Nov 07, 2024 City Council

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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[Call to Order]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

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

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

VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WOODS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

TINSLEY. HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. PRIMAROSA.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

THE 2024 RECIPIENT WILL BE PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'LL BE CALLING THEM UP.

LAST YEAR WE DID PROVIDE MONEY TO ANOTHER PRIVATE PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND WE WILL BE GIVING $5,000 A YEAR TO EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR TEN YEARS IN A ROW.

AND THESE ARE UNFETTERED FUNDS.

THEY ARE WELCOME TO DO WITH IT AS THEY PLEASE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME PIERCE HAMMOCK AND HOPE THAT YOU GUYS COME BACK NEXT YEAR TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU DID WITH YOUR FUNDS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP EDWINA MOONEY.

I DON'T ACTUALLY I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHO'S HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SHOULD WE PUSH YOU GUYS OFF A LITTLE BIT? WILL SHE BE COMING? I'M SORRY. OKAY.

OKAY. WE'LL GO FOR IT THEN.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM FROM PIERCE HAMMOCK TODAY.

SO IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD PLEASE JOIN ME DOWN HERE AND WE'LL GET A PHOTOGRAPH WITH OUR BIG CHECK.

THANKS. FOR JOINING.

US. MULTI-TALENTED.

EVERYBODY.

I KNOW. YES.

IT'S PERFECT. YES.

SO IT WAS MARCH POINT LAST YEAR.

OUR VICE MAYOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO REMIND ME.

THANK YOU. SO NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION PRESENTATION.

WILL DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR ANGELA BROWN AND PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS DIRECTOR PLEASE COME TO OUR PODIUM? THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD.

PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS.

DIRECTOR. AND WITH ME THIS EVENING IS ANGELA BROWN, OUR DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.

JAMES IPPOLITO, DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF, AND DOMINIC PAPE, WHO IS THE POLICE CHIEF.

AND THIS IS A TEAM PRESENTATION WHERE EACH DEPARTMENT WHO IS IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION, WILL EXPLAIN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA OF INVOLVEMENT.

ANGELA WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT ELEMENTS.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

JAMES IPPOLITO WILL TALK ABOUT THE HOW WE GOT HERE.

WHAT LED TO THIS AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE CHIEF WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE POLICE CAME TO

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SO TO BEGIN, I'LL ASK JAMES IPPOLITO TO START.

GOOD EVENING. SO THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ACCREDITATION PROCESS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAY OUR 911 CALLS ARE PROCESSED, AND PARTICULARLY THE THE TIME IT TAKES TO TRANSFER CALLS FOR EMS AND FIRE CALLS.

SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HIRED A CONSULTING FIRM TO COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE ASPECTS AND TRY TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BEST MEET, BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY, BOTH CURRENT TIMES AND ALSO FOR THE FUTURE.

THE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT CAME IN WERE CERTAINLY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.

ONE WAS THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE NFPA COMMITTEE THAT MAKES THE STANDARDS NATIONWIDE FOR COMMUNICATION CENTERS.

AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WAS THE PAST CHAIR OF THAT SAME COMMITTEE.

AT THE HEART OF THE ISSUE IS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL DIALS 911 ON THE NORTH END OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

THOSE CALLS ARE ANSWERED BY PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS NORTHCOM.

POLICE CALLS ARE HANDLED RIGHT THEN AT THAT LOCATION.

FIRE AND EMS CALLS HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE TO REGIONAL FIRE RESCUE DISPATCH CENTER.

THAT TRANSFER AND THAT PROCESS CAN TAKE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 60S TO HANDLE THAT 911 CALL.

OUR ATTEMPT IS TO REMOVE THAT REDUNDANT TRANSFER OF CALLS AND TRY TO HANDLE EVERYTHING FROM THE ONE LOCATION TO MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY HANDLE 911 ONE CALLS.

NOW, YOU MIGHT THINK 60S DOESN'T REALLY SOUND LIKE A LOT OF TIME.

WELL, HOLD YOUR BREATH.

HE CAN'T HOLD YOUR BREATH ANYMORE AND THEN COUNT FOR 60S.

AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW LONG 60S IS.

THAT IS A LIFETIME IN A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY LOOKED AT THREE OPTIONS.

THE FIRST OPTION IS TO REMAIN WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE COMMUNICATION CENTER, ESSENTIALLY OUR OWN FIRE DISPATCH CENTER.

AND THE THIRD OPTION WOULD BE TO JOIN PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NORTHCOM CENTER.

NOW, OPTIONS ONE AND TWO DIDN'T YIELD ANY TRUE BENEFITS FOR US BECAUSE THEY BOTH INVOLVE SOME SORT OF TRANSFERRING A CALL.

SO OPTION THREE WAS THE ONLY OPTION THAT SAVED US ANY TIME.

SO IN ADDITION TO SAVING UP TO 60S, WE'LL ALSO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION.

A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR THIS IS CURRENTLY, IF LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOWS UP ON SCENE FIRST, AND THERE'S AN INCIDENT THAT MAY INVOLVE A WEAPON, THAT FIRE RESCUE MAY NEED TO HOLD BACK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THEY CAN SECURE THAT SCENE.

THAT PROCESS NOW INVOLVES A DISPATCHER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO PICK UP THE PHONE, DIAL SEVEN DIGITS, WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO RING.

SOMEBODY HAS TO ANSWER THE PHONE AT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.

THEY HAVE TO TRANSFER THAT SAME CALL TO THE THE DISPATCHER THAT'S COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PERSONNEL ON THE FREQUENCY.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE TIME THAT THAT TAKES BY HAVING CO-LOCATING OUR DISPATCHERS.

THAT SAME PROCESS CAN LITERALLY BE AS SIMPLE AS ONE DISPATCHER LEANING OVER TO THE NEXT DISPATCHER AND SAYING, HEY, TELL FIRE RESCUE TO HOLD IT FOR A SECOND.

THERE'S A GUN INVOLVED.

IN ADDITION, WE'LL SEE SOME SOME RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

WHEN YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A REGIONAL COMMUNICATION CENTER, ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS TO THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CUSTOMIZE AND CURTAIL RESPONSE OPTIMIZATION PLANS THAT ARE THE BEST FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.

WE KIND OF GET STUCK IN WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COLLECTIVE.

THEY CAN'T DO SOME THINGS FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS WHEN THINGS CAN IMPACT THE GLOBAL ENTITY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL ALSO SEE SOME REGIONAL COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE, PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTH END OF THE AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVICED BY NORTHCOM. SO ON THE AGAIN, ALL THE PHONE CALLS, ALL THE 911 CALLS ON THE NORTH END OF PALM BEACH COUNTY ARE ANSWERED BY PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THOSE OTHER AGENCIES WOULD SEE THOSE SAME IMPROVED RESPONSE TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO CALL PROCESSING.

NEXT STEPS.

WORKFORCE EXPANSION FOR TRANSITION, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HIRE 12 DISPATCHERS OR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS.

WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR THAT ARE IN BACKGROUND PROCESS RIGHT NOW THIS FISCAL YEAR.

IN SIX MONTHS WILL HIRE ANOTHER FOUR.

FOLLOWING YEAR, WE GET THE FINAL COMPLEMENT OF WHAT WE NEED FOR THE CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP WITH.

SINCE WE ARE A JOINT DISPATCH CENTER ALREADY FOR OTHER AGENCIES, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ADD ON A MODULE FOR THE FIRESIDE.

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SO OF COURSE, THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A SAVINGS.

WE ALSO GOT TO LOOK AT SOME RADIO EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRESIDE IS GOING TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE NEEDED RADIOS THAT WE HAVE, AND LAUNCH DATE AGAIN, SUMMER 2026.

WE'VE GOT A TIMELINE FOR ALL THE TRAINING BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE CROSS-TRAINED.

YOU'LL BE TRAINED IN THE POLICE SIDE FIRST AND THEN YOU'LL BE TRAINED IN THE FIRESIDE.

SO ALL THE OPERATORS OVER TIME.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A SUMMER 2026 DEADLINE, IF YOU WOULD, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CROSS TRAINED.

THEN WE GET INTO THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS.

THIS IS NOT A NEW PROJECT.

BACK IN 2018, WE DID A BUILD OUT OF OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU.

WE WERE HOPING TO DO THE CRIME SCENE AT THAT TIME, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDING.

