Jun 05, 2025 City Council

[Call to Order]

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I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WILL YOU ALL PLEASE RISE? IF YOU'RE ABLE, FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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.

THANK YOU. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME SCOUTING AMERICA TROOP 13 WITH COMMITTEE CHAIR MELISSA CLANTON TO THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE READ THE ROLL? MAYOR TINSLEY HERE. VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. READ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PERRY HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. KEMP HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS.

NO, MA'AM. AND NOW TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

GOOD EVENING. HI. MY NAME IS GINA LEVESQUE, AND I SERVE AS THE INTAKE AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER FOR THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS.

TODAY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE CAN BE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.

THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2010, FOLLOWING A 2009 GRAND JURY RECOMMENDATION FOR ETHICS REFORM IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE BUT CRUCIAL TO PROMOTE INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE, BUILD PUBLIC TRUST, AND ENSURE THAT PRIVATE INTERESTS DO NOT INTERFERE WITH PUBLIC DUTIES.

WHAT SETS OUR COMMISSION APART IS ITS INDEPENDENCE.

WE OPERATE SEPARATELY FROM OTHER COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OUR FIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS STRUCTURE ENSURES FAIR AND IMPARTIAL OVERSIGHT.

WE PROVIDE OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR MORE THAN 12,000 PUBLIC OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS CERTAIN VENDORS AND LOBBYISTS THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY.

THE CODE OF ETHICS APPLIES NOT ONLY TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO TO ALL 39 MUNICIPALITIES, ENSURING THAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES ACT WITH INTEGRITY, INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY, AND THAT THE PUBLIC OFFICE IS NEVER USED FOR PERSONAL GAIN.

BUT OUR ROLE IS NOT JUST ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, IT'S ABOUT PREVENTION.

WE PLACE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT ETHICAL VIOLATIONS IS TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE RULES BEFORE THEY MAKE DECISIONS. THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDE ONGOING TRAINING AND ADVISORY OPINIONS TO HELP OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES NAVIGATE ETHICAL CONCERNS BEFORE THEY BECOME AN ISSUE.

IN FACT, WE'VE ISSUED NEARLY 560 ADVISORY OPINIONS TO DATE.

WHILE WE DO HAVE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE PENALTIES SUCH AS REPRIMANDS AND FINES UP TO $500 PER VIOLATION, OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO EDUCATE, GUIDE AND PREVENT VIOLATIONS BEFORE THEY OCCUR.

WE ALSO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY BY MAKING ALL ADVISORY OPINIONS, GIFT FORMS, VOTING CONFLICT FORMS, AND COMPLAINTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REMEMBER ONE SIMPLE PHRASE ASK FIRST, ACT LATER. IF YOU EVER HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US BEFORE MAKING A DECISION OR TAKING AN ACTION.

YOU CAN FIND RESOURCES, REQUEST TRAINING OR CONTACT US BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT PALM BEACH COUNTY ETHICS COVID-19 OR BY CALLING (561) 355-1915. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL GOVERNANCE.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

I ALSO LEFT MY BUSINESS CARD WITH EACH OF YOU IN CASE YOU'D LIKE TO REACH OUT AFTER THE MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU.

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THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS KADEEM RAMIREZ, DEPUTY FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.

TONIGHT WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE NICHOLAS MARTIN, WHO IS WITH OUR AUDITING FIRM CBIZ CPAS, AND HE WILL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR RESULTS.

THANK YOU. KADEEM. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I'M NICHOLAS MARTIN, AUDIT SENIOR MANAGER WITH CPA CBIZ CPA.

SORRY. AND TONIGHT I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. AND TONIGHT, I'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT.

SO IF YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU COULD FOLLOW ALONG AS I MAKE REFERENCE TO THE CERTAIN PAGE NUMBERS.

IF YOU TURN TO PAGE ONE, PRINTED PAGE ONE. THIS IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.

AND BRIEFLY I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE KEY ITEMS HERE.

IT STATES WE HAVE AUDITED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

AS OF AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

IN OUR OPINION, THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE PRESENT FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.

THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION, AND ESSENTIALLY IS THE ONLY OPINION THAT THE THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH.

SO THIS IS A CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AND YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IF YOU GO AHEAD AND TURN TO PAGE FIVE. THIS IS THE START OF THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS.

THIS SECTION RUNS FROM PAGES FIVE THROUGH 17, AND IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO TAKE THE THE TIME TO READ THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT AS IT'S VERY LENGTHY AND UP NORTH OF 170 PAGES. SO IT COULD TAKE A LOT OF TIME.

