I'D LIKE TO BRING THE MEETING TO ORDER. CAN ANYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE.
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WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR MARCIANO. VICE MAYOR LITT. COUNCIL MEMBER MARINO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS. HERE MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER LANE. HERE. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS. NO SIR. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS. MR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. LET'S DO ITEMS OF RESIDENT INTEREST IT WAS A SHORT TIME SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST TIME[Item V]
SO IF WE CAN START. MAYOR I SUGGEST WE JUST PULL THAT AND FOREGO IT AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY MANAGER TO REPORT. I THINK HE'S GOT MORE TO SAY THAN WE DO IN TWO WEEKS WE CAN SAVE IT FOR NEXT WE CAN SAVE IT FOR NEXT. THE WATER RESOURCES TASK FORCE FOR THE COUNTY MEETING TODAY SO I WAS GONNA GIVE A COMMITTEE REPORT SINCE I SIT ON THAT BUT WE CAN WAIT AND PUT THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE. WE CAN DO IT NEXT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW IF EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. WELL LET'S MOVE RIGHT INTO ITEMS OF RESIDENT INTEREST WELL THAT WAS THAT I'M SORRY I APOLOGIZE. WE ALREADY FINISHED THAT. COMMENTS[Item VI]
FROM THE PUBLIC SO I HAVE THREE CARDS ON THIS ALL ON THE SAME TOPIC SO I'LL ASK MR. PHILIP STILLMAN PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.HERE WE GO. LET ME GO WITH STEPHEN. IS IT [INAUDIBLE]. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
OKAY. STEVEN [INAUDIBLE] 85 15 DAMASCUS DRIVE. PALM BEACH GARDENS.
THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS SINCE 1973. [INAUDIBLE] GUY RETIRED THERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I'M A GOLFER TENNIS PLAYER UNTIL INJURIES KIND OF SIDELINED ME. WE ALL HAVE OUR INJURIES BUT PICKLEBALL BROUGHT ME OUT OF RETIREMENT. SO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I STARTED PLAYING IT WAS UNSTRUCTURED WHEN I JUST STARTED. AND THEN ALONG CAME THE PICKLEBALL ATHLETICS CLUB CREATED BY ERIKA [INAUDIBLE] AND IT WAS KIND OF A LIFE CHANGING THE SHIRT I WEAR MY SHIRT. IT SIGNIFIES THAT I'M ON THEIR TRAVELING TEAM WHICH MEANS THAT WE COMPETE BASICALLY ALTHOUGH THE STATE AND REGIONAL NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS THERE'S ABOUT 20 OF US THAT GO TO THESE TOURNAMENTS AND WE TRAVEL AROUND TOGETHER. WE CHEER FOR EACH OTHER AND WHEN WE GO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. BECAUSE WE'RE CHEERING WE'RE ENTHUSIASTIC AND I'M TELLING YOU SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP TO US AND SAY WHERE ARE YOU FROM. AND WE PROUDLY SAY WE'RE FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS. THEY SAY WHERE'S THAT. WELL IT'S NORTH OF FORT LAUDERDALE. IT'S NORTH OF WEST PALM BEACH. FAST GROWING CITY.
GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. GREAT PLACE TO RAISE YOUR KIDS SO BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE YOUR UNPAID ADVERTISING AMBASSADORS FOR THE CITY. WE WON GOLD SILVER BRONZE MEDALS IN EVERY TOURNAMENT WE PLAYED IN. AND THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE CREATOR OF PALM BEACH ATHLETICS BECAUSE IT WAS HIS BRAINCHILD TO SAY WELL ANYONE CAN HAVE A PICKEBALL PROGRAM BUT WHO CAN PUT TOGETHER A TEAM THAT CAN COMPETE ANYWHERE. AND WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR BUT THE TRICK IS WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL PICKLEBALL PROGRAM. I MEAN IT'S NOT JUST TAKING TENNIS PLAYERS IT'S TAKING A PADDLE ON THEIR HANDS. YOU'RE NOW A PICKLEBALL PLAYER. IT'S A UNIQUE SKILL. AND YOU KNOW WE TEACH THAT TO FOLKS. BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT THAT WE BUILT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. A LOT OF TIMES YOU GO TO A VENUE AND YOU'LL FIND THAT THE TOP PLAYERS DOMINATE EVERYTHING. AND IF YOU'RE JUST LEARNING THEY DON'T WANT ANY PART OF YOU. AT OUR
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CLUB EVERYONE GETS RATED. YEAH. THREE MINUTES YES. AM I DONE. YEAH. YEAH. WE'LL JUST WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO ON THE LIST AND MAYBE THEY CAN FINISH YOUR STORY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW IT'S A BIG TIME. THANK YOU. JUNE LUCAS PLEASE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND REMEMBER THE THREE MINUTE TIMELINE. MY NAME IS JUNE LUCAS AND MY ADDRESS IS 265 INDIAN CREEK PARKWAY IN JUPITER FLORIDA. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY PICKLEBALL JOURNEY. I JOINED THE CLUB ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AT AGE 68. I NEVER HELD A RACQUET IN MY HAND OR A PADDLE BEFORE SO I WAS PRETTY BAD AND VERY OUT OF SHAPE. I'VE TRIED PILATES AND YOGA AND WORKING WITH A PERSONAL TRAINER BUT I GOT BORED AND QUICKLY LOST INTEREST. THEN I WAS INTRODUCED TO PICKLEBALL AND I WAS HOOKED. AS I MENTIONED I LIVE IN JUPITER WHERE INDOOR COURT ACCESS IS FREE TO RESIDENTS. HOWEVER THERE WAS NO STRUCTURED PLAY AND THE ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY WITH A NEWBIE LIKE ME. SO A LONGTIME FRIEND IN PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENT RECOMMENDED I TRY PAC WITH ERIC'S EXPERT INSTRUCTION AND GUIDANCE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MY WONDERFUL PICKLEBALL FAMILY. I'D GONE FROM A BEGINNER TO AN INTERMEDIATE AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS SEVENTY YEAR OLD WOMAN HAS LOST 32 POUNDS AND GAINED AND GAINED TWO SILVER AND ONE GOLD MEDAL IN MY SKILL AND AGE DIVISION AT A RECENT NATIONAL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT. AND I KNOW THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE ERIC HAS THE EXPERIENCE EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION THAT NO ONE ELSE IN SOUTH FLORIDA HAS. IN OTHER WORDS HIS PROGRAM CAN BE IMITATED BUT NOT DUPLICATED. AND WHENEVER I RETURNED TO JUPITER COURTS WHICH ARE JUST MINUTES FROM MY HOME I SEE WHAT THEY ARE MISSING AND IT'S SAD. I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE PICKLEBALL PROGRAM IN THE GARDENS BECOME WHAT I FIND IN JUPITER AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND PAC HAVE SIMILAR STORIES TO TELL AND I BROUGHT SEVEN LETTERS WITH ME TONIGHT FROM PAC MEMBERS WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING. AND I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME TO READ THEM. I ALSO HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION AND ALLOW PAC TO STAY IN PALM BEACH GARDENS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. MR. PHILLIPS [INAUDIBLE]. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE AND PLEASE. THE APPLAUSE IS NICE BUT WE TRY NOT TO HAVE APPLAUSE IN THE AUDIENCE. IT'S OKAY THANKS FOR HEARING FROM US. MY NAME IS PHILLIP STILLMAN. MY ADDRESS IS 33 52 WEST MALLORY BOULEVARD IN JUPITER FLORIDA. I'VE LIVED IN PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR 17 YEARS AND HAVE USED ALL OF THE FACILITIES AS I RAISED MY GIRLS IN ALL THE REC AND TRAVEL TEAMS HERE. I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT FROM THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE SURMISED THIS CLUB HAS BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN TERMINATED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST OR IN TWO WEEKS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE WEARING OUR SHIRTS.THERE'S AN OLD SAYING YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THIS CONTRACT AND YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL. YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO TO FIRE ERIC'S PAC YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT WITH CAUSE WITHOUT CAUSE EVEN DISCRIMINATORY. YOU CAN. YOU CAN TERMINATE IT OUT WHAT WE CALL CONVENIENCE WHICH IS THIS MAGIC OPTION THAT GOVERNMENTS HAVE. BUT THERE'S NOTHING CONVENIENT ABOUT DISRUPTING 300 PLAYERS. THERE'S NOTHING CONVENIENT ABOUT DISRUPTING OVER 200 PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENTS. THERE'S NOTHING CONVENIENT ABOUT CREATING THIS MESS WITH A PRIVATE CLUB AND A PUBLIC CLUB. YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO TRY TO TO START ALL OVER. THAT'S COOL. BUT IT'S NOT FAIR TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY INVOLVED. WE'RE ASKING NOT MUCH WE'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD FAITH ERIC HAD A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IN THAT FIVE YEAR CONTRACT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GROW AND EXPAND THIS PROGRAM SO YOU STARTED WITH NOTHING AND NOW YOU HAVE OVER 300 MEMBERS. HE WAS ASKED IN THE CONTRACT TO SIGN A NON COMPETE CLAUSE WHICH IS VERY COMMON BUT IT TURNS OUT THE ONLY COMPETITION IS THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS HAVE JUST ESSENTIALLY TAKEN HIS MODEL AND ASKED HIM TO LEAVE. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE GOOD FAITH TO ME IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE INTERFERENCE WITH A BUSINESS. SO WHAT WE WOULD ASK IS A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD FAITH. WE WOULD ASK A LITTLE BIT OF APPRECIATION FOR AT LEAST THE
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SITUATION THAT THIS CLUB FINDS ITSELF IN. THEY'RE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM NOT HAVING A HOME AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF WHAT THE CITY WANTED TO DO WHEN THEY WANTED TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR A PICKLE BALL RESIDENTS PICKLEBALL PLAYERS IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS YOU HAVE A UNBELIEVABLE FACILITY THERE A FACILITY THAT'S TRULY THE ENVY OF ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AROUND. AND IF YOU START LOOKING IN THE NATIONAL STUFF UNBELIEVABLE PICTURES OF WHAT YOUR CITY HAS TO OFFER. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS IS 12 HOURS 12 HOURS TO LET THIS TEAM PLAY IN THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS HOPEFULLY FOR THE SEASON UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU WANT US TO BE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S ASKING TOO MUCH. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU IN COURT. I DO SEE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK COULD BE THE ONLY COURT WE WANT TO SEE WHAT IS OUR PICKLEBALL COURTS. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE HOLD THE APPLAUSE. I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT.NORMALLY WE DON'T RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS BUT WE ALL RECEIVED YOUR EMAILS AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HERE BUT WE ALL UNDERSTAND. I READ EVERY ONE OF THEM. I WAS TALKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND I KNOW THEY HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT. THIS IS NOT REALLY A COUNCIL ISSUE IN TERMS OF VOTING AND POLICY. SO I WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER THAT THE CITY MANAGER TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RESPOND BECAUSE I KNOW THEY KNOW THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW THESE PROGRAMS WORK. WELL LET ME ASSURE YOU AND ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE THAT PICKLE BALL WILL GO ON. SO WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO AND DEAL WITH THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH ERIC IN CHARLOTTE BRZEZINSKI WHO IS THE LEISURE SERVICES DIRECTOR IS THE ONE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THAT PICKLEBALL FALLS UNDER THE PROGRAMS THAT CHARLOTTE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AT HER PURVIEW AND SHE HAS STAFF HERE TONIGHT. EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN ALLEGED HAS BEEN ADDRESSED IN ALL OF THE CORRESPONDENCE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE E MAILS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE BUT FOR THOSE THAT YOU HAVE NOT. CHARLOTTE BRZEZINSKI OUR LEGAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND HER STAFF ARE HERE TONIGHT.
THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR CONTINUING PICKLEBALL BALL JUST THE WAY YOU'RE USED TO IT. A FACE MAY CHANGE BUT FOR THE MOST PART YOU'RE YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONTINUE PICKLE BALL THE WAY IT HAS. CHARLOTTE WILL BE IN THE LOBBY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE YOU ALL CAN MEET WITH HER AND TALK WITH HER AND GET FIRSTHAND FROM HER HOW SHE PLANS TO BE ABLE TO EFFECT THIS PROGRAM SO THAT IT WILL BE SEAMLESS. THANK YOU. CHARLOTTE IF YOU WOULD. STAFF? THANK YOU RON. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS HAPPY. WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT PICKLEBALL IS VERY POPULAR IN THIS CITY AND WE HAVE THE FACILITIES FOR THIS REASON. BUT REALLY THE BEST PERSON TO SPEAK WITH IS CHARLOTTE.
AND THE STAFF WITH THE THESE ARE SERVICES. SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AND SIT WITH CHAT WITH HER OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY NOW THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE LORI FRENCH LORI. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. LORI FRENCH 7 8 VIA VERONA AND PALM BEACH GARDENS. MY NAME IS LORI FRENCH AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PBGYA AS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER AS WELL AS THE SECRETARY OF THE SOCCER DIVISION OF THE BOARD. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE COMPLETION OF GARDENS DISTRICT PARK I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF. DANIEL COREY [INAUDIBLE] AND THE MAINTENANCE GROUNDS CREW THEY'VE ALL WORKED SO HARD IN THE OPENING OF A COMPLEX AND HAVE HELPED THE YA SOCCER DIVISION SETTLE INTO OUR NEW HOME. I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE 1100 CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 18 PLAYING ON 104 RECREATION TEAMS THIS SEASON. WE OPENED OUR FALL SEASON THIS PAST WEEKEND CELEBRATING BOTH THE OPENING OF THE FIELDS AS WELL AS BEING AWARDED THE 2019 FLORIDA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION RECREATION CLUB OF THE YEAR TOP SOCCER CLUB OF THE YEAR AND TOP SOCCER VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA. OUR RECREATION PROGRAM PLAYS EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY GAMES OVER THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS. WE HAVE 13 SOCCER BOARD MEMBERS AND 165 COACHES WHO RUN THE PROGRAM. ALL OF THEM VOLUNTEERS TO THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 80 CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS DISABILITIES ALONG WITH 120 MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL BUDDY VOLUNTEERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OUR
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TOP SOCCER PROGRAM. THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY SOCCER. WE ALSO HAVE 440 CHILDREN PLAYING IN OUR COMPETITIVE PROGRAM ON 40 TEAMS. WE WERE PROUD TO HOST THE ELITE DEVELOPMENT PLAYER LEAGUE GAMES THIS PAST WEEKEND ALONG WITH OUR OPENING DAY. ALL OF THESE PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. THEY WERE ALL COMPLETELY IMPRESSED BY THE FACILITIES AND FIELDS THAT WE HAD TO OFFER. I HAVE LIVED AND WORKED HERE AND IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. MY SON IS 10 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN PLAYING SOCCER SINCE HE WAS FIVE AND I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN THANK YOU LORI. WELL AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLUB. IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MY SON'S PLAYING IN THE ECNL TEAM AND THERE'S TEAMS FROM OUT OF STATE COMING TO PLAY OUR BOYS THIS WEEKEND SO IT'S JUST IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM AND YOU GUYS DO REALLY AN AMAZING JOB EVERYBODY WORKS SO HARD. I MEAN THE ENERGY AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR SOCCER THAT'S WHAT EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. OF COURSE I'M ALWAYS PARTIAL TO SOCCER BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS ALL THE PARENTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR OUR KIDS. AND THEN OF COURSE FOR THE ADULTS TOO THAT PLAY IN THE ADULT LEAGUES IT'S REALLY A TEAM EFFORT FROM ALL OF THE STAFF IN THE CITY AND THE FACILITIES SO WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS AND REMEMBERS THAT. THANK YOU THERE'S ONE OTHER CARD BUT IT IS IN RELATION TO ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT UP WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM. CAN I GET LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CITY MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE. YES. JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO BRING[Item VII]
TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK CANDICE TEMPLE ARE PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE CITY IS DOING IN AN EFFORT FOR THE BAHAMIAN HURRICANE RELIEF. CANDICE. THANK YOU MR. FERRIS FOR ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR EFFORT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE DORIAN. THERE ARE TWO WAYS THE CITY IS POISED TO HELP. THE FIRST IS TO INITIATE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD OFFER ASSISTANCE TO OUR OWN EMPLOYEES WITH FAMILY AFFECTED BY THE STORM. THE WHEELS ARE TURNING ON THAT PLAN WE HOPE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THE DETAILS SOON. THE OTHER IS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH CHRIST FELLOWSHIP PBG. THIS WEEK WE STARTED A DONATION DRIVE TO COLLECT CRITICAL ITEMS FOR THE INFANTS AND TODDLERS OF BAHAMIAN COMMUNITIES IN NEED.THESE ITEMS ARE BEING COLLECTED AT BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER. THERE IS A FLYER AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT DOOR DETAILING A FULL LIST OF THE ITEMS WE ARE ASKING TO BE DONATED. FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT PBGFL.COM/BAHAMASHURRICANERELIEF. TO JUMPSTART OUR DONATION DRIVE OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS GENEROUSLY OFFERED A SPECIAL PROMOTION THAT WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST AND 22ND. ANYONE WHO IS DISPLACED BY THE STORM WILL BE GRANTED FREE ADMISSION TO OUR AQUATIC COMPLEX. IN ADDITION ANYONE WHO BRINGS IN AN ITEM ON OUR APPROVED DONATION LIST WILL RECEIVE A TOKEN FOR FREE ADMISSION THIS WEEKEND AS WELL. WE HAVE A VERY GENEROUS COMMUNITY AND WE ASK THAT THEY CONSIDER JOINING US IN OUR MISSION TO HELP THE YOUNGEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CANDICE. THE OTHER ITEM THAT I HAVE TO BRING TO YOU IT'S VERY SAD AND I HAVE A VERY IT'S A DIFFICULT THING. WE HAVE LOST AN EMPLOYEE HERE THIS WEEK. THE PASSING OF ROBIN SMITH. SMITTY. THAT'S A VERY YOUNG PICTURE. SMITTY IS ALSO A NAVY VETERAN FROM MANY YEARS AGO BUT HE STARTED WITH THE CITY IN JULY OF 1986. HE A 33 YEAR EMPLOYEE. HE STARTED OFF IN MAINTENANCE OF SPRINKLERS AND BECAME EVENTUALLY BECAME CREW LEADER IN LEAD FOUR AND PROVIDING SUPERVISION AND DIRECTIONS CREW. SMITTY WAS PRETTY SPECIAL AND AS MUCH AS HE HAD A PARTICULAR WORK ETHIC AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN MANY MANY MANY DIFFERENT MAJOR PROJECTS RELATING TO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT GLAMOROUS OF COURSE BUT NECESSARY AND STREET PAVING STORMWATER CANAL MAINTENANCE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BUT IT WAS ALWAYS THERE EVEN WHEN HE WASN'T CALLED ON IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING GOING ON YOU'D BE THE FIRST ONE OUT THERE. HIM AND CASS I GUESS IT WAS THEY'D BE OUT THERE WITH EQUIPMENT TAKING CARE OF THINGS WELL BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE EVEN KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING WRONG. BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS TO THE CITIES AND HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES. HE RECEIVED MANY
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NUMEROUS COMPLIMENTS CERTIFICATIONS AND APPRECIATIONS FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL AS OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR HIS COOPERATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. A COUPLE OF QUOTES THAT I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU FROM HIS SUPERVISORS SMITTY WAS THE MOST CHARISMATIC PASSIONATE AND ATTENTION DRIVEN PERSON HE AND I HAVE WORKED WITH.HE OVERSAW THE SIGN SHOP ROAD RESURFACING AND ALL THE SIDEWALK REPAIRS IN THE CITY.