NOW, OF COURSE, WE HAVE FOUND THE FUNDING TO DO THAT.

IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR CRIME SCENE LABORATORY LAST FISCAL YEAR OR THIS FISCAL YEAR, I SHOULD SAY WE ADDED A NEW CRIME SCENE PERSON JUST BECAUSE OF VOLUME.

THIS EXTRA BUILD OUT WILL GIVE US CRIME PREVENTION AND ALSO CRIME SOLVING EFFORTS THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN ALTERNATE LIGHT SOURCE ROOMS THAT WILL BE EXPLAINED.

WHAT THAT IS IS WE CAN LOOK FOR FLUIDS, BLOOD, AND WE CAN HAVE ZERO LIGHT IN THERE.

NOW IT'S A JOINT ROOM THAT WE USE ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

IT'LL HAVE ITS OWN.

WE'LL HAVE A FINGERPRINT LABORATORY ROOM, WHICH THE AFIS MACHINE RIGHT NOW IS SITTING NEXT TO A CUBICLE OF ONE OF OUR CRIME SCENE PEOPLE.

IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE SET BY ITSELF.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN MORE PEOPLE IN THAT SYSTEM.

AGAIN, GIVES US MORE CAPABILITY DOWN THE ROAD AND OF COURSE, UPGRADED TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE BOARD.

WITH THE SPACE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT SOME CUTTING EDGE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM, BUT NOW WE WILL.

AND SO TO MEET ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WE NEEDED TO BUDGET FUNDS, WHICH YOU ALREADY APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.

SO THIS PROJECT WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU. AND THE CITY ENGAGED ARCHITECTURAL FIRM HARVARD JOLLY.

AND WHY WE CHOSE HARVARD JOLLY IS BECAUSE HARVARD JOLLY WAS INVOLVED IN THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY.

SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF LEGACY INFORMATION AND STRUCTURAL INFORMATION, WHAT THEY CALL THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND STUFF.

AND THEY.

THE IDEA WAS THAT THEY WOULD DESIGN THE PROJECT AND THEN WE WOULD BID IT OUT.

SO NOW ANGELA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT ELEMENTS, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND TELL YOU ABOUT THE REST OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO THE EXPANSION PROJECT IS DEPICTED HERE IN YELLOW.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN INFILL PROJECT BETWEEN THE EXISTING EOC SHOWN HERE IN BLUE ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THE POLICE STATION HERE ON THE RIGHT.

SO THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS TO THIS PROJECT.

THE FIRST SECTION SHOWN HERE IN BLUE IS A RENOVATION PORTION.

THE EXISTING DISPATCH CENTER IS INCLUDED IN BLUE.

SO WE HAVE 14 EXISTING WORK STATIONS.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES RENOVATING THIS AREA TO INCLUDE SIX ADDITIONAL AREAS.

SORRY. WORK STATIONS SHOWN HERE IN ORANGE.

THE OFFICE SPACES THAT WERE LOCATED IN THIS ORANGE SPACE WILL THEN BE RELOCATED TO THE EXPANSION AREA SHOWN IN YELLOW.

THIS IS A TWO STORY EXTENSION, ESSENTIALLY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING, SO THE FIRST FLOOR INCLUDES THE DISPATCH CENTER, A SORRY DISPATCH ADMINISTRATION.

THE ACCESS TO THE FIRST FLOOR WILL BE THROUGH THE EXISTING CANOPY BETWEEN THE CITY HALL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WALKING YOU THROUGH THE SPACE HERE AT THE FRONT DOOR, THERE'S GOING TO BE A RESTROOM, A BREAK AREA, STORAGE AREAS, AND THEN THE AREA WILL BE LINED WITH OFFICES, LOCKER SPACE DOWN AT THE VERY END AND THEN A TRAINING CENTER.

IT IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE EOC VIA THIS CORRIDOR.

ON THE SECOND FLOOR IS THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION AREA.

SO IT IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE POLICE STATION AT BOTH ENDS.

I'M WALKING YOU AGAIN.

THROUGH THIS SPACE IS A RESTROOM STORAGE AREA.

THE LOW LIGHT AREA THAT THE CHIEF SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.

THE CRIME SCENE LAB.

A BRIEFING ROOM, AN AFIS ROOM, AND THEN WORKSTATIONS.

AND IT IS CONNECTED TO THE DETECTIVE BUREAU THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR.

SO THIS PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO START NEXT WEEK, ACTUALLY.

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AND IT IS A 330 DAY PROJECT.

SO HOPEFULLY NEXT OCTOBER WE'LL BE IN THE SPACE.

LAST TIME YOU SEE MY FACE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ADVERTISED AN INVITATION TO BID AND WE GOT SEVEN CONTRACTORS WHO RESPONDED.

HOWEVER, TWO OF THE BIDS WERE DEEMED TOTAL CONTRACTS WERE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE BECAUSE THEY QUALIFIED THEIR BIDS.

THEY IT'S AN INVITATION TO BID, UNLIKE AN RFP WHERE YOU CAN SUGGEST CHANGES AND DISAGREE WITH TERMS. YOU CAN'T DERIVE AN INVITATION TO BID.

THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WAS HANDS ON BUILDERS.

THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD WORKED ON THE EMPLOYEE CLINIC AND ON THE LITTLE GYM NEXT DOOR, THE LITTLE HEALTH CENTER NEXT DOOR.

AND THEY'D DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.

WE WE IMMEDIATELY NEGOTIATED A $170,000 SAVINGS FROM THE ORIGINAL BID PRICE, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THROUGH VALUE ENGINEERING AND SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE CONTRACTOR.

THIS IS A PROCUREMENT TIMELINE.

WE STARTED IN AUGUST AND ENDED IN SEPTEMBER.

THE OFFER STANDS FOR BEST AND FINAL OFFER THAT WAS REQUESTED IN SEPTEMBER.

THIS IS A COPY OF THE BID TABULATION WITH THE BAFFLE AND THE GRAYED OUT THE GRAYED OUT CONTRACTORS ARE THE TWO WHO WERE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE.

YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THEIR PRICING, THEY WERE NOT THE APPARENT LOW.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THIS PROJECT WILL COST ABOUT $3.896 $96 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES A 10% CONTINGENCY FOR CHANGES OR VARIANCES.

WE DON'T EXPECT ANY PRICE CHANGES LIKE WE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE CRAZINESS, BUT YOU'RE KNOCKING OUT WALLS, YOU'RE DIGGING UP THE GROUND.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND.

NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY ON THIS.

MARCI AND MEGAN, ARE YOU LEANING IN TO THE MICROPHONE? NO, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

I DO WANT TO SAY, THOUGH, I KNOW WE ALREADY APPROVED THIS IN OUR BUDGET.

I DO APPRECIATE YOU, THOUGH, GIVING US THE DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT.

AND AFTER WE WENT OVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND YOU ANSWERED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, I DID HOLD MY BREATH FOR A MINUTE.

I DIDN'T HOLD MY BREATH FOR A MINUTE, BUT I DID HOLD MY BREATH LIKE YOU SUGGESTED.

AND I TELL YOU WHAT, I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.

NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON A HUMAN LIFE, AND THAT TIME IS DEFINITELY VALUABLE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THIS PROJECT.

OKAY. EXCELLENT. SO THANK YOU.

I THINK IT WAS SPECIAL TO HAVE AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATION AS WELL FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS BETWEEN PROCUREMENT AND POLICE AND FIRE AND ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER FOR SOMETHING THAT BRINGS SAFETY TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE CANNOT WAIT.

I'M SURE IT WILL BE IMMACULATE AND DONE PROBABLY BEFORE SCHEDULE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE DO HAVE COMMENT CARDS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW NAMES.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION SO EVERYONE CAN BE PREPARED.

SO COMMENTS FROM BY THE PUBLIC AS A SECTION OF OUR MEETING WHERE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF GATHERED PUBLIC INPUT AND DO NOT DIRECTLY RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON A PROPOSED ISSUE OR ACTION, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ACCOMPLISH OUR CITY'S BUSINESS, AND THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA AND HEARD BY COUNSEL.

ABOVE ALL, WE ASK FOR MUTUAL RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION.

THIS MEETING IS, AS ALWAYS, IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AND WOULD WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH DECORUM.

