HAVEN'T HAD MUCH DISCUSSION WITH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS AT ALL ON THIS.
SO I THINK THEY SEE THAT MAYBE THEY GOT A LITTLE BREAK UP FRONT BECAUSE OF COVID, THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE ADJUSTMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY TO ACCOMMODATE FOR GROWTH THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO OUR CITY. SO I THINK WE'RE THERE OUTSIDE OF THAT GREAT REPORT.
SO I THINK THE INCREASE IS ACROSS THE BOARD ARE JUSTIFIED AND I'M HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
THANKS, BERT. ALL RIGHT, MARCY, THANK YOU.
I DO AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND I DID LIKE THE REPORT, I READ IT, I WATCHED THE WORKSHOP TWICE, ACTUALLY, SO I CAN MAKE SURE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST, I GUESS, IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BEDROOMS, WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, ETCETERA IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, OF COURSE, PARKING IS BASED ON BEDROOMS, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY IN THE RESIDENTIAL METHODOLOGY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BEDROOMS EQUAL PEOPLE.
WHY IS IT THAT IT'S BASED ON SQUARE FOOT?
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AND NOT BEDROOMS. I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW THAT OCCURRED OR WHY.THAT'S A GREAT IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
KNOW WE THE LEVEL I WENT DOWN TO TO GET DOWN TO THE PALM BEACH GARDENS IS SPECIFIC.
DATA ISN'T SOMETHING YOU NORMALLY YOU FIND OR YOU DO.
AND SO IT ISN'T THAT COMMON A PRACTICE YET TO BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. I THINK FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, THE NEXT UPDATE AS IT STARTS TO TRANSITION TO THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MULTIFAMILY USE, WE PROBABLY WOULD RECOMMEND A CHANGE TO BEDROOMS. BUT AGAIN, THE DATA IS JUST STARTING TO COME OUT NOW.
THAT MEAN YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A MULTIFAMILY.
THEY SAY A STUDIO IS THE SAME EXACT IMPACT AS A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT.
OH REALLY? YOU KNOW, AND YOU JUST LOOK AT IT ON ITS FACE.
AND REALLY TRIP GENERATION LEADS IT FOR A LOT OF THESE FEES.
SO THE NEXT UPDATE OF THE TRIP GENERATION, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK MORE AT BEDROOMS. AND I'LL JUST GIVE US A SOLID BASIS.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE DETAILS, THE DOCUMENTATION.
BUT NEXT TIME GO AROUND, AT LEAST FOR MULTIFAMILY YOU POTENTIALLY GOING TO TRANSITION TO BEDROOMS. THANK YOU. AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY, OR MAYBE CITIES OR COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT UTILIZE THIS METHODOLOGY? ALL THE ONES THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS DO I'VE BEEN.
WE ACTUALLY DID THE RESIDENTIAL PER SQUARE FOOT IN ALACHUA COUNTY OVER 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I WORKED THERE, AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES I'VE BEEN GOING TO, IT MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY FROM A YOUR COMMUNITY'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MUCH HIGHER END DEMOGRAPHIC AND YOUR UNITS TEND TO BE MUCH LARGER TO BEGIN WITH.
SO YOU SEE A LOT SMALLER UNITS, SOME HIGHER UNITS.
SO THEY ACTUALLY A LOT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES BENEFIT BY GOING TO A PER SQUARE FOOT RATE.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN USING.
IT'S SOMETHING TILE BUILDERS ACTUALLY PRICE PERMITS ON A SQUARE FOOT BASIS.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FAIRLY WELL RECEIVED.
I THINK BURT TOUCHED ON THAT AS WELL.
ARE ALWAYS HAVING TO PLAY CATCH UP SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THIS DOES MAKE TOTAL SENSE.
AND I ALSO REALIZE THAT THE APPROACH IS FORWARD THINKING AND PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.
AND YOU HAVE TO JUMP IN SOMEHOW AND SOME TIME AND SOME WAY.
SO I THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
AND THE METHODOLOGY TOTALLY MAKES SENSE.
SO THEREFORE I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THIS DATA.
I TOO LOVE DATA AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND STAFF'S WORK TO EVEN BRING THIS BEFORE US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOUR STAFF WAS GREAT.
SO THE RATE, YOU KNOW, REASONABLY REFLECTS THE GROWTH.
AND I THINK IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO WE LOVE HEARING THEM BECAUSE WE LOVE THEM TOO.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AT ALL.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. SO YOU HAVE PERSONALLY, AGAIN, I LOVE THE FUTURE THINKING OF THIS STAFF.