ANOTHER SUPERVISOR SAID I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH SMITTY DURING HURRICANE IRMA WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO DO THE DEBRIS CLEANUP. HE WAS VERY CALM VERY PRECISE WITH HIS WORK WHICH ALLOWED MANAGEMENT TO FOCUS ON THEIR OTHER CONCERNS. AND AS YOU WOULD KNOW SMITTY HE WOULD HANDLE EACH TASK HE WAS GIVEN WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS TASK SMITTY WOULD NOT STOP WORKING UNTIL HE FELT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN ADDRESSED ONLY TO COME BACK AND ASKING WHAT ELSE COULD HE DO. HIS ATTITUDE HIS PASSION TOWARDS THE WORK MADE HIM AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH SMITTY WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL OF OUR TEAM. HE'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. SO WITH HIS PASSING WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP HIS FAMILY IN MIND. AND ONCE WE GET INFORMATION ON HIS SERVICES AND WE WILL PASS THAT ALONG TO COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. BUT SMITTY YOU WILL BE MISSED BUDDY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAD NEVER MET HIM BUT THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW CLOSE THE STAFF ARE TO ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOU DID BECOME FAMILY WITH THEM AND USUALLY DON'T SEE THAT IN GOVERNMENT. SO MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND TO YOU. OKAY LET'S MOVE
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ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN YOU GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. PASSES 5 0 MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASE RESOLUTION 67 20 19 AVENUE POD 1 AND 3 SITE PLAN AMENDMENT RESOLUTION 68 20 19 AVENUE POD 4 SITE PLAN AMENDMENTS. 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 OFFICIALS 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 TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK THE CITY CLERK AND ELSEWHERE AND 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. IN RESOLUTION 61 20 19 AND[Item IX A]
THE CLERK READ THE TITLE. RESOLUTION 61 2019. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA ADOPTING A TAX LEVY IN MILITARY FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1 2019 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2020. DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER ITS ADOPTION. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. THANK YOU. IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION ANYTHING NEW FROM THE FIRST READING. YES. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD ALLAN OWENS THE PRESENTATION FROM LAST. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING HAS NOT CHANGED. HOWEVER THERE ARE THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WITH THE COUNCIL'S PERMISSION I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AND GO THROUGH A FEW THING THINGS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING. IF THAT'S OKAY WITH COUNCIL. SO LET ME SKIP OVER A LOT OF THIS STUFF AND GO TO THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE JUST WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE. AS FAR AS GROWTH OF THE BUDGET COMPARED WITH THE LAST 12 YEARS PRE RECESSION TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET NEXT YEAR WANTED TO SEE HOW OUR PROJECTIONS AS FAR AS OUR PROPOSED INCREASES IN PERSONNEL COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL INCREASES IN POPULATION OVER THIS[00:25:04]
TIME PERIOD. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN 2007 THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EMPLOYEES FROM THE CITY WAS FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL THREE THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT WOULD RAISE OUR TOTAL TO FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO FOR INCREASE OF EIGHTEEN WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF THREE AND A HALF PERCENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD IT WENT FROM 49,387 TO THE MOST RECENT [INAUDIBLE] ESTIMATE FOR POPULATION AS FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX TWENTY ONE AN INCREASE OF 6,234. SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF TWELVE POINT SIX PERCENT. SO JUST LOOKING AT THIS AS ONE METRIC IS LOOKING AT IS A CITY'S GROWTH AS FAR AS PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEES OVER THIS TIME PERIOD APPEAR REASONABLE AND I THINK WE THINK IT DOES DEFINITELY COMPARE TO THE SERVICE AREA NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND NOT EMPLOYEES BUT RESIDENTS THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE SERVICING. SO THAT'S ONE THING WE WANTED TO BRING TO COUNCIL THIS MEETING ANOTHER THING IS WE HAVE SOME REASONS IN OUR MINDS. THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT THE 5.55 PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE VERSUS MAYBE LOWERING IT TO 5.50. SO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME POINTS HERE TO THIS FOR YOUR YALLS DISCUSSION AND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN THE DELIBERATIONS TONIGHT AND TO START WITH A .05 REDUCTION ACTUALLY EQUATES TO ABOUT 600,000 DOLLARS IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET BUT IT'S NOT JUST A SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR ONE TIME HIT AND THAT'S IT. WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING DECREASE IN SOME TYPE OF RECURRING EXPENDITURE OR SOME OTHER REVENUE SOURCE TO OFFSET THAT IF THAT'S NOT ADDRESSED VIA ONE OF THOSE MEANS OVER THE 10 YEAR PROJECTION PERIOD IT'S NOT JUST SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND. IT'S SIX MILLION DOLLARS. AGAIN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE HAVE SOME ACTUAL REAL LIFE EXAMPLES BUT IT WOULD HAVE A FAIRLY INSIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TAXABLE PROPERTY WOULD REALIZE A 20 DOLLAR ANNUAL REDUCTION OR A DOLLAR SIXTY SEVEN PER MONTH. VERY IMPORTANT I THINK TO CONSIDER IS THAT WE DO HAVE A CITIZENS BUDGET OVERSIGHT REVIEW BOARD AND THEY REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND IT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE NOW. I MADE A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP THE RATES STABLE AND TO RE-EVALUATE IN THE FUTURE POTENTIAL TAX REDUCTIONS AS REVENUES CONTINUE TO RISE WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE PAST PERFORMANCE. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE WITH THE VARIANCES POSITIVE VARIANCES WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING AND STRONG GROWTH WE HAVE SEEN THAT BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE HAVE SOME GOOD EXPERIENCE AND AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE ADDRESS SOME ONETIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OR IN THE CASE OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR IT'S ACTUALLY ALLOWED US TO YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROPOSED PROJECTION OF 1.9 MILLION REVENUES OR SHORT OF EXPENSES BY 1.9 MILLION AND THIS BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND IS ACTUALLY BALANCING THE BUDGET FOR US NEXT YEAR TO THE TUNE DRAWING DOWN A 1.9 MILLION. BUT AT SOME POINT THERE IS GOING TO BE THERE WILL BE A RECESSION. WE'RE QUITE CERTAIN EVERYBODY'S TALKED ABOUT THAT. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG SUSTAINED PERIOD OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA DURING THE LAST BIG RECESSION THE THE CITY'S TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUES EXCLUDING ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION DECLINED BY ABOUT 30 PERCENT IN TODAY'S DOLLARS WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN AS FAR AS A LOSS IN TAX ANNUAL TAX REVENUE IS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 20 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. ANOTHER BIG REASON AFTER THE LAST PUBLIC FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET I WAS TALKING TO DAVID REYES AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MODEL FROM THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERING THAT YOU CAN PLUG IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF STORMS. IT WILL TELL YOU THEY'LL TELL YOU THE ESTIMATED TOTAL CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN CASE OF A CATEGORY 5 STORM. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS. THE COST TO REMOVE THAT JUST THAT ALONE IS ABOUT 23.6 MILLION DOLLARS. IF YOU LOOK AT A CATEGORY 4 STORM THAT WOULD GENERATE ALMOST 1.6 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS A COST REMOVE THAT IS ABOUT 15 AND A HALF MILLION. AND THOSE COST I WANT TO STRESS DO NOT INCLUDE THE WHOLE LITANY OF OTHER COSTS. THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TO GET IT OUT OF THE STREETS AND TO THE OFFSITE. YOU HAVE A WHOLE LITANY OF THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE ENUMERATED BEFORE YOU THE BOTTOM LINE IS[00:30:02]
THAT IN EITHER ONE OF THESE SCENARIOS THE UNASSIGNED RESERVES ABOUT 23 MILLION WOULD BE TOTALLY WIPED OUT IN ANY ONE OF THESE TYPES OF SEVERE STORMS AND AGAIN THIS TYPE OF STORM WOULD NOT ONLY REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ONE TIME CLEANUP COST. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE CITY'S TAXABLE VALUES. IF YOU THINK ABOUT A BUILDING IN HOME THAT'S YOU KNOW BASICALLY LEVELED DOWN TO RUBBLE IN ONE STORM THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR PROPERTY VALUES. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A REDUCTION NOT AN INCREASE OR IN THE NEXT YEAR'S TAX RULE IT'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY VALUED AT AN UNIMPROVED LAND GOING FORWARD UNTIL THE STRUCTURE IS REPLACED. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT IT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON THE TAXABLE VALUES IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN UNTIL THINGS GET REBUILT. EVEN IF FEMA REIMBURSE COST THIS PROCESS CAN TAKE YEARS WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW I THINK IT WAS FROM 2016 AND HURRICANE IRMA FROM 2017 AND THE SAME TIME WE'RE ALSO STILL DEALING WITH APPEALS FROM 2004 STORM. SO THEY CAN. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE FEMA PROCESS IF PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING FEMA JUST COME RIGHT IN AND SAVE THE DAY. THAT'S YOU'RE SADLY MISTAKEN WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION AND THE FUND BALANCE.YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO MAINTAIN OUR TRIPLE-A BOND RATING DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE CITY AND THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. AND IN FACT LATE YESTERDAY I RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THE IT'S JUST THE DRAFT OF THE MOODY'S ANNUAL ISSUER COMMENT REPORT MEANING THAT WE STILL WILL HAVE A TRIPLE-A BOND RATING. YOU CAN SEE THAT UNDER THE CREDIT OVERVIEW. THEY DO NOTE THAT AGAIN THE NOTABLE FACTORS INCLUDE A ROBUST FINANCIAL POSITION EXTENSIVE TAX BASE STRONG WEALTH INCOME PROFILE BUT THEY ALSO MENTIONED YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE A NEGLIGIBLE DEBT BURDEN BUT A SOMEWHAT INFLATED PENSION LIABILITY. SO IT'S ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND. AND THEY ALSO NOTED I THINK THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IN THE REPORT WHILE OUR FUND BALANCE HAS BEEN GROWING THE TOTAL FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENT OF OPERATING REVENUES HAS DECREASED FROM 2014 TO 2018. AND AGAIN IN THE GREEN BARS. THAT JUST SHOWS WHAT THE CITIES THE WAY THEY CALCULATED AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FUND BALANCE TOTAL AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE. THEY DON'T DRILL DOWN LIKE WE DO TO THE UNASSIGNED RESERVE PORTION BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR TREND CONTRAST WITH THE OVERALL TREND OF U.S. CITIES MEDIAN TREND HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING UP FROM 2014 TO 2018 WHILE OUR TREND AS A PERCENT OF THE TOTAL REVENUES IS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY DECREASED.
SO AGAIN IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR BOND RATING BUT IT IS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK IS NOTEWORTHY TO NOTE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION. AND WE ALSO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF SOME ACTUAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY. YOU KNOW WE LOOKED AT THE FIRST PRESENTATION THREE PROPERTIES AT TWO HUNDRED THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND AS FAR AS THE INCREASE PROJECTED IN THE TAXES. WELL WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT VALUES HERE. THE FIRST ONE WAS A FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND TAXABLE VALUE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WE LOOKED AT TWO THINGS WHAT WOULD THE .05 MILLAGE DECREASE SAVE THIS PARTICULAR TAXPAYER. WELL YOU TAKE THE TAXABLE VALUE TIMES THE IT'S NOT .05 BECAUSE REMEMBER 1 MIL IS 1 1 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY .0 0 0 0 5.
YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY AND THAT COMES OUT TO TWENTY THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY EIGHT CENTS OR A DOLLAR NINETY SEVEN PER MONTH. NOW IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE TOTAL TAX INCREASE AT OUR PROPOSED RATE OF 5.55 YOU CAN SEE A HIGHLIGHTED HERE THE PROPOSED TAX CITY TAX WOULD BE 2,617.35. SUBTRACT OUT THE LAST YEAR'S TAX WHICH INCLUDES A DEBT. I MEAN IT'S THIS TAX THAT MONEY THEY PAID. SO YOU SUBTRACT THAT AND YOU GET AN INCREASE OF 30 DOLLARS AND 75 CENTS WHICH IS TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY SIX CENTS PER MONTH AND WE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS ONE IS A LITTLE ON THE LOWER SIDE BUT TAXABLE VALUE PROPERTY 164,107.