IN ORDER TO DO SO, WE POLITELY REQUEST THAT SPEAKERS MAINTAIN ROBERT'S RULES AND REFRAIN FROM PERSONAL ATTACKS.

SO IF YOU DO PLAN TO COMMIT COMMENT PUBLICLY, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'VE FILLED OUT A CARD AND APPROACHED THE PODIUM WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.

FOR THE RECORD, AND YOUR COMMENTS SHOULD LAST ABOUT THREE MINUTES AND THERE WILL BE A TIMER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH HEATHER DYKEMAN AND THEN ROB LAUGHERY WILL BE AFTER THAT.

AND I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME FOR PRONUNCIATIONS.

COME ON UP. SO IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HEATHER DYKEMAN.

MY ADDRESS IS 3111 GARDENS EAST DRIVE, PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'M HERE TODAY JUST FOR A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, SIMILAR TO THE EMAIL I SENT YOU ALL THIS PAST WEEK.

ON NOVEMBER 1ST, JUST SOME BASIC CONCERNS I HAD WITH SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT CAME IN.

WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY ENCOURAGED RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS TO TRUST THE PROCESS, ALLOW THE CITY TO WORK ON OUR BEHALF.

RIGOROUS CHECKS AND BALANCES PROCEDURES WOULD BE FOLLOWED.

I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED WHEN I DID A FOIA REQUEST AND FOUND SOME DOCUMENTATION THAT I THOUGHT WAS MISSING.

I DID SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION.

LAST MONTH WE HAD A PRESS RELEASE, A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN THESE CHAMBERS, ALL TOLD OF A DONATION WELL ABOVE THE FINANCIAL MILESTONE REQUIRED FOR PBN, AF AND THE ICE RINK.

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IT WAS LOVELY, I READ IT.

I DID MAKE THE REQUEST BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE THE LETTER AND THE EVIDENCE MYSELF.

I DID NOTICE THAT THE DONOR LETTER DIDN'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL PROOF OR EVIDENCE ATTACHED TO IT.

IT WAS UNWITNESSED. IT WAS NOTARIZED.

I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BEING RELIABLE PROOF OF FUNDING.

I DO KNOW THEY SENT A REPORT THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO SEND WITHIN A WEEK.

THE REPORT JUST SAID, HEY, WE SENT A LETTER WITHOUT BEING WITNESSED OR NOTARIZED.

THE LETTER KIND OF LACKS A LITTLE BIT OF VALIDATION FOR THE CITIZENS.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED.

FURTHERMORE, AGAIN, WE WERE PROMISED THERE WOULD BE THIS, YOU KNOW, REALLY CAREFUL CHECKING.

SO WE KNOW THAT THE DONOR LETTER CAME IN.

THERE WASN'T PROOF OF FUNDS FROM EITHER PBN OR THE DONOR TO ENSURE VALIDITY OF THESE CLAIMS. WE WERE JUST HOPING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NOTARIZED OR SOMETHING FROM THE BANK OR A STATEMENT OR AN ACCOUNT.

NOT THE ACTUAL ACCOUNT NUMBER, OF COURSE, BUT SOME DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT THE ACCOUNT HAD THE FUNDS IN IT, NOT JUST A LETTER SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH THE FUNDS IN IT. WE ALSO NOTICED WE, I MEAN, THE COLLECTIVE WE FROM A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN LOOKING THE DONOR LETTER SEEMED TO HAVE A DONATION AT THE REQUIRED MILESTONE DATE OF $2 MILLION, NOT 6.5 MILLION.

I KNOW THE LETTER CLEARED UP THROUGH 10 MILLION AT LATER DATES, BUT THE 6.6.

$5 MILLION REQUIREMENT WAS NOT HIT BY THE OCTOBER MILESTONE.

THERE WAS A $400,000 GIFT AND 1.6 MILLION AT THE SIGNING OF THE LETTER, WHICH WAS 2 OR 3 DAYS BEFORE THE REQUIREMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WITHOUT THE VERIFICATION, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE FOUNDATION MET ITS OBLIGATIONS.

WE ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER MISSING INFORMATION.

WE DO KNOW THAT A DONOR LETTER IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE.

WE'VE READ THE PROPOSAL. OBVIOUSLY, I'VE READ THE PROPOSAL MANY TIMES.

I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE IT DOES SAY IT NEEDS TO BE SECURED.

IT SAYS THERE SHOULD BE RIGOROUS STANDARDS TO PROVE THAT THIS WAS THERE.

SO THE CITY CERTAINLY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SAY THAT THE DONOR LETTER IS OKAY, BUT MAYBE NOT WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF WHERE THE MONEY WAS OR WHICH ACCOUNTS THEY WERE IN.

SO I'M JUST HERE TODAY TO PUT ON A MATTER OF RECORD THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF EVIDENCE WITHIN THE DONOR LETTER OR WITHIN THE REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ROB LA FIORI AND THEN MIKE SAPORITO, I BELIEVE.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. CHELSEA.

MY NAME IS ROB LAFERRIERE, AND I LIVE AT 12,501 SOUTH GARDEN DRIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED ICE RINK AT PLANT DRIVE PARK.

I HAVE BEEN AROUND ICE SPORTS MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE NUMEROUS BENEFITS OF A FACILITY LIKE THIS CAN BRING TO THE COMMUNITY.

I STARTED ICE SKATING WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD, AND I'M STILL PLAYING MEN'S LEAGUE HOCKEY 50 YEARS LATER.

THE LIFE LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED OVER THIS TIME, AND THE FRIENDSHIPS I HAVE MADE ARE IMMEASURABLE AND HELP DEFINE THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

I OWE SO MUCH TO THE GAME OF HOCKEY.

IT HAS TAUGHT ME HOW TO LOSE GRACIOUSLY, WIN HUMBLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO BE A GOOD TEAMMATE.

FROM MY FIRST MIGHT TEAM AS A CHILD TO PLAYING DIVISION ONE COLLEGE HOCKEY AT BOSTON COLLEGE, I NEVER TOOK FOR GRANTED WHAT IT MEANT TO BE PART OF A TEAM.

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

A FACILITY LIKE THE ONE PROPOSED BY THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION WILL BECOME A STAPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS FOR WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.

NOT ONLY WILL IT EXPAND THE OFFERING OF INDOOR RECREATIONAL OPTIONS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT IT WILL ALSO ATTRACT MEMBERS OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THIS GREAT CITY HAS TO OFFER.

THE POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT AND WILL BENEFIT BOTH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIKE WINTER FOR HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS IN BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO LIFE.

AS A 501 C3, THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ENTITY THAT HAS EMBARKED ON THIS JOURNEY FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR OTHERS.

THE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT HE AND OTHERS HAVE PUT INTO THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE APPLAUDED.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LAST NAME PRONUNCIATION.

NO PROBLEM. MIKE SAPORITO AND THEN AFTER THAT IS PRESTON LEMANSKI.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS MIKE SAPORITO.

I LIVE AT 765 LAGOON DRIVE HERE IN NORTH PALM BEACH, OR.

EXCUSE ME, NORTH PALM BEACH, ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AWAY.

I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED RINK.

I DID SEND A LENGTHY EMAIL NOT TOO LONG AGO, BUT TONIGHT.

I'VE GOT SOME NOTES HERE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TALK.

I'M SUPER EXCITED.

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I GREW UP PLAYING HOCKEY IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

MY PARENTS BROUGHT ME TO A GAME STARTED FROM VERY HUMBLE ROOTS, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY, SIMILAR TO WHAT ROB JUST SHARED, THAT THIS HAS TRULY BEEN A BIG FACTOR IN MY LIFE THAT'S LED TO ANY SUCCESS THAT I'VE CURRENTLY ENJOYED.

SO THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S IN FRONT OF US IS VERY, VERY EXCITING FOR THREE VERY IMPORTANT REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE KIDS.

SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MY KIDS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT KIDS, PERIOD.

AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, THE SKILLS THAT YOU LEARN PLAYING HOCKEY.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOCKEY, YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS EVERY PRACTICE AND EVERY GAME.

SOMETIMES YOU GET HIT FROM BEHIND.

SOMETIMES THE REF BLOWS A CALL, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS PLAYING AS A TEAM.

IT'S ABOUT HOW FAST YOU GET UP.

IT'S ABOUT SKATING TO WHERE THE PUCK IS GOING, AND IT'S ABOUT DOING YOUR BEST EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE SKILLS THAT YOU LEARN, IT'S THE CHARACTER.

