Mar 06, 2025 City Council

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 6TH,

[Call to Order]

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I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

GOD BLESS AMERICA. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR REED HERE. VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WOODS. COUNCIL MEMBER. TINSLEY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PRIMAROSA. HERE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD, WE'LL WAIT FOR THE CHAMBERS TO BE QUIET.

[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR GENERAL GOLF MANAGER, CASEY MITCHELL, TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, CASEY MITCHELL, GENERAL MANAGER AT SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB.

AND JOINING ME TONIGHT IS OUR HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL, MICHAEL SCHMIDT FROM THE CLUB.

WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MAYOR'S VETERANS GOLF CLASSIC.

THE 2024 EVENT TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND OF LAST YEAR WITH A SOLD OUT 144 PARTICIPANTS AT SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB.

THIS EVENT WAS OUR 18TH YEAR SUPPORTING THE WEST PALM BEACH RESOURCE CENTER.

IN ADDITION TO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE DID AN ONLINE AUCTION ON SEVERAL ON COURSE GAMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL DONATION.

ALSO JOINING ME TONIGHT FROM THE VA, COREY PRICE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUZZ BRYAN DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH KERRY BOYD, CHIEF OF SOCIAL WORK SERVICES SEAN MONTGOMERY, THE CHIEF OF CENTER OF DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND DOCTOR RONALD RONALD WILLIAMS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF WHO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK ON THE VA THE MISSION OF THE RESOURCE CENTER AND HOW THE FUNDS RAISED FROM THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE USED. MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN AT THAT EVENT, ESPECIALLY PLAYING AND SEEING YOU GUYS SOMETIMES PLAY WITH US.

MY NAME IS DOCTOR RON WILLIAMS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE YET THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET, AND I SERVE AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE VA WEST PALM BEACH INTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

IN MY ROLE, I TOUCHED I'M VERY TOUCHED DAILY BY THE LIFE SAVING EFFORTS AND THE GENUINE COMPASSION OF OUR TEAM HOLDS.

BUT TODAY, BRING ALL THAT TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER TOUCHING TIME OF GENEROSITY THAT WILL, ALTHOUGH NOT MEDICALLY, SAVE VETERANS LIVES. EVERY PENNY DONATED IS A CHANCE FOR THE AMERICAN HERO TO BELIEVE IN THEIR STRENGTH, AND THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE. FROM THE ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS AND SUPPLIES THAT SUPPORT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE TO BE CREATED, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SUSTAINED. AND YOU ARE A PART OF WHAT MANY ARE CALLING A BLESSING BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT THE VA DOES THAT CHANGES VETERANS LIVES.

BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY? THAT TRULY LEAVES A LASTING IMPACT? THE POWER OF THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT MAKES MOMENTS LIKE TODAY POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER YEAR HAS COME AND ANOTHER RECORD HAS BEEN UNLOCKED.

$81,000 RAISED. THANK YOU. THIS SYMBOLIZES THAT VETERANS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND ARE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY IS BEHIND THEM.

THANK YOU. FOR WHAT? THANK YOU WILL NEVER SUFFICE FOR EACH DAY THAT YOU HAVE DONE THESE VETERANS, BUT MAKE IT POSSIBLE YEAR AFTER YEAR TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN FOR THEM.

I PERSONALLY SALUTE YOU, THE COUNCIL MAYOR ALWAYS, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEERED THROUGHOUT THAT DAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THE EXCUSE TO SWING A GOLF CLUB, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR MY FELLOW VETERANS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AS A CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND I'VE BEEN SERVING FOR 25 YEARS.

MY HEART GOES OUT TO EACH OF YOU AS VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS, AND COUNT ME IN FOR NEXT YEAR.

FOR ANOTHER FUN TIME WITH EVERYONE, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE CHIEF OF SOCIAL WORK, WHICH ALSO IS PART OF THIS AND THAT THE HOMELESS PROGRAM FALLS UNDER HER COMMAND, MISS CARRIE BOYD. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT OUR HOMELESS TEAM DOES, AND HOW THIS MONEY IS GOING TO AFFECT VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS A FRIENDLY WALK IN CLINIC IN BUILDING 16 WITH SHOWERS,

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WE'VE BEEN VISITED OVER 2000 TIMES THIS YEAR.

WE PROVIDE OUTREACH. WE HAVE AN AWESOME TEAM OF THREE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT COVER THE ENTIRE CATCHMENT AREA, FINDING AND HELPING STREET HOMELESS VETERANS.

WE PARTNER WITH GROUPS LIKE DEL REY AND RIVIERA POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HOT TEAM, VICARS HOUSE, THE LORD'S PLACE, AND WE COLLABORATE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OF THE HOMELESS VETERANS TOGETHER.

OVER 180 VETERANS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY OUTREACH, AND WE'VE ANSWERED OUR OVER 450 HOMELESS HOTLINE CALLS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

COORDINATED ENTRY IS ONE AMAZING SOCIAL WORKER.

SHE MAINTAINS THE BY NAME LIST EXCUSE ME BY NAME LIST TO TRACK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR IDENTIFIED HOMELESS VETERANS.

WE ALSO HAVE A HUD-VASH DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES HUD AND VOUCHERS TO OUR HOMELESS AND PROVIDES PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THEM. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TWO WE HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR VETERANS BEFORE THEY GET INTO INDEPENDENT HOUSING.

IN THESE PROGRAMS, WE PROVIDE VETERANS WITH MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE, SUCH AS SECURITY DEPOSITS FOR THEIR NEW HOMES AND HUD-VASH ASSISTANCE WITH UTILITY BILLS WHEN THEY ARE IN FINANCIAL BIND. WE PROVIDE NEW FURNITURE AND MATTRESSES FOR WHEN THEY MOVE IN.

WE PROVIDE MOVE IN KITS TO THE VETERANS WE HAVE PAID FOR PET EXTERMINATOR AND PET EXTERMINATION FOR VETERANS WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN INFESTED.

WE ALSO PAY FOR ASSISTANCE WITH CLEANING OUT HOMES OF VETERANS WHO NEED THE ASSISTANCE DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

WE'VE ASSISTED VETERANS WITH RECEIVING COPIES OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND STATE ID CARDS WHILE THEY'RE HOMELESS.

WE'VE PURCHASED DAILY AND MONTHLY BUS CARDS FOR VETERANS TO GET TO AND FROM MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, OR TO AND FROM WORK. WE HAVE A FOOD PANTRY THAT IS WELL STOCKED WITH BOTH DONATED AND PURCHASED ITEMS TO INCLUDE FRESH PRODUCE FOR ALL OF OUR HOMELESS VETERANS.

WE COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY OF THESE RESOURCES TO OUR VETERANS WITHOUT THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND DONATIONS LIKE THESE.

WE HAVE ONE MISSION AT THE VA AND THAT IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS.

I'M PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR MEDICAL CENTER.

WE HAVE ALWAYS PUT THE VETERANS FIRST. THANK YOU FOR BEING A COMMUNITY PARTNER AND PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE TO THE VETERANS AT THE WEST PALM BEACH HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AND FOR HELPING US MEET THE MISSION OF TAKING CARE OF VETERANS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR THIS EVENT. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SPONSORS, LOHMAN LAW GROUP, OUR VERY OWN MAX LOHMAN, A VETERAN WHO IS OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR, OUR ALBATROSS SPONSORS PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER, FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, J.W. CHEATHAM, WISH AND JACKSON, ALAN NORTON AND BLUE AND ERWIN AND FRANKIE EDISON.

OUR EAGLE SPONSORS, GUARDIAN FLEET SERVICES AND COFFS TOWING SIGN COMPANIES, AND JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER, OUR LUNCH SPONSOR. MISSION BARBECUE, OUR BIRDIE SPONSORS, WESCO AND HECTOR TURF, DUFFY'S AND PPG PLUMBING, AND OUR BREAKFAST SPONSOR, PGA CORRIDOR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR BEVERAGE HOLE PUTTING GREEN AND DRIVING RANGE SPONSORS, MY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE GOLF STAFF AT SANDHILL CRANE, AND ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP THE DAY OF THE EVENT TO MAKE THIS CONTRIBUTION POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENTS FROM THE DAY FROM COUNCIL, OUR CITY AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.

WITH YOUR HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO SURPASS LAST YEAR'S DONATION.

AND THIS YEAR'S DONATION WILL BE IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,935.09.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR, MR. MAX LOWMAN, TO JOIN COUNCIL AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE VA FOR THE CHECK PRESENTATION, ALONG WITH ANY OTHER SPONSORS WHO MAY BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO BE OVER HERE. THANK YOU.

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I DID.

THREE. TWO. ONE. ONE MORE. THREE. TWO. ONE. IT FEELS LIKE THE WIND.

YEAH. THAT WAS. THERE YOU GO. ONE MORE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. COUNTDOWN. THREE. TWO. ONE.

HERE WE GO. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK. YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, I LOVE IT. ALL OF US GOT TO BE TRANSPARENT.

$0.09 ON THAT THING.

AROUND AND AROUND. ANYTHING OR ANYONE. OKAY. SO.

CASEY. CASEY.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. COUNCIL. THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE MUCH SHORTER.

MY SECOND PRESENTATION IS OUR YEARLY UPDATE ON OUR CHARITY INITIATIVE, WHICH WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2019.

THE INITIATIVE IS PRESENTED TO GOLFERS AT BOTH GOLF COURSES AT CHECK IN, AND IT'S A $5 VOLUNTARY DONATION.

IN RETURN, THEY GET A DISCOUNTED A POKER CHIP FOR A DISCOUNTED ROUND IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THE $5 THEN GOES INTO A FUND. THE FUNDS COLLECTED ARE THEN DONATED TO OUR CHARITIES 501 C, THREE NONPROFITS AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.

LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO 44 CHARITIES SUCH AS BUSH WILDLIFE TRUST, BRIDGE HOSPICE, LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER. TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN, PLACE OF HOPE, LITTLE SMILES, CANINES FOR WARRIORS, ERASE PTSD NOW, PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION AND KIDS CANCER FOUNDATION, AMONG MANY OTHERS. LAST YEAR, THE CLUB WAS ABLE TO MAKE DONATIONS, WHICH COMBINED TOTALED $46,373.82.

I AM VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT TO DATE, SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2019, THE INITIATIVE HAS DONATED A TOTAL OF $242,081.85 TO ASSIST WITH THE PHILANTHROPIC WORK BEING DONE IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO ADMINISTRATION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE CHARITY INITIATIVES THROUGH THE CLUB AND THE PLAYERS WHO DONATED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

CASEY, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

IF YOU COULD PASS ALONG OUR THANKS TO THE CAPTAIN AND MISS BOYD, ESPECIALLY FOR COMING TONIGHT AND SHARING THE GREAT NEWS.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SPONSORS WHO CAN ACTUALLY, TRULY, ACTUALLY HELP VETERANS IN OUR AREA.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE. THANK YOU GUYS ON BEHALF OF YOUR WHOLE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS GREAT. NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC.

[V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]

IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM, WE'LL BE GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES.

IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

ABSOLUTELY.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL TAYLOR. I GO BY THE ARM FISHERMAN ON YOUTUBE.

IT'S KIND OF. I'M SORRY, SIR, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT YOU DO NEED TO STATE YOUR ADDRESS AS WELL. PLEASE. I HAVE A FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT.

ATTORNEY, ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE IT RESTART MY TIME.

BECAUSE UNTIL THE ATTORNEY ADDRESSES THAT, I HAVE A FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT NOT TO DISCLOSE WHERE I LIVE.

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CAN WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT? CAN WE RESTART MY TIME SO I CAN ACTUALLY ACTUALLY ADDRESS WHAT I'M HERE FOR? JUST LET HIM CONTINUE. OKAY. CAN WE RESTART MY TIME? I'M GOING TO RESTART YOUR TIME. YOU CAN CONTINUE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FINE. IT'S KIND OF IRONIC THAT WE'RE HERE DOING A VETERANS, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VETERANS, RIGHT? WELL, I'M HERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A YOUTUBER NAMED BY HONOR.

YOUR OATH. HONOR YOUR OATH WAS HERE AT YOUR CITY HALL.

AND HE. HE WAS SUBJECT TO BEING TRESPASSED FOR HOLDING A SIGN THAT SAID, GOD BLESS THE HOMELESS VETS.

HOW DISGUSTING ARE YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ALL RIGHT, THAT'S DISGUSTING HOW YOU TREAT A MAN FOR HOLDING A SIGN THAT SAYS GOD BLESS THE HOMELESS VETS.

AND THEN HERE YOU ARE ON YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. ON YOUR OWN PAPER.

DISGUSTING. DISGUSTING. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET ON TO ME.

I CAME TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I OPENED, CARRIED AN AR 15 FISHING.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS SHOWED UP? DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY SHOWED UP WITH CANINES AND ABOUT NINE OFFICERS FOR SOMEBODY THAT WASN'T BREAKING THE LAW AND THEY WANTED TO PERSECUTE ME. THEY CAME AFTER ME BECAUSE I WAS DOING WHAT? SOMETHING LAWFUL. I GUESS WE GOT A REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM.

AND NOW THE THIRD ONE. WHERE'S MY TIME? I GOT A MINUTE.

THE THIRD ONE, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS AT A POOL.

HE WAS DOING HIS LAPS. HE WAS SWIMMING AROUND.

HE WAS DOING WHAT HE WAS NORMALLY DOING. BUT BECAUSE SOME WOMAN DECIDED SHE WANTED TO BE LIKE, NO, YOU CAN'T SWIM IN MY AREA. WELL, THE HER, HER BOYFRIEND, HUSBAND, WHATEVER BRANDISHED A FIREARM. I DON'T HAVE ANY FIREARMS. EVERYBODY JUST LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL TO DO THAT HERE.

BUT THE GUY BRANDISHED A FIREARM ON THIS GUY, AND THEN COPS OF YOUR CITY PUT HIM FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND, ARRESTED HIM, AND THEN THE COP HAD TO GO THROUGH I.A.

AND GOT ARRESTED OR SHE GOT FIRED. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOUNDS LIKE PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS A BIG PROBLEM, AND I ONLY LIVE LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM YOU.

MAYBE I SHOULD COME BACK AND START OPEN, CARRYING AND HOLDING A SIGN THAT I NEED MONEY FOR GUNS AND AMMO.

IF YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT, SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT I.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OUR NEXT CARD IS RAMONA BEAN.

I'LL SEE YOU GUYS. I NEED MONEY FOR GUNS AND AMMO.

GOT SOME MONEY FOR GUNS AND AMMO, MAN. YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, RAMONA BEAN? FIVE. FOUR. THREE. NINE CICADA WAY. PALM BEACH GARDENS.

LIVING IN HORSESHOE ACRES. CURRENTLY MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND FELLOW CITIZENS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT AND TIME. JUST TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.

ONE WAS ACTUALLY MORE OF A QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL.

AND I FEEL SILLY FOR NOT HAVING ASKED THIS BEFORE.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I ACTUALLY HAD A CLOSE CALL DRIVING EASTBOUND ON NORTH LAKE BETWEEN MILITARY AND KEATING DRIVE.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S NO STREET LIGHTS THERE.

I'M KIND OF USED TO IT, BUT I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND A GUY IN THE MIDDLE LANE CAME OVER AND WE ALMOST COLLIDED, BUT THANKFULLY DID NOT. AND IT OCCURRED TO ME I WANTED TO ASK, IS PALM BEACH GARDENS IN CHARGE OF THE STREET LIGHTS BETWEEN THAT SECTION, OR IS IT THE COUNTY? AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN EVEN ANSWER THAT, BUT I JUST, I MY MY CONCERN IS I THINK WE NEED LIGHTS.

AND THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN POPULATION AND FOLKS COMING THROUGH TOWN AND I THINK WE NEED LIGHTS, STREET LIGHTS, JUST BETWEEN THAT SECTION OF MILITARY AND KEATING OVERHEAD BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A DARK SPOT ON THERE.

LASTLY, AS WE'RE ENTERING OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTION SEASON AND THE REST OF THE YEAR, I JUST WANT TO REMIND MY FELLOW CITIZENS I'M A BUSY MOM OF THREE EXTENDED FAMILY I TAKE CARE OF. BUT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MEETINGS IN PERSON, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, TRY TO WATCH THE AGENDA. TRY TO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.

I THINK ALTOGETHER WE CAN POOL OUR IDEAS EVEN IF WE CAN'T BE UP THERE HELPING FOLKS.

AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS SHARE THOUGHTS AND EVEN HEAR OTHERS THAT COME THROUGH.

SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO AND FOR MY TIME.

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I'M SURE YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY DOES CONTROL TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BUT THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER.

IF YOU EVER HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR THE COUNTY, AND THAT'S (561) 684-4030.

SO EVEN IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, IF YOU'RE IN A AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE YOU'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH A LIGHT THAT EXISTS, THAT'S THE NUMBER YOU CALL. SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG. NEXT WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.

[VI. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

ROSS GILMORE, OUR GIS DIRECTOR, AND JUDY BRANDT FROM DISPATCH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, WITH A VERY INGENIOUS NOVEL IDEA THAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. ROSS GILMORE, CITY GIS DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH JUDY BRANDT, OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU A PROJECT THAT OUR TWO DEPARTMENTS HAVE WORKED ON TOGETHER.

THE PROJECTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WE HAVE ENTERED ALL THE GOLF COURSE DATA, THE HOLES THE GREENS, THE TEES AND THE FAIRWAYS INTO THE DISPATCH SYSTEM SO THAT THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TRYING TO LOCATE AN INCIDENT ON A GOLF COURSE. DISPATCH CAN HAVE THAT AND GUIDE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE COURSE.

SO WE HAD 19 GOLF COURSES WITHIN THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE 324 HOLES OF GOLF AND 325 IF WE COUNT SANDHILL CRANES.

19TH HOLE. SO. WHEN YOU ZOOM IN ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. THE BLUE LINES REPRESENT STREETS.

EACH FAIRWAY HAD TO BE MADE A STREET TO WORK IN THE DISPATCH SYSTEM, AND THE YELLOW DOTS ARE ADDRESS POINTS.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

EACH STREET HAS TO HAVE A NAME. THE NAMES ARE BY THE COURSE NAME BASICALLY.