BUT I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST FOR YOU TO TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES AND READ THROUGH THESE 12, 13 PAGES AS IT DOES PROVIDE WITH A VERY GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

A NICE PART ABOUT THIS SECTION IS THAT IT DOES ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF INSIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE YEAR IN A VERY NICE, CONCISE AND SUMMARIZED VERSION.

THIS AND THIS SECTION IS SPECIFICALLY PREPARED BY KADIM, ARIANNA AND THEIR TEAM AS WELL.

IF YOU GO AHEAD AND TURN TO PAGE 18. THIS IS NOW THE START OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY. THE FIRST TWO PAGES ON PAGES 18 AND 19 REPRESENT WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME STATEMENT.

HOWEVER, FOR GOVERNMENTAL TERMINOLOGY, THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN TO AND REFERRED TO AS THE GOVERNMENT WIDE STATEMENTS.

ESSENTIALLY, THESE TWO PAGES REFLECT THE TOTAL THE TOTAL CITY'S ACTIVITIES FROM THEIR BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME STATEMENT PERSPECTIVE.

IF WE GO AHEAD AND TURN TO PAGE 20, THIS IS NOW THE START OF THE BALANCE SHEET FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAS.

ONE ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AND POINT OUT HERE IS GOING TO BE THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE THAT IS REPORTED AT 9595.

APPROXIMATELY $95 MILLION, OF WHICH $60 MILLION OF THAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE UNASSIGNED AND AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE.

WE WE CONSIDER THIS TO BE A VERY HEALTHY POSITION FOR THE CITY.

SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. IF WE TURN NOW TO PAGE 29, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE START OF THE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN THIS SECTION RUNS FROM PAGE 29 THROUGH 94.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS SECTION IS TO SUPPLEMENT IN MUCH FURTHER DETAIL THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WERE JUST PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

AND WHAT YOU COULD EXPECT TO SEE IN THIS SECTION IS GOING TO BE BREAKDOWNS IN REGARDS TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CASH INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS.

WHAT TYPE OF CAPITAL ASSETS THEY HAVE, WHAT WHAT IS THE CURRENT DEBT OWED BY THE CITY? INFORMATION REGARDING THE PENSIONS. OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO IT'S A LOT MORE DETAILED AND EXPLAINED AND EXPLAINED BEHIND ALL THE NUMBERS.

SO NOW WE GO AHEAD AND TURN TOWARDS THE BACK, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ONE PAGE 162.

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BUT THIS ONE IS MORE SPECIFIC TO THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS.

AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THE CITY WAS WAS SUBJECT TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS A SINGLE AUDIT, AND A SINGLE AUDIT IS REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED WHEN THE CITY EXPENDS EITHER MORE MORE THAN $750,000 WORTH OF FEDERAL GRANTS OR STATE STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND IN THIS CASE, THIS YEAR, THE CITY DID EXCEED AND EXPEND MORE THAN $750,000 WORTH OF GRANTS OF FEDERAL GRANTS.

SO IF WE GO AHEAD AND TURN BACK TO PAGE 165, YOU WILL SEE THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN AND ESSENTIALLY THE SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL AWARD, SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024.

THERE WAS ABOUT $5.5 MILLION WORTH OF THOSE EXPENDITURES.

AND TO CONCLUDE MY MY PRESENTATION. SO AS A RESULT OF OUR TESTING OF THE SINGLE AUDIT IN REGARDS TO THE FEDERAL GRANTS, ALONG WITH THE AUDIT AS A WHOLE OF ENCOMPASSING THE CITY THERE WERE NO THERE WERE NO ISSUES, NO FINDINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU ALL TONIGHT AND INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S A BIG KUDOS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ARIANE KADEEM AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM AS, AS IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO NOT ONLY KEEP THESE BOOKS AND RECORDS.

IN CHECK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ALSO DEALING WITH AN AUDIT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, THE AUDIT TYPICALLY STARTS WE START WITH OUR AUDIT REQUEST AND PLANNING PROCEDURES AND ALL OF THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

WE WE START UP AGAIN, I THINK IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THROUGH MAY.

SO IT DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT FROM, FROM, FROM THEIR, FROM THEIR TEAM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. AND AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A COMMENT. I ALSO WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ALL TO SEE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS ALWAYS DONE. YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HISTORY OF OF THESE AS WELL.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A CLEAN REPORT. THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

WELL DONE TEAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER THIS LAST YEAR.