IT'S WHO YOU BECOME.

IT'S WHO YOU HANG AROUND AND IT'S WHAT YOU ACHIEVE TOGETHER.

AND THAT TOGETHER THING IS THE RELATIONSHIPS.

TO THIS DAY. I'M IN MY LATE 40S AND I STILL HAVE FRIENDSHIPS THAT STARTED ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO.

SO THE FIRST REASON IS IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS.

SECONDLY, THE COMMUNITY, THE ACTIVITIES THAT THIS RINK WILL FACILITATE ARE GOING TO CREATE MEMORIES THAT LITERALLY LAST A LIFETIME.

IN ADDITION TO THE SKILL BUILDING IN ADDITION TO THE CHARACTER BUILDING.

BUT I'M GOING TO SAY AGAIN, THE R WORD, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE STRENGTHENED AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE CENTRAL TO THE MEMORIES.

AND THIRD, AND FINALLY, IN MY REMAINING TIME, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND THIS EFFORT, SPECIFICALLY AT PALM BEACH NORTH, SPECIFICALLY THE FOLKS AT LONGWOOD WHO WILL BE KEY AT THIS FACILITY AND EVEN POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES OF ALL TIME, WAYNE GRETZKY. THESE PEOPLE, THESE THREE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING AND GOING TO BRING THIS TO LIFE WOULD BE THE ENVY OF ANY CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.

I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT, AND I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS GET PASSED AND TO SEE MOMENTS BE MADE FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PRESTON LEMANSKI AND THEN BRENDAN DONALD.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS PRESTON LEMANSKI.

I LIVE AT 12156 WATERSTONE CIRCLE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING THAT MY COMMUNITY WAS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO, AND I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR THEIR RESPONSE.

IT WAS TREMENDOUS.

AND IT WAS IT WAS A BIG HELP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I AM ALSO HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED ICE FACILITY.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE A 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND AN 11 YEAR OLD SON THAT BOTH PLAY ICE HOCKEY AND WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE TO PLAY IN THE BEAUTIFUL NEW FACILITY.

I ALSO GREW UP PLAYING ICE HOCKEY IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND I'VE BEEN A FAN OF THE SPORT MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I FEEL THIS WOULD BENEFIT SO MANY FAMILIES AND HELP CONTINUE TO GROW ICE SPORTS HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.

YOU'VE GOT THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WINNING A STANLEY CUP, AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH OF THE SPORT IN THIS AREA.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A TOP NOTCH FACILITY, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

AND WE'LL HAVE NOTHING BUT BENEFITS, IN MY OPINION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE BRENDAN DONALD.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE BOB DAVIES.

PLEASE. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE TIME.

I CURRENTLY LIVE AT 4529 MEDITERRANEAN CIRCLE HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I MOVED HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO FROM DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH WITH MY FAMILY AND TWO YOUNG BOYS.

BOTH. HOPEFULLY TWO.

HOCKEY PLAYERS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE RINK AS WELL.

I GREW UP PLAYING IN NEW JERSEY AND PLAYED THROUGH COLLEGE AT MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY.

THE SPORT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE FOR ME SINCE I STARTED PLAYING.

I STARTED ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN MOST.

AND IT IT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW.

UNBELIEVABLE. FOR ME AND ALL THE CONNECTIONS AND ALL THE ACQUAINTANCES, ACQUAINTANCES I'VE HAD THROUGH PLAYING HAS BEEN IMMEASURABLE AND EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND POSITIVE FOR ME.

I KNOW WITH THIS RINK IT WILL BE NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR THIS CITY.

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IT'S EXTREMELY PASSIONATE AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE INVOLVED ARE UNLIKE ANY OTHER SPORT.

THERE'S NO OTHER SPORT THAT HAS THE FAMILY FOCUS AS HOCKEY DOES.

SO FOR THAT, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW WHAT HOCKEY IS AND IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN THE BEST BRINGS OUT THE BEST OF KIDS.

I THINK THIS AREA WILL SEE NOTHING BUT THE BENEFITS OF IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.

AS EVERYBODY HAS SAID AT THIS POINT, NOTHING MORE THAN OBVIOUSLY THE PANTHERS AND A LOT OF THE PRO HOCKEY TEAMS DOWN HERE DOING WELL ARE, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN CERTAINLY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW POPULAR THE SPORT HAS BECOME DOWN HERE.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S A WIN WIN FOR THE CITY.

AND I KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE A SUCCESS, AND THIS CITY WILL CERTAINLY FLOURISH WITH WITH A HOCKEY RINK AND A FACILITY LIKE THE ONE PROPOSED.

AND I SEE HOPE TO SEE IT COME THROUGH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE BOB DAVIES AND THEN MICHAEL WINTER.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

BOB DAVIES 8720 OLD HEMINGWAY PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'VE BEEN A TAXPAYER IN PALM BEACH GARDENS SINCE 1987.

I'M A FORMER LONG TERM EMPLOYEE AT SANDHILL CRANE GOLF COURSE.

JUST RECENTLY FIRED.

EXCUSE ME. BY THE DIRECTOR OF GOLF.

THIS WAS AFTER I TOLD HER THAT TWO OF HER MANAGERS WERE PLAYING GOLF AND DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE ON THE CLOCK.

ON OCTOBER 18TH, I SENT AN EMAIL TO OFFICIALS AT PALM BEACH GARDENS CITY HALL DETAILING SEVEN DATES AND TIMES THIS TOOK PLACE. THESE WERE DAYS WHEN THE DIRECTOR WAS OFF.

IT HAS BEEN ALMOST TWO WEEKS AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM ANYONE.

GOLFING AND DRINKING ALCOHOL WHILE COLLECTING A PAYCHECK IS AGAINST THE RULES, SO WHY ARE THEY STILL WORKING THERE? AND NOW I AM BANNED FROM GOING ON TO THE PROPERTY BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT MY COMPLAINTS ARE DISRUPTIVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE.

NEXT WE HAVE MICHAEL WINTER.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE JEFF CAMPBELL.

MICHAEL WINTER 13965 WILLOW DRIVE, NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33408.

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M THE CHAIRMAN FOUNDER OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, BRINGING THE PROJECT TO PLANT DRIVE PARK.

JUST A REALLY BRIEF UPDATE.

THINGS ARE ADVANCING VERY, VERY NICELY.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

ALL THE REPORTS I GET FROM OUR TEAM, FROM LAND PLANNERS TO CONSULTANTS, IS EVERYTHING IS MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY AND PROGRESSING VERY WELL.

SO THAT'S VERY PLEASING TO HEAR.

WE JUST THIS PAST WEEK AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF INTERVIEWS, ENGAGED OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS WHO ARE EXCITED TO REALLY PUT EVERYTHING TO LIFE.

WE HAVE EVERY EXPECTATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO MEET THE NEXT MILESTONE.

OUR FINANCING TEAM IS HARD AT WORK.

WE EXPECT TO BE ON TIME, HOPEFULLY EVEN EARLY WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, AND IT'S A IT'S SATISFYING THAT TO HEAR FROM OUR TEAM THAT THE CITY STAFF IS REALLY HELPING US ALONG.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT BRIEF UPDATE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S SOME REALLY NICE SPEAKERS TONIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE GENTLEMAN WHO ROB LAFERRIERE, WHO WENT FIRST IS GOING TO BE A COACH AND A MENTOR FOR OUR KIDS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AND WHAT HE DID NOT TELL YOU IS THAT HIS SON WENT TO HARVARD.

HE'S GOT FIVE KIDS, BUT HIS SON IS CURRENTLY IN THE NHL.

I THINK HE'S GOT 13 POINTS IN THE FIRST 14 GAMES AS A 23 YEAR OLD, SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE SOMEONE OF HIS STATURE.

YOU KNOW, HELPING AND MENTORING OUR KIDS.

AND THEN ALSO WITH REGARDS TO OUR, OUR LARGE DONOR, HE HAS NOW JOINED OUR BOARD.

HE'S THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE FOUNDATION.

HE IS ENGAGED EVERY WEEK.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE A PHILANTHROPIST LIKE THAT WITH THE HOCKEY KNOWLEDGE THAT HE BRINGS AND THE GRAVITAS BEHIND THIS PROJECT.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE JEFF CAMPBELL AND THEN AFTER THAT, MARK MARCIANO.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JEFF CAMPBELL.

