Apr 04, 2024 City Council

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

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THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[Call to Order]

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

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

VICE MAYOR WOODS HERE, MA'AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER. TINSLEY HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. RUSSO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MIDDLETON HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED TONIGHT ON OUR AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOME PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY MEMBERS IN OUR AUDIENCE.

TODAY. WE HAVE GIRL SCOUT TROOP NUMBER TWO, FOUR, THREE, THREE, FOUR WITH US TONIGHT FROM ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND WE ARE ALL SO HAPPY.

YES, PLEASE.

TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS EVENING.

THEY ARE FRESH OFF OF TOURING OUR FIRE STATION, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE HELMETS AND EVEN MORE CAREER CHOICES IN FIRE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT MOST OF ALL, WE WANTED TO THANK BELLA, CAMERON, CHLOE, ELLA, EVE, EVIE, HARLEY, IZZY, LYDIA, MADISON, SARAH, SCARLETT, SKYLA AND TAYLOR FOR COMING TONIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT YOU AMAZING GIRL SCOUTS TO KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS.

YOU HAVE THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT ARE FEMALE, AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW A LITTLE THING OR TWO ABOUT GIRL SCOUTS.

THERE ARE 58% OF THE WOMEN IN THE 114TH CONGRESS CAME FROM GIRL SCOUTS.

75% OF SENATORS THAT ARE FEMALE ALSO CAME FROM GIRL SCOUTS, AND 53% OF THE WOMEN CURRENTLY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE GIRL SCOUT ALUMNI.

SO YOU GUYS ARE MAYBE GOING TO BE UP HERE ONE DAY WITH US.

AND THEN ALSO LASTLY, FIVE OF THE SIX FEMALE GOVERNORS RIGHT NOW ARE GIRL SCOUT ALUMNI.

SO WE HOPE ONE DAY YOU GUYS JOIN US IN SERVING OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

I WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR COUNCIL.

IT IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH WITH OUR GIRL SCOUTS AND GIVE THEM SOME REALLY SPECIAL CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION THAT ARE PUT TOGETHER. SO PLEASE HOLD ONE MOMENT.

YEAH.

YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE.

SO IF THEY WANT.

CARLOS, I HERE TODAY. CARLOS IS NOT HERE TODAY.

TAYLOR. OKAY.

OKAY, YOU GUYS.

IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

YEAH. HE LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED TO BE IN COMBAT.

I WAS.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

OVER HERE. I WANT TO COUNT DOWN FOR THREE.

ALL RIGHT. THREE. TWO.

ONE. THREE.

CAN I TAKE ONE TOO? RIGHT HERE.

OKAY, THREE.

WHAT HE.

OKAY. WHERE ARE THE SMILES? WHERE ARE THE SMILES WHILE YOU GUYS DO? THANK YOU GIRLS.

NOW.

WE CAN'T BE.

IT.

NO, NO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

I THINK WE SHOULD START EVERY MEETING WITH A GIRL SCOUT TROOP FROM NOW ON, IF WE COULD.

OH, YEAH. COOKIES NEXT TIME.

BUT. YEAH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 17 2024, DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

[III. ELECTION]

THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE UNIFORM MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY ELECTION HELD ON MARCH 19TH, 2024, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAKE IT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 17 2024.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 17 2024.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES, FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO THE REORGANIZATION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR.

[IV. REORGANIZATION]

LET'S SEE. DO I HAVE TO HAVE THE CLERK READ THE.

DO I HAVE TO READ IT FIRST, PATTY? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAX.

OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? MAY I GET A MAY? OPEN THE NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR, PLEASE.

DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE CHELSEA TO CONTINUE AS MAYOR.

I BELIEVE SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB REPRESENTING US AT THE CITY, AND SHE HAS LED THE CHARGE WITH MOBILITY AND MADE AMAZING STRIDES. AND I FEEL THAT SHE HAS PLANS FOR COLLABORATION WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO FURTHER THAT GOAL.

AND I THINK SHE WOULD DO AN AMAZING JOB.

I'LL DEFINITELY SECOND THAT.

IT'S RARE THAT A MAYOR GETS ELECTED THREE YEARS IN A ROW TO OUR COUNCIL, AND THAT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW STRONG OF A PERSON THAT CHELSEA IS AND A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WILL PLEASANTLY SECOND THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU. IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT, SO I THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE MOTION.

IS IT ALL IN FAVOR? AND I ANY WHITE NOSED WHERE ENOUGH AN PASSES FOR KIDNEY.

THANK YOU. ISN'T EVEN.

I WILL NOW OPEN THE NOMINEE. THERE ARE MORE VICE MAYOR AROUND.

WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR GOOD DAY, MAYOR AND MAYOR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TO NOMINATE DANA MIDDLETON.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU.

SIR, MAY I A SECOND? I'LL SAY THERE'S. THANK YOU.

LOOKS AT THIS. ALL RIGHT. MAY I LIKE WHY VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, RIGS TODAY I LIKE TO MOTION PASSES.

THANKS SO MUCH. AND NOW WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? MAX AND PADDY TO FINISH THAT UP? NOW WE'RE READING THE TITLE, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. RESOLUTION 18 2024, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING APPOINTING THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR FOR THE CITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

AND NOW WE NEED A MOTION AND A VOTE FOR THAT MAYOR FOR FOR THAT RESOLUTION.

OBVIOUSLY, WITH CHELSEA REED BEING INSERTED AS THE MAYOR AND DANA MIDDLETON AS THE VICE MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 18 2024 WITH THE NAMES, AS MAX SAID, READ FOR MAYOR AND MIDDLETON AS VICE MAYOR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE.

RESOLUTION 18 2024 WITH CHELSEA READ AS MAYOR AND DANA MIDDLETON AS VICE MAYOR SECOND.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

A LITTLE CLUMPED. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS? AND CONGRATULATIONS, VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, MODIFICATIONS TONIGHT, PATTY.

NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

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SO THANK YOU, TODD.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

I AM GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN QUIET ZONE, SOMETHING THAT I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND MYSELF.

OKAY. I GAVE THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MAYBE A LITTLE UNDER A YEAR AGO, ABOUT WHERE WE WERE WITH QUIET ZONES IN THE NORTH COUNTY AND WHERE WE WERE AS A CITY WITH QUIET ZONES. THE ONLY QUIET ZONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ESTABLISHED IS IN WEST PALM BEACH.

THEY HAD PHASE ONE THAT WENT HALFWAY THROUGH WEST PALM BEACH.

WHEN BRIGHTLINE EXTENDED NORTH.

THEY CONTINUED THAT CORRIDOR.

SO THEY DO HAVE A QUIET ZONE CORRIDOR MOVING NORTH.

RIVIERA BEACH HAS APPLIED FOR A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ESTABLISH A QUIET ZONE, AND THEY APPLIED FOR A NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT.

THEY DID RECEIVE THAT, HOWEVER, DURING A 21 DAY PERIOD THAT THEY HAVE BETWEEN THE NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT AND THE ACTUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE QUIET ZONE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER SIGNAGE IN. SO THAT NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT HAS LAPSED.

SO THEY'LL NEED TO FIX SOME SIGNS AND REAPPLY FOR THAT NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT.

MOVING NORTH LAKE PARK AND NORTH PALM HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING AS FAR AS QUIET ZONES GO.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, WE'RE GOING TO GET IN MORE IN DEPTH OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

WE HAVE FILED OUR NOTICE OF INTENT, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME GLITCHES ON OUR NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH HERE.

THE TOWN OF JUPITER HAS FILED A NOTICE OF INTENT.

THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WALK WITH THEM TODAY AS PART OF A DIAGNOSTIC STUDY WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER.

TODAY THEY HAVE SOME SIGNAGE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH, AND THEY'LL BE PROBABLY DOING IT IN ABOUT 3 OR 4 WEEKS, MAYBE A MONTH.

BUT DOING THEIR NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT FOR THEIRS AND TEQUESTA HAS DONE NOTHING YET ON THEIR QUIET ZONES AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE SIT AS THE NORTH COUNTY GOES.

SO HOW DO YOU CALCULATE A QUIET ZONE? I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT I HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT GOES INTO IT NOW.

SO BASICALLY, IF A TRAIN IS COMING AND YOU'RE AT A CROSSING, THE HORN SOUNDS.

IT LETS YOU KNOW, HEY, THERE'S A TRAIN COMING.

SO IN ORDER FOR THE HORN NOT TO SOUND, THERE HAS TO BE ENOUGH BELLS AND WHISTLES, GATES, BARRIERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AT THAT PLACE TO WARN PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS ENOUGH TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, THERE IS A TRAIN COMING, BE READY FOR IT.

AND THEY DO THAT BY LOOKING AT THE LOCALIZED CONDITION AT EACH CROSSING AND THE CORRIDOR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH IN ITSELF TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRAIN TRAFFIC VOLUMES, ACCIDENT HISTORY AND OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE MEDIUM LENGTHS, MEDIUM HEIGHTS, STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.

SO YOUR GOAL IS TO GET A RISK WITHOUT TRAINING HORNS UNDER THE RISK WITH THE HORNS.

AND THAT'S HOW THEY DO NOT SOUND THE HORNS AS BASICALLY YOU HAVE ENOUGH STUFF AT THAT PARTICULAR CROSSING TO LET MOTORISTS KNOW, HEY, THERE'S A TRAIN COMING, GET OUT OF THE WAY! SO THIS IS WHAT I PRESENTED YOU LAST TIME.

WE WERE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A QUIET ZONE BETWEEN DONALD ROSS ROAD AND KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE, AND WE WERE JUST UNDER THAT RISK.

SO OUR RISK WITHOUT HORNS WAS JUST UNDER THAT RISK.

BUT WE WERE GOING TO DO A FEW MORE THINGS.

WE HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE THAT WAS GOING TO EXTEND THE MEDIAN.

WE NEED AN ACCIDENT TO COME OFF, AND WE NEED BRIGHT LINES TO COME BACK AND PUT IN A A FOURTH GATE AT RCA BOULEVARD.

THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

HOWEVER, ONCE WE STARTED TO GO FOR OUR NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT, THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION SAID WE COULD NOT USE DONALD ROSS ROAD.

AND WE WERE REALLY COUNTING ON THE SCORE OF DONALD ROSS ROAD.

SO UPDATING EVERYTHING WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE MEDIAN EXTENSION AND THE ACCIDENT FALLING OFF, WE STILL ARE ABOVE THAT HORN RISK.

AND SO GOING FURTHER INTO THE DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT, HOOD ROAD AND BURNS ROAD ARE OUR MAJOR CULPRITS FOR THAT.

THE MAIN REASON IS ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC VOLUME AND THE LACK OF A FOURTH GATE.

WE DO NOT HAVE EXIT GATES AT THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS.

THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE THEM IS BECAUSE WHEN BRIGHT LINES WERE COMING THROUGH AND WE WERE EVALUATING OUR SAFETY MEASURES AT THAT POINT, THEY'RE CALLED SUPPLEMENTAL SAFETY MEASURES. THEY TOLD US THOSE WERE NOT NECESSARY DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE MEDIANS ON THE EXIT SIDE OF BOTH BURNS ROAD AND HOOD ROAD.

SO THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO NOW, BECAUSE THE QUIET ZONE CALCULATOR DOES NOT LOOK AT THOSE PARTICULAR MEDIANS IN THE LENGTH OF THOSE MEDIANS. IT JUST DOESN'T DO IT.