EACH COURSE HAS ITS OWN NAME. AND THEN THE ADDRESS RANGE ON THE STREET IS EQUAL TO THE COURSE NUMBER OR THE HOLE NUMBER. SO THE FIRST EXAMPLE WOULD BE A HOLE TWO WOULD SHOW TWOS FOR EVERYTHING.

THEN EACH POINT WE HAVE A TEE. A FAIRWAY SECTION UNIT AND THEN A GREEN. ALSO NOTICE ON THIS THERE'S A LAT LONGITUDE CALCULATED FOR EACH POINT.

THAT WAY, IN CASE THERE'S A COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES OR NEED FOR LIFEFLIGHT, DISPATCH CAN EASILY RELAY THAT DATA TO THEM.

IT'S WE'VE ADDED, OF COURSE, 325 STREETS AND 975 ADDRESS POINTS TO THE SYSTEM TO MAKE THIS WORK.

SO THIS MAP IS A REPRESENTATION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN DISPATCH.

AND THERE'S A PICK LIST THAT AIDS DISPATCH. SO IF THEY HAD A CALL FROM SOMEBODY ON THE FOURTH TEE OF BALLENISLES EAST COURSE, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS TYPE THAT IN AND THEY'RE PRESENTED WITH A PICK LIST OF DIFFERENT POINTS THEY CAN SELECT. SO IF WE SELECT THE FOURTH BALLENISLES EAST COURSE T.

THE MAP WILL PAN TO THAT LOCATION WHEN YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE CLOSER.

YOU'LL SEE THE STREET NAMES TURN ON AND YOU CAN GET SOME MORE DETAIL.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JUDY TO TALK ABOUT THE DISPATCH SIDE, AND HOW THAT HELPS FIRST RESPONDERS LIKE YOU MESS UP YOUR PROGRAM. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. SO THIS CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF A COUPLE OF CALLS THAT WE HAD THAT WERE ON THE GOLF COURSE, AND WHAT WE REALIZED WAS THAT THE OFFICERS WERE ALWAYS GOING IN THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES LIKE THIS ON THE EAST COURSE THE GOING IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS PROBABLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

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THEY HAVE LITTLE FENCES AND MOST OF THEM HAVE GATES OR THEY HAVE NO FENCES AT ALL.

AND IT WOULD BE QUICKER IF AN OFFICER NEEDED TO GET THERE TO MAYBE PULL INTO SEAGRAPE AND LOOK AT HIS MAP AND SEE.

OH, LET ME PULL IN AT 10149. I THINK THAT SAYS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

AND THEN I CAN WALK STRAIGHT BACK THROUGH THERE. OTHERWISE THEY HAVE TO GO DOWN THE TRAIL OVER TO GARDENIA, BACK THROUGH ALL THOSE 25 MILE AN HOUR NICE, PRETTY WINDY STREETS DELAYING OUR RESPONSE TIME.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE THE LITTLE SCREEN IS WHAT THE A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE CAD SCREEN LOOKS LIKE.

SO FOR US IT'S THE 40 MILES EAST COURSE THAT'S NO DIFFERENT TO US THAN 1500 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL.

BUT THE OFFICER GETS THIS LITTLE, THIS LITTLE BLUE ARROW THAT WILL TELL HIM EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

ONCE THE OFFICER IS ASSIGNED, IS ASSIGNED TO THE CALL, IT TURNS INTO A SYMBOL EITHER INDICATING THE TYPE OF THE CALL OR A BADGE.

SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY. THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING IS WHERE THAT BADGE IS OR WHERE THAT LITTLE KNIFE IS, OR WHATEVER THE SYMBOL FOR THAT CALL IS. I GOT A CREDIT.

ROSS AND HIS TEAM, WE'VE DONE SOME STRANGE THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES ARE LIKE YOU DO.

WHAT? AND YOU KNOW, WE. I'LL GO TO HIM WITH AN IDEA, AND HE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, REALLY? YOU KNOW BUT HE ALWAYS COMES THROUGH FOR US. AND THIS MAKES OUR MAPS BETTER.

IT MAKES OUR RESPONDERS RESPONDING, SENDING OUR RESPONDERS TO MORE ACCURATE LOCATIONS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT A GOLFER AND YOU'VE NEVER GOLFED ON THE EAST COURSE, YOU MAY HAVE A VAGUE IDEA OF WHERE IT IS.

I HAD TO HAVE HIM. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED IN THE BEGINNING ABOUT JUST MAKING IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST HOLE. WELL, I'VE NEVER GOLFED. THERE'S IN SOME OF THESE PLACES, THERE'S A BIG DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HOLE AND THE GREEN.

OKAY. THERE'S EXAMPLE NUMBER ONE. SO WE WANT TO GET THE OFFICER OR THE RESPONDERS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THIS ALL STEMMED FROM.

SO EVENTUALLY WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND INTO THE OTHER CITIES WE DISPATCH FOR.

BUT AS ALWAYS GARDENS IS OUR TEST SUBJECTS BECAUSE WE'RE MOST FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

THAT'S ALL I GOT. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD CHIEF PAPE AND HIS TEAM HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL, WORKING WITH THE SECURITY AGENCIES FOR EACH COURSE TO BE ABLE TO GET US UP TO DATE GOLF COURSE MAPS.

SO OUR DATA IS ACCURATE, AND HE'S WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THEM THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE UPDATED MAPS YEARLY SO WE CAN KEEP OUR DATA CURRENT. THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A FIELD MAPPING APP FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO IF THEY SHOULD HAVE TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD AND LEAVE THEIR VEHICLE, THEY CAN PULL THIS APP UP ON THEIR PHONE AND BE GUIDED WHILE THEY'RE ON FOOT AND STUFF. AND THAT THAT'S IN DEVELOPMENT.

WE'LL SOON BE TESTING IT WITH PD AND FIRE, AND WITH THAT WE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SO CLEVER. AND KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPED YOU ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS KEEPING OUR CITIZENS SAFE AND BEING SUCH A STELLAR TEAM TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THIS IS FOR ALL OF THE GOLF COURSES, NOT JUST OUR GOLF COURSE, IT'S EVERY GOLF COURSE. IT WILL BE GOING WELL.

IT'S FOR EVERY GOLF COURSE IN THE CITY, IN THE CITY, WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

BUT WE WANT TO MOVE IT TO THE OTHER FIVE CITIES SINCE WE DO DISPATCH FOR ALL OF THEM WE TRY AND KEEP EVERYBODY KIND OF ON AN EVEN PLAY, AND IT JUST MAKES OUR LIFE EASIER TRYING TO GET OFFICERS TO CALLS.

HOW EXCITING. THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. SO THE QUICKER WE CAN IDENTIFY THEIR LOCATION, THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THEM THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED.

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL CANDACE TEMPLE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR, TO THE PODIUM, BUT SHE'S ALREADY THERE, SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD FROM THAT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, CANDACE TEMPLE, I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.

TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT ITEMS THAT HAVE PROVEN TO BE EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS FOR US IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, MY DEPARTMENT HAS DISTRIBUTED AN E-NEWSLETTER FROM CITY HALL.

HOWEVER, RECENTLY WE UPDATED OUR DESIGN PLATFORM AND WE REBRANDED IT AS THE PINNACLE TO CREATE A

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FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A 54% OPEN RATE FROM THOSE WHO RECEIVE IT.

THAT'S EXCELLENT IN ANY INDUSTRY, LET ALONE GOVERNMENT.

BY THE WAY, THE OVERALL AVERAGE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES IS A 37% OPEN RATE, AND FOR GOVERNMENT IT IS 42%.

THE E-NEWSLETTER IS SENT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH PRIOR TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND MY TEAM PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THE CONTENT FOR THE PINNACLE, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IF ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS OR VIEWING VIA LIVE STREAM WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE, IF YOU SCAN THAT QR CODE UP THERE WITH YOUR PHONE, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A SUBSCRIPTION FORM AND YOU'LL START RECEIVING THAT.

NEXT UP, MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF CHATGPT. WELL, NOW WE HAVE CHAT PBG.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE ROLLED OUT A MUCH NEEDED REDESIGN OF OUR CITY WEBSITE IN DECEMBER.

ALONG WITH THAT, WE QUIETLY LAUNCHED OUR MULTILINGUAL CHATBOT, WHICH WE CALL CHAT PBG.

WEBSITE VISITORS CAN ASK THE CHATBOT QUESTIONS.

THEY CAN REPORT ISSUES AND GET ASSISTANCE WITH FINDING CITY INFORMATION.

OUR WEBSITE HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING IT.

CHAT PBG SAVES USERS TIME AND IT SAVES OUR STAFF TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE TO FIELD THOSE PHONE CALLS. IN JANUARY, WE INCLUDED AN AD IN OUR SIGNATURE CITY CITY MAGAZINE TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE NEW FEATURE. AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, WE BEGAN PROMOTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD OVER 1500. INTERACTIONS.

MOST OF THOSE IN ENGLISH. AGAIN, THIS IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

IT'S NOT A REAL PERSON. WHEN YOU VISIT PBGF ALLGOV, A THOUGHT BUBBLE POPS UP AND INVITES YOU TO CHAT.

THE WAY IT WORKS IS WHEN A USER ASKS A QUESTION.

THE BOT CRAWLS OUR WEBSITE VERY QUICKLY AND IT FINDS THE ANSWER.

EACH MONTH, OUR STAFF GOES THROUGH THE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES TO FIND OUT WHAT THE BOT MAYBE WAS NOT ABLE TO ANSWER, AND WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO EXPAND THE BOT'S KNOWLEDGE BASE, AND THAT MAKES CHAT PBG SMARTER AND SMARTER AS TIME GOES ON. AND LASTLY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS A MOBILE APP? DON'T WORRY, YOU DIDN'T MISS THE NEWS. WE JUST ANNOUNCED IT ON TUESDAY.

WE JUST RELEASED IT IN THE MARCH ISSUE OF THE PINNACLE.

PBJ NOW IS AVAILABLE IN APP STORES FOR DOWNLOAD.

IT'S A SIMPLE APP. IT'S VERY EASY TO USE. IT PACKS A BIG PUNCH, THOUGH WE CAN NOW NOTIFY OUR RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, ROAD CONSTRUCTION MEETINGS, SPECIAL EVENTS, EVENT CANCELLATIONS FOR WEATHER AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.

WE ARE COMMUNICATING THESE THINGS NOW MAINLY VIA EMAIL AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIT OF A LAG TIME WITH PEOPLE SOMETIMES CHECKING THEIR EMAIL OR WHEN THE ALGORITHM CHOOSES TO SHOW THEM THE THING THAT YOU HAVE POSTED WITH THE MOBILE APP. USERS WILL RECEIVE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS.

THEY GOT ONE AT 4:00 THIS EVENING ABOUT THIS MEETING, AND IT HAD A LIVE STREAM LINK, AND IT ALSO INCLUDED A LINK TO OUR AGENDA.

IT ALSO ACTS AS A CONDENSED VERSION OF OUR WEBSITE SO THAT WHILE YOU'RE ON THE GO, YOU CAN GET THOSE VERY TOP OF MIND.

FREQUENTLY USED PAGES AND SERVICES SUCH AS RECREATION, REGISTRATION, GOLF TEE TIMES, OR OUR REQUEST TRACKER SYSTEM IF YOU'D LIKE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP. ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S A QR CODE THERE THAT YOU CAN SCAN.

WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US ON PBS.ORG NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALWAYS AMAZING WHAT YOU GUYS ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. AND THIS IS WONDERFUL, ESPECIALLY THE ALERTS FOR THE RESIDENTS ON THE APP.

THAT'S THAT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW A LOT OF INFORMATION ALL THE TIME, AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. LET'S MOVE ALONG TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

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IF NOTHING'S BEING PULLED, CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

LET'S MOVE ALONG TO OUR QUASI JUDICIAL. TONIGHT, WE'RE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES.

[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 2, 2025 – (1ST READING) BUDGET AMENDMENT. 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, 2024, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION 16 2025 ESPRIT AVENUE. POD 16 RESOLUTION 17 2025 AMENDMENT TO THE MIRASOL SALES CENTER SITE PLAN.

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

THE COUNCIL IS 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 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 TWO 2025.

ORDINANCE TWO 2025, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

GARDENS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 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 OPEN THE HEARING. AND I DON'T NEED TO CALL AGAIN, EVERYONE.

OUR STAFF IS ALREADY AT THE PODIUM EVERY TIME I LOVE IT.

ARIANE, BACK TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ARIANE PENCZAK, THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.

TONIGHT, ORDINANCE TWO IS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AMENDMENT WHERE WE RE-APPROPRIATE THE BALANCES ON OUR PURCHASE ORDERS AND UNCOMPLETED BALANCES ON OUR CIP PROJECTS FROM FISCAL YEAR 24 INTO OUR CURRENT YEAR. WE ALSO ADJUST OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCES TO OUR ACTUAL ENDING BALANCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.

AND TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE A FEW OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WILL GET INTO IN SOME LATER SLIDES.

SO AS FAR AS THE PURCHASE ORDERS, THE TOTAL FOR PURCHASE ORDERS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BALANCES BEING CARRIED FORWARD, PURCHASE ORDERS TOTAL 7 MILLION AND UNSPENT BALANCES ON CIP PROJECTS TOTALED 22.5, FOR A TOTAL OF 29.5 BEING CARRIED INTO THE CURRENT YEAR. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING CARRIED FORWARD.

YOU'LL NOTE THE TOP THREE. WE HAVE THE DISTRICT PARK FIELDHOUSE AT 9.9 MILLION.

THE KYOTO GARDENS BRIDGE WIDENING PROJECT AT 4.8.

AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION PROJECT AT 4.6.

SO MOVING ON TO THE OTHER REQUESTED ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT, WE HAVE A FEW.

SO WE'LL START FIRST WITH THE $2 MILLION FOR THE KYOTO GARDENS BRIDGE PROJECT, ORIGINALLY FUNDED BY OUR SERIES 23 BOND.

DUE TO BOND COVENANTS REQUIRING THE FUNDS TO BE SPENT WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME, THOSE MONIES WERE REALLOCATED TO ANOTHER PROJECT.

SO THIS REQUEST RESTORES THOSE FUNDS TO ALLOW THAT PROJECT TO PROCEED FOR THE COCONUT EXTENSION PROJECT.

AVANIR IS REQUIRED TO EXTEND THE EXISTING TWO LANE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO B-LINE.

EVENTUALLY, WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO WIDEN THAT LANE, THAT THE TWO LANE TO A FOUR LANE JUST STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTING OUR PORTION TO MAKE IT A FOUR LANE ROAD.

NOW, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PORTION OF CONSTRUCTION IS 1.3 MILLION, A FIGURE THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

THESE FUNDS WILL BE SET ASIDE AND WE WILL MAKE PROGRESSIVE PAYMENTS AS THOSE THAT PROJECT PROCEEDS.

NEXT, WE HAVE 1.1 MILLION TO EXPAND TO EXPAND THE TOD IMPROVEMENTS TO INCLUDE A ROUNDABOUT AT RCA AND NORTH CORP, AS WELL AS ADD TWO SIGNALS, ONE AT LAKE VICTORIA AND GARDENS PARKWAY AND ANOTHER AT KIOWA GARDENS EXECUTIVE DRIVE.

EXCUSE ME, EXECUTIVE CENTER DRIVE 365,000 FOR CONTINGENCY TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION PROJECT.

THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS WILL BE SET ASIDE AND IF THE NEED ARISES, IF THEY ARE UNUSED, WE WILL RETURN THOSE FUNDS BACK TO OUR FUND BALANCE.

NEXT WE HAVE 255,000 FOR PGE PARK PLAYGROUND AND SURFACING PROJECT.

DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MATERIAL COSTS FROM OUR PREVIOUS ESTIMATES.

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170,000 FOR LIGHTING AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO ENHANCE NIGHT PLAY.

161,000 TO EXPAND THE CELLULAR CELLULAR SERVICE WITHIN CITY HALL AND PD FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING.

$100,000 FOR A PORTABLE GENERATOR AT THE AQUATICS FACILITY THAT WILL ALSO BE SERVE AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INVENTORY.

WE ALSO ARE REQUESTING $100,000 TO MODIFY A PROJECT AT THE TENNIS CENTER ROUNDABOUT THAT WILL HOUSE A NEW ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROJECT.

75,000 TO ADD PATTERN PAVEMENT CROSSWALKS ALONG ALTERNATE A-1-A FROM RCA AND GARDENS PARKWAY.

50,000 FOR MONUMENT SIGN AT THE NEST, AND FINALLY 25,000 FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE FOR POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS FOR THE FEC QUIET ZONE DESIGNATION, FOR A TOTAL OF $6,001,000. SO FINALLY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS ALSO AND CLEAN UP SOME BALANCES IN OUR MOBILITY FUND. THIS YEAR, REVENUES WERE LOWER THAN WE WERE PROJECTING.

SO TO ENSURE THAT THE CURRENT PROJECT STAYS ON TRACK, THIS TRANSFER IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FULL FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS OUR BURNS ROAD MILITARY TRAIL CYCLE TRACK, WHICH IS ALSO AN FDOT GRANT FUNDED PROJECT THAT WE WILL THAT WILL COVER ROUGHLY 50% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS. ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO THE BEGINNING OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE RESERVES, WE HAD A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 7.1 MILLION.

AFTER WE CLOSED OUT THE BOOKS FOR THE YEAR, WE ADDED BACK 7.4.

AND THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR BUILDING PERMIT REVENUES AND OUR INVESTMENT INCOME.

WE HAVE A FEW RECOMMENDED ALLOCATIONS FROM BUDGET STABILIZATION FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS AND FUND BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS THAT TOTAL 7 MILLION.

I'M SORRY. AND THEN AFTER ALL THE ADJUSTMENTS, IT WILL LEAVE US WITH AN ENDING BALANCE OF 7.5 IN BUDGET STABILIZATION.

AND THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE FIGURE THAT WE BELIEVE WILL PROVIDE A BUFFER AGAINST ANY POTENTIAL INCREASES RESULTING FROM THE IMPOSED FEDERAL TARIFFS, WHICH WE DO ANTICIPATE COULD INCREASE THE COST OF OUR MATERIALS AND ALSO OUR ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

SO THIS YEAR, WE INCREASED OUR UNASSIGNED RESERVE BALANCE TO 28.3 MILLION TO STRENGTHEN OUR RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES. THIS AMOUNT REPRESENTS 19% OF OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, WHICH EXCEEDS OUR POLICY THRESHOLD SET AT 17%.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. RECOMMENDS A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWO 2025 AS PRESENTED ON FIRST READING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL PRESENTED. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THAT, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWO 2025 AT FIRST READING PLEASE.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWO 2025.