I LIVE AT 2029 NORTH OCEAN BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.

33305 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION AND THE PALM BEACH GARDENS ICEPLEX.

THE PALM BEACH GARDENS ICEPLEX IS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND THE RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, THE

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ICE SPORTS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SECTORS IN THE SUNBELT STATES AND IS SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ENORMOUS CAPITAL COST REQUIRED TO BUILD SUCH FACILITIES.

THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, A 501 C3 PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION, IS INVESTING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THIS INDOOR, COMMUNITY BASED RECREATIONAL FACILITY.

YEAR ROUND PROGRAMING WILL INCLUDE GRASSROOTS, ENTRY LEVEL PROGRAMS. LEARN TO SKATE FOR ALL AGES.

LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY FOR ALL AGES YEAR ROUND.

DAILY PUBLIC SKATING SESSIONS.

FIGURE SKATING, HOCKEY LEAGUES, CLINICS FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, CURLING LEAGUES AND INSTRUCTION, AND SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

COMPETITIVE AND ELITE PROGRAMS WITH SUPPORTING ON SITE SERVICES, ALLOWING SERIOUS ATHLETES TO TO ALLOWING SERIOUS ATHLETES THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND FLOURISH IN PALM BEACH GARDENS ICE SPORTS IN FLORIDA, SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, HAS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO MANY ELITE ATHLETES THAT IN THE PAST HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THE STATE IN ORDER TO SUCCEED.

FLORIDA AND SOUTH FLORIDA IN PARTICULAR, HAS GROWN NATIONAL, OLYMPIC AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND HOCKEY, FIGURE SKATING, SPEED SKATING, AND SLED HOCKEY. THE LAST FIVE NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS HAVE HAD A FLORIDA BASED TEAM INVOLVED WITH THE FLORIDA PANTHERS AND TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING, EACH WINNING THIS COVETED TROPHY AND NHL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

ICE SPORTS ARE EXPLODING IN FLORIDA AND IN SOUTH FLORIDA AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL, CRITICAL FOR FACILITIES LIKE THIS.

THE FACILITY IS DESIGNED TO WELCOME THE HIGHEST, HIGHEST LEVEL ATHLETES AND THOSE CASUAL RESIDENTS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY. WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE STAFF'S CONTINUED EFFORTS AND ASSISTANCE IN ENSURING A WORLD CLASS RECREATIONAL AMENITY FOR ITS RESIDENTS WILL BE ONE THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE MARK MARCIANO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARK MARCIANO, TEN SHELDRAKE LANE, PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I JUST WANT TO COME IN JUST VERY BRIEFLY.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S EASY.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SO EASY TO DO SO.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF IS, YOU KNOW, AS I REVIEW THE PLANS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, NOT JUST THE BUILDING, BUT THE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING, THE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES ALONG PLANT DRIVE, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, AND ALL THE YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE 24 YEARS, HAS NEVER ONCE DEVELOPED A PROJECT THAT DIDN'T TAKE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE RESIDENTS, THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, TO HEART.

BEFORE I JOINED THIS COUNCIL, I SHARED THE STORY OF A MOM WHO KEPT ASKING FOR INDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THREE NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH BURNS ROAD REC CENTER, YOUR NEW PROJECT COMING UP AT DISTRICT PARK, AND NOW THIS PROPOSED INDOOR SPORTS ICE RINK AS WELL.

BUT ALSO WHEN THAT TIME WAS HAPPENING, THERE WAS ALSO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DISTRICT PARK, AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS HERE AT THE TIME VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO DO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SHADY LAKES DRIVE IS A MODEL.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS DONE WITH WITH THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS, THE USE OF THE FACILITIES AS WELL.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS BACK AT IT AND SAYS, THANK YOU.

IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT.

IT WAS DONE VERY WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE.

YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE TO EVERYBODY.

THAT RAISES A CONCERN.

THIS PROJECT IS NO DIFFERENT.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PLANS, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, TO LOOK AT NOT JUST THE BUILDING, NOT JUST WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR THE CITY, BUT THE ACCESS TO THE CITY AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC BY THE COMMENT.

COUPLE OF COMMENTS BY PUBLIC.

SORRY. BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, THOUGH, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, WE'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE DONOR AGREEMENT, THE PLEDGE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH.

THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE DONOR PLEDGE.

AND IN THE PB AND F P3 AGREEMENT, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS, ONE OF ONE OF THE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF FUNDING, IS A LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE DONOR PLEDGE.

THE DONOR PLEDGE IS LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE.

AND THOUGH WE DON'T REQUIRE A DEMONSTRATION OF FUNDS IN THE HEDGE FUND OR THE THE TRUST FUND.

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AND HIS NET WORTH AS OF TODAY, ACCORDING TO FORBES, IS $2.2 BILLION.

SO THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH CERTIFICATION FOR THE CITY TO PROVE THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE GOOD ON THE PLEDGE.

10 MILLION IS A LOT LESS THAN 2.2 BILLION.

THE PLEDGE IS BACKED UP BY PERSONAL GUARANTEE.

YES, MA'AM. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

LET'S MOVE ALONG. DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER REPORT THIS EVENING, SIR? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

LET'S GO AHEAD. I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 13, 2024 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS’ BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

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

ORDINANCE 14 2024.

AT FIRST READING, A CITY INITIATED REQUEST FOR REZONING ON GARDENS OF WOODBURY.

RESOLUTION 59 2024 CITY INITIATED REQUEST TO AMEND THE SETBACKS FOR THE BAY HILL ESTATES PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD.

RESOLUTION 60 2024 AVENUE TOWNHOMES.

ESSEX AVENUE REQUESTING APPROVAL TO MODIFY FRONT LOADED TOWNHOME UNITS.

RESOLUTION 61 AVENUE 21 LAKE RIDGE AVENUE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR MODEL HOMES.

TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING AND ENTRY FEATURE.

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 TESTIFY TONIGHT.

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

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

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

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

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR ORDINANCE 13.

ORDINANCE 13 2024, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 INCLUSIVE, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

HELLO. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ARIANE HAS WE'VE GOT OUR FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR, ARIANE ZAK, HERE.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING? NO, MADAM MAYOR, NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE NEED A SECOND PRESENTATION? NO, I DO NOT. SEEING NONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS, SO LET'S CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I PLEASE GET A REAL QUICK? I'M SO SORRY. YES. OF COURSE.

I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD.

SINCE IT'S A BUDGET AMENDMENT, I'LL JUST READ THAT.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 13 2024 AS PRESENTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS IN THE RECORD.

I'M GLAD YOU PUT THAT IN THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 13 2024, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, PLEASE.

I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ORDINANCE 13, 2024.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE IT COUNTED.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ALONG A LITTLE MORE SLOWLY.

[VIII.b. *ORDINANCE 14, 2024 – (1ST READING) CITY-INITIATED REQUEST FOR REZONING FOR GARDENS OF WOODBERRY. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 37.29 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS, KNOWN AS GARDENS OF WOODBERRY, LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND SHADY LAKES DRIVE; PROVIDING THAT THESE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM (RM) TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM (RM); 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.]

ORDINANCE 14, 2024, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 37.29 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS KNOWN AS GARDENS OF WOODBURY, LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND SHADY LAKES DRIVE.

PROVIDING THAT THESE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLINING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM.

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.

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

THIS ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE EX PARTE.

I'LL START AT MY LEFT.

CARL. DANA.

NEGATIVE. NONE FOR ME.

MARCIE. NEGATIVE.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE NONE EITHER.

SO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

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NICE TO SEE YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

FOR THE RECORD, SAMANTHA MORONEY, PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING GARDENS OF WOODBURY, SPECIFICALLY ORDINANCE 14, 2024 ON FIRST READING.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION TO START.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOCATED ON PGA BOULEVARD, JUST WEST OF SHADY LAKES DRIVE.

THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND CONTAINS OVER 200 AND EXACTLY 240 UNITS, SPREAD THROUGHOUT 66 BUILDINGS.

THE COMMUNITY ITSELF IS ABOUT 37 ACRES, AND THE DENSITY IS LESS THAN SEVEN DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

THAT IS RELEVANT BECAUSE OUR CITY CODE PROVIDES SEVEN DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AS THE MAXIMUM MAXIMUM DENSITY FOR A RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM.