WE HAVE TO GO TO WHAT IS CALLED AS AN ALTERNATIVE SAFETY MEASURE, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO PETITION THE FRA TO LOOK AT THOSE AND TO ASSIGN A SCORE TO THOSE, OR A REDUCTION OF A SCORE TO THOSE AND PUT IT INTO OUR CALCULATOR.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT HOOD ROAD, WE HAVE A 577 FOOT MEDIAN THERE.

SO A CAR WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL 577FT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND HIT A TRAIN AS THEY SEE IT COMING THERE.

SO THERE'S NO CREDIT IN THE QUIET ZONE FOR THAT.

LOOKING AT BURNS ROAD, IT'S ALSO 470FT, SO THEY'RE QUITE LONG.

AND THAT'S WHY THE ORIGINAL FOURTH GATE WAS NOT PUT IN THERE.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN A FOURTH GATE.

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SO THE ISSUE OF THAT IS TIME.

WE CAN ONLY PETITION THE FEC TO DO IT.

IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL AT THAT POINT.

WE DO GET TO PAY FOR IT, BUT WE IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL TIMING WISE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO PETITION THE FRA WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL SAFETY MEASURE IN THE ALTERNATIVE SAFETY MEASURE, WHICH IS HOOD ROAD AND BURNS ROAD.

SO IT'S OUR OPINION, AND THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE GUESSTIMATE, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US AT LEAST A 40% SAVINGS ON OUR OUR QUIET ZONE APPROACH THERE FOR THE LARGE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

THEY'RE BOTH SIX INCHES TALL.

THEY'RE BOTH WELL OVER A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET.

SO WITH THAT AND REDOING THE CALCULATOR, TAKING THAT 40%, WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE 60.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS 40.

WE ACTUALLY WILL FALL WELL BELOW THAT CALCULATOR.

AND WE'LL FINALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO ESTABLISH THAT QUIET ZONE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

RIGHT NOW WE JUST DO NOT QUALIFY.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, IF WE LOOK AT TODAY WE HAVE TO GO DO A DIAGNOSTIC WALK THROUGH WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.

WE GO TO FEC, BRIGHT LINES, THE COUNTY, THE FRA, MUCH LIKE WE DID TODAY WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER WALK THAT TO GET THEIR OPINIONS, THEIR COMMENTS.

THEN WE PREPARE AN APPLICATION WITH THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR COMMENTS IN THERE.

AND THEN WE SUBMIT TO THE FRA TO ESTABLISH THAT QUIET ZONE USING THE, THE SUPPLEMENTARY AND AND BOTH THE ALTERNATIVE SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT HAS A 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD.

THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.

IT SITS FOR 60 DAYS AND WAITING FOR COMMENTS.

TYPICALLY THERE'S NO COMMENTS ON THOSE.

THEN THEY HAVE 60 DAYS TO REVIEW THAT.

DURING THAT TIME, WE CAN START TO PUT IN THESE SIGNS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MUTCD, PUT QUIET ZONE SIDINGS UP AND DOWN THIS CORRIDOR THAT MEET THAT.

EXACTLY. SO ONCE WE GET THE RULING BACK FROM, FROM THE RAIL ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT OUR DISCOUNT IS ON THOSE QUIET ZONES, WE INSTALL THE SIGNS, WE WILL PREPARE A NOTICE OF ESTABLISHMENT. AND THEN THERE'S A 20 DAY WINDOW.

ONCE THAT HITS THEM, THERE'S A 20 DAY WINDOW FOR THEM TO WALK WITH US TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR SIGNAGE INCORRECTLY, THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE CORRECTLY AND IT WILL BE DONE CORRECTLY. THE QUIET ZONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED RIGHT AFTER THAT.

SO THAT'S INSTANTANEOUS.

21 DAYS. IF WE PASS, IT'S ESTABLISHED.

NO MORE HORNS BEING BLOWN IN THERE.

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THEY CAN BLOW THE HORNS AT ANY TIME AS FAR AS THE ENGINEER IS CONCERNED, FOR ANY OTHER SAFETY MEASURES.

SO THAT'S THIS IS ALL CONSERVATIVE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER FOR THAT TO BE ESTABLISHED.

THOSE ARE THE STEPS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY JUST DON'T MEET THAT QUIET ZONE CRITERIA.

ANY NOW.

SO I JUST HAVE TO I'M GOING TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T KNOW.

I DOUBT YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS TO EITHER, BUT SO QUIET ZONES HAVE THEIR DIRECTLY.

GRANTED OR WHATEVER BY THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES OVER AN INTERSECTION.

THE RISK ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON THE COUNTS OF TRAFFIC.

OBVIOUSLY, HOOD ROAD, BURNS ROAD HAVE VERY HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES WHERE RICHARD ROAD HAS VERY LITTLE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT OVER AND GOT RICHARD ROAD BECAUSE IT HAS A GOOD SCORE AND IT HELPS OUR AVERAGE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CARES IF THE HORNS ARE BLOWING DURING THE DAY.

IT'S WHY AREN'T WE, WHY AREN'T WE LOOKING AT HOW FAR THOSE HORNS, THOSE HOW FAR THE NOISE TRAVELS WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

THEN THEY'RE BLOWING THEIR HORN AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

UNTIL WHENEVER? AT NIGHT. WHO CARES IF IT'S SEVEN TO 8 OR 9? BUT THE HORNS TRAVEL SO FAR.

THE PEOPLE IN ALTON CAN HEAR THEM AND EVERYBODY UP AND DOWN MILITARY TRAIL FOREVER.

SO WHY DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC DURING PEAK HOURS? THIS IS JUST THE FRA'S REQUIREMENT.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE REQUIREMENT, JUST WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW IT SO WE CAN GET THIS ESTABLISHED.

YEAH, I'M JUST CARRYING A GENERAL COMPLAINT ON WHO PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR HORNS AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN THERE'S NOT A CAR ON THE ROAD.

UNDERSTOOD. SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE BECAUSE BESIDES THE REQUEST FOR PICKLEBALL QUIET ZONES IS THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT THAT I GET.

I GET EMAILS DAILY.

AS YOU KNOW, I GET A LOT OF CALLS.

I CAN'T WALK MY DOG WITHOUT SOMEONE ASKING ME WHEN ARE WE GETTING QUIET ZONES? SO I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US AN UPDATE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER NEWS IN THE FUTURE, I'M SURE EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY.

ONLY IF IT'S GOOD.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT.

AND PEOPLE DO CARE ABOUT THE HORNS, WHETHER IT'S DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME.

I THINK BECAUSE OF BRIGHTLINE COMING SO FREQUENTLY NOW, EVERYONE ALL OF A SUDDEN REALIZES THAT THERE IS AN FEC RAILROAD RIGHT NEAR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

AND AND YOUR ENDEAVOR FOR TRYING TO MAKE THIS COME TO FRUITION AND THE WHOLE TEAM THAT'S DOING THIS.

I AND TODD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK STAFF HAS PUT INTO THIS.

I KNOW YOU GUYS WALKED THOSE TRAILS, THE TRAIN TRACKS ALL THE TIME AND ARE CONSTANTLY OUT THERE.

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SO WE WALKED WITH JUPITER.

THEY CAME BACK AND SAT WITH US FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR CONSTANTLY MAKING SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO THANK YOU TODD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

[VII. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]

IF YOU'D COME UP, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, SIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BOB MANKIEWICZ FROM UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY.

I STAND HERE TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER, SPECIFICALLY YOUR ABUSE OF POWER WITH RESPECT TO YOUR ATTEMPTS TO ANNEX UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INTO YOUR CITY OF PERFECTLY PLASTIC PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO CITY COUNCILORS.

CHELSEA REED CARL WOODS, MARCIE TINSLEY ROBERTO.

EXCUSE ME, ROBERT AMORUSO, DANA MIDDLETON, CITY ATTORNEY MAX LOWMAN, JUNIOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JOHN BOWMAN, ESPECIALLY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER LORI BAVARIA. LORI RIVERA, WHO WAS FIRED FROM HER POSITION AS CITY MANAGER OF BOYNTON BEACH FOR DOING NOT GOOD THINGS, NOT A FEW YEARS LATER.

SHE IS THE FACE OF THE PALM BEACH GARDENS ANNEXATION PLAN, AND NOT IN GOOD WAYS.

I THINK LORI LEVARIO MAY BE A GOOD PERSON, BUT SHE IS IN THE.

YOU NEED TO ADDRESS ME DIRECTLY IF YOU COULD.

I'M SORRY, I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES AND I COULDN'T DO THIS.

I COULDN'T MEMORIZE THIS IN NO, I UNDERSTAND IT DONE IN THREE.

CORRECT. SO I'M SORRY.

I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.

THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONFINE YOUR COMMENTS TO COMMENTS ABOUT THE ANNEXATION OR THE COUNCIL.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STAND HERE FOR THREE MINUTES AND CONDUCT PERSONAL ATTACKS ON PEOPLE.

SO IF THAT'S PART OF YOUR DISCUSSION, DO I HAVE DO I HAVE IS THERE A FREE SPEECH IN THIS ROOM OR NOT? THERE IS, SIR. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, ROBERT'S RULES ASKS YOU TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR OR THE PERSON WITH THE GAVEL.

SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU IF YOU COULD ADDRESS ME.

USUALLY YOU ADDRESS THE PERSON WHO'S RUNNING THE MEETING.

SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO TELL ME ALL OF THESE THINGS DIRECTLY.

BUT I WISH YOU WOULD SPECIFICALLY COME AT ME.

THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND.

WELL, WHEN I WAS HERE IN THE MEETING, IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCILORS.

YOU WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON THIS ACTIVITY.

SO I'M ADDRESSING ALL OF YOU.

IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.

CAN I GET BACK TO.

SO I'M GOING TO REVIEW WHAT WE WENT THROUGH.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE POINTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE.

WHAT YOU ALL PUT US THROUGH, A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WAS NOT FUN.

AND IT WAS NOT A GOOD THING.

OKAY. AND THE WAY YOU WENT ABOUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY BAD.

IT WAS NO SUPPORT FROM EITHER YOUR OWN TAX PAYERS, YOUR COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS NO IMPETUS FROM THEM, THE PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITIES THAT CAME HERE UNANIMOUSLY IN TWO MEETINGS SAID, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS. YOU INSISTED ON GOING FORWARD WITH IT.

AND WHEN YOU DID, THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE NEWS PEOPLE WAS NOT ACCURATE.

IT WAS HALF TRUTHS.

YOU SAID, OH, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET THEIR TAXES REDUCED.

BUT YOU FAIL TO MENTION, ALTHOUGH IT WAS IN YOUR REPORTS, IN YOUR MAILINGS, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE FUTURE INCREASES IN TAXES DUE TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

NO, THERE WASN'T ANY OF THAT.

THERE ALSO WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT, ALTHOUGH IT WAS IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE YOU SAID, OH, YOU'RE GOING TO YOUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE JUST FINE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ZONING AND BUILDING CODES.

NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE UNTIL YOU TRY TO IMPROVE YOUR PROPERTY.

THEN YOU HAVE TO FALL UNDER PALM BEACH GARDENS ZONING REGULATIONS.

AND, OH, BY THE WAY, YOUR BUILDING PERMITS COST A LOT MORE THAN PALM BEACH COUNTIES.

YOU CHARGE A PERCENTAGE OF PROJECTS NOT CHARGED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, NOT MENTIONED IN ANY OF YOUR MATERIAL.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE TELLING HALF TRUTHS TO THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO ANNEX TO THE NEWS MEDIA.

NOT A GOOD THING.

PEOPLE ARE OPPOSED TO IT, THE WHOLE THING.

YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD ANYWAY.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.

SURE, I WILL WRAP THEM UP RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 15 SECONDS.