IT'S AMAZING BRINGING YOU IN GREAT DATA.
VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING MUNICIPALITY.
FASTER THAN THE COUNTY, FASTEST IN THE STATE.
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG TO ORDINANCE 12 2023.
[VIII.g. ORDINANCE 12, 2023 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) 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. ]
DEVELOPMENT AT ARTICLE FIVE, SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS, DIVISION FIVE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT[03:10:01]
LANDS, SECTION 78 TO 49 APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR PROPOSED LAND ALTERATION TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND ITS SECTION 78 TO 50.PRESERVE AREA REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW MINOR ALTERATIONS AND PRESERVES, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OF THE SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU.
PATTY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING STAFF.
HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING? NO, MADAM MAYOR, NO CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING.
THANK YOU. DOES OUR COUNCIL NEED US THIS COUNCIL PRESENTATION? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 12 2023? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT I'M ALL OUT OF MOTIONS SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. SO ALL IN FAVOR? DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? WHAT'D YOU SAY? I MADE A JOKE.
YOU GUYS WEREN'T EVEN LISTENING.
LET ME REDO IT SINCE YOU'RE ALL SLEEPING.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T SAY WE'RE HERE.
YEAH, WHATEVER. I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON AN ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
WE'RE ALL SCARED NOW. SECOND, I SECOND IT IN.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION AND MARCIE SECONDED.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
IT SOUNDED JUMBLY, BUT WE JUST THOUGHT YOU WERE.
ORDINANCE 19 WILL BOTH BE READ TOGETHER.
[Items VIII.h. & VIII.i ]
SO ORDINANCE 18 2023 AND ORDINANCE 19 2023 WAS A COMBINED PRESENTATION ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 AT FIRST READING.SINCE ORDINANCE 19 IS QUASI JUDICIAL, WE'RE GOING TO EXCUSE ME, DECLARE EX PARTY.
SO IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE AND THEN WE'LL DO.
EX PARTE ORDINANCE 18 2023, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT TO ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NUMBER CPS, DASH 23, DASH ZERO EIGHT, DASH 0000.
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.
CH 12 HIGH RESIDENTIAL 12 UNITS PER ACRE.
AIR 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 BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING.
LET'S GO DOWN THE LINE AND DECLARE EX PARTY FOR BOTH ORDINANCE 18 2023 AND ORDINANCE 19 2023.
I WILL START WITH CARL AND EX PARTE NEGATIVE ON BOTH.
OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
STAFF COUNSEL, DO WE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR ORDINANCE 18 AND 19 AGAIN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE ARE NO CHANGES EITHER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
IF I COULD GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 18.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ORDINANCE 18 2023 ON SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ THE TITLE FOR ORDINANCE 19, PLEASE.
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 13.545 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS, AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND ALLISON WILSON ROAD.
PROVIDING THAT THESE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTIAL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM DENSITY TO PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT 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 CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO
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CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.
WE DID DECLARE EX PARTY FOR ORDINANCE 18 AND 19 TOGETHER.
HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING? NO, MADAM MAYOR, NO CHANGES.
SO AGAIN, THIS WAS A COMBINED PRESENTATIONS WITH ORDINANCE 18.
DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION ON 19? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE. ORDINANCE 19 2023 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
FABULOUS. I DON'T SEE ANY CONVERSATION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IT TO VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ORDINANCE EIGHT, 19, 2020, 23.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ORDINANCE 25.
[Items VIII.j. & VIII.k]
ORDINANCE 25, AN ORDINANCE 26 WILL BE A COMBINED PRESENTATION.THE CLERK IS GOING TO READ THE TITLES SEPARATELY, AND EACH ORDINANCE WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY.
SO THERE'LL BE A SEPARATE VOTE FOR EACH ON FIRST READING.
IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR ORDINANCE 25 2023, ORDINANCE 25 2023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATES SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NUMBER CPS, DASH 23, DASH ZERO EIGHT, DASH 0001.
COMMERCIAL LAW WITH UNDERLYING RURAL RESIDENTIAL ONE UNIT PER FIVE ACRES C L RR DASH FIVE TWO PALM BEACH GARDENS COMMERCIAL C THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND COCONUT BOULEVARD, 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 BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI.
I'M GOING AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY EX PARTE FOR ORDINANCE 25? AND I GUESS WE'LL JUST DO THE ORDINANCE 25.
NEGATIVE. NEGATIVE. NO NO NO NO.
ALL RIGHT. LOVELY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD.
WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION FROM NATALIE CROWLEY.
