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2 WE CAN START BY HAVING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE STAND.
3 4 IT'S 7:00 CAN I HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE PATTY.
16 THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
17 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA? 18 NO SIR.
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20 ALL RIGHT LET'S START WITH A FEEL GOOD STORY CHARLIE CAN YOU PLEASE CAN YOU PLEASE 21 COME UP AND GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION.23 GOOD EVENING COUNCIL CHARLOTTE [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE RECORD.
24 AND MS. TATUM IF YOU COULD JOIN ME UP HERE PLEASE.
25 WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE WENDY TATUM.
26 SHE IS OUR TENNIS CENTER OPERATIONS MANAGER.
27 SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR SIX YEARS MANAGING THAT FACILITY AND THROUGH HER 28 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IT HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY AMONG NUMEROUS PART TIME 29 STAFF MEMBERS AND FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS.
30 SHE ALSO HAS 11 CERTIFIED U.S.
31 PTA PROS AND UNDER HER MANAGEMENT OUR PROGRAMMING HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
32 A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE SHOWED YOU SOME OF THE ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS THAT SHE 33 STARTED AND WENDY IS THE KIND OF PERSON THAT TAKES IT UPON HERSELF TO ACTUALLY 34 LEAD TRAININGS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
35 SHE JUST DID SOME VOLUNTEER WORK WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
36 SHE WAS AT OUR MOST RECENT CONFERENCE LEADING A CLASS IN WHEELCHAIR TENNIS SO 37 THIS IS ALL OVER AND ABOVE WHAT SHE DOES IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO WHO SHE IS.
38 OUR TENNIS CENTER HOSTS 14 LADIES TENNIS TEAMS THAT'S UNHEARD OF IN OUR AREA.
39 THERE ARE 12 MENS AND LADIES SENIOR TEAMS. 40 WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF PROGRAMS IF YOU WANT TO GET FIT OR IF YOU'RE A JUNIOR 41 AND YOU WANT TO COMPETE.
42 WE HOSTED MANY USTA TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S CLAY COURT 43 CHAMPIONSHIP AND ALSO WE'RE A HOST SITE FOR THE LITTLE MOE'S INVITATIONAL.
44 NOW BEFORE I GET INTO THE NEXT SECTION I'D LIKE HER STAFF TO COME UP AND STAND 45 BEHIND HER AND I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AWARDS THAT SHE'S 46 GETTING RECOGNIZED SHE IS SO HUMBLE AND SHE IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON THAT 47 TELLS YOU THAT IT'S HER PEOPLE THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN AND NOT HER BUT THROUGH HER 48 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SHE IS THE VITAL SPARK THAT KEEPS THE TENNIS CENTER 49 GOING.
50 NOW TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE AWARDS THAT SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED A CERTIFIED U.S.
51 PTA PRO HAD TO WRITE THE RECOMMENDATION.
52 TRISH FAULKNER WHO'S THE MASTER PROFESSIONAL HEAD PRO AT BALLON ISLES AND WHO 53 ALSO BY THE WAY SINCE SHE'S IN OUR CITY WAS JUST ELECTED TO THE FLORIDA 54 TENNIS HALL OF FAME AT THE RECENT CONFERENCE.
55 SHE'S THE ONE WHO SUBMITTED THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION.
56 SO ANOTHER PERSON FROM ANOTHER CLUB IS RECOGNIZING WENDY.
57 NOW JUST TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THINGS THAT THE NOMINATION SAID WENDY 58 IS WILLING TO TRY NEW THINGS.
59 SHE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO OFFER GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE THE GROWTH OF 60 MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMMING AND TEAM PARTICIPATION HAS EXPLODED UNDER WENDY'S 61 LEADERSHIP BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE NICEST COMPLIMENTS I THAT WRITTEN NOMINATION WAS 62 FROM ONE OF THE PROS AT THE CENTER WHO ADDED THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE TENNIS 63 CENTER HAS TRANSCENDED ONE OF WORK AND MOVED TO MORE LIKE A FAMILY.
64 UNDER WENDY THE TENNIS CENTER WAS JUST RECENTLY NOMINATED IN 2018 AS 65 FLORIDA MEMBER ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR.
66 AND ALSO IN 2014 YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THEY WERE THE NATIONAL OUTSTANDING 67 FACILITY SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST ONE BUT TWO AWARDS.
68 THE FIRST ONE THAT SHE'S ALREADY RECEIVED SHE WAS NAMED THE FACILITY MANAGER 69 OF THE YEAR FOR THE FLORIDA DIVISION.
70 AND COMING UP SHE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO LAS VEGAS AND BE NAMED THE 71 NATIONAL MANAGER OF THE YEAR FOR THE NATIONAL U.S.
73 SO WITH THAT PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING WENDY TATUM ON HER RECOGNITION FOR 74 EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.
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75 [APPLAUSE] YOU'RE LEAVING ALREADY.76 WE'RE GOING TO SAY SOME KIND WORDS ABOUT YOU.
77 CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THE NEW FACILITY IS GOING TO MAKE THAT TENNIS CENTER 78 EVEN BETTER.
79 SO MATTHEW IS OUR TENNIS PLAYER DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD MATT? 80 IT'S A WONDERFUL CENTER AND WITH EXCELLENT PROS AND I'M REALLY LOOKING 81 FORWARD TO THE NEW CENTER.
83 ALL RIGHT NOW NEXT ON OUR LIST IS A PRESENTATION FROM BRIGHTLINE HSR 84 CONSTRUCTIONS CAN I PLEASE HAVE BOB O'MALLEY AND JENNIFER DONALDSON TO THE 85 PANEL PLEASE.
87 LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS UP.
88 THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE TIME TO 89 MEET WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON BRIGHT LINE WHERE WE'D BEEN FOR THE 90 PAST YEAR WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
91 WE'D MET WITH YOUR STAFF A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE WOULD 92 COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING TO GIVE YOU THE SAME UPDATES THAT WE GAVE THEM 93 BUT ALSO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
94 I SHOULD MENTION THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME DEAL.
95 WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK ANYTIME TO PROVIDE YOU WITH REGULAR 96 UPDATES.
97 AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'LL BE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR 98 STAFF AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE VERY FINAL SLIDE I HAVE HAS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION 99 INCLUDING MY CELL PHONE NUMBER SO THAT THAT NUMBER IS NOW PUBLIC RECORD.
100 SO FEEL FREE TO PASS IT ON.
101 USE IT NOT JUST FOR YOURSELVES BUT TO PASS IT ON.
102 ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL SO WE RECENTLY 103 CELEBRATED OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WE STARTED OPERATIONS AT WEST PALM 104 BEACH TO FORT LAUDERDALE IN JANUARY 2018 AND STARTED IN MIAMI IN MAY.
105 SO WE'VE BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND RIDERSHIP IS TRENDING UP 106 AND GOING STRONG AND THE SYSTEM'S VERY POPULAR.
107 SO THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM PEOPLE IS VERY POSITIVE.
108 WE TRACK ONLINE COMMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND OUR PROMOTER SCORE OUR NET 109 PROMOTER SCORE IS UP THERE WITH JETBLUE AND RITZ CARLTON AND OTHER BRANDS 110 THAT ARE KNOWN FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGIN TRAINS IS PART 111 OF THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE.
112 WE WANT TO BE A IN THAT SAME GROUP OF CUSTOMER ORIENTED SERVICES.
113 SO THAT'S GOING VERY WELL AND IN ADDITION TO RIDERSHIP GOING UP REVENUE 114 IS INCREASING AND REPEAT RIDERSHIP.
115 WE TRACK THAT AS WELL SO THAT'S GOING VERY STRONG AS WELL SO WE AS YOU KNOW WE 116 OPERATE WEST PALM BEACH FORT LAUDERDALE TO MIAMI.
117 AND IN ADDITION TO TRAIN SERVICE WE'VE DEVELOPED AROUND OUR 118 STATIONS AND WE'VE SEEN THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMEN DO VERY WELL AROUND OUR 119 STATIONS AS WELL SO THAT THAT DRIVES RIDERSHIP ON THE TRAIN BUT RIDERSHIP.
120 THE TRAIN ITSELF MAKES THE THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT APPEALING AS 121 WELL.
122 SO PHASE TWO WILL BE TO EXPAND TO ORLANDO ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEAR A 123 LOT FROM OUR RIDERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO ORLANDO.
124 WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE SOMETIMES SHOW UP AT THE STATION AND TRY TO BUY 125 TICKETS TO ORLANDO I'M WONDERING YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS ON THE ON THE 126 RESERVATION SYSTEM.
127 SO THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT GOING UP TO ORLANDO TO BE ABLE TO VISIT ORLANDO.
128 THE THEME PARKS BUT ANOTHER BENEFIT OF OUR CONNECTION WITH ORLANDO FOR ESPECIALLY 129 PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS THAT ANY ANYBODY THAT FLIES OUT OF ORLANDO 130 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YOU NOW CAN TAKE THE TRAIN DIRECTLY TO THE AIRPORT YOU 131 DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING YOUR CAR SO THAT CONNECTIVITY WITH THE 132 AIRPORT WILL BE GOOD FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
133 AND THEN ALSO THE BACK AND FORTH FLOW CONNECTING SOUTH FLORIDA WITH THE WORLD'S 134 LARGEST TOURISM TOURIST DESTINATION.
135 I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD FOR BOTH REGIONS AND STRENGTHE THE ECONOMY OF BOTH REGIONS 136 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
137 WE HAVE A THREE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PERIOD AND JENNIFER WE'LL TALK A 138 LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS BUT WE ANTICIPATE STARTING REVENUE 139 SERVICE INTO ORLANDO IN MID 2022.
141 THERE WE GO AND ONE OTHER BENEFIT OF THE CONSTRUCTION THE SERVICE ITSELF WILL BE
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142 GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY BUT SO TOO WILL THE CONSTRUCTION.143 SO OVER THREE YEARS WE'LL BE HIRING A 10,000 JOBS.
144 AND THE GREAT THING TOO ABOUT THIS IS WE ARE WORKING WITH OVER 70 145 DIFFERENT FLORIDA COMPANIES.
146 SO WE WILL WORK A MAJOR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING FIRMS NATION 147 GLOBAL AND NATIONAL FIRMS BUT ALSO 70 SMALLER COMPANIES THAT ARE BASED 148 HERE IN FLORIDA.
149 SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT THING.
150 AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS FOR YOU GOING THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
151 BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ARE THE JOBS OF 10,000 PLUS CONSTRUCTION 152 JOBS.
153 AND THEN JENNIFER DONALDSON IS HERE.
154 SHE'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND SHE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LIKE I 155 SAID ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'LL USE IN WORKING WITH YOU WORKING 156 WITH YOUR STAFF AND WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AS WE GO THROUGH THE WORK OVER THE 157 NEXT THREE YEARS.
160 MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
161 WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INVITATION TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT.
162 I AM TERRIBLE AT STANDING BEHIND LECTERNS I'M USED TO MOVING AROUND SO I 163 APOLOGIZE IF I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE STANDING BEHIND HERE.
164 AS BOB MENTIONED MY NAME IS JENNIFER DONALDSON.
165 I REALIZE I DON'T FIT INTO THE TYPICAL MOLD OF WHAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU LOOK 166 OR THINK OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
167 BUT I DID GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AND HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 168 FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY ON LARGE 169 HEAVY CIVIL PROJECTS AND TRANSIT RANGING FROM 60 MILLION TO 1.2 BILLION.
170 AND SO WHEN I WAS ASKED BY MY COMPANY IF I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS IT TOOK 171 ME ALL OF ABOUT FIVE SECONDS TO SAY YES I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
172 AND COMING HERE AND WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER TO CONSTRUCT 173 THIS TEAM.
174 IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT THAT EVERYONE ON OUR PROJECT IS EXCITED TO BE A PART OF 175 THIS AND WE'RE READY TO BE HERE.
176 SO WE ARE A PART OF HSR CONSTRUCTORS THAT NAME MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR TO MANY OF 177 YOU BUT IT IS A JOINT VENTURE OF HERZOG STACY AND [INAUDIBLE] AND RAIL 178 WORKS AND THOSE THREE COMPANIES HAVE A HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR NEARLY ONE 179 HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS COMBINED AND ARE ARGUABLY THREE OF THE TOP RAIL AND 180 TRANSIT CONTRACTORS IN THE COUNTRY.
181 AND I DON'T JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE I WORK FOR ONE OF THEM.
182 BUT EVEN WHEN I WORKED FOR COMPETITORS YOU LOOKED AT THESE COMPANIES WITH A 183 LITTLE BIT OF ENVY AND YOU CAN JUST TELL THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT 184 THEM.
185 SO WE PUT THIS TOGETHER SPECIFICALLY TO BUILD THIS PROJECT AND WE BRING WITH US 186 THE RESOURCES THE EXPERIENCE THE KNOWLEDGE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CRUSTY 187 CONSTRUCTION ATTITUDE THAT YOU NEED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SOPHISTICATION TO BUILD 188 A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
189 SO THE PROJECT AS BOB MENTIONED IS FROM WEST PALM BEACH TO COCOA IT IS ONE 190 HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILES LONG.
191 DURING THE THREE YEARS WE WILL BE REBUILDING THE EXISTING TRACK THAT'S OUT 192 THERE UPGRADING IT FROM THE CLASS 4 THAT IT IS NOW TO CLASS 6 WHICH ONLY MEANS 193 THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOLD TRAINS RUNNING AT 110 MILE AN HOUR.
194 ADDITIONALLY WE WILL BE BUILDING A SECOND TRACK RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF IT.
195 WE HAVE 18 BRIDGES TO CONSTRUCT AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE CROSSINGS ALL 196 IN THAT THREE YEARS.
197 FROM A MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT WE HAVE DIVIDED THE PROJECT INTO NORTH AND 198 SOUTH.
199 THAT'S THE ZONE 4A AND 4B YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE.
200 FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT AND TO CONSTRUC THIS PROJECT IN THE TIME WE 201 WERE GIVEN WE HAVE DIVIDED THE PROJECT INTO THREE HEADINGS.
202 SO STARTING AT THE SOUTH WE WILL START IN PALM BEACH THE NEXT HEADING HEADING TO 203 WE'LL START AT THE MARTIN COUNTY AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY LINES AND THE THIRD HEADING 204 WILL START AT THE SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY LINE ALL THREE HEADINGS STARTING AT 205 THE SOUTH AND MOVING NORTH CONCURRENTLY FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
206 IN THE VERY SOUTH END THE FIRST 12 MILES INCLUDING PALM BEACH GARDENS WE HAVE 207 A WHAT WE CALL THE TEST TRACK WE HAVE TO FINISH THAT FIRST TWELVE MILES A 208 LITTLE BIT EARLY WITHIN 16 MONTHS TO ALLOW VIRGIN TRAINS TO ESSENTIALLY 209 STRETCH THEIR LEGS GET THE TRAINS RUNNING UP TO SPEED AND MAKE SURE ALL THE 210 SYSTEMS AND SIGNALS AND COMMUNICATIONS ARE WORKING AND READY FOR A FULL 211 REVENUE SERVICE.
212 GENERALLY THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE VERY LINEAR OBVIOUSLY IT'S A RAIL 213 PROJECT BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN SPOT SECTIONS SUCH AS BRIDGES WALLS AND 214 CROSSINGS THAT WILL FALL GENERALLY IN SEQUENCE WITH THE REST OF THE WORK BUT NOT 215 QUITE AS MUCH.
216 SO WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED COUNTING AND RELOCATING ALL THE GOPHER TORTOISES ALONG 217 THE RIGHT OF WAY SO THEY WILL BE SAFE.
218 THE NEXT STEP WILL BE CLEAR [INAUDIBLE] AND GETTING THE MAJOR TREES IN THE GROUND 219 CLEAR ESSENTIALLY FOR US TO COME THROUGH.
220 THEN WE'LL START FIBER OPTIC RELOCATIONS.
221 THERE IS A DUCT BANK THAT RUNS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT THAT CARRIES 222 AT&T, SPRINT, VERIZON AND ALL YOUR EVERYTHING THAT KEEPS US GOING IN THE 223 MODERN WORLD.
224 SO WE WILL RELOCATE THEM OUT OF THE WAY AND WE'LL START OUR EARTH WORK, TRACK WORK, 225 ET CETERA UNTIL WE'RE DONE.
226 MIXED IN THERE AGAIN WE WILL START BRIDGES AND WALLS THEY WILL FALL SOMEWHERE 227 ALONG THAT SAME PATH EITHER AHEAD OR BEHIND DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY FIT IN WITH 228 THE SCHEDULE AND THEN THE CROSSINGS WHICH ARE WHAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS 229 ABOUT WILL BE INTERSPERSED WITHIN THERE.
230 WHEN IT COMES TO THE CROSSINGS HERE IN PALM BEAC GARDENS THERE ARE SIX 231 CROSSINGS AND POTENTIALLY RICHARD ON THE VERY SOUTH END.
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232 THE CROSSINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN BOLD ARECITY STREETS THE OTHER THREE ARE OBVIOUSLY 233 WITHIN YOUR CITY LIMITS AND WHEN WE GET TO A CROSSING THERE IS SOME WORK THAT WE 234 WILL DO BEFOREHAND.235 WE WILL DO IT FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT ANY IMPACT OF TRAFFIC.
236 THERE WILL BE SOME RESTRICTIONS TO TRAFFIC BUT LANE DROPS HERE AND THERE 237 JUST TO GET SOME OF THAT PRELIMINARY WORK OUT OF THE WAY.
238 BUT WHEN WE DO GET TO BUILDING THE ACTUAL TRACK WE IT WILL REQUIRE CLOSURE FOR 239 SEVERAL REASONS.
240 PRIMARILY IT'S SAFETY FOR OUR WORKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
241 IT'S NEVER A GOOD THING TO HAVE ANGRY TRAFFIC WHEN THEY SEE CONSTRUCTION DRIVING 242 THROUGH THE WORK ZONE.
243 SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WE LIKE TO KEEP THOSE TWO SEPARATE.
244 IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO GIVE A WIDER WORKS ON TO OUR CREWS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING OUT 245 THERE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
246 THE SECOND POINT IS QUALITY AND WHEN YOU CONSTRUCT RAIL AND WHEN YOU PUT IF YOU PUT 247 A BREAK IN THE RAIL YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CONNECT IT AND THAT TAKES A WELD AND 248 THAT WILL TYPICALLY BE A WEAK POINT IN THE RAIL.
249 SO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ALL ENTITIES CITIES THE RAIL OWNERS LIKE TO HAVE THOSE 250 POINTS OF WEAKNESS OR THAT WELD OUTSIDE OF THE ROADWAY.
251 SO THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WE LIKE TO CLOSE THE ROAD IN THE ENTIRETY SO WE DON'T 252 HAVE TO PUT A BRAKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
253 IF THAT DOES BREAK IT OBVIOUSLY MEANS ANOTHER ROAD CLOSURE TO GO BACK AND FIX 254 IT.
255 SO WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THOSE OUT OF THE WAY FROM THE RIDER PERSPECTIVE IF WE CAN 256 DO ALL OF THIS CONSTRUCTION AT ONCE.
257 IT JUST LEAVES A MUCH BETTER FINISHED PRODUCT FROM A SMOOTH RIDE GOING ACROSS 258 THE RAILS AND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND OURS.
259 THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD IS TO PUT EVERYONE THROUGH THIS HEADACHE AND 260 AGONY JUST TO HAVE A PRODUCT THAT YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T THINK IS BETTER.
261 SO FROM ALL THOSE STANDPOINTS WE WILL EXCUSE ME.
262 GET IN THERE AND CLOSE THE ROAD AND BECAUSE THE SCHEDULE ON THE OVERALL 263 PROJECT IS VERY AGGRESSIVE WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR VERY BEST TO GET IN AND OUT OF 264 HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR BENEFIT AND YOURS AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 265 CITY TO TERRORIZE THEM WITH WHAT WE DO FROM A WORK STANDPOINT WHAT WE WILL DO 266 OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH YOUR CITY STAFF LONG BEFORE WE GET 267 OUT THERE TO CLOSE THE ROADS.
269 WE WILL GET OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND DETOUR ROUTES SET UP.
270 WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM FOR THE MESSAGES AND DATES AND TRYING TO COORDINATE AS 271 BEST WITH YOU TO WORK AROUND TO ANY MAJOR EVENTS YOU WILL HAVE.
272 BUT ALSO THAT WORKS WITHIN OUR SCHEDULE AND WE HAVE PLANNED THE JOB.
273 SO WE HAVE THAT WIGGLE ROOM IN OUR SCHEDULE TO COORDINATE THOSE WITH THE 274 CITIES.
275 SO AS SOON AS WE CLOSE THE ROAD WE'LL GET TRAFFIC CONTROL SET UP WE'LL START 276 WITH THE DEMOLITION WE'LL GET OUR EXCAVATION DONE AND SOME GRADE PREP AND THAT 277 JUST MAKES SURE THE GROUND IS READY TO TAKE THE LOAD OF THE TRAIN SOME TRAFFIC.
278 WILL COME THROUGH AND CONSTRUCT THE TRACK THEN WE'LL START PUTTING 279 EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER.
280 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DOESN'T TAKE A LONG TIME BUT THERE'S IT TAKES TIME 281 AND WITH SOME OF THE CROSSINGS YOU HAVE THEY AR PRETTY WIDE AND 282 COMPLICATED.
283 AND PARALLEL WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SYSTEMS WORK TO DO SO ALL THE GATES AND THE 284 [INAUDIBLE] THAT YOU SEE HAVE TO STAY IN OPERATION UNTIL WE CLOSE THE ROAD AND 285 CAN MOVE THEM.
286 SO AS WE ARE DOING ALL THE CIVIL WORK AND THE TRACK WORK OUR SYSTEMS GROUP WILL 287 BE OUT THERE TAKING DOWN THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE MOVING THE GATES AND BELLS 288 AND WHISTLES AND GETTING THOSE FUNCTIONAL AGAIN BEFORE WE CAN OPEN THE ROAD.
289 SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AND WE WILL AGAIN TRY TO WORK EFFICIENTLY.
290 WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH BECAUSE THAT AGAIN CAUSES QUALITY AND SAFETY ISSUES 291 BUT IT'S IN OUR BEST INTERESTS AGAIN TO WORK EFFICIENTLY AND GET OUT OF 292 THERE AS SOON AS WE CAN.
293 ONE THING TO ADD TO THAT ON THE CROSSINGS IS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE NOT JUST HERE IN 294 PALM BEACH GARDENS BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE JOB.
295 WE TRY TO AVOID CLOSING ADJACENT CROSSINGS AND FOR THE MOST PART WE'RE ABLE TO 296 DO THAT.
297 SO YOU HAVE DETOURS NEARBY AND WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.
298 AND AS JENNIFER MENTIONED AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR STAFF IF THERE WERE MAJOR 299 EVENTS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CLOSING CROSSINGS DURING THOSE EVENTS SO 300 WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
301 SO IT'S PART OF THE WORK JENNIFER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE THE SIGNAL IZATION.
302 SO WE'LL BE UPGRADING SIGNALS UPGRADING CROSSINGS AND THERE'S SOME SOME 303 BENEFITS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT.
304 MOST IMPORTANTLY WHICH FOR A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING IS 305 THAT THEY WILL THEY'LL BE QUIET ZONE COMPATIBLE.
306 SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ONCE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO 307 APPLY FOR A QUIET ZONE.
308 AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD MEETINGS AND TALKED WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT 309 THE PLANNING AND THE MPO HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THE PALM BEACH COUNTY I 310 THINK THAT ARE CALLED THE PTO [INAUDIBLE].
312 SO THERE ARE EVERY COUNTY CALLS THEM SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT BASICALLY 313 THEY'RE THE MPO FOR THE COUNTY SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.
315 WE WE DON'T WE CAN'T GIVE YOU A QUIET ZONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT OURS TO GIVE.
316 THAT'S A DESIGNATION THAT THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION MAKES.
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317 BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN WILL GET YOU THERE.318 SO I THINK THAT'S AN ADDED BENEFIT.
319 IN ADDITION LIKE ALL RAILROADS IN THE COUNTRY WE'RE PUTTING IN POSITIVE 320 TRAIN CONTROL SO THAT WILL IMPROVE THE SAFETY ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AND OTHER 321 SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS TO THE TO THE CROSSINGS.
322 THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
323 AND ANOTHER PART IMPORTANT FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT PUBLIC AWARENESS STANDPOINT 324 AND IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF AND ON PUBLIC NOTIFICATION WITH 325 THE CROSSING CLOSURES BECAUSE WE WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN THE 326 CROSSINGS WILL BE CLOSED WHERE THEIR DETOURS WILL BE WHEN WE ACTUALLY BEGIN 327 OPERATING BOTH NOT JUST THE START OF REVENUE SERVICE BUT ALSO THE BEGIN 328 OPERATING A LIMITED SERVICE DURING THE TEST TRACK PHASE.
329 WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT THERE WAY AHEAD OF TIME TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT 330 NEW TRAINS COMING THROUGH THERE'LL BE FASTER THAN THE TRAINS THE FREIGHT TRAINS 331 THAT THEY'RE USED TO SEEING.
332 SO WE'RE GONNA GET OUT IN FRONT AND WORK WITH FIRST RESPONDERS WORK WITH THE 333 MEDIA AND WORK USE OTHER VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS AND OTHER THINGS TO GET THE 334 WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
335 SO THAT'S BOTH FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT WHEN WE BEGIN OPERATION BUT WE'LL 336 USE A LOT OF THESE SAME OUTREACH TECHNIQUES WHEN WE DO CLOSE CROSSINGS AS WELL.
337 SO WHEN WE CLOSE CROSSINGS WE'LL USE THOSE SAME VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS YOU 338 KNOW TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE SO THAT PEOPLE THAT DRIVE THAT ROUTE ON A REGULAR 339 BASIS WILL SEE THE SIGN THAT YOU KNOW THIS CROSSING WILL BE CLOSED ON X DATE 340 AND KNOW THAT IT'S COMING.
341 AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO US IN PHASE 1 342 IN OUR CURRENT SOUTHERN SEGMENT THAT'S UNDER THAT'S BEEN UNDER OPERATION FOR THE 343 PAST YEAR AND THIS WILL BE A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING BOTH DURING THE 344 CONSTRUCTION PHASE PRE OPERATION AND THEN ALSO OPERATION.
345 SO WE WANT TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AS I MENTIONED THIS ISN'T A ONE 346 SHOT DEAL.
347 WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME MEET WITH YOU AT FUTURE MEETINGS AND THEN IF 348 THERE ARE CONSTITUENT GROUPS COMMUNITY GROUPS THA YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE 349 MEETING WITH US OR MEETING WITH PLEASE LET US KNOW WOULD WELCOME THE 350 OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU KNOW TWO PEOPLE OR TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE YOU KNOW 351 ANYTIME.
352 SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING JUST TO GET THE WORD 353 OUT.
354 AGAIN BOTH DURING CONSTRUCTION AND ONCE WE BEGIN OPERATIONS AND WE'RE 355 EXCITED ABOUT GETTING TO ORLANDO WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT THING FOR THE 356 STATE OF FLORIDA AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
357 AND AS PROMISED THERE IS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
358 AND PLEASE PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL ME ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR 359 PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO PASS ON THE NUMBER EITHER IF YOU HAVE CONSTITUENTS 360 THAT HAVE QUESTIONS.
361 SO MAYOR MEMBERS THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE TIME.
363 BEFORE YOU GO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 364 RACHELLE.
368 HOW MANY MORE TRAINS A DAY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
369 SO WE OPERATE SIX CURRENTLY IN THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT.
370 WE OPERATE 16 ROUND TRIPS A DAY.
371 WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THE EXACT OPERATIONS FOR ORLANDO BUT MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE A 372 SIMILAR LEVEL OF SERVICE 16 ROUND TRIPS THAT WOULD BE 32 TRAINS A DAY.
374 WHAT IS THE TYPICAL ROAD CLOSURE PERIOD OF TIME.
375 I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT ALL AT ONCE BUT SO THE TYPICAL ROAD CLOSURE.
376 THEY WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE INTERSECTIO AND THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT 377 WE HAVE TO DO IN THE INTERSECTION.
378 YOURS ARE FAIRLY LARGE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, A LOT O TRAFFIC AND IT WILL BE UP 379 TO 10 DAYS KYOTO GARDENS AS WE GET CLOSER IN PLANNING W CAN.
380 WE'LL LOOK AT THAT CLOSER AND GET IT DOWN AS FAR AS WE CAN.
381 KYOTO GARDENS WILL HAVE TWO CLOSURES UP TO 10 DAYS EACH I REALIZE THAT SOUNDS LIKE 382 A LOT BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WE ARE ALS IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A 383 CURVE AND WE'RE SHIFTING THE TRACK SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATED OTHER WORK 384 THAT HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT ONE.
386 AS YOU'VE GONE ALONG THE TRACK TO SURVEY IT FOR FIXING THE OLD TRACK AND 387 REPLACING IT WITH NEW, I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED IN PALM BEACH GARDENS THERE ARE 388 QUITE A FEW PILES OF OLD RAILROAD TIES AND RAIL TRASH THAT LITTERED THE ROUTE.
389 CAN WE COUNT ON YOU TO TAKE THAT WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO? 390 I'LL ANSWER THAT SO THAT THAT BELONGS TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE FLORIDA EAST COAST 391 RAILWAY BUT I'LL I'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THEM VICE MAYOR AND TALKED 392 WITH THEM ABOUT IT.
394 IT'S AN EYE SORE AND WE GET COMMENTS ON IT ALL THE TIME.
397 MATTHEW, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 398 WE HAD HEARD THAT Y'ALL MIGHT BE CONSIDERING PLACING A VIRGIN STATION 399 HERE IN THE GARDENS.
400 CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? 401 YOU KNOW I CAN'T.
402 WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WHAT I CAN OFFICIALLY SAY IS THAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM 403 OUR RIDERS AND IT IS A PRIVATE COMPANY WE'RE ABLE TO PIVOT AND MEET THE NEEDS 404 OF THE MARKET AND WE'RE SEEING DEMAND YOU KNOW TREASURE COAST IS AN
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405 EXAMPLE WE DIDN'T INITIALLY PLAN A STOP IN THE TREASURE COAST BUT WE TRACKED ZIP 406 CODES OF OUR RIDERS AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF RIDERS COMING OUT OF STEWART 407 IN PARTICULAR.408 AND SO THERE'S CLEARLY A DEMAND FOR THAT.
409 SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A STATION SOMEWHERE IN THE TREASURE COAST AREA.
410 AND THEN AS FOR OTHER, WHETHER THEY'RE STATIONS OR STOPS WE'RE OPEN TO 411 OPPORTUNITIES THAT MEET THE MARKET DEMAND ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW WITH OUR CONNECTION TO 412 THE CRUISE INDUSTRY ESPECIALLY OUT OF PORT MIAMI.
413 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOME SOME NEAT THINGS WITH 414 COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO THAT TO MEETING WITH LOCAL CITIES, 415 LOCAL COUNTIES OR EVEN PRIVATE ENTITIES TO TO EXPLORE NEW WAYS TO 416 INCREASE RIDERSHIP RECOGNIZING YOU'VE GOT A BALANCE YOU 417 KNOW INCREASED RIDERSHIP WITH THE ACTUAL SERVICE LEVEL ITSELF.
418 SO WE CAN'T BE STOPPING AT EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEN THAT IMPACTS 419 SERVICE.
420 SO THERE'S A NEXUS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THOSE TWO BUT WE'RE ALWAYS WE'RE 421 ALWAYS OPEN TO HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS.
423 I THINK RACHELLE TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT.
424 I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE ROAD CLOSURE OF GOING OVER THE INTERSECTIONS FOR 425 EXAMPLE KYOTO GARDENS YOU'RE SAYING IS GOING TO BE CLOSED FOR 10 DAYS? 426 UP TO 10 DAYS.
428 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN IS THE HUNDREDS AN HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF 429 LIVES THAT OUR POLICE AND FIRE RESPOND TO A YEAR IS GONNA BE DELAYED AND 430 SOMEBODY CAN LOSE A LIFE BY HAVING TO GO AROUND YOUR CONSTRUCTION WHAT'S THE 431 ABILITY OF YOU WORKING AT NIGHTTIME.
432 SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS AGAIN WORK WITH YOUR CITY STAFF VERY CLOSELY AND WE HAVE A 433 LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.
434 SOME CITIES DO NOT WANT US WORKING AT NIGHT AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE 435 NOISE DURING THE DAY AND WE WILL RESPECT THAT AND EXTEND THE DURATION OF THE 436 CLOSURE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
437 SOME CITIES WOULD LIKE US TO GET IN AND OUT AS FAST A POSSIBLE.
438 AND IF THAT IS DESIRE WE CAN WORK AROUND THE CLOCK AND TRY AND ACCELERATE THAT AND 439 GET THOSE CLOSURES SHORT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
440 AND DURING THIS TIME YOU'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE ONE INTERSECTION CLOSED NOT 441 CONJUNCTIVE.
442 WE WILL NOT HAVE ADJACENT CLOSURE ADJACENT ROADS CLOSED AT THE SAME TIME.
443 SO IF WE HAVE ONE CLOSED THE ROADS ON EITHER SIDE WILL BE OPEN TO ALLOW THAT 444 DETOUR TRAFFIC TO PASS.
445 WE MAY HAVE TWO CLOSED IN THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME BUT WE TRY NOT TO HAVE 446 ADJACENT STREETS CLOSED AT THE SAME TIME.
447 AND IF THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE TO YOU AS WELL WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
448 AND LIKE I SAID WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN OUR SCHEDULE TO TO WORK WITH YOU 449 AND MAKE SURE WE MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
453 COMMISSIONER IF I COULD ADD WE WILL WORK WITH YOUR STAFF.
454 WORK WITH FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC PLAN TOO, SO WE'RE 455 GOING TO SEEK THEIR INPUT BEFORE WE DO THAT SO THAT THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE INPUT 456 IN IT BUT ALSO THAT THEY'RE AWARE AND ARE AWARE OF THE DETOUR ROUTES WHILE WE'RE 457 CLOSING.
458 SOME OF OUR INTERSECTIONS MAY BE BETTER IF CONSTRUCTION WAS AT NIGHT TO 459 GET THROUGH IT.
460 AND THEN AS YOU GO SAY [INAUDIBLE] LIGHTHOUSE WHERE YOU'RE IN THE 461 RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT MAY BE BETTER TOO.
462 SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS BUT IF YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO 463 WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.
466 LAST COMMENT I ECHO EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS YOU KNOW LIVING IN THE NORTH 467 AND NORTH OF WEST PALM BEACH.
469 GREAT THERE'S A TRAIN GOING THROUGH BUT WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY 470 AND AS WE MOVE NORTH RECOGNIZING THAT TREASURE COAST STATION IS PROBABLY 471 GOING TO BE IN THE WORKS WITH OUR GROWING CITY AND LOCATION OF HOW THE TRACKS 472 RUN THROUGH AND HOW WE HAVE A PROPOSED PLAN FOR A TRI RAIL STATION ALONG PGA AND 473 [INAUDIBLE] A1A BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING TO GROW AROUND THAT POTENTIALLY WHAT'S 474 GOING TO GROW AROUND THAT AREA.
475 WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONSIDER AS WE GO FORWARD AN OPTION FOR PALM 476 BEACH GARDENS BECAUSE I THINK THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR THAT IF TRULY THIS CITY 477 GROWS THE WAY SOME PEOPLE THINK IT MAY.
480 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
483 CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
484 ONE OF MY FAVORITE SENATORS.
488 NINE MONTHS OLD AND SHE'S KNOCKING EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR.
489 AND BEFORE I LET YOU BEGIN IF I DON'T.
490 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AND I FORGOT TO MAKE IT EARLIER.
491 COUNCIL MEMBER MARIA MARINO IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
492 SHE HAD A MOTHER WAS ILL WHEN SHE TRAVELED UP NORTH TO NEW YORK SO SHE'S 493 STAYING WITH HER FOR AN EXTRA FEW DAYS.
498 IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY.
499 I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU A VIEW FROM TALLAHASSEE OUR 2019 500 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
501 OF COURSE I AM THE HONORABLE SENATOR BOBBY POWELL JUNIOR AICP, MEANS I AM CERTIFIED
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502 BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS AND I WORK AS A PLANNER DURING MY 503 DAY LIFE.504 LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING ON WITH THE TV, IS THIS OK.