THE PROPOSED OR TALKED ABOUT DECREASE OF .05 COMES OUT 8 DOLLARS AND 21 CENTS OR 68 CENTS PER MONTH. AND THIS TAXPAYER WITH THE PROPOSED MILLAGE OF 5.55 WOULD SEE AN INCREASE OF FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND 10 CENTS
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OR 1.18 PER MONTH AND WE LOOKED AT ONE THAT'S ON THE HIGHER SIDE 874,644 AS A TAXABLE VALUE. THE .05 DECREASE WOULD EQUATE TO FORTY THREE SEVENTY THREE OR THREE DOLLARS AND SIXTY FOUR CENTS PER MONTH AND AT THE PROPOSED RATE THIS TAXPAYER WOULD PAY FIFTY TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY FIVE CENTS WORTH ABOUT FOUR DOLLARS AND THIRTY EIGHT CENTS PER MONTH MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S TAXES SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION AT SOME POINT WHEN WE DO GET TO THE MILLAGE ADOPTION AGAINS STATE STATUTES ARE VERY CLEAR AS TO THE PROCESS YOU HAVE TO BEFORE YOU. YEAH. FIRST OF ALL HAVE TO ADOPT A MILLAGE RATE BEFORE YOU ADOPT A BUDGET. SO WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION FOR 61 2019. THAT WILL SET THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE BUT BEFORE THAT THE STATE STATUTES REQUIRES THAT YOU PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY IS ADOPTING A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING 5.5 5 0 0 MILLS. YOU HAVE TO ANNOUNCE WHAT THE ROLLBACK RATE IS AND THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE. AND SO THAT PROPOSED RATE OF 5.5 5 0 0 IS GREATER THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 5.3268 BY 4.19 PERCENT.SO WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT THIS IS THE REQUIRED ACTIONS AFTER COUNCIL'S DELIBERATIONS. AND THEN AFTER THAT PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THEN YOU ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MILITARY AND THEN WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET ON SECOND READING AND SO WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALLAN. I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALLAN BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET. I'M SORRY. LET ME. I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT SPECIFICALLY. RIGHT. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 61 20 19 ADOPTING A TAX LEVY A MILLAGE RATE. OKAY. THERE WE GO. ADOPT A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 5.55000 MILS WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 5.3268 BY 4.19 PERCENT.
I'LL SECOND. DISCUSSION START WITH CARL ON MY LEFT. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY JUST WE'VE DISCUSSED IT. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE TO A VOTE UNLESS YOU GUYS NEED TO EXPAND ON WHATEVER ELSE WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED. WE KIND OF HASHED IT OUT LAST WEEK. SO I'M PREPARED TO SAY MORE TO ANYBODY BUT. ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. BUT OK. RON THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION ABOUT CALLAWAY CALLAWAY AND I'M. THIS IS SORT OF A ROUNDABOUT BECAUSE ALLAN YOU HAD SAID IN YOUR PRESENTATION ABOUT YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A HURRICANE AND WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE BUILDINGS AND REBUILDING DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT IN CALLAWAY THEY ARE NOT REBUILDING THE HOMES THAT WERE DESTROYED A LOT OF THEM WERE RENTAL UNITS AND THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T REBUILDING SO THAT YOUR TAX REVENUE IS NOW. THAT IS A BIG ISSUE IN CALLAWAY SOME PEOPLE UP THERE ARE STILL LIVING IN TENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE RENTALS AND A LOT OF THE HOUSES ARE RENTALS AND FEMA DOES NOT COVER RENTALS. A LOT OF THE HOUSES THAT ARE NOT RENTALS ARE STILL DAMAGED AND WAITING ON DECISIONS FROM FEMA TO REPAIR THEM. SO ACCORDING TO THE CITY MANAGER A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HOUSES THAT ARE STILL PARTIALLY DAMAGED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS IN THEIR FRONT YARDS AND THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON FEMA TO HELP SOME OF THEM ON THE. FEMA WILL NOT ASSIST IN THE REBUILDING OF THOSE HOMES. IT DEPENDS ON THOSE PEOPLE WHO OWN THOSE HOMES TO REBUILD THEM SO THAT CONTINUES. I'LL CONTINUE ON THAT FOR A SECOND. JUNO BEACH AT THE MAYOR'S BREAKFAST YESTERDAY SAID THAT THEY HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR OPERATING REVENUE OPERATING BUDGET IN RESERVES AND THIS IS A CITY THAT IS ON THE INTRACOASTAL THAT IF THEY GET HIT BY A STORM THEY'RE GOING TO SEE MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THAN WE ARE NOW. THEY STILL SEE FIT TO HAVE 100 PERCENT OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGET IN RESERVES AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE. NOT JUST AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING BUT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS ALL ALONG. MY CONCERN ABOUT YES WE TALK ABOUT OUR RESERVES AND THE FACT THAT OUR RESERVES ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE LESS THAN THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING RESERVES. AND AS A PERCENTAGE AND YOU BROUGHT THIS UP AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET THAT JUST KEEPS GOING DOWN. SO I AM I'M GOOD WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE STILL GOING TO SEE
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A TAX A TAX DECREASE BECAUSE OUR DEBT MILLAGE IS GOING AWAY AND FOR PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PAYING AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT THEY PAY IT IS BECAUSE THEIR PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP NOT BECAUSE THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS RAISED THEIR TAXES AND AS WE HAVE AN AWARD WINNING POLICE DEPARTMENT ON AWARD WINNING FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AWARD WINNING RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE NOW NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE AS A CITY. I BELIEVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS STAY THAT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FUNDS IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND INCUMBENT UPON US TO KEEP THAT BUDGET THE WAY IT IS AND BALANCED ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OUR BUSINESSES LOOK AT INVESTING IN OUR CITY AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A CITY THAT IS CONSISTENT THAT YOU CAN PLAN ON YOU KNOW HOW TO BUDGET WITH AND STABLE.AND I THINK BY PUTTING OUR BUDGET OUT THE WAY WE HAVE WITH THE 5.5 5 FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS YOU'VE DONE YOU YOU AND STAFF HAVE DONE A MARVELOUS JOB OF MODELING WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND THERE IS A POINT IN TIME THERE WHERE WE GO BELOW THE 17 PERCENT THAT IS IN THAT IS IN OUR RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. AND WE DO GO DOWN. SO I WAS I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT FACT MADAM BUT I FORGOT TO BRING THAT UP DURING MY PRESENTATION TOGETHER FOUR YEARS AND IF WE WERE TO LOWER THIS TO THE 5.5 0 THERE WOULD BE FOUR YEARS WHERE WE WOULD BE BELOW THAT 17 PERCENT THAT THAT WORRIES ME ALSO BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY OVER AND OVER FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE RESERVES THAT WE HAVE. I MEAN IRMA HURRICANE IRMA WE ONLY REMOVED 70000 CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS BUT THAT WHOLE PROCESS COST US TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN FEMA MONEY FOR THAT YET. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AS A CITY. THANKS TO YOU MS [INAUDIBLE], ALLAN. THE REST OF THE STAFF OF REALLY PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND I THINK THAT WHERE WE ARE IS WHERE WE SHOULD STAY AND I'M DONE. MATTHEW. AGREE WITH RACHELLE.