IF YOU GIVE ME A MINUTE, I'LL JUST CATCH UP TO MY LAST STATEMENT.

15 SECONDS.

I SERVED IN THE US ARMY FOR 35 YEARS AND SIX MONTHS, AND NEVER EXPECTED THE SINGLE GREATEST DIRECT THREAT TO MY FREEDOM WOULD BE FIVE CITY COUNCILORS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATORS. OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

IF YOU'D BE SO KIND. THANK ME FOR MY SERVICE.

YOU'RE NOT WELCOME.

YOU ABUSED THE POWER THAT FREEDOM GAVE YOU.

YOU'RE DONE. GOD BLESS YOU.

CAN YOU CAN BE QUIET OR BE ESCORTED OUT.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE WERE PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A 20 YEAR PLAN TO GO TO THE VOTERS, TO GO TO THE 8500 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS, AND WE ALLOWED THE VOTERS TO VOTE.

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WE ARE A REPRESENTATIONAL DEMOCRACY, AND WE LEFT IT TO THE 8500 PEOPLE OFFERED ANNEXATION.

AND WE WILL STAND BY DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY PROPOSITION GOT DEFEATED BY 93%, 93%.

MOVE HIM. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.

[VIII. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

THIS WHOLE PROCESS GOES THROUGH REGULATIONS.

THE STATE REQUIRES US TO DO THINGS.

WE WERE ASKED OVER THE YEARS, MANY TIMES TO LOOK AT ANNEXATION.

SO WHEN THE TIMING SEEMED RIGHT, WE LOOKED AT ANNEXATION.

WE WE DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH WERE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW.

WE DID AN URBAN SERVICES REPORT, WHICH WERE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW.

WE DID EVERYTHING THROUGH THE PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE LAW, OUR FACTS AND OUR FIGURES.

WE STAND BY.

JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THEM ISN'T THE POINT.

THAT'S THEIR POINT.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHOEVER HE IS, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

AND TO MAKE FALSE ACCUSATIONS, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.

THIS WAS AN EMOTIONAL PLEA.

HE HAS NO FACTS.

OUR FACTS STAND FOR THEMSELVES.

WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO GIVE THE FACTS.

WE TOOK OUR FINANCE OFFICIALS CALCULATED TAXES FOR ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME TO THEM ONE ON ONE. SO THIS ATTACK ON THE COUNCIL AND STAFF IS UNCALLED FOR.

AND WE DID, AS YOU POINT OUT, TAKE IT THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND ALLOWED EVERYONE TO VOTE.

THEIR VOICE IS LOUD AND CLEAR.

FINE. WE'RE MOVING ON.

APPARENTLY, NOT EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE ON.

AND JUST AS A MATTER OF CLARIFICATION, IF I MIGHT, AS IN DEFENSE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS AS CITY MANAGER JUST SAID, THIS PROCESS WAS GOVERNED BY CHAPTER 171 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, AND IT WAS FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER.

THAT'S MY JOB.

THAT'S WHAT I'M RESPONSIBLE TO DO.

AND WE MADE SURE THAT THAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.

IT'S QUITE CLEAR BY THE VOTE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY, AND THAT'S FINE.

THAT WAS THEIR CHOICE. AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT IS A TRULY DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DIRECT EFFECT ON WHAT HAPPENS BY THEIR VOTE.

INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEM, THEY VOTED, THEIR VOTE WAS HEARD, AND IT HAPPENED THE WAY IT HAPPENED.

THIS PROCESS IS ESTABLISHED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.

THIS COUNCIL HAD NO CHOICE IF THEY WERE GOING TO CONSIDER ANNEXATION TO DO IT ANY OTHER WAY.

SO WHEN ANYBODY SAYS ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S EITHER OUT OF IGNORANCE OR THEY'RE KNOWINGLY LYING.

IT'S SIMPLY JUST NOT TRUE.

THEY WERE PRESENTED. THIS COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED WITH FIVE ORDINANCES.

THEY REVIEWED THOSE ORDINANCES.

THEY WERE ALL LEGALLY SUFFICIENT, AND THEY DECIDED TO VOTE ON THEM.

THAT WAS THEIR LEGISLATIVE PREROGATIVE.

AND THEY DID SO. AND THEY PUT IT TO THE VOTERS, THIS KIND OF.

EMOTIONAL DIATRIBE FILLED WITH IGNORANT COMMENTS HAS NO PLACE IN A PUBLIC MEETING, AND I PERSONALLY AM OFFENDED BY THE FACT THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO STAND UP HERE AND ATTACK MY COUNCIL FOR FOLLOWING STATE LAW.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I CAN.

I'M ACTUALLY OKAY WITH LEAVING THE CITY THE WAY IT WAS.

IT WAS FINE BEFORE. IT WILL BE FINE AFTER EVERY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY STEP OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND THEY DRIVE DOWN THEIR STREET, THEY'RE IN THE PALM BEACH GARDENS.

WHEN THEY WALK OUT THEIR DOOR, THEY'RE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

WHEN THEY GO SHOPPING, THEY GET THEIR GAS.

THEY DRIVE DOWN THE STREET, THEY GO TO WORK, THEY'RE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

SO AND I WENT TO MULTIPLE MEETINGS, MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS, MULTIPLE EMAILS, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS.

AND THE ONLY THING WE DID WAS OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME INTO THE FAMILY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THERE WAS NO UNDERLYING CAUSE.

WE DON'T NEED THEIR MONEY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEIR MONEY WOULD HAVE BEEN REINVESTED INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT WENT.

I'M I DIDN'T EVEN BLINK AN EYE ABOUT IT.

BUT THE MAIN THING IS, IS WHEN THEY LEAVE THEIR HOUSE THERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, AND THAT'S THE END OF IT.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.

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

[IX. CONSENT AGENDA]

SEEING NOTHING, I'M GOING TO SEE LET'S TAKE IT TO VOTE.

SO LET'S LOOK TO PASS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

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

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONSENT AGENDA PASSES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS TONIGHT.

WE'RE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES.

ORDINANCE FOUR 2024 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, REZONING TO CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION.

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RESOLUTION SIX 2024 SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR PARCEL A OF THE CIMARRON COVE PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD RESOLUTION 16 2024.

PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS AND RESOLUTION 24 2024 CHRIST FELLOWSHIP REQUESTING TO MODIFY THEIR SIGNAGE PLAN.

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

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

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

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

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

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

THANK YOU. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. ORDINANCE NUMBER THREE, ORDINANCE NUMBER FOUR FOR 2024, RESOLUTION FIVE FOR 2024, AND RESOLUTION SIX FOR 2024 WILL BE A

[X.a. ORDINANCE 3, 2024 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A LARGE-SCALE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND-USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATES SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 163.3184, ET SEQ., FLORIDA STATUTES, PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NO. CPMA-21-09- 000032, IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE LAND-USE DESIGNATION OF 50.58 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, KNOWN AS CIMARRON COVE, FROM MIXED USE (MXD) WITH BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH PROTECTION OVERLAY (BRPO) TO RESIDENTIAL HIGH (RH), THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING LOCATED EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.23 MILES SOUTH OF HOOD ROAD; PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (DEO) AND OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES; PROVIDING THAT THE FUTURE LAND-USE MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

[X.b. *ORDINANCE 4, 2024 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) REZONING TO CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS CIMARRON COVE, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 50.58 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND LOCATED EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.23 MILES SOUTH OF HOOD ROAD; PROVIDING THAT THIS PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE (MXD) TO PCD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH (RH); PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY CLERK WILL READ THE TITLES SEPARATELY, AND EACH ORDINANCE AND EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY.

SINCE ORDINANCE FOUR 2024 AND BOTH COMPANION RESOLUTIONS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL, EX PARTE WILL BE GIVEN AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ORDINANCE THREE 2024.

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE THREE 2024 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A LARGE SCALE AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, USE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATE SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 163 .3184 AT SIX FLORIDA STATUTE PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NUMBER CPMA. DASH TWO ONE.

DASH ZERO NINE.

DASH 000032.

IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF 50.58 ACRES, MORE OR LESS KNOWN AS CIMARRON COVE, FROM MIXED USE MIXED WITH BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH PROTECTION OVERLAY BRP TO RESIDENTIAL HIGH RH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING LOCATED EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.23 MILES SOUTH OF HOOD ROAD, PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, DEO AND OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES.

PROVIDING THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.

LET'S DO EX PARTE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE EX PARTE REGARDING ORDINANCE THREE 2024? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO EXPORT THREE, BUT OH, SORRY IF WE'RE DOING FOUR.

AT THE SAME TIME, I GUESS WE MAY AS WELL.

MY FAULT. NO. IT'S FINE.

I'LL EXPORT. I HAVE I SPOKE TO BOB SCHIEFFER PRIOR TO THE FIRST READING.

ANYONE ELSE? NONE.

NONE. NEGATIVE.

ALL RIGHT. AND I HAVE NONE EITHER.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING? NO, MADAM MAYOR. NO CHANGES SINCE FEBRUARY 1ST WHEN THE PROJECT WAS HEARD.

OVERALL, AS AS ONE PROJECT, ORDINANCE THREE, ORDINANCE FOUR, RESOLUTION FIVE AND RESOLUTION SIX TOGETHER.

SINCE THAT FIRST READING AT FEBRUARY 1ST, WE DID SEND THE LAND USE AMENDMENT TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW AND RECEIVED NO COMMENTS.

OH, EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. GREAT.

SO LET'S DOES ANYONE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION FOR A RESOLUTION THREE 4 OR 5 SIX.

NONE. ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THESE.

NO ONE TO CALL TO THE PODIUM. SO LET'S CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? WE'LL START WITH ORDINANCE THREE.

MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE THREE 2024.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR ORDINANCE FOR ORDINANCE FOUR 2024, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS CIMARRON COVE, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 50.58 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND LOCATED EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.23 MILES SOUTH OF HOOD ROAD, PROVIDING THAT THE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

PCD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE MIXED TO PCD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH RH, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN

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THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI. LET'S OPEN THE HEARING.

THE EX PARTE WOULD BE THE SAME FOR ORDINANCE THREE AS IT IS FOR ORDINANCE FOUR 2024.

SO WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY, AND NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED EXCEPT FOR THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED WITH NO COMMENTS.

SO WE DO OR DO NOT NEED A PRESENTATION ON FOUR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE FOUR 2024? PLEASE? MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE FOUR 2024.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ORDINANCE FOUR PASSES, FIVE ZERO.

MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION FIVE.

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION FIVE 2024 RESOLUTION.

THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CIMARRON COVE PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD TO MODIFY THE MASTER PLAN DESIGN GUIDELINES AND PCD LANDSCAPE BUFFERS.

THE CIMARRON COVE PCD BEING LOCATED EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.23 MILES SOUTH OF HOOD ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING.

AGAIN, EX-PARTE WAS DONE ON ORDINANCE THREE 2024.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.

AGAIN EVER PRESENTATIONS BEEN DONE.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE NEEDS A PRESENTATION.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION FIVE 2024, PLEASE? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION FIVE 2024.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT'S.

I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I DID HAVE AN EX PARTE, JUST IN CASE.

THANK YOU. SO IT'S ON THE RECORD FROM.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE SAME EX PARTE FROM ORDINANCE THREE WAS DONE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR RESOLUTION FIVE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION SIX 2024.

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION SIX 2024 RESOLUTION.

THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH THERE IN FLORIDA APPROVE THE RIGHT SITE PLAN FOR PARCEL FROM THE CIMARRON COVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

PAUSE ANY TO ALLOW 2021 MULTI FULLY RESIDENTIAL USE, INCLUDING 22 HOUSING UNITS AT AND CIMARRON COVE, HAVING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF HOOD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY SO IN PROVIDING ALL START SIGNS OF APPROVAL PROVIDE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER.

WANT ME TO THANK YOU SO SIDE OPEN THE HEARING EX PARTE WALLACE UNDER ORDINANCE THREE 24.

WE HAVE NO APPOINTMENT CARDS.

ELEVATION HAS NOT TWO.

WE DON'T HAVE ASKING FOR A PRESENTATION.

SURE. GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

WE MAY GET A MOTION AND A SECOND APPROVE RESOLUTION.

SECOND, A LOT. MAY 24TH.

I METAL MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION SIX TO JUNE 4TH.

THANK YOU. AND THEN SECOND.

LOVELY FOR THE FAVOR.

I'M OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FOR RESOLUTION SIX 2024.

YOU SEE NORMALLY. THANK YOU.

AND PATTY THAT WAS TALKING FOR YOU ETC..

[X.c. *RESOLUTION 16, 2024 – PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) TO UPDATE THE MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM, THE PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER BEING LOCATED IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF BURNS ROAD AND GARDENS EAST DRIVE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

GUESS WHAT? IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION SIX 2024 RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS COMES TO APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER, BUT THEN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD TO UPDATE THE SONG SIGNAGE PROGRAM.

THE PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTRALITY, LOCATED IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION.

ZINS ROAD AND GARDENS EAST DRIVE AS MORE DESCRIBED HEREIN POSSIBLY ARE WAIVERS PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN UPDATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

LET'S OPEN THE HEARING THAT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NASA, BUT I'LL START DOWN HERE WITH DAVE ALL.

THEN GO TO CARL AND THEN TO BURT AND DANA.

SO ELECTRI NO EXPERTISE.

ALL RIGHT. CARL. ALL RIGHT.

BURT. SO RESOLUTION 16 2024 I WILL ON I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE PALM BEACH GARDENS AND ALL THEIR GOVERNING BOARD.

I HAVE NO FINANCIAL GAIN FROM THIS.

BUT AGAIN IT IS VOTE JUST FROM A CONFLICT SEGMENT.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

I ALSO AM GOING TO HAVE TO TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM VOTING ON RESOLUTION 15 2024 BECAUSE I'M ON THE GOVERNING BOARD OF PALM BEACH MEDICAL CENTER.

SO MOM, WE'LL EXCUSE YOU.

AND I DO NOT HAVE A SIDE PART.

SO WE SEE THAT WE HAVE LAUREN SANDS URBAN DESIGN STUDIO.

PODIUM, IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD. I LEFT PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM NIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FOR THE RECORD, LAWRENCE SANDS HAD NONE.

DESIGN STUDIO HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER.

EFFICIENT. BEFORE I BEGIN, CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM MAYOR.

AGAIN ON APPOINTMENT.

AND VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON ON YOUR APPOINTMENT TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T FIND ME, YOU CAN SEE I HAD ME TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO PROGRESS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER. OVER FOR WHAT, YEAR OR TWO? THEY'VE HAD ONGOING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

THE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEAR COMPLETION OR ARE ALREADY COMPLETE.

SO HIGH EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE WERE TWO PHASES TO THE FIRST PORTION OF THAT WERE SOME FACADE IMPROVEMENTS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, THERE'S SOME NEW PANELING THAT'S ON THE BUILDINGS.

AND THE SECOND PART OF THOSE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE SEE, SO THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.

LAUREN, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I APOLOGIZE.

I DID NOT ASK IF YOU HAD A LAP.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT TO STATE THAT A PLAYER.

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BUT CORNER OF BURNS ROAD.

AND GET WITH THEM. DRIVE.

I'M SHOWING YOU THIS MAP BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO A FEW MAPS TONIGHT TO ADD CONTEXT AND WHERE THE CIRCUIT THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS FOR A MOMENT.

THIS IS TO MODIFY OUR MASTER SIGNAGE.

OK. I'M GOING TO BREAK THE PRESENTATION INTO THE SIGN TYPES.

I'M NOT GOING TO CLICK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, 23 SIGNS DON'T THEAST.

WE'RE GOING TO GROUP THAT FOR FOR BREVITY TONIGHT.

THE FIRST WITH THE PUD AMENDMENT IS THE ALSO FOR WAIVERS.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT. THOSE FOUR IN THE MIDDLE ARE THE FIRST I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE GROUND.

BECAUSE GROUND SIGNS ARE INTENDED ALONG GARDENS EAST DRIVE AND BURNS ROAD HOT OTHER AT THE MAIN ENTRY SPREAD THEY PRE FOR THE MOST PART REGIONAL AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION FOR THE MEDICAL REALLY. AND ALL OF THE SIGN VERSIONS ARE REMAINING IN PLACE.

WE ARE RE THEM REDOING SCAPING.

TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, OUR BASE OUT THERE TODAY, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE SIGNS, THE COLORING TO MATCH.

THERE'S STUFF IN FRONT OF THE SIGNS.

THERE'S TWO SIGNS IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE SIGNS.

LANDSCAPING CONFLICTS.

SO WE'RE COMING THROUGH.

THE PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER WANTS TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY JUST REVAMP, HAVE THIS AS PART OF THEFT OF MR. IMPROVEMENTS. ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE AN BUT I DON'T KNOW OF SOME OF THE CONFLICTS THAT ARE THERE TODAY WITH THE TOSING COMING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SIGN WHEN I'M ON IT.

OBVIOUSLY I'M GETTING SOME ISSUES WHEN YOU'RE AROUND AND YOU CAN'T MOVE AROUND THE MEDICAL.

SOME OF THE ON THE RIGHT HAVE HEARD IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO.

TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS, THERE'S INCREASED EMERGENCY LETTERING HEIGHT.

WE'RE ADDING AN ARCHITECTURAL CAP ON THE TOP METAL PANELING TO MATCH THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY COMPLETE AND FUNCTIONAL TODAY.

SO THIS IS THE EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST GROUND SIGN.

THIS IS YOUR MAIN SIGN IN THE CORNER OF GARDENS EAST DRIVE AND BURNS ROAD.

WE ARE IMPROVING THE LANDSCAPING FROM WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, REPLACING IT WITH A NEW LOGO AND NEW DESIGN.

THIS NEW LOGO AND DESIGN WILL BE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF THE NEW SIGNAGE.

WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU TYPICALLY SEE ON ON GROUND SIGNS.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH PROVIDING WITH THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CONSISTENT THEME THROUGHOUT THEIR CENTER AS WELL.

GROUND SIGNS TWO THROUGH SEVEN.

I'M GOING TO LUMP ALL THOSE TOGETHER.

WE'RE INCREASING THE EMERGENCY LETTER HEIGHT ON ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS A BIG BONUS, BIG SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.

AS PART OF THIS, WE ARE REPLACING ALL OF THE GROUND SIGNS WITH THE NEW LOGO AND THE NEW DESIGN.

WE'RE CLEANING UP THE ARROWS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL CONSISTENT.

THE COLORING ON ALL OF THESE SIGNS WILL NOW BE CONSISTENT.

AND OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THAT NEW ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE, THAT ARCHITECTURAL CAP ON THE TOP, AS WELL AS THE METAL PANELING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF YOUR GROUND AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.

THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS ARE LOCATED INTERNAL TO THE SITE ON YELLOW IN THE SCREEN.

THESE ALSO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION, BUT THEY'RE JUST SMALLER THAN THE GROUND SIGNS.

ALL OF THESE SIGNS ARE REMAINING IN THE SAME LOCATION AS WELL.

WE ARE JUST REPLACING THEM, PROVIDING THE SAME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE ON THE GROUND.

SIGNS. THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.

YOU HAVE SOME SIMILAR ISSUES HERE.

THE TEXT DOESN'T MATCH UP, THE COLORINGS MISMATCHED AND I GIVE THE MEDICAL CENTER A LOT OF CREDIT.

WE HAVE CHRISTINA IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

WHEN SHE JUMPED ON THE PROJECT, SHE SAID, GUYS, I THINK WE COULD DO AN EVEN BETTER JOB.

AND WE WERE ALREADY IN PROCESS WITH STAFF.

AND SHE'S LIKE, I THINK WE CAN CLEAN THIS UP EVEN MORE.

I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE EVEN BETTER DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION.

SO HALFWAY THROUGH, I'VE GOT RIVA NEXT TO ME HERE TOO.

WE DECIDED TO DO THAT, ADDED EVEN MORE FEATURES.

SO EVEN OUR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS HAVE THOSE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING YOU YOU SEE AT ALL.

YOU HAVE THE SAME ARCHITECTURAL CAP AND THE METAL PANELING AT THE BASE, NEW LIGHTING WHERE IT'S NEEDED TO LIGHT UP THOSE SIGNS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY, PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR WAY. THROUGHOUT THE MEDICAL CENTER, THERE ARE SIX WALL SIGNS.

THERE ARE TWO NEW WALL SIGNS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS NOT ANY WALL SIGN VISIBLE FROM EITHER BURNS ROAD OR GARDENS EAST DRIVE FOR THE MEDICAL CENTER.

SO OBVIOUSLY COMING THROUGH THESE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S VISIBILITY ONTO PRETTY IMPORTANT STREETS WITHIN YOUR CITY.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO MODIFY ONE OF THE EXISTING SIGNS, WHICH IS THAT OUTPATIENT ENTRY SIGN, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IN JUST A MOMENT HERE.

AND THERE ARE THREE SIGNS THAT WE ARE NOT CHANGING AS PART OF THIS PETITION.

THE FIRST WALL SIGN IS YOUR EXISTING ENTRANCE.

THEY ARE REFACING THAT TO BE GREEN TO MATCH THE NEW LOGO AND REDESIGN, AND THEY ARE ADDING THE LOGO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE OF THE EXISTING SIGN.

THE SECOND NEW WALL SIGN IS FOR THE MAIN BUILDING.

IT WILL BE A LARGE WALL SIGN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE MAIN BUILDING.

WE ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR THIS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT HERE.

AND WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING A NEW SIGN ON THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

CURRENTLY, THERE IS NOT A WALL SIGN AT ALL ON THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THE BEHEMOTH OF A CROWN SIGN THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT IS NO LONGER THERE TODAY.

SO THEY ARE PROPOSING THIS AND REPLACEMENT OF THAT.

SO THE ROAD AND GARDENS DRIVE.

THE MEDICAL CENTER USES IS UNIQUE WHEN IT COMES TO SIGNAGE.

MOST CODES AND THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS CODE DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS IT.

SO WE HAVE TO GET A LITTLE CREATIVE WITH WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

SO WE ARE REQUESTING FOR WAIVERS.

THE FIRST IS FOR THE BASE HEIGHT OF THE OF ALL OF THE GROUND SIGNS, EXCEPT FOR THAT MAIN ONE ON THE CORNER OF GARDENS EAST AND BYRNES.

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THAT ONE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

BUT WITH THAT WE ARE IMPROVING THE LANDSCAPING AROUND ALL OF THEIR MAKING, THE LANDSCAPE BEING CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE GROUND SIGNS, WHICH TODAY SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE LANDSCAPING AT ALL. SO IT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT.

AND THAT COMBINED WITH ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING A GOOD PRODUCT WITH THESE GROUND SIGNS.

THE SECOND WAIVER REQUEST IS FOR THE COPY AREA FOR ONE OF THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.

NINE OF THE TEN DIRECTIONAL SIGNS MEET THE COPY AREA REQUIREMENT.