ZONING. THERE IS A LOT OF VARIETY WITHIN THE GARDENS OF WOODBURY DEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL FLOOR PLANS, LOT SIZES AND DIFFERENT NUMBER OF UNITS PER BUILDING.

GOING BACK IN TIME IN 1978, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY AND BUILT AT THAT TIME.

THEN IN 1988, CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS ANNEXED THE DEVELOPMENT, AND IT HAS SINCE BECOME KNOWN AS GARDENS OF WOODBURY.

AT THAT TIME, THE CITY ASSIGNED A RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM ZONING DISTRICT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING DENSITY, BUT WHAT THEY DID NOT DO AT THAT TIME WAS EVALUATE THE CODE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN 1998 WAS THE ONLY OTHER APPROVAL THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT WAS A CITY INITIATED EFFORT TO PROVIDE A TEN FOOT WIDE BUFFER EASEMENT ALONG PGA BOULEVARD, INCLUDING A WALL AND LANDSCAPING, TO HELP SCREEN THE VEHICLES FROM THE RESIDENTS. SO THIS REQUEST GETTING INTO IT IS A CITY INITIATED REQUEST TO REZONE THE GARDENS OF WOODBURY DEVELOPMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM ZONING TO A PUD OVERLAY WITH UNDERLYING RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM ZONING, AND TO ESTABLISH THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BASED ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS KNOWING THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING COMMUNITY WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

THE SITUATION IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT MEET ANY OF OUR CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS.

ASIDE FROM THE DENSITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOWNHOME LOTS THEMSELVES BEING ATTACHED TO SINGLE FAMILY UNITS CANNOT MEET MINIMUM LOT COVERAGE, CANNOT MEET MINIMUM SETBACKS AND OTHER REGULATIONS.

AND SO BEFORE US TONIGHT IS THE PUD OVERLAY REZONING TO MEMORIALIZE ALL OF THE EXISTING NONCONFORMITIES AND TO ALLOW FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO EXIST ALONGSIDE ALL OF THE EXISTING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WITHOUT THIS PUD OVERLAY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CANNOT BE ISSUED PERMITS FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OR EXTENSIONS TO THEIR HOME AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY MEET THE REQUIRED SETBACKS.

THIS PROCESS IS THE CITY INITIATED PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW, WITHIN THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

SEVERAL OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, AND REVA PIERCE HERE CONDUCTED SEVERAL SITE VISITS TO THE GARDENS OF WOODBURY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE COMMONALITIES WERE BETWEEN THE VARIOUS LOT SIZES AND TOWNHOME UNITS.

WE ALSO MET WITH HOA MEMBERS, SOME OF WHICH ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND DISCUSSED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, THE HISTORY WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PUD OVERLAY.

THE INTERIM PRESIDENT DID AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO PROVIDE THIS PUD OVERLAY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS THROUGH SEVERAL HOA MEETINGS.

THEY'RE ALSO HERE TONIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF STAFF'S EFFORTS LOOKING INTO THE SETBACKS THEMSELVES, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PUD OVERLAY.

WE HAVE EVALUATED THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURES, THE TOWNHOMES THEMSELVES, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND FENCES BASED ON THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WERE DETERMINED BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS.

SO EACH END UNIT LOT WAS DETERMINED TO BE EITHER ADJACENT TO ANOTHER PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LOT, A STREET COMMON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE HOA OR THE PERIMETER OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND BASED ON THOSE CONDITIONS, SETBACKS WERE ALLOCATED.

THE PUD OVERLAY WITH UNDERLYING RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM DENSITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING COMMUNITY.

THE PUD OVERLAY ITSELF IS CONSISTENT WITH SEVERAL OTHER RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THE PROPOSED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER APPROVED TOWNHOME PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY IN THE CITY.

WE DID PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE WITH SIGNS POSTED AROUND THE PROPERTY AND NEWSPAPER AD POSTED IN THE PALM BEACH POST AND MAILER SENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE GARDENS OF WOODBURY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ON OCTOBER 8TH.

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STAFF, OF COURSE, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CITY INITIATED REQUEST ON FIRST READING, AND RESOLUTION 58, WHICH IS A COMPANION ITEM, WILL BE VOTED ON AT SECOND READING.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

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

CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 14 AT FIRST READING PLEASE.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 14 2024.

SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN PUBLICLY, BECAUSE HAVING SERVED ON AN HOA AND FOR DECADES.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A DILIGENT EFFORT ON EVERYONE'S PART, AND I'M SURE IT WAS A TOUGH THING TO DO AND ACCOUNT FOR. I KNOW THAT THIS ALL THAT HARD WORK WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

I KNOW IT IS APPRECIATED, BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE JUST HEARD RESIDENT TALK ABOUT A TORNADO AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD GOING THROUGH THAT AND ALL OF THESE HOUSES THAT WERE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE ZONING.

THIS WILL HELP WHEN THEY NEED TO REBUILD OUR GOD FORBID THAT THEY HAVE TO, BUT IF THEY DO THEY WOULD BE THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD AND WITHOUT ANY ISSUES.

AND YEARS TO DO THIS AT THAT TIME WHEN IT'S REALLY NEEDED.

SO I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORT TO BRINGING THIS FORTH AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL IN THE LONG RUN.

SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR CITY AND HELPING THEM OUT TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WAS A TOUGH THING TO DO, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

I KNOW IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.

OKAY. VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON NO, I AGREE WITH MARCY.

I YOU KNOW, WE I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS DURING AGENDA REVIEW, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THEM ALL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS WERE HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS MOVING FORWARD.

AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR ALL THE INFORMATION AND WORKING TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT. DITTO.

ABSOLUTELY. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE STAFF WORKING SO MUCH WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND HOAS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKS FOR THE BETTER.

ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T HEAR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SO ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ORDINANCE 14.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ALONG TO RESOLUTION 59.

[VIII.c. *RESOLUTION 59, 2024 – CITY-INITIATED REQUEST TO AMEND THE SETBACKS FOR THE BAY HILL ESTATES PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, MODIFYING THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE BAY HILL ESTATES PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) TO CONFORM WITH THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL LOW (RL-3) DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BAY HILL ESTATES BEING LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND BAY HILL DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION 59 2024, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, MODIFYING THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE BAY HILL ESTATES PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD TO CONFORM WITH THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL LOW RL THREE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

BAY HILL ESTATES BEING LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND BAY HILL DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD.

AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

WE DO NEED TO DECLARE EX PARTE FOR RESOLUTION 59.

SO NONE. NONE FOR YOU.

ANYONE ELSE FOR ME? NOPE.

OKAY. AND NONE FOR MYSELF EITHER.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD.

WE'VE GOT MARTIN FITTS, OUR PLANNING MANAGER IS ALREADY AT THE PODIUM.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN FITTS, PLANNING AND ZONING, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR PRESENTING RESOLUTION 59 2024.

THIS IS A CITY INITIATED REQUEST TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE BAY HILL ESTATES PUD FOR PHASE ONE, IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THE UNDERLYING R-3 ZONING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

JUST TO REFRESH THE BOARD, BAY HILL ESTATES IS LOCATED ON THE WEST OF THE CITY, SOUTH OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD.

PHASE ONE IS THE MAJORITY OF BAY HILL ESTATES, AND AS SHOWN ON THE ON THE SCREEN, IT CONSISTS OF PLAT ONE, PART TWO, AND PART THREE.

THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 300 JUST UNDER 300 LOTS AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE BUILT OUT.

PHASE TWO OF BAY ESTATES CONSISTS OF THE PRESERVE AT BAY HILL, WHICH IS ANOTHER SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE AREA, WHICH IS NOT PART OF THIS BECAUSE THEY HAD SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THAT INITIAL PUD.

FOR A LITTLE BACKGROUND, BAY ESTATES WAS INITIALLY APPROVED IN THE COUNTY AS STONEWALL ESTATES, AND THE COUNTY ASSIGNED THE SINGLE FAMILY

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AT THE TIME THE PUD.

THE BALE ESTATES POA APPROVED DESIGN GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDED MORE RESTRICTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAN THE UNDERLYING STANDARDS FOR THE COUNTY.

BALE ESTATES WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN 2018 FOLLOWING A REFERENDUM VOTE AND, AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH ANNEXATION.