CAN'T REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OUR RESERVES OR OUR BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND OR TRIM OR DEFER SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES IN OUR CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET. SO I HAVE A THREE PART QUESTION FOR YOU FIRST. WHAT METHODOLOGY DID YOU UTILIZE TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF OUR RESERVES AND THE AMOUNT IN OUR BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND SECOND WOULD SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR REDUCTION IN OUR RESERVES OUR BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND OUR OPERATING BUDGET BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CITY IN ANY WAY. AND IF SO WHY AND THIRD WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO TRIM OR DEFER SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES IN OUR BUDGET IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS SOME MONEY. OK SO THE FIRST QUESTION AS FAR AS METHODOLOGY WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE POLICY WHEN WE ADOPTED THE GASB AT THE TIME NEW GASB STANDARDS GASB STATEMENT NUMBER 54 OUR POLICY WE LOOKED AT THE GFOA RECOMMENDED STANDARD PRACTICES WHICH IS JUST A IS NOT A REALLY IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE. ONE PART THAT FITS ALL BUT WE LOOKED AT THAT AS A MINIMUM STANDARD. AND THAT WAS 17 PERCENT WHICH IS TWO MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES AT THE TIME WE IMPLEMENTED THAT STANDARD. THE FUND [INAUDIBLE] RESERVES WAS ABOUT TWENTY THREE MILLION SO WE JUST HAVE OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO MAINTAIN THAT STEADY. AND AS LONG AS OUR PERCENTAGE WHICH IT HAS BEEN HAS EXCEEDED THAT 17 PERCENT THEN WE'VE MET OUR POLICY AS FAR AS THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND. WHEN WE REFINANCE DEBT I THINK IT WAS IN 2011 WE WERE REQUIRED AT THE TIME WE HAD A DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND OF ABOUT 2.4 MILLION DOLLARS. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT WAIVED WHEN WE REFINANCED DEBT. SO THAT WAS OUR INITIAL YOU COULD SAY SEED MONEY FOR OUR BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE. AND THAT'S JUST BEEN AN ACCUMULATIVE TOTAL EVERY YEAR AND WE KEEP THE UNASSIGNED FLAT. THE BUDGET STABILIZATION IS A REFLECTION OF EACH YEAR'S OPERATING RESULTS. IF YOU HAVE POSITIVE VARIANCES IN REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES THEN THAT MONEY FLOWS THROUGH INTO THAT FUND. AND WE STRIVE TO MAINTAIN THAT AT LEAST THE 2.4 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT IT STARTED WITH. AND AGAIN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IT'S SERVED US WELL IN KEEPING AS THE NAME WOULD INDICATE STABILIZATION IT'S KEEPING HELPED US TO KEEP OUR MILLAGE STABLE AND AT THE SAME TIME IF WE'VE HAD GOOD RESULTS OPERATIONALLY IT'S ALLOWED US TO
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ACCELERATE MAYBE SOME PROJECTS THAT MAYBE WERE THREE OR FOUR YEARS OUT AND ACCELERATE THOSE TO GET THOSE DONE IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. SO IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL I THINK FINANCIAL MODEL AND TOOL TO WORK WITH. BUT THOSE ARE THE METHODOLOGIES AS FAR AS HOW WE'VE SET THOSE UP TO BEGIN WITH AS FAR AS THE SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND HOW THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL IF WE WERE TO CUT IF YOU DO NOT CUT IF YOU JUST REDUCE THE MILLAGE BY THE .0 5 YOU'RE TAKING AWAY SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF REVENUE. IF YOU IF YOU DON'T REPLACE THAT NEXT YEAR YOU'RE SHORT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND AGAIN THE YEAR AFTER. ADD TO IT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND. LIKE I'D SAID EARLIER OVER 10 YEARS IT'S 6 MILLION DOLLARS UNLESS YOU ADDRESS THOSE. THAT'S SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND BY SOME MEANS OF CUTTING RECURRING EXPENDITURES. YOU CAN'T JUST CUT A TICKET A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE AND CUT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL EACH YEAR.ARITHMETICALLY BY SIX HUNDRED PLUS SIX PLUS SIX HUNDRED. AND THE LAST QUESTION AS FAR AS ARE THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DEFER I THINK I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT IF YOU JUST TAKE A PROJECT SAFE ITS CAPITAL PROJECT AND DEFER IT TO NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS LATER WE ALREADY HAVE A PROJECTED 5 AND 10 YEAR PLAN. SO IT'S JUST COMPOUNDS THERE IT MAKES IT EVEN DOUBLY WORSE. NUMBER ONE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE REVENUE THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THEN NUMBER TWO. YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA 600000 ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. SO IT JUST IT JUST KIND OF A SNOWBALL EFFECT UNLESS YOU UNLESS THE ONLY WAY YOU GET AROUND IT IS IF YOU CUT A RECURRING EXPENDITURE OR YOU'VE COME UP WITH SOME OTHER TYPE OF A RECURRING REVENUE TO REPLACE IT. THANKS ALLAN. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS I WANT TO LISTEN TO WHAT MICHELLE AND MARK HAVE. ALLAN THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. YOU DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTED THE POTENTIAL THAT THE EFFECT FOR THE CITY'S RESERVES WOULD BE MUCH GREATER THAN ANY POTENTIAL EFFECT TO WHAT THE TAXPAYER MIGHT REALIZE WHAT THE RESIDENTS MIGHT REALIZE FROM A CUT TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AS A RESIDENT MYSELF OF THE CITY FOR 30 YEARS. PEOPLE DON'T HESITATE TO STOP AND TALK TO ME ANYWHERE I GO AND YOU KNOW FROM ALL OF THE REPORTS WE GIVE EACH MONTH HOW MANY PLACES WE ARE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE GO TO. AND I WOULD ADD TO THAT IN AN ELECTION YEAR QUADRUPLE THAT MAYBE 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE SEE ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THEY TALK TO ME ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE OF COURSE NO SURPRISE IS TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE IF IT'S STEEPLECHASE THEY MIGHT TALK TO ME ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE SAFETY BARRIER. THEY'LL COMMENT ON HOW GREAT THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE AND THEY'RE PROUD OF WHAT THE CITY'S DONE AS FAR AS THE RECREATION PROGRAM. THE ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY NEVER ASK ME AND NEVER TALKED TO ME ABOUT IS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LOWER MY TAXES OR WHY ARE MY TAXES TOO HIGH. IT NEVER COMES UP. WE JUST ANNEXED FIVE COMMUNITIES INTO THE CITY WHO CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER. THEY DIDN'T COME BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT OUR TAXES WERE TOO HIGH. WE'RE NOT LOSING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY THINK OUR TAXES ARE TOO HIGH. ON THE OTHER HAND THEY'RE COMING HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER. AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT A SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR EXPENDITURE WOULD HAVE TO BE MATCHED BY CUTTING A RECURRING EXPENDITURE TO MAKE THIS THING WORK THAT MEANS A DECREASE IN SERVICES AND THAT'S WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM LIVING IN GARDENS. THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO BE HERE. SO AT THIS POINT EVEN OUR BUSINESSES THE STABILITY OF HAVING THAT 5.5 AND KNOWING THAT IF WE'RE GOING INTO A RECESSION OR A DOWNTURN THAT THE CITY IS IS PLANNING FOR 10 YEARS TO KEEP WHAT THEY PAY STABLE THAT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO PLAN AHEAD. SO I SEE NO REASON AT THIS POINT TO GO BELOW THE 1 PERCENT DECREASE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE READY GONNA GET THIS YEAR. AND I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY TO REDUCE THE MILLAGE ANY FURTHER. THANK YOU. WELL EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH STATED THEIR POSITIONS AND THAT'S FINE. THE ONLY REASON I AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I STILL DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CUT THE MILLAGE BY .0 5 AND HAVE NO IMPACT ON OUR SERVICES. WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE. WE'VE DONE
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IT WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY. WE'VE DONE IT WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT REVIEW BOARD AND YET THE CITY CONTINUED TO DO WHAT IT DID. THE ONLY QUESTION THAT CONTINUES TO LINGER IS WHAT IF WE GET HIT BY A STORM. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I CAN ACCEPT MAINTAINING THE MILLAGE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE. WE DON'T KNOW THE SIZE OF THE NEXT STORM THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HIT US BUT THAT STILL DOESN'T IN MY OPINION HAVE ANY EFFECT ON OPERATING EXPENSES BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN YOU GUYS HAVE ALL MADE YOUR STATEMENTS AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S CONCERN. THE 20 BUCKS TO THE TYPICAL HOMEOWNER IS NOMINAL AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT WE OUR GOVERNMENT AND MY OPINION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO DO AS LITTLE AS YOU CAN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH AS LITTLE AS YOU CAN. CITY HAS A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF DOING IT BUT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HAVE A VOTE. UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS GO AHEAD. I'VE LISTENED TO EVERYTHING. I THINK THE CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE OPERATING TAX RATE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR AND REDUCING THE TOTAL TAX RATE DESPITE THE FACT THAT HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS HAVE RISEN EACH YEAR. PERSONNEL COSTS HAVE RISEN. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR BUILDING STORMWATER SYSTEMS AND ROADWAYS. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE ECONOMY IS FACING SOME CHALLENGES WORLDWIDE AND WE HAVE ALL RECENTLY BECOME AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FINANCIAL LOSS THAT OUR CITY FACES FROM STORMS WITH PROPOSED BUDGET. AS I SAID THE OPERATING TAX RATE WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. THE TOTAL TAX RATE WILL BE REDUCED. A HOMEOWNER WITH AN EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME WILL PAY APPROXIMATELY FIFTY TWO DOLLARS MORE A HOMEOWNER WITH A SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME WILL PAY THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS. I THINK THE PROPOSED BUDGET ENABLES THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT. ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE A STABLE PROVIDE STABILITY TO OUR TAX RATES WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT BUSINESSES DESIRE WHEN THEY CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO LOCATE HERE AND ENSURE THAT WE DON'T PUT THE CITY INTO A FINANCIALLY PRECARIOUS POSITION BY DEPLETING OUR CASH RESERVES. I THINK IT'S A CONSERVATIVE CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO MANAGING OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. ALL RIGHT. SO HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION KIND OF GET A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. I WILL OPPOSE FOR ONE. THANK YOU. ORDINANCE[Item IX B]
20 2019. CAN THE CLERK READ THE TITLE PLEASE. ORDINANCE 20-2019 AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1 2019 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH 2020. PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. THANK YOU. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO CARDS ON THIS. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. ALL RIGHT. WELL THE ONLY DISCUSSION I CAN HAVE THIS SINCE WE'VE PASSED THE MILLAGE AT 5.5 5. I WILL BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET. SO ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED 5 0. THANK YOU. OKAY. ORDINANCE 19 2019 WILL THE CLERK READ THE TITLE[Item IX C]
PLEASE. ORDINANCE 19 2019. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GORDON'S FLORIDA DIVISION FOUR CITY WIDE IMPACT FEES TO INCORPORATE THE CITY'S MOBILITY FEE SCHEDULE AND RELATED TAX CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S MOBILITY FEE TECHNICAL REPORT PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR. NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING. ALL RIGHT. WELL I DO HAVE A CARD ON THIS SO [INAUDIBLE] NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.GOOD EVENING. [INAUDIBLE] REPRESENTING PALM BEACH COUNTY PLANNING TO BE IN THIS EVENING. I'M 2300 [INAUDIBLE] MY OFFICE AND 720 [INAUDIBLE] MY ADDRESS. WE SEND A LETTER TODAY ON THIS ITEM TODAY. IF YOU HAVE IT.