EVEN WITH ALL OF THESE ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVEMENTS, THIS DIRECTIONAL SIGN FOR SOME REASON WAS JUST MADE LARGER THAN THE REST OF THEM.

SO WE ARE JUST REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR THAT ONE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY LETTERING HEIGHT THAT'S VISIBLE FOR PEOPLE, AND ALSO STILL PROVIDE ALL OF THE DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION FOR THEIR PATRONS.

THE THIRD REQUEST IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL PRIMARY TENANT SIGN IN THE MAIN BUILDING.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SO THAT IT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM BOTH OF THE MAIN ROADWAYS SURROUNDING THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

THEY ARE ATTACHING THIS TO THE NEW METAL PANELING THAT'S ALREADY INSTALLED.

IT'LL BE A NICE PRODUCT THAT'S VISIBLE.

THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN INSTALLING THE LANDSCAPING IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS SIGN TO AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE. I ACTUALLY FOUND IT QUITE SURPRISING AS WE WERE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HOW MANY PEOPLE GET THERE BUT DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE AT PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER? SOME PEOPLE, WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM.

SO SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT THAT I DID NOT REALIZE IN THE LAST WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS FOR THE COPY AREA FOR BOTH OF THESE TWO NEW WALL SIGNS.

WE ARE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE COPY AREA BY 99.2FT² FOR THE SIGN ON THE MAIN BUILDING, AND THEN 81.5FT² FOR THE SIGN OF THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR VISIBILITY PURPOSES FROM THOSE TWO MAIN ROADWAYS.

WE DO HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON THIS PD AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS ALL FOUR WAIVERS THAT ARE PART OF THIS REQUEST.

WE DO HAVE THE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WORKING WITH PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER ON THIS, ON BOTH THEIR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY DONE AND ALL OF THESE SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS, I THINK THEY'RE PROVIDING A GREAT PRODUCT THAT WILL REALLY CLEAN UP A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE AT THE MEDICAL CENTER.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

CHRISTINA IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SANDS.

DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING ALSO? I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

AND LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM EITHER ONE OF YOU TO GO AHEAD.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 16 2024.

I'LL SECOND IT. GOOD JOB.

ALL RIGHT. SO ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS AT ALL? NO, I 100% SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

WAYFINDING, ESPECIALLY FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES, IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

HAVING JUST BEEN THERE NOT THAT LONG AGO, I WAS ABLE TO I KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON OUR AGENDA.

AND I DID LOOK AROUND AND I, I DO 100% AGREE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS OUT THERE.

SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS BROUGHT IT BROUGHT THIS APPLICATION TO US AND THAT STAFF HAS FOUND IT SUFFICIENT FOR APPROVAL.

AND IN ADDITION, THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

BUT JUST AS AN FYI, WHEN I WAS THERE, YOUR SOUTH PARKING LOT WAS, LIKE, TOTALLY UNDER WATER.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER CLEANING OUT YOUR CATCH BASINS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS.

OF COURSE. YEAH, I LOVE IT.

CARL. ARE YOU GOOD? I SUPPORT EVERYTHING SHE SAID, EXCEPT FOR THE WATER PROBLEM.

OKAY. HE'S TEASING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO FOR RESOLUTION 16 2024.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 24 2024.

[X.d. *RESOLUTION 24, 2024 – CHRIST FELLOWSHIP REQUESTING TO MODIFY THEIR SIGNAGE PLAN. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH NORTH CAMPUS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) TO UPDATE THE MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM, THE CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH NORTH CAMPUS PUD BEING LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.75 MILES WEST OF MILITARY TRAIL, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH NORTH CAMPUS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD TO UPDATE THE MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM. THE CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, NORTH CAMPUS PUD BEING LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.75 MILES WEST OF MILITARY TRAIL, IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH EX PARTE FOR RESOLUTION 24 2024 REGARDING CHRIST FELLOWSHIP.

AND WE'LL START WITH CARL.

LADY DANA.

NO. NUN.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JOAN ATWATER.

OKAY, LOVELY. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE ZACH, I'M NOT GOING TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME PROPERLY.

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HERE AT OUR PODIUM, AND I.

EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD FROM CUTLER AND HEARING, GIVE US A PRESENTATION.

AND HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ZACH. SARAH WITH CUTLER AND HEARING AND JUPITER.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH.

WE ARE PROPOSING A MASTER AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM AND FIVE INDIVIDUAL WAIVERS.

SO, TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL FOR THIS PROPOSAL, WE ARE PROPOSING 22 NEW SIGNS.

SO THIS IS NEW SIGNS ON A NEW LOCATION AND 23 EXISTING SIGNS TO BE REPLACED A BUILDING DIRECTIONAL SIGN, WALL SIGN, DIRECTORY SIGN.

A BUILDING DIRECTIONAL SIGN FOR THE WAIVERS FOR THE BUILDING DIRECTIONAL SIGN EXCEED MAXIMUM COPY AREA.

SORRY, I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY.

EXCEED MAXIMUM SIGNS ON SITE AND EXCEED MAXIMUM HEIGHT.

AND THEN FOR THE DIRECTORY SIGNS EXCEED MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM PRIMARY STRUCTURE.

AND THEN FOR THE WALL SIGNS EXCEED MAXIMUM SIGNS ON SITE.

HOLD ON A SECOND. I JUST NEED TO GRAB A WATER REAL QUICK.

I APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW IT'S SNEAKY.

WE CAN DRINK WATER UP HERE.

SO YOU GUYS ARE JUST SITTING OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. TAKE YOUR TIME.

OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, JUST EAST OF BOWLING ALLEYS DRIVE.

AND SIMILAR TO THE LAST PRESENTATION, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH SIGN TYPE, BUT NOT EACH SIGN INDIVIDUALLY.

SO SIGN TYPE B, THIS IS ALL WE'RE DOING IS JUST REFACING THE SIGN.

NOTHING STRUCTURAL AT ALL HERE.

THESE ARE THREE EXISTING SIGNS.

SIGN TYPE C, THE SAME EXACT THING ONE EXISTING SIGN JUST SIMPLY TO BE REPLACED.

SIGN TYPE D. THIS IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPOSAL HERE.

15 NEW SIGNS, THE COPY AREA RANGES.

BUT FOR THE GRAPHIC TO YOUR LEFT THERE.

THAT IS PARTICULARLY WHAT WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

JUST THE COPY AREA MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE TEXT.

AND THEN SEVEN EXISTING SIGNS TO BE REPLACED.

SO REMOVING THOSE SIGNS AND THEN INSTALLING THESE SIGNS HERE.

MOST OF THESE IN THIS ENTIRE PROPOSAL ARE NOT ILLUMINATED.

AND THEN SIGNED TYPE L.

THIS IS WALL SIGN, THREE NEW WALL SIGNS, AND THEN TEN EXISTING SIGNS TO BE REPLACED.

SO THIS COPY AREA VARIES DRASTICALLY.

SO THIS COULD BE AN ACCESSORY ENTRANCE TO A BUILDING VERSUS A MAIN ENTRANCE.

AND SAME THING WITH THE EXISTING SIGNS TO BE REPLACED.

AND THEN SIGN TYPE EM.

THIS ACTUALLY, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM TO INSTALL TWO OR ACTUALLY FOUR TOTAL CAMPUS MAPS.

SO WE HAVE TWO ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING AND THEN TWO GROUND SIGNS.

SO THIS IS THE THIS IS THE BUILDING WALL SIGN HERE, OR THE DIRECTORY SIGN FOR THE CAMPUS MAP.

AND THEN SIGN TYPE.

AND THIS IS THE SAME EXACT THING JUST INSTALLED ON THE GROUND.

AND THEN JUST TO GO INTO THE WAIVERS HERE.

HERE. SORRY. ONE SECOND.

OKAY. SO THE THE EXISTING SIGNS ARE FROM THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE INITIAL SUBMITTAL FOR THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS BACK IN 2009. SO THIS IS SIMPLY TO JUST UPDATE ALL THE SIGNS.

THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO INSTALL FOR LEVEL TWO EV CHARGERS ON THE SITE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE EIGHT EIGHT CARS.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST REALLY TO UPGRADE THE SITE TO ENHANCE THE WAYFINDING AND JUST TO UPDATE THE EXISTING SIGNS AS WELL TOO.

AND THEN PLEASE NOTE THAT NONE OF THE SIGNS ON THIS APPLICATION CAN BE SEEN FROM THE ROAD.

AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM STAFF? STEPH HAS NOTHING TO ADD AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A COMMENT CARD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT STAY CLOSE BY OKAY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO IF JOAN SALTWATER COULD COME UP PLEASE.

WITHOUT WATER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE MINUTES.

IF YOU'D BE SO KIND AS TO STATE YOUR YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WERE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAME A LITTLE.

I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO BE SWORN IN BY OUR CLERK BEFORE WE HAVE YOU GIVE YOUR THREE MINUTES, OKAY? SHE'S RIGHT OVER HERE. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO, ALL RIGHT.

SORRY. SO NOW YOU GET TO SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU GET THREE MINUTES.

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SO I'M HERE AS A RESIDENT OF CYPRESS HOLLOW AND ALSO MY NEIGHBOR LOLA PHELAN HAS ASKED ME TO MAKE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM UP BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

WE THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THE SIGNAGE IS IMPROVING.

WE ALWAYS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW, AND WE SEE THAT AS A GOOD THING TO MOVE TRAFFIC SWIFTLY OFF OF NORTH LAKE AND ONTO CAMPUS.

THE CONCERN WE HAVE IS ABOUT THE EV CHARGERS.

IT'S GREAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN ENERGY.

BUT MY CONCERN IS WHERE THE CHARGERS WILL BE LOCATED BECAUSE WE ARE OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST TO THE WEST OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, AND WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH NOISE AND PEOPLE IN THE PAST.

SO WE ARE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE'S A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE THERE.

AND SO THE CONCERN IS JUST UNDUE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, UNDUE NOISE AFTER HOURS.

SO WE'RE WONDERING WHAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THESE CHARGERS WOULD BE.

WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT? WILL THE HOURS OF OPERATION PERTAIN TO THE CHRIST FELLOWSHIP'S AUTHORIZED HOURS OF OPERATION? BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED AT EV CHARGERS IN THE CITY, AND FOR EXAMPLE, IT CAN TAKE LIKE EIGHT HOURS SOMETIMES TO CHARGE ON THE EV, TWO HOURS TO FULLY CHARGE.

SO OUR CONCERN IS, ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE COMING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE WE SEE THE ACTIVITY LEVEL RISE AROUND NOONTIME, WE SEE IT RISE AROUND LATE HOURS LIKE 1 TO 3 A.M., AND IT COULD ALSO BE EARLY IN THE MORNING.

SO ARE THERE GOING TO BE SOME LIMITS ON THAT AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE? BECAUSE USUALLY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING.

SOMETIMES THEY MAY CHOOSE TO PLAY FOOTBALL OR THROW FRISBEES OR WHATEVER.

IS THERE GOING TO BE CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS INVOLVED? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU IF YOU WANT TO BE SEATED, WE'LL HAVE THE PETITIONER SPEAK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I GOT TO BE HONEST, IN TERMS OF THE HOURS OF OPERATION, I ACTUALLY DID NOT THINK THAT QUESTION WOULD COME UP.

SO. BUT FOR THE LOCATION OF THE EV CHARGERS, WE HAVE TO GET THIS APPROVED BY STAFF.

THE LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED ON YET.