506 I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE THIS BRIEF.
508 OF COURSE MY NAME IS BOBBY POWELL JUNIOR.
510 THERE ARE 40 SENATORS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHICH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND 511 THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ONE TO REPRESENT PALM BEACH COUNTY IN THAT IN PALM 512 BEACH COUNTY.
513 I'M A PART OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
514 I'VE BEEN A CHAIRMAN OF THE ENTIRE DELEGATION AND CURRENTLY AS THE ONE OF THE 515 SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE I STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SERVE 516 AS DE FACTO CHAIRPERSON TO HELP MOVE SOME OF THE LEGISLATION FOR THE ENTIRETY 517 OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
518 THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION.
519 I AM ONE OF FOUR SENATORS AND WE HAVE NINE STATE REPRESENTATIVES THE 520 REPRESENTATIVE WHO REPRESENTS THIS AREA.
521 REPRESENTATIVE RICK ROTH, HE AND I HAVE A GOOD WORKIN RELATIONSHIP AND WE HAVE 522 THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON SEVERAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION AS WE'VE MOVED 523 IT THROUGH THE PROCESS AS YOU KNOW IN THE SENATE WE HAVE UNLIMITED BILL SLOTS.
524 SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO FILE I WILL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT 525 AND I CAN FILE THAT LEGISLATION FOR YOU.
526 BUT WE WILL STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIND A HOUSE SPONSOR BECAUSE OUR 527 HOUSE MEMBERS ONLY HAVE SIX PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT THEY CAN SPONSOR.
528 I REMEMBER BEING IN THE HOUSE SEVERAL YEARS AGO BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNG BUT 529 I'M GLAD TO BE IN THE SENATE NOW.
530 MY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO POIN OUT THAT I SIT ON THE VERY 531 IMPORTANT AND VERY POWERFUL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
532 THAT'S THE FULL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO 533 HAPPEN IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET GOES THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE.
534 THIS YEAR WE PASSED A 91.8 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET BEFORE THE GOVERNOR GOT TO IT.
535 AND I SIT ON THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE.
536 I ALSO AM THE VICE CHAIR ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT IN 537 GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
538 THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE WATER PROJECTS GO THROUGH AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE 539 INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS.
540 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
541 I ALSO SIT ON FINANCE AND TAX ETHICS AND ELECTIONS AND I'M THE ALTERNATING 542 CHAIR ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC COUNSEL AND OVERSIGHT.
543 THIS YEAR A FEW PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT I PUSHED AMONGST MANY I HAD I THINK 544 WE CARRY [INAUDIBLE] YOU CAN TELL ME I THINK WE CARRIED 18 BILLS THIS YEAR 545 WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR BUT SOME OF THE BILLS THAT WERE 546 IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT OUT WE KIND OF STEPPED INTO AND SUNK OUR TEETH INTO WERE 547 SENATE BILL 462 WHICH DEALS WITH LESS PENDANTS.
548 THAT BILL PROVIDES CLARIFYING LANGUAGE TO PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE 549 LESS PENDANT STATUTE TO PREVENT INTERVENING LEANS ON PROPERTY UNTIL A FINAL 550 JUDICIAL [INAUDIBLE] IS COMPLETE INCLUDING THE TRANSFER OF TITLE IN THE 551 MIDST OF IT THAT BILL ACTUALLY BECAME A BILL CALLED JUDICIAL PROCESS OR 552 SERVERS BECAUSE WE HAD CLARIFYING LANGUAGE ADDED TO THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION 553 FROM THE PROCESS SERVERS TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT PROCESS SERVERS WE'RE 554 HAVING HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA INCLUDING A FORMER LEGISLATIVE AIDE OF MINE 555 BEING ABLE TO CALL ME AND ADD ANOTHER PIECE TO THE PROCESS SERVER BILL WITH 556 REGARD TO TINTS ON WINDOWS.
557 SO IT'S GOOD WHEN YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE EVERYDAY PEOPLE INTERVENE AND WORK 558 ON THE PROCESS.
559 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A BILL WHICH DEALT WITH REPEALING MANDATORY 560 DIRECT FILE MANDATORY DIRECT FILE WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED DIRECT 561 FILE PRACTICE WHICH ULTIMATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY TRIED THE 562 JUVENILE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 17 AND INTO THE ADULT COURT SYSTEM.
563 SO WE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MOVE THAT AND WE EVENTUALLY GOT THAT BILL TO BE A PART 564 OF THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PACKAGE THAT WAS PASSED THIS YEAR.
565 SENATE BILL 838 PUBLIC RECORDS SLASH MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND SERVICES.
566 THAT'S A PUBLIC RECORDS BILL THAT DEALS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH BILL THAT WE ALL AS 567 A COMPANION TO SENATE BILL 1418 THE MENTAL HEALTH DCF TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS 568 BILL THAT WE PUSH GIVING MENTAL HEALTH RECEIVE INSTEAD OF ONE TO SUBMIT 569 THEIR PAPERWORK ON INVOLUNTARY EXAMINATIONS TO DCF WHICH WOULD ALLOW DCF 570 TO COLLECT MORE DATA ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THESE CHILDREN AS WELL AS 571 ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS TO STANDARDIZE SUICIDE SCREENING INSTRUMENTS 572 THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY SUICIDE PREVENTION CERTIFIED SCHOOLS PROGRAM
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573 AND AMONGST OTHER THINGS TAKING OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DCF 574 TASK FORCE IMPLEMENTING THEM WITH THAT LEGISLATION WAS YOU SHOULD KNOW HERE IN 575 THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS ONE OF TH CRISIS IS THAT WE DEAL 576 WITH.577 WE ARE FORTY NINTH IN THE NATION WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH 578 ISSUES AND EVERY YEAR I'VE DEALT WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE 579 IN MY FAMILY PERSONALLY.
580 SO I TAKE IT AS A TASK THAT I WILL TRY TO TACKLE AND GO AFTER EVERY YEAR.
581 I WAS FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH ANOTHER PALM BEACH COUNTY LEGISLATOR REPRESENTATIVE 582 SILVERS ON PASSING THE DCF TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS BILL.
583 AND THEN THE CENSUS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
584 IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEWS RECENTLY YOU KNOW THAT 585 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE CENSUS.
586 THE CENSUS WILL BEGIN APRIL 1ST 2020.
587 THAT'S WHEN THE COUNT WILL BEGIN.
588 I HAVE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR AND MY LEGISLATIVE COLLEAGUES THAT WE HAVE A 589 CENSUS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
590 THIS COMMITTEE WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE CENSUS COMPLETE COUNT MADE UP OF STATE 591 LOCAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT WILL COME IN AND WORK ON IMPLEMENTING AND BEST 592 STRATEGIES BEST PRACTICES TO ASSIST WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CENSUS 593 AND THE OUTREACH STRATEGY RELATED TO THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS.
594 SO MANY THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
595 EXCUSE ME ARE DEPENDENT ON THAT 2020 CENSUS AMONGST THOSE ARE THE AMOUNT OF 596 FUNDING THAT WE GET BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO WE ARE PUSHING THAT 597 WE'VE CONTINUED TO PUSH IT.
598 I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOVERNORS LEGISLATIVE STAFF AS WELL AS THE SENATE 599 PRESIDENT.
600 I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BUT 601 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A 602 QUESTION IS OR IS NOT A PART OF THE CENSUS.
603 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS COUNTED.
604 OTHER THAN MY ISSUES THAT I FOUGHT FOR.
605 SPECIFICALLY WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THE MAJOR SESSION ISSUES THIS YEAR.
606 HOUSE BILL 7123 THAT DEALT WITH THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY AND THE CHARTER SCHOOL TAX 607 REFERENDUM.
608 THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THIS YEAR THE TAX PACKAGE.
609 IT CREATED A BACK TO SCHOOL SALES TAX HOLIDAY WHICH NOW HAPPENS FROM AUGUST 2ND TO 610 AUGUST 6 AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS HOLIDAY THAT 611 ACTUALLY ALREADY PASSED FROM MAY 31ST THROUGH JUNE 6.
612 THIS BILL ALSO LOWERS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RENT TA FROM 5.7 PERCENT TO 5.5 613 PERCENT.
614 THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION BY MANY OF OUR REALTORS AND IT ALSO REQUIRES REVENUES 615 FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS VOTED DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE TO BE SHARED WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS 616 BASED ON EACH CHARTER SCHOOLS PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE DISTRICT STUDENT 617 ENROLLMENT.
618 THIS CHANGE APPLIES TO REFERENDUMS THAT HAPPEN AFTER JULY 1ST 2019.
619 SO YOU KNOW THAT HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WE HAD LANGUAGE IN OUR AMENDMENT 620 THAT WE PASSED THAT SAID NON CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT 621 ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO IT WILL NOT AFFECT US THIS TIME.
622 HOWEVER IF WE GO BACK AND TRY TO RE UP THAT WHEN IT' OVER THEN WE'LL HAVE TO 623 INCLUDE THAT UNLESS LEGISLATION CHANGES PRIOR TO THAT.
625 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PACKAGE THAT BILL PUTS TOGETHER PARTS OF THE FIRST 626 STEP ACT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCLUDES THAT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ONE OF 627 THE THINGS THAT IT DOES IS IT RAISES THE GRAND THEFT AND RETAIL THRESHOLD FROM 628 THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
629 WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS THAT SOMETIMES YOUNG PEOPLE OR 630 KIDS WERE BEING CHARGED WITH FELONIES FOR TAKING SOMETHING SUCH AS A CELL 631 PHONE.
632 AND WE KNOW CELL PHONES NOW THEY MAY BE SMALL DEVICES BUT WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY 633 THIS BILL OR THIS LANGUAGE WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN PLACE EVERYONE WASN'T CARRYING 634 A $1,000 A POCKET SIZED CELL PHONE OR SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR CELL PHONE.
636 IT REMOVES THE MANDATORY REVOCATION SLASH SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR 637 CERTAIN CRIMES.
638 ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW THAT HAPPENS IS THAT IF SOMEONE DOES NOT PAY CHILD 639 SUPPORT SOMETIMES THEY'LL HAVE THEIR LICENSE REVOKED.
640 WELL IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR LICENSE THEN HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO GO TO WORK AND BE 641 ABLE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT.
642 WE REQUIRE EACH CLERK OF COURT TO ESTABLISH A DRIVER'S LICENSE 643 REINSTATEMENT DAY PROGRAM.
644 IT ALSO REPEALS DIRECT FILE OF CHILDREN TO ADULT COURT.
645 THAT WAS A PIECE OF LANGUAGE THAT I WORKED ON TO GO TO SENATOR BRANDIS ONCE WE 646 KNEW THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE PASSED OR TWO COMMITTEES WASN'T GOING TO MOVE ANY 647 FURTHER I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE PERSON WHO WAS MOVING THIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE 648 PACKAGE AND HAVE THAT ADDED TO THE LANGUAGE.
650 ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD HAS BEEN THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 651 AN AMENDMENT 4 IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE AS YOU KNOW AMENDMENT 4 IS THE 652 LANGUAGE REGARDING OR RELATED TO RESTORATION OF RIGHTS FOR EX FELONS.
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653 WELL THIS BILL PUTS IN PLACE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE FELONS OR EX FELONS IN 654 ORDER TO HAVE THEIR RIGHTS RESTORED THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY CALL COMPLETION OF 655 SENTENCE.656 MEANING THAT IF THEY HAVE TO PAY RESTITUTION COURT COSTS OR FINES IN ORDER TO 657 COMPLETE THE SENTENCES THEN THIS IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE HAS BEEN PUT THERE FOR 658 THAT.
659 WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS IT HAS BEEN A BIG BILL WHICH INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT MORE 660 THAN THAT.
661 THAT'S BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.
662 THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT MANY PEOPLE HEARD ABOUT BUT IT ALSO EXCLUDES PEOPLE WHO 663 COMMITTED A FELONY SEXUAL OFFENSE OR MURDER FROM EVE HAVING THEIR RIGHTS 664 AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED IT ALSO INCREASES THE DISTANCE FOR THE DISTANCE FROM WHEN 665 YOU GO TO THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY WHERE SOMEONE CAN CAMPAIGN FROM 100 FEET 666 TO 150 FEET AND IT ALSO HAD A FEW OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION OR LANGUAGE IN 667 THERE RELATED TO THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION THAT WE CLARIFIED AND WE 668 DID THAT THROUGH THE ETHICS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE.
670 THIS BILL CREATES ANOTHER VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR THE STATE.
671 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE KNOW WE HAD THIS FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP 672 PROGRAM WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A TAX CREDIT FROM A BUSINESS BE USED TO SERVE 673 LOW INCOME STUDENTS.
674 IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GET A VOUCHER THIS TIME IT PUTS MONEY DIRECTLY INTO THE 675 GENERAL REVENUE FUND AND ALLOWS FOR THE FLORIDA EDUCATION AND FINANCE 676 PROGRAM TO SEND CHILDREN TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
677 AS YOU KNOW WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO CAN UTILIZE THIS BECAUSE 678 WE'VE ALSO ADDED THE BULLY PROVISION.
679 LAST YEAR A DIVERT SCHOOL FUNDS COLLECTED FOR THE HOP SCHOLARSHIP AN ESTIMATED 7 680 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND THE EXISTING FLORIDA TAX CREDI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND 681 HOPE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS ARE NOW COLLECTED DURING THE REGISTRATION OF A MOTOR 682 VEHICLE PROGRAM.
683 AND ALSO WHILE THE BILL PROVIDES US THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST TEACHER AND 684 PRINCIPAL PROGRAM BY REMOVING THE ACT AND SAT REQUIREMENTS THE INCENTIVES 685 REMAIN A BONUS AND NOT A PERMANENT SALARY INCREASE FOR TEACHERS AND 686 INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL AND PRINCIPALS HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
687 SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE MORE HEAVY AND HEAVILY DISCUSSED AND MAJOR ISSUES 688 THAT WERE OVERALL FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA THIS YEAR IN SESSION.
689 ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AND 690 MUNICIPALITY AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN THE SENATE BILL 82 WHICH DEALS WITH VEGETABLE 691 GARDENS.
692 I WILL TELL YOU AS YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M KNOWN FOR IS KIND OF 693 FIGHTING FOR HOME RULE AND THE LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS RECOGNIZED THAT MANY OF OUR 694 MUNICIPALITIES HAS RECOGNIZED IT AS WELL.
695 THIS YEAR THIS BILL THE VEGETABLE GARDENS BILL PASSED IN THE LEGISLATURE IT 696 MOVED PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMITTEES UNTIL IT GOT TO 697 THE FLOOR AND I SAW IT I WAS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT 698 NEED TO BE POINTED OUT.
699 I WAS ABLE TO TAKE FIVE SENATORS WITH ME OUT OF THE 40 BUT ULTIMATELY PEOPLE 700 ON THE FLOOR WERE PERSUADED BY THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A VEGETABLE GARDEN.
702 THE BILL DEFINES A VEGETABLE GARDEN AS A PLOT OF LAND WHERE HERBS FRUIT FLOWER OR 703 VEGETABLES ARE CULTIVATED FOR HUMAN INGESTION THAT COULD SINGLEHANDEDLY TURN 704 ANY RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF LAND INTO AN AGRICULTURAL PIECE OF LAND.
705 IT COULD ALSO THERE'S NO SET BACK REQUIREMENT NOR HEIGHT REQUIREMENT.
706 SO WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES AS SOMEONE IS GROWING CORN ON THEIR LAND THAT'S 6 FEET 707 TALL IT COULD BRING THINGS LIKE RATS AND RODENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAY SNAKES 708 THAT MAY BE ON THEIR PROPERTY WHERE DOES THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS END AND 709 YOURS BEGIN.
711 HOWEVER REGARDLESS OF HOW HIGH AND HARD I FOUGHT AGAINST THIS PIECE OF 712 LEGISLATION IT ULTIMATELY PASSED THROUGH THE ENTIRE LEGISLATURE.
713 THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ULTIMATELY STARTED IN MIAMI.
714 I FORGET WHICH TOWN IT WAS IT WAS I THINK NORTH SOMEWHERE IN NORTH MIAMI 715 BEACH WHERE SOMEONE WASN'T ALLOWED TO GROW VEGETABLES IN THEIR FRONT YARD AND THEY 716 WERE ABLE TO TAKE IT.
718 THEY LOST IT IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING OR ZONING COMMISSION.
719 THEN THEY WENT TO TALLAHASSEE.
720 AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
721 ONCE YOU GET TO TALLAHASSEE YOU CAN SAY FORGET THE ENTIRE MUNICIPALITY THING.
722 WE'LL JUST TALLAHASSEE WILL OVERRIDE EVERYBODY.
723 SO THAT PASSED THIS YEAR IN THE LEGISLATURE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BAD EXAMPLES OF 724 WHAT HAPPENED IN HOME WITH REGARD TO HOME RULE THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE GOOD 725 THINGS WAS THEY DID NOT BRING BACK OR THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT HORRIBLE 726 ELECTIONS BILL ON THE FLOOR AGAIN.
727 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND GLAD THAT WE WE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE STATE 728 TRYING TO TERM DETERMINE WHICH DAY MUNICIPALITIES WOULD HAVE THEIR LOCAL 729 ELECTIONS.
730 OVERALL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
731 I'LL GIVE YOU THE QUICK AND DIRTY VERSION OR THE READER'S DIGEST VERSION 732 IS 90.89 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET WE PASSED IT AT NINETY ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
733 THE GOVERNOR DID HIS CUTS.
734 LUCKILY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUGHT FOR STAYED AND IN THE BUDGET.
735 SO I THINK THE GOVERNOR HE DID SOME CUTS AND I WAS IMPRESSED THAT HE WAS ABLE
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736 TO KEEP A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE FOUGHT FOR IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN THEIR 737 PREVIOUS YEARS.738 GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT HAD CUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT I PERSONALLY HAD PUT IN THE 739 BUDGET.
740 SO ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PUT IN THE BUDGET WILL CUT THIS YEAR 741 OUT.
742 EXCITED THAT WE KEPT A LOT.
743 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS.
744 OVERALL EDUCATION 34.7 BILLION DOLLARS.
746 3.27 PERCENT OR 247 DOLLAR INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT BUDGET PER STUDENT.
747 SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS PER STUDENT IN THE OVERALL 748 EDUCATION BUDGET.
749 EDUCATION IS THE SECOND HIGHEST FUNDED AREA IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
750 WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'VE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS UPTICK.
751 WE'VE SEEN ENVIRONMENT 3.99 BILLION DOLLARS INCLUDED IN THAT SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY 752 SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS AND INCLUDING THINGS LIKE 753 SEPTIC TO SEWER WHICH IS NEEDED INCLUDING THE EVERGLADES RESERVOIR AND 754 ALSO INCLUDING TREATMENT FOR BLUE GREEN ALGAE AND RED TIDE HEALTH CARE.
755 OUR BIGGEST AREA OF THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THE STATE OF FLORIDA 756 CONTINUES TO AGE 37.67 BILLION DOLLARS WAS PUT INTO HEALTH CARE THIS YEAR.
757 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 15.2 BILLION DOLLARS.
758 WHAT WAS INTERESTING WE HAD TWO HUNDRED POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN THE 759 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM.
760 YOU KNOW THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND WHICH I RATED EVERY YEAR WE'RE AT 761 NEARLY 300 MILLION DOLLARS SO THE STATE THE GOVERNMENT WE ONLY RATED ONE HUNDRED 762 MILLION THIS YEAR BUT WITHIN THAT 200 MILLION THAT YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT WAS 763 SHIFTED TO NORTH FLORIDA THE WESTERN PARTS BECAUSE OF HURRICANE MICHAEL.
764 AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HURRICANE MICHAEL THE RECOVERY AREA 1.86 BILLION 765 DOLLARS THAT WE HAD TO FRONT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT OR 766 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS SLOW ON THE UPTAKE.
767 SO WE ALLOCATED EMERGENCY FUNDS TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA BECAUSE WE'VE STILL 768 GOT PEOPLE HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO ARE LIVING IN TENTS MY APPROPRIATIONS, 769 THE THINGS THAT I WORKED ON SPECIFICALLY AND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT I WAS ABLE 770 TO WORK ON WITH REPRESENTATIVE RICK ROTH OVERALL EDUCATION.
771 WE GOT NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FAU MAX 772 PLANCK SCIENTIFIC FELLOWS PROGRAM HERE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE 773 AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE I'M THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR 774 WITH SENATOR DEBBIE MAYFIELD WE WERE ABLE TO GET THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND 775 DOLLARS INTO THE PALM BEACH GARDENS STORMWATER MAINTENANCE REPAIRS PROGRAM.
776 TOURISM TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE'VE GOT MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR 777 THE TOWN OF LAKE PARK NEARLY THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ROAD STRIPPING 778 AND FOR THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS 779 TOWARDS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM.
780 AND I THINK I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT NUMBER WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN HALF A 781 MILLION FOR THE STORMWATER MAINTENANCE REPAIRS.
782 CRIMINAL JUSTICE, FLORIDA ALLIANCE OF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WE HAD 3.6 MILLION.
783 THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE STATE.
784 AND ALSO HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS YOU KNOW I SAID 785 EARLIER.
786 MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT IS FUNDED AT FORTY NINTH IN THE ENTIRE NATION FOR JEROME 787 GOLDEN WE ONLY GOT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET PREVIOUS YEARS 788 WE'VE GOTTEN NEARLY HALF A MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE 789 BUDGET.
790 SO WE SAW A SHARP DECREASE THERE BUT FOR THE PLACE OF HOPE CHILD WELFARE AND 791 FOSTER CARE PROGRAM WE WERE ABLE TO GET TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN 792 THE BUDGET.
793 I WAS GLAD THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH MATT FOREST WHO IS THE LOBBYIST 794 FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS AND ALSO A MEMBER OF OR ALSO WORKS FOR BALLOT PARTNERS 795 WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE GET THE THINGS THAT ARE 796 NECESSARY INTO THE BUDGET AND CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWING UP AND TELLING ME WHO I 797 NEED TO TALK TO NEXT OR WHERE DO I NEED TO GO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR THINGS 798 STAY IN THE BUDGET.
799 THAT IS A QUICK AND BRIEF VERSION OF OUR VIEW FROM TALLAHASSEE 2019 LEGISLATIVE 800 UPDATE FROM SESSION.
801 OF COURSE MY NAME IS BOBBY POWELL.
802 SENATOR POWELL I CAN BE REACHED AT POWELL.BOBBY.WEB@FLSENATE.GO 803 V MY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS ARE ALSO ON THIS POWERPOINT.
804 TOMAS ALCALA, MARY [INAUDIBLE] OUR DISTRICT PHONE NUMBER IS (561) 805 650-6880.
806 AND I WANT TO I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION [INAUDIBLE] WHO IS A 807 GRADUATE OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL SUCH AS MYSELF AND HE IS HERE WITH 808 US TONIGHT.
809 THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] WAVE YOUR HAND.
810 [APPLAUSE] AND [INAUDIBLE], HE'S ALSO LIKE ME A GRADUATE OF THE FLORIDA STATE 811 UNIVERSITY.
812 SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND NOW WE WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS COMMENTS OUR 813 CONVERSATION FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL.
814 THANK YOU THANK YOU SENATOR.
815 I KNOW RACHELLE HAS A QUESTION.
817 FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE HOMETOWN HERO HOMETOWN HOME 818 RULE HERO AWARD FROM THE LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR GOING TO BAT FOR HOME RULE AND
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819 AGAINST PREEMPTION AT THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR.821 AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH REP.
822 ROTH TO GET US THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE STORMWATER MAINTENANCE.
823 WHEN I HEARD YOU WERE GONNA BE HERE PRESENTING TONIGHT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME 824 TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE 825 RESIDENTS OF STEEPLECHASE TO HELP THEM GET FUNDING AN SUPPORT FROM FDOT FOR A 826 SAFETY AND SOUND WALL WITH THE WIDENING OF THE B LINE.
827 ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AGREED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THAT THIS IS A 828 SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL AS A SOUND ISSUE.
829 I WAS TOLD TODAY THOUGH THAT SENATE LEADERSHIP HAS APPROPRIATED SOME FUNDS AND 830 THAT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON A PLAN WITH FDOT TO INCREASE THAT 831 WALL TO 8 FEET.
832 THERE'S STILL SOME DETAILS SO WHAT EVER YOU CAN DO TO LEND YOUR SUPPORT 833 ON THE SENATE SIDE TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS.
834 THE RESIDENTS OF STEEPLECHASE AND THE COUNCI WILL APPRECIATE.
835 WELL THANK YOU VICE MAYOR OF COURSE AS A PLANNER OUR NUMBER ONE JOB IS TO SERVE 836 THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
837 SO I THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF HOME RULE AND 838 WHAT I CAN TELL YOU WITH REGARD TO THAT.
839 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M WILLING TO WORK ON.
840 WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH FDOT WITH REGARD TO OTHER AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT 841 AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM MAKING SURE THAT THEY STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
842 THEY HAVE A WORK PROGRAM WHERE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED EVERY 843 YEAR FOR THE WORK PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE DO THINGS LIKE BUILD THOSE WALLS SO BUILD 844 THE WALLS FIRST FOR ROADS AND SOUND BARRIERS AND SO WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY.
845 I'M ALL ON BOARD TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
849 I SEE THAT THE EDUCATIONAL FUNDING WHICH IS OF COURSE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE 850 RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND TO ME HAS INCREASED.
851 WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT TRENDING IN THE LEGISLATURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
852 WELL I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERY YEAR, WELL EVERY TWO YEARS WHEN WE HAVE NEW 853 LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
854 IT'S A FEELING OUT PROCESS.
855 THIS YEAR WE HAD THREE NEW LEADERS A NEW GOVERNOR A NE SENATE PRESIDENT AND A NEW 856 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
857 I BELIEVE THAT OUR GOVERNOR IS DRIVING A LOT OF THINGS IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION 858 WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
859 SO IN THE FUTURE THERE'S BEEN WELL IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN A GAP BETWEEN 860 WHERE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND BEING PREPARED FOR COLLEGE.
861 I BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO PREPARE OUR 862 STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN AND SHIFTING MORE MONEY TO 863 EDUCATION.
864 NOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF CHARTER SCHOOLS VERSUS TRADITIONAL PUBLIC 865 SCHOOLS IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE LEGISLATURE ALONG 866 WITH THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR AND OTHER LEADERSHIP WILL BE WORKING 867 TOWARDS MAKING SURE WE PROPERLY FUND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS SO THAT WE 868 ARE RANKED HIGHER IN TERMS OF EDUCATION NATIONALLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST 869 COMPETING WITH OTHER STATES NOW WE'RE COMPETING WITH NATIONS OF PEOPLE WE HAVE 870 NOT MET.
871 THERE ARE STUDENTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO BEAT US 872 HERE AND NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES BUT ALSO IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
874 BOBBY THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
875 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PASSED WAS THE AT&T TOWER, VERIZON TOWERS THE LITTLE 876 MINI ONES THAT THAT THEY CAN LITERALLY PUT UP ANYWHERE THEY WANT.
877 SO WE'RE ALREADY EXPERIENCING THAT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY PUT 878 ONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF A HOUSE NEXT TO A SIDEWALK AND A SWALE AND SOMEONE REACHED 879 OUT TO ME AND I REACHED OUT TO STAFF AND THEY MOVED IT.
880 BUT THERE'S GONNA BE MULTIPLE UP AROUND THE CITY AND THERE'S STILL GOING TO 881 CONTINUE TO PUT THEM WHEREVER THEY WANT.
882 AND I TALKED TO REPRESENTATIVE ROTH ABOUT IT AND HE HAD MENTIONED A YEAR 883 AGO AFTER IT PASSED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY T FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS 884 CLAMP DOWN ON THEM IF THIS GETS OUT OF CONTROL AND READDRESS THE THE 885 INFRASTRUCTURE WE ALL NEED IT EVERYBODY WANTS IT.
886 BUT TO PUT THEM ANYWHERE THEY WANT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF 887 WORKING WITH STAFF OR NOT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNREASONABLE.
888 ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION IF IT GETS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR 889 US.
891 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND CONTINUE CONTINUE TO DO IS 892 AS WE WORK WITH AT&T I THINK THEY ARE MOVING INTO 5G SOMETHING THAT I DON'T 893 KNOW ABOUT MY PHONE IS STILL ON 3G.
894 I THINK THE WAY THE COMPUTERS WERE MENTIONED EARLIER THEY MAY BE 895 CONNECTED THROUGH MY PHONE OR A HOTSPOT.
896 BUT WHAT I COULD DO IN TERMS OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 897 WORK WITH AT&T AT THIS LEVEL TO BE TO ENSURE THAT WHEREVER THEY'RE PUTTING 898 THESE TOWERS OR THESE THEY CALL THEM SMALL CELL TOWERS THEY'LL PUT HIM IN PLACES 899 THAT ARE ACCURATE AND THAT ARE FEASIBLE.
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900 SO JUST SO YOU KNOW THEY PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF A HOUSE NEXT TO A SIDEWALK OR 901 WHEREVER IT WAS WE ADDRESSED IT THEY MOVED IT WHICH WAS GREAT BUT IF THIS 902 IS GONNA BE THE TREND WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO YOU SO YOU CAN GET IT 903 TO A HIGHER LEVEL AND MAYBE CORRECT IT BEFORE IT JUST BECOMES STATUS QUO.904 ABSOLUTELY AND IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THAT YOU CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY.
905 I'LL GIVE YOU MY CELL PHONE NUMBER YOU MAY HAVE IT ALREADY.
906 OR CALL [INAUDIBLE] FROM MY OFFICE.
908 AND WE WILL GET DIRECTLY TO THE INDIVIDUALS.
910 ARE CONNECTED THROUGH AT&T.
911 FOR ME IT'S A GUY NAMED IAN.
912 SO I COULD CALL HIM AND MAKE SURE THAT TO ADDRESS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH 913 ALL THAT RED TAPE.
915 APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU BOBBY.
918 I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN OUR CITY THAT YOU CAN HELP US 919 WITH IS WHAT RACHELLE AND MATTHEW HAD WORKED ON AND ALL OF US HAD PASSED A 920 RESOLUTION IN REGARDS TO THE PRIVACY WHILE ALONG STEEPLECHASE AND ALSO THE 921 PGA NATIONAL.
922 IT'S A BIG ISSUE COMING FORWARD FOR US AND A BIG CHUNK OF OUR COMMUNITY AND 923 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOU CONTINUE 924 TO DO YOUR EFFORTS WITH FDOT.
927 WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WHENEVER THE COMMUNITY IS BEHIND IT AND IT'S WORKING 928 ON SOMETHING GENERALLY WE CAN GET IT DONE ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 929 BEING BEHIND THIS.
930 SO I WILL ENSURE YOU THAT I WILL CALL FDOT AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE 931 THAT IT IS DONE RESPONSIBLY.
932 ALSO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY COME TO 933 TALLAHASSEE THIS YEAR.
934 IT DOES MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU COME T TALLAHASSEE YOU SPEAK TO 935 OTHER LEGISLATORS OTHER THAN THOSE OF US WHO REPRESENT PALM BEACH COUNTY 936 BECAUSE THESE APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS AND BILLS GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF 937 DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND WHEN THEY CAN PUT A FACE TO A NAME AND THEY UNDERSTAND 938 THAT YOU CAME TO SEE THEM THEY REMEMBER THAT AND THEY TAKE IT THEY DON'T TAKE IT 939 LIGHTLY IN TERMS OF US GOING BACK TO THEM AND SAYING HEY REMEMBER THE MAYOR OF PALM 940 BEACH GARDENS MAYOR MARCIANO CAME DOWN HERE, CAME UP HERE RATHER TO TALK TO YOU 941 ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND WHEN THE LOBBYISTS WHEN MATT FOREST GOES AND SEES 942 THEM.
943 THEY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT TOO.
944 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
945 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED HARD WORK.
946 AND TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN TALLAHASSEE.
947 AND ANYTIME YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE YOU SEE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AND YOU 948 KNOW IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE STATE.
949 I WOULD JUST TELL YOU REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE REACH OUT TO MY STAFF AND ALSO THE 950 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IF THEY SEE STATE ISSUES THAT WE CAN HANDLE WE CAN TAKE 951 CARE OF THAT RATHER QUICKLY.
952 SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR HELP AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE 2019 953 SESSION AND WE'RE HEADED TOWARD SESSION 2020.
957 LET'S JUST DO A QUICK ITEMS OF RESIDENT INTEREST AND BOARD COMMITTEES SINCE WE 958 HAVE A LONG AGENDA.
959 SO RACHELLE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?
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960 SURE.961 SO DURING THE MONTH SINCE THE LAST MEETING I ATTENDED ALL OF THE USUAL COMMITTEE 962 MEETINGS AND EVENTS SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST OF WHAT WE DO ON 963 A DAILY BASIS BUT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO EVENTS THAT HAD THE MOST MEANING FOR ME 964 THIS PAST MONTH.
965 AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR THE AMAZING JOB THAT THEY DID 966 GETTING THE NORTH COUNTY THE GARDENS NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT PARK READY FOR THE 967 RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY LAST SATURDAY AND CELEBRATION OF THE 60TH BIRTHDAY OF THE 968 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
969 THEY REALLY DID AN AMAZING JOB GETTING THE FIELDS READY THE BAND THE FOOD 970 EVERYTHING WAS JUST GREAT.
971 AND THANK YOU TO TWISTED TRUNK FOR OUR SPECIAL PALM BEACH GARDENS SUMMER CRUSH 972 LIMITED EDITION BREW THAT PREMIERED AT THE AT THE PARTY.
973 AND WE GOT TO PACK IT AND IT WAS A FUN EXPERIENCE WITH THE COUNCIL BUT I JUST 974 WANTED TO SAY THAT WHEN WE MOVED TO PALM BEACH GARDENS 33 YEARS AGO TO RAISE OUR 975 FAMILY IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY THAT WE FOUND HERE.
976 AND MY FAMILY ENJOYED ALL OF THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT EXISTED AT 977 THE TIME WHEN WE MOVED HERE.
978 MY HUSBAND AND I PLAYED TENNIS.
979 WE ENJOYED THE POOL THE REC CENTER AND MY KIDS WERE PART OF EVERY SPORTS TEAM 980 THAT THE CITY HAD.
981 AND BEING YOUR VICE MAYOR AND GETTING TO CUT THE RIBBON AT OUR NEW PARK WITH 982 MY KIDS AND MY GRANDKIDS WATCHING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THAT HISTORY BEGIN WAS 983 ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL.
984 LAST MONTH LAST WEEK WATCHING THE INTERACTION O OTHER FAMILIES LIKE MINE 985 THE INTERGENERATIONAL INTERACTION THERE WERE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS 986 ENJOYING THE MUSIC AND DANCING WITH THEIR KIDS WATCHING THE PARTICIPATION 987 OF THEIR KIDS ON THE DANCE FLOOR OR IN THE SPLASH PAD WATCHING THE FIREWORKS 988 TOGETHER.
989 IT MADE ME REALIZE ONCE AGAIN THAT THIS IS THE SAME PALM BEACH GARDENS COMMUNITY 990 TO WHICH WE WERE FIRST DRAWN AND SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE IMMENSELY
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991 PROUD OF IN THE SAME VEIN OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS IN PALM BEACH 992 GARDENS.993 YESTERDAY THE MAYOR AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WELCOMING THE RESIDENTS AND 994 STAFF OF LA POSADA TO FIRE STATION 65 WHERE THEY PRESENTED OUR FIREFIGHTERS 995 WITH TWO LARGE BOXES OF TEDDY BEARS IN HONOR OF THE FIREFIGHTERS TEDDY BEAR 996 CARES PROGRAM AND TEDDY BEAR PICNIC DAY THEY WENT OUT THE RESIDENTS WITH THE 997 STAFF MEMBERS TO BUY THESE BEARS ON THEIR OWN.
998 AND WHEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS MAKE THOSE MOST DIFFICULT CALLS THAT INVOLVE THE 999 CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY SOMETIMES THE SMALL CUDDLY TOKEN OF LOVE CAN MAKE A 1000 BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE CHILD PROCESSES THE TRAUMA OF THAT EXPERIENCE.