THE FINANCIAL AUDIT WOULD NOT BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE THE HELP OF THE ENTIRE TEAM.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH. IT'S INTERESTING. I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THE CLEAN OPINION.

JUST YEAR AFTER YEAR IS WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND DO IT WELL.

SO TO HAVE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THAT, I THINK MEANS A LOT TO US.

ALSO, SOME OF THE OTHER NOTES IN HERE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR TAX BASE, 80% BEING RESIDENTIAL.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED KIND OF IN THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION MEMO, MORE THAN HALF ARE COMMERCIAL RELATED NOW.

SO WE'RE KIND OF DIVERSIFYING OUR TAX BASE, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO DO GOING FORWARD.

AND IN TERMS OF THE AUDITOR'S RESULTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE FEDERAL AWARDS, BASICALLY THERE'S NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IDENTIFIED IN THE INFORMATION AND NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, WHICH TO ME IS REALLY THE WHOLE REPORT ON THE WAY YOU GUYS OPERATE AND THE WAY YOU DO BUSINESS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON AGAIN ANOTHER CLEAN AUDIT.

WE EXPECTED OUT OF THAT OUT OF YOU GUYS EVERY YEAR.

BUT IT NEVER GETS OLD HEARING IT AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REPORT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WELL SAID. ANYBODY ELSE? AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 52 2025.

[V.a. RESOLUTION 52, 2025 – SECOND AMENDMENT FOR PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION (PBNAF). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY AT PLANT DRIVE PARK; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITY AT PLANT DRIVE PARK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THAT WAS QUICK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I WAS REQUIRED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM VOTING ON THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION CONTRACT AND SITE PLAN LAND APPROVAL BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS EMPLOYED BY THE FIRM THAT WAS HIRED TO DO THE SURVEY.

THE SITE PLAN AND THE ENGINEERING. MY HUSBAND IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THE FIRM, BUT IS STILL GETTING PAID UP UNTIL HIS BUYOUT AGREEMENT IS PAID IN FULL AND FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, AS WE JUST HEARD BY THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS AS WELL.

AND TO AVOID ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST I RECEIVED A LEGAL OPINION ADVISING ME NOT TO VOTE ON THIS PETITION.

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THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, DANA, FOR DOING THIS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. AT THIS TIME, CAN I PLEASE REFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MAX LOWMAN, FOR SOME EXPLANATION ON THIS RESOLUTION, PLEASE? CERTAINLY, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THIS THIS AMENDMENT, THIS RESOLUTION AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT COME TO YOU THIS EVENING.

BECAUSE FOR TWO REASONS. ONE WAS THAT REQUESTED TO BE ON THE AGENDA TO TO TO ASK THE COUNCIL IF A FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO MEET THEIR FINANCIAL AND CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES TO FINALIZE THEIR FINANCING AND ALSO TO MAKE A SMALL REVISION TO SECTION 14 OF EXHIBIT B OF THE AGREEMENT.

AND IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE CARRYING TERM OF THE REQUIRED SURETY POST CONSTRUCTION.

AND IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT IN THE AGREEMENT.

WE'RE CLEANING THAT UP. SO HOWEVER THIS THIS VOTE GOES THIS EVENING, THAT PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT OR THE AMENDMENT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I WILL HELP THE COUNCIL ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR YOU TONIGHT. THE ONLY THING THAT IS BEFORE YOU ON THIS ITEM IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE WILLING TO GRANT THE REQUEST FOR A 90 DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO THE FINANCIAL AND CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEN THERE'S THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 14 B THAT ADDRESSES POST-CONSTRUCTION SURETY.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. SO AT THIS TIME, CAN I PLEASE ASK FOR A PETITIONER PRESENTATION FROM THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION? MIKE WINTERS, ARE YOU PRESENTING? JASON. JASON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M JASON MCCARTY, RESIDENT AND EMPLOYED IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE NEWLY RECENTLY RESTRUCTURED PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION BOARD, WHICH NOW INCLUDES LARRY ROBINS AS VICE CHAIRMAN AND TARA MCCOY, PRESIDENT OF HHS.

UNFORTUNATELY, LARRY AND TARA COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT I'M HERE TO CONVEY HOW EXCITED EVERYONE IS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AS WE APPROACH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR NEXT MILESTONE.

THIS PROJECT IS MATERIALLY DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE, AND WE HAVE MET EVERYTHING TO DATE FOR THIS PROJECT.