SO WHEN WE SUBMIT FOR THE LOCATION OF THESE EV CHARGERS, I'M SURE THAT STAFF WILL INCLUDE IN THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF INCLUDING THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THESE CHARGERS AS WELL TO LET'S HAVE STAFF RESPOND, PLEASE.

THERE'S A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT REQUIRES THAT THE EV SPACES COME IN AS AT A DESIGNATED LOCATION, AND STAFF ALWAYS REVIEWS THE LOCATION WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS WE REVIEW ALL LOCATIONS OF ALL EV CHARGERS IN COMMERCIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, GOVERNMENTAL LAND USES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

SO WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN RESPECT TO SECURITY CONCERNS.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A PRIVATE MANAGEMENT ISSUE OF THE PROPERTY.

BUT I CAN SAY THAT EV CHARGERS ARE VERY COMMON.

THEY'RE QUITE PROLIFIC.

THEY'RE THEY FALL VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES.

PRINCIPLES. CHRIST FELLOWSHIP HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB MANAGING THEIR SITE IN TERMS OF SECURITY.

I'M SURE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

AND STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE LOCATIONS AND THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL AS I PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S CLOSE THE HEARING SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE COUNCIL WEIGH IN AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING, MAKE IT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TO BRING IT BACK TO DISCUSSION.

THE MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2024.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

A SECOND, SECOND. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO I'M GUESSING THAT THE EV CHARGING STATIONS WILL BE USED BY THE PATRONS, THE THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT THE CHURCH AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CHURCH.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND OBVIOUSLY, DOES THE CHURCH HAVE A EXISTING SECURITY THAT ROAMS? I KNOW SOMETIMES I SEE THEM WHEN THERE'S LARGE EVENTS.

YES. AND SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE WITHIN A SECURE AND PROTECTED AREA, I WOULD IMAGINE. AND THEN MY GUESS THAT'S IT AS FAR AS THE EV CHARGING STATIONS.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS DOES COME TO FRUITION AND I LEARN THE LOCATIONS FROM THE SITE PLAN, I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, MARCY. BURT.

[01:00:01]

CORRECT. THIS IS THE FIRST NEW ONES.

OKAY. AND I THINK CRAIG'S FELLOWSHIP HAS PRETTY GOOD EXTERIOR SECURITY TO AROUND THEIR BUILDING.

SO IT'S I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A POSITIONING PLAY OF WHERE STAFF WANTS THOSE TO GO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT AFFECTING ANY OF THE RESIDENTS TO THE WEST OR TO THE NORTH. YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THEY TOOK MY QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE AS WELL.

I THINK STAFF HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES ON WHAT'S SENSITIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, SO I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S BRING IT TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE THOSE GET LOCATED.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 21.

[XI.a. RESOLUTION 21, 2024 – AWARD OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, INC, A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, TO DEVELOP AN INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY AT PLANT DRIVE PARK; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED, A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, TO DEVELOP AN INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY AT PLANT DRIVE PARK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING.

BUT BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER MADAM MAYOR, I DO NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF.

THE COMPANY THAT MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR HAS BEEN HIRED TO DO THE SITE PLANNING AND SURVEYING FOR THIS FACILITY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY.

WE'LL SEE YOU IN A MINUTE. HELLO, CAMERA.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

MADAM MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR THREE PEAT.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, THREE TIMES IN A ROW.

THREE PEAT. THREE TIMES IN A ROW.

IT'S BASKETBALL SEASON, RIGHT? WE'RE INTO IT. TAKE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANYWAY, FOR THE RECORD, CRAMER PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS DIRECTOR.

AND THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY AT PLANT DRIVE PARK.

WITH ME IS CHARLOTTE BRZEZINSKI, OUR LEISURE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, WHO WILL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO MY PRESENTATION TO HELP YOU MAKE A DECISION.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OWNS AND OPERATES A PUBLIC PARK AT PLANT DRIVE, AND THE PARK HAS A SKATE PARK AND SOME OTHER FACILITIES IT HAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, REGARDLESS OF THE UPGRADES THE CITY HAS DONE, HAS BEEN A MARGINAL RECREATIONAL FACILITY FOR THE CITY.

THE PARK IS UNDERUTILIZED AND ALL THE AMENITIES HAVE BEEN RETROFITTED.

HOWEVER, THE PARK ATTRACTS VANDALISM AND MISUSE, SO PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION APPROACHED THE CITY AND OFFERED TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE AN INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY ON THE PREMISES.

AND YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER PALM BEACH NORTH FROM DISTRICT PARK AND THE PLAN TO BUILD AN ICE RINK THERE.

THIS IS A SIMILAR PROPOSAL, BUT IT'S A LOT LESS INTENSE AND IT IS PRIMARILY ICE RINKS.

SO THEY WILL DEVELOP, THEY WILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITY.

AND THE PROJECT REQUIRES THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING AMENITIES AT THE PARK AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ICE RINKS.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS VERY PRECISE, VERY PRECISE PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE UNSOLICITED.

SO THE CITY HAS TO.

WHEN THE CITY GOT A GOT THE UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL FROM PALM BEACH NORTH, WE HAD TO ADVERTISE.

THE LAW REQUIRES US TO ADVERTISE IT ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS IN A NEWSPAPER, LOCAL DISTRIBUTION, AND ALSO IN THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

WE ADVERTISED IT FOR ONCE A WEEK FOR FOUR WEEKS.

WE ALSO PUT IT IN THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER FOR ONCE A WEEK FOR FOUR WEEKS.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS WE WE GENERALLY JUST SAY THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FOR THIS FACILITY AT PLANT DRIVE PARK.

AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE WHO HAS A SIMILAR PROJECT, THEY CAN SUBMIT.

IT ALLOWS ANYBODY ELSE TO SUBMIT FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE WHOLE PROCESS IS COVERED BY THE CONE OF SILENCE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, THERE'S THE CONE OF SILENCE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS AND TO PREVENT ANY KIND OF UNDUE INFLUENCES AND ANY KIND OF.

TO DESTROY THE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SOMEBODY WHO COMES TO YOU, A PRIVATE ENTITY WHO COMES TO THE CITY WITH A PROJECT AND SAYS, HEY, HERE'S AN IDEA I HAVE. I DON'T NEED THIS BROADCAST ALL OVER THE PLACE UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SUBSEQUENTLY, AFTER WE GOT THE, WE ADVERTISED THE PROJECT AND ADVERTISED THAT WE HAD RECEIVED THIS UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL FROM PALM BEACH NORTH.

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EVERYBODY LOOKED AT IT.

WE MET AND WE LOOKED AT IT, AND WE DECIDED THAT PALM BEACH NORTH PRESENTED A PROJECT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FACILITY YET IN THE CITY, AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT DISTRICT PARK, IRRESPECTIVE OF THAT.

SO THE CITY INTENDS TO EXECUTE A PEACE AGREEMENT WITH PALM BEACH NORTH, AND THE CITY WILL HAVE NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE PROJECT.

IT HAS ALL BEEN FUNDED BY PALM BEACH NORTH.

THE FACILITY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT ONE TIME BECAUSE WHEN WE DID DISTRICT PARK, THE IDEA WAS TO PHASE THAT PROJECT WHERE THERE'S NO PHASING OF THIS PROJECT, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE ONE TIME. AND BECAUSE OF LESSONS LEARNED ON DISTRICT PARK THE CITY ATTORNEY, MYSELF, THE ENTIRE PROJECT TEAM MASSAGED THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE DIDN'T START KNOCKING DOWN A PARK AND EXISTING PARK, AND THEN EVERYTHING GETS STOPPED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN.

SO THE THE PALM BEACH NORTH HAS SIX MONTHS TO SHOW THEY HAVE A CERTAIN SET OF MONEY, AND THEN A TOTAL OF 15 MONTHS TO SHOW THEY HAVE ALL THE MONEY BEFORE THEY START DEMOLISHING ANYTHING, BECAUSE WE CLEARLY DON'T WANT TO BE HALFWAY THROUGH SOMETHING.

AND THEN WE'RE STUCK AND WE GET ALL KINDS OF CRITICISMS IF THE MILESTONES FOR THE FUNDING ARE NOT MET.

THE AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED, ITS A DEFAULT AND THE AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED.

AND THERE IS NO WAY TO CURE THAT.

SO WE WON'T GET INTO THIS PROCESS OF, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER THREE MONTHS, ANOTHER THREE MONTHS, AND THEN FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE, NOTHING HAPPENS, RIGHT? THE INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY WILL INCLUDE A VARIETY OF INDOOR RELATED AMENITIES AND A FAMILY RESTAURANT.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PRETTY PICTURES THAT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AT THE END OF THE AT THE END OF THE TERM, THE CITY WILL OWN THE FACILITY AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA LAW, AND THE ESTIMATED COST IS BETWEEN 40 AND $50 MILLION.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN CONSTRUCTION NOW? WE DON'T KNOW. THE PRICES ARE GOING TO BE.

THEY COULD COME DOWN, THEY COULD GO UP BECAUSE STEEL HAS PLUNGED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THE FACILITY TAKE ABOUT 2 TO 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE.

SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE A PLANT DRIVE PARK IS.

THIS IS DELILAH PARK, WHICH HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A PICKLEBALL CENTER.

THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN AND THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AREAS.

SO THAT MEANS THAT THE EXISTING PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL GO AWAY.

THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN OF THE GROUND FLOOR.

AND THIS IS APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF SHEETS OF ICE.

SO AGAIN THIS IS A LOT LESS INTENSE THAN WHAT WE SAW.

DISTRICT PARK. AND SO THIS SHEET HERE IS FOR THE LITTLE ONES WHO ARE LEARNING TO SKATE OR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE NEVER SKATED, WHO MAY WANT TO GO SLIDE AROUND ON ICE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CONCESSIONS LIKE A PRO SHOP, A PARTY ROOM, SKATE RENTAL, ETC.

AND THEN UPSTAIRS LOOKING DOWN.

SO IT'S A TWO STORY STRUCTURE YOU WILL HAVE LIKE PHYSIOTHERAPY AND FITNESS AND THOSE OTHER ASSOCIATE AND SPORTS BAR AND GRILL.

THIS IS AN EXTERIOR RENDERING.

RENDERING A CONCEPTUAL EXTERIOR RENDERING.

THIS IS AN INTERIOR RENDERING.

IT'S ANOTHER INTERIOR RENDERING SHOWING THE ICE RINK ONE OF THE ICE RINKS.

PALM BEACH NORTH IS A PRIVATE, NOT FOR PROFIT, AND THE FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL IS MICHAEL WINTER, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

AS I SAID AT THE START CHARLOTTE WILL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THIS SO THAT YOU CAN PROPERLY MAKE A DECISION.

THANK YOU. KIM. GOOD EVENING CHARLOTTE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENTS.

STAFF UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE MAYBE SOME CONCERNS OVER THE IMPACT OF THE PARK, ESPECIALLY THE AMANDA BUCKLEY MEMORIAL, THE HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL FIELD. AND JUST GENERALLY, WITH THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS OF THE LAKE CATHERINE SOFTBALL PARK, WHICH, BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER, THERE IS A FIELD DEDICATED AT LAKE CATHERINE TO TORY, WHICH WAS AMANDA'S DAD.

TONIGHT, WITH THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL, THIS PROJECT IS ONLY AT THE FIRST STEP.

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, THE PGA SOFTBALL PROGRAM TO KEEP THEM APPRIZED.

AS THIS PROJECT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE THINGS WHOLE.

HONOR THE MEMORIAL.

BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

AS KUMROJ JUST EXPLAINED, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.

SO SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE, THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE FUNDING MODEL.