1001 SO IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF LA POSADA WAS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF 1002 PALM BEACH GARDENS AND IT WAS AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE MAYOR AND I TO ATTEND 1003 AND I WANTED TO THANK THE RESIDENTS.
1004 SO LASTLY TO RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES IN OUR CITY IT'S TAKE THE TIME TO CHECK OUT 1005 THE WEB SITE READ THE SIGNATURE MAGAZINE AND TAKE PART OR SUPPORT IN ALL OF 1006 THE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE OFFERED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
1007 THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING HERE FOR EVERYBODY.
1008 AND BONUS POINTS IF YOU REACH ACROSS THE AGES.
1009 I'M GOING TO MOVE TO CARL.
1010 CARL YOU HAVE ANYTHING? 1011 NO I'M GOING TO PASS SO WE CAN GET.
1014 LAST WEEK, MY MOTHER DIED AND WE WE BURIED HER ABOUT SIX DAYS AGO.
1015 AND I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
1016 I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR EXPRESSIONS OF 1017 SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT.
1022 THANK YOU VERY MUCH MARK AND CARL.
1023 IT MEANT A HUGE HUGE AMOUNT TO ME TO HEAR FROM YOU AND TO RECEIVE YOUR SUPPORT.
1024 WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR COUNCIL I ALWAYS ENVISIONED IT TO BE THIS WAY TO BE A FAMILY 1025 WHERE WE CELEBRATE EACH OTHER'S JOYS THAT WE WORRY WHEN SOMEONE IS SICK OR IN 1026 NEED AND THAT WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN TIMES THAT ARE TRYING.
1027 AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL FOR THE WAY THAT YOU'VE TREATED 1028 ME AND ON THIS BRIEFLY SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT I ATTENDED LAST 1029 MONTH INCLUDED A GOING AWAY PARTY FOR BETH [INAUDIBLE] AT THE RIVIERA BEACH 1030 MARINA.
1031 OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WHERE A CHAIR IS SITTING THERE 1032 DAVE [INAUDIBLE].
1033 LAST MONTH THE BDB LUNCHEON WAS WE HAD BEN CARSON SPEAK TO US AT THE NCMC MEETING 1034 WE HAD THE PRESIDENT 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA AND WEND [INAUDIBLE] SPOKE TO US 1035 ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS SHE'S DOING AS SUPERVISOR O ELECTION AND I WAS ABLE TO 1036 ATTEND THE LATTER PART OF THE GRAND OPENING OF THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK AND OF 1037 COURSE THE PARK AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GRAND OPENING WAS FIRST CLASS.
1038 IF RON FARRIS IS DOING IT IT'S FIRST CLASS.
1039 SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY ON 60 YEARS AND THE GREAT CELEBRATION IN A 1040 BEAUTIFUL PARK.
1041 WELL AGAIN OUR CONDOLENCES FROM ALL OF US TO YOU MATTHEW AND YOUR FAMILY.
1042 IT WAS A BUSY MONTH A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHICH IS KIND OF 1043 WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
1044 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC FORUM STATE OF THE CHAMBER WAS ACTUALLY QUITE WELL 1045 DONE IN LIEU OF HAVING A SEARCH FOR A NEW CHAIRPERSON SO WELL DONE TO 1046 THE CHAMBER FOR THAT.
1047 PALM BEACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PARK WAS TRULY EXCITING AND I GOT 1048 TO EMBARRASS MY KIDS BY BRINGING THEM UP ON STAGE WHICH WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF 1049 FUN AND WATCHING ALTON OPEN UP IN A NUMBER OF THE BUSINESSES ARE NOW OPENING 1050 UP IN THE ALTON TOWN PLAZA.
1051 WE WENT TO THE STARBUCKS AND THE [INAUDIBLE] GRAND OPENING I KNOW THE VICE 1052 MAYOR AND I WERE THERE FOR BOTH OF THOSE.
1053 I THINK MARIA WAS AT THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE SO REALLY A NICE COMMUNITY SHAPING UP 1054 THERE AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN ALTON AND THEY LOVE IT SO 1055 KUDOS TO THE PLANNERS AND TO THE CITY FOR PUTTING ALTON TOGETHER.
1056 IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SPOT AND HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO EVERYONE.
1057 SO WITH THAT WE HAVE ONE CARD FROM A COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON 1058 THE AGENDA.
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1059 SO IF I CAN CALL PAUL [INAUDIBLE] THE STAGE PLEASE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR 1060 THE RECORD.1061 MY NAME IS PAUL [INAUDIBLE].
1062 I RESIDE AT 165 [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE.
1063 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR SIX YEARS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT 1064 THE CITY IS PRISTINE EXCEPT LAST WEEK WHEN I WENT TO THE POST OFFICE AND I SAW 1065 THE STANDARD OF THE BUILDING THERE.
1066 I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
1067 SO TONIGHT I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP AND ASK WHAT WE COULD DO GOING FORWARD
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1068 TO GET THIS BUILDING IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE PROPERTY AROUND THE CITY.1069 WELL THAT WAS VERY QUICK AND SHORT AND THANK YOU.
1070 WE SPOKE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE E-MAIL AND THE PHONE CALL AND ANOTHER 1071 E-MAIL THAT YOU SENT KIND OF EXPRESSING YOUR INTEREST.
1072 WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON AS A COUNCIL SO IT'S GONNA 1073 BE A LONG MEETING YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.
1074 BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST BY THE CITY BUT 1075 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RENEWED EFFORT BY MEMBERS LIKE YOURSELF SOME RESIDENTS 1076 THAT HAVE VOICED INTEREST AND HAVE SENT LETTERS AS WELL.
1077 I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS.
1078 NO WELL WE'LL TRY OUR BEST.
1079 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS AS COMMITTED TO WRITING TH LETTER AS HAS THE PGA 1080 CORRIDOR.
1081 SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT AR GOING TO TRY TO SUPPORT 1082 THAT EFFORT AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
1083 IT IS NOT CITY PROPERTY AS YOU KNOW BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TRY TO MAKE IT 1084 BETTER.
1087 AND I THINK IF YOU RENEW YOUR EFFORTS I THINK THAT IN THE END IT WILL COME OUT TO 1088 LOOK THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE CITY.
1089 DON'T BE AFRAID TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO WRITE LETTERS TO IF 1090 THEY'RE INTERESTED AND WILLING TO DO SO.
1094 THANK YOU WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER REPORT.
1095 YES MR. MAYOR WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FEW ITEMS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION HERE THIS
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1096 EVENING.1097 FIRST ITEM IS PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HAS ONCE AGAIN EARNED A REACCREDITATION FOR 1098 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AS AN OUTSTANDING AGENCY 1099 ACCREDITED.
1100 THE AWARD FORMALLY RECOGNIZES THE EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 1101 THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT EVIDENCE GIVE EVIDENCE 1102 TO THE SOUND PROCUREMENT PRACTICE AND I QUOTE THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 1103 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT BELONGS TO AN ELITE GROUP OF PROCUREMENT 1104 ORGANIZATIONS.
1105 WHILE THE NIGP MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTS OVER 3000 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ONLY 151 1106 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE ATTAINED THIS DISTINCTION.
1107 WITH THAT WE HAVE AN AWARD AN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CERTIFICATE AND A TROPHY 1108 CRYSTAL RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE ENTIRE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
1109 WOULD YOU THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT PLEASE STAND UP.
1110 [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN [INAUDIBLE].
1111 ALSO JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT ON JUNE 20TH THE CITY RECEIVED SOME 1112 EXTREMELY POSITIVE NEWS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.ORG RANKE DPALM 1113 BEACH GARDENS AS THE NUMBER ONE CITY ON ITS LIST OF FLORIDA'S TOP CITIES TO LIVE 1114 IN.
1115 THEY RANKED TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINE CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 1116 25,000 AND OVER BY FIVE FACTORS.
1117 THOSE FACTORS BE EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, QUALITY OF LIFE, EDUCATION AND 1118 HEALTH.
1119 THIS ACCOLADE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF MEDIA COVERAGE AS YOU'RE WELL 1120 AWARE AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.ORG NOTED THAT PALM BEACH GARDENS IS I 1121 QUOTE IS AS NICE AS IT SOUNDS WITH THE LUSH GATED COMMUNITIES AND A WHOPPING 1122 12 GOLF COURSES.
1124 WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE THIS NOTORIETY AND WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH THE CHAMBER 1125 OF COMMERCE.ORG.
1126 AND A GREAT NEW TENNIS FACILITY COMING ALONG TO.
1127 WITH THAT I WILL MOVE ON TO IN MAY THIS MAY HAVE 2019 THE SOUTH FLORIDA LAW 1128 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING PALM BEACH GARDENS PARTICIPATED IN A 1129 COUNTYWIDE EMERGENCY TRAINING PROGRAM CALLED OPERATION HEAT DHIELD 3.
1130 IT'S AN INTENSE ANTI-TERRORISM EXERCISE IT WAS DESIGNED TO COORDINATE 1131 EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS IN THE WAKE OF POTENTIAL ATTACKS AND INVOLVED A 1132 SERIES OF UNIQUE ATTACK SCENARIOS AT 19 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA TO 1133 TEST THE CAPABILITIES OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.
1134 I'VE ASKED CHIEF SHANNON TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OF WHA THAT TRAINING WAS ALL ABOUT 1135 AND HOW IT CULMINATED.
1137 MY VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD I'M CLINT SHANNON NEW CHIEF OF 1138 POLICE AS OUR CITY MANAGER MENTIONED WE WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOME VERY 1139 DYNAMIC GRANT FUNDED COUNTYWIDE CRITICAL INCIDEN TRAINING THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1140 MAY IN WHICH OUR PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE SWAT TEAM RECENTLY PARTICIPATED ALONG
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1141 WITH MANY OTHER MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.1143 THE TRAINING STARTED IN SOUTH INTO THE COUNTY WITH SCENARIO BASED AND WORKED 1144 THEIR WAY UP NORTH CULMINATING IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AT OUR TECHNICAL 1145 TRAINING FACILITY IN WHICH THERE WAS A SWAT TEAM COMPETITION THAT INCLUDED A 1146 TIME TO OBSTACLE COURSE AND SOME LIVE FIRE EXERCISES.
1147 WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT DESCRIBES THE TRAINING IN MORE DETAIL.
1148 1149 OF THE INTER AGENCY COOPERATION AND THE TRAINING THAT'S GOING ON AND I THINK 1150 WE'RE A LEADER IN THIS COUNTY.
1151 AS WE MENTIONED IN MANY OF THE VIDEO IT WAS SOME OF OUR SWAT TEAM MEMBERS AND OUR 1152 TEAMS THERE IT WAS HARD TO TELL FROM THE GARB THEY'RE WEARING BUT IF I COULD HAVE 1153 WE HAVE SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS HERE HERE TONIGHT.
1154 MAJOR MARTY [INAUDIBLE], OUR SWAT COMMANDER SERGEAN RANDY [INAUDIBLE], AGENT 1155 PETER REYNOLDS.
1156 OFFICER CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] AN OFFICER MATT RAY IF THE COULD JOIN ME UP HERE AS I 1157 MENTIONED THE EXERCISE ENDED IN PALM BEACH GARDENS WITH A SWAT TEAM 1158 COMPETITION AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR TEAM WAS HONORED 1159 AS A FEAT SHIELD 3 SWAT TEAM CHAMPIONS AND THEY WERE AWARDED THIS BEAUTIFUL
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1160 TROPHY.1161 [APPLAUSE] PLEASE PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING SWAT TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE 1162 WE CANNOT BE MORE PROUDER OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THIS EVENT.
1163 WHILE YOU'RE GETTING BACK TO YOUR SEATS THE ONLY OTHER ITEM I HAVE FOR YOU 1164 THIS EVENING IN MY REPORT IS I WAS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 60TH 1165 BIRTHDAY AND THE OPENING OF THE NEW PARK.
1166 BUT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE COVERED THAT PRETTY WELL.
1167 HOWEVER CANDACE HAS PREPARED A LITTLE PRESENT FOR US TO VIEW HERE AND 1168 SHE'S GONNA ROLL THAT RIGHT NOW.
1171 1172 THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE EVENING.
1174 YOU KNOW THE ONE LAST COMMENT ABOUT THE PARTY AND YOU HAD SAID IT WHEN WE WERE 1175 OUT AT THE PARK THAT NIGHT THAT ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CITY 1176 YOU'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO A CITY TYPE EVENT LIKE THAT WHICH REALLY 1177 WAS REMARKABLE SHOWS HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY REALLY RESPECTS WHAT WE DO WHAT YOU 1178 DO WHAT THE STAFF DOES TO MAKE THIS CITY SPECIAL.
1179 THAT WAS REALLY TREMENDOUS.
1180 ALL RIGHT LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REAL MEETING SHALL WE.
1182 HAS EVERYBODY READ THE CONSENT.
1183 CAN I HAVE A MOTION OR A SECOND TO.
1184 I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
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1185 SECOND.1188 OK TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES 1189 ORDINANCE 15 2019 ON FIRST READING BAY HILL ESTATES RESOLUTION 44-2019 PGA 1190 MARINA RESOLUTION 45 2019 FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY.
1191 RESOLUTION 46 2019 PGA OFFICE CENTER.
1192 THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BASE THIS DECISION ON 1193 THE EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE RECORD OF THIS PROCEEDING WHICH CONSISTS 1194 OF THE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE IN THE OFFICIAL CITY 1195 FILE ON THIS APPLICATION AND ANY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THIS HEARING.
1196 THE COUNCIL IS ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW TO ALLOW CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ANY 1197 WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY TONIGHT.
[Consent Agenda]
1198 CROSS-EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF THE APPLICANT AND OTHER 1199 PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE ORDER OF 1200 THE WITNESSES APPEARANCE.1201 IT IS NECESSARY THAT ANYONE WHO TESTIFIES AT THE HEARING REMAIN UNTIL THE 1202 CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
1203 IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS PLEASE 1204 FILL OUT A CARD AND GIVE TO THE CLERK THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL 1205 PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THESE CASES.
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1206 DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE 1207 TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD.1209 AN ORDINANCE 12 2019 FIRST READING CAN THE CLERK READ THE TITLE PLEASE.
1210 ORDINANCE 12 2019 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY OF PALM 1211 BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 38 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION OF
[Item IX A]
1212 THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH FLORIDA AT ARTICLE 2.1213 FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVISION 2 FIREFIGHTERS PENSION FUND AMENDING SECTIONS 38-55 1214 CONTRIBUTIONS AND 38-78 SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT.
1215 FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 175 SHARE ACCOUNTS.
1216 PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE THE SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AN AUTHORITY TO CODIFY 1217 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.
1221 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD ALLAN OWENS FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.
1222 ORDINANCE 12, 2019 BASICALLY IMPLEMENTS CHANGES THAT WERE AGREED UPON 1223 DURING THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS 1224 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FIRE UNION.
1225 BASICALLY THESE CHANGES REVISE THE METHODOLOGY THE WAY THAT THE PREMIUM TAX 1226 REVENUES THAT ARE LEVIED OR ASSESSED UNDER CHAPTER 175 ARE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE 1227 CITY AND TO THE FIREFIGHTERS SHARE PLAN AN JUST FURTHER BACKGROUND 1228 THIS TAX IS LEVIED ON PROPERTY INSURANCE THAT'S WRITTEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY 1229 IT'S ASSESSED AT THE RATE OF 1.85 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PREMIUMS THE EFFECTIVE 1230 DATE OF THE CHANGES WOULD BE FOR OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND AS FAR AS EXACTLY 1231 WHAT IS CHANGING THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL OR THE ADOPTED CHANGES 1232 BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2019.
1233 ALL OF THE CHAPTER 175 PREMIUM TAXES RECEIVED UP TO SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY 1234 THOUSAND SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS AND 76 CENTS WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE BASE 1235 AMOUNT WILL BE USED TO REDUCE THE CITY'S ANNUAL REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION AND 1236 THIS BASE AMOUNT THAT'S REFERRED TO IS WHAT'S ESTABLISHED IS THE AMOUNT 1237 THAT WAS COLLECTED IN 2013 IF THE TAX REVENUES THAT ARE RECEIVED EXCEED THIS 1238 BASE AMOUNT.
1239 FIFTY PERCENT OF THE EXCESS WILL GO TO FUND THE FIREFIGHTERS SHARE ACCOUNTS 1240 AND THE OTHER 50 PERCENT WILL BE USED TO BE CREDITED AGAINST THE CITY'S REQUIRED 1241 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION.
1242 AN IMPACT STATEMENT THAT WAS PREPARED BY THE PLANS ACTUARY WAS JUST RECENTLY 1243 RECEIVED THIS WEEK.
1244 IN THAT STATEMENT THAT WAS PREPARED BY THE ACTUARY THEY PROJECTED THE CITY'S 1245 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION WILL BE REDUCED BY ABOUT TWO PERCENT FROM 54.19 PERCENT 1246 TO 52.05 PERCENT OF COVERED PAYROLL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF 1247 ORDINANCE 12.
1248 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
1250 I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS.
1252 CAN I GET A MOTION AND SECOND.
1253 I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT WE ADOPT ORDINANCE 12, 2019.
1254 CAN I GET A SECOND? 1255 I'LL SECOND.
1256 ALL RIGHT LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
1257 WE HAVE A FIRST CLASS FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE.
1258 I THINK THIS MAKES SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT DEPARTMENT AND I 1259 CONGRATULATE [INAUDIBLE] ON SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT THAT ENSURES THAT 1260 OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SECOND TO NONE.
1261 WHICH IS OF COURSE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO US.
1262 CARL YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS? 1263 RACHELLE? 1264 WELL I THINK IT'S GREAT AND SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IN THE 1265 PAST IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT OUR BUDGET AND OUR FUNDING OF THE POLICE AND FIRE 1266 PENSIONS ARE PRETTY MUCH FULLY FUNDED AT 80 PLUS PERCENT ON EACH WHICH WAS 1267 THE ULTIMATE GOAL.
1268 AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
1270 WELL HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
1277 ORDINANCE 13, 2019 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION CAN I HAVE THE CLERK READ THE 1278 1279 ORDINANCE 13, 2019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH
[Item IX B]
1280 GARDENS FLORIDA PROVIDING APPROVAL FOR AN AD VALOREM AND PROPERTY TAX 1281 EXEMPTION TO CARRY A CORPORATION OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD FROM THE CITY 1282 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.1283 THANK YOU WE'LL OPEN THE HEARING.
1284 IS THERE ANY CHANGE SINCE FIRST READING NATALIE? 1285 GOOD AFTERNOON MR. MAYOR OR GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR.
1286 THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF 1287 THE ORDINANCE.
1288 DOES ANYBODY WANT A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 1289 NO THANK YOU.
1290 I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS EITHER.
1291 SO LET'S CLOSE THE HEARING.
1292 CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND.
1293 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE 13 2019 ON SECON READING.
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1294 CARL WILL SECOND.1300 ORDINANCE 14 2019 FIRST READING.
1302 ORDINANCE 14, 2019 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM 1303 BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA ADOPTING A LARGE SCALE AMENDMENT TO ITS
[Item IX C]
1304 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATES SET FORTH 1305 IN CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES SPECIFICALLY SECTION 163.3184, ET.1306 SEQ FLORIDA STATUTES PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NUMBERS CPMA-19-02-000028 1307 IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN POINT 1308 EIGHTY ONE ACRES MORE OR LESS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY RURAL RESIDENTIAL 1 UNIT PER 1309 2.5 ACRES PBC RR-2.5 TO PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENTIAL LOW RL AND PALM 1310 BEACH GARDENS CONSERVATION CONS FOLLOWING ANNEXATION.
1311 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION 1312 OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND BAY HILL DRIVE APPROXIMATELY ZERO POINT 1313 FIVE MILES EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL 1314 REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE 1315 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY DEO AND OTHER REVIEWING 1316 AGENCIES PROVIDING THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 1317 BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE 1318 AN AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES, NOTE TO 1319 THE PUBLIC THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET AT THE FRONT TABLE FOR ANYONE WANTING 1320 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE DEO.
1322 WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
1325 FOR THE RECORD MARTIN [INAUDIBLE] PLANNING AND ZONING.
1327 WITH THE COUNCIL'S PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO DO A COMBINED PRESENTATION 1328 FOR ORDINANCE 14 AND AND ORDINANCE 15.
1330 THESE ARE CITY INITIATED PETITIONS TO ASSIGNED A CITY LAND USE AND CITY 1331 ZONING DESIGNATION TO APPROXIMATELY NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN ACRES THAT 1332 WERE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY FOLLOWING A REFERENDUM ON MARCH 13TH OF LAST YEAR.
1333 THIS IS PRIMARILY AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT'S REQUIRED BY FLORIDA 1334 STATUTE.
1335 FOLLOWING ANNEXATION WHERE THE MUNICIPALITY HAS TO ASSIGN DESIGNATIONS FOR THE 1336 LAND USE AND ZONING.
1337 NOW THAT WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE LAND FOR REFERENCE THE SUBJECT 1338 PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD APPROXIMATELY A 1339 HALF MILE EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD AND IS JUST SOUTH OF [INAUDIBLE] AND THE 1340 ANCIENT TREE PROPERTY AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS THESE PETITIONS DO NOT 1341 INCLUDE RUSTIC LAKES WHICH IS IN THE CUT OUT ON THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THIS 1342 DEBT PETITION EVEN THOUGH IT WAS OR THAT PROPERTY WAS INCLUDED IN THE ANNEXATION 1343 BUT WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD AT A LATER DATE.
1344 AS I SAID WE ARE TAKING THIS FROM THE COUNTY'S RURA RESIDENTIAL ONE DWELLING 1345 UNIT FOR 2.5 ACRES LAND USE AND A COUNTY ZONING DESIGNATION OF RURAL 1346 RESIDENTIAL PUD WITH AN UNDERLYING RESIDENTIAL ESTATES.
1347 AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO ASSIGN A LAND USE OF RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH 1348 GARDENS RESIDENTIAL LOW AND A CONSERVATION FOR THE WETLAND ON THE SOUTH END 1349 AND A CORRESPONDING ZONING OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING 1350 ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL LOW RL 3 AND CONSERVATION FOR THE 1351 INDIVIDUAL PODS AS PART OF THE REZONING WE'RE PROPOSING A SPECIFIC SET 1352 BACK CHART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PODS.
1353 THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY THAT THESE LOTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED 1354 AS THE MAJORITY OF THESE SITES HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT.
1355 THERE ARE ONLY A FEW LEFT AND THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE DEVELOPED CONSISTENT 1356 WITH WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE SITE.
1357 IT HAS BEEN DULY NOTICED AND THESE DESIGNATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE 1358 AND THE ZONING FROM THE COUNTY AND THE APPROVED USES.
1359 AND THIS WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING APPEALS BOARD AND 1360 EACH PETITION WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 7-0.
1361 STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF BOTH 1362 PETITIONS.
1364 I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS SO WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING.
1365 MOVE TO APPROVE? 1366 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR WE'RE DOING 14 FIRST RIGHT? 1367 TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 14 2019.
1371 ANY DISCUSSION? 1372 IT'S JUST A CLEANUP PROVISION AS WAS OTHERS.
1374 HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION CAN I GET A VOTE ON FAVOR.
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1375 AYE.1378 AND PATTY CAN YOU READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 15 2019.
1379 ORDINANCE 15 2019 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH 1380 GARDENS FLORIDA REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF
[Item IX D]
1381 977.81 ACRES IN SIZE MORE OR LESS AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE 1382 INTERSECTION OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND BAY HILL DRIVE APPROXIMATELY ZERO POINT 1383 FIVE MILES EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD PROVIDING THAT THIS PARCEL OF REAL 1384 PROPERTY THAT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL BE REZONED FROM 1385 PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTIAL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD TO PALM 1386 BEACH GARDENS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD WITH UNDERLYING ZONING 1387 DESIGNATIONS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENTIAL LOW RL 3 AND PALM BEACH GARDENS 1388 CONSERVATION CONS PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 1389 BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY 1390 CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER 1391 PURPOSES.1392 THANK YOU WE'LL OPEN THE HEARING SINCE THIS IS QUASI JUDICIAL, ARE THERE'S EX 1393 PARTES? 1394 I HAD ONE CONVERSATION WITH A RESIDENT I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER 1395 HIS NAME.
1396 IT WAS AT A SOCCER FIELD ASKING QUESTIONS AND THAT WAS BASICALLY IT.
1398 IS THERE A PRESENTATION, WE ALREADY HAD IT.
1400 NO OTHER CARDS ON THIS WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING.
1401 ANY DISCUSSION? 1402 THANK YOU.
1404 WE NEED A A MOTION AND A SECOND.
1406 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE 15 2019 ON FIRST READING.
1414 ORDINANCE 16, 2019 ON FIRST READING PATTY PLEASE.
1416 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA 1417 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN AND MOBILITY FEE TECHNICAL
[Item IX E]
1418 REPORT CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 163.3180 ET SEQ FLORIDA 1419 STATUTES SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION 5 I WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION 1420 CONCURRENCY PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND 1421 AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES THANK YOU.1423 HAVE STAFF PRESENTATION PLEASE.
1424 MR. MAYOR GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS NATALIE CROWLEY I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND 1425 ZONING I AM HERE THIS EVENING WITH OUR CITY'S CONSULTANT WHO HAS BEEN 1426 WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY SINCE 2016 ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
1427 HIS NAME IS JONATHAN PAUL HE'S WITH NEW URBAN CONCEPTS AND HE WILL BE 1428 DOING A PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION AND I WILL BE DOING THE SECOND HALF THE 1429 PRESENTATION.
1430 ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT [INAUDIBLE] TROUTMAN 1431 CONSULTING ANDREA TROUTMAN SPECIFICALLY HAS DONE SHE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING BUT 1432 SHE HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL AMOUNT OF WORK AND EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THIS 1433 PROJECT.
1434 SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE 1435 PRESENTATION.
1437 GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
1438 MY NAME IS JONATHAN PAUL PRINCIPLE AT NEW URBAN CONCEPTS.
1439 WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT THE FIRS READING OF THE CITY'S 1440 MOBILITY PLAN AND MOBILITY FEE.
1441 WHILE THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW CONCEPT WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY THIS IS ACTUALLY 1442 SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AUTHORIZED BY STATE STATUTE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND A 1443 NUMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED OR ADOPTED 1444 MOBILITY PLANS AND MOBILITY FEES.
1445 WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY THE CITY OF WEST PAL BEACH HAS ADOPTED A 1446 MOBILITY PLAN FOR ITS DOWNTOWN BUT NOT THE REST OF THE CITY.
1447 PALM BEACH GARDENS IS THE FIRST LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MOBILITY 1448 PLAN AND A MOBILITY FEE.
1449 ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE THE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHICH I ACTUALLY 1450 WORKED ON IN ALACHUA COUNTY WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2011.
1451 AND AS YOU SEE THERE'S A NUMBER OF THE GREEN STARS INDICATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 1452 HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED IT.
1453 THE RED INDICATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY TODAY.
1454 AND AS YOU SEE THE ORANGE IS STARTING TO INCREASE.
1455 SO MORE AND MORE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE STARTING TO BECOME INTERESTED IN A 1456 MOBILITY PLAN IN MOBILITY.
1457 AND PART OF THAT IS A LOT OF PLACES IN FLORIDA HAVE REALIZED SOMETHING WHAT'S 1458 KNOWN AS INDUCED DEMAND.
1459 SO YOU BASICALLY BUILD A NEW ROADWAY AND AS SOON AS YOU BUILD IT IT GETS 1460 CONGESTED.
1461 THEN YOU WIDEN IN IT AGAIN AND IT GETS CONGESTED SOME MORE AND MORE COMMUNITIES 1462 ARE LOOKING FOR FURTHER WAYS TO ESSENTIALLY STOP CHASING CAPACITY.
1463 SO YOU APPROVE DEVELOPMENT.
1464 DEVELOPMENT GENERATES MORE TRAFFIC.
1465 YOU ADD ROADWAY CAPACITY AND KIND OF JUST KEEPS GOING ON AND ON WHAT THAT WAS CALLED 1466 ESSENTIALLY THE REQUIREMENT THAT DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE CONCURRENT 1467 WITH THEIR PROJECT WAS KNOWN AS TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY AND THE FLORIDA 1468 LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN IMPLEMENT TRANSPORTATION 1469 CONCURRENCY.
1470 IT USED TO BE BEFORE 2005 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD DENY A DEVELOPMENT IF THERE
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1471 WAS NOT ADEQUATE ROADWAY CAPACITY.1472 SINCE 2005 THE LEGISLATURE HAS CHANGED THAT SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE EFFECT 1473 NOW WHERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DENY BASED ON 1474 CONCURRENCY.
1475 BUT THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.
1476 SO A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE LOOKING AT MOBILITY PLANS AND MOBILITY 1477 FEES.
1478 THE LEGISLATURE TOOK A BREAK FROM 2013 AND 2019 SOME AS YOU MAY KNOW THROUGH HOUSE 1479 BILL 7103 THEY PASSED SEVERAL UPDATES TO BOTH THE COMMUNITY PLANNING ACT 1480 RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY AND UPDATES TO THE IMPACT FEE ACT.
1481 WHAT MANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN FLORIDA FIN THEMSELVES IN PALM BEACH 1482 GARDENS IS ONE OF THEM IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER WIDENING ROADS YOU 1483 KNOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS PALM BEACH COUNTY AND GROWING COUNTIES THROUGHOUT 1484 FLORIDA ROADWAY WIDENING WAS THE FIRST SOLUTION.
1485 BUT AS YOU'RE URBANIZED AREAS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY 1486 DIFFICULT TO EITHER WIDEN ROADWAYS OR IF YOU ACTUALL WANT TO WIDEN A ROADWAY THE 1487 IMPACT TO BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS IS SIGNIFICANT.
1488 SO MORE AND MORE COMMUNITIES ARE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO GET AROUND 1489 AND START PLANNING FOR MOBILITY THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MOBILITY PLAN AND 1490 A MOBILITY FEE IS MOBILITY PLANS ARE FOCUSED ON MOVING PEOPLE WHETHER THAT PERSON 1491 DRIVES EVENTUALLY TAKES A BUS BIKES WALKS USES UBER OR LYFT OR SOME OTHER MODE 1492 OF TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY PLANS ACCOUNT FOR ALL THOSE TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY 1493 AND ROADWAY IMPACT FEES ACCOUNT FOR ONE WAY OF TRAVEL AND THAT'S CARS NEW 1494 TECHNOLOGY ESPECIALLY AMONGST THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION AND GENERATION Z 1495 COMING BEHIND IT ARE INCREASINGLY LOOKING TOWARDS OTHER MODES OF 1496 TRAVEL WHETHER IT BE AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE A SCOOTER OR SOME OTHER FORM OF 1497 MOBILITY AND MORE AND MORE CALL THEM ACTIVE ADULTS IN THE VILLAGES AND OTHER 1498 COMMUNITIES ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO USE GOLF CARTS AS A PRIMARY WAY TO GET 1499 AROUND.
1500 SO PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL OPTIONS BEYOND JUST DRIVING AND ONE OF THE 1501 MOST INTERESTING AND EXCITING POTENTIAL COMING ALONG IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS AN 1502 AUTONOMOUS TRANSIT VEHICLE.
1503 THESE VEHICLES ARE ESSENTIALLY SMALL BUSES OR MINI VANS AND THEY DON'T 1504 HAVE A DRIVER AND THEY RUN WITH EITHER IN TRAFFIC OR ON A DEDICATED LANE.
1505 AND FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WAS WAY OUT IN THE FUTURE BUT NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO 1506 TALK ABOUT THIS IN MIAMI AND TAMPA.
1507 THEY'LL BE RUNNING IT THIS FALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BETWEEN DOWNTOWN 1508 AND UF IN A PROJECT I WORK ON IN GAINESVILLE WE'LL ALSO BE RUNNING THEM 1509 STARTING IN THE SPRING.
1510 THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S MOVING ALONG QUICKLY AND THEN THE MOBILITY PLAN 1511 ITSELF WE'VE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF FUTURE ROUTES THAT SHOULD 1512 TRY RAIL TRAIN SERVICE COME INTO EXISTENCE OR VIRGIN OPEN UP A STATION OF THE 1513 FUTURE TRI RAIL STATION.
1514 WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN TO PROVIDE THESE TYPE OF CIRCULATOR IS TO GET PEOPLE 1515 SAY FROM THE GARDENS FROM DOWNTOWN TO GARDENS FROM WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY OVER TO 1516 THAT STATION.
1517 THE SHARING ECONOMY IS INCREASINGLY TAKING OFF AS WELL.
1518 PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO OWN A SECOND CAR OR DON'T EVEN WANT TO OWN A CAR 1519 ESPECIALLY TRUE AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION THEY US UBER THEY USE LYFT THERE'S 1520 MORE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY NOT PROVIDE PARKING ESPECIALLY 1521 IF THEY HAD TO DO STRUCTURE PARKING AND DOING A CAR SHARE OR BIKE SHARE 1522 PROGRAM.
1523 SO REALLY THE EVOLUTION OF TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY IS EVOLVING QUITE 1524 SIGNIFICANTLY.
1525 SO AS PART OF THE COUNTY OR THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN EFFORTS BACK IN 2016 WE 1526 STARTED DRAFTING CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
1527 THOSE WERE ACTUALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE AN ADOPTED AND NOW WE WILL GO 1528 INTO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DETAIL THEN WE WORKED ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOBILITY 1529 PLAN AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY IN THE MOBILITY FEE.
1530 AGAIN THE PLAN AMENDMENTS WERE SUBMITTED BACK IN 2016 THEY'VE BEEN ADOPTED AND 1531 ACCEPTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THEY BASICALLY STATUS OF THE FRAMEWORK 1532 FROM WHICH WE DEVELOPED THE MOBILITY PLAN AND FEE.
1533 SO HOW DO YOU CREATE PLAN? 1534 YOU HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT A LOT OF [INAUDIBLE].
1535 WE INVOLVED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM 1536 BEACH GARDENS GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM YOUR 1537 FIRE RESCUE FOLKS AND PLANNERS ENGINEERS AND REALLY HELPED TO IDENTIFY 1538 YOU KNOW BEYOND JUST INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS OR ROADWAYS BUT WHERE THERE 1539 ARE GAPS AND TRAILS SIDEWALKS WHERE THERE ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO PEOPLE MOVING 1540 ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
1541 PART OF THIS EFFORT INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT DATA COLLECTION WHERE WE'RE OUT 1542 THERE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO MAP AN INVENTORY.
1543 BICYCLE LANES, SIDEWALKS A NUMBER OF VARIABLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT 1544 FORMED THE MOBILITY PLAN THAT DATA FOUND ITS WAY INTO TABLES AND ESSENTIALLY
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1545 THE DATA AND INPUT WE RECEIVED RESULTED IN ACTUAL PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.1546 SO THE MOBILITY PLAN COVERS THE VAST MAJORITY IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 1547 AND SPECIFICALLY IS FOCUSED ON ALL AREAS EAST OF THE B LINE HIGHWAY.
1548 ANY AREA WEST OF THE B LINE HIGHWAY WILL CONTINUE TO STAY UNDER THE COUNTY'S 1549 TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY AND PROPORTIONATE SHARE SYSTEM AND ALSO PAY THE 1550 COUNTY AND CITIES ROADWAY IMPACT FEE.
1551 ANYTHING EAST OF B LINE HIGHWAY WILL FALL UNDER A MOBILITY PLAN AND MOBILITY 1552 FEE.
1553 AND SO WE WENT THROUGH THERE'S A WHOLE LONG APPENDIX OF EVERY SINGLE 1554 ROADWAY PROJECT SIDEWALKS BIKE LANES INTERSECTIONS AND PROVIDE A NUMBER OF 1555 GRAPHIC EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
1556 SO TO SAY WHAT DOES MILITARY TRAIL LOOK LIKE TODAY JUST NORTH OF KYOTO GARDENS IT'S 1557 A FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK A GREEN GRASS STRIP AND A SIX LANE ARTERIAL.