IF NOT I CAN ENTER IT IN THE RECORD. IF YOU CAN. WE HAVE COPIES. WE RECEIVED COPIES. SO THE
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COUNTY HAS SUBMITTED A COUPLE OF LETTERS REGARDING YOUR MOBILITY FEE ITEM WHILE THE COUNTY SPORTS EFFORT THAT SUPPLEMENT THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITY AND AND ENHANCE SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WE WE ARE OKAY WITH THAT KIND OF APPROACH. BUT WE OBJECT TO THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS PRESENTED TO THE POINT OF VIEW COUNTY'S OBJECTION IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT A MUNICIPALITY CANNOT UNILATERALLY REPEAL THESE LAWS PURSUANT TO COUNTY'S CHARTER. TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IMPACT FEE AND [INAUDIBLE] THEY ARE APPLICABLE IN EVERY CITY INCLUDING CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. WE FIND AGAIN WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID SO BUT I REPEAT THAT WE FIND NO REASON NO READING OF THE LAW THAT WOULD SUPPORT OTHERWISE. THEREFORE IN LIEU OF ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE. TODAY WE REQUEST THAT YOU DIRECT YOUR STAFF TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO COME UP WITH A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON APPROACH AND SYSTEM TO ENHANCE MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAS ASKED US TO HOLD A MOBILITY WORKSHOP THAT WILL BE PROBABLY EARLY 2020 AND ALL CITIES ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. AND AGAIN WE WILL SAY THAT PENDING OUTCOME OF A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON REGIONAL APPROACH WE REQUEST THAT NO ACTION BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME OPPORTUNITY TO THIS OBJECTION. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO OTHER CARDS SO I'LL CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE. AND BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. ANYONE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START ROCHELLE. NO. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED NATALIE. NO MA'AM. JUST JUST TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AS WELL AND THE COUNTY THAT THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE YOU ON SECOND READING IS ESSENTIALLY IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE 16 WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED SO ORDINANCE 16 WHICH WAS ADOPTED ALREADY ON SEPTEMBER 5TH BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL INCLUDED THE ENTIRE MOBILITY PLAN AND THE MOBILITY FLEET AND MOBILITY FEE. SO THE EXACT SAME FEE SCHEDULE IS NOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ORDINANCE 16 ON SECOND READING WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE TWO DRIS THAT ARE LEFT IN THE CITY AVENIR AND WHAT'S LEFT IN ALTON CORRECT. YES MA'AM. AND THAT WAS THAT WAS AGAIN THAT'S VERY CLEAR AND SPECIFIED IN ORDINANCE SIXTEEN THAT IN THE VESTED RIGHTS SECTION OF THAT ORDINANCE ANY DRIS WHICH INCLUDE A PROPORTIONATE SHARE AGREEMENT SHALL BE HONORED INVESTED AND THEREFORE EXCLUDED FROM THE MOBILITY FEE SCHEDULE. THANK YOU. CARL. I DON'T REALLY THINK THERE'S MUCH TO TALK ABOUT AS FAR AS THIS. THIS IS THE DIRECTION I SAID IT PROBABLY WITH TWO MEETINGS AGO. THIS IS THE DIRECTION OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO AND WHETHER THE COUNTY THINKS WE HAVE A LEGAL STANDING. IF THAT'S THE CORRECT WORD TO DO THIS I'M GOING WITH THE GUIDELINES OF THE STATUTE. THEN THEY CAN CHALLENGE US IN COURT. BUT IN THIS LETTER BECAUSE HE STOOD UP THERE AND SAID THAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE ON BOARD WITH A MOBILITY WORKSHOP IS THERE A LIST OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ON BOARD. I MEAN I DIDN'T SEE ANY LIST. HE SAID IT AND HE SAID THERE ARE OTHER CITIES ARE ON BOARD. SO THE OTHER CITIES ARE GONNA BE ON BOARD WITH WHAT PALM BEACH GARDENS IS GONNA DO. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT. SO I'M REALLY NOT SURE I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE THIS FUTURE SUMMIT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING. I'M NOT AWARE THAT ANY DATE HAS BEEN SET OR ANY SPECIFICS REALLY ON THIS. I'M NOT REALLY AWARE OF ANYTHING SINCE THE COUNTY IS HOSTING THAT. I DO KNOW THAT OTHER CITIES ARE MOVING FORWARD TO ADOPT THEIR OWN. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND AS WELL. WHICH IS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT. A VERY SIMILAR MODEL TO HELP PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS MOVED FORWARD. WEST PALM BEACH FOR EXAMPLE HAS DEVELOPED A MOBILITY PLAN AND IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MOBILITY FEE SIMILARLY TO THE STRUCTURE THAT GARDENS HAS. BOCA IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS WHICH IS THE INITIAL PHASE AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARE ARE GEARING UP AND DEVELOPING SCOPES AND IN VARIOUS STAGES.
ALL RIGHT. AND JOHN. JONATHAN PAUL. URBAN CONCEPTS. ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS I
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HELPED OUT THE CITY BACK WHEN WE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS ACTUALLY JANUARY 2016. WE MET WITH. SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER JANUARY 2016. WE FIRST MET WITH YOUR STAFF TO DISCUSS MOBILITY AND THE TPA AT THE TIME HELD A WORKSHOP IN APRIL OF 2016 TO ADDRESS COUNTYWIDE MOBILITY FEES. IT IS NOW SEPTEMBER 20 19 AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE WILL BE JANUARY 1ST 2020. SO BE ALMOST FOUR YEARS. WHEN WE STARTED THIS MOBILITY DISCUSSION THE COUNTIES HAD FOUR YEARS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU KNOW IT'S NORMAL FOR ANY LEGAL SITUATION NOT TO BE DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY'RE FORCED TO. SO NOW THAT IT'S ADDRESSED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THIS IMPACT FEE IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S NORMAL FOR THEM TO STAND UP AT THIS POINT AND NOT WANT TO LOSE THAT MONEY. BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THAT MONEY AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. CORRECT.AND I DO BELIEVE IT IS PROBABLY CLEAR THAT THE FIRST PROVISION OF THE COUNTY CHARTER SAYS A COUNTY CHARTER DOESN'T SUPERSEDE FLORIDA STATUTE AND THE FLORIDA STATUTE ALLOWS ONLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE A MOBILITY PLANS AND MOBILITY FEE. WELL IT WILL MAINTAIN TO BE A LEGAL ISSUE WHICH WILL BECOME A MAX ISSUE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR IT AND WE'LL LET MAX DO HIS JOB. WELL I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE COUNTY'S PLANS. WE AS A CITY AND AS A REGION ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO POSSIBLY DO HERE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHATEVER COUNTY WHATEVER THE COUNTY CHOOSES TO DO IN THE REST OF THE COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOOD GOVERNMENT DOES. SO WITH THAT I'LL CLOSE THE HEARING CAN I GET A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I SECONDED YOU MOTIONED.
ONE MORE TIME FOR CLARIFICATION. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 5 0. THANK YOU.
[Item IX D]
RESOLUTION 67-2019. CAN THE CLERK READ THE TITLE. TESOLUTION 67 2019. THE RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO APPROVE ARCHITECTURAL HOME MODELS A MODEL HOME ROW AND ENHANCED ENTRY FEATURES FOR RESIDENTIAL PODS ONE IN THREE LOCATED WITHIN THE SITE PLAN AND THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD THAT IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BOULEVARD WEST OF BAYHILL DRIVE AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY HAS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES THANK YOU DO WE HAVE ANY EX PARTES. NO EX PARTES.ANYONE. WELL ACTUALLY THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED FROM CONSIDERATION. MAX CAN YOU CLARIFY PLACES. CERTAINLY MR. MAYOR. THIS THIS ITEM THEY REQUESTED TO BE POSTPONED AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS SO THEY COULD GO BACK AND MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO THEIR TO THEIR PLAN. BUT SINCE THIS WAS NOTICED AND THIS A QUASI JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALLOW ANY IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.
BUT IF THERE IS ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM WE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND THEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IT WAS NOTICED IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY HERE. JUST BE ADVISED IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM YOU WOULD BE DOING SO WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF EITHER A STAFF OR PRESENTATION OR A PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT. AND THEN IF YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK WHEN IT COMES BACK FOR ITS FINAL HEARING AFTER IT'S AMENDED. SO WITH THAT UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT YOU WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. TAKE ANY COMMENTS AND THEN CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN VOTE TO POSTPONE THE ITEM TO A TIME YET TO BE DETERMINED. WELL WE'VE ALREADY OPENED A PUBLIC HEARING. I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS SO WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE RESOLUTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 67 2019 UNTIL AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO NO OTHER DISCUSSION I ASSUME. ALL RIGHT. SO I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T CLOSE THIS HEARING EARLIER BUT I'LL CLOSE IT AGAIN. HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR 5-0. THANK YOU. RESOLUTION 68 20 19. CAN THE CLERK READ THE TITLE
[Items IX E & XIII]
RESOLUTION 68 2019 RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS FLORIDA APPROVING THE SITE AMENDMENT TO APPROVE ARCHITECTURAL HOME MODELS DESIGN AND DIVERSITY CRITERIA. A MODEL HOME RULE AND ENHANCED ENTRY FEATURE FOR RESIDENTIAL POD 4 LOCATED IN THEN SITE PLAN ONE WITHIN THE AVENUE OF PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD THAT IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BLVD WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY IS[01:05:03]