SECOND. EXCELLENT. ALL IN. DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO NO, NO. IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY CLEAR.

YEAH. BURT, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING.

NO, NO, I GOT I GOT NOTHING. I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY A CREDIT TO STAFF FOR REALLY BEING CONSERVATIVE ON YOUR BUDGET NUMBERS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE GOING FORWARD ANNUALLY.

AND THEN ALSO THE INTEREST INCOME ON THE INVESTMENTS.

I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF HARPED ON THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S COME TO FRUITION LAST YEAR, AND NOW WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER THINGS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF AND THE FINANCE TEAM FOR WHAT YOU DID. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE PREPARATION FOR ANY CHANGES WITH FEDERAL FUNDS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

NOT TO MENTION THAT ADDING ON THE TWO EXTRA LANES ON COCONUT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHEN WE ALL WANT IT AND NEED IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO RESOLUTION TEN 2025.

[VIII.b. *RESOLUTION 10, 2025 – ORCHID ISLES AT AVENIR (POD 18). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR SINGLEFAMILY HOME FLOOR PLANS, ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS, TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING, A SALES MODEL CENTER, AND A RESIDENTIAL ENTRY FEATURE FOR ORCHID ISLES AT AVENIR (POD 18) WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (PARCEL A) OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD APPROXIMATELY 0.35 MILES NORTH OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.35 MILES NORTH OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING. AND WE'LL START WITH EX PARTE. I'LL START OVER TO MY RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I DO HAVE AN EX PARTE. I SPOKE WITH KEN TUMA AND ROSA SCHECHTER.

ALL RIGHT. BERT. NONE FOR ME. NO. MAYOR. NEGATIVE.

COUNCILMEMBER WOODS. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO EX PARTE EITHER.

WOW. NO ONE HAS TO BE CALLED TO THE PODIUM TONIGHT AT ALL.

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GOOD EVENING. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, KEN TUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN.

MY ADDRESS IS 610 CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH.

I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.

HERE TONIGHT. ON BEHALF OF AND ON BEHALF OF KEN CO, WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS POD 18.

YOU ORIGINALLY APPROVED THIS PROJECT. IT'S A 50.53 ACRE SITE PLAN THAT YOU APPROVED FOR 104 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THEY'RE RATHER LARGE, LOTS 80FT WIDE BY 140FT DEEP.

WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING? AND I WILL WALK THROUGH A POWERPOINT OF THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS A REQUEST FOR ARCHITECTURAL APPROVAL, BOTH FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS.

LOT LANDSCAPING. THE ENTRY SALES CENTER AND MODEL CENTER.

THE SIZE OF THE HOMES IN THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL OF LAND UNDER AIR RANGE FROM 3200FT² TO OVER 6000FT².

WE DO HAVE OUR WHOLE TEAM HERE, BY THE WAY, ASSEMBLED, INCLUDING MY FAVORITE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, WENDY TUMA, AND SHE CAN BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH JUST A QUICK POWERPOINT AND SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECTS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, IDENTIFIED IN THE RED OVALS POD 18. AND AGAIN, IT'S UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF KENKO HOMES.

MR. MENDELSON WILL BE DEVELOPING THESE PROJECTS.

THE SITE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN THE PLANNED SIZE.

THERE ARE TWO LOT SIZES 130 AND 140FT DEEP, ALL 80FT WIDE, WITH A TOTAL OF 104 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THERE ARE SIX ARCHITECTURAL MODELS AND THREE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, SO SIX FLOOR PLANS, THREE DIFFERENT SKINS ON EACH ONE OF THOSE FLOOR PLANS PLANTS, WHICH THAT ALONE ALLOWS FOR 18 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THAT HOME.

PLUS THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT COLOR PALETTES. SO A LOT OF ANTI MONOTONY HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALSO ARE THE MODEL ROW SALES CENTER, THE STREET TREE AND OTHER ITEMS. SO THE ARCHITECTURAL MODELS COMING ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.

OOPS SORRY. WRONG BUTTON. ARCHITECTURAL MODELS IN FRONT OF YOU.

AGAIN AS I SAID, THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT TYPES IDENTIFIED.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN ARE THE ANTIGUA, THE BARBADOS, THE COZUMEL, THE DOMINICA AND OF COURSE THE DOMINICA GRAND.

AND THEN THERE ARE THREE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES COASTAL MODERN FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A VIEW IN PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT MODELS AND STYLES LOOK LIKE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL NOTICE A FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY DESIGN.

THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS MORE OF A MODERN DESIGN THAT HAS THE SHUTTERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM IS THE REGULAR MODERN STYLE, WHERE YOU'LL NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OF GLASS ON EACH ONE OF THE UNIT TYPES.

SO THOSE ARE THE STYLES. HERE ARE THE THEMES AND THE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS ADDITIONAL FOR YOUR ANTI MONOTONY TO PROVIDE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SELECTIONS AND CHOICES. SO THIS IS FAIRLY STANDARD NOW THAT WE'RE ON POD 18 AT AVENIR.

SO THIS IS A TYPICAL LOT. LANDSCAPING ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE THREE OPTIONS FOR LOT LANDSCAPING.

AND AS YOU ARE AWARE WITHIN AVENIR THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING REQUIRED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL LOT AND THAT CONSISTS OF SHADE TREES, ACCENT TREES, PALM TREES, ACCENT SHRUBS, SHRUBS AND GROUND COVERS.

SO HOW THIS IS SET UP IS EACH HOUSE HAS A MINIMUM NUMBER THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO, WHICH IS WAY ABOVE YOUR CODE.

AND THEN THE HOMEOWNER IS GIVEN CHOICES TO CHOOSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN DOES. I'M NOT GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL TREE, BUT THAT'S THE THE OPTIONS THAT THE HOMEOWNER HAS.

AND OF COURSE THE BUILDER CAN SELL OR THE HOMEOWNER CAN ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, BUT AT A MINIMUM IT HAS TO BE THIS AMOUNT, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE EXACT LOCATIONS INDICATED ON THE SCREEN.

IT ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY WHERE THE POOL GOES OR WHAT OTHER DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THE ENTRY FEATURE, THIS WAS DESIGNED BY MR. WHELAN. MR. WHELAN'S DESIGN IS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE THE FEATURE, BUT LET ME PUT IT IN MORE IN A BETTER VIEW HERE.

THIS IS THE THE NAME CALLED ORCHID ISLAND. THIS IS THE DESIGN.

IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TILE. THE ROOF IS IS A CHARCOAL COLOR.

AND THEN YOU'LL NOTE THE WORD ORCHID LANDING.

OF COURSE IT HAS AN OOLITE BASE TO IT, AS ALL THE AVENIR SIGNS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN OOLITE AND THE OVERALL PROJECT.

AND THIS IS THE VIEW IN A 3D PERSPECTIVE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL APPRECIATE IN DETAIL.

LOOKING AT THIS MORE MODERN LOOK THAT MR. MENDELSON IS PROPOSING FOR HIS ENTRY, YOU'LL NOTICE THE BEAUTIFUL MEDJOOL PALMS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ENTRY, AND HOW MR. WHELAN HAS FRAMED IT WITH WATER AND THE DESIGN IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THE MODEL ROW LOCATED INTERIOR TO THE PROJECT, IDENTIFIED IN THE RED ON THE SCREEN ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL NOTE THERE ARE THREE MODELS BEING PROPOSED, AND THEN ALSO THERE IS THE PARKING LOT AND OTHER ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

IT IS A REQUIREMENT TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AS PART OF THIS.

THERE ARE SIGNAGE, TEMPORARY SIGNAGE. OF COURSE, YOUR STAFF HAS PUT A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT SIGNAGE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED WHEN THE SALES ARE COMPLETE. BUT IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN ARE THE SIGNS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

SO THAT IS MY SHORT PRESENTATION TONIGHT, MR.

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I'VE GOT A COUPLE FOR YOU TONIGHT. DON'T WORRY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INDICATE THAT I DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM COUNCILWOMAN TINSLEY, WHO REQUESTED THAT WE NOT USE ROYAL PALMS AS A STREET TREE.

I DID, I DID DISCUSS THAT WITH OUR CLIENT, AND THE CONCERN IS THAT THE PALM FRONDS WOULD FALL ON THE CARS AS IT'S FROM A STREET TREE PROGRAM.

I DID THAT DISCUSS THAT WITH OUR CLIENT, MR. MENDELSON, AND HE IS AN ACCEPTANCE IN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS PROJECT, WHICH WAS GREEN BUTTON WINS. HE'S ACCEPTABLE TO THAT AS A CONDITION TO GO BACK TO GREEN BUTTON WOODS AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS THOUGH ON THE STREET TREES THEMSELVES, WE DO HAVE PALMS THAT ARE ACCENTING CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE'D LIKE TO KEEP, AND WE'D WORK WITH YOUR STAFF. HOWEVER, WE'RE OKAY WITH GOING TO WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CONDITION OF GOING BACK TO GREEN BUTTON ONCE AGAIN. THAT'S UP TO THIS COMMISSION.

OUR REQUEST WAS FOR ROYAL PALMS, BUT WE WOULD OUR CLIENT IS ACCEPTING TO GOING, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE A CONDITION FROM THE COUNCIL AT ALL.

YOU HAVE INPUT FROM ONE PERSON. SO WE HAD A FORWARD AS IT'S DESIGNED.

WE HAD A WE HAD A REQUEST WHICH I DID DISCUSS WITH OUR CLIENT.

HE WAS ACCEPTING OF THAT. OKAY. BUT THE COUNCIL VOTES AS A BODY NOT ONE PERSON.

UNDERSTOOD. LET'S JUST LET'S GO WITH THE PLAN AS YOU HAD IT DEVELOPED.

OKAY. WITH THOSE TREES, I GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

SO. ALLOWING. SO MR. NELSON IS HERE. WE DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT DURING THE REVIEW OF THE PROJECT, WHEN HE REALLY LOOKED AT IT TODAY, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WAS THE EXPENSE OF POTENTIALLY MAINTAINING THOSE AND KEEPING THE WRAP AROUND IT FOR THE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE OPEN EITHER WAY, BUT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE THE ABILITY TO WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR THE PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE OPEN EITHER WAY. SO THIS BOARD IS IT'S YOUR DIRECTION BUT WE'RE OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR PRESENTATION? NO, NO, MA'AM. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS. I THINK WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THAT AND THEN COME BACK TO EVERYTHING. MADAM MAYOR, NO ADDITIONAL STAFF PRESENTATION.

NO ADDITIONAL STAFF. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

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

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR RESOLUTION TEN PLEASE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION TEN 2025 WITH THE WITH THE PROPOSAL TO MAINTAIN THE GREEN BUTTONWOODS AS STREET TREES, ELIMINATING THE ROYAL PALMS AS STREET TREES, BUT ALLOWING THEM IN THE EXACTLY AS THE PETITIONER DESCRIBED.

I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE PALMS. I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, AND I SEE THE PALMS, AND THEY'RE REALLY A NICE ADDITION TO AVENIR.

I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THOSE PALMS. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BUTTONWOODS AND THEY'RE HARDER TO MAINTAIN.

THEY DROP LEAVES. THEY'RE VERY LEGGY. YOU KNOW, WHEN I LIVED IN MARISOL FOR YEARS, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, EFFORT AND ENERGY TO GET RID OF THEM AND TO GET PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THEM.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PALMS. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

I GOT THIS, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE ANYONE TO SECOND? I'M GOING TO SECOND JUST FOR DISCUSSION.

SO LET'S CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON NAMES BECAUSE USUALLY EVERYONE GETS TO SPEAK ONE TIME AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU CAN SPEAK AGAIN. SO I BELIEVE YOU'VE SPOKEN. I BELIEVE OUR VICE MAYOR HAS SPOKEN.

SO, BERT. WELL, I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SPOKEN. I JUST MADE A MOTION.

PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO THE REASON THAT I ASKED FOR THE ROYAL PALM, THE STREET TREES TO NOT BE MODIFIED THE THE REASON THAT I HAD PROPOSED AND ASKED THE PETITIONER TO NOT CHANGE THE STREET TREES TO PALMS. BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, STREET STREET TREES ARE TREES, AND THEY REQUESTED A PALM.

BUT I LITERALLY HAVE MAINTAINED PROPERTY FOR 22 YEARS IN BOCA AND IN WEST PALM, WITH ROYAL PALMS IN BOTH LOCATIONS IN VEHICULAR USE AREAS. AND I'VE SPENT A BETTER PART OF THE LAST FOUR MONTHS IN COMMUNITIES TALKING TO HOA'S, WAS TALKING TO RESIDENTS. WE HAVE ONE RIGHT IN OUR AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW IN MIRASOL, WHO HAS TOLD ME AND EXPRESSED THAT ROYAL PALMS IN VEHICULAR USE AREAS I'M TALKING ABOUT ALONG STREETS, NOT IN THE ENTRANCEWAYS THOSE CAN ALL STAY, NOT IN THE ACCENTED AREAS, NOT IN THOSE SPECIAL AREAS AROUND THE AROUND THE RECREATION AREAS, AMENITIES AND THE ENTRANCE ACCENT. ROYAL PALMS ACCENTS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT USING THEM IN A VEHICULAR USE AREA NUMBER ONE IS A HUGE

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THE COST TO STRAP THE ROYAL PALMS ARE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

IT'S SIX MONTHS. YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE STRAPS.

YOU HAVE TO PULL THE STRAPS DOWN. YOU HAVE TO THEN REMOVE THE PALM FRONDS, THEN PUT THE STRAPS BACK UP, WHICH IS OUR EXISTING CONDITION OF APPROVAL. THE HOA'S HAVE TO DO THIS IN PERPETUITY.

IT'S NUMBER ONE. VERY EXPENSIVE. BUT WHEN THEY DON'T DO IT, THE STRAPS RUST.

THE PALM FRONDS WEIGH 50 POUNDS EACH AND THEY TYPICALLY WILL BREAK ON CARS.

THEY'LL BREAK ON THEM, THEY'LL BREAK WINDOWS.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IN A COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, CARS PARK NOT IN THE DRIVEWAY.

THEY PARK ON THE STREETS BECAUSE WHATEVER, FOR WHATEVER REASON DURING THE DAY, AND THOSE ROYAL PALM PALM FRONDS FALL ON THE CARS, THEY DO A LOT OF DAMAGE. IT'S A LIABILITY AND THE HOA IS THE ONE THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH IT AFTER THE DEVELOPER GOES AWAY.

WE'VE WE'VE DONE THIS FOR 22 YEARS. I CAN ATTEST THE EXPENSE IS EXPONENTIAL.

IT'S A BIG LIABILITY. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS FOR 22 YEARS WHEN ROYAL PALMS FALL ON THE CARS.

AND I'M NOT ASKING THEM TO BE NOT IN THE ACCENT AND THE ENTRY AREA.

I'M ASKING THEM NOT TO BE USED AS A STREET TREE AROUND THERE.

IF THEY WANT TO USE A TRIPLE OTHER PALM, THAT'S FINE.

BUT OR ANOTHER SPECIES. BUT THE ROYAL PALMS THEMSELVES, EVEN IN EVERGREEN, IN 20 YEARS THOSE PALMS WILL GET TO BE.

OR 15 YEARS EVEN THOSE PALMS WILL BE THREE STORIES HIGH.

NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE THREE STORIES HIGH, YOU HAVE TO GET A BUCKET TRUCK TO GO AND RE STRAP UNSTRAP AND RE STRAP THOSE TREES WITH A BUCKET CUP.

AND THE COST AS THAT ROYAL PALM GROWS GETS HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER.

AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED BECAUSE A LOT OF A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD.

THE OLDER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS GOING FORWARD, INCLUDING EVERGREEN, IT'S A BIG ISSUE IN EVERGREEN BECAUSE OUR ROYAL PALM TREES ARE OVER THREE STORY TALL NOW IN 20 YEARS, AND IT'S A BIG COST AND A BIG EXPENSE.

AND TO THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL, A LOT OF THEM ARE BEING REMOVED A LOT ALL OVER COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.

SO WHY HAVE THIS AN ISSUE FOR THE HOA GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT. THAT'S OUR JOB.

SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THEM THE APPLICANT WAS WILLING TO DO IT AND CHANGE TO A SPECIES, WHATEVER SPECIES THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT TO.

I'M OKAY WITH AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A ROYAL PALM TREE.

BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE AND BECAUSE OF WHAT I'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT OUR CITY IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AND WHAT I'VE LIVED.

BEING ON AN HOA FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WHEN I WAS AN HOA BOARD MEMBER.

AND THAT'S WHY. COUNCIL MEMBER PRIMAROSA, CAN YOU PULL UP A MAP AND SHOW ME WHERE THE TREES ARE THAT SHE'S PROPOSING TO BE CHANGED? KEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, OR STAFF. YEAH, YEAH, I THINK JUST ON THE SITE, ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, THEY SHOW UP. LET ME JUST GO THERE. YEAH. ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT ON THIS PLAN. YEAH, BUT THE SITE PLAN. WENDY, DO YOU HAVE A SITE PLAN HANDY? ANY. ACTUALLY, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE WENDY COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I KIND OF MISSED HER. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. SORRY.

WE WE HAVE A FULL SET. WE HAVE A PRINTED SET, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, SIR.

BUT, I MEAN, GENERALLY, THEY'RE GENERALLY AT THE CORNER OF THE LOT.

GO AHEAD MA'AM. SO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT THE ENTRYWAY.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN TOLD WHERE THEY ARE.

AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU I'M GOING TO BLOW THIS UP AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SO YOU CAN SEE IT, SIR.

THESE GREEN DOTS RIGHT HERE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THEM.

THEY'RE STILL SMALL. I CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, MAYBE.

THEY'RE IN FRONT OF EACH LOT, RIGHT? CORRECT.

EACH RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S THAT MANY OF THEM ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CORNER. EVERY HOUSE? YEAH. IN ESSENCE. YES, SIR. IT'S NOT A BIG ASK.

AND DO WE HAVE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE THE THE PALMS? NO. SO THIS IS BASICALLY NEW TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS AROUND INSIDE THE STREETS.

THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE USED THE ROYAL PALM.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY PALM IN AVENIR AT THIS POINT THAT HAS UTILIZED SUCH A PREVALENT THEME OF THE ROYALS.

THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST, BUT THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THAT HAVE ROYALS AS A STREET.

I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TREES EXCEPT YOU PLANT THEM AND WATER THEM, SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, I KIND OF LIKE THE PALMS, BUT IT'S A DECISION THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE.

BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE PALMS. AND I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT I THINK IN THESE COMMUNITIES, THEY KIND OF EXPECT THAT TYPE OF MAINTENANCE FOR THEIR TREES.

AND IF THEY ALL WANT PALMS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE AN EITHER OR, RIGHT? SO IT'S GOT TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER. IS THAT HOW

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WE DEFINITELY WANT A CONSISTENT THEME. AND LIKE I SAID WE DEFINITELY WOULD WANT A CONSISTENT THEME FOR SURE, YOU KNOW? MARCIE I KNOW YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF AND I JUST LIKE THE PALMS, SO I DON'T WANT TO.

AND PALMS ARE OKAY AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT ROYALS.

I KNOW I. FOR THE FUTURE HOMEOWNER. OKAY. I KIND OF LIKE, I JUST, I JUST LIKE THE LOOK OF THEM.

I DON'T AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, TREES, YOU KNOW, YOUR STUFF. BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN HERE, IF THEY APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF IT, THE MAINTENANCE OF IT, THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

I MEAN, AS PART OF THEIR TRIMMINGS, CUTTINGS, RESETTINGS, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO ON THEM, I HAVE NO IDEA. SO IT MIGHT NOT SPEAK, MADAM MAYOR.

YES, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. SO, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A LIST OF APPROVED STREET TREES AND AVENIR.

WE WILL MEET ONE OF THOSE APPROVED STREET TREE LIST.

WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL DECIDES. GREEN BUTTON WOODS IS ON THAT LIST ALSO.

SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AT.

YOU ALL GET TO MAKE THE BIG DECISIONS HERE, THOUGH. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? KEN. I ALWAYS WANT YOU TO GO QUICK, BUT NOW I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU.

YES, SIR. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN AVANIR, RIGHT? IT IS ONE OF THE LARGER LOT SIZE. YES. AND SOME OF THE LARGER HOMES.

AND THESE HOMES ARE RUNNING. HOW MUCH? I HAVE NO EARTHLY IDEA.

A LOT? YEAH. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT A LOT. RIGHT.

AND THE PRESENTATION TO THE ENTRANCE IS PART OF THE AMBIANCE OF OF BUYING A HOME LIKE THAT, THAT I'M SURE IS GOING TO BE IN THE MILLIONS, WHATEVER, HOWEVER MANY ZEROS THAT IS.

SO HOW MANY HAVE YOU USED THIS TREE BEFORE? ANYWHERE ELSE? OH, YEAH. OF COURSE. YES. YOUR YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH AS DESIGNED.

THIS IS THE TREE YOU WANT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN THE APPLICATION.

CORRECT. SO WITHOUT WITHOUT SAYING OH YEAH BUT BUT THIS IS THE TREE THAT'S PRESENTED TO US RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. THE TREE. SO WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS APPROVED WAS A GREEN BUTTONWOOD.

AND WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY FOR A STREET TREE IS THE ROYAL PALM.

I DO WANT TO. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING, JUST FOR CLARITY. THE ENTRANCE DOES NOT CHANGE WITH THIS.

WE ARE KEEPING THAT THOSE MODULES AND THAT DESIGN FOR THE ENTRY WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

AND THE ACCENT PALMS HERE WOULD STILL REMAIN THE SAME.

IT WOULD BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. YEAH. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ACTUAL STREET TREES THAT ALIGN DOWN THE ROAD.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT DESERVES A LARGER VISION OF NOT THAT AVENUE IS NOT BEAUTIFUL.

WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE. BUT IF THIS IS THE VISION OF THE DEVELOPER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GRAVITATE TO THAT BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, AMBIANCE, TREES, LANDSCAPING, WHATEVER.

SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF JUST LEAVING IT AS YOU WANT IT.

THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TREES IS PROBABLY DISCLOSED.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY, YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS, THEY KNOW WHAT THE MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO BE. AND THE TREES GOING OVER PGA BRIDGE OR 60FT HIGH, AND THEY REQUIRE MAINTENANCE. AND LOOK WHAT THEY DO AROUND THE MALL EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TREES ALONG KYOTO OR WHATEVER IT IS ARE MAINTAINED.

SO THEY'RE NOT FALLING IN THE ROAD. MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION, IF I MAY? IT'S REALLY NONE OF MY BUSINESS, BUT JUST A SUGGESTION. HERE WE HAVE TWO TREES AVAILABLE.

SOUNDS LIKE THIS COMMISSION IS LEANING TOWARDS EITHER ONE. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. CAN WE LET THIS? CAN WE LET THIS BE THE DECISION OF THE DEVELOPER AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALLOW THEM TO CONFIRM STATUS AND AVAILABILITY OF PLANT MATERIALS SO WE'RE NOT LOCKED DOWN.

AND JUST LET THAT BE HIS DECISION? NO, LET'S JUST DO IT.

DO IT TONIGHT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE TREE.

SO IF WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO VOTE FOR.

SO LET'S GET THROUGH THAT. AND THEN IF THAT MOTION IS NOT HELD, THEN WE WILL HAVE A SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. SO MAY I DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. ARE YOU GUYS ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT OR ARE WE DONE WITH DISCUSSION? SO LET'S INSTEAD OF ALL IN FAVOR, I'LL SAY COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY.

I MADE THE MOTION. SO. OKAY. SO I, I THANK YOU.

SO I SECOND IT. YEAH. OKAY. DANA MIDDLETON. YES OR NO? DO YOU WANT. NO. NO NO. ALL RIGHT. CARL WOODS.

NO. ON THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. AND MY VOTE IS NO.

AS WELL AS I WOULD LIKE WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME ORIGINALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I LOOKED AT ALL WEEK, SO I WASN'T I THINK I NEED THEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE A SECOND MOTION.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO WORD THIS, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO IT THAT OFTEN, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE A SECOND MOTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITE LANDSCAPE PLAN AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO STAFF AND APPROVED UP TO OUR LEVEL.

DOES THAT WORK WITH THE ROYAL PALMS? SO WE'RE TAKING A MOTION TO TAKE THE APPROVED STREET TREE AS PRESENTED ORIGINALLY IN THE AGENDA.

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DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT A SECOND? I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? NONE. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S DO ANOTHER ROLL CALL VOTE.

AND LET'S DO COUNCIL MEMBER. TINSLEY. NO. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSO. I'LL VOTE FOR IT. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MIDDLETON. I'M SORRY. VICE MAYOR. YES.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER WOODS. AYE. ALL RIGHT.

AND I AS WELL. SO THE MOTION PASSES 4 TO 5. ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S MOVE ALONG. RESOLUTION 16.

WE'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT ESPRIT AVENIR. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 16 2025,

[VIII.c. *RESOLUTION 16, 2025 – ESPRIT AT AVENIR (POD 16). 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 AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS, TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING, AND A SALES MODELS CENTER FOR ESPRIT AT AVENIR (POD 16) WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (PARCEL A) OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), THE SUBJECT SITE BEING GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENIR DRIVE AND PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

FLOOR PLANS AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS. TYPICAL LOT LANDSCAPING AND A SALES MODEL CENTER FOR ESPRIT AT AVENIR.

PLOT 16 WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. PARCEL A OF THE AVENIR PLAN.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD THE SUBJECT SITE BEING GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENIR DRIVE AND PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD, IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. MA'AM, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING. WE'LL START WITH EX PARTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS. NO, MA'AM. AND VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MOROSO. COUNCIL MEMBER. TINSLEY NONE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD.

AND, KEN, I THOUGHT YOU'D BE AT THE PODIUM IF WE COULD CALL KEN TUMA FROM URBAN DESIGN STUDIOS TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. I WAS VERY BUSY CONFIRMING OUR STREET TREE.

LET'S SEE HERE. CAN YOU HELP ME OUT REAL QUICK? I'M FINE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. KEN TUMA AGAIN WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO ADDRESS 610 CLEMATIS STREET. SWORN IN THIS EVENING HERE ON BEHALF OF KOLTER, THE OWNER OF POD 16.

THIS IS A 491 UNIT PROJECT THAT YOU APPROVED.

IT IS AN AGE RESTRICTED PROJECT. IT LIVES ON 150 ACRES OF LAND.

THERE ARE TWO LOT SIZES WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE 50 FOOT WIDE LOTS AND 60 FOOT LOTS.

AGAIN, AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY THAT WAS APPROVED.

WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS A REQUEST FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME ARCHITECTURE LOT LANDSCAPING, MODEL ROWS AND SALES CENTER. THE PRODUCT SIZE HERE IS A PRODUCT SIZE THAT GOES UNDER AIR FROM 1600 SQUARE FEET TO APPROXIMATELY 3200, EXCUSE ME, TO 2700FT². THERE'S ALSO A SALES CENTER THAT IS A 3265FT².

SO JUST FOR A QUICK REMINDER, IT IS LOCATED HERE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF AVENIR POD 16, LOCATED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND THE WESTERN END OF THE SITE. AGAIN, IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2023 FOR ITS PLAT.

AND WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE SUBJECT RESOLUTION.

THIS IS A LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN IN MORE DETAIL.

THERE IS A CLUBHOUSE IN THE MIDDLE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE COMING IN FRONT OF YOU VERY SOON, AND IT'S BEEN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED A VERY SIGNIFICANT CLUBHOUSE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN AN AGE, AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY. THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOTS. IT'S 491 UNITS. THERE ARE NINE ARCHITECTURAL MODELS AND FOUR SIZES.

SO NINE TIMES FOUR IS 36 OPTIONS RIGHT THERE, PLUS ALL THE OPTIONS WITH DIFFERENT COLORS.

THERE IS ALSO ONE SINGLE MODEL THAT IS FOR THE MODEL ROW AND SALES CENTER.

THAT MODEL ROW AND SALES CENTER IS A STANDARD THAT COLTER DOES IN ALL OF THEIR PRODUCT FOR AGE RESTRICTED.

THERE IS ALSO ONE WAIVER IN THIS PROJECT, AND THAT WAIVER IS REQUEST FOR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SETBACK.

THIS IS A WAIVER YOU'VE SEEN IN ALMOST EVERY OTHER POD IN HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON ONE SIDE FOR A REQUEST AND REDUCTION ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT COMPLETELY CLEAR.

SO THERE WOULD BE ACCESS TO THE REAR OF THE HOMES.

SO REAL QUICK REVIEW OF THE ARCHITECTURAL MODELS.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL NOTE IT GOES. THE NAMES ARE ELIZABETH, GEORGIA, JORDAN, LESLIE AND THE MADELINE.

AND OF COURSE, A 60 FOOT WITH THE NATALIE, THE SOPHIA, THE PRISCILLA AND THE REBECCA.

I DON'T THINK COLTER DID THAT ON PURPOSE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.

AND THEN THERE'S THE 75 FOOT WIDE LOT THAT IS CALLED THE WAVERLY.

AND THESE ARE AND THEY ARE FOR DIFFERENT THEMES, THE TROPICAL MODERN, THE THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE FLORIDA VERNACULAR AND THE MODERN ITSELF.

LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. ON THE SCREEN. IN FRONT OF YOU ARE 3D RENDERINGS IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT VERNACULARS.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE FLORIDA, THE FLORIDA VERNACULAR, WHICH IS MORE OF A COASTAL STYLE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A HEAVY STUCCO. IT HAS THE SHUTTERS AND THE USE OF BRACKETS.

AND THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE IS A TROPICAL, MODERN, MORE GLASS, THE GLASS STORE THIS.

THERE ARE TWO STORY OPTIONS IN ALMOST IN ALL OF THESE HOMES.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S AGE RESTRICTED, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A HOME WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR GRANDKIDS AND FAMILY AND CHILDREN UPSTAIRS,

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SO HERE'S A VIEW OF IT IN PLAN. VIEW ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE 50 FOOT MODEL.

AND HERE IS A 60 FOOT MODEL IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN.

DEFINITELY DIFFERENT VERNACULARS. THE USE OF BRACKETS HERE ON THE FLOOR TO VERNACULAR WITH THE SHUTTERS.

THERE IS A MEDITERRANEAN VERSION. YOU'LL NOTICE THE USE OF SPANISH BARREL TILE AND THEN THE MORE TRADITIONAL MEDITERRANEAN USE.

AND THEN HERE'S THE MODERN WITH GLASS IN THE IN THE GARAGE DOORS HAS THE, THE SHED ROOF AND THEN THE LARGE GLASS AREAS TO MAKE THAT THEME.

SO HERE'S A 60 FOOT WIDE MODEL, 60 FOOT WIDE MODELS IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN IN ELEVATION VIEW.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE 75 FOOT MODEL THAT EXISTS.

AND THAT IS INTENDED TO BE THE SALES CENTER AND THE DESIGN CENTER.

IT IS GOING TO BE BUILT IN THE MODERN STYLE. AND HERE'S THE ARCHITECTURAL THEMES, ALL SHOWN ON ONE SLIDE.

AND THEN HERE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT CHOICES OF COLOR THAT YOU HAVE.

OF COURSE THERE'S ANTI MONOTONY REGULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

THIS HAS A SIMILAR ANTI MONOTONY REGULATIONS WITH A MULTIPLE OF CHOICES.

AGAIN 36 DIFFERENT CHOICES BETWEEN THE BETWEEN THE MODELS AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.

AND THEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT COLORS AND SCHEMES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

HERE ARE A FEW MORE COLOR SCHEMES. AND THIS IS A LOT LANDSCAPING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN ALL OF AVENIR.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT CHOICES OF TREES. AS I AS I SPOKE A LITTLE EARLIER TONIGHT, EXACT SAME THING.

THERE'S A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE THAT'S REQUIRED THAT'S WELL ABOVE THE CITY CODE.

AND THEN THE HOMEOWNER GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AND ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ABOVE THAT.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR REFERENCE. THESE TREE LOCATIONS WILL MOVE AS HOUSE LOCATIONS, CURVES AND CUL DE SACS COME INTO PLAY.

THE MODEL ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHERE THE PROPOSED MODEL ROW IS.

AND THEN HERE IS THE TEMPORARY SIGNAGE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.

AGAIN, THAT WILL BE REMOVED UPON FINAL CO AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

WE DO HAVE ONE WAIVER. YOU HAVE SEEN THIS WAIVER MANY, MANY TIMES.

IT'S A WAIVER I SPOKE ABOUT EARLY ON WHERE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON ONE SIDE CLEAR ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WE HAVE YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

AND REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING. NO PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE DO REALIZE, COUNCIL, THAT BY PLACING A MOTION OR A SECOND, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU AGREE WITH IT. IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 16 2025, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WHATEVER THAT IS.

RESOLUTION 16 2025. YEAH. THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT.

CAN I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND. I'M SORRY.

I'M CLARIFYING. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING ANYTHING REGARDING RESOLUTION 16 TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF NON MONOTONY.

AS A RESIDENT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NOTHING BUT MONOTONY.

AND GETTING PEOPLE TO MY HOUSE IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. SO I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING THAT.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 17 2025.

[VIII.d. *RESOLUTION 17, 2025 – AMENDMENT TO THE MIRASOL SALES CENTER SITE PLAN. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MIRASOL SALES CENTER SITE PLAN WITHIN THE MIRASOL PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) TO CONVERT THE SALES CENTER TO A MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING, CONSTRUCT A NEW INDOOR PICKLEBALL FACILITY, AND DEMOLISH AND RECONSTRUCT THE WEST GUARDHOUSE, THE MIRASOL SALES CENTER BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIRASOL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.3 MILES NORTH OF PGA BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE MIRASOL SALES CENTER BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MIRASOL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.3 MILES NORTH OF PGA BOULEVARD.

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

THANK YOU. MA'AM. LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING. WE'LL START WITH EX PARTE. WE'LL START TO MY RIGHT, PLEASE. NONE.

ALL RIGHT. NONE. NONE. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY EITHER.

SO HERE WE ARE. AND AGAIN AT THE PODIUM. WELCOME TO RON DISMORE FROM URBAN DESIGN STUDIO.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECORD, ROB DINSMORE WITH WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, 16 CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.

AND APPARENTLY I JUST FOUND OUT I'M KEN TUMA'S SECOND FAVORITE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK. I'M JOINED HERE TONIGHT BY MEMBERS OF THE APPLICANT TEAM FOR MIRASOL, AS WELL AS OTHER PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS. IF ANY QUESTIONS DO ARISE THAT YOU ALL NEED ANSWERS TO.

SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MIRASOL COUNTRY CLUB KIND OF EMBARKED ON A STRATEGIC MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS WITH THE BOARD AND ITS MEMBERSHIP TO FOCUS ON CLUB AMENITIES AND OPERATIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A MULTI-PHASE PLAN TO EXPAND DINING,

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SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AND GOTTEN APPROVAL FOR A STATE OF THE ART GOLF TEACHING FACILITY 40,000 SQUARE FOOT.

GOLF. GOLF OPERATIONS BUILDING 4000 SQUARE FOOT.

GOLF MAINTENANCE FACILITY. SEVERAL OF THOSE ARE ABOUT TO BE PERMITTED.

SOME OF THEM ARE CONSTRUCTED. AND THIS APPLICATION AND SITE PLAN THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS JUST KIND OF THE NEXT IMPLEMENTATION, THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT THAT MASTER PLANNING EFFORT.

SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS FOR AN 18,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR PICKLEBALL FACILITY, THE RAISE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WEST GATE HOUSE, AND THE CONVERSION OF THE SALES CENTER PARCEL AND BUILDING TO A MULTI-PURPOSE CLUB BUILDING.

THE EXISTING PROJECT SITE IS AT THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE MIRASOL PCD.

ABOUT A THIRD OF A MILE NORTH OF PGA BOULEVARD.

WITH THE BUILD OUT OF MIRASOL OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, THE THE NEED FOR A DESIGNATED SALES CENTER, PARCEL AND SALES CENTER BUILDING AS A WHOLE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.

THOSE EFFORTS CAN BE HANDLED IN A IN A MINIMAL OFFICE SPACE, SO THE EXISTING SITE IS 2.4 ACRES.

IT CURRENTLY CONTAINS THE SALES CENTER BUILDING, WHICH IS 5800FT².