1558 UNDER THE MOBILITY PLAN WE'RE ESSENTIALLY CONTINUING THE CITY'S 1559 INNOVATIVE PARK SYSTEM AND PARKWAY NETWORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED.
1560 YOU SEE PORTIONS OF IT ALONG HOOD ROAD ALONG PGA ALONG THE CENTRAL WHERE YOU 1561 HAVE A VERY WIDE TRAIL YOU HAVE LANDSCAPING IT'S ACTUALLY AN ENVIRONMENT 1562 THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO WALK OR BICYCLE IN RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO 1563 CONVINCE SOMEBODY THAT IT'S A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE TO WALK OR BIKE ALONG MILITARY 1564 TRAIL.
1565 BUT IF YOU HAD THAT SAME ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU DO ALONG CENTRAL OR YOU KNOW 1566 WHAT THEY'VE BUILT UP ALONG DONALD ROSS IT ACTUALLY GETS PEOPLE AND PROVIDES 1567 THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAFELY WALK OR BICYCLE AND YOU KNOW MORE AND MORE 1568 COMMUNITIES ARE FINDING THEIR WAY.
1569 ALSO SCOOTERS ARE BECOMING SOMETHING THAT'S A BIG ENDEAVOR AND THEY'LL LIKELY 1570 SHOW UP IN WEST PALM AT A CERTAIN POINT AND THEN MAKE THEIR WAY UP INTO THIS 1571 COMMUNITY.
1572 AGAIN WE WENT THROUGH A FAIRLY EXHAUSTIVE DETAIL LOOKING AT ALL THE MAIN 1573 STREETS WITHIN CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT TYPES 1574 OF THINGS FOR THOSE STREETS.
1575 ONE JUST SOUTH OF THE FUTURE TRAIN STATING IS RC BOULEVARD.
1576 WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS AND AGAIN ALSO 1577 ENHANCING THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK.
1578 BURNS ROAD JUST TO THE SOUTH HERE.
1579 AND ONE THING WE MADE VERY CAREFUL FOCUS TO DO IS WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY ANY ROADWAY 1580 TRAVEL LANES YOU KNOW WE'RE MAINTAINING THE ROADWAY CAPACITY THAT'S OUT THERE 1581 BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WIDTH OF A LOT OF THESE ROADWAYS AND 1582 IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD OTHER FACILITIES.
1583 SO JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE ON BURNS JUST SOUTH OF WHERE WHERE WE'RE SITTING THIS 1584 EVENING THE LANES ARE ALL 12 FOOT WIDE.
1585 YOU CAN ACTUALLY NARROW THOSE LANES OR RIDE WHAT'S KNOWN AS A PROTECTED 1586 BICYCLE LANE OR CYCLE TRACK.
1587 AND ACTUALLY ADD A RAISED LANDSCAPE MEDIAN INTO BURNS.
1588 SO THIS ACTUALLY PROVIDES A CONNECTION BOTH TO WHERE WE'RE AT AND TO THE FUTURE 1589 TRAIN STATION/ ALL THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS 1590 ARE MAPPED AND SPELLED OUT IN SPECIFIC DETAIL WITHIN THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN.
1591 THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF BOTH YOUR EXISTING NETWORK AND FUTURE CONNECTIONS.
1592 AND SO REALLY THE GREEN INDICATE WHERE YOU ALREADY HAVE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT 1593 TRAIL TODAY OR PATHWAY THE RED AND THE ORANGE LINES OR HOW WE'RE MAKING ALL THE 1594 CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE VARIOUS USES LIKEWISE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT 1595 THOSE AUTONOMOUS TRANSIT VEHICLES MAPPED OUT FOR DIFFERENT ROUTES SOMEWHERE 1596 WITH THIS IN THIS AREA THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE TRAIN STATION AND ALL 1597 FOR THOSE CIRCULATOR ROUTES ALL COME BACK TO THIS.
1598 AND THIS IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE VEHICLES TO ACTUALLY RUN ALONG AND TO CAPTURE AND 1599 HIT A LOT OF YOUR MAJOR MIXED USE DESTINATIONS AND PLACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO 1600 GO TO IN THE COMMUNITY.
1601 SO IN SUMMARY THE MOBILITY PLAN IS FOCUSED ON ENHANCING THE CITY'S PARKWAY SYSTEM 1602 SIGNIFICANTLY WIDENING ETH EXISTING FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS TO 12 FOOT MULTIPLE USE 1603 FACILITIES MAKING IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BICYCLE THROUGH ENHANCED 1604 CROSSWALKS PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE TRAIN STATION AND ALSO WE INCLUDE A 1605 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ROADWAY PROJECTS AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS 1606 WITHIN THE MOBILITY PLAN.
1607 SO EACH ONE OF THOSE MAPS HAS AN ACCOMPANYING TABLE WITH A PROJECTED TIMEFRAME 1608 AND AN ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN SO WE HAVE FOR THE BIKE FOR 1609 THE PEDESTRIAN.
1610 IN ADDITION WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT MONEY AMOUNT OF MONEY SET ASIDE FOR 1611 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS WHETHER THEY BE TURN LANES OR INTERSECTION 1612 MODIFICATIONS.
1613 WE RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO DRIVE AND IN THE INTERIM YOU'LL STILL
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1614 NEED SOME TYPE OF ROADWAY CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS.1615 THE LONGER TERM PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER MODES OF TRAVEL SO THE 1616 MOBILITY PLAN ITSELF PROVIDES A LOT OF DETAIL AND DOCUMENTATION IS 1617 AVAILABLE ON THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS WEBSITE FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE 1618 PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO VIEW IT.
1619 SO THE BASIS THE MOBILITY PLAN ITSELF FORMS THE BASIS OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS A 1620 MOBILITY FEE AND MOBILITY FEE IS THE NEXT PROGRESSION OF AN IMPACT FEE IMPACT FEE 1621 IS SOMETHING BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY CHARGE TODAY AND IT REQUIRES DEVELOPMENT 1622 TO MITIGATE ITS IMPACT TO FIRE SYSTEMS TO POLICE PARKS RECREATION AND MORE 1623 SPECIFICALLY ROADWAYS.
1624 SO ONE THING TO VERIFY IMPACT FEE IS NOT A TAX.
1625 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT EXISTING RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO PAY OR EXISTING 1626 BUSINESSES.
1627 IF YOU'RE OPENING A NEW BUSINESS IN A NEW BUILDING OR YOU'RE EXPANDING A 1628 BUSINESS OR YOU'RE ADDING, BUILDING A NEW RESIDENTIAL UNIT MOST LIKELY 1629 YOU'LL BE REQUIRED TO PAY AN IMPACT FEE.
1630 BUT IF YOU'RE AN EXISTING RESIDENT YOU'RE NOT.
1631 THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU AND IT WOULD NOT IMPACT YOU.
1632 SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S NOT A TAX AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES TOWARDS 1633 NEW DEVELOPMENT NOT EXISTING RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES.
1634 SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY AND CITY HAVE TODAY 1635 AND A MOBILITY FEE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES PRIMARILY FUND ROADS BUILD NEW ROADS AT 1636 INTERSECTIONS THEY'RE FOCUSED ON A PROPORTIONATE SHARE AND THE TYPE OF 1637 IMPACT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE AND THEY'RE BASED ON WHAT'S KNOWN AS A VEHICLE MILES OF 1638 TRAVEL.
1639 HOW MANY HOW MANY MILES OF VEHICLE WILL TRAVEL PER LAND USE A MOBILITY FEE IS 1640 ACTUALLY BASED ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR PLAN.
1641 IT'S ALLOWED PER STATUTE FLORIDA STATUTE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO 1642 TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY AND IT'S INTENDED TO REPLACE CONCURRENCY 1643 PROPORTIONATE SHARE AND ROADWAY IMPACT FEES AND IT'S FOCUSED ON PEOPLE 1644 TRAVEL AS OPPOSED TO NECESSARILY ROADWAY TRAVEL AND IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO 1645 FUND TRAILS SIDEWALKS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS TRANSIT SPECULATORS WHEREAS 1646 A ROADWAY IMPACT FEE ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE CITY TO FUND ROADWAY CAPACITY PROJECTS 1647 THE FEE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS GOES INTO A DETAILED TECHNICAL REPORT THAT LOOKS 1648 AT CALCULATING VARIOUS CAPACITIES AND COST OF MULTI-MODAL IMPROVEMENT AND 1649 THEN PROVIDES A RATE PER SQUARE FOOT.
1650 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT THE PROPOSED MOBILITY FEE I IT IS INTENDED TO REPLACE 1651 PALM BEACH COUNTY'S ROADWAY IMPACT FEE.
1652 SO IT'S INTENDED THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM 1653 BEACH GARDENS EAST OF THE B LINE HIGHWAY WOULD PAY A MOBILITY FEE DIRECTLY TO 1654 THE CITY AND THE CITY WOULD CONTROL WHERE THAT MONEY IS SPENT WHERE THAT MONEY IS 1655 PROGRAMMED SO LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS ITSELF THIS MAP SHOWS THE 1656 COUNTY'S EXISTING BENEFIT DISTRICT.
1658 SO YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN CLOSE TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
1659 THEY WOULD PAY A FEE TO THE COUNTY THEN THE COUNTY CAN SPEND THAT MONEY ON ROADWAY 1660 PROJECTS ANYWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA.
1661 SO THEY CAN SPEND THAT MONEY IN [INAUDIBLE] THEY CAN SPEND THAT MONEY IN 1662 RIVIERA BEACH SPEND MONEY UP ON INDIAN TOWN ROAD.
1663 THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEY ACTUALLY SPEND THAT MONEY IN THE GARDENS.
1664 THIS MOBILITY FEE WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO SPEND THAT MONEY WITHIN PALM BEACH 1665 GARDENS AND HOW DO WE CONTROL THAT THROUGH WHAT'S KNOWN AS A BENEFIT DISTRICT 1666 AND ASSESSMENT DISTRICT THE PINK AREA HERE SHOWS THE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF 1667 PALM BEACH GARDENS THAT MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
1668 THEY PAY A COUNTY ROADWAY IMPACT FEE A CITY ROADWAY IMPACT FEE AND THEY HAVE TO 1669 DO PROPORTIONATE SHARE EVERYTHING EAST OF THE B LINE.
1670 THIS WHOLE AREA HERE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT THAT PAYS A FEE PAYS IT TO 1671 THE CITY AND THE CITY CAN SPEND IT ON THE IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN 1672 THE MOBILITY PLANS.
1673 SO THEY CAN ADD CROSSWALKS THEY CAN ADD SIDEWALKS THEY CAN IMPROVE INTERSECTIONS 1674 AND THE EACH ONE OF YOU THAT WOULD DECIDE THROUGH YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 1675 PROCESS.
1676 WHICH DO THOSE PROJECTS ACTUALLY GETS RANKED AND PRIORITIZED.
1677 IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE DECISION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY ANY LONGER IT WOULD 1678 BE A DECISION OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND DONE 1679 A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE CURRENT COUNTY'S FEE IS WHAT THE CURRENT PALM BEACH 1680 GARDENS FEE IS AND THEN WHAT THE MOBILITY FEE IS ITSELF.
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1681 SO THIS IS JUST A SUBSET OF THE VARIOUS FEES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THERE'S 1682 ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF OTHER USES.1683 SO THE MOBILITY FEE ITSELF COMES IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE COMBINED COUNTY 1684 AND CITY ROADWAY IMPACT FEES BUT IT IS HIGHER THAN A NUMBER OF JUST STANDALONE 1685 COUNTY IMPACT FEES AND WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DISCUSSION OF WHY 1686 THAT IS [INAUDIBLE] PRESENTATION AND I'LL SUPPLEMENT THAT.
1687 BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS PROVIDES A JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE COMPARISON BETWEEN 1688 THE TWO.
1689 SO THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS RIGHT NOW SAY A FIFTY THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT RETAIL 1690 USE COMES IN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GOES TO PALM BEACH COUNTY ONE 1691 HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND GOES TO PALM BEAC GARDENS.
1692 THE COUNTY CAN SPEND THAT MONEY WITH WHATEVER THAT DISTRICT UNDER THE MOBILITY 1693 FEE SCENARIO FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND WOULD COME TO PALM BEACH 1694 GARDENS AND PALM BEACH GARDENS WOULD DETERMINE WHERE THAT MONEY SPENT SO IT 1695 IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SHIFT FROM THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
1696 SO MOBILITY FEES WOULD REPLACE THE COUNTY'S ROADWAY IMPACT FEE AND THEY WOULD 1697 COMBINE SO THERE WOULDN'T BE A SEPARATE CITY ROADWAY IMPACT FEE AND CITY 1698 MOBILITY FEE ANYTHING EAST OF B LINE HIGHWAY WOULD ONLY PAY A MOBILITY FEE.
1699 UNDER THIS PROPOSAL THE BASICALLY THE IMPACT FEES FOR THE COUNTY WOULD STOP 1700 BEING COLLECTED BY THE CITY AND THE CITY WOULD NO LONGER IMPLEMENT 1701 TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY EAST OF THE B LINE HIGHWAY.
1702 WE'VE RECEIVED [INAUDIBLE] TURNS BACK OVER NATALIE.
1703 BUT BEFORE NATALIE, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS OR GET INTO THE 1704 MIX? 1705 WE COULD OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS I CAN CONCLUDES MY PORTION OR CONTINUE IT 1706 OVER TO NATALIE.
1707 LET'S JUST CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION THANK YOU JONATHAN.
1708 JONATHAN HAS PROVIDED A VERY GOOD OVERVIEW OF HOW WE STARTED THIS WITH A 1709 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS HOW WE DEVELOPED THE PLAN AND HOW THE FEE 1710 WAS DERIVED FROM THE PLAN.
1711 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE NEXT 10 MINUTES OR SO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS 1712 FROM A LETTER WHICH WE RECEIVED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY YESTERDAY.
1713 STAFF HAS HAD NOT A LOT OF TIME TO REVIEW AND GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS LETTER 1714 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO IN THIS PRESENTATION I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE 1715 MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THIS LETTER AND I'M REALLY GOING TO TRY TO 1716 DO IT IN THE MOST SIMPLE WAY.
1717 SO THE LETTER IS A TOTAL OF THREE PAGES.
1718 IT WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY AS YOU CAN AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DATE FROM THE COUNTY 1719 ADMINISTRATOR AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST GO SECTION BY SECTION AND 1720 PROVIDE A DIRECT STAFF RESPONSE TO EACH SECTION SO THE FIRST INTRODUCTORY 1721 PARAGRAPH AS YOU CAN SEE IN FRONT OF YOUR SLIDE REFERS TO THE PALM BEACH GARDENS 1722 LOCAL MOBILITY PLAN TERMINATION OF THE EXISTING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH 1723 PALM BEACH COUNTY REGARDING TRAFFIC CONCURRENCY REVIEW.
1724 THE COUNTY STATES BASED UPON OUR READING AND UNDERSTANDING THESE 1725 PROVISIONS ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY 1726 PROP FAIR SHARE AND ROAD IMPACT FEES.
1727 WE OBJECTED TO ANY PROVISION WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION OF THESE 1728 IMPORTANT FUNDING SOURCES OF THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATIO NETWORK.
1729 I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE WHAT JONATHAN HAS ALREADY PRESENTED.
1730 THE PROPOSED MOBILITY PLAN AND THE MOBILITY FEE ARE NOT BEING ELIMINATED.
1731 ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEST OF B LINE HIGHWAY MAINTAINS THE COUNTY ROAD 1732 IMPACT FEES PROPORTIONATE SHARE AND TRAFFIC CONCURRENCY.
1733 SO AVENIER IS A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT.
1734 OBVIOUSLY THAT IS WEST OF THE B LINE HIGHWAY.
1735 SO ALL OF THOSE ROAD IMPACT FEES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COLLECTED AND THE 1736 PROPORTIONATE SHARE PAYMENTS TO THE COUNTY AS WELL AS ALL THE CONCURRENCY 1737 REVIEW STAY IN PLACE.
1738 [INAUDIBLE] SO SOME REFER TO IT AS THE [INAUDIBLE] HA AN EXISTING PROPORTIONATE 1739 FAIR SHARE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHER PARTIES.
1740 ALTON WILL TOO MAINTAIN THE COUNTY ROAD IMPACT FEES DUE TO THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE 1741 AGREEMENT.
1742 ALL OTHER AREAS IN THE MOBILITY FEE ASSESSMENT AREA IS SUBJECT TO THE MOBILITY 1743 PLAN AND FEE.
1744 SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO MENTION THAT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD IN 1745 THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE COUNTY'S LETTERS.
1746 SO JONATHAN HAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS MOBILITY FEE ASSESSMENT AREA WHICH IS 1747 ALSO THE BENEFIT DISTRICT WHICH DELINEATES THAT AREA.
1748 SO AGAIN ALL THE AREA WEST OF THE B LINE IN PINK REMAINS ESSENTIALLY STATUS
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1749 QUO AND ALL OF THE AREA IN BLUE BUT FOR ALTON IS SUBJECT TO THE MOBILITY FEE 1750 ASSESSMENT AREA.1752 THE COUNTY SUPPORTS WHILE THE COUNTY SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS THAT SUPPLEMENT THE 1753 PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND ENHANCE SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL 1754 MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WE OBJECT TO THE PLANS AND 1755 ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED WHILE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCUSSION THAT MAY SATISFY 1756 BOTH OF OUR INTERESTS.
1757 THESE PROVISIONS WERE NOT COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY NOR WAS THE COUNTY INVITED 1758 TO ANY MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS OF THE COUNTY' TRANSPORTATION NEEDS VISION 1759 GOALS OR PLANS AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE A MOMEN TO ADDRESS THAT UNFOUNDED 1760 CLAIM.
1761 AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO 2016.
1762 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS WHICH INITIATED THIS ENTIRE INITIATIVE.
1763 ORDINANCE 8 2016 WAS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER OF THAT THAT SAME YEAR.
1764 AND LIKE JONATHAN SAID IT REALLY ESTABLISHED A VERY CLEAR LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
1765 IT INCLUDED SPECIFIC GOALS OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES THAT SAID WHAT WE WERE GOING 1766 TO DO AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO IT.
1767 IT WAS REQUIRED THAT WE COORDINATE THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
1768 I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THESE THESE ARE VERBATIM FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE 1769 PLAN.
1770 THEY GO INTO GREAT DETAIL OF WHAT OUR ABILITY IS GOING TO DO AND IT SPEAKS 1771 SPECIFICALLY TO THE REPEAL OF TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY BUT WHAT WE DID 1772 DO DURING THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS THAT WE FOLLOWED OUR ARE OUR 1773 COORDINATED REVIEW PROCESS THROUGH IPART WHICH IS OUR ENTIRE LOCAL PLANNING AND 1774 COORDINATED REVIEW PROCESS THAT WE WE PARTICIPATE IN AS A CITY OF PALM BEACH 1775 GARDENS WE TRANSMITTED THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE TO ANNA ESG 1776 WHO IS OUR POINT PERSON FOR IPART.
1777 SHE THEN DISTRIBUTED THE CLEARING HOUSE NOTICE TO EVERYONE INCLUDING PALM 1778 BEACH COUNTY.
1779 IT WAS ALSO TRANSMITTED TO ALL OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THE STATE AGENCIES INCLUDING 1780 DOTY AND THE LIKE.
1781 WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS AND NO OBJECTIONS FROM ANY AGENCY INCLUDING PALM BEACH 1782 COUNTY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THEN WENT TO THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL 1783 PLANNING COUNCIL AS ALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS LARGE SCALE AND 1784 TEXT AMENDMENTS DO NOW.
1785 ALTHOUGH THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WAS ON CONSENT OUR MAYOR SPECIFICALLY AND YOU 1786 CAN SEE THE SPECIFIC MINUTES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU FRONT OF 1787 YOUR SCREEN STATED THAT SHE WAS EXCITED THAT MOBILITY AND IMPACT FEES WERE COMING 1788 INTO FRUITION WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS ON THE CURRENT 1789 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
1790 SO IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR MAYOR AT THAT TIME AT THAT MEETING THAT THIS VOTE 1791 WAS BEING TAKEN WHICH WAS TAKEN ON CONSENT.
1793 I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY WERE IN 1794 ATTENDANCE OF THAT MEETING.
1795 BASED ON THE RECORDS WHICH SHOW THAT THE MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE AND ALTERNATES 1796 WERE PRESENT.
1797 SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] FROM PALM BEACH 1798 COUNTY AND COMMISSIONER BERNARD AS THE ALTERNATE WERE THERE.
1799 THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED FOR THAT 1800 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
1801 THIS IS THE STAFF AGENDA MEMO THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL 1802 PLANNING COUNCIL PACKET THAT CLEARLY HIGHLIGHTED MANY OF THE DETAILS THAT 1803 WERE IN OUR MOBILITY PLAN.
1804 SO I DO MAKE NOTE THAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WAS PART OF OUR 1805 EAR BASED INITIATIVE BUT THE STAFF MEMO DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB.
1806 DID A REALLY GREAT JOB HIGHLIGHTING THE MOBILITY PLAN AT THIS PART OF THE 1807 NEW ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS THAT WERE GOING INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT AND 1808 ULTIMATELY DEO FOUND DID THE NOTICE OF INTENT AND THE ELEMENTS WERE INCORPORATED 1809 INTO THE CITY'S PLAN IN COMPLIANCE.
1810 SO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE IPARK ABOVE AND BEYOND THE COORDINATION WITH TREASURE 1811 COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1812 AMENDMENTS THE CITY HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN COORDINATING WITH PALM BEACH 1813 COUNTY.
1814 WE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY ON OCTOBER 13TH 2017 WE WENT TO THE COUNTY AND 1815 MET WITH COUNTY STAFF SO PALM BEACH GARDENS STAFF AND COUNTY STAFF MET PALM 1816 BEACH COUNTY.
1817 WE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
1818 WE PRESENTED OUR TABLE LINE BY LINE.
1819 WE WENT THROUGH OUR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
1820 WE WERE SPECIFICALLY WANTING TO NOTE AND SHOW TH SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT 1821 WERE ON COUNTY ROADWAYS.
1823 WE KNOW WE HAVE TO ULTIMATELY DEAL WITH PERMITTING.
1824 WE WANTED TO PROACTIVELY COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM WHAT
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1825 WAS INCLUDED IN OUR MOBILITY PLAN IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING WAS THE DEPUTY 1826 COUNTY ENGINEER AND STAFF FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY ROADWAY.1827 I THINK MO WAS ACTUALLY WAS AT THAT MEETING.
1828 HE'S HERE THIS EVENING ALONG WITH ANOTHER STAFF REPRESENTATIVE.
1829 ON OCTOBER 19TH 2017 THE CITY HOSTED PUBLIC WORKSHOPS ON MOBILITY.
1830 WE PUBLICLY NOTICED THIS WORKSHOP THERE WAS TWO WORKSHOPS ACTUALLY ONE IN 1831 THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE EVENING THE ONE IN THE MORNING WAS FOCUSED ON THE 1832 BUSINESS COMMUNITY THE ONE IN THE EVENING WAS FOCUSED FOR RESIDENTS.
1833 WE PROMOTED THIS HEAVILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTED INFORMATION ON THE WEB SITE.
1834 WE SENT OUT AN INVITE TO PARTIES WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.
1835 PALM BEACH COUNTY WE FOUND RECORDS WAS DIRECTLY NOTIFIED OF THIS WORKSHOP 1836 OF THE WORKSHOPS.
1837 NO ATTENDANCE OR PARTICIPATION FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY WAS AT EITHER 1838 WORKSHOP BASED ON OUR SIGN IN SHEETS.
1839 OCTOBER 25TH 2013 WE WERE EXCITED TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE EVOLUTION AND 1840 THE FINDINGS OF WHAT WE HAD DONE AT OUR MOBILITY PLAN ON OUR MOBILITY PLAN.
1841 SO WE HOSTED YET AGAIN TWO ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS ONE IN THE MORNING FOR RESIDENTS 1842 ONE IN THE EVENING FOR EXCUSE ME ONE IN THE MORNING FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY 1843 AND ONE IN THE EVENING FOR THE RESIDENTS.
1844 I THINK SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATIO AND THE CHAMBER 1845 PARTICIPATED IN THOSE MEETINGS.
1846 I KNOW THE CHAMBER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CHAMBER IS HERE TODAY.
1847 AGAIN THESE MEETINGS WERE PUBLICLY NOTICED HEAVILY PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
1848 NO ATTENDANCE FROM THE COUNTY WAS AT EITHER WORKSHOP.
1849 ON JUNE 4TH OF THIS YEAR WE HOSTED YET AGAIN PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.
1850 SAME FORMAT A MEETING IN THE MORNING FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY A MEETING IN THE 1851 EVENING FOR RENT FOR RESIDENTS.
1852 YET AGAIN WE FOLLOWED THE SAME FORMAT.
1853 WE NOTICED THESE MEETINGS WE PROMOTED THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEB SITE AND 1854 THE WORKSHOPS WERE EVEN LIVE STREAMED.
1855 THIS TIME TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMATION 1856 TO THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE AND NO ATTENDANCE OR PARTICIPATION FROM PALM 1857 BEACH COUNTY WAS AT EITHER WORKSHOP.
1859 WE MET WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
1860 OUR CITY MANAGER OUR CONSULTANT TEAM WAS HERE ALONG WITH PLANNING STAFF 1861 AND LEGAL STAFF.
1862 THAT MEETING SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED THEM COPIES OF OUR MOBILITY PLAN.
1863 WE INFORMED THEM OF OUR NEXT STEPS AND WE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE 1864 COORDINATION THAT HAD BEEN GOING ON THUS FAR.
1865 WE HAD A PLANNING AND ZONING AND APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING THAT EVENING JUNE 11TH.
1866 THIS MEETING WAS OF COURSE DULY NOTICED.
1867 COUNTY STAFF WAS INFORMED OF THIS MEETING BUT NOBODY FROM THE COUNTY SHOWED UP.
1868 PARTICIPATION ALSO OCCURRED THROUGHOUT SINCE 2016 IN VARIOUS FORMATS AND I'M NOT 1869 GOING TO GO INTO A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL BUT YOU REALLY THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS 1870 BEEN TALKING ABOUT MOBILITY FEES FOR A LONG TIME SINCE 2016 ACTUALLY AND WE HAVE 1871 ATTENDED AND PARTICIPATED SEVERAL WORKSHOPS.
1872 SO SOME OF THESE WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN HOSTED BY THE TPA.
1873 THERE'S BEEN SOME DIRECT FORWARD COORDINATION AND CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN COUNTY 1874 STAFF AND CITY STAFF ON WHAT THE STATUS IS.
1875 I PERSONALLY RECALL SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH GEORGE WEBB WHEN HE WAS STILL AT 1876 THE COUNTY ON WHAT THE STATUS OF OUR MOBILITY PLAN IS.
1877 SO THIS GOES QUITE A LONG BACK.
1878 SO WE ACTUALLY TAKE EXCEPTION AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE CLAIM THAT WE HAVE NOT 1879 COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY WHEN AS YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY BEFORE YOU THAT 1880 THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE COORDINATION.
1883 THE COUNTY INDICATED THAT OUR OBJECTION IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT A MUNICIPALITY 1884 CANNOT UNILATERALLY REPEAL THESE LAWS PURSUANT TO THE COUNTY'S CHARTER.
1885 TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND IMPACT FEE REGULATIONS ARE APPLICABLE 1886 IN EVERY CITY INCLUDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
1887 WE FIND NO READING OF THE LAW THAT WOULD SUPPORT OTHERWISE.
1888 SO OUR RESPONSE IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
1889 WE AGREE THAT A MUNICIPALITY CANNOT UNILATERALLY REPEAL A PALM BEACH COUNTY 1890 ORDINANCE.
1891 BUT ORDINANCE 16 2019 DOES NO SUCH THING EAST OF THE B LINE HIGHWAY AS I'VE 1892 DESCRIBED TO YOU.
1893 THE COUNTY WILL NO LONGER COLLECT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY ROAD IMPACT FEES ON 1894 THE COUNTY'S BEHALF WEST OF THE B LINE HIGHWAY.
1896 THE CITY FINDS NO READ OF THE LAW TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY'S POSITION THAT ITS 1897 CHARTER IS SUPERIOR TO STATE LAW.
1898 SECTION 163.3180 FLORIDA STATUTES MOREOVER THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE THROUGH 1899 SECTION 163.3180 ENCOURAGES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP TOOLS AND 1900 TECHNIQUES INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF LONG TERM STRATEGIES TO FACILITATE 1901 DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT SUPPORT MULTI-MODAL SOLUTIONS THAT RELY 1902 PRIMARILY ON NON VEHICULAR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF 1903 PERSONAL MOBILITY.
1904 THAT'S RIGHT FROM THE STATUTE.
1905 THE COUNTY'S LETTER CONTINUES.
1906 THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM CONSTRUCTS AND MAINTAINS FACILITIES THROUGHOUT ITS
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1907 ROUGHLY LESS THAN 2000 SQUARE MILE AREA WHICH INCLUDES THIRTY NINE 1908 MUNICIPALITIES RESIDENTS AS WELL AS VISITORS RELY UPON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ROAD 1909 NETWORK AND BUS SYSTEM TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.1910 THEREFORE THE COUNTY REQUESTS IN LIEU OF ADOPTING THE ORDINANCES AS 1911 CURRENTLY PRESENTED TO INSTEAD DIRECT CITY STAFF TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO 1912 FORMULATE AN ACCEPTABLE SYSTEM AND SUPPORTING METHODOLOGY.
1913 THE COUNTY GLADLY WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO DEVELOP AN 1914 APPROPRIATE PLAN THAT SUPPORTS THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND ECONOMIC 1915 VIABILITY OF ITS COMMUNITIES.
1916 WE AGREE THAT RESIDENTS VISITORS AND WORKERS RELY UPON THE MAJOR ROAD NETWORK 1917 AND NETWORK IN THE BUS SYSTEM TO TRAVEL TO THE COUNTY.
1919 THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE REVIEWED THE TPA WHICH IS THE FORMER MPO, TPA 2040 1920 LONG RANGE PLAN TO ASCERTAIN IF ANY IF THERE IS ANY LONG RANGE ROAD 1921 IMPROVEMENTS.
1922 OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.
1923 THE 2040 PLAN DID NOT INCLUDE ONE SINGLE IMPROVEMENT EAST OF THE B 1924 LINE HIGHWAY AND THAT IS WHY THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR MOBILITY PLAN.
1925 HOWEVER THAT BEING SAID WE DID INCLUDE SEVERAL ROAD BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN 1926 MOVEMENTS ON COUNTY ROADS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL ENHANCE THE COUNTY WIDE 1927 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AT THE JUNE 11TH MEETING THAT WE HAD JUST THIS YEAR WITH 1928 THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND HER STAFF THE CITY COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY 1929 THAT ANY LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE ADDED INTO THE 2045 PLAN 1930 THAT THE TPA STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON COULD BE COORDINATED AND ADDED WE 1931 UNDERSTAND AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR MOBILITY PLAN IS LIVING DOCUMENT AS THE LONG 1932 RANGE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY EVOLVE AND ARE ADDED WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT 1933 COORDINATION MUST OCCUR AND WE ARE WILLING TO DO SO.
1934 HOWEVER THE DATA THAT WE HAD THE ADOPTED 2040 PLAN FROM THE TPA GOVERNING BOARD 1935 SIMPLY HAD NO IMPROVEMENT AND THAT IS WHY FROM A LONG RANGE PERSPECTIVE THOSE 1936 IMPROVEMENTS WERE NOT INCLUDED.
1937 HOWEVER WHAT WE DID DO IS WE LOOKED AT ALL THE COUNTY ROADWAYS AND THERE 1938 ARE SEVERAL IN THE CITY AND THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED BEFORE YOU.
1939 AND WE INCLUDED SEVERAL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS ON THOSE 1940 COUNTY ROADWAY FACILITIES THAT NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE FACILITIES BUT WILL ALSO BE 1941 THAT THE CITY WILL BE TAKING ON THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THOSE 1942 IMPROVEMENTS RELIEVING THE COUNTY FINANCIALLY FROM THA DUTY.
1943 SO SPECIFICALLY JUST TO HIGHLIGHT FOR EXAMPLE ON THIS SCREEN RCA BOULEVARD 1944 THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ROAD THAT WAS THAT WAS APPROVED MOST RECENTLY AROUND THE TAX 1945 COLLECTORS SITE PLAN.
1946 THOSE TWO ROADS ALONG WITH SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FO MAJOR ROADWAY INTERSECTION 1947 IMPROVEMENTS WERE SPECIFICALLY ADDED INTO THE APPENDIX G FOR ROAD AND 1948 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
1949 BEYOND THAT IN APPENDIX D, SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON COUNTY 1950 ROADWAYS.
1951 DONALD ROSS ROAD, HOOD ROAD, RCA BOULEVARD, NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, JOG ROAD, 1952 CENTRAL BOULEVARD, MILITARY TRAIL.
1953 I'M NOT GOING TO READ VERBATIM ALL WHAT'S BEFORE YOU.
1954 THIS IS ALL IN YOUR PACKETS.
1955 THE POINT TO SHOW TO YOU IS THAT THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING COUNTY ROADWAYS 1956 AND MAINTAINING THESE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WILL BE A FINANCIAL BENEFIT FOR PALM 1957 BEACH COUNTY.
1958 WE THEN ALSO LOOKED AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
1959 THE ONLY SINGLE MAJOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT THAT WE SAW WAS CONGRESS AVENUE 1960 WHICH IS FULLY FUNDED IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION.
1961 I'M GOING TO GO BACK BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 1962 THE POINT THAT JONATHAN IS ABOUT TO ADDRESS.
1963 THE COUNTY SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO FORMULATING AN ACCEPTABLE SYSTEM AND 1964 SUPPORTING METHODOLOGY.
1965 OUR METHODOLOGY IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTY'S METHODOLOGY 1966 AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE MOMENTS FOR JONATHAN TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT 1967 IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
1968 ESSENTIALLY THE METHODOLOGY USED FOR THE COUNTY OR FOR THE CITY'S MOBILITY FEE IS 1969 SOMETHING THAT I'VE USED IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS FLORIDA WHETHER IT BE OSCEOLA 1970 COUNTY, ALACHUA COUNTY, MIAMI BEACH SARASOTA COUNTY.
1971 AND CURRENTLY TODAY I'M WORKING ON ST. AUGUSTINE, WEST PALM BEACH, 1972 TALLAHASSEE, SEASIDE, WALTON COUNTY, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS AND DEBARY AND 1973 VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
1974 SO THE METHODOLOGY UNDER OUR MOBILITY PLAN AND MOBILITY FEE.
1975 THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTS SEVERAL OF THE FACTORS INCLUDED IN IT.
1976 THIS IS THE METHODOLOGY FROM THE COUNTY'S ROADWAY IMPACT FEE.
1977 AND THE COUNTY'S ROADWAY IMPACT FEE IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS A CONSUMPTION BASED FEE.
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1978 SO ALL IT DOES IS SAY WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF A TWO LANE ROAD? 1979 WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF A FOUR LANE ROAD? 1980 WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF A SIX LANE ROAD? 1981 WHAT'S THE AVERAGE COST? 1982 THAT FORMS A NUMBER.1983 IT GETS ATTRIBUTED TO NEW GROWTH.
1985 UNDER A MOBILITY PLAN AND MOBILITY FEE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DEVELOP CAPACITIES 1986 FOR ALL MODES OF TRAVEL.
1987 YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO INCREASE AND CALCULATE THE INCREASE IN CAPACITY SO SAY 1988 WHERE YOU'RE TEARING OUT A SIDEWALK AND PUTTING IN A NEW TRAIL, YOU HAVE TO 1989 ACTUALLY ACCOUNT FOR THAT INCREASE OF CAPACITY.
1990 THEN YOU ACTUALLY GO INTO A NUMBER OF FACTORS TO CALCULATE BOTH CREDITS FOR 1991 EXISTING REVENUE AND THE RATE AT WHICH NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CHARGED 1992 AND THEN FURTHER YOU HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE] TO CALCULATE THE FEE ITSELF.