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND EX PARTES AND EX PARTES. NO THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. HI GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. MY NAME IS THE NICOLE PLUNKETT REPRESENTING COTLEUR AND HEARING AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS A REQUEST FROM THE AVENIR POD FOUR COMMUNITY. OUR APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT KENCO COMMUNITIES WE HAVE MR. KEN [INAUDIBLE] AND MIKE [INAUDIBLE]. OUR ARCHITECT TONIGHT IS SCOTT DISHER WITH ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS ARE COMPRISED OF COTLEUR AND HEARING WE HAVE DON HEARING AND MARCUS SALLEY WHO'S A PLANNING INTERN WITH FAU WITH US HERE TONIGHT. KWD LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. WE HAVE KRISTIN WALTERS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING [INAUDIBLE] AND ASSOCIATES. WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE]. TONIGHT'S REQUEST IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT APPROVAL WHICH WILL INCLUDE FIVE MODEL HOMES DESIGN AND DIVERSITY CRITERIA A MODEL ROW AND ENHANCED ENTRY FEATURES. NOW THE AVENIR COMMUNITY. THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BACK IN JANUARY OF 2019 AND QUITE SIMPLY WE'RE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL REQUESTS AND ENHANCED ENTRY FEATURES INCLUDING HARDSCAPING AND LANDSCAPING A REMINDER OF WHERE THE AVENIR COMMUNITY IS PROPOSED. IT'S ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD OUT IN THE WESTERN PART OF PALM BEACH GARDENS POD 4 SITS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB AND THE NEW ANCIENT TREE COMMUNITY THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT. TAKING A LOOK AT THE AVENIR MASTER PLAN I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR PARTICULAR POD IS LOCATED IN THE FURTHEST SOUTH EAST CORNER RIGHT ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE ANCIENT TREE COMMUNITY. PART 4 IS 57.88 ACRES. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN DWELLING UNITS AND THE LOTS ARE 80 FEET BY 140 FEET. THIS 80 FOOT WIDTH MAKES IT ACTUALLY THE LARGEST WIDTH OF ANY OF THE THE HOME SPACES WITHIN ALL OF AVENIR. SINCE THE SITE PLAN HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED I'M POINTING OUT A COUPLE OF THESE SPOTS THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO WITHIN MY PRESENTATION. THE FIRST SPOT IS THE ENTRY AND THE SECOND SPOT IS THE MODEL ROW AND BOTH OF THESE ARE POINTED OUT ON THE POWERPOINT RIGHT NOW. WE HAD AN ENTRY RENDERING CREATED SO YOU CAN REALLY GET A FEEL OF HOW IT'LL LOOK ENTERING INTO THE COMMUNITY. OUR POD WILL BE CALLED CORAL ISLES. THE HARD SCAPE CONSISTS OF [INAUDIBLE] LIGHTS THEME AND THAT THEME RUNS FROM THE SECOND THAT YOU ENTER THE SITE WITH THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES THE SIGNAGE THE WATER WALL ALL THE WAY BACK THROUGH TO THE MAIL KIOSK RIGHT IN THE REAR OF THE GRAPHIC. WE ALSO HAVE 3 FOOT THROUGH 6 FOOT [INAUDIBLE] LIGHT BLOCKS AND THE GATE WILL BE A BLACK POWDER COATED ALUMINUM DECORATIVE FENCE WHICH HAS BEEN DETAILED WITHIN THE HARDSCAPE PLANS BY KWD. THE LANDSCAPE FEATURES FOR THE ENTRY AS YOU CAN SEE ARE SYLVESTER DATE PALMS IN THE MEDIAN AND 30 FEET TALL OAK TREES ALONG THE PERIMETER ENTRANCE. JASMINE [INAUDIBLE] ANNUALS, EUROPEAN FAN PALMS AND [INAUDIBLE] REALLY SPARK THE INTEREST OF THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN OF THE SITE. THE MAIL KIOSK IS ALSO COMPRISED OF THE [INAUDIBLE] LIGHT COLUMNS IT HAS A FLAT TILE ROOF WITHOUT RIGGERS AND WALL SCONCED LIGHTING. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ENTRY OF THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THIS DESIGN HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. BUT WE'RE QUITE SIMPLY JUST ENHANCING LANDSCAPE AND THE HARD SCAPE AND KWD KRISTIN WALTERS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THIS DESIGN AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE PARK FEATURE WHICH I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET BUT THE LANDSCAPE HAS [INAUDIBLE] GRASS WITH MONTGOMERY PALMS JASMINE BLUEBERRY AND LIVE OAKS AND ALSO THEY'VE ADDED A PLAYGROUND FEATURE AND THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR PACKETS THE MODEL ROAD DESIGN WAS VERY INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED. THE IDEA WAS TO PROVIDE A USER EXPERIENCE THE MODELS SIT ALONG THE FEATURES OF THE LAKE SO THEIR WATERFRONT FEATURES. DRIVING INTO THE SITE. I'M GOING TO DRIVE YOU INTO THE SITE BUYERS WILL[01:10:02]
COME IN THROUGH AVENIR DRIVE THROUGH THE FRONT GATES. THEY'LL COME TOWARDS THE MAIL KIOSK. THEY'LL IMMEDIATELY TAKE A LEFT. AND AS THEY DRIVE PAST DOWN MODEL ROW THEY ACTUALLY DRIVE PAST. THEY ACTUALLY DRIVE PAST THE MODELS. THEY GET EXCITED BEFORE THEY. I WANTED TO MAKE IT INTERACTIVE SO I ADDED A CAR. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE USER. SO BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO THE PARKING LOT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THE MODELS THEY'RE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT IT BEFORE THEY EVEN PARK THEIR CARS. THAT'S THE IDEA. WE WANT THEM TO BE EXCITED READY TO JUMP IN AND BUY ONE OF THE MODELS. AND AFTER LEAVING THE TEMPORARY PARKING AREA THEY'LL COME BACK OUT TO AVENIR DRIVE. THIS IS A ONE WAY VERY VERY SIMPLE VERY SIMPLE VEHICULAR MOVEMENT. IT WON'T BE CONFUSING. IT'LL BE EASY FOR FUTURE BUYERS TO COME IN AND REALLY EXPERIENCE THE SITE WITHOUT HAVING ANY CONFLICTS OF CONSTRUCTION AREAS. WE DO HAVE TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING PLANS FOR EACH OF THE MODELS AND WE ALSO HAVE A MODEL ROW LANDSCAPING PLAN WHICH IS INCLUDED WITHIN OUR APPLICATION. WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF FIVE MODELS THE ANTIGUA BARBADOS COZUMEL DOMINICA AND ELEUTHERA. AND EACH OF THOSE FIVE MODELS HAS THE OPTION OF HAVING THREE DIFFERENT ELEVATION STYLES FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY MODERN AND COASTAL MODERN. SO THAT EQUALS 15 DIFFERENT POSSIBLE ELEVATIONS WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH KENCO WITH THIS APPLICATION. WE REALLY WANTED TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY MANY MANY DIFFERENT COLORS AND MATERIALS BUT HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE CUTS OF ALL OF THESE MATERIALS TO THE CITY STAFF. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ANY OF THEM THEY WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM TO STAFF. WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT BUYERS BY HAVING PARTICULAR OPTIONS OF PACKAGES PACKAGE A, B, C, D. WE WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND CHOOSE THE DIFFERENT COLORS MATERIALS THAT THEY WANT WITHOUT BEING LIMITED BASED ON THE PACKAGE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRE DECIDED. AND WE THINK THAT THAT WAY WILL ALLOW MORE DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENT COLOR OPTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SO MUCH SO THAT WE CAME UP WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TOTAL DIFFERENT COLOR COMBINATIONS. IF YOU USE EVERY SINGLE DIFFERENT MATERIAL INCLUDED ON THESE BOARDS JUMPING IN TO THE ARCHITECTURE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GO THROUGH EACH OF THE FIVE MODEL TYPES AND GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF EACH OF THEM. AND BY THE END OF IT YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE EXPERTS AT THE DIFFERENT STYLES BEING ABLE TO POINT OUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE ANTIGUA MODEL. THE MODEL IS THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET UNDER AC IT'S A ONE STORY UNDER ROOF IT'S FIVE THOUSAND NINE SQUARE FEET WITH A THREE CAR GARAGE FOUR BEDROOMS INCLUDING A MASTER TAKING A LOOK OF ALL THREE OF THE ANTIGUA STYLES NEXT TO EACH OTHER THE TOP YOU HAVE A FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY COASTAL MODERN IN THE MIDDLE AND THE MODERN BELOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK DEFINITION OF WHAT EACH OF THOSE STYLES MEANS. THE FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY AT THE TOP AS DEFINED AS A STYLE WHICH UTILIZES CLASSICAL ELEMENTS IN A CLEAN AND CONTEMPORARY FASHION WITH STACKED STONE ACCENTS TYPICALLY HAS A MEDIUM PITCHED ROOF CONTEMPORARY MOLDING BAND UNDER THE ROOF AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOLDING RIGHT HERE UNDER THE ROOF AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN ALL THE STYLES COMING FORWARD AND STUCCO SILLS UNDER THE WINDOWS. THE COASTAL MODERN RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE IS DEFINED AS A STYLE WHICH UTILIZES THE BRITISH WEST INDIES COLONIAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS IN A MODERN STYLE. SO YOU'LL HAVE A HIGHER PITCHED ROOF YOU'LL HAVE DECORATIVE BRACKETS UNDER THOSE UNDER THAT ROOF AND FAUX ALUMINUM [INAUDIBLE] AND SHUTTERS WHICH ARE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON THIS GRAPHIC. AND THEN THE LAST STYLE IS OUR MODERN STYLE IT'S DEFINED AS A STYLE WHICH UTILIZES WOOD AND STONE VENEER ON SIMPLE ARCHITECTURAL MASTINGS TO PRESENT A CLEAN AND CONTEMPORARY LOOK. THE ROOF PITCH ON THIS ONE IS LOWER. IT'S THE LOWEST OF THE THREE STYLES AND THEN INCORPORATES FAUX, LAP AND WOOD SIGHTINGS. SO AGAIN SUMMING IT UP LOOKING AT THE THREE DIFFERENT THE THREE DIFFERENT STYLES THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL OVERVIEW. ALL THE ROOF PITCHES ARE DIFFERENT BASED ON THE STYLE. AND THAT'S REALLY TO ENHANCE AND DIVERSIFY THE DIFFERENT MASS SCENES OF THE BUILDINGS THE RECESSES WITHIN ELEVATIONS TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS AND EACH OF THE THEMES HAS DIFFERENT LIGHT FIXTURES WHICH IS APPROPRIATE PER EACH THEME AND JUST WALKING THROUGH EACH OF THE[01:15:07]
STYLES INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. THIS IS VERY INTRICATE FOUR SIDED ARCHITECTURE. WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING WITH OUR ARCHITECT SCOTT DISHER WE WANTED TO NOT PROVIDE JUST HOMES WHICH WOULD BE A STANDARD HOME OR AN ENHANCED HOME WITH ENHANCED LOT OR RARE LOT. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS VERY FOUR SIDED AND VERY INTERESTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO WE EXPECT WE PAY VERY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EACH OF THE SIDES OF THE DETAILS. SO AGAIN LOOKING OVER THE FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY YOU'VE GOT YOUR MEDIUM PITCHED ROOF THE STONE VENEER THE STUCCO SILL BENEATH THE WINDOWS AND THE FAUX WOOD FACADE AND THERE'S THAT COASTAL MODERN WITH THE FAUX ALUMINUM MOVERS AND THE SHUTTERS THAT YOU CAN SEE PRESENT ON THE ELEVATIONS AND THE HIGHER PITCHED ROOF AND THE MODERN WITH THE FAUX LAP SIDING STONE VENEER AND THE LOWER PITCHED ROOF WITH CONCRETE TILE. SO NOW YOU'RE AN EXPERT AT THE THREE STYLES SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE GOING THROUGH EACH OF THE MODELS AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY EACH ONE AS WE GO THROUGH THE BARBADOS MODEL IS ALSO ONE STORY IT'S THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO SQUARE FEET UNDER AC AND FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE UNDER A ROOF. THIS ONE HAS A THREE CAR GARAGE FOUR BEDROOM WITH A MASTER AND AGAIN TAKING A LOOK AT THEM SIDE BY SIDE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PICK OUT THE DIFFERENT FEATURES FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY COASTAL MODERN AND THE MODERN STYLE. THE COZUMEL. THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN SQUARE FEET UNDER AC AND THE ROOF FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE SQUARE FEET THREE BEDROOM INCLUDING OUR MASTER AND THIS ONE HAS A DEN AND A THREE CAR GARAGE. ALSO ONE STORY TAKING A LOOK AT THE FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY THE COASTAL MODERN AND THE MODERN THE DOMINICA IS OUR TWO STORY OFFERING THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE. OH SORRY I JUMPED AHEAD ONE. THE GROSS AREA SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT SQUARE FEET WITH FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO SQUARE FEET UNDER AC. THIS ONE HAS A THREE CAR GARAGE. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS ONE IS TO NOTE THAT THE MASTER BEDROOM IS DOWNSTAIRS IT'S ON THE FIRST FLOOR ALONG WITH ANOTHER BEDROOM. YEAH. AND THEN THREE BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS WITH A LOFT. AND THE INTERESTING THING I FIND ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE TWO STOREY WAS DESIGNED WAS THAT SOME OF THE TYPICAL TWO STORIES YOU HAVE TWO STOREY WALL WHICH IS A BIG MASSING AND HERE THE ROOF REALLY BREAKS UP THAT MASSING PROVIDING THE ROOF ON THE SECOND STORY. AND THE FIRST STORY AS WELL. AND COMING TO OUR FIFTH AND FINAL MODEL THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE SQUARE FEET UNDER AC WITH THE ROOF FIVE THOUSAND AND SIXTY FOUR SQUARE FEET. THIS IS OUR ELEUTHERA MODEL TWO CAR GARAGE WITH TANDEM FOR A THIRD CAR A FOUR BEDROOM INCLUDING THE MASTER. WE'VE GOT OUR FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY COASTAL MODERN AND MODERN. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE DO HAVE TYPICAL LANDSCAPING FOR EACH OF THE MODELS. AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WOULD DESIGN THESE TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING THE TYPICAL LANDSCAPING GUIDELINES WERE ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN A PREVIOUS APPROVAL AND WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. NOT ONLY DID WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS BUT WE EXCEEDED THEM. AND WITH DESIGNING IT'S VERY THREE DIMENSIONAL. WHEN WE DESIGN LANDSCAPE AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS NOT ONLY ARE YOU LOOKING AT A PLAN FROM AN OVERHEAD VIEW AND YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING THE SPACES THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE HOME THE FRONT THE REAR BUT YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IT FROM AN ELEVATION STANDPOINT. YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IS THE SPACE GOING TO FUNCTION. HOW IS THE SCALE OF A HUMAN. HOW IS THE SCALE OF THE SIZE OF THE THE THE THE HOME. WHAT ARE THE SIZES OF THE PLANTS YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN. SO ALL OF THOSE REALLY TAKE TO EFFECT WHEN YOU'RE DESIGNING AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THESE TYPICAL LOTS AND DON HEARING WILL ATTEST THAT HE DESIGNED EACH OF THESE PERSONALLY AND THAT'S HOW WE SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND WE DESIGN. SO LOOKING AT EACH OF THESE WE CREATED VISUAL GRAPHICS TO HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW EACH OF THE FRONT ELEVATIONS OF ALL FIVE OF THESE MODELS EXISTS AND WITH THE ANTIGUA. WE'VE GOT THE THE OAK THAT BREAKS UP THE ARCHITECTURE TRIPLE CHRISTMAS PALM AND THE YELLOW TAB OFF TO THE LEFT AND A VERY LAYERED UNDERSTORY WITH COCOA PALM, FICUS GREEN ISLAND. WE WANT TO HAVE A VERY LAYERED AND THOUGHTFUL DESIGN TO THESE THE[01:20:01]
BARBADOS REALLY PLAYS UP WITH THE COLUMNS WE HAVE THE GARCINIA AND THE [INAUDIBLE] COLUMNS ALONG EACH OF THE COLUMNS OF THE HOME SMALL LEAF [INAUDIBLE] TREE AND TRIPLE MONTGOMERY PALM ARE FEATURED ON THIS ONE AS WELL. THE COZUMEL. REALLY COLOR AND ACCENT YOU CAN SEE THEM RIGHT IN THE BACK. EUROPEAN FAN PALM AND BLUE AGAVE ARE SOME OF THE ACCENTS WITHIN THIS THEME. THE DOMINICA. WE'VE GOT OUR ALEXANDER PALMS THAT LINE THE ENTRY COMING INTO THAT TWO STORY HOME WITH THE JAPANESE BLUEBERRIES OFF TO THE THE THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE ENTRY AND THE FINAL DESIGN IS THE ELEUTHERA. WE'VE GOT THE GUMBO LIMO LIMBO AS OUR SHADE TREE. AND REALLY PLACING IN A STATEMENT SYLVESTER DATE PALM OFF TO THE SIDE TO REALLY FORM A NICE VIEW TO THAT HOME AND OF COURSE THE BOUGAINVILLEA AND THE THE BLUE AGAVE JUST ADD SOME POPS OF COLOR AND ACCENTS TO THE DESIGNS OF THESE HOMES. THE VERY LAST THING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR REQUEST IS A DIVERSITY OF DESIGN AND DIVERSITY CRITERIA. AND WHAT THIS DOES THIS DOCUMENT RIGHT HERE IS IT WORKS WITH THE AVENIR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. IT'S A KIND OF GIVE OUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SPECIAL ATTENTION WITH DIVERSITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CREATE THE BEST NEIGHBORHOOD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MOST SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THESE GUIDELINES NOT ONLY TALK ABOUT THE COLOR AND DIVERSITY FOR ANTI MONOTONY STANDARDS BUT ALSO TALKS ABOUT SOME SPECIFICS ABOUT FENCE AND GATE LOCATIONS DRIVEWAY STANDARDS AND SCREEN ENCLOSURE COLORS AS WELL. THE LAST THING I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS SURE WE'VE GOT OUR FIVE MODELS WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR BOARDS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING BUT THE COOL THING IS IS THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME IN AND SAY THEY LIKED ONE OF THE MODELS IF THEY WANTED TO SAY CHANGE THE MODEL BEYOND WHAT WAS APPROVED THEY CAN DO THAT. THEY CAN CUSTOMIZE THEIR HOME BASED ON THE APPROVED MODEL AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS THE BUYER TO DO IS TO GET THEIR APPROVAL FROM THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD THROUGH AVENIR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THEY WILL SUBMIT BLACK AND WHITE FLOOR PLANS ELEVATIONS EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO TO THE CITY STAFF FOR REVIEW TO ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CUSTOMIZATION OF THAT HOME. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO US THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE WITHIN OUR REQUEST AND ON BEHALF OF MY WHOLE TEAM AND THE APPLICANT. WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND WE REQUEST APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NICOLE. IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION. NO MISS PLUNKETT WAS VERY THOROUGH IN YOUR PRESENTATION ALL THE ALL THE INFORMATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT STAFF WOULD PRESENT WOULD BE DUPLICATIVE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. JUST TO REITERATE THIS PETITION IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ARCHITECTURE, THE LANDSCAPING AS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT AND THE ENHANCED UPGRADED ENTRY FEATURES. AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. AND THERE ARE NO WAIVERS REQUESTED FOR THIS PETITION.THANK YOU. THERE WAS NO CARDS TO SPEAK OF SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 68. I'LL SECOND. LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY THOROUGH WE ALL LOOKED AT THESE BEFORE THE HOUSES LOOK GREAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. MATTHEW. FIRST NICOLE. GREAT JOB IS ALWAYS, DETAIL ORIENTED AND COMPREHENSIVE. THANK YOU. MY FAMILY AND I LIVE IN KENCO HOME. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND WE LOVE OUR HOME.
SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND I'M IN FAVOR. ROCHELLE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY IT'S GOING TO SET THIS STANDARD PRETTY HIGH FOR THE REST OF AVENIR AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT BEING THAT IT'S THE FIRST COMMUNITY. WHAT CAN I ASK WHAT THE PRICE POINT IS ON THESE. A LOT.
JUST CONFIRMING. BUT IT'S STARTING AT EIGHT HUNDRED AND UP TO APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION TWO.
RESIDENTS DO ASK THAT WHEN THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN. HEY NICOLE.
IS THERE AN OPTION FOR METAL ROOFING AS BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY METAL ROOFING AT ALL PRESENTED IN THIS AND YOU SAID THEY'RE ALLOWED TO KIND OF BE FINE AND DESIGN THE HOME THE WAY THEY WANT IS THERE A VISION OF METAL ROOFING IN THE FUTURE ON OUR CAN WE KEEP THAT. IS IT NOT IS IT TOO TROPICAL BECAUSE THE METAL
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ROOFINGS ARE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS THEY DID NOT INCLUDE ANY METAL ROOFING IN THERE. THERE'S THERE PACKAGES THAT THEY PRESENTED AT THIS TIME BUT A HOMEOWNER OR BUYER COULD ALWAYS GO THROUGH THE CUSTOM HOME PROCESS AND ADD A METAL ROOF YOU KNOW THAT COULD BE INCLUDED WITH THEIR HOME. JUST WITH THE HURRICANES YOU KNOW THEY'RE RATED FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR LONGEVITY IS LIKE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AND THEY CAN BE DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE ANYTHING AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW WITH THE CAT 6S COMING NOWADAYS. YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT LOSE THE SECOND FLOOR BUT THE ROOF WILL STILL BE GOOD TO PUT BACK ON YOU I DON'T KNOW JUST IF I'M JUST ASKING. YOU GOOD? YEAH I'M JUST HAVING SOME FUN AND THAT'S.DO HAVE A COMMENT. I DO ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION.
ELEVATORS ARE THEY GOING TO BE AN OPTION IN THESE. AND MIGHT I ASK THAT. MY CONCERN IS ALWAYS THAT I REALLY LIKE THE MASTER ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I MEAN I'VE JUST MOVED FROM A TWO STORY TO ONE STORY TO ACCOMMODATE MY 84 AND 87 YEAR OLD PARENTS AND I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED WITH BEING ABLE TO EXPAND YOUR POOL OF BUYERS BY HAVING THE MASTER DOWNSTAIRS OR HAVING AN ELEVATOR THAT GOES TO THE SECOND FLOOR TO ACCOMMODATE WHEELCHAIRS OR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAKE THE HOUSE MORE LIVABLE AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LARGER POOL OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE BUYING YOUR HOME AND WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO JUST A QUESTION OR MAYBE A COMMENT.
I JUST CONFIRMED WITH OUR ARCHITECTS THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY WE TYPICALLY DO THE MASTER ON THE FIRST FLOORS OF THE TWO STOREY HOMES BUT THAT THERE IS AN OPTION TO POTENTIALLY PUT THAT IN IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. WELL I THINK IT'S GREAT. I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT OR A BUILDER BUT EVERY HOME THAT BUILDERS HAVE PUT I PLAY ONE ON TV AND I DID NOT STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LAST NIGHT. BUT BUT EVERY HOME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BUILT THERE THEY'RE GREAT. THEY LOOK WONDERFUL.
I'M SURE YOU'VE DONE YOUR RESEARCH ON WHAT PEOPLE WANT. JUST BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT A TWO STORY HOME AND MAYBE YOU DON'T EITHER. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE DO SO I'M PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THEM START. SO WITH THAT WE'LL JUST HAVE A VOTE IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 5 0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO RESOLUTIONS ANY NEW ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ANYONE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING. MAX DO YOU HAVE A REPORT. A BRIEF 45 MINUTE POWERPOINT. NO SIR. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.
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