I AM GOING TO BE MAKING A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR COUNCIL FOR THIS ITEM THAT IS BEFORE YOU FOR THESE ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY HOUSEKEEPING IN NATURE, WHICH IS SIMPLY TO ASSIGN A CITY FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND A CITY ZONING DESIGNATION TO A PARCEL OF LAND.
THE AREA OR THE SPECIFIC PARCEL IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO SHOPPES AT INDIAN TRAILS.
SO THIS IS THE EXISTING COUNTY LAND USE DESIGNATION.
SO UPON ADOPTION IT'LL INCLUDE THE COMMERCIAL CITY LAND USE DESIGNATION.
THE COUNTY ZONING DESIGNATION IS RPD, AND THE CITY IS PROVIDING FOR A PUD WITH AN UNDERLINING DESIGNATION OF CG ONE. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN DULY NOTICED AND ADS WERE PUBLISHED AND STAFF IS.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, NATALIE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 25 2023.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARCY AND DANA.
LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY THING TO CHAT ABOUT FOR THIS? YOU PASS THE MOTION? NO. OKAY.
LOVELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HOUSEKEEPING PRESENTATION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT TO VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND FINISH OFF WITH ORDINANCE 26.
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DESIGNATION TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 29.59 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS KNOWN AS THE SHOPPES AT INDIAN TRAILS AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND COCONUT BOULEVARD.MULTIPLE USE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL CG ONE, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.
AGAIN, A QUICK EX PARTE, SINCE IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME CARL EX PARTE.
NONE FOR ME EITHER. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE DID HAVE THE PRESENTATION AS PART OF ORDINANCE 25.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26 2023.
WE'RE AWAKE. LET'S BRING IT TO VOTE BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ALONG TO ORDINANCE 27, 2023.
[VIII.l. ORDINANCE 27, 2023 – (1ST READING) A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDR) TEXT AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 - LAND DEVELOPMENT AT SECTION 78-221. - PGA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR OVERLAY. BY REPEALING SUBSECTION (d)(1)b.1.(iii) AND READOPTING SAME, AS REVISED, TO PERMIT “HEALTH, PHYSICAL FITNESS, WEIGHT REDUCTION, AND SPA” AS A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE IN THE PGA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR OVERLAY; PROVIDING 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.]
AT SECTION 70 8-2 21 PGA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR OVERLAY BY REPEALING SUBSECTION D ONE, B13 AND RE ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED TO PERMIT HEALTH, PHYSICAL FITNESS, WEIGHT REDUCTION IN SPAS AS A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE IN THE PGA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR OVERLAY.PROVIDING EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING AND WE HAVE OLIVIA.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OLIVIA ALLISON WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ORDINANCE 27 2023, WHICH IS AN APPLICANT INITIATED PETITION TO REQUEST A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENT TO OUR PGA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR OVERLAY TO ALLOW HEALTH, PHYSICAL FITNESS, WEIGHT REDUCTION AND SPAS AS A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE AND THIS USE IS PERMITTED TODAY IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS.
WE HAVE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND ALSO INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
HOWEVER, IT'S NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THIS OVERLAY.
AND THIS OVERLAY THAT I'M MENTIONING IS OUR PGA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR OVERLAY, WHICH PROTECTS PGA BOULEVARDS MAIN STREET CHARACTER AND INCLUDES BOUNDARIES. THAT FRONT INCLUDES LANDS THAT FRONT PGA BOULEVARD FOR A DEATH OF 1000FT.
AND HERE'S THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL FITNESS, WEIGHT REDUCTION AND SPA USE.
IT'S A FANCY WAY TO SAY A GYM.
AND HERE'S THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
IT'S A SNIPPET OF OUR CODE, OUR PGA CORRIDOR OVERLAY CODE.
AND YOU'LL SEE RIGHT HERE IN RED THAT USES ADDED TO THE PERSONAL SERVICES CATEGORY.
AND YOU'LL SEE THESE TWO ASTERISKS.
AND THOSE TWO ASTERISKS MEAN YES, IT'S ALLOWED IN THE PGA CORRIDOR.
HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS.
AND THIS PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR TO ANY MAJOR AMENDMENT PROCESS IN THE CITY.
YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE.
IT'S REVIEWED BY OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND THEN AFTER CERTIFICATION IT GOES TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN OUR CITY COUNCIL. YOU GUYS ARE OUR DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY.
AND THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN PUBLICLY NOTICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE.
AND SPOILER ALERT, LEGACY PLAYS WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST.
THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PGA OVERLAY AND TO INCLUDE A GYM WITHIN THEIR PROJECT.