1993 SO TO STATE THAT THE METHODOLOGY NEEDS TO BE REFINED.
1994 THE COUNTY'S BEEN USING A METHODOLOGY THAT'S FOCUSED SOLELY ON ROADWAY WIDENING 1995 AND THE ASSUMPTION IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF ROADWAYS TO WIDEN.
1996 WE LOOK AT THE 2040 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
1997 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CONGRESS AVENUE THERE ARE NO ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS 1998 IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
1999 EVEN ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS THERE AREN'T 2000 ROADWAY PROJECTS.
2001 THERE ARE NO MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY OR BEE LINE OR PGA BOULEVARD 2002 OR DONALD ROSS COMING INTO AND OUT OF THE CITY.
2003 SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE SAID OKAY WELL NOTHING'S BEING IDENTIFIED.
2004 SO ONE THING AND THE CITY ATTORNEY MAY BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN IF THERE'S 2005 QUESTIONS ABOUT IT BUT ANY FEE HAS TO HAVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS A RATIONAL NEXUS.
2006 SO THE NEXUS FOR A ROADWAY IMPACT FEE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEED TO WIDEN 2007 ROADS AND IF YOU HAVE A NEED TO WIDEN ROADWAYS YOU HAVE TO SHOW ANY MONEY YOU 2008 COLLECT TO DO THAT BENEFITS THE PERSON THAT PAID IT.
2009 WE LOOK IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
2010 WE LOOK AROUND THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
2011 WE DON'T SEE ROADWAY PROJECTS OTHER THAN YOU KNOW WE SHOWED RCA 2012 BOULEVARD.
2013 WE SHOWED GOVERNMENT CENTER ROAD.
2014 THOSE AREN'T MAJOR SIGNIFICANT FACILITIES SO REALLY THE NEED FOR ROADWAY 2015 IS NOT THERE WHICH CALLS INTO QUESTION THE COUNTY'S ABILITY TO EVEN CHARGE A 2016 ROADWAY IMPACT FEE WITHIN AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE NEEDE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
2017 THE COUNTY ITSELF WENT THROUGH A RECENT UPDATE OF ITS FEES AND I'M JUST GONNA 2018 GIVE SOME EXCERPTS.
2019 THIS IS ALL AVAILABLE ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE.
2020 SO THE COUNTY RECENTLY UPDATED ITS ROADWAY IMPACT FEE AND IT ACTUALLY LOWERED 2021 THE IMPACT FEE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WHICH IS KIND OF SURPRISING BECAUSE EVERY 2022 SINGLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT UPDATING THEIR 2023 FEES AND ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS INCREASING THEIR FEE NOT 2024 DECREASING IT.
2025 SO THE COUNTY'S CONSULTANT WENT THROUGH AND THIS IS THE CURRENT FEE OR THE 2026 FEE IN EFFECT OF 2014 2019.
2027 THIS IS A NEW FEE THAT'S IN EFFECT TODAY.
2028 THE COUNTY THEN WENT IN AND REDUCED THAT FEE BY 5 PERCENT BECAUSE THEY 2029 WEREN'T SURE IF THEY WERE CHARGING DEVELOPMENT MORE THAN ITS SHARE.
2030 ONE THING YOU'LL NOTICE IN OUR TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM.
2031 WE DEMONSTRATE WE'RE NOT CHARGING NEW DEVELOPMENT MORE THAN ITS SHARE.
2032 WE DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'RE NOT CHARGING DEVELOPMENT FOR BACKLOGGED IMPROVEMENTS 2033 AND WE DEMONSTRATE A CLEAR NEED.
2034 IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY'S TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NONE OF THAT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR 2035 DOCUMENTATION.
2036 SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT THE COUNTY ADOPTED.
2037 SO THIS IS A CONSULTANT'S REPORT.
2038 THIS IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE COUNTY'S ORDINANCE.
2041 CONSULTANT'S REPORT HAS THESE RECOMMENDED NUMBERS FOR OFFICE USE.
2042 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRANSPIRED AND I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT ON WHAT 2043 TRANSPIRED BUT ALL I KNOW IS THE COUNTY DIDN'T ACCEPT THE NEW RATES.
2044 IT KEPT THE OLD FEES FOR OFFICE USES.
2045 GO FURTHER AND THERE'S A WHOLE LONG LIST.
2046 THERE'S LIKE 60 OR 70 LAND USES.
2047 I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BUT YOU GO DOWN TO RETAIL USES.
2048 COUNTY'S CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED NEW IMPACT FEES.
2049 THE COUNTY ADOPTED THOSE.
2050 SO FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY ELECTED TO IMPLEMENT THE OLD FEES.
2051 THEN YOU GO DOWN FURTHER INTO THEIR LIST AND SO A BANK.
2052 THE COUNTY USED THE NEW FEE BUT YOU GO TO A QUALITY RESTAURANT AND THEY 2053 USE THE OLD FEE.
2054 HIGH TURNOVER RESTAURANT, THEY USE THE OLD FEE.
2055 FAST FOOD RESTAURANT HETY USE THE OLD FEE.
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2056 CARWASH THEY USE THE NEW FEE.2057 WHY DOES IT MATTER? 2058 WELL THE FLORIDA STATUTE IS VERY SPECIFIC.
2059 ANY FEE CHARGED BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE BASED ON THE MOST RECENT AND 2060 LOCALIZED DATA AVAILABLE.
2061 THOSE OLD FEES WERE BASED ON DATA LIKELY FROM 2012 AND 2013.
2062 THE NEW FEES ARE BASED ON MORE RECENT DATA.
2064 I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PICKED AND CHOOSE WHAT NUMBER THEY WANTED.
2065 TECHNICALLY THOSE OLD FEES DON'T MEET FLORIDA STATUTE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BASED 2066 ON THE MOST RECENT LOCALIZED DATA.
2067 ANOTHER FACTOR COMES UP WHY IS PALM BEACH COUNTY LOWERING ROADWAY IMPACT 2068 FEES? 2069 WHY DO THEY LOWER THE FEES? 2070 I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THE CITIES AR SUBSIDIZING SUBURBAN 2071 SPRAWL.
2072 MAYBE THEY'RE SUBSIDIZING STRIP RETAIL AND GATED SUBDIVISIONS IN THE WESTERN 2073 PART OF THE COUNTY.
2074 MAYBE THE COUNTY DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ITS METHODOLOGY.
2075 I AS A PERSONAL CONSULTANT AND I'M NOT SAYING A CONSULTANT 2076 RECOMMENDED THIS.
2077 AS A CONSULTANT FOR THE COUNTY RECOMMENDED WHAT THE NEW FEES SHOULD BE.
2078 THE COUNTY PICKED AND CHOOSE WHAT FEES IT WANTED.
2079 SO MAYBE THE OLD FEE WASN'T VALID ON SOME LAND USES AND THE NEW FEE WASN'T VALID.
2080 SO THEY QUESTION OUR METHODOLOGY.
2081 OUR METHODOLOGY IS BEING RECOMMENDED AT 100 PERCENT OF CALCULATED NUMBERS.
2082 THE COUNTY'S METHODOLOGY PICKS AND CHOOSES WHATEVER NUMBER IT WANTS.
2083 SO I CALL INTO QUESTION MAYBE THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY HAVE A VALID METHODOLOGY OR 2084 NOT.
2085 OR MAYBE THE COUNTY'S REALIZED IT DOESN'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY NEED AND 2086 THAT THEY'RE LOSING ON THE RATIONAL NEXUS WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY THEY'RE LOWERING 2087 THEIR FEES.
2088 A FOURTH OPTION COULD BE MAYBE THE COUNTY SHOULD ACTUALLY TAKE THE DIFFICULT 2089 STEP AND DEVELOP WHAT'S KNOWN AS A PLAN BASED FEE WHICH IS WHAT PALM BEACH 2090 GARDENS HAS DONE.
2091 WE SPENT THREE YEARS DEVELOPING THE FEES.
2092 NATALIE'S STAFF, YOUR STAFF WENT OUT THERE WITH MYSELF AND ANDREW 2093 TROUTMAN.
2094 WE MEASURED THE WIDTH THE SIDEWALKS.
2095 WE MEASURED WHERE THERE WAS GAPS IN THE NETWORK, THE WIDTH OF TRAVEL LANES.
2096 WE WENT THROUGH AND YOU SEE THE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU.
2097 IT'S AN EXTENSIVE EXHAUSTIVE PLAN OF WHAT'S NEEDED.
2098 THE COUNTY'S ROADWAY IMPACT FEE AND THEIR QUOTE SUPERIOR METHODOLOGY 2099 WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF A TWO LANE ROAD FOUR LANE ROAD SIX LANE ROAD? 2100 WHAT'S THE COST? 2101 THAT'S IT.
2102 SO AGAIN YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT METHODOLOGY I CAME 2103 DOWN TO THIS COMMUNITY IN 2016 AT THE INVITE OF SEVERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 2104 BECAUSE THERE WAS TALK FROM SEVERAL OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
2105 THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT HAD GONE ON IN WEST PALM BEACH WITH THE COUNTY CHARGING 2106 $150,000 FOR A RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN WEST PALM.
2107 I MET WITH THE OWNER OF THAT.
2108 I MET WITH SEVERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
2109 WE STARTED TALKING AT THE BEGINNING OF 2016 ABOUT MOBILITY PLANS AND MOBILITY 2110 FEES.
2111 I'VE ATTENDED NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS.
2112 I'M WORKING FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
2113 I'VE DONE PRESENTATIONS WHEN GEORGE WEBB WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND WE'VE TALKED 2114 ABOUT THESE FEES GOING BACK AND FORTH.
2115 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT.
2116 THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN OUTREACH TO EITHER THE CITY OF WEST PALM OR PALM BEACH 2117 GARDENS TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT OUR METHODOLOGY TO LOOK AT MOBILITY FEES.
2118 IN FACT I THINK THERE WAS JUST A HEARING TWO DAYS AGO OR THREE DAYS AGO IN THE 2119 COUNTY COMMISSION.
2120 WE HAD A DIVIDED COMMISSION.
2121 HALF OF THEM WANTED TO LOOK AT A FEE.
2122 HALF OF THEM DIDN'T WANT TO LOOK AT A FEE.
2123 PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS SPECIFIC NEEDS.
2124 PALM BEACH GARDENS IS A MATURE CITY.
2125 IT HAS POTENTIAL TO HAVE MAJOR INFILL REDEVELOPMENT, HAS A FUTURE POTENTIAL OF A 2126 TRAIN STATION.
2127 THE CITY IS TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PLAN FOR ITS MOBILITY.
2128 IT CAN'T CONTINUE TO WAIT AROUND FOR THE COUNTY TO MAKE A DECISION WHICH THE 2129 COUNTY'S BEEN DISCUSSING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2016 AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT 2130 BACK OVER TO NATALIE.
2131 THANK YOU JONATHAN FOR SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING TH METHODOLOGY.
2132 SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT PORTION OF THE LETTER AND I WILL TRY TO 2133 GET THROUGH THIS.
2134 THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO CONTEND THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THE 2135 COUNTY OR SEGMENTS THEREOF CAN EXIST AND THRIVE ECONOMICALLY IN ISOLATION 2136 FROM ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IS MISGUIDED.
2137 AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL IT IS DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN A MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM GIVEN 2138 THE NEEDED DEVELOPMENT DENSITY INTENSITY PROVIDING FOR AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE 2139 CUSTOMER BASE.
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2140 EVERY COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE GARDENS DEPENDS ON THE COUNTY'S ROADWAY NETWORK 2141 AND PALM BUS SERVICES TO PROVIDE FOR MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND 2142 THEY REFER TO THE CENSUS DATA PUBLISHED IN 2015.2143 89 PERCENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 2144 LIVED OUTSIDE THE CITY AND ADDITIONALLY THE DATA SHOWS THAT NEARLY 85 PERCENT OF 2145 THE RESIDENTS WERE EMPLOYED OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.
2146 SO I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
2147 WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO THRIVE ECONOMICALLY IN ISOLATION.
2148 THAT IS WHY WE ARE PROPOSING TO ENHANCE COUNTY ROADWAYS AND DOT ROADWAYS THROUGH 2149 MULTI-MODAL IMPROVEMENTS.
2150 THE COUNTY STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON COUNTY 2151 ROADWAYS UTILIZING GAS TAXES, IMPACT FEES COLLECTED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE ZONES 2152 AND SALES TAX.
2153 DOT IS A MAJOR PLAYER IN THIS GAME.
2154 THERE ARE MAJOR ROADWAYS THROUGH THE CITY THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE STATE AND 2155 MAINTAINED THROUGH THE STATE.
2156 PGA BOULEVARD, INTERSTATE 95 FLORIDA TURNPIKE, U.S.
2157 HIGHWAY 1 ARE THE MAIN ONES.
2158 A LOT OF THOSE ROADS GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE WHO 2159 SPECIFICALLY LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITIES JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS.
2160 SO DOT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR ALL THESE OTHER MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS.
2161 THE COUNTY ALSO AS JONATHAN HAS MENTIONED HAS THE ABILITY TO ADOPT ITS OWN 2162 MOBILITY PLAN AND ACCURATELY ADJUST ITS IMPACT FEES TO ADDRESS THE TRUE 2163 COST OF DEVELOPMENT FOR A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
2164 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN COMMUNITIES OUT WEST WHERE 2165 THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU LOOK AT EAST AND YOU LOOK AT THE 2166 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE HOW CAN YOU APPLY A ONE 2167 SIZE FITS ALL METHODOLOGY? 2168 WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH TPA STAFF DOT STAFF AND DESPITE THE COUNTY'S CLAIMS 2169 WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY.
2170 WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO SUSTAIN A MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM.
2171 WE ARE PROPOSING TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT TRANSIT SYSTEMS WHEN THEY 2172 ARRIVE TO PALM BEACH GARDENS.
2173 WE HAD A GREAT UPDATE THIS EVENING FROM VIRGIN AND THEIR IMPROVEMENTS.
2174 WE HOPE ONE DAY THAT THERE MAY BE A STATION THAT CAN BE WORKED TOGETHER INTO OUR 2175 FUTURE TRI RAIL STATION.
2176 WE HAVE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS AND SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS 2177 IN OUR MOBILITY PLANS SUCH AS TRANSIT CIRCULATORS IS USING COST EFFICIENT AND 2178 EFFECTIVE AUTONOMOUS TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THESE TRANSIT SYSTEMS WHEN THEY 2179 ARRIVE BUT WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO OPERATE OUR OWN TRANSIT SYSTEM.
2180 WE ARE ULTIMATELY PLANNING FOR AND YOU ALL HAVE SEEN AND EMBRACED OUR VISION AND 2181 MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL 2182 PLANNING COUNCIL AND I KNOW THAT STAFF KIM DELANEY IS HERE THIS EVENING AND SHE'S 2183 SEEING ALL THIS AND WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON OUR INITIATIVE WHICH IS A 2184 PARALLEL PATH.
2185 BUT IT IS COMPLEMENTARY ON THE FUTURE TRI RAIL STATION WHICH GOING BACK TO THE 2186 SPECIFIC CLAIM ON THE DENSITY AND INTENSITY I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SHOW 2187 THAT THE TRI RAIL STATION AND THE FUTURE VISION FOR THE CITY'S AREA WHICH HAS 2188 INCLUDED AN ABUNDANCE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION AND 2189 THROUGH THE GRANT FROM THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS 2190 SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT LAND USE PATTERNS DENSITY AND INTENSITY.
2191 WE HAVE DESIGNATED A STATION LOCATION AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT CONCEPTUAL 2192 LAND USE PATTERNS THAT SUPPORT PRECISELY THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE 2193 BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR MOBILITY PLAN.
2194 THE COUNTY CONTINUES THESE POINTS CLEARLY SUGGEST THAT THE MAJOR COUNTY ROADWAY 2195 IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHETHER LOCATED INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE CITY ARE 2196 NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S GROWTH AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
2197 THE COLLECTION AND EXPENDITURE OF ROAD IMPACT FEES GENERATED BY 2198 DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND SPENT WITH IN THE APPROPRIATE IMPACT 2199 FEE ZONE SUPPORT THE NEED AND PURPOSE FOR A REGIONAL ROADWAY NETWORK.
2200 SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS MAP BEFORE.
2201 JONATHAN JUST SHOWED IT TO YOU.
2202 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE IMPACT FEE ZONES ARE MASSIVE.
2203 ZONE ONE WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT BUT IF YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK 2204 AT ZONE 3 FOR EXAMPLE EVEN THOUGH THE MOBILITY FEES ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO 2205 AVENIR YOU CAN SEE THAT THE IMPACT FEES UNDER THE COUNTY SYSTEM THAT ARE COLLECTED 2206 FROM ALL OF THOSE HOMES AND SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IS BEIN CONSTRUCTED IN AVENIR CAN
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2207 BE SPENT IN WELLINGTON.2208 THAT IS THE COUNTY'S CLAIM THAT THEIR METHODOLOGY SUPPORTS THE REGIONAL 2209 ROADWAY NETWORK WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT IN AVENIR COLLECTED THE ROAD 2210 IMPACT FEES COLLECTED FROM AVENIR'S DEVELOPMENT COULD BE SPENT AS FAR AS 2211 WELLINGTON.
2212 THAT IS THE EXISTING CURRENT SYSTEM THAT THE COUNTY HAS AND WISHES TO 2213 CONTINUE TO HAVE.
2214 THE COUNTY RECOGNIZES THAT NOT ALL COMMUNITY'S CHARACTER AND NEEDS ARE 2215 IDENTICAL BASED ON AMONG OTHER THINGS THE DEVELOPMENT HISTORY SUCH AS 2216 UNDEVELOPED LAND.
2217 AS SUCH THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THESE MUNICIPALITIES 2218 INCLUDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS THE TPA AND OTHER LOCAL OR REGIONAL 2219 PARTNERS TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO UPDATE AND/OR MODIFY THE EXISTING ROAD IMPACT FEE 2220 SYSTEM TO ADDRESS THESE CHANGING NEEDS.
2221 FURTHER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS DIRECTED STAFF TO CONDUCT A WORKSHOP 2222 REGARDING THAT COUNTY TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ON JULY 23RD 2019.
2223 WE AGREE 100 PERCENT THAT EACH COMMUNITY HAS THEIR OWN COMMUNITY CHARACTER 2224 NEEDS.
2225 BUT AS JONATHAN HAS MENTIONED THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING MOBILITY 2226 FEES FOR A LONG TIME NOW SINCE 2016 AND YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE COUNTY 2227 TO ADVANCE ITS POSITION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN AND THE FEE.
2228 AND JUST MOST RECENTLY AS JONATHAN MENTIONED THERE APPEARS TO BE DIVISION 2229 AMONGST THE BOCC COMMISSION ON WHETHER OR WHETHER OR NOT IT IS EVEN FEASIBLE TO 2230 MOVE FORWARD OR WHETHER OR WHETHER IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO COORDINATE WITH TPA 2231 STAFF ON THIS INITIATIVE.
2233 THERE IS STILL CONCERN AND GARDENS WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THESE 2234 WORKSHOPS HAS MOVED ON AND OTHER CITIES ARE MOVING TOO.
2235 WEST PALM BEACH IS MOVING.
2238 WE HAVE DEVELOPED OUR OWN MOBILITY PLAN TO SUIT OUR OWN COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WE 2239 ENCOURAGE PALM BEACH COUNTY TO DEVELOP THEIR MOBILITY PLAN AND A MOBILITY FEE OF 2240 THEIR OWN.
2241 THE COUNTY HAS REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE.
2242 I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS OUR PROPOSED NEXT STEP.
2243 TONIGHT BEFORE YOU UNDER FIRST READING IS ORDINANCE 16.
2244 THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF THE MOBILITY PLAN AND THE MOBILITY TECHNICAL REPORT.
2245 THIS INCLUDES A FEE SCHEDULE WHICH DOES NOT ACTUALLY.
2246 IT IS NOT BEING PROPOSED TO BE ADOPTED.
2247 THIS FEE SCHEDULE IS CONCEPTUAL.
2248 THE ACTUAL FEES WILL BE ADOPTED BY A SEPARATE ORDINANCE.
2249 COMING BEFORE YOU ORDINANCE 16 WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 5T SECOND READING.
2250 THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE FORMALLY WILL BE AT THAT SAME 2251 MEETING FIRST READING.
2252 WE WILL ALSO PRESENT BEFORE THE COUNCIL IF THIS ORDINANCE IS SUPPORTED THIS 2253 EVENING BY THE COUNCIL A RESOLUTION TO TERMINATE THE EXISTING INTERLOCAL WITH 2254 PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRAFFIC CONCURRENCY REVIEW.
2255 AGAIN REITERATING TRAFFIC CONCURRENCY IS MAINTAINED FOR EVERYTHING WEST OF BEE 2256 LINE.
2257 THE FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND THE ZONING CHANGES THAT WILL BE 2258 NECESSARY TO PROVIDE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY IN OUR DOCUMENTS WILL THEN FOLLOW 2259 THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
2260 WE HAVE RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY 2261 PARTNERS.
2262 THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION WHICH HAS ATTENDED OUR WORKSHOPS AND 2263 PROVIDED VALUABLE INPUT HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT ON OUR MOBILITY 2264 PLAN AND OUR MOBILITY FEE.
2265 THE PLANNING CONGRESS HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT STRONGLY COMMENDING 2266 THE CITY ON THIS INITIATIVE AND THE COUNTY'S OWN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING 2267 AGENCY HAS ISSUED ITS LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS 2268 ON OUR MOBILITY PLAN AND FEE.
2269 THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A 7 0 VOTE ON 2270 JUNE 11TH.
2271 THIS MEETING WAS PUBLICLY NOTIFIED.
2272 OUR ENTIRE MOBILITY PLAN AND OUR TECHNICAL FEE REPORT HAS BEEN POSTED FOR QUITE 2273 SOME TIME NOW.
2274 ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN GOING ON TOWARD 2275 MOBILITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH TREASURER COAST REGIONAL PLANNING 2276 COUNCIL.
2277 THE PUBLIC MAY FIND BOTH OF THOSE REPORTS STILL ON OUR WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE LIVE 2278 STREAM VIDEO THAT WE HAD BACK ON JUNE 4TH AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF 2279 ORDINANCE 16 ON FIRST READING CONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF FACT 2280 SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE.
2281 STAFF THROUGH A SECOND MOTION REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDS THE CITY
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2282 COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO PALM BEACH COUNTY AS 2283 REQUIRED PER THE CITY'S INTERLOCAL TO TERMINATE TH EXISTING TRAFFIC 2284 CONCURRENCY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.2285 AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING AND WE ARE HAPPY TO 2286 ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
2291 THERE'S FOUR CARDS [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY PATRICK RUTTER.
2294 PAT RUTTER WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY AND I CAN REPRESENT THE POSITION FOR MO AS WELL.
2295 GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
2296 PAT RUTTER PALM BEACH COUNTY ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
2297 I WAS GOING TO ASK FIRST OF ALL TO INCLUDE THE LETTER IN YOUR RECORD BUT I THINK 2298 THAT'S COVERED WITH NATALIE INCLUDED IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
2299 I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS.
2300 NATALIE COVERED THE LETTER IN DETAIL.
2302 DID YOU ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? 2303 OH I'M SORRY.
2304 261 FLORENCE DRIVE IN JUPITER.
2306 I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING.
2307 WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO MOBILITY PLANNING, MOBILIT EFFORTS WHATSOEVER.
2308 WE HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO IT.
2309 DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
2310 OUR INTERESTS ONLY START TO DIVIDE AS IT RELATES TO THE POINT ON THE IMPACT FEES 2311 AND LET ME RUN THROUGH A FEW POINTS.
2312 IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CITIE IN THE COUNTY AND I CAN 2313 THINK OF THREE THAT COME TO MIND IN SOUTH COUNTY THAT ARE ADDRESSING MOBILITY IN 2314 DIFFERENT PHASES AND THAT IS WHAT PRETTY MUCH PROMPTED OUR BOARD TO SEEK THE 2315 WORKSHOP WHICH WE'LL BE HAVING IN A WEEK AND A HALF.
2316 SO WELL AWARE THAT THIS IS A FRONT BURNER ISSUE.
2317 IT HAS REACHED OUR BOARD.
2318 THEY'RE ENGAGING AND WE WILL BEGIN TAKING JUST OUR DIRECTION FROM THEM JULY 2319 23RD.
2320 AS POINTED OUT: WHY ARE WE HERE? 2321 WHY ARE WE DOING IT? 2322 WE HAVE AN OVERALL ROAD NETWORK RESPONSIBILITY COUNTY WIDE.
2323 WE DEAL FROM BOCA TO JUPITER AND WE MAINTAIN IT.
2324 THAT'S THE BACKBONE SYSTEM THAT'S OUT THERE.
2325 THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE AN IMPACT FEE SYSTEM IN PLACE.
2326 I POINT OUT REALLY QUICKLY WORKING A PROJECT RIGHT NOW PGA MILITARY TURN LANE.
2327 IT IS A CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
2328 $3 AND A HALF MILLION OF IMPACT FEE MONEY BEING SPENT FROM THAT ZONE RIGHT NOW.
2330 I HEARD IT TOUCHED ON BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE CLEAR THE AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN THAT 2331 COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM IS WITH THE COUNTY.
2333 YOU HAVE TWO COUNTYWIDE APPLICABLE ORDINANCES BOTH TPS AND RELATED TO IMPACT 2334 FEES.
2335 I THINK I HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT 2336 UNILATERALLY THEY CAN'T BE IGNORED OR AVOIDED.
2337 BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT PARTIAL IGNORANCE OR PARTIAL AVOIDANCE OR PARTIAL 2338 RETENTION DOESN'T CONSTITUTE FULL.
2339 SO ELIMINATING IT IN YOU KNOW A GREATER PORTION OF THE CITY WHILE RETAINING IT 2340 SOMEWHERE ELSE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BEING RETAINED OVERALL.
2341 REALLY QUICKLY TOUCH ON SOME OTHER POINTS.
2342 YOUR COMP PLAN POLICY 2.1.1 16.
2343 YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING IN KEEPING WITH THE MOBILITY PLAN WHERE YOU 2344 WOULD ADOPT A MOBILITY FEE THAT'S APPLICABLE ONLY ON THE CITY ROADS.
2345 THAT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH US.
2347 YOU ALSO HAVE A POLICY TO 2.1.1 14.
2348 I LOOKED AT THE HISTORY OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
2349 THAT POLICY SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.
2350 WE WOULD TAKE THE POSITION THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
2351 TWO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS BETWEEN THE COUNTY ONE IN OCTOBER OF 17 AND ONE 2352 NOT AGAIN UNTIL JUNE OF 19.
2353 IT DOESN'T CONSTITUTE ENGAGEMENT TO SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AND 2354 VERY DIFFICULT AS COUNTY IMPACT FEES.
2355 WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THERE'D HAVE BEEN MORE.
2356 ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR STAFF TO DISCUSS THE 2357 DATA THAT WAS USED, TO DISCUSS WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
2358 WE RECOGNIZE IT'S A SENSITIVE ISSUE AND WE'D LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
2361 [INAUDIBLE] DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? 2362 THANK YOU.
2363 NICK YOU'RE IN FOLLOWED BY KIM DELANEY.
2364 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
2365 GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS VICE MAYOR NICK [INAUDIBLE] 12487 SAWGRASS 2366 COURT WELLINGTON FLORIDA.
2367 I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PTA AS IT WAS CALLED 2368 EARLIER.
2369 2370 THE MICROPHONE'S SHORTER THAN I AM BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.
2371 [LAUGHTER] I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PTA AS I 2372 WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER.
2373 THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY IS ACTUALLY A 2374 COLLABORATIVE BOARD OF 21 LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.
2375 WE HAVE FIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 15 MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, ONE PORT 2376 COMMISSIONER.
2377 COUNCIL MEMBER MARINO IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TPA GOVERNING BOARD AND OUR
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2378 MISSION IS TO COLLABORATIVELY PLAN PRIORITIZE AND FUND 2379 TRANSPORTATION.2380 OUR AGENCY'S VISION IS TO ESTABLISH A SAFE EFFICIENT AND CONNECTED MULTI-MODAL 2381 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN SEEKS TO DO 2382 JUST THAT.
2383 I WANT TO MAKE JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF POINTS.
2384 FIRST OUR AGENCY IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS ADOPTED WHAT WE CALL A COMPLETE 2385 STREETS POLICY WHICH MEANS THAT WE WANT TO BUILD THE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT ARE 2386 IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN.
2387 WE'VE ALSO ADOPTED WHAT WE CALL A VISION ZERO COMMITMENT WHICH MEANS WE 2388 ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO ELIMINATING ALL TRAFFIC 2389 RELATED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES AGAIN BY FUNDING THE KINDS OF 2390 PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN.
2391 AND THEN THIRD I WANT TO MENTION THAT GREAT CITIES SUCH AS PALM BEACH GARDENS 2392 ARE CITIES THAT STRIVE TO BE INCLUSIVE, THAT PROVIDE COMFORTABLE SPACE, INVITING 2393 SPACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ABILITIES AND MODES O TRANSPORTATION.
2394 AND I THINK THAT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S 2395 MOBILITY PLAN SEEK TO ESTABLISH AN EVEN GREATER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE 2396 RESIDENTS THE EMPLOYEES AND THE VISITORS TO YOUR GREAT CITY.
2397 I WANT TO MENTION BRIEFLY THAT THE CITY'S PLAN FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS 2398 COMPREHENSIVE.
2399 THERE ARE 66 PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN.
2400 THOSE PROJECTS MAKE CHANGES TO CITY ROADS, TO COUNTY ROADS AND TO STATE ROADS.
2401 IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT IS NECESSARY 2402 FOR YOUR PORTION OF OUR REGION.
2404 I REALLY WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING THIS: THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN IS FULL OF 2405 THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT THE TPA IS CURRENTLY FUNDING.
2406 WE HAVE A DISCRETIONARY POT OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO 2407 PROJECTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
2408 WE OPENED THE DOORS FIVE YEARS AGO TO OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES AND SAID TELL US 2409 WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS YOU WANT US TO BUILD WITH THESE DOLLARS.
2410 YOU CAN ASK FOR ROAD CAPACITY PROJECTS OR YOU CAN ASK FOR MULTI-MODAL 2411 PROJECTS.
2412 THE OVERWHELMING USE OF THOSE DOLLARS IS MULTI-MODAL PROJECTS VERY MUCH LIKE THE 2413 CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN.
2414 SO IN THE ABSENCE OF A COUNTYWIDE MOBILITY PLAN AND FEE SYSTEM I THINK 2415 YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND WE APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS THIS EVENING.
2417 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
2419 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
2421 KIM DELANEY 4306 SE SCOTLAND CAY WAY STUART FLORIDA HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TREASURE 2422 COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
2423 SO NATALIE REFERENCED A FEW TIMES SOME OF THE WORK THE COUNCIL'S BEEN HAPPY TO 2424 PARTICIPATE WITH IN THE CITY PARTICULARLY THE STATIONARY MASTERPLAN THAT 2425 WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED FOR THE CITY.
2426 SO THE COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE MOBILITY PLAN THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED 2427 IS A DIRECT IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLANNING WORK THAT TOOK PLACE THAT WAS ADOPTED 2428 BY THE CITY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
2429 IT'S REALLY EXACTLY THE TYPE OF WORK THAT'S NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE MULTI-MODAL 2430 NETWORK TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY THAT WILL SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT 2431 PLAN.
2432 SO THAT WAS ONE POINT THAT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE ON THE RECORD.
2433 WE'LL ULTIMATELY BE REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS A THEY COME FORWARD.
2434 THE OTHER OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED FOR COORDINATION.
2435 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT COORDINATION TONIGHT.
2436 BETTER COORDINATION IS ALWAYS GONNA MAKE FOR BETTER OUTCOMES.
2437 THE COUNCIL IS HAPPY TO ASSIST IN THAT DIALOGUE.
2438 IN FACT BECAUSE MOBILITY PLANS HAVE BECOME SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY BOTH IN PALM 2439 BEACH COUNTY AND THE OTHER COUNTIES IN THE REGION WE'RE INITIATING A REGIONAL 2440 DISCUSSION ON MOBILITY.
2441 MOBILITY FEES AND MOBILITY PLANS IN THE GARDENS IS GOING TO BE THE CENTERPIECE 2442 OF THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL AS THE OTHER CITIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT ARE 2443 CURRENTLY CARRYING THAT WORK FORWARD.
2444 SO THE CITY IS SHOWING GREAT LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING THE MOBILITY PLAN AGAIN AND 2445 IMPLEMENTING SO QUICKLY THE STATIONARY MASTER PLAN.
2446 AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
2449 THAT'S THE LAST OF THE CARDS.
2450 WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
2451 CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE TO APPROVE? 2452 I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
2457 MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 16, 2019 ON FIRST READING.
2459 LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
2460 MATTHEW DO YOU WANT TO START? 2461 SURE.
2462 THIS IS CERTAINLY FORWARD THINKING.
2463 THE RESIDENTS COME UP TO ME AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC ON NORTH LAKE.
2464 THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC ON MILITARY.
2465 THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC ON PGA.
2466 THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THE GARDENS.
2467 AND I JUST WONDERED HOW THIS IS GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS OF OUR 2468 RESIDENTS.
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2469 IT'S A VERY REAL CONCERN AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT.2470 AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL FOR A NUMBER OF INTERSECTION 2471 IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THESE ROADWAYS.
2472 YOU KNOW THE REALITY OF IT IS ALL OF THOSE CORRIDORS THAT YOU 2473 MENTIONED, THEY'RE SIX LANE ARTERIALS SO YOU KNOW THE ONE OPTION IS TO 8 LANE IT.
2474 BUT YOU KNOW THE IMPACT TO YOUR COMMUNITY'S RESIDENTS, THE IMPACT TO 2475 YOUR COMMUNITY'S BUSINESSES WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
2476 THE ABILITY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL TO ACTUALLY NAVIGATE THOSE ROADWAYS IF 2477 THEY WERE EIGHT LANE FACILITIES WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED.
2478 ONE THING THAT CAN BE DONE IS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO HELP FURTHER 2479 ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC.
2480 ANOTHER THING THAT CAN BE DONE IS TO PROVIDE THE DENSITIES AND INTENSITIES BY 2481 A FUTURE TRAIN STATION TO GIVE PEOPLE ONGOING TRANSPORTATION.
2482 SO WHILE IT DOES LOOK FORWARD TO MULTI-MODAL IMPROVEMENTS THERE ARE ALSO 2483 A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROJECTS IDENTIFIED FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS 2484 TO HELP ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC.
2486 IT IS AN ISSUE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR.
2487 AND I THINK ANOTHER POINT IN CONSIDERATION OF RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS IS THE 2488 FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE COLLECTION OF MONEY IN THE CITY AND HAVING THE CITY TO 2489 BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT WITHIN THE CITY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SHIFT IN HOW THIS 2490 CITY COUNCIL ADDRESSES AND MANAGES TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CITY.
2491 AND THOSE SPECIFIC CORRIDORS THAT YOU MENTIONE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD 2492 MILITARY TRAIL THOSE ARE ALL LISTED IN OUR MOBILITY PLAN.
2493 YOU KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE IMPACT FEE COLLECTION ZONE MAP.
2494 SO YOU KNOW THIS ALLOWS ALL THE GROWTH AND ALL THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THAT 2495 HAPPENS IN GARDENS AND ALL OF THOSE IMPACT FEES TO BE COLLECTED IN GARDENS EAST 2496 OF THE BEE LINE TO BE SPENT IN GARDENS.
2497 THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT AND THAT BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
2498 IT ALLOWS YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE IMPROVEMENTS 2499 THAT ARE NECESSARY AND SPEND THEM.
2502 WELL CLEARLY THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF EXPANDING ROADWAY FOR CAPACITY IS NOT WORKING 2503 AT FIXING THE TRAFFIC SYSTEM.
2504 THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE AND I COMMEND THE STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT 2505 FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DID AND THE DETAIL THAT THEY WENT INTO.
2506 I FOUND IT EYE OPENING WHEN GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY HAS 2507 SLATED THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY IF ANY PROJECTS WHERE OUR IMPACT FEE MONEY WOULD 2508 ACTUALLY BE SPENT IN OUR OWN CITY.