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AS YOU KNOW, EVERY FACILITY THAT WE BUILD IN THIS CITY IS DONE TO THE UTMOST CARE AND QUALITY THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY BUILD A RECREATION FACILITY.

IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN SPEAKING AGAIN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TO THE JA, BUT WE WILL TALK TO THEM ONCE WE KNOW WE NEED TO.

BUT WE DO IT RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE CONVEYED TO THEM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT.

I PERSONALLY KNEW TORY AND AMANDA.

A LOT OF US HERE ON THE STAFF HAVE, AND WE WILL BE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THAT AND WE WILL DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

JUST WANTED TO SHARE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THE PRESENTATIONS.

WE DO HAVE TWO COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS FOR J.

MIKE EVANS.

IF YOU'D BE SO KIND AS TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, SIR.

GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SPOKEN.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS, SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST.

I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT.

IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, BUT YOU'RE OUT OF TIME.

JUST KNOW IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL EVANS.

I LIVE IN FIVE CRAMER TERRACE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

IT'S IN PGA NATIONAL.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, I HOPE YOU LIKE, GIVE ME AN EXTRA MINUTE SO I CAN JUST EXPLAIN ABOUT MYSELF.

AND YOU KNOW HOW I'M HOW I HAVE CONNECTIONS TO ALL OF THIS STUFF BEFORE WE DO, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

WELL, WE'LL GIVE YOU EXTRA TIME IF YOU NEED IT, BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD.

FIRST OF ALL, MY DAUGHTER PLAYS FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM, SO SHE PLAYS AT THE SCHOOL AT THE PARK THERE.

SHE ALSO PLAYS FOR THE TRAVEL PROGRAM THAT RENTS THE FIELDS FROM JUNE THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO PLAY IN COLLEGE.

SO I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST JUST IN THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S MY DAUGHTER AND I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE.

I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THE PGA ON BOARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND SOFTBALL AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO GETTING THAT OUT OF THE WAY, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN ALL OF THIS.

I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, AND I'M SATISFIED THAT, HEY, IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS AND DESTROY THIS PARK AND MOVE IT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL, IT HAS TO BE BUILT THE RIGHT WAY.

WHAT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY SPENT ALL OF THIS MONEY AND TIME AND PEOPLE TO BUILD THIS GREAT FACILITY THERE, OVER THERE.

IT CAN'T BE JUST SOME CHEAP THING.

HERE YOU GO.

RIGHT? THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO THE KIDS.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE FAMILY.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO ANYONE.

SO BUT ASIDE FROM THAT FIRST OF ALL, I FEEL LIKE SELLING A PARK TO A DEVELOPER TO BUILD.

AND I KNOW THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE A NOT FOR PROFIT, BUT EVERYTHING IS FOR PROFIT.

THE CITY IS MAKING $75,000 A YEAR, PLUS A YEAR RENTING OUT THIS FACILITY TO THE OR THAT PROPERTY TO TO THAT ORGANIZATION. IT'S JUST A BAD IDEA.

THESE ARE GREEN SPACES THAT OUR FOREFATHERS BUILT HERE FOR US TO USE, FOR THE PEOPLE TO USE.

YOU ARE BUILDING A PARK IN THE POOREST COMMUNITY OF THIS CITY.

THAT AREA AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL IS THE ABSOLUTELY POOREST COMMUNITY IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, WHICH IS NOT A VERY POOR COMMUNITY.

BUT THAT IS IT.

AND YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THEIR FREE BASKETBALL COURTS.

YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN AWAY THEIR FREE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

YOU'RE TAKING AWAY EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE, THEIR SKATE PARK AND ALL OF THAT TO BUILD A FOR PROFIT HOCKEY RINK.

THIS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH A HOCKEY REC PROGRAM COSTS? OUR AVERAGE REC PROGRAM TO PLAY SOCCER, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, YOU NAME IT, IS ABOUT $180 FOR A KID TO PLAY HOCKEY.

THE CHEAPEST I FOUND IN FLORIDA WAS $700.

THE AVERAGE WAS $850 PER KID PER SEASON.

FOR A REC SEASON THAT'S UNAFFORDABLE FOR THE KIDS IN THAT AREA, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? YOU'RE GOING TO TELL THEM, OH, YOU GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS BUILT ON.

WE DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T THEY? THEY BUILT THESE GREEN SPACES SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GO PLAY.

THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE NOW FOR PROFIT.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

IF YOU COULD SUMMARIZE, SIR, YOU KNOW ONCE YOU GET RID OF IT, YOU NEVER GET IT BACK.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THE ICE SKATING PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE THERE.

THEY WANT TO BE IN THE NORTH COUNTY PARK.

THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND THEY REALLY WANT TO BE THERE.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE BEGGING AT STRAWS TO GET IT.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

THAT'S AN UNDEVELOPED PARCEL.

LET THEM HAVE IT.

IF THIS PASSES, I THINK THAT IT POSSIBLE IMMEDIATELY THAT WE SHOULD FORM A FACTOR.

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THAT'S A REAL THING THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE BODY.

NONTRANSPARENT. I DON'T I DON'T WANT THE CITY DECIDING IT ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT BUILT THIS THING TO PUT OUT THERE, AND I'M OKAY FINDING THAT.

THANK YOU. I SEE AM I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A FEW ARTFUL WAY.

ACTUALLY. JUST SAY HIKING TO WE GO AND YOU'RE DONE.

OKAY. I WENT OKAY.

SO THERE I KNOW BECAUSE YOU GUYS WENT TO SCHOOL.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE IN, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S NOT THE GREATEST SCHOOL.

WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DID TO THIS CITY IS BRUTAL.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE, IF YOU DO HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT CARD.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS EQUAL TIME.

THAT'S REALLY IT. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

THANK YOU FOR. APPRECIATE IT TO ME.

WE APPRECIATE I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER WHAT I HAD TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

NEXT CARD IS FOR MARK MARCIANO.

IF YOU'D. FORMER MAYOR.

HELLO, SIR. IF YOU CAN COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

YES. HI. MARK. MARCIANO, TEN SHELDRAKE LANE, PALM BEACH GARDENS.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR REED ON ON ANOTHER TERM.

I'M GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL IS AS A WHOLE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS VICE MAYOR AS WELL.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, SORRY FOR TWO THINGS.

ONE, FOR BEING HERE TWO MEETINGS IN A ROW.

I DIDN'T REALLY EVER WANT TO COME BACK TO THE MEETINGS BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK ME SITTING BACK THERE AS SOMETHING YOU ALL WANTED TO SEE, BUT HERE I AM ANYWAY.

AND TWO FOR BEING LATE TONIGHT AND MISSING YOUR VOTE.

BUT I HAVE A REASON FOR IT.

I WAS ACTUALLY AT HOME AS I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE.

I WAS FLIPPING THROUGH THE CHANNELS AND MY FAVORITE SPORTS MOVIE OF ALL TIME WAS ON MIRACLE AND I THOUGHT, WOW, WHAT A TIME I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MOVIE IN OVER TEN YEARS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN ON TV IN OVER TEN YEARS.

AND THERE IT WAS. AND I COULDN'T LEAVE WATCHING THE USA BEAT RUSSIA.

SO KIND OF IRONIC, MAYBE A LITTLE PROPHETIC, BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION 21, AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ABOUT OPEN GREEN SPACE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE BACK IN 2017, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A CONSTANT WAS SOME OF THE MOMS AND SOME OF THE FAMILIES TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR INDOOR RECREATION FOR THE KIDS IN THE CITY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS OUTDOORS.

YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE POOL EVERY DAY.

YOU CAN'T GO TO THE BEACH EVERY DAY.

YOU CAN'T GO TO THE PARK. IT'S TOO HOT.

WE NEED AN INDOOR RECREATION.

I REALLY DO HOPE TO SEE AN INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY AT DISTRICT PARK, BUT THIS IS A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT CAN OFFER INDOOR FACILITIES TO OUR KIDS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

ALSO, WHEN I LOOK AT THE CITY AND I SEE THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS AND THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND US, EVEN IN THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORING TO OUR CITY WE HAVE THE BEST OF SOCCER FIELDS, BASEBALL FIELDS, GOLF, PICKLEBALL, AND TENNIS.

HAVING AN INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY WITH ICE RINKS JUST ADDS ANOTHER ELEMENT, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO EXPLORE A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT THE FOUNDATION IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PLAY ICE HOCKEY.

THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD OR BEING ABLE TO TO GENERATE MORE REVENUES FOR THE FOUNDATION.

THIS IS A FOUNDATION THAT'S ALSO GIVING BACK.

AND BY THE WAY, I AM NOT PAID BY THE FOUNDATION.

I AM NOT A BOARD MEMBER.

I AM NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY.

THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT CAME TO US WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS IS GOING TO ROUND OUT OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE SUCH A GREAT RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT FOR OUR CITY.

SO I ASK YOU ALL TO SUPPORT IT.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF AND PUT PROVISIONS IN THERE THAT PROTECTS THE CITY FROM ANY FINANCIAL RISK.

I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS DEVELOPED A STRONGER FINANCIAL MODEL WITH STRONGER FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ALSO SOME GREAT PEOPLE BEHIND IT, INCLUDING THE BEST HOCKEY PLAYER OF ALL TIME, WAYNE GRETZKY.

AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THE NEXT MIKE ERUZIONE COMES RIGHT HERE FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS.

SO THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'S IT FOR COMMENT CARDS.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 2024.

THANK YOU MA'AM. SECOND.

THANK YOU SIR. LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? CARL. LET'S START WITH CARL.

YEAH. I AM GOING TO WAIT TILL LAST.

OKAY, YOU GOT IT. LET'S MOVE ON DOWN.

WHOEVER WANTS TO GO NEXT, PLEASE DO.

I'LL GO NEXT. THANKS.

THANK YOU, KUMARA AND CHARLOTTE FOR YOUR COMMENTS IN THE PRESENTATION.

I FOLLOWED THE PROJECT FROM WHEN IT WAS A CONSIDERATION AT THE NORTH DISTRICT PARK.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING THIS, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON IT.

I APPRECIATE, CHARLOTTE, YOUR COMMENTS ON THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE BUCKLEYS AND THINGS THAT ARE THERE CURRENTLY AND TAKING GREAT CARE IN,

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SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I DO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THAT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

AND THANKS FOR THE YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION.

AND I LIKE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT THE CITY HAS WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE MONIES ARE THERE AND THERE'S NO SHOVEL IN THE GROUND BEFORE YOU KNOW, IT'S READY AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO ITS FRUITION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, TO START SOMETHING AND NOT FINISH IT IN THE RIGHT KIND OF WAY.

SO YOU KNOW, I, I'M FOR IT.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD ROUND OUT OUR SPORTS AND RECREATION NICELY.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS THAT WENT INTO TO PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OOH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START ON THIS ONE.

I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MR. EVANS MENTIONED FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.

KIND OF WALKING TO PLANT DRIVE WAS WHAT I DID GROWING UP PLAYING BASEBALL ON THAT FIELD BEFORE IT WAS A SOFTBALL FIELD BACK IN THE 70S, WAS THE ONLY SENIOR FIELD WE HAD IN TOWN.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I HAD TO WALK AND PLAY AND THEN WALK HOME.

AS I TOLD STAFF THE OTHER DAY, I MET MY FUTURE WIFE THERE 40 YEARS AGO ON THAT FIELD PLAYING COED SOFTBALL.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES OF PLANT DRIVE FOR ME.

AND IT'S IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION TO KIND OF TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR ME, BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE.

AND I THINK WHEN I LOOK BACK, I LOOK BACK WHEN I WAS.