AND THAT'S AT THEIR NEXT OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
NICOLE, ARE YOU ADDING ANYTHING TO THAT? ARE YOU ARE WE HAVING ANY OTHER PRESENTATION? NO LEGACY PLAYS OR NICOLE WITH CHOLERA HEARING WHO IS REPRESENTING LEGACY PLACE WILL BE GIVING A FULL PRESENTATION UPON SECOND READING AT THE DECEMBER CITY COUNCIL
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MEETING AND ALSO PRESENTING THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST.WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS EVENING AND FOR BEING HERE.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 27 2023? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 27 2023.
MERCY AND BURKE. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ORDINANCE 28.
[VIII.m. ORDINANCE 28, 2023 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) 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 RIGHTS-OF-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. ]
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 STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND CERTAIN OTHER PUBLIC PLACES BY ADOPTING NEW SECTION 62 DASH 33 ENTITLED STREETLIGHTS AND NON CITY OWNED RIGHTS OF 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.
ALL RIGHT. SO, MAX, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES ON THIS SINCE FIRST READING? NO. MADAM MAYOR, I NEED TO OPEN THE HEARING, I APOLOGIZE.
MAX, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? NO CHANGES? NO. OKAY.
DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION? NO, YOU HAVE TO STOP GIGGLING.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE. I'LL MOVE. ORDINANCE 28 2023 ON SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
I'LL SECOND. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED TO ORDINANCE 2020? 28 2023 MOTION PASSES.
[VIII.n. ORDINANCE 29, 2023 – (1ST READING) PROHIBITION OF VIDEO AND SOUND RECORDING IN PUBLIC, NONPUBLIC, AND LIMITED PUBLIC FORUMS. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 42 - OFFENSES AT ARTICLE I. - GENERAL OFFENSES BY ADOPTING NEW SECTION 42-4. ENTITLED “CONTROL OF ACCESS TO CITY-OWNED, CONTROLLED, AND LEASED PROPERTY” IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO SUCH PROPERTIES, PERMIT AND PROHIBIT CONDUCT WITHIN SAME, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE SUCH PROPERTIES; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 42 - OFFENSES 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. ]
FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 42 OFFENSES AT ARTICLE ONE GENERAL OFFENSES BY ADOPTING NEW SECTION 40 24-4 ENTITLED CONTROL OF ACCESS TO CITY OWNED, CONTROLLED AND LEASED PROPERTY IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO SUCH PROPERTIES.PERMIT AND PROHIBIT CONDUCT WITHIN SAME, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO MANAGE SUCH PROPERTIES, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 42 OFFENSES SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.
MAX, IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN ORDINANCE 29, PLEASE.
AND WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE WE'VE DETERMINED THAT A NEED EXISTS TO PROVIDE REASONABLE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER REGULATIONS REGARDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO AND THE PUBLIC'S CONDUCT WITHIN CITY OWNED, CONTROLLED AND LEASED PROPERTIES.
IT'S NOT THE INTENTION OF THE STAFF TO PROFFER SOMETHING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT WOULD REGULATE THE CONTENT OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY SPEECH IN ANY MANNER OR FORM WHATSOEVER, BUT THE ONLY PLACE, REASONABLE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER REGULATIONS ON THEIR SPEECH, CONSISTENT WITH WITH RECENT FEDERAL COURT DECISIONS.
PUBLIC ACCESS TO AREAS WITHIN ENCLOSED FACILITIES OWNED AND CONTROLLED OR LEASED BY THE CITY MAY BE RESTRICTED, DEPENDING ON WHETHER SUCH AREAS ARE CLASSIFIED AS A DESIGNATED PUBLIC FORUM, LIMITED DESIGNATED PUBLIC FORUM OR NON PUBLIC FORUM.
WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL DO IS IT WILL DESIGNATE CERTAIN AREAS WITH THIS WITHIN THE CITY AS PUBLIC FORUMS, LIMITED, LIMITED DESIGNATED PUBLIC FORUMS OR A DESIGNATED PUBLIC FORUM AS IS RIGHT NOW FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE. THIS IS A PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING AND THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC FORUM.
PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO VIDEO, RECORD AND AUDIO RECORD THE PROCEEDINGS AND OUR LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM FORUMS. PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORD IN THE LIMITED PUBLIC FORUMS WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THAT SPACE THAT COULD END UP ON THE VIDEO OR BE PICKED UP ON THE AUDIO.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE SEEN A NEED FOR THIS IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROLIFERATION OF, WELL, I HATE TO USE THE WORD FIRST AMENDMENT AUDITORS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S UNNECESSARILY PEJORATIVE AGAINST THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
THEY'RE BASICALLY PEOPLE THAT USE THE FIRST AMENDMENT AS A SWORD, AND THEN TRY TO USE IT AS A SHIELD TO PERMIT THEIR REALLY KIND OF JUST RUDE AND UNCIVIL BEHAVIOR. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY COME IN AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, SITTING OUT HERE AT THE LOBBY, OUR PERSONNEL THAT SIT OUT THERE AT THAT DESK AREN'T JUST SITTING THERE ALL DAY LOOKING CUTE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING WORK THERE ON THEIR COMPUTERS.
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ANTAGONIZE OR DISRUPT THEIR ABILITY TO DO WORK UNDER THE GUISE THAT IT'S AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.IT HAPPENS VERY FREQUENTLY WITH OUR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BOTH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIRE AND EMS PERSONNEL, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES BE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT THE PUBLIC BUSINESS.
IF YOU'RE HERE ON LEGITIMATE PUBLIC BUSINESS, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.
AND WE ENCOURAGE IT. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE STAFF HERE UNDER MR. FERRIS LEADERSHIP IS VERY FOCUSED ON SERVING THE PUBLIC AND MEETING THEIR NEEDS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.
THAT'S WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WILL DO.
IT WILL EMPOWER OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO ISSUE TRESPASS CITATIONS AND TAKE ANY OTHER NECESSARY STEPS UNDER THE LAW THAT THEY DEEM PRUDENT.
I KNOW THE CHIEF WILL END UP ADOPTING A CERTAIN POLICIES ABOUT HOW OUR OFFICERS IMPLEMENT PORTIONS OF THIS, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DESIGNATE AREAS LIKE OUR LOBBY, THE LOBBIES AND OUR ALL THE PUBLIC AREAS IN OUR IN OUR GOLF CLUBHOUSE AND TENNIS CLUBHOUSE, OUR OPERATIONS CENTER, OUR LOGISTICS CENTER, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE LOBBY AREAS WILL BE DESIGNATED AS LIMITED PUBLIC FORUMS, AND IT WILL NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE AND VIDEOTAPE AND AUDIO RECORD WITHOUT PEOPLE'S CONSENT.
AND IT WILL DESIGNATE ALL THE SECURITY AREAS IN OUR FACILITIES AS NONPUBLIC FORUMS. PEOPLE ARE NOT THE PUBLIC ARE NOT GENERALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE AREAS ANYWAY.
I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE CITY OF PUNTA GORDA.
THIS ORDINANCE IS LARGELY THEIRS.
I CUSTOMIZED IT FOR OUR NEEDS, BUT I CAN'T CLAIM THE PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE BY THEM.
AND IT WAS NOT APPEALED TO THE 11TH CIRCUIT.
THEY JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO DO SO IN AN ABUSIVE MANNER.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAX, FOR THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON ORDINANCE 29 2023.
AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.
MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I WILL PROUDLY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2229 ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY STAFF ON FIRST READING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS OR OTHERWISE? I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD OPEN PANDORA'S BOX ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? THERE'S NONE. THERE'S NONE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE IT TO VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
LET'S MOVE ALONG TO RESOLUTION 60 SEVEN, 2023, PLEASE.
[IX.a. RESOLUTION 67, 2023 – EXPRESSING THE CITY’S SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE CITY’S SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]
RESOLUTION 60 SEVEN, 2023 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.ALL RIGHT. SO I DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS AT ALL FROM COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO AHEAD? OKAY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 67 2023.
I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CLOSE THAT ONE OUT? ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE IT TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? RESOLUTION 60 SEVEN, 2023 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION AND DISCUSSION OR ITEMS OF INTEREST.
[X. ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST]
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FROM OUR COUNCIL TONIGHT? I DO HAVE ONE THING TO SAY, AND I DO.SO HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I COULD JUST SAY DITTO.
AND I'VE LIVED HERE OVER FIVE DECADES.
ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THROWING THE MOST AMAZING FALL FESTIVAL EVER, AS WELL AS OUR MEDIA DEPARTMENT FOR BROADCASTING IT AND MAKING IT EXTRAORDINARY.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I BELIEVE, CHARLOTTE, YOU SAID IT WAS 11,000 PEOPLE, SO.
ALL RIGHT. SO YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
I COULD PROBABLY GO ON AND ON AND ON, BUT WE WERE GOING TO CALL IT A NIGHT.
MAX, DO YOU HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT? NO, MA'AM. WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO OTHER BUSINESS.
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AND I AM GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.