2509 I THINK A COMMENT MADE BY A COUNTY COMMISSIONER A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE LAST 2510 MEETING REGARDING THE TPA TRYING TO SHOVE A MOBILITY PLAN DOWN THEIR THROATS IS 2511 QUITE TELLING OF HOW FAR THE COUNTY REALLY IS FROM ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 2512 SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH THI PLAN.
2513 SO AGAIN I COMMEND YOU ON THE DETAILS.
2515 AND AS FAR AS IMPROVING TRAFFIC SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE THE LEADER AND YOU GIVE YOUR 2516 RESIDENTS AN ALTERNATIVE AND MAKE IT SO THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE 2517 THEY WILL TAKE THEM AND THEY WILL START TO PICK UP ON IT AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WE 2518 NEED TO TO HELP CLEAR OUR ROADS AND MAKE MOBILITY BETTER IN THE GARDENS.
2520 FIRST OFF I'M GLAD NATALIE WORKS FOR THE CITY AND NOT THE COUNTY AFTER ALL THAT.
2521 IN MY MIND DOES NOT THE STATUTE GIVE US A PATH TO DOING THIS, THE FLORIDA LAW 2522 GIVES US A PATH TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN ANYWAY SO WE HAVE LEGAL BOUNDARIES TO 2523 MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS.
2524 YES THE COUNTY CONVENIENTLY FAILS TO READ ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PROVISIONS IN 2525 THEIR CHARTER.
2526 THIS SAYS NOTHING IN THIS HOME RULE CHARTER SHALL OVERRIDE OR CONFLICT WITH 2527 STATE LAW OR THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
2528 SO IT BEGS THE QUESTION HOW THE COUNTY'S MYOPIC READIN OF THEIR OWN CHARTER AND 2529 THEIR OWN OVERBLOWN OPINION OF THEIR AUTHORITY COULD POSSIBLY TRUMP STATE LAW.
2530 BUT THAT'S BASICALLY THEIR ARGUMENT AS EVIDENCED BY THE SOMEWHAT VITUPERATIVE 2531 LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY AND IT WAS RELAYED TO YOU THIS EVENING.
2532 I'M INTO MY SECOND TERM NOW SO I STARTED THIS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
2533 AND TRAFFIC WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING FOR AN ELECTION TRAFFIC CONGESTION I 95 2534 NORTH LAKE AND ALL OF IT IS A CONTINUOUS DANCE WITH COUNCIL AND CONSTITUENTS
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2535 BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.2536 AND HAVING SAID THAT THE THING IS IS THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WANTING TO DO THAT 2537 TO GO FORWARD.
2538 THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2539 I WAS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL WHICH IS BASICALLY FOUR YEARS AGO WHICH SEEMS TO BE 2540 EXACTLY WHEN IT GOT ON THE LAST COUNCIL'S RADAR AND THEN WHEN I GOT ELECTED IT 2541 WAS REALLY IN DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT.
2542 SO THIS IS A DIRECTION THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO AND YOU KNOW WE'RE LEADING.
2543 WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO BITCH ABOUT IT THEN THEY CAN TAKE US TO 2544 COURT BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT ALL OF THIS OUT IN THE SUNSHINE.
2545 AND THAT'S WHY THIS WAS LAID OUT OVER THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF SO IT'S OUT THERE 2546 FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR.
2547 BUT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO THIS DIRECTION.
2548 WE'RE GOING THIS DIRECTION.
2549 FP&L WANTS TO BUILD HERE.
2550 DOWNTOWN AT THE GARDENS WANTS TO PUT 100 MILLION IN THEIR PLACE.
2551 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRI RAIL AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE VIRGI PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE AS A 2552 STOP AS THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
2553 AND WE NEED TO BE CONNECTED FROM THE CORRIDOR TO NORTH LAKE TO EVERYTHING AND 2554 THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING AND THE COMMUNITY DEMANDS IT.
2555 IT'S GONNA BE AN ELECTION ISSUE FOR THESE FOUR AND WHOEVER ELSE RUNS AND IT 2556 WAS FOR ME LAST YEAR AGAIN AND THE STATUTE ALLOWS US TO DO THIS.
2557 AND IF I CAN USE A SMALL EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S GONE ON RECENTLY IN SOMETHING AS 2558 SIMPLE AS TRYING TO GET IN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD OUT AT BAY 2559 HILL ESTATES THAT WE CAN'T SOMEHOW COME TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY WHEN I THINK WE 2560 PURCHASE THE LIGHT.
2561 IT'S GONNA BE ON OUR LAND AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET IN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO 2562 PUT IN A SIMPLE LIGHT TO STOP TRAFFIC CRASHES AND TO BREAKUP THE HEAVY TRAFFIC 2563 THAT'S ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.
2564 SO SOME THINGS WE'RE GOING TO GO ALONE AND IF WE GET CHALLENGED ON IT THEN WE'RE 2565 READY FOR IT AND IT'S NO DISRESPECT TO THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE HERE 2566 TONIGHT.
2567 NICE PRESENTATION BUT INSTEAD OF CHALLENGING WHAT THE CITY'S DOING BASED BY 2568 THE GUIDELINES OF THE STATUTE THE COUNTY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO START 2569 WORKING TOGETHER WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THIS BUT I WAS A 2570 POLICE OFFICER HERE FOR MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK 2571 MILITARY TRAIL IN NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD TO GET TO GROW LEGS AND FINALLY GET A TURN 2572 SIGNAL IN THERE TO MAKE THE TRAFFIC MORE EFFICIENT IN THAT AREA WHICH IS STILL 2573 NOT DONE RIGHT.
2574 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS ON THE BOOKS FOR PGA AND THE TRAIL AS YOU AS YOU 2575 SUGGESTED.
2576 I'M ASSUMING MANY MANY YEARS.
2577 SO IF WE CAN MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER BY COLLECTING THE IMPACT FEES 2578 THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE STATE COUNTY LOCAL ROADS BETTER AND MAKE 2579 EVERYTHING MORE EFFICIENT WITHIN THE CITY.
2580 BECAUSE LIKE I SAID ALL THESE BIG BUILDINGS ARE COMING IN AND WE HAVE THE 2581 TWIN TOWERS NOW AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE CONNECTED.
2582 SO HOPEFULLY THE COUNTY WON'T TAKE SUCH AN OPPOSITION AND AGGRESSIVE 2583 APPROACH MORE YOU KNOW FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES SO WE ALL 2584 CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
2586 I'M A LITTLE INTIMIDATED OF YOU NOW.
2587 SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING PERIOD BECAUSE THAT'S THE DIRECTION OUR 2588 COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO.
2589 AND THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN INGRAINED IN THIS AND SO HAS STAFF FOR MANY YEARS 2590 BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO DO IT AND THAT'S THE END OF 2591 IT.
2594 SO I GET TO SAY THE LAST WORD WHICH IS ALWAYS KIND OF NICE.
2595 FOR COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY AND THIS IS NOT QUASI JUDICIAL.
2596 BUT I DID MEET WITH A NUMBER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM NORTH COUNTY.
2597 A COUPLE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THIS ITEM, THREE 2598 LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
2599 SO AND THEY DID HAVE A NICE LUNCH WITH NICK MIHELIC HERE AND TO TALK BASKETBALL AS 2600 MUCH AS WE TALKED TRANSPORTATION.
2601 SO WHEN WE SIT UP HERE WE'RE TALKING FROM THE RESIDENT'S POINT OF VIEW 2602 AND WE ALWAYS REMIND OURSELVES AND I ALWAYS REMIND MYSELF I'M A 2603 RESIDENT.
2604 I'M NOT AN ADMINISTRATOR.
2606 I'M AN EYE DOCTOR AND I'M A RESIDENT.
2607 AND THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THIS CITY AND EVERYWHERE IS 2608 TRAFFIC AND HOW DOES IT GET AROUND.
2609 THE THING THAT HAS FRUSTRATED ME A LITTLE BIT AND I CONTINUE TO LEARN 2610 MORE ABOUT THIS IS THAT WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION THERE'S NEVER 2611 A REAL DESIRE TO TALK MORE ABOUT EXPANDING AND BEING FLEXIBLE WITH THE MODES OF 2612 TRANSPORTATION.
2613 IT'S ALL ABOUT ROADS ROADS ROADS.
2614 THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S 2615 NORTH COUNTY.
2616 WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPING MOST LIKELY IN
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2617 THE CENTER OF OUR TOWN AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MORE THAN 2618 ONE METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION AND THIS GIVES US THE CITY THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO SO.2619 YOU KNOW A FEW MONTHS AGO I WENT TO RON AFTER FP&L WAS TALKING ABOUT THEIR 2620 APPLICATION AND I SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE THE GUY THAT APPROVES PLANS IN THE 2621 CENTER OF OUR CITY AND NOT HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE THE BUILDINGS SHOW UP AND 2622 AND THEN HOW DO WE HANDLE THE TRANSPORTATION AND INTERCONNECTIVITY AFTER THE 2623 FACT.
2624 AND NO DISRESPECT TO BOCA OR OTHER TOWNS AND AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA AROUND THE 2625 COUNTRY.
2626 I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE PERSON TO SAY WE APPROVED ALL THESE BUILDINGS WITHOUT 2627 A PLAN.
2628 AND WHEN THEY SHOWED ME THOSE TWO BOOKLETS AND I READ THROUGH THEM I SAID 2629 WOW THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ALL OF THIS PLANNING.
2630 THEY'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT, THOUGHT ABOUT IT, PRESENTED IT.
2631 AND I THOUGHT THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
2632 THIS IS KIND OF EXACTLY THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT ME AS A RESIDENT WANT TO KNOW IS 2633 HAPPENING, THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PLAN.
2634 THERE HAS BEEN A THOUGHT LONG BEFORE WE'RE APPROVING A POTENTIAL BUILDING HERE 2635 FOR FP&L OR DOWNTOWN AT THE GARDENS OR WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING TO COME ALONG BECAUSE 2636 THAT PORTION OF OUR CITY IS THE PART OF THE CITY THAT'S THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO 2637 GRIDLOCK.
2638 AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY AND OUR PLANNING STAFF HAS ALREADY TAKEN THE 2639 INITIATIVE TO LOOK AT OPTIONS WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO ME AS A 2640 RESIDENT AND IT GAVE ME A TON OF CONFIDENCE TO KNOW THAT YOU AS THE COUNTY AND 2641 WE AS THE CITY SHOULD BE WILLING PARTNERS IN THIS.
2642 THERE SHOULDN'T BE THIS ANIMOSITY.
2643 WELL WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
2645 THE COUNTY IS HUGE AND THE ZONES THAT YOU HAVE CREATED ARE ENORMOUS.
2646 YOU KNOW WE ALL SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WILLING PARTNERS TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? 2647 IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM US WONDERFUL BECAUSE 2648 THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO AND IS CAPABLE OF DOING AND WILL DO A REALLY 2649 GOOD JOB.
2650 AND THAT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING IN NORTH COUNTY NOT JUST PALM BEACH GARDENS 2651 BETTER.
2652 SO THAT'S THE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
2653 I WOULD HOPE TO SEE THE COUNTY CAN INCLUDE WITH WEST PALM BEACH AND WHATEVER 2654 OTHER CITIES WANT TO GET ENGAGED BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL.
2655 AT THE END OF THE DAY IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO DOES WHAT.
2656 IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WHOEVER DOES IT DOES IT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE 2657 RESIDENTS IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY AND IN THIS CASE OUR CITY.
2658 SO THIS IS IN MY OPINION REALLY A NICE WAY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 2659 PLANNING AHEAD.
2660 WE'RE PREPARING THE GROUNDWORK FOR INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES 2661 FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZING THAT SPACE IN THE CENTER OF OUR CITY 2662 WHICH BENEFITS EVERYBODY NOT JUST PALM BEACH GARDENS AND ULTIMATELY THAT'S THE 2663 GOAL.
2664 AND AS A RESIDENT AND AS A VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE 2665 ABLE TO TELL MY FRIENDS WHEN THEY SAY TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE.
2666 SO YEAH YOU KNOW WHAT IT MIGHT BE BUT WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S 2667 MITIGATED AND WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE SHOW 2668 UP TO OUR TOWN THROUGH THE TRAIN OR WHATEVER OTHER SOURCE THEY CAN GET AROUND 2669 WITHOUT GETTING IN THEIR CAR AND THAT'S THE GOAL.
2670 AND I THINK THE CITY IS GONNA DO A GREAT JOB DOING IT.
2671 WE WELCOME THE COUNTY TO BE ENGAGED.
2672 OBVIOUSLY YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING WHAT WE DO AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY 2673 DOES THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTY ROADS AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT 2674 GOES AROUND AND WE WILL PARTNER WITH THAT.
2675 I CERTAINLY WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND.
2676 BUT THAT'S THE GOAL AND BECAUSE OF THAT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE 2677 DOING AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
2678 SO WITH THAT DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 2679 HEARING NONE CAN I GET A VOTE? 2680 ALL IN FAVOR.
2683 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
2685 LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 44 2019.
2686 CAN THE CLERK READ THE TITLE PLEASE? 2687 RESOLUTION 44 2019 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM 2688 BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PGA MARINA PLANNED UNIT 2689 DEVELOPMENT PUD SITE PLAN TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF THREE SETS OF CROSSING ARM 2690 GATES.
2691 THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PGA BOULEVARD AND THE
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2692 INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS 2693 OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.2695 WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS A QUAS JUDICIAL SO ARE THERE ANY 2696 EX PARTES? 2697 YES.
2698 I SPOKE WITH DON HEARING.
2700 CARL ANY EX PARTES? 2701 NO.
2705 I TALKED WITH DON HEARING AND I SPOKE WITH MARTY PERRY.
2706 I SPOKE WITH MARTY PERRY AS WELL.
2709 CAN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION PLEASE? 2710 YES.
2712 FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS ANNE BOOTH.
2713 I AM WITH URBAN DESIGN KILDAY STUDIOS 610 CLEMATI STREET.
2714 I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND I'M REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT TONIGHT BEFORE YOU WITH 2715 THEIR REQUEST.
2716 I WILL TRY AND MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE THIS STILL LONG AGENDA 2717 AHEAD OF US.
2718 THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS TO AMEND THE MASTER SITE PLAN TO ALLOW THREE SETS OF 2719 AUTOMATED CROSSING GATES WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE FORKLIFTS THAT TRAVEL ACROSS 2720 THE INTERSECTION OF THE DRIVEWAYS TO TRAVEL SAFELY WITHOUT INTERACTING WITH THE
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2721 CARS.2722 THE MARINA IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PGA BOULEVARD JUST TO THE WEST OF THE PGA 2723 BOULEVARD BRIDGE.
2724 THE APPLICANT IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT LIFE SAFETY AS IT RELATES TO THE 2725 INTERACTION BETWEEN THE FORKLIFTS THE CARS AND THE TRUCKS THAT TRAVEL THROUGH 2726 THE MARINA TO GET TO THE RESTAURANT.
2727 THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WHERE THE FORKLIFTS HAVE COME INTO 2728 CONTACT WITH EITHER CARS OR TRUCKS.
2729 THEY HAVE TRIED USING STOP SIGNS, FLAGGED MEN, TRAFFIC CONES AND THOSE ARE NOT 2730 WORKING.
2731 THEY RECOGNIZED EARLY ON THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
2732 ALTHOUGH THE MARINA AND THE RESTAURANT HAVE OCCUPIED SIMILAR SPACE FOR MANY YEARS 2733 THE RESTAURANT THAT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING NOW HAS LUNCH SERVICE WHICH 2734 INTRODUCES A HIGHER LEVEL OF TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM 2735 IN THE PAST.
2736 WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO LOCATE THE GATES ARE IDENTIFIED IN YELLOW.
2737 WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THOSE THREE LOCATIONS IS THAT IT WILL ALLOW FOR THE FORKLIFT 2738 TO TRAVEL THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION TO GET TO THE RACKS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH 2739 SIDE OF THAT DRIVEWAY.
2740 THE GATES WILL BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY HERE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE RESTAURANT 2741 AND HERE AT THE POINT WHERE THE PARKING ENDS ON THE MARINA PROPERTY.
2742 THEY ARE SITUATED SO THAT THEY WILL ALLOW FOR STACKING AS PEOPLE COME UP 2743 TO THOSE GATES AND NEED TO STOP PERIODICALLY.
2744 THE ARMS OF THE GATES ARE HEAVY DUTY.
2745 THEY WILL HAVE LIGHTS AND AUDIBLE SOUND TO GIVE PEOPLE TRAVELING WALKING 2746 DRIVING NOTICE THAT THEY WILL BE COMING DOWN.
2747 THEY WILL BE OPERATED BY THE FORKLIFT DRIVER.
2748 THE AVERAGE WAIT FOR A VEHICLE WILL BE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MINUTES.
2749 IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO ENTERING YOUR COMMUNITY AS YOU GO THROUGH A GATE AT 2750 THE ENTRANCE OF WHERE YOU LIVE.
2751 THE ANALOGY HERE IS THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO A CROSSING GUARD FOR A RAILROAD WHERE 2752 THE FORKLIFT DRIVER WILL LOAD UP THE BOAT ONTO THE FORKLIFT OR BE GOING TO GET 2753 A BOAT ON THE FORKLIFT.
2754 THEY WILL CONTROL THE GATES IN THE DOWN POSITION AS THE TRAVEL THROUGH THE 2755 INTERSECTION.
2756 AS SOON AS THEY GET PAST THAT INTERSECTION THEN THOS GATE ARMS WILL GO UP.
2757 THE GATE ARMS WILL DEFAULT IN THE UP POSITION.
2758 WE HAVE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT REQUIRES THAT.
2759 AND THE PROPOSED GATES I HAVE A LITTLE SHORT VIDEO TO SHOW YOU HOPEFULLY HOW 2760 THE GATES WILL WORK.
2761 AS I MENTIONED THEY HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS THAT WILL BE ON THE ARMS. 2762 THERE IS A STOP SIGN THAT WILL COME DOWN THAT WILL ALSO HAVE AN AUDIBLE SOUND 2763 THAT WILL ALERT PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
2764 SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE QUICKLY.
2765 WITH ME TONIGHT ARE TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF MATHISON WHITTLES LAW FIRM.
2766 MR. WHITTLES WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND PUT ON THE RECORD SOME INFORMATION 2767 THAT YOU MIGHT NEED AS IT RELATES TO THE APPLICANT'S AUTHORITY TO MAKE THESE 2768 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.
2770 MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MY NAME IS JOHN WHITTLES AND I WILL BE 2771 MERCIFULLY BRIEF.
2772 HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN JOHN? 2773 JOHN WHITTLES WHITTLES.
2774 AND THE PURPOSE OF MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
2778 I DON'T INTEND TO OFFER EVIDENCE BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE SWORN IN.
2779 DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE 2780 TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? 2781 YES MA'AM.
2783 MY PURPOSE IS TO EXPLAIN HOW PGA MARINA HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO MAKE THIS 2784 APPLICATION AS OPPOSED TO THE EASEMENT HOLDER.
2785 THE REASON FOR THAT IS VERY SIMPLE.
2786 AN EASEMENT IS NOT OWNERSHIP.
2787 FLORIDA LAW IS CLEAR ON THAT.
2788 THE PERSON THAT OR PARTY THAT CONVEYS THE EASEMENT RETAINS THE OWNERSHIP OF 2789 THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE EASEMENT.
2790 THE PRINCIPLE OF THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY 2791 BURDENED BY THE EASEMENT IS STILL PGA MARINA.
2792 AND FLORIDA LAW IS CLEAR FOR DECADES THAT PGA MARINA HAS THE RIGHT AND I WOULD ARGUE 2793 THE OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT INVITEES ON ITS PROPERTY THE CITIZENS OF
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2794 PALM BEACH GARDENS AND THEIR INVITEES ARE SAFE SO THAT THE LITMUS TEST THE 2795 YARDSTICK FOR ALL OF THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING REASONABLE AND WITH THAT 2796 I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MS BOOTH.2799 TO DEMONSTRATE THE CONCERNS AND REITERATE THE LIABILITY THAT THE APPLICANT FEELS IS 2800 OF MAJOR CONCERN.
2801 WE HAVE VIDEO OF VEHICLES TRAVELING THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION WHERE WE'D 2802 LIKE TO PUT THEGATES.
2803 THE INTERACTION WITH THE VEHICLES.
2804 AS YOU CAN SEE THE FORKLIFTS VERY OFTEN GO IN REVERSE.
2805 SO IN THEIR ABILITY TO SEE A VEHICLE THAT MIGHT PULL RIGHT UP ON THEM AND MAYBE 2806 STOP MAYBE NOT CAN BECOME COMPROMISED.
2807 AS YOU CAN SEE IF THAT BOAT HAD FALLEN ON THAT VEHICLE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 2808 SERIOUS PROBLEM.
2809 THE INTERACTION OF THE FORKLIFT WITH THE BOATS IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN AND THE 2810 REASON FOR THESE GATES IS IT'S A MOMENTARY INTERRUPTION OF TRAFFIC 2811 GOING TO AND FROM THE RESTAURANT.
2812 BUT THE APPLICANT FEELS THAT THIS IS THE ONLY RECOURSE THAT THEY HAVE AT 2813 THIS POINT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY AND MINIMIZE THEIR LIABILITY.
2814 AND I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE MORE.
2816 THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN POSTED.
2817 THERE ARE SIGNS IN TWO LOCATIONS.
2818 WE WENT TO A PLANNING ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD MEETING WHERE WE RECEIVED A 2819 RECOMMENDATION OF 7 TO 0 FOR APPROVAL.
2820 WE SENT MAIL NOTICES ON JUNE 26 FOR THIS MEETING.
2821 AND THE CITY HAS ALSO PROVIDED ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER ON JUNE 26.
2822 WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
2823 JOE MILLER THE MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF THE MARINA, MIKE VINSON THE OPERATIONS 2824 MANAGER, MR. MATHESON AND MR. WHITTLES ARE HERE AND CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU 2825 HAVE THEM.
2827 IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION? 2828 GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
2829 MY NAME IS SAMANTHA MARONEY, PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNING AND ZONING AND I 2830 HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
2831 LET ME QUICKLY PULL UP MY PRESENTATION AND I MAY REITERATE SOME OF THE 2832 THINGS THAT ANNE MENTIONED BUT I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF .
2833 SS BEFORE I BEGIN I DO WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE AND MAKE A NOTE THAT YOU HAVE IN 2834 FRONT OF YOU A COPY OF A REVISED RESOLUTION BASED ON RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH 2835 STAFF THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS THE PARCEL OWNER OF THE RIVER HOUSE RESTAURANT 2836 PARCEL.
2837 SO I WILL TOUCH ON THOSE REVISED CONDITIONS AS PART OF THAT RESOLUTION A LITTLE 2838 BIT LATER AT THE END OF THIS RECITATION.
2839 SO AS YOU'RE AWARE ALREADY THE PGA MARINA IS LOCATED ON PGA BOULEVARD JUST WEST OF 2840 THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY WITH THE RESTAURANT IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION AND 2841 ACCESS BEING INTO THAT RESTAURANT THROUGH THE MARINA.
2842 AND AGAIN THIS IS A REQUEST TO INSTALL THREE SETS OF CROSSING GUARD GATES WITHIN 2843 THE MARINA SITE.
2844 THE REASON IS LIKE ANNE SAID THE FORKLIFT TRANSPORTS BOATS ACROSS THE DRIVE 2845 AISLE AND ACROSS THAT EASEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE 2846 RACKS AND VICE VERSA.
2847 AND SO HAVING THESE GATES UP ALLOWS THE FORKLIFT TO MANEUVER BACK AND FORTH AS 2848 NECESSARY WITHOUT CONFLICT WITH VEHICLES.
2849 SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN TO SHOW THE LOCATIONS OF THESE GATES 2850 AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU A BETTER AERIAL VIEW BUT THIS ALLOWS YOU TO KIND 2851 OF SEE THE POSITION OF THESE GATES IN RELATION TO THE WAREHOUSE AND THE BOAT 2852 RACKS THEMSELVES.
2853 AND THE PLACEMENT OF THESE GATES AND THE LOCATION THAT HAS BEEN CHOSEN IS 2854 INTENTIONAL FOR TWO MAIN REASONS.
2855 ONE BEING THAT THEY SURROUND THE IMMEDIATE LOCATION OF WHERE THE 2856 FORKLIFT NEEDS TO PASS FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE BOAT RACKS EITHER THE NORTH OR 2857 THE SOUTH BOAT RACK LOT.
2858 AND ALSO THE LOCATIONS OF THE GATES COMPLETELY DON'T ALLOW FOR ANY POTENTIAL
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2859 VEHICLE STACKING ON TO PGA BOULEVARD.2860 THERE'S NO CONFLICT IN THAT WAY.
2861 AS ANNE SHOWED THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE CROSSING ARM GATES WOULD 2862 LOOK LIKE AND SOME OF THOSE FEATURES ARE LCD RED ILLUMINATED LIGHTS AND 2863 AUDIBLE TONES SO THERE'S NO QUESTION WHEN THE GATES AR COMING DOWN AND WHEN 2864 THEY'RE CLOSED AS WELL SOME OTHER FEATURES THAT SHE MENTIONED.
2865 THEY WILL REMAIN IN THE OPEN POSITION UNLESS THE FORKLIFT IS APPROACHING AND 2866 READY TO PASS THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY INTERSECTION.
2867 AND AS SHE MENTIONED THESE GATES ARE ANTICIPATED TO CLOSE FOR ONE MINUTE AT A 2868 TIME AS THE FORKLIFT PASSES THROUGH.
2869 YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO JUST HOW QUICKLY THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THROUGH WHEN THERE 2870 AREN'T VEHICLES STOPPING THEM AND AT ANY GIVEN CLOSURE TWO TO THREE 2871 VEHICLES WOULD BE STACKED UP WITH AN ANTICIPATED FOUR FORKLIFT PASSES PER HOUR.
2872 AS ANNE MENTIONED THE SITE HAS BEEN POSTED PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING 2873 BOARD ON MAY 24TH.
2874 TWO LOCATIONS AT BOTH ENTRANCES TO THE PGA MARINA.
2875 IT WAS POSTED IN THE PALM BEACH POST FOR PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL AS CITY 2876 COUNCIL AND MAILERS WERE SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 500 FEET ACCORDING 2877 TO CODE.
2878 AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD MEETING THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7 2879 TO 0.
2880 AND SO LET ME GET INTO THE REVISIONS MADE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN 2881 FRONT OF YOU.
2882 SO LIKE I SAID BASED ON RECENT DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE DECIDED TO ADD TWO 2883 CONDITIONS WHICH YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND WE FEEL THAT THESE WERE 2884 APPROPRIATE TO BE ADDED.
2885 AND SO THE FIRST ONE, NUMBER ONE, YOU'LL SEE THE BASIC CONTENT OF THAT IS TO 2886 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA SUCH AS PAVEMENT REPAIR 2887 MARKINGS AND SIGNAGE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION 2888 FOR THE GATES.
2889 SO THAT AREA WILL BE IMPROVED IN OTHER WAYS AS WELL.
2890 AND THE THIRD CONDITION, THE SECOND NEW ONE JUST REITERATES THE FACT THAT 2891 THE GATES WILL REMAIN OPEN AT ALL TIMES SIADE FROM WHEN THE FORKLIFT IS 2892 APPROACHING AND PASSING THROUGH THE ACCESS EASEMENT AND THE DRIVEWAY 2893 INTERSECTION BETWEEN THREE GATES.
2894 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 44 2019 AS PRESENTED.
2895 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
2897 WE DO HAVE SOME CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
2902 I THINK WE'RE BOTH DRIVING.
2903 GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
2904 FOR THE RECORD DONALDSON HEARING AND I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF BOTH THE .
2907 SO YOU KNOW YOU ONLY GOT THREE MINUTES RIGHT? 2908 YES SIR.
2914 I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE RIVER HOUSE RESTAURANT.
2915 MR. JOE LEDBETTER WITH BRICKTOP AS WELL AS THE OWNERSHIP AND WE HAVE TWO 2916 MEMBERS OF THE OWNERSHIP THAT ARE HERE WHO ALSO WIL BE SPEAKING BRIEFLY AND 2917 IT'S RARE THAT YOU KNOW.
2918 I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT 2919 ANOTHER PETITION BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE AS YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE I 2920 REPRESENTED FRANK CALLANDER FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL AS MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND NOW 2921 CURRENTLY THE EXISTING OWNERSHIP AND WE DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THIS REQUEST.
2922 AND FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR EXTREME APPRECIATION TO STAFF AND TO 2923 MR. FERRIS WHO HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS.
2924 AND I THINK WE'VE MOVED IN A DIRECTION THAT'S A LITTL BIT CLOSER BUT I THINK THAT 2925 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT WE COULD DO.
2926 THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL SCENARIO WHICH IS UP THERE ON THE GROUND.
2927 THIS IS A CASE WHERE WE'RE AT ACCESS EASEMENT HAS BEEN AFFORDED TO A PROPERTY FOR 2928 OVER 30 PLUS YEARS.
2929 IT WAS PAID FOR WITH DUE CONSIDERATION AND SO WE HAVE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS 2930 THAT SHARE A CHILD AND SO WE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSTPONE SO 2931 THAT THE TWO PARENTS COULD DISCUSS THE CHILD.
2932 BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR YOU KNOW.
2933 BUT INSTEAD I THINK WHAT WE'VE WHILE WE'D STILL LIKE TO DO THAT WE'VE OFFERED 2934 SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE THINK COULD FURTHER ENHANCE 2935 AND MAKE THIS BETTER.
2936 AND I'D JUST LIKE TO RUN THROUGH THOSE WITH YOU QUICKLY.
2937 THE FIRST IS IS THERE'S CLEARLY A LACK OF SIGNAGE.
2938 I MEAN WE HEAR THE APPLICANT SAYING SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY.
2939 ANY OF YOU WHO WENT OUT THERE ON THAT SITE AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE,
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2940 WHERE WAS THE STRIPING? 2941 THE STOP SIGNS WERE SUBSTANDARD.2942 WHAT EFFORTS WERE REALLY TRULY TAKEN TO PROVIDE FOR SAFETY? 2943 AND THE REALITY IS NONE, VERY LITTLE.
2944 AND SO WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST IS STRIPING AND I THINK THAT YOUR STAFF HAS 2945 RECOMMENDED THAT TOO BUT WE THINK THAT THAT COULD GO FURTHER.
2946 WE THINK JUST LIKE THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE SAW YOUR MOBILITY FOLKS SHOW UP HERE 2947 EARLIER WITH THE COLOR CONTRASTING PAVEMENT THAT WE THINK IS A FIRST STEP.
2948 LET'S START WITH SOME SIGNAGE, REAL SIGNAGE.
2949 NOT A NOT A MAKESHIFT STOP SIGN.
2950 LET'S USE SOME COLOR CONTRASTING PAVEMENT.
2951 LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT IN SOME LED ACTIVATED STOP SIGNS OR WARNING SIGNS.
2952 THEY USE THEM IN MOST URBAN AREAS.
2953 THEY'RE VERY VERY EFFECTIVE.
2954 AND SO WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS BE DONE AS A FIRS PHASE.
2955 OUR CLIENT IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED WITH SOMEBODY PUTTING A GATE IMMEDIATELY 2956 ACROSS THE ENTRANCE, THE ONLY ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER HOUSE AND HAVING ZERO 2957 CONTROL.
2958 IT'S BEING OPERATED BY A FORKLIFT OPERATOR.
2960 2961 THAT'S THREE MINUTES.
2962 WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S AN INFRINGEMENT TO THE RIGHT.
2963 SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE YOUR CONSIDERATION TO THAT EFFECT.
2964 I KNOW OTHERS WILL SPEAK.
2965 I COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
2966 SO WE THINK THAT IT'S A PHASED APPROACH AND WE WOULD REQUEST YOUR 2967 CONSIDERATION.
2970 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
2972 NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AND REPRESENTING RIVER HOUSE AND I'VE NOT BEEN SWORN IN.
2973 DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE 2974 TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? 2975 I DO.
2976 WE'VE BEEN OPEN SEVERAL YEARS HERE AND HAVEN'T HAD ANY INSTANCES THAT WE KNOW 2977 OF OR REPORTS FROM OUR PURVEYORS OR CUSTOMERS.
2978 AND I KNOW THAT FRANK CALLANDER WAS THERE FOR 33 YEARS AND TOLD US HE HAD 2979 ONE INCIDENT.
2980 SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND ALL AGREE THAT SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
2981 BUT AS DON SAID OUR MAJOR CONCERN WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 2982 A THIRD PARTY CONTROLLING THE ACCESS TO OUR PARKING AND FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2983 RESTAURANT PARKING IS EVERYTHING.
2984 SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
2989 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
2990 AND YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN? 2991 DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE 2992 TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? 2993 I DO.
2994 ALEX GRISWOLD 274 ORANGE GROVE PALM BEACH FLORIDA.
2995 APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.
2996 I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND I'VE BEEN A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR 2997 HERE FOR 10 YEARS.
2998 WE'RE EXTREMELY CONCERNED TO LEARN ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT ARE REFERENCED 2999 IN THIS SUBMITTAL BUT OUR NEIGHBOR HAS NEVER CONTACTED US ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC ISSUE 3000 AND WE WERE TOLD FROM PREVIOUS OWNERS THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE KNOWN INCIDENT 3001 OVER 35 YEARS.
3002 SO WE JUST WISH OUR NEIGHBOR HAD NOTIFIED US AND INVOLVED US IN THIS 3003 PROCESS.
3004 MY CONCERN IN THE PROPOSAL AS STATED IS THAT IT WOULD GIVE OUR NEIGHBOR DIRECT 3005 AND EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO OUR SITE.
3006 WE FEEL THE SYSTEM WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS COUL POTENTIALLY BE USED TO 3007 CREATE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND CUSTOMER FRUSTRATION AN EVENTUAL DETERRENCE.
3008 ADDITIONALLY THESE GATES HAVE CLOSED FOR A NON REGULATED AMOUNT OF TIME 3009 COULD THEMSELVES CREATE A HAZARDOUS ISSUE WITH CARS BACKING UP ONTO PGA 3010 BOULEVARD DURING BUSY LUNCH HOURS AND DINNER HOURS FRUSTRATING MOTORISTS AND 3011 CREATING TRAFFIC JAMS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES IF THEY'RE NEEDED.
3012 KEEP IN MIND THIS EASEMENT IS OUR ONLY ENTRY AND EXIT AND THIS PROPOSAL GIVES FULL 3013 AND COMPLETE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL TO OUR NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER WITHOUT ANY 3014 MEANINGFUL PRODUCTIVE CONDITIONS OR TIME CONSTRAINTS.
3015 IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT WE HAVE SPENT NEARLY $50,000 IN LEGAL FEES TO 3016 COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBOR'S 3017 LARGER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
3018 THIS INCLUDES TRYING TO FIND OTHER MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS INCLUDING ANOTHER 3019 ROAD.
3020 BUT LET ME BE CLEAR THE MARINA HAS NOT PROVIDED A VIABLE OPTION THAT CONVEYS 3021 CLEAR TITLE TO US TO PROTECT ANY ADDITIONAL EASEMENT IN A DIFFERENT AREA.
3022 TO CONCLUDE PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AND THE IMPLICATIONS O GIVING OUR NEIGHBOR A NON 3023 CONDITIONAL CLICKER TO TURN OFF AND ON OUR BUSINESS BEFORE VOTING ON THIS.
3024 THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER OPTIONS TO ACHIEVE SAFETY AND WE ARE READY WILLING
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3025 AND ABLE TO SIT AT THE TABLE WITH THE CITY AND OUR NEIGHBOR TO COME UP WITH A 3026 SOLUTION AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU GIVE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND 3027 CONSIDERATION AND LOOK AT ADDITIONAL OPTIONS.3031 GLENN HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? 3032 I HAVE YES.
3034 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
3036 GLENN STRAUB 804 HARBOUR ISLES PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA.
3037 THANK YOU FOR THE TIME IN THE LAST DAY OR SO TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR 3038 CONCERNS.
3039 AND THANK YOU FOR OUR TIME TONIGHT.
3040 I'VE LIVED JUST A LITTLE OVER A MILE FROM THIS SITE FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.
3041 RAISED FOUR KIDS AND TWO GRANDKIDS WITHIN A MILE OF THE SITE.
3042 I KNOW THIS SITE WELL ONE OF THE REASONS I INVESTED I THIS PROPERTY IS BECAUSE OF 3043 REALIZING THE ASSETS OF THIS SITE TO THE COMMUNITY.