ASSOCIATED PARKING ACCESS TO THIS PARCEL IS FROM THAT EASTERN DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW AS ANY SALES CENTER SHOULD BE.

AND THEN THE GATE HOUSE, WHICH EXISTS JUST SOUTH OF THE PARCEL WITHIN THE MIRASOL BOULEVARD RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. YOU SEE, THERE ARE NOW TWO BUILDINGS PROPOSED ON THE PARCEL.

THE EXISTING MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING, THE NEW INDOOR PICKLEBALL FACILITY.

YOU CAN SEE THE NEW GATE HOUSE, WHICH IS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF MIRASOL BOULEVARD.

THIS WILL BE RAZED AND REBUILT IN THE PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT SAME LOCATION THAT IT EXISTS TODAY.

THE SITE ITSELF HAS UPDATED PARKING AND CIRCULATION WITH THE NEW BUILDING.

WE NOW OFFER 71 PARKING SPACES ON SITE, 52 STANDARD PARKING SPACES, 19 GOLF CART PARKING SPACES.

SITE CIRCULATION THROUGH THE SITE IS NOW COMPLETELY SECURED.

THAT EASTERN DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN GATED. IT'S NO LONGER OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.

IT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS AND GENERAL TRAFFIC EGRESS.

THE ACCESS ON THE WESTERN SIDE WITHIN THE GATE IS NOW OPEN.

THIS WILL NOW FORCE ALL TRAFFIC TO GO THROUGH THE SECURITY OPERATIONS THROUGH THE WEST GATE HOUSE.

WE ALSO OFFER 14 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES. THE EXISTING DOG PARK IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS GOING TO REMAIN UNCHANGED.

THE PROJECT SITE WILL BE LANDSCAPED WITH THE SAME STANDARDS THAT ARE UPHELD THROUGHOUT THE MIRASOL DEVELOPMENT, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH PALM BEACH GARDENS CODE.

WE MEET OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE 72% ABOVE LANDSCAPE POINT REQUIREMENTS.

THERE ARE 106 TREES AND PALMS ON SITE THAT ARE GOING TO REMAIN IN PLACE.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROJECT SITE, AND YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THE BENEFIT OF THAT WITH SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT ARE TO FOLLOW.

AND WE ALSO ARE RELOCATING FOUR TREES AND PALMS ON SITE AS WELL.

SO THE PROPOSED INDOOR PICKLEBALL FACILITY, AGAIN, 18 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET, THERE WILL BE SEVEN COURTS PROVIDED IN THE BUILDING.

IT WILL HAVE AN ELEVATED LOBBY AND SITTING AREA, WHICH WILL GIVE A UNIQUE OBSERVATION PERSPECTIVE FOR PEOPLE WATCHING THE GAMES TAKING PLACE. THERE'LL BE A STRETCH ZONE, LOCKERS AND MEN'S AND LADIES RESTROOMS. THE BUILDING ITSELF WILL HAVE A 35 FOOT HEIGHT.

IT IS A PREFABRICATED METAL BUTLER BUILDING, BUT ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT THE ARCHITECT WENT THROUGH WAS WORK WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO DESIGN AND CREATE FINISHES FOR THAT BUILDING.

THAT'S GOING TO GIVE IT THE APPEARANCE OF STANDARD BLOCK CONSTRUCTION.

THE ARCHITECTURE IS CONSISTENT COLOR, MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WITH OTHER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED ON THE PROPERTY LATELY, AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MARISOL HAS UNDERGONE WITH SOME OF THEIR EXISTING BUILDINGS.

BEING THAT IT IS A METAL BUILDING, IT DOES REQUIRE FOR THE MAIN PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE TO HAVE A STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF.

THE COLOR OF THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FLAT CONCRETE TILE THAT'S BEING UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE THE NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING OR FRONT AND BACK.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF RIGHT AWAY, WHAT JUMPS OUT TO ME IS THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A STANDARD METAL BUILDING. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW MUCH EFFORT THE ARCHITECT PUT INTO PROVIDING THAT ARCHITECTURAL FINISH ON THIS BUILDING.

IT ALSO GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE FOUNDATION PLANTING THAT WILL BE PROPOSED AROUND THE BUILDING.

THIS IS THE EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING, AGAIN SHOWING THAT FORESIGHTED ARCHITECTURE THAT'S PROPOSED, AND THE FOUNDATION PLANTING THAT WILL BE CARRIED AROUND THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING.

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THESE ARE VIEWS FROM MIRASOL BOULEVARD LOOKING IN TOWARD THE SITE.

AND WHAT THIS REALLY SHOWS IS THAT WE ARE MINIMIZING ANY POTENTIAL EXTERIOR IMPACTS TO PEOPLE LEAVING AND COMING INTO THE PROPERTY.

THESE ARE IMAGES FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AGAIN REFLECTING THAT ARCHITECTURE THAT WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE IT NOT LOOK LIKE A METAL BUILDING AND THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE. CONTINUING WITH IMAGES AROUND THE BUILDING, THIS IS THE SOUTH AND EASTERN FACADES OF THE BUILDING.

AGAIN, FOUR SIDED ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.

THIS WILL BE THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY AT WESTERN ENTRANCE.

SO AGAIN, YOU GET A GOOD IDEA OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT EXISTS TODAY THAT'S BEING PRESERVED IN PLACE, AND WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE TO MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO AGAIN, THE WEST GATE HOUSE IS THE NEXT BUILDING WE'LL DISCUSS, AND THAT IS BEING RAZED AND REBUILT IN THE SAME LOCATION.

THE BIGGEST BENEFIT HERE IS THE EXPANSION OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND THIS REALLY IS GOING TO ASSIST SCOTT, WHO'S THE HEAD OF SECURITY, AND HIS TEAM AND THEIR OPERATIONS TO PROVIDING THE BEST SECURITY THEY CAN FOR THE CLUB, ALLOWS THEM TO OFFER PROPER TRAINING ROOMS. IT ALSO IS GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND TECHNOLOGICALLY WITH THEIR SECURITY OPERATIONS.

SO THE ARCHITECTURE FOR THIS BUILDING, AGAIN, IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S BEEN DONE THROUGHOUT THE CLUB LARGE FORMAT STONE VENEER, SMOOTH STUCCO, ALUMINUM, DECORATIVE LOUVERS, CONCRETE TILE THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CLUB FACILITY.

THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THIS BUILDING. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH SCOTT AND HIS TEAM TO CHOOSE PLANT MATERIAL THAT WAS GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE PROPER SECURITY OBSERVATION AROUND THIS BUILDING.

NOT ONLY OBSERVATION, BUT MANEUVERABILITY AROUND THE BUILDING ITSELF.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. AGAIN, FOUR SIDED ARCHITECTURE.

SO THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, IS A 5800 SQUARE FOOT DESIGNATED SALES CENTER BUILDING AT THE MOMENT.

AND WITH THE BUILD OUT OF THE CLUB, THAT KIND OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THAT USE.

SO WHAT THE CLUB WOULD LIKE TO DO WAS DEVELOP SOME MEETING SPACES, SOME FLEX SPACE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE OCCASIONAL MEETING THAT IF ROOMS ARE FILLED UP AT THE MAIN CLUB BUILDING, THEY CAN HOLD THOSE MEETINGS AT THIS THIS FACILITY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO INCREASE STAFFING AT THIS AT ALL.

THE SAME STAFFING THAT EXISTS FOR THE SALES OFFICE, WHICH WILL REMAIN IN THIS BUILDING, WILL STAY IN PLACE.

NO FOOD OR BEVERAGE SERVICE OTHER THAN THE DELIVERY OF POTENTIAL SNACKS AND WATER FOR THOSE MEETINGS.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THIS BUILDING IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A FACELIFT.

WE ARE REMOVING THE PORTE COCHERE FROM THE FRONT WITH THE REDO OF THE PARKING AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE SITE, BUT COLOR IS GETTING UPDATED. NEW ROOF TO BE CONSISTENT ARCHITECTURALLY THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THIS BUILDING.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. WE DO HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL AND RECEIVED UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM PLANNING AND ZONING APPEALS BOARD.

WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL BY STAFF, GIVEN A MINOR MODIFICATION THAT I BELIEVE WAS DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY TODAY.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE GOOD AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

EXCELLENT. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? NO ADDITIONAL STAFF PRESENTATION. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SUBJECT PETITION, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 17 2025.

THE COUNCIL WAS ALL PROVIDED A MEMORANDUM THIS AFTERNOON REGARDING THE CONDITION CHANGE STAFF HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CHANGE SUPPORTS THE CHANGE AND IT IS NOT SUBSTANTIVE IN NATURE AND WE AGREE WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

COULD I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 17 2025? MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 17 2025.

SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S BRING IT TO DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCUSS? COUNCIL MEMBER MOROZOV.

YEAH. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.

THERE'S NOT REALLY HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED. IT'S INTERIOR.

BUT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE SOUND DEVICES WITHIN THE BUILDING? BECAUSE I CAN SEE SEVEN COURTS PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT'S GOING TO GET KIND OF LOUD INSIDE FOR THE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE PLAYING.

SO ARE THERE MECHANISMS IN THERE JUST TO CONTROL SOUND VIBRATION OR WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE? UNDERSTOOD. I'LL LET THE ARCHITECT ANSWER THAT QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.

THE INTERIOR MATERIALS WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDING AN ACOUSTICAL CEILING TILE THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE INTERIOR TO HELP ABSORB SOME OF THAT SOUND.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE PADDING ON THE WALLS AS WELL.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP TO ABSORB SOME OF THAT AND ALSO PROTECT THE PLAYERS.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF IT'S IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE OUR RESIDENTS WANTING PICKLEBALL IN PALM BEACH GARDENS,

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ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S WE'RE ALL SET. LET'S BRING IT TO A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS.

ENJOY, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ALONG.

WE HAVE RESOLUTION 12 AND RESOLUTION 13 AND RESOLUTION 14, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED IN A COMBINED PRESENTATION.

[IX.a. RESOLUTION 12, 2025 – ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FOR GARDENS DISTRICT PARK – MURAL “SHADOWS OF VICTORY.” A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CITY-INITIATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP) PROJECT FOR THE GARDENS NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT PARK, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD AND 117TH COURT NORTH, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

SO IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ RESOLUTION 12, RESOLUTION 12 2025, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA APPROVING A CITY INITIATED ART AND PUBLIC PLACES APE PROJECT FOR THE GARDENS.

NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT PARK, LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD AND 117TH COURT NORTH, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO A STAFF PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS OCEANA SUA.

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

FIRST WE HAVE BENJAMIN HELLER PROPOSING ARTWORK FOR GARDENS DISTRICT PARK.

WE HAVE MATTHEW POLASEK PROPOSING AN ART SCULPTURE FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER AND DANIEL SHAUGHNESSY, THE FOURTH PRESENT, PROPOSING AN ART SCULPTURE FOR THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER.

THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. BEFORE I PRESENT THE DETAILS OF EACH ARTWORK, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS FOLLOWED FOR THE THREE CITY INITIATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.

FIRSTLY FOR THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK AS WELL AS THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE CITY DID ISSUE A CALL TO ARTIST FOR PROCUREMENT OF ARTWORKS ON JUNE 3RD.

THE CITY HAD PUBLICLY ADVERTISED A CALL TO ARTISTS WITH A SUBMISSION DEADLINE OF AUGUST 2ND, 2024. $800,000 WAS BUDGETED FOR. THE CITY INITIATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FOR THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK, AS WELL AS THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER. TOTAL BUDGET ALLOCATED PER LOCATION WAS $400,000.

ON JUNE 6TH, A SELECTION COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF CITY STAFF FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WAS ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW EACH PROPOSALS FOR BOTH LOCATIONS. ON AUGUST 2ND, SIX ARTISTS RESPONDED TO THE CALL TO ARTIST PROPOSALS FOR THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK, AND FIVE ARTISTS RESPONDED TO THE CALL TO ARTIST PROPOSAL FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA LISTED HERE, WHICH WERE ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, RELEVANCE TO THEME AND CONTEXT, FEASIBILITY AND SUITABILITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND IMPACT, AND LASTLY ARTIST QUALIFICATIONS. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD ROUGHLY A MONTH TO INDIVIDUALLY EVALUATE EACH PROPOSAL FOR BOTH LOCATIONS, AND WERE TASKED AND ASSIGNED A SCORE OUT OF 100 POINTS FOR EACH PROPOSAL.

ON THE SLIDE, HERE ARE THE EVALUATION SCORES FOR EACH LOCATION AND THE LINE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE THE HIGHEST RANKING PROPOSALS FOR THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK.

THE HIGHEST RANKING PROPOSAL WAS BOO-BOO SKETCH FINE ART ART PROPOSED BY BENJAMIN HELLER, AND FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE HIGHEST RANKING WAS PLAZA STUDIOS FROM THE ARTIST MATTHEW PLACEK.

THE. ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE RECONVENED TO REVIEW AND CHOOSE TWO FINALISTS, ONE FOR THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK AND THE OTHER FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST FOR BOTH SELECTED ART PIECES WAS $64,080.

AND GIVEN THAT THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST FOR BOTH PROJECTS WAS UNDER THE TOTAL ALLOCATED BUDGET OF $800,000, THE CITY DID DECIDE TO RETAIN A SPECIFIC ARTIST TO PROCURE ADDITIONAL ARTWORK FOR THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER, WHERE A STAFF SELECTED A PROPOSAL BY DANIEL DANIEL SHAUGHNESSY, THE FOURTH FOR AN ART SCULPTURE TITLED LOTI.

AND THIS PROPOSAL WAS ALSO PART OF THE CALL TO ARTIST PROPOSALS RECEIVED FOR THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK,

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EVALUATION. ADDITIONALLY, ON DECEMBER 18TH, THE CITY STAFF FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS MET TO REVIEW AND FINALIZE A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE AREA OF THE TENNIS CLUBHOUSE, WITH CONSIDERATION FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE PROPOSED ART SCULPTURE.

I WOULD NOW LIKE TO MOVE ALONG TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ARTWORKS.

FIRST WE HAVE RESOLUTION 12. WE HAVE A MURAL TITLED SHADOWS OF VICTORY BY BENJAMIN HELLER, AND THIS IS PROPOSED FOR THE GARDENS DISTRICT PARK.

HERE WE HAVE AN AERIAL IMAGE. THE IMAGE INDICATES THE EXISTING PAVILION, WHICH IS SITUATED BETWEEN TWO SPLASH PADS AND OUR AND IS ADJACENT TO SOCCER FIELDS. THE STAR THAT YOU SEE HERE DEPICTS THE PROPOSED APE LOCATION.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS A CLOSER ZOOMED IN IMAGE OF THE SIX EXISTING PAVILIONS AT THE DISTRICT PARK.

THE PAVILION THAT IS OUTLINED IN RED IS THE PROPOSED MURAL.

MOVING ALONG TO THE RENDERINGS PROPOSED BY THE ARTIST.

THE MURAL WILL BE APPLIED TO ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE PAVILIONS, AS INDICATED AND DEPICTED ON THESE RENDERINGS HERE.

THE MURAL WILL FEATURE SILHOUETTES OF INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE LARGELY PLAYED AROUND AT THE DISTRICT PARK.

IT WILL ALSO BE SURROUNDED BY LARGE, VIBRANT PLANT SHAPES WITH A COLOR PALETTE THAT INCLUDES SHADES OF GREEN, YELLOW, AND ORANGE. THE PAVILION DOES INCLUDE TWO LONG ELEVATIONS ON THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN PORTION, EACH MEASURING 85FT BY EIGHT FEET, AND TWO SHORTER SIDE ELEVATIONS ON THE NORTHERN AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PAVILION, EACH MEASURING 50FT BY NINE FEET. THE WORD GARDENS IS ALSO INCLUDED ON THE TWO LONG ELEVATIONS TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY STRENGTH AND UNITY. THE ARTIST IS BENJAMIN HELLER, ALSO KNOWN AS BEN HELLER. HE IS AN ARTIST BASED OUT OF BOCA RATON.

HE HAS PROVIDED ARTWORKS THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT FLORIDA, INCLUDING IN THE CITY, WHICH WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 2ND, 2024, WHICH WAS RESOLUTION 3420 2024 APPROVING AIP FOR THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR BUILDING.

AND HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE IS A COMPLETED MURAL PROPOSED BY THE ARTIST.

THE TOTAL COST FOR THE MURAL IS $80,580. THE ARTIST IS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE A HIGH QUALITY SHARON WILLIAMS DIRECT TO METAL EXTERIOR PAINT TO ENSURE THE MURALS LONGEVITY.

HOWEVER, THE ARTIST IS ALSO PROPOSING AND RECOMMENDING PROFESSIONAL TOUCH UPS AND RESTORATIONS TO BE PERFORMED EVERY 7 TO 10 YEARS.

IN ADDITION. IN ADDITION, THE ARTIST IS RECOMMENDING TO ASSESS ANY POTENTIAL WEARS, FADING OR DAMAGE BY ANNUALLY FOR THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE AROUND FROM 1 TO 2 MONTHS FROM THE FINALIZED START DATE, AND STAFF IS ANTICIPATING COMPLETION TO TAKE PLACE SOMETIME END OF MAY OF THIS YEAR.

MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE RESOLUTION 13, WHICH IS AN ART SCULPTURE TITLED EMERGE, PROPOSED BY MATTHEW PLACEK FOR THE BURNS ROAD

[IX.b. RESOLUTION 13, 2025 – ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FOR BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER – ART SCULPTURE “EMERGE.” A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CITY-INITIATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP) PROJECT FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER, LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MILITARY TRAIL AND BURNS ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

HERE AGAIN IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER, WITH THE STAR AGAIN DEPICTING THE APE LOCATION.

THE ART SCULPTURE, TITLED EMERGE, WILL BE LOCATED AT THE NEW MAIN ENTRANCE ROUNDABOUT AREA OF THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING.

THE SCULPTURE WILL BE SURROUNDED BY LANDSCAPING AS DEPICTED ON THE RENDERING HERE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE LOW LEVEL SHRUBS.

THE SCULPTURE WILL ALSO BE ILLUMINATED WITH THREE BRASS ACCENT LANDSCAPE UP LIGHTS, WHICH WILL BE POSITIONED AROUND THE SCULPTURE AREA.