SIX YEARS OLD IN THE EARLY 70S, AND WE PLAYED BASEBALL AT LAKE KATHERINE, AND WE USED TO HAVE OPEN FIELDS AND CARS WOULD BE BASICALLY THE FENCES IN THE OUTFIELD BE CARS, AND THE BALL WENT UNDER THE CAR. YOU HAD TO RAISE YOUR HAND BECAUSE YOU YOU HAD TO STOP PLAY.

AND THEN I REALIZED OVER THE YEARS, LAKE KATHERINE WENT AWAY BECAUSE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION WAS BUILT THERE.

AND THEY TOOK OUR FIELDS AWAY.

THEN THEY BUILT THE SOFTBALL FIELDS ACROSS THE STREET TO COUNTER.

AND THEN I REALIZED ALSO THAT THE CITY MADE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT YEARS AGO TO REALLY FOCUS RECREATION WITHIN THE INNER AREAS OF OUR CITY, WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL CONNECTING TO THE NOW, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO THE BASEBALL ACROSS THE STREET, COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BURNS ROAD COMPLEX, THE CITY HALL.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS NOW IS, AS DOCTOR MARCIANO SAID, TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER NOW A DIFFERENT VENUE IN THAT AREA.

ALTHOUGH THE AREA NO DISRESPECT, MIKE, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA.

I'VE LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND I WILL NEVER LEAVE.

BUT PEOPLE WILL WILL GO TO THE CENTER.

AND I THINK IF IT'S BUILT RIGHT I THINK IT'LL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AND I, AND I AGREE WITH YOU 100% IN CHARLOTTE KNOWS THIS PRETTY WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR ME THAT WE WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO RELOCATE ANYTHING RELATED TO THE BUCKLEY MEMORIAL TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL OR POTENTIALLY LAKE CATHERINE OR WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO BE.

BUT I ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL TO STAY ENGAGED WITH OUR STAFF.

A LOT OF TIMES OUR STAFF CAN REACH OUT TO THESE DIFFERENT AREAS, AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN ALL THAT SCHOOL BOARD CRAP THAT GOES ON.

BUT SOMETIMES THEY DROP THE BALL, THEY DON'T GET INVOLVED, OR THEY DON'T BASICALLY ACCEPT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON A MUNICIPAL STANDPOINT TO HELP BECAUSE OF BUREAUCRACY.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET AROUND THAT EARLY IN THE PROCESS.

FORM A COMMITTEE, AS YOU TALK ABOUT AMONGST THE YEA AND THE SOFTBALL PEOPLE AND STAY ENGAGED WITH CHARLOTTE ON QUESTIONS AS THIS COMES TO FRUITION.

AND IF IT DOES, IT'S 15 MONTHS.

AND IF IT DOES HAPPEN, IT WILL HAPPEN.

IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE ON AND LEAVE.

PLANT DRY PARK AS IT IS.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF EMOTION FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE USED THAT PARK MY WHOLE LIFE.

BUT I REALIZE THERE'S CHANGES AND IT HAPPENS IN OUR CITY, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER UPGRADE TO OUR FACILITIES AND WHAT WE CAN BRING AND OFFER TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I WILL SUPPORT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BERT. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD ADD MUCH MORE AS A AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE AS WELL.

THESE ARE THESE ARE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE.

BUT, MR. EVANS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE STAY ENGAGED WITH THIS PROCESS.

I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE CHARLOTTE AND OUR STAFF WORK THROUGH THINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE AND WHAT WE MEANT, WHAT WE SAID ABOUT BEING A REPRESENTATIONAL DEMOCRACY.

WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT YOU.

AND SO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STAY ENGAGED IN THIS.

AND I LIKE WHAT BERT SAID AS WELL.

SO LET'S LET'S BRING IT TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM TONIGHT, WHICH IS OUR ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION AND DISCUSSION.

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

SO JUST BEAR WITH ME ONE MOMENT.

I'VE GOT MY PINK FIRE HAT.

I'M READY FOR ANYTHING.

HERE WE GO. DOES EVERYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE A COPY OR NEED A COPY OF OUR BOARD APPOINTMENTS?

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YOU TELL ME IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO TO STOP FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES.

OUR CURRENT APPOINTEE IS OUR PREVIOUS VICE MAYOR WOODS.

YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH.

OKAY. SORRY. SO I GET TO BE PRESIDENT OF THAT YOU GUYS IN MAY.

I HOPE YOU'RE COMING TO THE SWEARING IN.

YES. LOOKING FORWARD TO A REALLY GOOD YEAR.

I DO NOT NEED TO BE THE APPOINTEE, THOUGH, BY ANY MEANS.

WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME ALONG FOR THE FUN? THAT IS LEAGUE OF CITIES.

DON'T ALL GET SO EXCITED THAT YOU BELIEVE IT.

OR CARL CARL I ALREADY WENT TO 12 OF THEM.

I'M READY TO MOVE ON. OKAY, IT'S FUNNY THAT I NEVER SAW YOU THERE.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT.

OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT TINSLEY FOR OUR APPOINTEE FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES.

NORTH COUNTY EVER INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETS EVERY THREE MONTHS.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER.

SO IF WE'RE OKAY, WE'LL GO ALONG WITH THAT.

WE HAVE CARL AS THE ALTERNATE.

ARE WE ANYONE WANT TO COME ALONG FOR THAT ONE AS THE ALTERNATE? OKAY. THANK YOU. CARL.

PALM BEACH TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY I GO THERE OFTEN AND GET TO STILL KEEP CHAIRING IT LUCKILY AS WELL.

AND MARCY'S BEEN A GREAT ALTERNATE.

WILL YOU PLEASE STAY ON AS ALTERNATE? WOULD YOU CARE TO? I'LL BE HAPPY TO.

ALL RIGHT. SEACOAST UTILITY AUTHORITY IS GENERALLY MR. FERRIS MR. FERRIS.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'LL BE CONTINUING IN THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WISH YOU WOULD KNOW.

YOU DON'T GET IT. WE'LL HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER.

NO, SIR. DENIED.

IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE AN ALTERNATE APPOINTED TO THAT OR.

NO, NO.

ALL RIGHT. PALM BEACH WORKFORCE ALLIANCE CONSORTIUM WITH CAREERSOURCE.

ALSO, I LOVE THAT BOARD.

I'M HAPPY TO STICK AROUND.

THE MEETINGS ARE BRIEF, AND I THEY THEY DID REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT.

LET'S LEAVE IT. LET'S LEAVE IT.

ALL RIGHT. LEAVE IT AS AND DANA, ARE YOU OKAY AS ALTERNATE.

OH, YES. YEAH.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. SO PALM BEACH NORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

OH, YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S DANA.

YOU'RE GOOD THERE. I'M GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. SO BURT, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE AS ALTERNATE DANA? OKAY, SO AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

AND DANA, THANK YOU. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO PALM BEACH NORTH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WE'VE GOT DANA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY ON.

SURE. YES PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE ALTERNATE NOW THIS MEETS THE THE SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH.

IT'S USUALLY A ZOOM CALL WITH PRESENTATION.

AND THEN EACH MUNICIPALITY GIVES AN UPDATE.

SO IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE ALTERNATE THERE ARE YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A TIME WHEN DANA MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT.

SO PLAN ON A FRIDAY AT 8 A.M.

AND DON'T ALL JUMP IN.

WHO? I GUESS WE'RE ALL ALTERNATES FOR THAT ONE.

OKAY, SO DANA, JUST GIVE US A TEXT MESSAGE IF YOU EVER CAN'T MAKE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOXAHATCHEE RIVER COORDINATING COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE AS VICE MAYOR.

MIDDLETON, WOULD YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT OR PASS THAT ALONG? SURE. OKAY, GREAT.

TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL THAT IS APPOINTED.

SO I'LL STICK AROUND THERE.

DEBBIE SEARCY IS MY ALTERNATE.

AND THEN THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES COORDINATION FORUM THAT'S CURRENTLY THE MAYOR.

AND THAT WILL ALL STICK ALONG.

WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ALTERNATE? DO WE SWITCH IT FOR THE VICE MAYOR? TYPICALLY, YEAH.

DANA. DANA, YOU'RE UP COUNTY SWAMP.

SO THAT'S BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

BECAUSE THEY MEET SO MANY TIMES.

HOW DO YOU GOT IT ALL? ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S IT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS EVENING? JUST THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT? NO, I MEAN, FROM COUNCIL ON THE OTHER ITEMS OF DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. MAX, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT THIS EVENING? YES, MA'AM. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU.

[XIII. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR EXTERNAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL ENJOY GOING TO YOU'LL SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

I PROVIDED A LETTER IN FRONT OF YOU THAT THAT I PROPOSED SENDING TO HAVE THE SEEKING YOUR AUTHORIZATION YOUR APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN IT, TO SEND IT TO GOVERNOR DESANTIS, TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO SIGN CS HB 479 INTO LAW, WHICH IS THE ALTERNATIVE MOBILITY FUNDING SYSTEM LEGISLATION.

THAT WE WORKED SO HARD ON THIS YEAR TO GET PAST IT'S SENATE BILL 688 WAS SUBSUMED INTO THIS CSS STANDS FOR CONSOLIDATED BILLS.

SO THEY CONSOLIDATED 688 INTO HB 479.

AND YOU CAN READ THERE WHAT I'VE DRAFTED TO BE PUT UNDER THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE TO ENCOURAGE AGAIN, THE MAYOR, THE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THE BILL AND TO RECOGNIZE REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON AND SENATOR MARTIN FOR THEIR THEIR STALWART SUPPORT AND CHAMPIONING THIS, THESE BILLS.

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IT IS TRUE, AS I SAY IN THIS LETTER, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY, VERY RARE THAT YOU FIND LEGISLATION THAT GETS PASSED WHERE THE PARTIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT END UP AGREEING.

AND THIS LEGISLATION I'M A BIT CYNICAL WHEN IT COMES TO STUFF LIKE THIS, AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I WAS ACTUALLY AMAZED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT TRULY DOES BENEFIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THEN BENEFITS THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS WELL, SO THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY GET WHAT THEY PAY FOR.

AND WHAT THEY PAY FOR WILL ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND THAT'S THE CRITICAL TAKEAWAY, IN MY OPINION, OF THIS LEGISLATION THAT IF PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED AND THIS PROVIDES US SOME TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT THAT WERE KIND OF HOLES IN THE THE IMPACT FEE BILL PREVIOUSLY AN IMPACT FEE STATUTE 163 .3180 AND 31801 THIS FIXES THAT AND IT GIVES US SOME FRAMEWORK AND THE ABILITY TO COLLABORATE AND THE TOOLS TO PROPERLY COLLABORATE NOT ONLY WITH THE COUNTIES, BUT ALSO WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY APPORTION AND EXPEND THE FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTED TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT, THE TRANSPORTATION TO BENEFIT, THE TRANSPORTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALL HAD TIME TO READ IT YET, I KNOW I JUST GAVE IT TO YOU THIS EVENING, BUT I WOULD BE ASKING FOR A MOTION AND A VOTE TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THIS LETTER SO WE COULD SEND IT TO THE GOVERNOR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A VOTE ON THE ON THE LETTER.

IF I KNOW THAT MAX AND AND CHELSEA MAIER REED.

YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, AND IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGY AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.

SO THANK YOU. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

SECOND. YES.

THE MOTION PASSES.

I GUESS LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

SORRY. LET'S VOTE.

I REALLY WANT TO SIGN THE LETTER.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY. ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. MAX. EXCELLENT LETTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT.

THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.