3044 THIS APPLICATION AS PROPOSED WOULD MATERIALLY INTERFERE WITH OUR TENANTS' 3045 BUSINESS THE VALUE OF OUR ASSET AND THE ABILITY OF YOUR CITIZENS TO UTILIZE 3046 THE WATERFRONT AND ACCESS THE WATERFRONT FOR DINING.
3047 NEITHER THE TENANT OR US OR I SPOKE TO FRANK CALLANDER AND DOUG PENNELL IN THE LAST 3048 FEW DAYS HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE INSTANCE IN 32 YEARS FOR FRANK AND WE'VE HEARD 3049 NOT ONE INCIDENT OF SAFETY AT ALL.
3050 WE'VE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THE MARINA, A CUSTOMER OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE TENANTS 3051 SO WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
3052 WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND WITH OUR NEIGHBOR TO RESOLVE ANY SAFETY 3053 CONCERNS.
3054 BUT AS ALEX SAID THERE ARE BETTER ALTERNATIVES THAN THAT WHICH HAS BEEN 3055 PROPOSED AND WE'D LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION.
3056 THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT YOU SAW IN THE VIDEOS, THEY'RE AGGRAVATED 3057 BY THE MARINA USING THE EASEMENT FOR AN OPERATIONAL AREA NOT FOR A CROSSING.
3058 THAT'S WHY THE THREE GATES ARE LOCATED SO FAR APART.
3059 TO MANEUVER AND GO THROUGH A CROSSING REQUIRES AN AREA THAT'S SIMPLY A LITTLE 3060 WIDER THAN A FORKLIFT.
3061 THIS AREA IS VERY VERY WIDE.
3062 FINALLY AS ALEX SAID THE APPLICANTS HAS REPRESENTED THE NEW ENTRANCE AND WE 3063 FAILED TO MAKE A CONNECTION TO THIS NEW ENTRANCE THAT'S JUST BEEN BUILT.
3064 THERE IS NO WAY TO GET LEGAL EGRESS ON THAT ALTERNATIVE WAY OF EXITING 3065 THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE STILL OPEN TO EXPLORING THAT OPTION.
3066 IT'S A GREAT OPTION IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A WAY OF LEGALLY EGRESSING.
3068 WE'LL WORK DILIGENTLY WITH STAFF AND THE MARINA TO FIND A BETTER PLAN AND WE 3069 PEACEFULLY COEXISTED TOGETHER FOR 35 YEARS BETWEEN FRANK'S OWNERSHIP 3070 AND OURS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING UP WITH WIN-WIN SITUATION.
3071 I THINK IT IS OUT THERE GIVEN A FEW MORE WEEKS.
3075 AND MARTY HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? 3076 I HAVE.
3077 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
3078 MARTY PERRY 4500 PGA BOULEVARD.
3079 JUST VERY BRIEFLY AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO OF YOU.
3080 AND I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO NOT TO REITERATE THAT BUT IN ANY EVENT.
3081 I'D LIKE TO START FRANKLY WITH JUST THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY MR. WHITTLES AND 3082 THAT WAS HE'S EXACTLY CORRECT.
3083 AN EASEMENT IS NOT OWNERSHIP.
3084 HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HIS CLIENT OWNS THE LAND OCCUPYING THE EASEMENT.
3086 BUT THEY OWN IT SUBJECT TO THE EASEMENT.
3087 SO THE REALITY HERE IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO DO IS YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO 3088 IMPOSE THESE GUARD GATES ON AN EASEMENT THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO USE.
3089 AND BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THE APPLICANT IS DRAWING YOU 3090 INTO THE PICTURE HERE SO THAT YOU BECOME A PARTY TO CREATING AN OBSTACLE OF 3091 THEIR ABILITY TO USE THE EASEMENT AND THAT'S A PROBLEM.
3092 THE REALITY REALLY IS THAT.
3093 AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S EFFORTS TO COME UP WITH CONDITIONS.
3094 WE DON'T THINK THE CONDITIONS GO FAR ENOUGH.
3095 MR. HEARING HAS PROPOSED SOME ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT WE THINK WOULD HELP AND 3096 EXPAND ON THOSE THINGS.
3097 WHAT'S NEEDED HERE IS SOME TIME FOR THE PARTIES TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR STAFF AND 3098 FINALIZE A SET OF CONDITIONS THAT EVERYBODY CAN AGREE ON.
3099 BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST DEALING WITH THE APPLICANT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN 3100 APPLICANT WHO HAS AN EASEMENT THAT IS SUBORDINATED TO THIS 3101 EASEMENT.
3102 I MEAN THE REALITY IS IS THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOME PROPERTY RIGHTS HERE AND 3103 THAT'S BEING IGNORED.
3104 YOU CAN'T IMPOSE THESE CONDITIONS WITH ON THEM WHERE THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO 3105 SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
3106 SO WE'RE HERE TO OBJECT SIMPLY TO ASK YOU FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME.
3107 YOU KNOW THERE'S NO HARM IN LETTING THE TIME TO GO BY FOR THEM TO SIT DOWN WITH 3108 YOUR STAFF AND WITH THE OTHER SIDE TO RESOLVE THIS.
3109 THE ISSUE CAME UP ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE ACCESS.
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3110 THERE IS GOOD POTENTIAL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ACCESS.3111 BUT THE REALITY IS IS THESE TWO PARTIES NEED TO SIT DOW WITH A THIRD PARTY TO 3112 RESOLVE THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE THAT ADDITIONAL ACCESS.
3113 THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THIS EASEMENT ALTOGETHER.
3114 IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE IF THAT COULD BE DONE.
3115 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WILL HAPPEN BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH 3116 THE LOT.
3117 BUT IF YOU APPROVE THIS CONDITION OKAY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU YOU REMOVE THE 3118 INCENTIVE FOR THE APPLICANT TO MAKE ANY FURTHER EFFORT TO DO ANYTHING.
3119 THEY SIMPLY INSTALL THEIR GATES.
3120 ALL THAT'S GOING TO DO IS LEAD TO LITIGATION OVER THE EASEMENT RIGHTS AND THAT'S 3121 NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING.
3122 YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH THE PROBLEM CONTINUING.
3123 I SUGGEST THAT YOU GIVE REAL CONSIDERATION TO NOT APPROVING THIS TONIGHT, 3124 ALLOWING TIME FOR THE PARTIES TO WORK TOGETHER WHETHER IT'S TWO WEEKS OR 3125 OR A MONTH.
3126 IF THEY CAN'T RESOLVE WITHIN A PERIOD TIME COME BACK AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT TALK 3127 ABOUT IT AGAIN.
3128 BUT THAT'S A REASONABLE APPROACH TO IT.
3131 SEEING NO OTHER CARDS I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
3132 AND LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
3133 WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? 3134 I'LL START.
3136 WHY NOT? 3137 ACTUALLY BEFORE WE BEGIN I DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND.
3138 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 44-2019.
3139 IS THERE A SECOND? 3140 SECOND.
3144 SO LET'S OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.
3147 I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND FIRST.
3148 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE GATE WOULD BE DOWN FOR A MINUTE COULD BE DOWN FOUR 3149 TIMES AN HOUR.
3150 WHAT WAS NOT MENTIONED WAS HOW LONG IT TAKES FROM THE TIME THE OPERATOR PUSHES 3151 THE BUTTON ON THE REMOTE TILL THAT GATE COMES DOWN.
3152 AND IS THE GATE PADDED? 3153 WHAT HAPPENS? 3154 CARS ARE GOING THROUGH, PUSHES THE BUTTON.
3155 WHAT'S GONNA STOP THAT THING FROM HITTING A CAR? 3156 THE FORKLIFT DRIVER HAS A PERSON THAT'S THERE THAT HELPS THEM AND GUIDES THEM 3157 AND LETS THEM KNOW IF SOMEONE IS IN THE DRIVEWAY.
3158 SO HE WOULD WAIT UNTIL HE'S GIVEN THE GO AHEAD TO CLOSE THE GATES.
3159 THEY WOULDN'T CLOSE THE GATE IF THERE'S A CAR GOIN THROUGH THE GATE THROUGH 3160 THE DRIVEWAY.
3162 ONCE IT GOES DOWN THE FORKLIFT GOES THROUGH AND THEN IT GOES BACK UP.
3163 CAN YOU PUT UP THE VISUAL THAT SHOWS THE THREE GATES PLEASE? 3164 AND I'LL ASK THE NEXT QUESTION AT THE SAME TIME.
3165 I THINK IT WAS THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
3166 WAS IT ON THE STAFF PRESENTATION? 3167 THE ONE THAT HAD THE THREE GATES ON IT? 3168 THERE'S A PICTURE.
3172 IT WAS ON THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
3175 IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS ON THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
3177 IF YOU CAN GET THAT BACK UP? 3178 I'LL ASK YOU THE OTHER QUESTION IN THE MEANTIME.
3179 SO WE'VE GOT THREE GATES AND ONE FORKLIFT MOVING AROUND IN AN AREA WHERE HE 3180 COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TO PUT UP AND DOWN ALL THREE GATES AT THE SAME TIME.
3181 ALL THREE GATES GO DOWN AT THE SAME TIME.
3182 THEY'RE ALL WORKED ON THE ONE CLICK? 3183 CORRECT.
3184 SO THEY ALL GO DOWN AND THEY ALL GO UP AT THE SAME TIME.
3185 HAS ANY ATTEMPT BEEN MADE NOT TO MOVE BOATS DURING PEAK RESTAURANT HOURS DURING 3186 THE TIME OF LUNCH, THAT ONE HOUR TO TWO HOURS WHEN LUNCH IS AT ITS TRAFFIC 3187 WOULD BE IN AND OUT THE MOST RIGHT THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS AT PEAK 3188 TIME ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN YOU HAVE BOATERS GOING OUT DURING THE 3189 DAY FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN PARTICULAR.
3190 THE NUMBER OF BOATS THAT CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT AND COME BACK DURING A DAY IS 3191 LIMITED TO THE THE NUMBER OF FORKLIFTS THAT ARE IN OPERATION.
3192 IF THERE'S ONE FORKLIFT IN OPERATION IT TAKES BETWEEN 10 AND 12 MINUTES FOR A 3193 FORKLIFT TO MAKE A ROUND TRIP FROM EITHER THE RACK TO THE WATER OR FROM THE 3194 WATER TO THE RACK.
3195 SO THERE'S ONLY SO MANY BOATS THAT CAN BE PUT IN THE WATER AND TAKEN OUT ON 3196 ANY GIVEN DAY.
3197 THEY HAVE SCHEDULED TIMEFRAMES FOR THE BOAT OWNERS.
3198 WHEN THEY WANT TO PUT THEIR BOAT IN THE WATER THEY TELL THEM WHEN THEY HAVE TO BE 3199 THERE.
3200 SO IF THEY WANT TO GO OUT IN THE MORNING THEY EITHER COME REALLY EARLY OR THEY 3201 COME WHEN THEY'RE TOLD THEY HAVE TO BE THERE IN ORDER TO GET THEIR BOAT OUT ON 3202 THE WATER.
3203 AND THEN WHEN THEY RETURN SOMETIMES THEY LEAVE THEIR BOATS THERE AND THE BOATS 3204 ARE PUT BACK ON THE RACKS LATER IN THE EVENING WHEN TRAFFIC DIES DOWN.
3205 LATER IN THE EVENING AND EARLIER IN THE MORNING ARE NOT NECESSARILY AROUND 3206 LUNCHTIME.
3208 ON THE MAP AS SOMEBODY WHO'S LIVED HERE A LONG TIM AND GONE TO THE RIVER HOUSE
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3209 MANY MANY TIMES I KNOW THAT ROAD.3210 AND WHEN YOU'RE COMING AROUND AND YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY AND YOU HIT THAT FIRST 3211 GATE IF THE GATE WAS NOT THERE HERE'S SOME OF MY CONCERNS.
3212 IF THE GATE IS NOT THERE LIKE IT IS NOW THE WAY THOSE BOATS ARE PARKED YOU 3213 CAN'T SEE WHETHER THE FORKLIFTS COMING EVEN IF YOU HAVE A STOP SIGN AND 3214 EVEN IF YOU WAIT AND EVEN IF IT'S FLASHING.
3215 YOU STOP AT THAT STOP SIGN YOU CAN'T SEE THAT THAT FORKLIFT COMING BEFORE YOU 3216 START TO GO ANYWAY.
3217 SO PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT BLIND SPOT THERE AND THE NEED FOR A GATE BECAUSE 3218 OF THE BLIND SPOT.
3219 I'M ADDRESSING THE REQUEST BY MR. HEARING FOR JUST A STOP SIGN AND A PHASE IN.
3220 THERE ARE STOP SIGNS THERE NOW.
3221 THERE ARE THREE STOP SIGNS.
3222 THERE'S A STOP SIGN IN THIS LOCATION HERE.
3223 THERE'S A STOP SIGN IN THIS LOCATION HERE AND THERE'S A STOP SIGN IN THIS LOCATION 3224 HERE.
3225 SO THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT WAITING.
3226 OTHER CONCERNS, SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE.
3228 I MEAN FOR ME ONE INCIDENT IS TOO MANY AND THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE IN 35 3229 YEARS.
3230 IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NEAR MISSES ON THE CAMERA THAT WE CLEARLY HAVE ANY ONE 3231 OF THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER AND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THERE DOESN'T 3232 MEAN IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
3233 SO THAT'S A REAL CONCERN.
3234 IN THE HEALTH CARE BUSINESS IN THE HOSPITAL.
3236 ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT GOING TO THE.
3237 IF YOU HAVE A NEAR MISS I MEAN YOU TAKE ACTION.
3238 YOU'RE REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T 3239 HAPPEN AGAIN AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOS OF THAT AND THOSE NEAR MISSES IT'S 3240 KIND OF HARD NOT TO REQUIRE ACTION.
3241 I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED THAT THIS IS NEW, 3242 THAT THE OWNERS DID NOT GIVE ANY INDICATION THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS OR 3243 THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE AHEAD WITH ANYTHING.
3244 AND THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BACK IN 2018 THERE WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT 3245 PETITION BY THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ENTRANCE TO AVOID THESE PROBLEMS AT THAT 3246 TIME.
3248 BUT SO IS IT THE CASE THAT THE RESTAURANT HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WERE ISSUES? 3249 HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? 3250 BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUESTING MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT WITH STAFF AND 3251 IF THAT TIME HAS ALREADY BEEN AFFORDED THAT COULD IMPACT DECISIONS AS WELL.
3254 THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 2015.
3255 THEY BEGAN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RESTAURANT PROPERTY OWNER IN THE FALL OF 2015 TO 3256 DISCUSS HOW TO MAKE THIS CIRCULATION WORK BECAUSE THE MARINA OWNERS AND THE 3257 INVESTORS FOR THE MARINA RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS A HUGE LIABILITY ALMOST 3258 IMMEDIATELY.
3259 IN AUGUST OF 2016 WE FILED AN APPLICATION TO RELOCATE THE ENTRANCE OF THE 3260 RESTAURANT ON THE NORTH SIDE SO THAT YOU WOULD GO UP ALONG THE WATER AND COME 3261 INTO THE RESTAURANT.
3262 THAT APPLICATION WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE 3263 COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER EVOLVED AND IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE 3264 WAS NOT GOING TO CONNECT TO THAT ROADWAY.
3265 THE PROPERTY OWNER THE APPLICANT FOR THE MARINA IN JULY OF 2017 FILED AN 3266 ADDITION ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT TO RELOCATE THE 3267 ROAD BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING AND AN AGREEMENT THAT THE 3268 RESTAURANT WOULD BE CONNECTING TO THE NORTH SIDE THROUGH THAT NEW 3269 ROADWAY.
3270 THE MARINA WENT THROUGH WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ENTRANCE AND THE NEW 3271 DRIVEWAY TO GET TO THE NEW ENTRANCE.
3272 WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CONNECT, THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE RESTAURANT DECLINED 3273 TO CONNECT.
3274 SO AT THIS POINT THE ROADWAY SECTION IS THERE AN IT COULD BE CONNECTED AND 3275 PROVIDE ACCESS THAT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES ACCESS THROUGH THE MARINA.
3276 THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE PREFERENCE OF 3277 AND THE MARINA OWNER WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT CONNECTION AT 3278 THIS POINT.
3279 THEY FEEL THEY HAVE THE OBLIGATION AND THE RIGHT TO PUT THE GATES IN TO PROVIDE 3280 FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.
3282 MATTHEW DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS? 3283 SURE.
3284 I TOURED THE SITE THIS MORNING IN PREPARATION FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
3285 MY FIRST QUESTION IS I SAW THESE BOATS WITH ONLY FOUR ENGINES ON THE BACK.
3286 I WONDERED WHY THEY COULDN'T PUT MORE ENGINES ON THE BACK OF THOSE BOATS.
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3287 [LAUGHTER] AND HOW MANY ENGINES IT REALLY TAKES.3288 THAT BEING SAID WHEN DON HEARING SPEAKS I LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY.
3289 HIS CONCERN AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS IF I HAD A DRIVEWAY AND SOMEBODY HAD A GATE AND 3290 THEY COULD STOP PEOPLE COMING TO MY BUSINESS IT COULD POSSIBLY CREATE A 3291 PROBLEM FOR ME.
3292 HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? 3293 HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT CONCERN? 3294 THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
3295 AND SECOND OF ALL IS THERE ANY WAY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT? 3296 I'LL GET TO., I MEAN YOU'VE GOT STEVE MATHISON HERE.
3297 YOU'VE GOT KEN TUMLEY AND YOU'VE GOT DON.
3300 IS THERE ANY WAY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT? 3301 YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? 3302 IF I COULD INTERJECT PLEASE.
3303 STEVE MATHISON FOR THE RECORD.
3304 I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN ALONG WITH MY PARTNER JOHN WHITTLES.
3305 WE CERTAINLY ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO TALK TO NEIGHBORS AND TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORS 3306 BUT WE HAVE A PRESSING REAL CURRENT SAFETY ISSUE AND I THINK AS RACHELLE BROUGHT 3307 UP WHEN YOU GET TO THAT STOP SIGN THERE IS A LACK OF VISIBILITY.
3308 AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT HUGE FORKLIFT GOING ACROSS IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE CREATE A 3309 MORE SAFE SITUATION WHICH WE HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE AND WE ARE READY TO ACT UPON 3310 NOW.
3311 NOW IS IT POSSIBLE LATER TO COME BACK AND WORK ON ANOTHER RESOLUTION OR 3312 ANOTHER ACCESS POINT? 3313 SURE.
3314 BUT WE BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY.
3315 WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT AND GET 3316 THIS DONE.
3317 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MATTHEW? 3318 IF I MAY.
3319 I'M SORRY TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION.
3320 THERE IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL PROPOSED THAT REQUIRES THAT THE GATES BE 3321 KEPT IN THE POSITION UNLESS THE FORKLIFT IS DRIVING THROUGH AND THEN THEY HAVE 3322 TO GO BACK IMMEDIATELY UP AS SOON AS THEY GET OUT OF THE INTERSECTION.
3323 YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AND THIS IS NOT MY BUSINESS THAT THERE IS A 3324 ROAD THAT GOES INTO THIS AREA THAT'S ON THE SOUTH OF THE ACCESS ROUTES THE 3325 SOUTHWEST QUADRANT AND SOMEBODY CAN JUST WANDER INTO THERE.
3326 YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER A GATE THERE AS WELL.
3328 WELL I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON IT CAUSE WE'VE GOT 15 MINUTES TO GET THIS 3329 GOING BUT I HAVE TO.
3330 SO I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS IS GETTING THE THIRD PARTY 3331 INVOLVED SO THAT OTHER EASEMENT CAN ALLOW ACCESS UP TO THE WATERWAY SO THEY CAN 3332 MAKE A RIGHT AND THEY CAN USE THE PARKING AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO CUT THROUGH 3333 THE MARINA.
3334 SO BUT GOING ON WHAT RACHELLE SAID IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE 3335 MARINA WE CAN'T HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SOMEONE DRIVIN UNDER A BOAT BY A TRACTOR 3336 OR A FORKLIFT.
3338 SOMETHING ELSE THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS SAID THAT NOW RIVE HOUSE IS NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH 3339 WHICH BLEEDS INTO HAPPY HOUR AND THE HAPPIER YOU WANT TO GET THE SOONER 3340 YOU'RE GONNA GET OVER THERE.
3341 SO HAPPY HOUR LUNCH TO 3 TO 4 AND THEN INTO DINNER.
3342 SO WE'VE QUADRUPLED THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC SO THEREFORE WE'VE QUADRUPLED 3343 THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL FOR A MISHAP.
3345 I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALMOST TRYING TO MITIGATE BECAUSE YOU GUYS.
3347 EVERYBODY'S BEEN THERE FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS.
3348 WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN AN I WANT TO SAY AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OR AN AGREEMENT 3349 WITH THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE EASEMENT THERE.
3350 I THINK IT'S CALDWELL AMERICA BANK OR WHOEVER.
3351 IF THAT GETS IN PLACE CAN WE CHANGE THIS AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT RIVER HOUSE 3352 HAS A SMOOTH FLOW ACCESS FOR THE PATRONS AND THE CITIZENS OF PALM BEACH 3353 GARDENS TO ACCESS THAT WITHOUT BEING DELAYED? 3354 SO THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO.
3355 LOOK AT THE END OF THE DAY AND I'M JUST GONNA TRY MAYB BEFORE YOU DO IT AND 3356 BECAUSE OF TIME.
3357 BUT AS A RESIDENT AND GOING TO THAT PLACE I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY YOU HAVE TO RUN 3358 THROUGH THE MARINA TO GET TO WHERE YOU GOTTA GO TO THE RESTAURANT.
3359 AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE RESTAURANT BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT TO OPERATE AND YOU 3360 DON'T WANT ANYBODY THERE.
3361 BUT MY THOUGHT WAS IF SOMETHING.
3362 NOW THAT THIS IS IN FRONT OF US IF SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING LUNCHTIME OR 3363 SOMEONE'S RUSHING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THERE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE LIABLE NOW FOR 3364 NOT ENSURING THAT THEIR SAFETY OR THAT WE IGNORED THE POSSIBILITY THAT 3365 SOMETHING HAPPENED AND WE DIDN'T TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS.
3366 I MEAN AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE ALL ADULTS HER AND YOU GUYS SHARE PROPERTY 3367 AND IT BAFFLES ME JUST A REGULAR PERSON THAT YOU HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A 3368 SOLUTION AND WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD 3369 LIKE TO SEE A REGULAR SOLUTION.
3370 AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A REGULAR SOLUTION AT THE END 3371 OF THE DAY TO START TO COME BACK FOR PERMITTING WHICH STILL TAKES SOME 3372 TIME.
3373 YOU START TO DO SOME UPGRADES TO THE ROADWAY ANYWAY AND FROM WHAT I 3374 UNDERSTAND THE MARINA IS PROBABLY GOING TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT WITH PLANS TO
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3375 CHANGE THEIR ENTIRE MARINA PROJECT WHICH IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME CHANGES TO THE 3376 WAY THE INGRESS AND EGRESS IS TO THE RESTAURANT.3377 SO USE THIS TIME NOW BECAUSE LOOK I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
3378 I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO TERMS WITH 3379 AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH A PLAN.
3380 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITIES OF WHAT EGRESS IS AND WHO HAS ACCESS TO 3381 WHAT AND WHO OWNS WHAT PIECE OF ROADWAY THAT COMES IN THERE BUT ULTIMATELY I 3382 THINK THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL OF YOU TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO COME UP WITH 3383 THE SOLUTION FOR TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE AND BEFORE THE PERMIT COMES IN.
3384 IF YOU WANT ME TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE IT OUT WITH YOU I'LL DO IT BUT I DON'T KNOW 3385 IF I HAVE THE ANSWERS TO IT.
3386 BUT PLEASE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT I 3387 THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BEEN WORKED OUT AMONGST THE PARTIES AND I 3388 THINK YOU REALLY CAN.
3389 SO BEFORE WE GET THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE PLEASE GET 3390 TOGETHER AND DO IT.
3391 OTHER THAN THAT IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 3392 OKAY.
3394 ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? 3395 I'LL MOTION.
3404 AND PLEASE WORK TOGETHER.
3409 NOW YOU CAN DO THEM FASTER.
3410 RESOLUTION 45 2019 CAN THE CLERK READ THE TITLE PLEASE? 3411 RESOLUTION 45 2019 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM 3412 BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PGA OFFICE CENTER 3413 PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD AND MASTER PLAN TO ALLOW THE 3414 COMBINATION OF PARCEL A AND PARCEL B REALIGNMENT OF THE NORTHERN 400 FEET OF 3415 RCA CENTER DRIVE FOR A NEW INTERSECTION LOCATION WITH KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE ADDING
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3416 1.3 ACRES OF LAKE AREA TO PARCEL A L.A.3417 AND REVISING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THE PGA OFFICE CENTER PCD IS GENERALLY 3418 LOCATED EAST OF MILITARY TRAIL WEST OF ALTERNATE A1A AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF 3419 KYOTO GARDEN'S DRIVE AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING AN 3420 EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
3422 WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
3423 ARE THERE ANY EXPARTES? 3424 I THINK WE ALL SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT YESTERDAY.
3425 ANY OTHER EX PARTES? 3426 YESTERDAY.
3427 ANYTHING ELSE? 3428 OKAY.
3434 KEN TUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN KILADAY STUDIOS.
3435 MY ADDRESS IS 610 CLEMATIS STREET WEST PALM BEACH.
3437 LAST NIGHT I WAS IN THE LOVELY CITY OF TAMARAC TILL 5:00 IN THE MORNING 3438 AND I'M SURE YOU ALL DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
3439 SO I'M GOING TO DO A VERY QUICK PRESENTATION.
3440 THIS IS ABOUT THE PGA OFFICES.
3441 3442 WHAT'S THAT SIR? 3443 [LAUGHTER] LET ME AT LEAST GET MY NAME OUT.
3444 IT'S ABOUT THE PGA OFFICE CENTER.
3445 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
3446 THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS FOR AN OFFICE BUILDING OF 270,000 SQUARE 3447 FEET.
3448 THE REQUEST THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU WAS STARTED IN.
3449 3450 OH I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
3454 I'VE BEEN SWORN IN AND THIS IS A LOT OF PRESSURE.
3455 THIS IS A LARGE PROJECT AND A LOT OF PRESSURE.
3459 IT'S LOCATED ON 86.34 FOUR ACRES.
3460 THE REQUEST THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS TO AMEND THE MASTER PLAN.
3461 THE AMENDMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN IS TO ELIMINATE PARCEL B TO RELOCATE A BUS STOP 3462 AND TO SHIFT THE EXISTING ROADWAY FURTHER TO THE WEST.
3463 AND THEN FINALLY THERE IS A SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU AS THE COMPANION 3464 APPLICATION FOR 270,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE.
3465 A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND THEN I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGH TO THE PUNCH LINE.
3466 SO THIS PROJECT'S BEEN APPROVED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
3467 IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BACK IN 2005.
3468 AT THAT POINT IN TIME THE TRAFFIC AND CURRENCY FOR THIS SITE WAS WAS PLACED ON 3469 THIS SITE.
3470 THE CAPACITY LETTER WAS RECEIVED AND THEN THAT CAPACITY HAS BEEN BUILT INTO 3471 EVERY TRANSPORTATION STUDY THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS AREA.
3472 FROM THAT POINT FORWARD IN 2011 THE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 3473 TO PURCHASE THIS SITE.
3474 THEY DID PURCHASE THE SITE.
3475 AND THEN IN 2013 I CAME BEFORE YOU AND WE ESTABLISHED THIS WHICH IS 3476 THE PGA DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
3477 THOSE GUIDELINES ARE KIND OF THE GUARDRAILS OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS BEING APPROVED 3478 AGAINST.
3479 IN 2018 FP&L HAS DONE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS OFFSITE TURN LANES ON MILITARY 3480 TRAIL.
3481 THEY DID AN OFFSITE LANDSCAPING ON A1A.
3482 AND THEN IN 2018 THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A 4.25 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND 3483 WHICH THEY DID.
3484 THAT IS A REQUEST FOR THE AMENDMENT IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.
3485 PARCEL B THAT'S A 4.25 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND THAT THEY PURCHASED.
3486 SO THEREFORE THE REQUEST IS TO HAVE IT ALL AS ONE PARCEL OF LAND.
3487 THIS IS THE PROPOSED DESIGN.
3488 THIS IS THE PROPOSED CENTER.
3490 ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS. 3491 MR. HUGHES IS HERE AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE.
3492 BUT ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS IN THE DESIGN OF THIS SITE WAS THE EMINENTLY FLEXIBLE 3493 MODULAR DESIGN.
3494 THAT CAME FROM THE SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND THE INTENT OF 3495 THAT IS TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY.
3496 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PGA CAMPUS WILL NOT REPLACE THE JUNO BEACH 3497 CAMPUS.
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3498 THE IDEA OF THIS BUILDING AND THE WAY IT WAS LAID OUT WAS FOCUSED ON A COUPLE OF 3499 KEY ITEMS. 3500 IT WAS ON BUILDING RESILIENCY OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY STORM RESPONSE 3501 AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY.3502 THE BUILDING ITSELF IS DESIGNED TO BE A CATEGORY 5 BUILDING.
3503 IT'S INTENDED TO DESIGN A 500 YEAR FLOOD.
3504 THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS THAT I'M GOING TO SKIP 3505 THROUGH BUT ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS IS THE GARAGE.
3506 THE PARKING GARAGE HAS A 15 FOOT FLOOR HEIGHT ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
3507 AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO ALLOW FOR STORM RIDERS TO LIVE WITHIN THAT PARKING 3508 TO STAY WITHIN THAT PARKING GARAGE DURING A STORM TO ALLOW FOR THOSE TRUCKS TO BE 3509 CLOSER TO WHEN A HURRICANE OCCURS.
3510 SO VERY QUICKLY HERE IS THE REQUESTED SITE PLAN.
3511 THE ACCESS POINTS ARE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.
3512 THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL LAKE AREA TO CREATE THAT 500 FOOT FLOOD ELEVATION.
3513 WE HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL LAKE 1.3 ACRES.
3514 THERE IS A HELISTOP REQUESTED IN THIS.
3515 IT WAS APPROVED ORIGINALLY BACK IN 2013.
3516 A HELISTOP IS IDENTIFIED WHERE THE OVAL IS LOCATED.
3517 THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT HELISTOP AS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL APPROVAL IS THAT 3518 IT IS OVER 800 FEET AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE NORTH.
3520 SOME TRAFFIC ITEMS, SOME KEY ELEMENTS HERE FROM TRAFFIC.
3522 THERE'S A BUS STOP PROPOSED WHERE FLORIDA POWER & LIGH WILL BE PAYING $25,000 TO 3523 ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FUTURE BUS STOP OUT HERE ON WINCHESTER ON NORTH 3524 MILITARY TRAIL.
3525 IT'S BASICALLY WHERE THIS F IS.
3526 THEY'LL ALSO BE ADDING A BUS STOP HERE AND THEN ALSO THEY'LL BE RELOCATING RCA 3527 CENTER BOULEVARD 260 FEET WEST TO THE LOCATION IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN.
3528 AND WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT? 3529 ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS SITE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO WARRANT FOR A SIGNAL AT 3530 THAT INTERSECTION.
3531 THAT SIGNAL WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.
3532 OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HERE IDENTIFIED THAT THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.
3533 SO YOU HAVE THIS ROAD YOU SHIFT IT A LITTLE FURTHER OVER.
3535 SHIFT IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OVER TO THE WEST TO ALLOW FOR MORE CUING OF 3536 VEHICLES VIA ALTERNATE A1A AND THE RAILROAD TRACK BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR 3537 ADDITIONAL SPACING.
3538 THAT IS NOT A REQUIRED IMPROVEMENT BY THE COUNTY.
3539 IT WAS A DIRECTION AND DECISION MADE BY FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT AND YOUR STAFF 3540 BUT IT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED.
3542 AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS.
3543 I'M GOING TO FLY THROUGH THESE SCREENS.
3547 6 STORY BUILDING AND IT'S UP TO 101 FEET OF HEIGHT.
3548 THE DESIGN GUIDELINES ALLOW UP TO 165 FEET OF HEIGHT.
3549 YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PARKING GARAGE HERE IN THE REAR AND HERE'S A VIEW OF 3550 THE BUILDING LOOKING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST.
3551 THIS IS A CROSS SECTION TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AS YOU 3552 ENTER THE BUILDING.
3554 IT WAS DESIGNED BY PERKINS AND WILL UNIQUE DESIGN HERE.
3555 THIS IS THE LOBBY AS YOU ENTER INTO THE BUILDING.
3556 THE TWO STORY KIND OF ATRIUM AREA DOWN THE GROUN FLOOR ARE THE KITCHEN 3557 FACILITIES.
3559 THE SECOND FLOOR IS WHERE THE FITNESS FACILITY IS AND MEDICAL FACILITY.
3560 AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS GRAND ATRIUM ON THE TOP WHICH ALLOWS LIGHT TO GO 3561 THROUGH THE BUILDING.
3562 HERE ARE FOUR STORIES OF OFFICE ON BOTH SIDES AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT 3563 DESIGNING.
3564 YOU'LL SEE A FOOTPRINT KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE EMINENTLY FLEXIBLE MODULAR 3565 DESIGN WHICH WOULD ALLOW ANY FP&L BUSINESS UNIT TO MOVE INTO THAT BUILDING.
3566 AND THEN HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE PARKING GARAGE.
3567 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT FIRST FLOOR IS 15 FEET OF HEIGHT.
3568 IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS THOSE TRUCKS TO COME IN THERE DURING A STORM 3569 EVENT.
3570 AND THEN THE TWO OTHER STORIES ARE ABOVE IT, A PARKING GARAGE.
3571 AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT UNLIKE MOST PARKING GARAGES THAT YOU SEE THAT WE BRING 3572 BEFORE YOU WHERE THERE ARE CARS PARKED ON THE TOP.
3573 THERE ARE CARS PARKED ON TOP.
3574 THERE'S ACTUALLY A PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF ON THE TOP.
3575 SO IT'S A VERY UNIQUE DESIGN.
3576 THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE SOUTH LOOKING TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST.
3577 HERE'S A VIEW OF THE PARKING GARAGE.
3578 YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AROUND THE TOP OF THE PARKING 3579 GARAGE.
3580 YOU'LL NOTICE SOME COOL DESIGN FEATURES THAT ARE WRAPPED AROUND THE GARAGE.
3582 I WALK THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL BEFORE SO I'LL ZOOM THROUGH THIS.
3583 THIS IS THE GROUND FLOOR AND THE MEZZANINE SPACE IN FOOTPRINT.
3584 HERE ARE THE LEVEL THREE FOUR FIVE AND SIX WHICH ARE THE OFFICE SPACES.
3585 AND AGAIN NOTICING THE LARGE SPACE IS TO ALLOW FOR THAT EMINENTLY FLEXIBLE 3586 SPACE.
3587 THE LANDSCAPING PLAN IS IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN.
3588 IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT ENTRY AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND THIS 3589 WAS A BIG DISCUSSION POINT.
3590 THE ENTRY IDENTIFIED IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE SCREEN IN PINK THERE ARE NO PALM 3591 TREES THERE.
3592 THERE ARE NO OAK TREES AND THAT'S ON PURPOSE.
3593 THIS IS A PUBLIC UTILITY.
3594 YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THAT ROAD OPEN RIGHT AWAY SO WHEN 3595 THOSE PEOPLE ARE PARKED IN THAT PARKING GARAGE DURING A STORM THEY DON'T COME OUT
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3596 AND CUT A TREE OUT OF THEIR WAY THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET RIGHT OUT.3597 HERE'S A VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE.