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THE SCULPTURE WILL BE MADE FROM STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE ACRYLIC PANELS, WHICH WILL BE CUSTOM CUT TO FIT THE STEEL FRAME OF THE SCULPTURE.

THE ACRYLIC PANELS WILL BE PAINTED IN THE CITY'S SIGNATURE COLORS, AGAIN CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY AS WELL AS UNITY.

THE ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER IS MATTHEW PLACEK.

HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, AND HE HAS BEEN AN ARTIST FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES.

HIS PIECES HAVE RANGED FROM SMALLER SCALE TO LARGE SCALE PIECES, WHICH HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN NUMEROUS HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITIES, AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS, BOTH NATIONALLY AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY.

AND TO YOUR RIGHT ARE SOME OF HIS EXISTING PORTFOLIOS THAT ARE LOCATED IN NEBRASKA.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS ART SCULPTURE IS EIGHT $383,500.

THE ARTIST IS PROPOSING A QUARTERLY MAINTENANCE, JUST ONLY UTILIZING MILD DETERGENT AS WELL AS REPAIRS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION IS PROJECTED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MONTHS FROM THE FINALIZED START DATE.

HOWEVER, STAFF IS ANTICIPATING INSTALLATION OF THE SCULPTURE TO TAKE PLACE SOMETIME END OF NOVEMBER TO EARLY DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

AND LASTLY, MOVING ALONG TO RESOLUTION 14, WHICH IS ANOTHER ART SCULPTURE TITLED LOW TEA BY DANIEL SHAUGHNESSY.

[IX.c. RESOLUTION 14, 2025 – ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS TENNIS CENTER – ART SCULPTURE “LOTI.” A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CITY-INITIATED ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP) PROJECT FOR THE PALM BEACH GARDENS TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER, LOCATED 0.6 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF SHADY LAKES DRIVE AND PGA BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE TENNIS CENTER IS A HAS BEEN A PREMIER PUBLIC COMMUNITY FACILITY WHICH HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR SEVERAL PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS.

THE TENNIS CENTER IS ALSO KNOWN TO HOST EVENTS BOTH LOCALLY AS WELL AS INTERNATIONALLY.

AND HERE WE HAVE A RENDERING OF OUR TENNIS CLUBHOUSE WITH THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT AREA.

HERE AGAIN IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF OUR TENNIS CENTER, AGAIN WITH THE STAR DEPICTING THE AP LOCATION.

AND AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, ON DECEMBER 18TH, CITY STAFF DID CONVENE TO REVIEW AND FINALIZE A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS. THE SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WILL INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY BY REMOVING A PORTION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING ROUNDABOUT AREA.

IT WILL ALSO CREATE A DIRECT PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY EXTENDING FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE AREA LEADING UP TO THIS ART SCULPTURE AS DEPICTED HERE ON THIS RENDERING. AND LASTLY, LANDSCAPING WILL ALSO BE INCORPORATED AROUND THIS RECONFIGURED AREA TO COMPLEMENT AND ENHANCE THE SCULPTURE.

HERE WE HAVE A RENDERING PROPOSED BY THE ARTIST.

THIS RENDERING IS TO SCALE IN REFERENCE TO THE BUILDING.

THE PROPOSED RENDERING DEPICTS THE ART SCULPTURE TO BE LOCATED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE ROUNDABOUT AREA.

IT WILL INCLUDE A 20 INCH CEMENT BENCH WHICH WILL SURROUND THE SCULPTURE, PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY ENJOY THE ARTWORK.

THE CEMENT BENCH HAS ALSO BEEN PUT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR LOW HEAT ABSORPTION AND DURABILITY.

THE MATERIAL MOVING ON TO THE ART DETAILS. THE MATERIAL IS MARINE GRADE STAINLESS STEEL DESIGNED FOR LOW HEAT ABSORPTION AS WELL AS AIR MOVEMENT. THE ARTIST IS PROPOSING A PERFORATED SHEET METAL AND STAINLESS STEEL THAT WILL BE DESIGNED IN A FORM OF A LOTUS PETAL, CREATING AN OPEN CEILING, ENSURING THE PUBLIC GET TO ENJOY THE BREEZES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PARTICULARLY DURING THIS HOT SUMMER MONTHS. THE ART SCULPTURE WILL STAND 16 FOOT TALL WITH A WIDTH OF 12FT, AND WILL INCLUDE AN ENTRANCE HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 8.4FT, AS DEPICTED HERE ON THIS RENDERING.

THE ARTIST IS PROPOSING TWO ENTRANCES FOR TO ENSURE BETTER MANEUVERABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY WITHIN THE ART SCULPTURE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE ARTIST IS PROPOSING A LIFESPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AND IS ALSO UTILIZING A UV RESISTANT CERAMIC

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AND ADDITIONALLY, THE ARTIST IS PROPOSING WATER AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS. AT NIGHT, THE ART SCULPTURE WILL INCLUDE MOTION SENSORS, AND ANYONE THAT WALKS WITHIN.

THE FOUNDATION OF THE SCULPTURE WILL BE MET WITH AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT COLOR SEQUENCES.

THE SYSTEM DOES INCLUDE OR THE LIGHT SYSTEMS WILL BE IN-GROUND, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SIX LED LIGHT FIXTURES MOUNTED IN THE CUSTOM FLOOR ENCLOSURES OF THE FOUNDATION AS DEPICTED ON THIS RENDERING HERE BELOW.

IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A UNIQUE LIGHT AT THE CENTER OF THESE LED FIXTURES, WHICH WILL BE A UNIQUE FOG NOZZLE.

THE SYSTEM WILL EMIT WATER THROUGH A NOZZLE, WHICH FUNNELS THAT WATER INTO A VERY FINE MIST, AND THE MIST WILL BE VERY FINE, ENSURING THE MOISTURE IS NOT LEFT BEHIND ON THE SURFACE OF THE FOUNDATION FOR PEDESTRIANS VISITING THE SCULPTURE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE THE WATER AND LIGHT SYSTEMS WILL BE CONNECTED TO A MECHANICAL TIMER THAT WILL BE CONTROLLED BY CITY STAFF AND CAN ALSO BE DISABLED IF DESIRED. THE ARTIST IS DANIEL SHAUGHNESSY, THE FOURTH.

HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM NORWAY. CURRENTLY BASED OUT OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HIS ARTWORKS HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN LARGER THAN LIFE SCULPTURES.

HE SPECIALIZES IN USING METAL AND STICK WELDING.

HE HAS PROVIDED ARTWORK THROUGHOUT MIDWEST AS WELL AS IN FLORIDA AND IN THE CITY.

SOME OF HIS ARTWORKS IN THE CITIES INCLUDE THE BLOOMS AT THE DOWNTOWN AT THE GARDENS, SOLARIS AT FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, AND LASTLY THE EGRET THAT IS YET TO BE INSTALLED WITHIN PHASE THREE OF BANYAN TREE PUD.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS ART SCULPTURE IS $429,940.

DOLLARS. THE ARTIST IS PROPOSING AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, HOWEVER, ONLY UTILIZING WATER TO CLEAN THE SCULPTURE AND AS WELL AS OIL CHANGES FOR THE WATER APPLICATION EQUIPMENT AS PROPOSED.

THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 9 MONTHS, AND STAFF IS ANTICIPATING INSTALLATION TO TAKE PLACE SOMETIME EARLY TO MID JANUARY OF 2026. AND TO CONCLUDE HERE, I JUST HAVE A COST BREAKDOWN WHICH SHOWCASES OUR ART AND IMPACT TOTAL FUND AS OF JANUARY OF 2025, WHICH IS 01,150,000 AND $524.17. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE THREE PROPOSED ARTWORKS IS $894,020, WHICH LEAVES US A REMAINING BALANCE IN OUR ART IMPACT FUND OF $256,504.17. THE THREE ART PIECES WERE BROUGHT TO OUR APE ADVISORY BOARD ON JANUARY 29TH. THE BOARD VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SUBJECT PETITIONS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

AND LASTLY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 12, 13 AND 14.

THANK YOU, AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOW.

THANK YOU. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO DISCUSSION. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR RESOLUTION 12.

WE'LL DO ONE AT A TIME. SO 1220, 25. ALL THE GIRLS CAN DO IT.

MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE. RESOLUTION 12 2025.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DISCUSS WHAT I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO SAY.

THIS LOOKS FINE TO ME. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL TO SAY ON THIS ONE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. CARL. IT'S FABULOUS. OKAY. MARCIE.

OH. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT IN REAL LIFE.

AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GET INSTALLED SO QUICKLY. WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE REPEAT ARTISTS THAT WANT TO COME BACK AND WORK WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH OUR COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS, REALLY SHOW THAT THEY ENJOY IT.

THE LOTUS FLOWER. I THINK EVERYONE'S GOING TO WANT TO BE IN THERE.

AND IT'S JUST GREAT. SO I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD THING IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG AND TAKE IT TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOR RESOLUTION 12 2025.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO RESOLUTION 13 2025. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 13 2025, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CITY INITIATED ART AND PUBLIC PLACES APE PROJECT FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER, LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MILITARY TRAIL AND BURNS ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ALREADY HAD OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO

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I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 13 2025.

FLINT. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO RESOLUTION 14.

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 14 2025, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CITY INITIATED ART AND PUBLIC PLACES APE PROJECT FOR THE PALM BEACH GARDENS TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER, LOCATED 0.6 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF SHADY LAKES DRIVE AND PGA BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR PRESENTATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND. MADAM.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS VIEWING ALL THREE PRESENTATIONS AND FOR ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IN GENERAL HAS A VERY ROBUST ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, AND MANY DEVELOPERS CHOOSE TO PROVIDE ART ON SITE AS THEY CONSTRUCT THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, WHICH IS PART OF A FORMULA AS PART OF THEIR TOTAL VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

BUT THERE IS AN OPTION IN OUR CODE WHERE DEVELOPERS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A FUND IN LIEU OF.

SO THAT'S THE SOURCE OF THIS. ALL THREE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ARE DEVELOPER FUNDED.

IT'S FROM A DEVELOPER FUNDED ACCOUNT, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION TO MAKE.

SUPER IMPORTANT, I THINK. I THINK YOU TOOK BERT'S COMMENT AWAY. HE WAS EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE. CHANGING THE NAME NATALIE. NATALIE MODELS GOING AWAY, BY THE WAY. SORRY. NO, WE APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS OUR STAFF PRESENTATION. SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 14 2025.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON RESOLUTION 14 2025. THANK YOU.

CAN I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

RIGHT TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. WE LOVE OUR ART IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

LET'S MOVE ALONG TO RESOLUTION 18 2025. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 18

[IX.d. RESOLUTION 18, 2025 – SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING ITS LONGSTANDING SUPPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD EXTENSION AS DEPICTED IN THE 2040, 2045, AND 2050 PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY’S (PBC TPA) LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANS; FURTHER DECLARING ITS REFUSAL TO PERMIT PALM BEACH COUNTY TO CONNECT THE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT OF THE SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD EXTENSION TO AVENIR DRIVE AS PROPOSED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY STAFF; FURTHER OPPOSING THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY PUBLIC FUNDS BY PALM BEACH COUNTY TO CONDUCT STUDIES, OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SUBJECT ALIGNMENT AND/OR CONNECTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

EXCUSE ME. PRATT WHITNEY ROAD EXTENSION AS DEPICTED.

I'M SORRY. OKAY, WE'LL DO A DO OVER. TAKE YOUR TIME.

A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING ITS LONGSTANDING SUPPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD EXTENSION IS DEPICTED IN THE 2040, 2045 AND 2050 PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCIES, PALM BEACH PBC, TPA LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANS, FURTHER DECLARING ITS REFUSAL TO PERMIT PALM BEACH COUNTY TO CONNECT THE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT OF THE SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD EXTENSION TO TAVERNIER DRIVE IS PROPOSED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY STAFF, FURTHER OPPOSING THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY PUBLIC FUNDS BY PALM BEACH COUNTY TO CONDUCT STUDIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER IN FURTHERANCE OF THE SUBJECT ALIGNMENT AND OR CONNECTION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SIR.

WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO OUR STAFF PRESENTATION WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, NATALIE CROWLEY. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NATALIE CROWLEY.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AND I WILL BE PRESENTING RESOLUTION 18 2025, WHICH CONCERNS SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD.

SO THIS PRESENTATION IS REALLY WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT HAS OCCURRED IN AND AROUND THE AREA, WHICH IS CRITICAL TO SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD SPECIFICALLY.

I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE HISTORY OF AVANIR AND THE MASTER PLAN APPROVAL AND THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF.

I'M ALSO GOING TO BE REVIEWING SOME OF THE ADOPTED PLANS THAT ARE ON RECORD WITH BOTH PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY. I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE MATERIALS RECENTLY PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC BY PALM BEACH COUNTY STAFF. AND REALLY, ONCE I PRESENT ALL THAT INFORMATION, IT WILL BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ALL ABOUT.

SO THIS IS AVANIR'S MASTER PLAN. IT WAS APPROVED MANY YEARS AGO NOW IN MAY OF 16.

I HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING DIRECTLY ON THIS MASTER PLAN AS IT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THERE WAS EXTENSIVE ITERATIONS OF MANY, MANY DIFFERENT STUDIES AND OBVIOUSLY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WAS THAT WAS PUT INTO IT

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AND AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THERE WAS A TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION ASSIGNMENT.

THIS IS A STANDARD PART OF EVERY TRAFFIC STUDY.

AND THE TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION MAP ESSENTIALLY SHOWS WHERE'S THE TRAFFIC GOING TO GO FROM THE POINTS OF, OF OF EGRESS ONCE, ONCE IT LEAVES THE SITE. AND SO THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT INCLUDED ANY CONNECTION SPECIFICALLY TO THE WEST.

AND JUST TO ORIENT EVERYBODY, THIS IS NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH.

THIS IS AVENIR'S WESTERN BOUNDARY. THIS IS MECCA FARMS TO THE WEST.

THIS IS THE C 18 CANAL. THIS IS THE BEELINE HIGHWAY.

THIS IS THE FUTURE COCONUT CONNECTOR ROAD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THERE WAS AN ARROW SHOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE MANY ARROWS SHOWN ON THIS PLAN THAT SHOWED FUTURE CROSS CONNECTIVITY TO THE WEST.

THIS IS STANDARD. THIS IS TYPICAL. THERE IS ALWAYS USE OF CROSS CONNECTIVITY UTILIZED ON MASTER PLANS TO SHOW THE POTENTIAL.

THERE NEVER CAN BE A MANDATE CONNECTIVITY. THERE'S THERE'S REALLY JUST MOST OF THE TIME CROSS CONNECTIVITY ARROW TO SHOW AN IDEA.

BUT THE IDEA AT THAT TIME WAS TO PROVIDE FOR SERVICE TO THE UTILITY SITE SPECIFICALLY AND SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS TO THE WEST.

AND THAT WAS REALLY THE INTENT, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE I DIRECTLY WORKED ON THIS MASTER PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AVENUE DRIVE SINCE SINCE THAT'S REALLY THE ROAD IN QUESTION HERE.

AND MY CURSOR IS SHOWING UP. THAT'S GREAT. YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR DRIVE HERE.

THERE WERE SPECIFIC DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS MADE FOR THIS.

FOR THIS ROAD YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY TWO ROUNDABOUTS WERE INCLUDED HERE.

THIS IS INTERSECTING WITH COCONUT. AND THIS IS INTERSECTING WITH PANTHER BOULEVARD HERE.

SO THE WHOLE IDEA AND THE CONTEMPLATION OF INCLUDING A ROUNDABOUT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY CLEAR.

IF THIS AVENUE CONNECTOR ROAD OR AVENUE DRIVE, AS WE CALL IT NOW, WAS EVER DESIGNED TO BE ANY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, THERE MOST CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ROUNDABOUTS INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES INTERSECTING WITH EACH OTHER. AND HAVING THAT MET WITH A WITH A ROUNDABOUT WITHIN A COMMUNITY, SO THAT THAT IS ONE POINT TO MENTION TAKING A CLOSER, TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN OF RECORD.

THIS IS A 56 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND NOW CONSTRUCTED THROUGH AVANIR DRIVE.

THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD. I WILL SHOW YOU PICTURES A LITTLE LATER ON OF WHAT THIS ROAD LOOKS LIKE, BUT A 56 FOOT ROAD IS, OR A 56 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY IS ESSENTIALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD, ONE LANE GOING ONE WAY, ONE LANE GOING ANOTHER WAY. AND THAT AND IT WAS DESIGNED AS SUCH.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL TRIP DISTRIBUTION EXHIBIT.

WE PULLED IT FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN APPROVAL.

THAT WAS DONE. IT'S DATED FROM IT HAS A 2015 DATE AND IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2006.

THIS SHOWS THAT THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL CONNECTION WEST TO SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD, AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL AVENUE TRIP DISTRIBUTION STUDY. THIS IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF.

THERE THERE IS A WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS AN ALTERNATE ALIGNMENT OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD.

THIS ALTERNATE ALIGNMENT OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD HAS SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD COMING ALL THE WAY THROUGH AVENIR AND THEN EXTENDING BACK USING USING THE COCONUT BOULEVARD TO DIRECT TRAFFIC FURTHER FURTHER NORTH.

AND THIS MAP SHOWS THE REALLY IS INTENDED TO SHOW THE CHARACTER OF AVENIR, WHERE YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES WERE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, ASKING FOR MODELS AND ARCHITECTURAL APPROVAL.

MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE WELL UNDER WAY OF BEING CONSTRUCTED, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PRIMARY CHARACTER OF OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THIS ROADWAY AND THE PRIMARY CHARACTER OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITY.

HEADING FURTHER NORTH IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE ARE SOME RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EXISTING CONSTRUCTED CONDITION OF OF OF THAT ROADWAY.

THIS IS AVANIER DRIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED THAT PROVIDE A VERY CLEAR INDICATION THAT THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD

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YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALKS AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE CURB.

THIS IS CLEARLY A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD. THIS IS A STARK CONTRAST TO THE EXISTING CONDITION OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD.

SO THIS THIS PHOTOGRAPH, WHICH WAS RECENTLY TAKEN FROM FROM A DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE INTERSECTION OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD, WHICH IS IT'S A IT'S IT'S A COUNTY ROAD.

IT'S A MAJOR ROAD. IT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON IT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING WIDENED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WE SPEAK.

YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING. IT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC AND VOLUMES IN GENERAL, AND IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTER THAN AVANIER DRIVE.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TPA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN OR ARE HERE WATCHING THIS PRESENTATION.

THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TPA, THE THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, IT IS THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION OR MPOS FOR ALL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. IT'S A FEDERALLY MANDATED PUBLIC AGENCY THAT WORKS WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND NATIONWIDE TO PRIORITIZE AND FUND THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

THE GOVERNING BOARD CONSISTS OF 21 LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, 15 OFFICIALS FROM MUNICIPALITIES.

FROM MUNICIPALITIES AND FIVE OF THE SEVEN BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU NEXT ARE SEVERAL EXHIBITS THAT WERE ADOPTED BY THE TPA GOVERNING BOARD.

SO THIS IS THIS IS WHO THE TPA IS. AND THIS IS WHAT THE GOVERNING BOARD DOES.

AND YOU CAN SEE OUR MAYOR IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNING BOARD AND SERVES ON THE COMMITTEE.

BUT MANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO REFER TO IN THE NEXT SLIDES GO GO QUITE A WAYS BACK.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START AT THE 2040 TPA ADOPTED LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS THE CULMINATION OF AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EXERCISE AND COORDINATION THAT'S DONE BY STAFF TO LISTEN AND RECEIVE INPUT FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS WHO PARTICIPATE AS PART OF THE TPA PROCESS AND THE PUBLIC.

THAT SHOWS A FORECAST OF THE COUNTY'S LONG RANGE PLAN.

SO THIS IS DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS BY FEDERAL MANDATE.

AND IT'S AN EXTENSIVE EXERCISE. IT'S ONE THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE TPA.

SO EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE GOVERNING BOARD ADOPTS A NEW LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AND IT IS DONE WITH EXTENSIVE COORDINATION AND INPUT FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY AND THE PUBLIC.

THIS IS THE 2040 PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF 2014.

AND IN THE IN THE GREEN OVAL YOU CAN SEE AN ALIGNMENT OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD.

THIS IS COMING UP NORTH PAST NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF MECCA, GOING STRAIGHT UP AND GOING UP ALONG THAT C-18 NOT THROUGH AVENIR. THIS IS THE POINT OF SHOWING THIS EXHIBIT IS NOT GOING THROUGH AVENIR.

IT IS COMING UP THAT EAST SIDE OF MECCA FARMS. IT IS GOING UP ALONG THE C-18 18 CANAL, AND IT IS CONNECTING TO THE BEELINE HIGHWAY WHERE I'M SHOWING MY CURSOR RIGHT HERE.

SO LET'S FAST FORWARD FIVE MORE YEARS. THIS IS THE 2045 ADOPTED LONG RANGE PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE THE SAME ALIGNMENT. THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 20 IN DECEMBER OF 2019.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS THAT AVENIR WAS APPROVED IN 2016.

SO AVENIR WAS LONG APPROVED AND AWARE, AND THE AVENIR RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INPUT FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY AT THE TIME. IN FACT, AVENIR ENTERED INTO A PROPORTIONATE SHARE AGREEMENT DIRECTLY RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC MITIGATION WHERE THE COUNTY WAS A PARTY TO.

SO THE COUNTY WAS WELL AWARE OF AVENIR. THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF AVANIR'S TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION IN THE COUNTY WAS WELL AWARE THAT AVANIR HAD ITS APPROVALS WHEN THIS 2045 PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2019.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO FAST FORWARD FIVE MORE YEARS.

THIS IS MORE RECENTLY. THIS IS THE ADOPTED 2050 PLAN.

THIS WAS JUST ADOPTED. THIS WAS ADOPTED IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

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WE TRACKED THIS VERY, VERY CLOSELY. REALLY AS PART OF ALL OF THESE UPDATES, WE WERE SORT OF MONITORING SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD ALL ALONG. WE NOTICED THIS SUBMITTAL THAT CAME IN AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WHERE THE SPONSORSHIP OF THIS ALIGNMENT WAS SUBMITTED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO PALM BEACH COUNTY STAFF TOOK THIS EXHIBIT OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD.

THEY SHOWED THE ALIGNMENT HERE IN TEAL. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANGE NOW ON THE ALIGNMENT VERSUS THE 2040 AND THE 2045 PLAN.

THEY'RE SHOWING A LITTLE DIP RIGHT HERE. AND WHY ARE THEY SHOWING THAT DIP.

WELL THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THIS CROSSING HERE, WHICH IT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CSX OR EXISTING RATHER WAS NOW APPROVED TO BE RELOCATED BECAUSE AVENIR, THROUGH THEIR APPROVAL, DID CONSENT AND AGREE TO EXTEND COCONUT BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY UP AND CONNECT TO THE BEELINE HIGHWAY HERE.

SO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS CROSSING HERE WHERE MY CURSOR IS, THIS CROSSING HAD TO BE CLOSED HERE.

SO IT MADE ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO US WHEN WE SAW THIS EXHIBIT, BECAUSE THIS LITTLE DIP THEN REPRESENTED A NEW CONNECTION WHEREBY THE TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE TO UTILIZE THE NEWLY LOCATED CSX CROSSING. MAKES SENSE RIGHT? SO WE FOLLOWED THAT. PALM BEACH COUNTY STAFF SUBMITTED THAT.

AND THIS PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD, WHICH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, INCLUDED VARIOUS MEMBERS OF MUNICIPALITIES, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

SO NOW, TO MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE INTERESTING, I SHOW YOU THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS IS THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE RIGHT OF WAY IDENTIFICATION MAP, WHICH THEY REFER TO AS THEIR TIM MAP.

THIS THIS ALSO SHOWS A DIFFERENT ALIGNMENT OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD.

SO IT CAN BE CONFUSING. WE UNDERSTAND. BUT THIS IS FOR FOR THIS.

THIS EXHIBIT IS SHOWING YOU SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD AGAIN NOT UTILIZING AVANIER DRIVE FOR ITS CONNECTION.

RATHER IT IS TAKING A STRAIGHT SHOT UP THE WEST SIDE OF MECCA FARMS, AND IT IS CONNECTING HERE TO THE BEELINE HIGHWAY.

AND I'M NOT HERE TO COMMENT ON HOW THIS COULD BE DONE OR, YOU KNOW, OR ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS WHAT IS ON THE BOOKS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TODAY. SO THAT SAME MONTH OF DECEMBER, DECEMBER 10TH, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A SLIDE WHERE OUR STAFF PARTICIPATED ON A PANEL WITH VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES. COMMISSIONER WEISS A COUNTY ENGINEER, WAS ON THE PANEL, AND ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, THEY PRESENTED AT IBIS AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING TRAFFIC IN GENERAL UPDATES ALONG THE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.

IT WAS A HIGHLY ATTENDED MEETING. FROM WHAT WE GATHER, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, YOU KNOW, 300 PEOPLE TO JUST FOR AN ESTIMATION PURPOSES.

AND THESE ARE THE EXACT SLIDES THAT WERE SHOWN BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER AT THAT MEETING IN IBIS.

AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE SAW A NEW ALIGNMENT POP UP.

THIS WAS BRAND NEW INFORMATION THAT WE SAW THAT SHOWED SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD UTILIZING AVENUE SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD UTILIZING AVENUE DRIVE, OR UTILIZING AVENIR TO CONNECT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND THEN UTILIZE THE COCONUT CONNECTION AS PART OF THE SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD ALIGNMENT.

THIS WAS THE THE SLIDE THAT WAS ACTUALLY SHOWN.

COUNTY STAFF INDICATED TO TO THE CITY THAT THAT THE RAILROAD.

THE RAILROAD CROSSING AGREEMENT THAT WAS ENTERED INTO AS PART OF THE AVANIR APPROVAL WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN EXECUTED, HAD NOT HAD THERE NOT BEEN ANY CONTEMPLATION OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD COMING THROUGH AVANIR.

SO WE LOOKED VERY CLOSELY AT THAT CROSSING APPLICATION AGREEMENT.

AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD IN THAT AGREEMENT.

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THIS IS THE COCONUT EXTENSION. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE I WAS DISCUSSING EARLIER.

THIS IS THE NEW CROSSING LOCATION. SO THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE CROSSING, SO IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO TIE INTO ULTIMATELY ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF AVENIR INTO COCONUT TO UTILIZE THAT NEW CSX CROSSING.

AND WE DO SUPPORT THIS ALIGNMENT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDES THAT WERE SHOWN THAT EVENING BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER REGARDING SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE STATUS OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

AND THESE ARE THE EXACT SLIDES. I REALLY JUST SNIPPED THEM AND PUT THEM IN THIS PRESENTATION.

THE FIRST SEGMENT IS THE EXISTING CONSTRUCTION THAT IS THAT THAT IS OCCURRING ON SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD.

THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER SEGMENT OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, WHICH IS BRINGING THE CONSTRUCTION TO FOUR LANES ALL THE WAY TO HALL.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A THIRD SEGMENT OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD FROM EAST OF HALL TO MORE OR LESS TO COCONUT, AND THEN THE REMAINING SEGMENTS OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD.

IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY AVANIR. THOSE WERE MANDATED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER, AND THOSE ARE DONE SO THESE ARE. COUNTY. COUNTY.

WIDENING PROJECTS OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD. SEGMENT ONE.

THIS IS SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD. THIS IS THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER WITH THE DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING THAT IT'S ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETE MID 2026 AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS BY THE COUNTY'S ESTIMATE. SEGMENT NUMBER TWO IS I'M GOING TO GO BACK JUST SO IT'S REALLY CLEAR AS TO WHAT SEGMENT TWO TWO IS. THIS IS SEGMENT TWO HERE. SO THIS IS THIS IS THE FOUR LANING TO HALL.

THE BID DATE IS EXPECTED IN EARLY OF 2025. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION HAS COMMENCED CONSTRUCTION.

SO IF THAT HAS, THAT'S GREAT. WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THIS CONSTRUCTION TIME FRAME ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETE LATE 2028. THAT IS THE COUNTY'S ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL CHANGE. BUT WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE BACK IN DECEMBER, THAT WAS THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE. SEGMENT THREE THIS IS AND I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK.

JUST SO EVERYBODY'S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ON WHAT THIS SEGMENT IS.

SO THIS IS A REALLY LARGE SEGMENT HERE. THIS IS FROM EAST OF HALL TO COCONUT.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A THIS IS A SIX LANING SEGMENT.

THIS IS A MAJOR SEGMENT THAT DOES INTERFACE ALONG THE FRONT FACADE OF AVANIR.

THIS IS A COUNTY PROJECT. THE SUMMARY OR THE STATUS THAT THE COUNTY ENGINEER INDICATED BACK IN DECEMBER TO THOSE RESIDENTS AT IBIS, WAS THAT THEY WERE HOPING TO BID THIS IN 2025, WITH A CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE LATE 2029.

SO BOTTOM LINE, WHEN ARE THESE IMPROVEMENTS GOING TO BE DONE? HOPING LATE 2028 2029. SO THIS IS YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO WORK ON AVANIR AS A PLANNER WHEN IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND I DO REMEMBER NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD BEING ACTIVELY DISCUSSED.

I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT NORTHLAKE MANY YEARS EVEN BEFORE THEN.

SO AS PART OF THE RESEARCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE PULLED THE COUNTY'S ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THIS WAS ONE FROM THIS WAS THE ADOPTED 2013 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

YOU CAN SEE THESE NORTH LAKE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

ACCORDING TO THIS CHART FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.

AND THEN I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO FIND JUST TODAY, AN OLDER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEDULE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN 2010, WHICH ALSO SHOWS NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IT'S NOW 2025. SO WE ARE NEARLY 15 YEARS FROM THIS DOCUMENT HERE THAT INDICATED THAT THESE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS WERE FUNDED AND WERE MOVING, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING UNTIL 2029 FOR THESE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO BE COMPLETE.

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THE CITY URGES PALM BEACH COUNTY OR EXCUSE ME? YES, THE CITY URGES PALM BEACH COUNTY TO EXPEDITIOUSLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD CONSTRUCTION PLANS, WHICH HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY CIP SIP SIP FOR FOR FOR SINCE 2013 AND AS SHOWN THIS EVENING SINCE SINCE 2010 OR LONGER AND ARE NOT NOT AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE UNTIL 2029.

AND THE CITY OPPOSES ANY EXTENSION OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD, USING AVANIER DRIVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. DON'T GO AWAY. I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION AS WELL.

FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO IT NOW, OR DO YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, YES. I'M SORRY. LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, HANG IN THERE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

IF WE COULD GO TO MR. SAL FASO AFTER, MR. FASO WILL HAVE REBECCA MACEK.

IF YOU COULD COME UP, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEN AND WOMEN, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT FOR THREE MINUTES.

I HAVE THREE THINGS I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU. ONE, I WANT TO THANK YOU. AS A VETERAN OF THE VIETNAM ERA, HAVING SERVED MY COUNTRY, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN PALM BEACH GARDENS TO SUPPORT US VETERANS. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT I DO SUPPORT VETERANS IN LAKE WORTH.

WE WORK WITH PTSD, DISABLED, UNEMPLOYED, ALCOHOLIC, DRUG ADDICTED INDIVIDUALS AND TRY TO GET THEM TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND SUBSEQUENTLY TRAIN THEM AND TRY TO GET THEM JOBS. SO BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT I NORMALLY DO IN FRONT OF YOU, I HAVE ANOTHER LIFE THAT I TRY TO HELP OUT IN.

I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT. AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, A PROUD RESIDENT, ONE OF THE NEWEST ONES, PERHAPS LIVED IN WEST PALM BEACH AT IBIS FOR 27 YEARS.

I WANT TO DISPEL SOMETHING AS WELL. WHEN MISS CROWLEY PRESENTED THAT THERE WAS A MEETING AT IBIS ON DECEMBER THE 10TH, AND THERE WAS THEY PRESENTED TO THE IBIS CULTURAL ARTS AND PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE.

THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THAT MEETING WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING ELSE.

THEY CAME TO THAT MEETING AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THAT MEETING WAS VERY POOR.

AND IBIS, BY THE WAY, WOULD HAVE NO AUTHORITY ON CHANGING ANY OF THE TPA PLANS OR COUNTY PLANS THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THAT DECISION MAKING MODE.

OKAY, SO DESPITE WHAT YOU READ, WHOEVER PUT OUT THE COMMUNIQUE WHICH FLOATED AROUND IN THE COUNTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, I GUESS IBIS WAS JUST THERE AS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER.

SO WE HAVE NO POSITION ON ON THAT WHATSOEVER.

I'VE TALKED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND THEY AUTHORIZED ME TO KIND OF CONVEY THAT TO YOU.

THEY HAVE NO DECISION ON THIS PROCESS WHATSOEVER.

THIRD ITEM I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU. OR THE SECOND ITEM, I'M SORRY, IS I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE.

IT TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO BUILD THOSE PLANS, THOSE 2040 PLANS AND UNDER MAYOR REED AND READING.

SHE'S ON THE TPA AND SHE KNOWS WHETHER IT'S 20, 40, 2045, 2050.

A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THAT. A LOT OF STAFF TIME, A LOT OF DEEP THINKING, BUT IT'S A PROCESS.

AND AS PART OF THE NCAC, REPRESENTING OVER 50,000 PEOPLE AND 22 COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD ON OUR IT'S ON MY CARD, WORKING TOGETHER WITH BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TO PLAN FOR A BETTER COUNTY.

THAT'S A PROCESS. IT TAKES WHAT GOOD EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, COLLABORATION, TRANSPARENCY, WORKING TOGETHER. NONE OF US IF WE HAD AN ANSWER.

I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE FACT AND MISS CROWLEY YOU KNOW, ELOQUENTLY STATED IT.

WE HAVE A PROBLEM ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT YOU DON'T DO IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. YOU DON'T JUST EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ONCE.

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YOU HAVE TRANSPARENCY? WHAT'S THE SECRET? WE ALL KNOW NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD IS A PROBLEM.

AND WHETHER IT'S THE FOLKS IN THE ACREAGE OR LOXAHATCHEE OR WELLINGTON OR ROYAL PALM HAVING TRAFFIC OFF OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY WHEN THEY GET TO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, WE KNOW THAT. SO WHAT DID WE DO? WE HAD AN UNOFFICIAL KIND OF A REQUEST FROM TO MRS CROWLEY, AND SHE AGREED. WE HAD A LITTLE CONFERENCE CALL.

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? I DO NEED YOU TO SUMMARIZE, PLEASE.

OH, WE'RE ALMOST DONE. OKAY, WELL, LOOK, WE OPPOSE OR WE SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE MEANDERING OF OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY AND THROUGH EVANIER.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE REBECCA MACEK. AFTER REBECCA MACEK.

WE HAVE DAVID REX. I'M REBECCA MACEK.

I LIVE AT FOUR, FIVE, NINE, NINE HOLLY DRIVE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION 18.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR STEPPING UP TO PROTECT OUR CITY'S COVETED NEW RESIDENTS AT AVENIR FROM THIS COUNTY PLANNED ROAD REALIGNMENT THAT WOULD RUN THROUGH THE HEART OF A QUIET COMMUNITY ON A TWO LANE, 56 FOOT NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD WHICH WILL PRECIPITATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, CONGESTION, CONFLICT WITH LOW SPEED VEHICLES AND ENDANGER PEDESTRIANS, END QUOTE.

THAT BEING SAID, AND TO BE CLEAR, WELL, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS LOOKING TO SIDE WITH THE COUNTY AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NEW AND SOON TO BE NEW AVENIR NEIGHBORS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REMISS IF SOMEONE DIDN'T CALL OUT THE BLATANT HYPOCRISY OF THE CITY, THIS MANAGER STAFF COUNCIL SHOWING THIS MUCH CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL TRAFFIC ISSUES REGARDING WEALTHY AVENIR TRANSPLANTS WHILE BLOWING OFF THE CONCERNS OF THE LESS AFFLUENT RESIDENTS OF OUR OLDEST PALM BEACH GARDENS NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT ARE FACING SIMILAR PENDING TRAFFIC ISSUES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OLD PALM BEACH GARDENS SURROUNDING HOLLY DRIVE ARE PRIMARILY WORKING CLASS, LONGTIME RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY'S OLDEST AND MOST HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

OUR HOMES AREN'T WORTH AN AVERAGE $1.3 MILLION, LIKE AVENIR, WHERE TEACHERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND STORE CLERKS AND LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, RETIREES WHO'VE RAISED THEIR FAMILIES HERE, AND THEIR KIDS WHO ARE NOW RAISING THEIR YOUNG FAMILIES HERE.