THE CITY ASSIGNED A LAND USE AND ZONING THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING FROM THE COUNTY.

AS SUCH, THE CITY ASSIGNED A PUD OVERLAY, AND WE ASSIGNED THE UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RL THREE, WHICH IS THE MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE SETBACKS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

IN COORDINATION WITH THE POA BOARD AT THE TIME, THE CITY ALSO ASSIGNED THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE MORE RESTRICTIVE SETBACKS FOR THAT WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE POA.

SINCE THAT TIME, THE CITY HAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL LOTS CURRENTLY VACANT THAT CANNOT BE BUILT WITH THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BASED ON AN IRREGULAR LOT CONFIGURATION, AND THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL LOTS THAT ARE WERE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN WAIVERS OR VARIANCES FROM THE DESIGN GUIDELINES BY THE POA THAT ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING BASED ON THE UNDERLYING CODE, AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE REBUILT IF DESTROYED AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS THE CURRENT SETBACK CHART THAT WAS APPROVED INITIALLY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, PLOT PLAT ONE, TWO AND THREE HAS A FRONT SETBACK OF 50FT.

A REAR SETBACK OF 70FT AND THE SIDE SETBACK OF 20FT.

AND THESE ARE THE THE CURRENT, MORE RESTRICTIVE SETBACKS FROM THE POSE DESIGN GUIDELINES.

THE PROPOSED SETBACK CHART WILL WILL MODIFY THE SETBACKS TO THOSE OF THE UNDERLYING R-3 ZONING CODE.

NOW WHAT DOES THIS AMENDMENT DO? THIS AMENDMENT WILL MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO THE UNDERLYING R-3, AND WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP, CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY THEY ALWAYS DID UNDER THE COUNTY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL BE ABLE THE POA CAN MODIFY THOSE INTERNAL DESIGN GUIDELINES TO BE LESS RESTRICTIVE OR MORE RESTRICTIVE IF THEY LIKE, WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY TO MODIFY THE SITE PLAN OR THE PUD.

NOW WHAT DOES THIS AMENDMENT NOT DO? THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ZONING FOR THE PUD.

THE PUD WAS ASSIGNED THE R-3 ZONING DISTRICT AS THE UNDERLYING ZONING CODE AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY ASSIGNED THE LAND USE AND ZONING, AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE, AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THIS.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT ALLOW ANY ADDITIONAL DENSITY WITHIN THE PROJECT, NOR DOES IT ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO SUBDIVIDE THEIR LOTS INTO SMALLER LOTS.

THE PUD HAS AN APPROVED SITE PLAN, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE LOT SIZES AND THE ORIENTATION AND THE LAYOUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT CAN'T CHANGE WITHOUT THE CITY, WITHOUT THE THE POA COMING BACK TO THE CITY TO MODIFY THAT SITE PLAN.

AND FINALLY, THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE POA DESIGN GUIDELINES, INCLUDING THE MORE RESTRICTIVE SETBACKS.

THIS PETITION HAS BEEN DULY NOTICED, CONSISTENT WITH STATE STATUTES AND THE CITY'S CODE, INCLUDING MAILERS TO THE RESIDENTS AND ADS IN THE NEWSPAPER.

THIS DID GO TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD AT THE OCTOBER 8TH MEETING, WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WE DO ALSO HAVE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THE BOARD THAT THEY AGREE WITH THE USING THE UNDERLYING R-3 ZONING CODE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 59 2024 AS PRESENTED, AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S SEE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THAT.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

CLOSE THE HEARING. IF I COULD GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 59 2024, PLEASE.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 59 2024.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE WANT TO CHAT? NOPE. VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I APPRECIATE, MARTIN, THAT YOU PUT IN SOME EXTRA SLIDES TO REALLY HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE.

I DID HAVE SOME RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO ME THAT WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THESE IRREGULAR LOTS, OR THE VACANT LOTS, OR A REBUILD, AND THOSE TWO SLIDES REALLY CLARIFY THAT THIS WILL STAY WITHIN THE CITY STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY BECAUSE THIS IS IT'S YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR PLANNING, IT CAN BE A LITTLE CONCERNING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR

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I THINK WE REALLY NEEDED IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TAKE IT TO A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR RESOLUTION 59.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE RESOLUTION 60.

[VIII.d. *RESOLUTION 60, 2024 – AVENIR TOWNHOMES (ESSEX AT AVENIR) REQUESTING APPROVAL TO MODIFY FRONT-LOADED TOWNHOME UNITS. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE REAR YARD WALL FOR FRONT-LOADED TOWNHOMES WITHIN THE 250-UNIT TOWNHOME COMMUNITY (ESSEX AT AVENIR) WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT (PARCEL B) OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF COCONUT BOULEVARD APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COCONUT BOULEVARD AND NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, THE AVENIR PCD BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE, AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION 62,024, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE REAR YARD WALL FOR FRONT LOADED TOWNHOMES WITHIN THE 250 UNIT TOWNHOME COMMUNITY, ESSEX AND AVENIR WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT.

PARCEL B OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF COCONUT BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COCONUT BOULEVARD AND NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

THE AVENIR PCD BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE, AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

MADAM MAYOR, I JUST NEED TO REFLECT ON THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PRIMAROSA ARRIVED AT 701.

THANK YOU MA'AM. SORRY, I THOUGHT IT WAS SEVEN.

IT'S OKAY. I'M HERE. I'M HERE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO BACK AFTER.

AFTER THE CLERK IS DONE, NOTING THAT WE'LL START RESOLUTION 60 2024.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF READING THE.

YOU'RE ALL SET. OKAY.

YOU DID IT. YOU JUST GOT IT ALL IN THERE.

I THANK YOU, SIR. LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING FIRST.

AND WE DO NEED TO DECLARE EX PARTE.

WE'LL START WITH CARL NEGATIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN.

NO, MA'AM. NONE. THANK YOU SIR.

MADAM. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

NONE. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I HAVE NONE EITHER.

SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO START BY ASKING KEN TUMA FROM URBAN DESIGN STUDIO TO COME TO THE PODIUM FOR A PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING SIR. GOOD.

GOOD EVENING, KEN TOOME WITH URBAN DESIGN.

MY ADDRESS IS 610 CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH, AND I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.

THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING.

I HAVE FOUR, FOUR SLIDES, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO GO VERBALLY OVER WHAT THE INTENT IS.

THE REQUEST? THIS IS WITHIN AVENUE, JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN CENTER.

THESE ARE THE TOWNHOMES LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT.

THE REQUEST IS TO MODIFY A REAR WALL THAT IS PART OF TWO OF THE FRONT LOADED TYPE OF UNITS THAT ARE IN THE PROJECT.

THE CONCEPT IS INSTEAD OF HAVING A WALL RUNNING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A SHORTER WALL AND ALLOW FOR A FENCE.

SO LET ME LET ME FLIP THROUGH A FEW SLIDES REAL QUICK.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED HERE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, JUST NORTH OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT OF THE TOWN CENTER.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN ITSELF.

YOU APPROVED THIS ON NOVEMBER 3RD OF TWO YEARS AGO.

THERE ARE 250 MULTIFAMILY TOWNHOMES BEING PROPOSED ON THIS SITE.

THE SITE PLAN REQUEST IS BASICALLY TWO PARTS.

IN BLUE ARE THE LOTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE LAKEFRONT.

IT AFFECTS 57 UNITS, IN RED ARE THE THE LOTS THAT ARE IMPACTED AND THERE ARE 117.

SO THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF WALLS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO MODIFY.

THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS THE INTERIOR TOWNHOMES, THE SMALL THE INTERIOR ONES, THE ONE IDENTIFIED IN RED ON THE EARLIER SCREEN.

THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL SHOWED FOR A CONCRETE WALL SIX FEET HIGH GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE.

WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FCI WHO ARE HERE, WHO WILL BE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTING THESE FACILITIES, LOOKED AT IT, THEY THEY REALLY WOULD PREFER IT TO BE A FIVE FOOT LENGTH WALL THAT IS SIX FEET HIGH AND THEN HAVE A FOUR FOOT HIGH ALUMINUM FENCE, BRONZE FENCE THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE REST OF THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO THAT'S A REQUEST ON THE INTERNAL LOTS, ON THE EXTERNAL LOTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE LAKE.