3598 THIS IS A REALLY NEAT UNIQUE ENTRANCE.
3599 PERKINS AND WILL DID THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
3600 THEY DID A REALLY NEAT JOB AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE ENTRANCE.
3601 HERE'S A VIEW OF THE SITE AND HERE'S THE REQUESTED SITE PLAN.
3602 AND HERE'S A VIEW DRIVING IN AND THEN HERE'S A LOOK AT THE CUL DE SAC OF THE 3603 ENTRY POINT.
3604 AND HERE'S A VIEW OF WHAT THAT CUL DE SAC WILL LOOK LIKE.
3605 IT'S A WATER FEATURE, A VERY UNIQUE WATER FEATURE.
3606 AND HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE LANDSCAPE.
3607 THESE ARE SABLE PALMS AND A GROVE THROUGH HERE.
3608 THESE ARE CYPRESS TREES AND THEN THIS NATIVE PINE FLAT WOOD AREA.
3609 SO THERE'S ONLY ONE WAIVER REQUEST TONIGHT.
3611 THERE'S ONLY ONE WAIVER REQUEST TONIGHT.
3612 THAT WAIVER REQUEST IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING ELECTRIC 3613 VEHICLE SPOTS, 38 ELECTRICAL VEHICLE SPOTS.
3614 THE WAY THE CODE WORKS WHICH I SUSPECT WILL CHANGE HERE SHORTLY.
3615 THE WAY THE CODE WORKS IS THOSE SPOTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE COUNTED TOWARDS 3616 REQUIRED PARKING.
3617 SO THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE SPOTS WHICH FP&L IS GOING TO HAVE 38 PROPOSED SPOTS.
3618 WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THOSE DO GET COUNTED TOWARDS THE REQUIRED PARKING AND STAFF 3619 SUPPORTS THAT WAIVER.
3620 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES I'VE GONE THROUGH A PRESENTATION 3621 THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN 20 MINUTES.
3622 HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM ASSEMBLED.
3623 MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE AND I THINK HE'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD OR TWO.
3624 THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL 3625 AFFAIRS 700 UNIVERSE BOULEVARD JUNO BEACH FLORIDA.
3627 I WILL BE REALLY BRIEF AND WE JUST DID NOT WANT THIS MOMENT TO GO BY TONIGHT 3628 WITHOUT COMMENDING YOUR STAFF.
3629 WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE DILIGENCE WITH WHICH THEY'VE 3630 APPROACHED OUR PROJECT.
3631 FROM THEIR CITY MANAGER TO NATALIE TO JOANNE THEY HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONALS ALONG THE 3632 ENTIRE JOURNEY.
3633 IT HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT ITS SPRINKLES BUT AGAIN THEY HAVE REPRESENTED YOU AND 3634 THE CITY RESIDENTS WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION.
3635 MY TEAM WORKS WITH MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE.
3637 AND I CAN TELL YOU YOUR TEAM IS BEST IN CLASS.
3638 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THEM.
3639 AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN OUR PROJECT.
3641 IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION? 3642 NO.
3644 STAFF DOES THANK THE APPLICANT ON WORKING THROUGHOUT THIS 3645 PROCESS PARTICULARLY ON THE ON THE REVISED ROAD ALIGNMENT THAT THE APPLICANT 3646 HAS COVERED.
3647 I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK JOANNE FOR HER REALLY HARD WORK ON THIS HUGE PROJECT.
3648 SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 45 3649 AND 46.
3651 DO HAVE SOME CARDS ON THIS.
3652 PEGGY [INAUDILBE] COME ON UP PLEASE.
3653 FOLLOWING WILL BE JOHN CARR.
3655 AND PEGGY HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? 3656 NO.
3657 DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE 3658 TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? 3659 YES.
3660 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
3661 PEGGY [INAUDILBLE] 4280 HAZEL AVENUE APARTMENT A PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3662 WINCHESTER COURTS WHICH IS FACING THIS BUILDING.
3663 MY QUESTION REGARDS THE HELIPORT WHICH CAME UP SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN FP&L 3664 WAS FIRST TALKING ABOUT BUILDING.
3665 I WENT TO SEVERAL MEETINGS AS DID SOME OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS AND WHAT WE 3666 EXPRESSED AT THE TIME WAS OUR CONCERN ABOUT NOISE.
3668 YES THERE IS NOISE IN THE CITY.
3669 I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 26 YEARS AND THERE'S ANOTHER NEIGHBOR OF MINE HAS OFTEN 3670 SAID SHE HAS WATCHED THE GARDENS DISAPPEAR FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3671 SO WE RECOGNIZE THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR THE BUILDING FOR FP&L FAOR EVERYTHING THAT'S 3672 GOING ON.
3673 BUT I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE HELIPORT.
3674 IS IT ONLY GOING TO BE FOR FP&L PERSONNEL? 3675 IS IT GOING TO BE OPENED UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR HIRE TO USE AS A WAY TO GET INTO 3676 PALM BEACH GARDENS? 3677 AND THAT'S MY BASIC QUESTION.
3678 NORMALLY WE DON'T DO A QUESTION ANSWER BUT I WILL ASK THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS 3679 THAT QUICKLY IF YOU COULD PLEASE.
3680 I THINK THAT'S A VALID QUESTION.
3681 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED ON A LONGER PRESENTATION.
3685 KEN TUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN.
3686 SO FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT DOES HAVE HELICOPTERS.
3687 IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR BUSINESS.
3688 WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON THIS SITE IS A HELISTOP MEANING THAT THE HELICOPTER 3689 LANDS, TAKES OFF, DROPS ITS FOLKS OFF.
3692 IT DOESN'T STAY THERE OVERNIGHT.
3693 FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT PARTICIPATES IN SOMETHING CALLED FLY NEIGHBORLY.
3694 IT'S A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION.
3695 IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED ON THEIR JUNO BEACH CAMPUS FOR
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3696 MANY MANY YEARS.3697 IN FACT THAT JUNO BEACH CAMPUS HAS A HELIPAD AND THAT HELIPAD I HAD THE 3698 OPPORTUNITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO SPEAK TO THE TOWN MANAGER OF JUNO BEACH.
3699 WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE HELICOPTER AND THE ANSWER IS NO BECAUSE FP&L 3700 PROVIDES THE FLY NEIGHBORLY PROGRAM WHICH MEANS IN ESSENCE THEY DO NOT FLY 3701 OVER RESIDENTIAL AREAS UNLESS IT'S A SAFETY SITUATION.
3702 BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY FLY VERY HIGH ALTITUDES.
3703 THEY AVOID RESIDENTIAL AND THEY AVOID ANY NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING FLIGHTS.
3704 IN ESSENCE A HELICOPTER HOW IT WORKS IS THE NOISE ISN'T WHEN YOU GO DOWN.
3705 THE NOISE IS WHEN YOU GO UP, WHEN THEY GET THE ENGINES UP.
3706 SO THEY TAKE OFF QUICKLY AND THEY GO UP IN THE AIR IN A VERY QUICK DIRECTION AND 3707 THEN THEY ALSO.
3708 I SUSPECT MR. LOWMAN MAYBE HAD A POINT ABOUT THAT.
3709 BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY FILE.
3711 THERE ARE FLIGHT AREAS AND THEY TYPICALLY FOLLOW LIKE I95 AND BE ABLE.
3712 SO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTION THAT PEGGY HAD WRITTEN ON HERE.
3714 THERE'S NO PUBLIC USE OF THAT HELISTOP? 3715 THAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT YES.. AND ACCORDING TO THE 3716 APPLICANT IN OUR MEETING YESTERDAY THE NUMBER OF HELICOPTER TRIPS HAS GREATLY 3717 DECLINED OVER THE YEARS TO JUNO.
3718 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3719 BUT THEIR COMMENT YESTERDAY AFTER THE QUESTION WAS THAT.
3720 AND AND ALSO IN SPEAKING WITH THE MAYOR OF JUNO BEACH HE'S NEVER HAD A 3721 COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT THAT HE'S KNOWN OF AND THE HELICOPTERS KEPT AT THE 3722 AIRPORT.
3723 WELL ALSO IT'S AT THE FARTHEST SPOT OF THE PROPERTY FROM WINCHESTER 3724 COURTS.
3725 IT'S ALL THE WAY OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
3726 SO THOSE QUESTIONS WERE BROUGHT UP PEGGY.
3727 SO NORMALLY AGAIN WE DON'T DO THE Q AND A BUT.
3730 IS JOHN HERE? 3731 YES JOHN COME ON UP AND AFTER THAT IS STEVE MATHISON.
3733 GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING.
3735 I'M JOHN CARR CHAIRMAN OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
3737 5520 NORTH PGA BOULEVARD.
3738 AND AS YOU KNOW THE CHAMBER TYPICALLY DOES NOT PUT A POSITION ON PRIVATE 3739 PROJECTS.
3740 HOWEVER THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT AND WE FELT IT WAS IN OUR INTEREST TO GO AHEAD 3741 AND TELL YOU OF OUR SUPPORT OF THIS.
3742 THE PROJECT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY BOTH THE PALM BEACH NORTH GOVERNMENT 3743 AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND WE BOTH SUPPORT AND ENDORSE 3744 THIS PROJECT.
3745 THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT TO THE COMMUNITY IS SIGNIFICANT.
3747 AND WE WOULD ASK IN YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS.
3751 YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN STEVE? 3752 YES SIR.
3753 NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
3754 YES SIR STEVE MATHISON 121 EMERALD KEY LANE.
3755 RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3758 I JUST WANTED TO SAY VERY SIMILAR TO THE HEARINGS I'V ATTENDED PREVIOUSLY ON THIS 3759 MATTER I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED HERE IN THE CAPACITY AS A RESIDENT AND AS A 3760 BUSINESS OWNER AND AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE ALONG WITH DON KNOWING THAT 3761 THIS IS FP&L DOUBLING DOWN AND COMMITTING TO THIS COMMUNITY AND I CANNOT BE 3762 MORE EXCITED.
3763 I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT I BELIEVE ARE SOME OF THE 3764 MOST SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINTS IN OUR CITY: THE GARDENS MALL.
3766 THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TURNING POINTS AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I FEEL THIS IS A 3767 BENEFIT TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND I APPLAUD WHAT FPL IS DOING AND I FULLY 3768 SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
3769 I ASK YOU TO DO THE SAME.
3770 THANK YOU DANA [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY DAVE [INAUDIBLE] HAVE YOU 3771 BEEN SWORN IN TODAY? 3772 I HAVE YES.
3774 102 DELANA WAY IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3775 GOOD EVENING AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PGA QUARTE ASSOCIATION.
3776 I AM THE CHAIR AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING A PRESENTATION FROM FP&L ON 3777 FEBRUARY 13TH AND WE WERE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT AND 3778 HAD BEEN KEPT UP TO DATE THUS FAR.
3779 IN OUR LAST MEETING WE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THE PROJECT AND ARE LOOKING 3780 FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.
3781 ALSO AS A RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER WE THINK IT' A GREAT ADDITION TO THE 3782 CITY AND WE YOU KNOW WE REALLY LOOK UPON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND 3783 KNOW THAT THEY REALLY PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 3784 END RESULT.
3789 YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN TOO? 3790 I HAVE.
3792 DAVE [INAUDIBLE] 215 VIA CONDADO WAY PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3793 RESIDENT OF THE BEST COMMUNITY IN PALM BEACH GARDENS MIRABELLA.
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3794 I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND HERE'S WHY.3795 OTHER THAN A SUBSTATION THIS NOW PUTS FP&L FOOTPRINT IN OUR 3796 COMMUNITY IN A PERMANENT WAY.
3797 IT CONTINUES A TREND AS WELL THAT WE'RE DIVERSIFYING THE GROWTH AND 3798 EVOLUTION OF OUR TOWN SO IT'S NOT JUST A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE BUT ALSO A GREAT 3799 PLACE TO MAKE A LIVING.
3800 IT'S A PERFECT MIX OF BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL COEXISTING IN A COHESIVE 3801 WAY.
3802 IT ALSO CONTINUES A TREND WHERE OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS CAN COME HOME AND 3803 RAISE FAMILIES AND CREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES.
3805 SOME OF THEM I ACTUALLY DO WANT THEM TO COME HOME AND AND LET'S NOT OVERLOOK THE 3806 MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS COMPANY.
3807 YES THIS IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT TO BE PUT INSIDE 3808 AND TO BE ABLE TO RESTORE POWER IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY AFTER A STORM.
3809 BUT THE MISSION THE GREATER MISSION OF NEXT ERA FP&L IS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE EARTH 3810 AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE ATMOSPHERE.
3811 IT'S THE LEADER IN CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
3812 IT IS THE LEADING DEVELOPER OF CLEAN ENERGY IN THIS NATION IN NORTH AMERICA AND 3813 IT'S THE LEADING GENERATOR OF CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
3814 AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THE MATH AND LOOKED AT THE TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF NOX AND 3815 SOX THAT DON'T GO UP INTO THE AIR BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO CLEAN AND 3816 RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT ALONE TO ME SINGLE HANDEDLY MAKES THIS PROJECT WORTHY OF THE 3817 SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
3821 WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
3822 CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? 3823 I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION 44 BY 2019.
3826 ANY DISCUSSION? 3827 I ONLY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
3828 I PURPOSELY MADE THIS A CAMPAIGNING ISSUE FOR ME LAST YEAR AND MOST OF THE 3829 COMMUNITY EVEN IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE TRAIL IN KYOTO.
3830 I WAS IN MULTIPLE HOA MEETINGS THERE.
3831 EVERYBODY AND I TOLD YOU GUYS THIS YESTERDAY.
3832 EVERYBODY SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE OF THE JOBS THAT IT'S GONNA BRING TO PALM 3833 BEACH GARDENS AND PEGGY'S ELECTRICITY WILL NEVER GO OFF BECAUSE YOU'RE 3834 LITERALLY RIGHT THERE.
3836 IT'S THE VISION OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3837 WE'VE BEEN EXCITED FOR YEARS.
3838 I REMEMBER I ASKED YOU A COUPLE YEARS AGO IN AN EMAIL IF WE CAN MOVE IT 3839 ALONG AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE COUNCIL'S GONNA BE YOU KNOW 3840 EVER EVOLVING.
3841 WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS DONE BEFORE WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
3846 WELL KEN'S PRESENTATION WAS VERY SHORT FOR A VERY VERY LONG PROCESS AND IT JUST 3847 DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT NOT TO THANK FP&L FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY THE WAY THEY DID 3848 TO IRON OUT THOSE SMALL WRINKLES SLICE IT DOWN PUT IT AND AND GET TO THE PLACE 3849 WE ARE TONIGHT.
3850 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, A DEFINITE ASSET.
3851 IT'S AMAZING THAT IT'S CAT 5 AND IT STILL LOOKS THE WAY THAT IT DID.
3852 AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM KEVIN FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
3853 AS CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE FOR THE CHAMBER I 3854 AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE ANOTHER SHOWPLACE IN THE CITY ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY 3855 OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
3856 SO THANK YOU FOR AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DID.
3859 I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEED CERTIFICATION.
3860 I KNOW THE PAIN IN THE BUTT IT IS TO CHECK BOXES SO I'M OKAY WITH IT NOT BEING LEED 3861 CERTIFIED BUT IT IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZINGLY SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AND I 3862 THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
3863 AND WHEN IT COMES BACK TO THE MOBILITY I'M GLAD TO HAVE FP&L WHO UNDERSTANDS 3864 THIS COMMUNITY NOT JUST YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S BUYIN SOME PROPERTY THAT'S NEVER 3865 BEEN IN THIS CITY AND UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT REGION BEING A 3866 LEADER AND MAKING SURE THAT MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND AROUND THE AREA WAS 3867 TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
3868 AND SINCE YOU GUYS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO DO IT EVERYBODY THAT COMES AFTER 3869 THAT SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW SUIT.
3870 AND OF COURSE OUR MOBILITY PLAN WILL ALLOW THAT.
3871 SO WITH THAT CAN I HAVE A VOTE ON FIVE HEAR AYE.
3877 RESOLUTION 46 2019 A RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY OF PALM 3878 BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA APPROVING SITE PLAN WITHIN THE PGA OFFICE 3879 CENTER PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 270000 3880 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING THREE STORY PARKING GARAGE AND HELISTOP.
3881 THE SUBJECT SITE IS PROXIMITY 37 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND IS LOCATED EAST OF 3882 MILITARY TRAIL WEST OF ALTERNATE A1A AND SOUTH OF KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE IS
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3883 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL PROVIDING 3884 WAIVERS PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.3886 I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NO PRESENTATION.
3887 DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION.
3888 OKAY CAN WE JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
3889 CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
3891 MOTION RESOLUTION 46 2019.
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3894 [INAUDIBLE] SECOND THANK YOU.3899 BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE MIRACLE LEAGUE MR. MAYOR I THINK MAYBE JUST TO MAKE 3900 SURE THAT THIS GETS DONE BEFORE WE REACH OUR TIME LIMIT.
3901 I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE A MOTION HAVE A MOTION AND A VOTE TO MOVE 3902 RESOLUTION 39 TO THE NEXT ITEM SO THAT YOU CAN ADOPT YOUR MILLAGE RATE YOUR 3903 MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE REST OF YOUR AGENDA.
3904 CAN HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE RESOLUTION 39 TO THE.
3908 OK LET'S READ RESOLUTION 39 2019.
3909 RESOLUTION 39 2019 A RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY OF PALM
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3910 BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA ADOPTING A PROPOSED MAXIMUM MILLAGE FOR THE CITY PALM 3911 BEACH GARDENS FISCAL YEAR 2019 2020 SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE THE FIRST 3912 BUDGET HEARING PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.3913 ALL RIGHT CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION PLEASE THANK YOU.
3914 YES FOR THE GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD ALLAN OWENS FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR AND 3915 WILL WILL BE BRIEF.
3916 THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF THE PROCESS FOR A BUDGET ADOPTION AS YOU KNOW WE 3917 HAVE TO SET A MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE AND SET THE DATE AND TIME OF THE FIRST 3918 PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TAX NOTICES THAT WILL BE SENT OUT AT THE 1ST OF NEXT 3919 MONTH.
3920 SO AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED RATE STAFF IS RECKONING A PROPOSED MILITARY TO 5.55 3921 WITH A DEBT SERVICE RATE OF 0.
3922 AS ALL OF OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT IS PAID OFF THIS YEAR FOR A TOTAL 3923 MILLAGE OF 5.55 WHICH IS DOWN FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR'S TOTAL RATE OF 5.6003 3924 THIS PROPOSED MAXIMUM OPERATING RATE OF 555 IS 4.19 PERCENT ABOVE THE 3925 ROLLBACK RATE WHICH IS 5.3268.
3926 AS YOU KNOW THE RATES CAN BE LOWERED DURING THE HEARINGS BUT THEY CANNOT BE 3927 INCREASED WITHOUT GOING TO A VERY EXPENSIVE NOTICE VIA MAIL TO EACH 3928 INDIVIDUAL TAX OR A PROPERTY OWNER.
3929 SO PRACTICALLY SPEAKING IT CANNOT BE RAISED.
3930 IN ADDITION WE ALSO HAVE TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY OF THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE 3931 FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
3932 THESE DATES CANNOT CONFLICT WITH THE COUNTY'S DATES OR THE SCHOOL BOARD DATES 3933 WHICH YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.
3934 SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 3935 5TH 2019 AT 7 PM.
3936 AND WITH THAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 39 2019 3937 SETTING A MAXIMUM OPERATING MILLAGE OF 5.55 AND SETTING THE DATE FOR THE FIRST 3938 PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH 2019 AT 7 P.M.
3939 IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
3941 THERE'S NO CARDS ON THIS SO WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING.
3942 CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
3943 I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 31 2019 SETTING A MAXIMUM OPERATION MILLAGE 3944 RATE OF 5.55 AND SETTING THE DATE FOR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 5TH 3945 2019 AT 7 P.M.
3946 IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
3947 AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
3949 JUST JUST SIMPLY A REMINDER THIS IS JUST SETTING THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE.
3950 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS LOWERING IT IN THE FUTURE IF WE CHOOSE TO DO 3951 SO.
3952 NO OTHER DISCUSSION LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE A VOTE.
3956 MATTHEW WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON THE MAXIMUM MILITARY TO 5.55.
3960 ALL RIGHT LET'S MOVE BACK.
3961 RESOLUTION 52 2019 CAN THE CLERK READ THE TITLE PLEASE.
3962 RESOLUTION 52 2019 A RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS 3963 FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION 22 2017 TO MODIFY A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR 3964 THE NUVO BUSINESS CENTER THE GARDEN'S PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD RELATED TO 3965 BIOSCIENCE DEVELOPMENT TIMING REQUIREMENTS THE NUVO BUSINESS CENTER PUD IS 3966 LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND BUCKEYE STREET SOUTH OF 3967 BURNS ROAD IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED [INAUDIBLE] PROVIDING
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3968 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL PROVIDING AN EFFECT DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.3970 VERY BRIEFLY I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR AGENDA REVIEWS ABOUT 3971 THIS WHAT THIS IS AS A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THE NUV RIVERSIDE THE NUVO BUSINESS 3972 CENTERS APPROVING RESOLUTION.
3973 ALL IT'S DOING IS AMENDING A CONDITION OF APPROVAL RELATED TO TIMING FOR THE 3974 CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 2 OR BUILDING NUMBER 2.
3975 AND MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE 3976 [INAUDIBLE] WE MADE SOME EXCEPTIONS AND ALTERED THEIR WORKFORCE HOUSING 3977 REQUIREMENT AND THEY FUNDED WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM IN LIEU AND IN THIS CASE WE 3978 WERE LOOKING TO DO A VERY SIMILAR THING BUT THEN THIS BIOSCIENCE REQUIREMENT AND 3979 THE TIMING OF BUILDING THIS BUILDING WAS AN ADDED BENEFIT TO THE CITY TO HELP 3980 MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S JUST NOT FINANCIALLY VIABLE AND 3981 THE APPLICANT APPROACHED US AND ASKED FOR A WAY TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND THIS 3982 ISSUE OF FUNDING THE MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD CAME UP AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT 3983 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO HELP FUND THE MIRACLE LEAGUE 3984 FIELDS AS YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION 3985 ACCOMPLISHES IT MAKES UP THE SHORTFALL TO FUND THE MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELDS FOR 3986 THE KIDS AND THEY WILL NUVO BUSINESS CENTER WE ALSO HAVE CO NAMING RIGHTS ALONG
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3987 WITH THE CITY SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S REASONABLE APPROVAL AND THAT'S IT.3988 WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 52 2019.
3990 I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS.
3993 JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF REAL QUICK PLEASE.. MICHAEL SANCHEZ WITH MANAGED LAND 3994 ENTITLEMENTS REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THE 3995 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY AND WE THANK YOU THANK YOU TO MAX AND RON AND NATALIE FOR 3996 THEIR HELP.
3997 THANK YOU ENDURING A LONG MEETING.
3999 DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
4000 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AGREEING TO DO THIS.
4001 I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO THE RIBBON CUTTING AND SHARING 4002 THE SPOTLIGHT WITH YOU THERE.
4003 SO IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
4004 OKAY LET'S CLOSE THE CLOSE THE HEARING AND A MOTION AND A SECOND.
4005 I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 52 2019.
4010 [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.
4012 OK LET'S READ RESOLUTION.
4013 RESOLUTION 29 2019 A RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS 4014 FLORIDA SUPPORTING THE INSTALLATION OF A GOLD STAR FAMILIES MEMORIAL MONUMENT 4015 AT VETERANS PLAZA WITHIN THE CITY HALL MUNICIPAL COMPLEX PROVIDING AN 4016 EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.
4017 ALL RIGHT LET'S OPEN THE HEARING.
4019 WE'RE GOING TO FOREGO THE VIDEO I THINK I CAN JUST EXPLAIN THAT A GOLD STAR
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4020 FAMILY IS SOMEBODY WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LOVED ONE FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY 4021 IN THE ARMED FORCES AND WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.4022 THIS IS THE PLAQUE THAT WILL BE ACROSS FROM THE VETERANS PLAZA PLAQUE.
4023 WE'RE EXCITED TO PUT THAT IN.
4024 SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.
4025 WE'RE SORRY YOU HAD TO WAIT SO LONG FOR THAT.
4026 ALL RIGHT WELL DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
4027 THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPROACHING THE CITY.
4028 IT'S A VERY VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY GOOD THING TO DO.
4033 CAN YOU GET A MOTION AND A SECOND.
4034 I MOVE WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 29 2019.
4041 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING THIS WHOLE TIME I APPRECIATE IT.
4043 SO NOW WE'RE AT THE END OF.
4045 SO WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO READ AND DISCUSS AMONGST THE THE CITY MANAGER I 4046 ASSUME EACH OF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SIT WITH HIM AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY AS 4047 WELL DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT.
4049 CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT SORRY.
4050 I THINK WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL CITY MANAGER 4051 AND I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT.
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4054 YEAH NO ONE EXPECTED ME TO SAY THIS AND I HOPE YOU GUYS MIGHT BACK UP A LITTLE 4055 BIT.4056 BUT YOU KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER IS LIKE PAID FOURTH IN THE COUNTY.
4057 AND I WAS HOPING WE WOULD DISCUSS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX PAY RAISE 4058 BRING HIM UP TO TO WE'VE RAISED THE POLICE WE'VE RAISED THE FIRE WE'VE 4059 RAISED EVERYBODY.
4060 AND I KNOW WE'RE GIVING HIM SOME EXTRA VACATION TIME BUT I KNOW HE WANTS TO BE 4061 QUIET ABOUT IT BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERY CONTRACT AN TAKING THE PERSONALITY OUT 4062 OF YOU KNOW HE'S OUR CITY MANAGER WE WANTED TO KEEP HIM.
4063 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S COMPENSATED YOU KNOW IN THE SAME ARENA AS 4064 THE OTHER.
4065 RIGHT NOW [INAUDIBLE] I THINK IS FIRST THEN YOU GOT BOCA THEN YOU GOT DEL RAY 4066 AND YOU GOT RON.
4067 SO I EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T WANT IT HE WANTS TO BE UNDER THE RADAR.
4068 YOU KNOW I WANT TO LOOK AT IT ON THE WORDS ON THE PAPER TAKE THE PERSONALITY 4069 OUT AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX.
4070 WE'VE GIVEN THE THE POLICE AND THE FIRE TWENTY FOUR OVER THREE YEARS SO YOU KNOW 4071 I THINK AN INCENTIVE SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE ONE TIME YOU KNOW.
4072 SIGNING BONUS MORE THAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACTUALLY RAISE.
4073 HE'S TALKING ABOUT A RAISE I THINK.
4074 WOULD BE A WOULD BE A PAY RAISE.
4075 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TOO THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE OTHER THAN A COST OF LIVING 4076 RAISE THAT THE REST OF THE STAFF GOT.
4079 AS COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS POINTED OUT THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS THE HIGHEST 4080 PAID EXECUTIVE IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE IN THE COUNTY.
4081 THEN THE BOCA RATON CITY MANAGER'S TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND.
4082 DELRAY BEACH BEFORE THEY WERE TERMINATED WAS TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR 4083 THOUSAND.
4084 THEN THERE'S WEST PALM BEACH AT TWO FORTY AND KEEP IN MIND THAT'S A STRONG 4085 MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
4086 IT'S NOT A CITY COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND THEY MAKE TWO FORTY.
4087 AND THEN MR. [INAUDIBLE]CONTRACT IS AT TWO THIRTY NINE AND THAT 4088 INCREASES HAVE BEEN OVER FROM WHAT HIS STARTING SALARY WAS BACK IN 2001 HAVE 4089 ONLY BEEN DUE TO COST OF LIVING INCREASES THAT HAVE BEEN THAT OTHER THAT ALL
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4090 OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE RECEIVED.4091 HE HAS NEVER ASKED FOR OR SOUGHT AN INCREASE IN HIS SALARY.
4092 I MAKE A MOTION WE DO A PAY INCREASE OF 6 PERCENT.
4096 NO I THINK THE NUMBER ONE CITY IN THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAPPEN.
4100 NUMBER ONE CITY IN THIS STATE.
4103 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HIM JUST THE WAY HE TAKES CARE OF EVERYBODY ELSE AND 4104 WE TAKE CARE OF NOBODY ELSE AND HE'S NOT GOING TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR AND WE'RE 4105 GOING TO ADDRESS THIS LIKE A CONTRACT LIKE WE WOULD ON EVERYBODY ELSE AND YOU KNOW 4106 I KNOW WE ALL SUPPORT HIM I MEAN COME ON.
4108 AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS AND THEN TO ONE TIME RAISE FOR NOW AND THAT'S 4109 HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT GUYS.
4110 OK YOU GOT A MOTION YOU GOT A SECOND.
4111 I GOT A MOTION FOR A 6 PERCENT.
4115 CONGRATULATIONS MR. [INAUDIBLE].
4116 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
4117 CARL THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP.
4119 SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 8TH ANNUAL SENATOR PHILIP D.
4123 CAN YOU PLEASE TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
4124 DO YOU WANT TO PUSH THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE TIME.
4125 THIS ISN'T URGENT FOR TONIGHT.
4126 IT'S NOT URGENT FOR TONIGHT BUT IT IS ONLY GOING TO TAKE TWO MINUTES OR A MINUTE TO 4127 DISCUSS IT UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON NOT TO.
4130 RON YOU JUST GOT A RAISE YOU CAN STICK AROUND FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES.
4131 IT BOUGHT YOU AN EXTRA ELEVEN.
4133 OKAY EVEN THOUGH PALM BEACH GARDENS DOESN'T HAVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM THAT A LOT 4134 OF OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY DO.
4135 I'M REQUESTING THAT WE SUPPORT THE HOMELESS COALITION'S LEWIS LUNCHEON.
4136 THE LEWIS CENTER OPENED IN 2012 AS THE FIRST CENTRAL ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR THE 4137 HOMELESS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
4138 AND THE CITY FROM TIME TO TIME WILL DONATE MONEY FOR CHARITABLE CAUSES WHETHER
[Item XI B]
4139 IT'S THROUGH OUR EMPLOYEES GROUP OR THE CITY ITSELF.4140 AND I'M ASKING FOR A SPONSORSHIP TO CONSIDER A SPONSORSHIP THAT WOULD 4141 PROVIDE ONE MONTH OF RENT FOR A FAMILY.
4142 IT'S THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE LUNCHEON 4143 OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED.
4145 YOU KNOW THE THING THAT SEPARATES PALM BEACH GARDEN FROM OTHER CITIES AND SOME 4146 LIKE US BUT WE'RE NOT JUST ABOUT OUR CITY BUT WE'RE COUNTYWIDE.
4148 MARIA WHO'S NOT HERE WORKS SO HARD AND IS EVERYWHERE.
4149 THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CITY CAN NOT JUST STAY INSIDE OF 4150 OUR LITTLE BOWL BUT TO GET OUT AND DO THINGS THAT BENEFITS THE COUNTY SO I'M 4151 ALL SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
4153 CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
4156 I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM MARIA ON THIS AND SHE WASN'T IN FAVOR OF FUNDING EITHER 4157 ONE UNTIL WE COULD PUT IT IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WAS HER POINT.
4158 EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.
4159 WELL DO YOU WANT TO POSTPONE UNTIL SHE HAS A CHANCE TO DISCUSS WITH US OR.
4161 THE EVENT IS NOT UNTIL I MEAN OF COURSE THE MONEY GOES IN EARLY BUT IT'S NOT 4162 UNTIL OCTOBER.
4163 SO I MEAN WE CAN POSTPONE AND WAIT AND SEE HOW SHE FEELS AND.
4166 IS THERE IS THERE IS THERE THE OTHER ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE CITY THAT DOES 4167 CHARITABLE DONATIONS THE EMPLOYEE OR IS IT IS IT WORTH BRINGING UP TO THAT 4168 GROUP INSTEAD OF TAKING IT FROM THE CITY BUDGET.
4170 IS THERE A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION WITHIN THE CITY.
4172 THAT CAN DONATE THE MONEY.
4173 DO THE EMPLOYEES WAS THAT SOMETHING.
4177 PERHAPS WE CAN JUST TABLE THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
4178 I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE PALM BEACH 4179 GARDENS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON HERE THAT WE'RE NOT PART OF 4180 A BIGGER BIGGER COUNTY THAT HAS BIGGER ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE TRYING TO 4181 HELP.
4182 YOU COULD HAVE THREE VOTES RIGHT THERE.
4184 4185 SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER VOICING SOME CONCERN AND I RESPECT MARIA'S 4186 OPINION.
4187 PERHAPS WE JUST WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
4188 UNLESS WE UNLESS WE UNLESS AGREE AND WANT TO VOTE IT'S UP TO YOU.
4189 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO.
4190 WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT NEXT TILL NEXT 4191 [INAUDIBLE].
4193 LET'S PUT ON IT ON THE NEXT.
4195 WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT THAT'S WHY I HAD SUGGESTED BEFORE SO WE'RE TIRED SO.
4196 LET'S MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MONTH.
4197 REAL QUICK I'M SORRY JUST THE MATTER [INAUDIBLE] THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT WE
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4198 HAD AN ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTE MOTION THAT WAS VOTED ON AND APPROVED BUT MR. LANE'S 4199 COUNCIL MEMBER LANE'S MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER OR VICE MAYORS 4200 LITT'S SECOND TO APPROVE HIS CONTRACT WAS NEVER VOTED ON.4201 SO IF YOU COULD CALL THE QUESTION ON THAT BECAUSE YOU APPROVED THE CONTRACT 4202 WITH US YOU APPROVED A 6 PERCENT RAISE BUT YOU DIDN' PROVE THE CONTRACT.
4204 I JUST NEED I JUST NEED A VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT YOU 4205 ALREADY HAVE [INAUDIBLE].
4207 I'LL MAKE A MOTION APPROVING.
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4209 THANK YOU JUST HOUSEKEEPING.4211 DO WE WANT TO TABLE THIS MAYOR'S BREAKFAST THAT'S A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR 4212 CONTRIBUTION DID MARIA HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT.
4213 WHY DON'T WE TABLE IT ALL.
4214 WHY DON'T WE JUST TABLE THAT.
4216 YEAH YOU YOU COULD HAVE VOTED WITH THAT.
4218 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS JUST SO YOU KNOW CAME FROM MAYOR [INAUDIBLE]FROM [INAUDIBLE] 4219 COLONY HE WAS WE WERE ASKED BY THE CHAMBER TO SUPPORT A TABLE LAST YEAR JUPITER AND 4220 THE COLONY PAID THE WHOLE THING WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ALL A BIT STRANGE BECAUSE
[Item XI C]
4221 THEY'RE SMALLEST MUNICIPALITY.4222 SO THIS WAS ASKING ASKING THE TEN MUNICIPALITIES TO CHIP IN AND SINCE WE'RE ONE 4223 OF THE LARGER ONES WE WERE GONNA CHIP IN.
4224 WHY DON'T WHY DON'T FINALLY WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE CARE OF TAKE CARE OF THEM BOTH 4225 TONIGHT AND THAT'LL BE THE ANSWER.
4226 AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT OK.
4229 I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SUPPORT ONE MONTH'S RENT FOR FAMILIES THROUGH THE 4230 HOMELESS COALITION THROUGH THE LEWIS LUNCHEON.
4231 I HAVE A CONCERN OF SPENDING TAXPAYERS DOLLARS WITHOUT BEING BUDGETED SO 4232 I'D HAVE TO VOTE NO.
4233 SO DO WE HAVE A SECOND OR DO WE NOT.
4234 IF WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND THEN WE WILL TABLE THE VOT [INAUDIBLE] DISCUSSION 4235 UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
4236 OR WE WILL DENY IT [INAUDIBLE].
4237 DIES FOR LACK OF SECOND RIGHT.
4238 WE CAN BRING IT UP NEXT MONTH.
4239 I WANT KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
4242 4243 AND I WILL GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION.
4247 ALL RIGHT SO WE'LL TABLE THE OTHER ONE AS WELL.
4248 LET'S DO A WORKSHOP ON THAT.
4250 AND HAVE IT LIKE [INAUDIBLE].
4251 LIKE WHY WE SHOULD SEND YOU GUYS TO BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES.
4252 WELL WELL TABLE THOSE BOTH UNTIL.
4253 I WANT TO WORKSHOP ON IT.
4254 DO WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.
4259 WITH ALL THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
4260 [INAUDIBLE] YOU'VE EVER SAID.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.