AND THERE'S EVEN ONE CITY COUNCILMAN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO MANY OLD PALM BEACH RESIDENTS.

PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN OUT SO MANY TIMES ABOUT WHAT ADDED ICE RINK TRAFFIC IS GOING TO DO TO OUR ALSO QUIET, TWO LANE RESIDENTIAL ROADS AND COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN WALKING AND BIKING DAILY TO AND FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS, PLUS OUR HIGHLY PEDESTRIAN COMMUNITY OF DOG WALKERS, OUTDOOR EXERCISERS, ETC.

BUT NONE OF YOU CARED ABOUT THAT. I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THE COUNTY'S PROPOSED REALIGNMENT OF SEMINOLE PRATT AVENUE IS A BAD IDEA.

IT IS, AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY IS FIGHTING AGAINST THAT.

BUT I CAN'T LET PASS THE UNBELIEVABLE HYPOCRISY OF PROTECTING ONE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT AFTER THROWING ANOTHER UNDER THE BUS.

TWO MONTHS AGO. MAYBE IT ONLY MATTERS WHEN THE COUNTY DOES IT TO YOU, BUT YOU DON'T CARE WHEN YOU DO IT TO YOUR OWN CITIZENS.

THANKS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE DAVID RICKS AND THEN ROSA SCHECTER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR REED AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO READ A LETTER TO THE INTO THE RECORD.

MY DEPUTY, JOANN KELLER, HAS A COPY OF THE LETTER.

THE LETTER WAS ACTUALLY SENT ON BEHALF OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

MISS VIRGINIA BAKER. THIS AFTERNOON. AND I'D LIKE TO READ THE LETTER INTO THE RECORD, IF I COULD, A FEW TIMES HERE.

THIS IS THE SUBJECT IS REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION 18 2025 FOR MARCH 6TH, 2025.

AGENDA. DEAR MAYOR REED AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PALM BEACH COUNTY STAFF WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR YOUR MARCH 6TH TWO, 2025 MEETING TO TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD EXTENSION AS DEPICTED ON THE 2040, 2045 AND 2050 ADOPTED PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND OPPOSE PALM BEACH COUNTY'S PLAN TO CONNECT ALTERNATE ALIGNMENT OF SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD EXTENSION TO THEIR DRIVE.

IN SUMMARY, PALM BEACH COUNTY RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THIS ITEM BE POSTPONED.

POSTPONED TO THE CITY AND COUNTY STAFF WILL ALLOW.

THE TPA STAFF HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS RESOLVE ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS.

SPECIFICALLY, WHILE SEVERAL COUNTY ROADWAYS ARE INCLUDED IN THE TPA'S LONG RANGE PLAN, WE ARE RAISED AWARE OF THE TP MODEL FOR TRAFFIC MODELING PURPOSES,

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THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IDENTIFIES THE EXTENSION OF SEVEN WINNING ROAD NORTH OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, AS OTHER LOCAL PROJECTS SUBMITTED DURING THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, WHICH SIMPLY MEANS THAT THESE ARE NOT INCLUDED FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION FROM THE TPA.

THE COUNTY'S TRUE LONG RANGE PLANNING TOOL IS A THOROUGHFARE RIGHT OF WAY.

IDENTIFICATION MAP. TIFF MAP. IT STILL SHOWS THE COUNTY'S INITIATIVE INTENTION TO HAVE SOME ROAD EXTENSION THAT CONNECTS TO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD TO BEELINE HIGHWAY.

THIS CONNECTION WAS INITIALLY INCLUDED IN THE 1980 TEN, BUT SINCE THAT TIME THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, NOT JUST IN THE CITY BUT ALSO IN WEST PALM BEACH AND UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY.

THE TERM IS DUE FOR AN UPDATE TO REFLECT THE ACQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY FOR SOUTH PARK ROAD, AS WELL AS TO ADD A NEW SEGMENT OF COCONUT BOULEVARD BETWEEN NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND BEELINE HIGHWAY. AS WITH OTHER ROADWAY EXTENSION PROJECTS, IS NOT TO EXPECT SIMILAR PRATT WHITNEY ROAD TO BE COMPLETED IN PHASES, WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS CONSTRUCTION INITIALLY RECEIVED DESIGN FUNDING IN FY 25 OF THE COUNTY'S FIVE YEAR OLD PROGRAM.

THE INITIAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION APPROVED PROVIDES QUIET ACCESS TO THE COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, WITH THE MECCA FARM SITE SUPPORTS A CONNECTION TO AVENUE DRIVE EXACTLY AS SHOWN IN THE AVENUE APPROVED MASTER PLAN.

THE COUNTY SUPPORTS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT POLICY 2.20.17, WHICH STATES THE CITY SHALL ENCOURAGE ALL INITIATIVES THAT RELIEVE CONGESTION ON ON ROADS BY ENCOURAGING PARALLEL ROADWAYS. TRANSIT ROUTES, MULTI-MODAL IMPROVEMENTS.

HISTORICALLY SHOWN, CONNECTION AVENUE IS NECESSARY FOR A CRITICAL LIFE SAFETY ISSUE. PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE FOR TIMES OF STRAINING TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

WHILE THE CITY MASTER PLAN CLEARLY SHOWS THIS CONNECTION WITH WESTWARD DRIVE, THE COUNTY PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A CHANGE IN DIRECTION. THE COUNTY REQUESTS THE CITY PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION CONFIRMING THEIR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGE.

COLIN LOOKS FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE COUNTY'S LONG RANGE. SO SORRY, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. SORRY. WE'RE PRETTY STICKLER ABOUT THE STANDARDS HERE, BUT WE APPRECIATE THE THE HANDOUT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. AND AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I DO SEE THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS HERE AT BAXTER FOR THE DISTRICT IS IN THE AREA.

I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARD, BUT AS MAYOR, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE COME AND SPEAK. MA'AM, YOU CAN HAVE THREE MINUTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS SARAH BAXTER.

THE VICE MAYOR OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, ALSO THE COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT SIX WESTERN COMMUNITIES, I APOLOGIZE. I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU STATE AN ADDRESS.

I LIVE IN THE ACREAGE, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE MY OFFICIAL TITLE ADDRESS, IT IS 301 NORTH OLIVE AVENUE.

THANK YOU MA'AM. YES. SO, SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, I AM ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF YOUR RESOLUTION.

I DO BELIEVE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. I WOULDN'T WANT CARS RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD EITHER.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE IDEA OF THE CONNECTION, THE WAY IT IS SHOWN ON THE TPA.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOW I CANNOT SPEAK FOR MY ENTIRE BOARD.

I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS A RESIDENT OF THE AREA WHO HAS TO DRIVE ON NORTH LAKE AND WHO HAS TO USE IT AND BELIEVES IN ALTERNATE ROUTES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SUPPORT, AND I LOVE THAT YOU ADDED TO YOUR RESOLUTION A SUPPORT OF THE ADDITIONAL CONNECTION.

IF IT WERE TO HEAD NORTH TO THEN CONNECT TO RIGHT BEFORE THE RAILROAD CROSSING.

SO I LOVE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE SUPPORT OF THAT.

AND I BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE ACREAGE AND LOXAHATCHEE WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH AVENIR TO GO UP AND TO CONNECT AND CROSS OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THIS. I DO SUPPORT IT. AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANKS FOR COMING TO OUR MEETING. WE DO HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT CARD FROM THE PUBLIC, AND IT'S FOR ROSA SCHECHTER. GOOD EVENING MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. MY MY NAME IS ROSA SCHECHTER.

I'M A PRINCIPAL OF AVENIR DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT, ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN THIS PROJECT, AND I'M HERE REALLY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. WE VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE CITY'S POSITION IN THIS RESOLUTION.

AVENIR DRIVE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVE. THAT'S WHY WE CALLED IT A DRIVE.

WE MEANT IT TO BE A MEANDERING ROADWAY WHERE PEOPLE COULD WALK, RIDE THEIR BIKES AND DRIVE THEIR GOLF CARTS.

IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A THOROUGH WAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE.

IT JUST WAS NEVER DESIGNED THAT WAY. WE DIDN'T ENVISION IT THAT WAY, AND OUR RESIDENTS WOULD NOT WANT THAT, AND NEITHER WOULD WE. SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR CARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THREE OF YOU WERE HERE WHEN IT WAS APPROVED. SO YOU REMEMBER.

AND AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE CITY'S RESOLUTION IN THIS REGARD.

I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT GET TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR ADDRESS.

005 50 BILTMORE WAY, CORAL GABLES. I DON'T LIVE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATIONS, THE COMMENTS AND EVERYONE'S TIME.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 18 2025 SO WE CAN BRING IT TO DISCUSSION.

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THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO TO DISCUSSION.

I SEE MARCY, YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? I DO ABSOLUTELY.

SO, COMMISSIONER BAXTER, I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR AND YOU STATING WHAT YOU STATED.

AND I'VE SAID THIS IN THE PAST. RUNNING FOR REELECTION AND HAVING CAMPAIGNS IS ACTUALLY A GIFT.

IT'S A GIFT BECAUSE I GET TO HEAR FROM SO MANY RESIDENTS.

I'VE BEEN OUT, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I'VE RECEIVED A TON OF EMAILS IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE EMAILS ARE IN REGARDS TO THE TIMING OF OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS THAT I AND I'M TELLING YOU, I SPENT THREE HOURS LAST SATURDAY, RESPONDING TO TRAFFIC EMAILS SO I CAN TELL YOU I HAVE A TON OF EMAILS AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY WHAT I RESPONDED TO ON SUNDAY, BUT NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD. I 100% AGREE. IT IS GIVING SO MANY PEOPLE HEARTBURN, AND HAVING A RELIEVER ROAD LIKE COCONUT IS GOING TO BE IS GOING TO MAKE THIS WHOLE AREA EXPONENTIALLY BETTER.

HAVING A RELIEVER ROAD, GOING NORTH AND CONNECTING AS PROPOSED, AS NATALIE JUST DESCRIBED, HAVING SEMINOLE PRATT GOING NORTH AND TURNING IN, NOT THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AS IT WAS PLANNED FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, IS ALSO GOING TO BE AN AMAZING RELIEVER ROAD AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN IF IT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER WHAT WAS JUST SHOWN FROM WE HAVE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD FROM COCONUT EAST WAS ALREADY SIX LANED.

WE HAVE TWO LANES GOING WEST FROM COCONUT WEST, SO IF WE COULD HURRY THAT UP AND EXPAND FROM 2 TO 4 AND 2 TO 6 LANES, OR MAYBE EVEN CONSIDER DOING THE TWO LANES TO SIX LANES ALL THE WAY TO COCONUT, THAT WOULD BE EXPONENTIALLY. THAT WOULD BE AN EXPONENTIAL RELIEF TO RELIEVING TRAFFIC ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO GET THAT DONE WHEN IT HAS BEEN ON THE CIP SINCE 2013.

AVENIR WAS ABLE TO BUILD THE SIX LANES IN, I THINK LIKE A YEAR.

SO WHEN THEY STARTED AND WE HAVE COCONUT EXTENDING ALL THE WAY TO CROSS OVER TO THE B-LINE AS A MAJOR RELIEVER, THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED AND IT'LL BE DONE IN 18 MONTHS TIME.

SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE IT'S GOING TO TAKE SO LONG TO EXPAND IT.

SO I'M 100% IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. I REALLY ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY TO EXPAND NORTH LAKE AND DO AS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, ALL OUR RESIDENTS, THE COUNTY RESIDENTS AND OUR GARDENS RESIDENTS AND WEST PALM RESIDENTS NOT HAVE HEARTBURN WHEN THEY DRIVE EVERY DAY ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARCY. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER, I'M TRYING TO SAY.

I'M TRYING TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY INSTEAD OF MARCIE. MAKE IT MORE OFFICIAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROSSO. I SEE YOU HAVE A LIGHT ON.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE REALLY MUCH TO ADD. MARCY'S COMMENTS ARE DEAD ON, SO I'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE.

VICE MAYOR BAXTER AND MR. RICKS, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE IT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T. SOMETIMES WE GET INTO A FIGHT ON VARIOUS ISSUES, AND WE NEED TO GET A RESOLUTION. SO I WAS FIRST ELECTED IN ELECTED IN 2007, SO I'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE.

KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE AVENIR PROCESS WITH NATALIE AND THE STAFF AND I.

I GUESS I JUST HAVE TO LAUGH AT THE ARROW ON THE VERY LEFT SIDE OF BEING A FULL CONNECTIVITY PIECE.

I'M NOT A DEVELOPER OR A PLANNER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO I DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY.

BUT I DO SEE THAT WE DID PUT AVENIR TOGETHER.

COCONUT WAS A ROAD THAT WAS GOING TO BE PUT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ALL ALONG TO KIND OF HELP SUPPORT, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IBIS AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TO THE EAST TO COME THROUGH THERE UP TO THE B-LINE. SO WE DID MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO ASSIST.

AND TONIGHT WE ADDED ANOTHER MILLION THREE INTO OUR BUDGET TO MAKE COCONUT FOUR LANES, WHICH WILL PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD.

BUT THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS.

THE OTHER ROAD, SEMINOLE PRATT WHITNEY ROAD, NEEDS TO BE PARALLEL.

IT NEEDS TO BE BUILT. THE ACREAGE NEEDS THAT SUPPORT, BUT NOT THROUGH AVENIR.

SO WE'LL HAVE TWO KIND OF MAJOR ROADS GOING ONE THROUGH AVENIR, ONE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF AVENIR, WHICH SHOULD HELP TRAFFIC GO NORTH AND SOUTH SINCE AND SOUTH AND NORTH, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK STATE ROAD SEVEN WAS EVER GOING TO GO THROUGH.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT CERTAINLY WE NEED TO HAVE TWO ROADS GOING THROUGH THOSE AREAS COMING TOGETHER OVER THE B-LINE TO KIND OF SUPPORT TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. SO I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION.

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I'M SO IMPRESSED YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION.

I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF EXPECTED IT AS WELL, BUT WE WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA WHO DEFINITELY NEED RELIEVER ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.

SO LET'S GET TOGETHER. LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE.

LET'S GET THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR, MY VICE MAYOR I'LL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU.

I CAN'T I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW WHAT MARCY AND BERT SAID.

YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

I LIVE IN AVENIR. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER A YEAR.

AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS CALL ME OR SEND ME EMAILS AND CONNECT WITH ME AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, THEY WENT THROUGH THE TORNADO AND THEY'RE LIKE, NOW, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CONQUER? SO, YOU KNOW, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S GETTING THE SAME FEEDBACK WITH BECAUSE OF THE WESTLAKE TRAFFIC AND THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE HERE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO KEEP MINE BRIEF. I, I LIKE WHAT BURT SAID, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONNECTOR ROAD THAT WILL GO AROUND AVANIR BECAUSE IN MY MIND THAT JUST MAKES MORE COMMON SENSE.

INSTEAD OF PUTTING ALL THAT, WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IS ON SEMINOLE PRATT AND IT'S NOT GOLF CARTS AND IT IT'S NOT SMALLER VEHICLES, IT'S NOT CHILDREN ON BICYCLES. IT'S NOT PEOPLE GOING TO AND FROM PUBLIX OR THE SCHOOL OR THE OR WHATEVER.

SO TO BLEND DIESEL TRUCKS, DUMP TRUCKS, CEMENT TRUCKS.

WORK VEHICLES. DOOLEY'S INTO A COMMUNITY THAT IS GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. IT JUST DOESN'T SIT RIGHT. BUT IF IT GOES AROUND AVENIR, WHY DOES COMMON SENSE TELL ME THAT THAT WILL STILL PROBABLY BE FASTER? BECAUSE IT WILL PROBABLY BE A WIDER ROAD, 45, 50 MILES AN HOUR.

GO UP NORTH, TURN RIGHT AND CONNECT OVER TO TO THE BEELINE.

AND SINCE IT WILL BE MORE OF A RURAL ROAD, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT A DEVELOPER EITHER, BUT I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN WITH WITH LESS TRAFFIC.

AND WE ALL KNOW ALL OF US SAID WE HAVE TO MOVE TRAFFIC ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, SO WHY CAN'T WE JUST MOVE IT AROUND IT? IT MAKES THE THE LANDS THERE. OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR HOW LONG, NATALIE? IT'S A MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE 2010. RIGHT. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST STICK WITH WHAT COMMON SENSE SHOWS? AND NOW THAT THE WHOLE AREA IS DEVELOPED AND EVEN HIGHLIGHTS THAT, IT'S A BETTER IDEA.

NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT AVENIR IS BLOSSOMED INTO WHAT IT IS, THAT PARTICULAR CONNECTOR ROAD, IT JUST MAKES SENSE. AND WE CAN MOVE TRAFFIC OFF OF NORTH LAKE AND AROUND AVENIR, AND MAYBE KEEP SOME OF THE BIGGER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OFF OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE A FASTER WHO WANTS TO GO DOWN NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND BUY AVENIR, ALL THE DIESEL TRUCKS, THE DOOLEY'S, THE WORK VEHICLES.

THEY CAN ZIP AROUND ALL OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD BY JUST USING THAT CONNECTOR ROAD.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT COMMON SENSE, AND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD TO THAT.

BETWEEN WHAT YOU'VE ALL SAID, ESPECIALLY THE REINFORCEMENT THAT OUR CITY IS DOING OUT OF OUR OWN BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT COCONUT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY RELIEVER ROAD AND WE ALL FEEL THE PAIN OF NORTH LAKE. WE'RE NEEDING RESOLUTION AND WE NEED THAT RESOLUTION THROUGH COLLABORATION.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

SO LET'S PLEASE KEEP DOING THAT. LET'S OPEN UP THE DOORS FOR IT EVEN MORE.

WE NEED IT. WE, OUR RESIDENTS DESERVED IT A LONG TIME AGO, AND I'M SORRY IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG FOR THIS COUNCIL.

THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE IN OUR COUNTY COMMISSION NOW TO GET EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND WE'LL TAKE OUR VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR RESOLUTION 18 2025.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE TWO MORE SMALL ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR ACTION.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS GOING ON. DO WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT TONIGHT, SIR? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.