THE ORIGINAL PLAN CALLED FOR A TEN FOOT LONG, SIX FOOT HIGH CONCRETE WALL.

THE REQUEST IS TO REDUCE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERIOR LOTS TO GO TO A SIX FOOT HIGH WALL THAT IS FIVE FEET LONG TO ALLOW FOR HORIZONTAL FENCING TO BE PART OF THE BACKYARD.

SO BASICALLY THAT FENCING WILL BE FOUR FEET HIGH.

SO THE INTENT IS TO MAKE IT FEEL NICER, BUT STILL PROVIDE A SMALL AREA OF PRIVACY AS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THOSE TOWNHOMES.

AND THIS IS JUST A PLAN VIEW.

SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF THE AREA THAT'S IMPACTED IS ONLY THE INTERIOR UNITS WHERE THIS SITUATION OCCURS.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE MY PRESENTATION AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS MATTER.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? MADAM MAYOR, NO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION.

THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PUBLICLY NOTICED AND REQUIREMENTS WITH THE CITY CODE AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON RESOLUTION 60.

SO LET'S CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 60 2024? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 60 2024.

AND ALSO SAY THAT I THINK THAT WAS A RECORD FOR SHORTNESS OF PRESENTATION BY MR. TUMA. I'LL SECOND.

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60. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 61.

[VIII.e. *RESOLUTION 61, 2024 – AVENIR POD 21 (LAKE RIDGE AT AVENIR) REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR MODEL HOMES, TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING, AND ENTRY FEATURE. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME FLOOR PLANS, ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS, TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING, AND A RESIDENTIAL ENTRY FEATURE FOR LAKE RIDGE AT AVENIR (POD 21) WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (PARCEL A) OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AVENIR DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 0.4 MILES WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENIR DRIVE AND COCONUT BOULEVARD, THE AVENIR PCD BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE, AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING A WAIVER; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THIS WAIVER REQUEST WAS NOT PRESENTED DURING THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD MEETING ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.

THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE PETITION TO GO BEFORE A PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD FOR A RECOMMENDATION ACTION WITH THE UPDATED PROPOSAL. BECAUSE THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLICLY NOTICED, THE PUBLIC HEARING NEEDS TO BE OPENED AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MUST BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL POSTPONE RESOLUTION 60 ONE, 2024, TO A CERTAIN DATE TO EXCUSE ME TO THE CERTAIN DATE OF DECEMBER 5TH, 2024.

SO IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR RESOLUTION 61.

RESOLUTION 61 2024.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME FLOOR PLANS, ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS, TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING, AND A RESIDENTIAL ENTRY FEATURE FOR LAKE RIDGE AT AVENIR POD 21 WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

PARCEL A OF THE AVENIR PLAN.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AVENIR DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 0.4 MILES WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENIR DRIVE AND COCONUT BOULEVARD.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING.

WE DO NEED TO DECLARE EX PARTE.

I'LL START TO MY RIGHT AND WE'LL WORK OUR WAY DOWN.

NO, EX PARTE IS NONE.

NONE FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NONE FOR MYSELF.

SINCE WE ARE MOSTLY GOING TO REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT, WE'RE NOT DOING A PRESENTATION OR STAFF PRESENTATION.

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

MAY I PLEASE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE RESOLUTION 60 ONE, 2024 TO A CERTAIN DATE OF DECEMBER 5TH, 2024.

MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM.

RESOLUTION 61 2024 TO A DATE CERTAIN OF DECEMBER 5TH, 2024.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T WE THINK WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS.

SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR A RESOLUTION 61.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

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

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PUT THE READING FOR THE RECORD.

THE TEAM THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER AND ORGANIZED.

AND ALSO KUDOS TO THE MAYOR AND ESTHER STEP FOR READING TO ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN AT THE DISTRICT PARK.

WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT LIVE ON FACEBOOK, WHICH I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER DONE, SO THAT WAS EXCITING.

AND TO READ THE BOOK IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH WAS GREAT.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME TOO.

AND LOOK AT THE GIFT THAT I BERT, AND I ACTUALLY GOT THANK YOU CARDS.

THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU CARD THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

AND BY OUR STUDENTS THAT WE READ TO, AND BERT AND I GET TO SHARE IT.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUGHT OVER IT.

SO NOW WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO ALTERNATE EVERY MONTH AT EACH OTHER'S OFFICE.

SO NOW I HAND IT OVER TO YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S IT.

OKAY, GREAT.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SHARE? GREAT TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY.

SO IT WAS A FANTASTIC MAYOR'S GOLF TOURNAMENT.

SO VETERANS WHO WON.

SO. YEAH.

WHO WON? MAX. THE SAME CHEATER AS HE DOES EVERY YEAR.

YEAH. IT WAS GREAT.

STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.

I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT DAY.

SO FULL FIELD.

GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. AND HE WINS LIKE 47 UNDER.

YEAH. BUT IT ALL WENT TO AN EXTREMELY GOOD CAUSE.

SO THANK YOU. CAUSE 24 TIMES TWO ON THE ON THE HEELS OF OUR COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK OUR AMAZING STAFF FOR MAKING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

I KNOW CASEY PROBABLY DIDN'T SLEEP FOR WEEKS AHEAD OF IT AND PROBABLY STILL ISN'T SLEEPING AS SHE RECOVERS FROM IT, SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK THERE.

AND THEN ALSO, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK CANDACE AND DAVID AND KIKI FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK AND BEING SUCH WONDERFUL COMPANIONS FOR THE WEEK.

WE WE DID IT AGAIN.

IT WAS FABULOUS AND WE THREW IN A MOBILITY VIDEO ALONG THE WAY AS WELL.

AND THEN ALSO, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF AVENIR THAT CAME OUT JUST AFTER THE HURRICANE TO AND ENJOY A LOVELY MEAL. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST HEART WARMING EVENINGS I'VE EVER BEEN TO IN THE CITY, AND WE HAVE SO MANY.

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WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE IS SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO WISH ON ANYBODY.

BUT THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH TIGHTER FOR IT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN RELATIONSHIPS LIKE THAT BEFORE, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT VOLUNTEERED AND THE COUNCIL THAT VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND THEN LASTLY, ASIDE FROM THE TOURNAMENT, DO YOU WANT TO THANK THE POLICE AND FIRE NONPROFIT THAT HELPS OUR CITY SO, SO MUCH? THEY HAD A TOURNAMENT AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE ALSO RAISING FUNDS TO HELP WITH OUR CANINES AND SO MUCH MORE.

SO I COULD GO ON AND ON BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH THAT WE TUCKED IT ALL IN.

FALL FESTIVAL, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, I'M SURE FROM FROM STAFF AS WELL AS FOLLOW UP FROM CASEY, MOST LIKELY IN FEBRUARY ABOUT ABOUT THE VETERANS TOURNAMENT.

SO IT WAS A GREAT MONTH.

IT'S IT SHOULD MAKE US ALL FEEL REALLY GOOD.

THAT'S ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE MONDAY FOR VETERANS? YOU KNOW, 11 A.M.

AT CITY HALL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PRESENTATION.

SO. YEAH. THANK YOU.

IT'LL BE GREAT. WE HAVE A GREAT BAND AND A WONDERFUL KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

AND WITH THAT, WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT TONIGHT.

[XI. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

JUST JUST MOST.

BUT BUT I'M JUST GLAD EVERYBODY TURNED OUT.

AND I ALWAYS SAY ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT IS I'M THRILLED.

I LOVE THAT TOURNAMENT.

IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SPONSOR IT AND TO HAVE A TEAM COME OUT AND PLAY IN IT EVERY YEAR.

AND IF PEOPLE TRY TO BEAT ME EVERY YEAR AND BEAT MY TEAM, THAT'S AWESOME, BECAUSE THAT MEANS MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO COME OUT AND PLAY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BUY MORE MULLIGANS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY TRYING TO BEAT THE TEAM.

AND SO THAT'S AWESOME.

AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SPONSOR IT.

AND IT'S A IT'S A CAUSE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

AND I'M JUST THRILLED THAT IT SELLS OUT EVERY YEAR.

AND SO, SO MANY PEOPLE COME AND SUPPORT IT.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I MAY NOT SEE SOME OF YOU.

SO HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

VETERANS DAY. ALL RIGHT.

IF WE HAVE NO OTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.