PRIOR TO ME INTRODUCING SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCING AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A BRIEF VIDEO THAT WILL SERVE AS A VISUAL EVIDENCE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROGRESS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, I HAVE JEFF CAMPBELL.

OVER THE NEXT. THE NEXT. ANNOUNCER. ALL RIGHT.

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MY NAME IS JEFF CAMPBELL WITH CAMPBELL CONSULTING GROUP CCG, AND ON BEHALF OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.

HERE WE GO. LITTLE HELP! COME HERE. IT'S NOT WHERE IT WAS. FULL STREET.

WHERE AM I CLICKING? ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH OUR ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT TEAM UNDER A STRICT TIMELINE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES OUTLINED IN THE P3 AGREEMENT FROM APRIL 3RD OF 2020.

FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM. PARTNERS INCLUDE WGI LAND USE PLANNERS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS ANGELA BIANCHI, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. JLG ARCHITECTS TOM BETTY, WHO AGAIN IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

CLANCY AND THAYS, OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. ANTHONY HARMON HERE TONIGHT.

NATHAN YEAGER, P.A.. JOHN IS HERE TONIGHT. MYSELF AND ZIEGLER WITH JOHN BALZANO HERE TONIGHT.

OUR TEAM HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY AND CLOSELY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS OVER THE PAST 14 MONTHS, INCLUDING PLANNING AND ZONING, BUILDING. ENGINEERING, FIRE AND POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FINANCE. THE CURRENT INVESTMENT.

TO DATE, WE HAVE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $2.6 $6 MILLION AS OF JUNE 4TH ON LAND USE, DESIGN, BUILDING DESIGN, PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, CONSULTANTS AND LEGAL FEES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTION OF $18 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, AND HAVE SPENT AN ADDITIONAL $534,000 TO PROCURE ESSENTIAL MATERIALS TO EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS DUE TO LONG LEAD ITEMS IN THE MARKETPLACE.

OUR SITE PLAN APPROVAL BEGAN ON APRIL 29TH, 25 DAYS AFTER OUR EXECUTION OF THE P3 AGREEMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT WENT THROUGH THE NECESSARY FORMS AND GOT THROUGH OUR APPROVAL ON JANUARY 9TH OF 2025.

OUR CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES AS OUTLINED IN THE P3 AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN MET TO DATE, AND OUR BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IS SITTING WAITING TO GO.

OUR CONSTRUCTION PLANS WERE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE NINE MONTH, NINE MONTH MILESTONE FOR THE AGREEMENT ON JANUARY 3RD, AND OUR FINAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS WERE. APPROVAL WAS OBTAINED ON APRIL 3RD.

WE ARE THRILLED TO BE BACK HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL TEAMS ARE READY TO PROCEED AS SOON AS APPROVAL IS GRANTED BY THE CITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE. ANTHONY HARMON WITH CLANCY AND THAYS.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, ANTHONY? HARMON WITH CLANCY AND THAYS ON THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT.

CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE EXECUTING OR ACTUALLY ORGANIZING THE AGREEMENTS TO GO AHEAD AND PROCURE MATERIALS FOR THE PROJECT.

AS YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING IS PREDOMINANTLY A STRUCTURAL PRECAST BUILDING.

SO WE'VE ENTERED AN AGREEMENT WITH METRO LLC TO GO AHEAD AND START THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING PROCESS TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE MATERIALS GOING.

IT'S A IT'S A PROCESS THAT WILL LIKELY BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW MATERIALS TO BE DELIVERED HERE AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND ALLOW US TO GO AHEAD AND MEET THE 16 MONTH CONSTRUCTION MILESTONE. REGARDING THE READINESS FOR OUR TEAM TO GO AND BE ABLE TO MOBILIZE, LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE THE PROJECT MANAGER. OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS READY TO GO. OUR TEAM IS READY TO MOBILIZE AS SOON AS WE GET A NOTICE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY.

AND WE'RE ACTIVELY BUYING OUT IN ADDITION TO THE STRUCTURAL PRECAST.

THERE'S A LONG LEAD TIME. ITEMS SUCH AS THE STRUCTURAL STEEL.

THERE'S THE SWITCHGEAR, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ABOUT A YEAR LONG PROCESS TO GO AND GET THAT.

IN ADDITION, THERE IS THE DEMO OF OF THE EXISTING PARKS.

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AND THEN THERE'S A SITE WORK WHICH IS NECESSARY TO GO AND GET THE THE BUILDING PAD READY SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE FOUNDATIONS.

IT. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME GET MY PRESENTATION PULLED UP. YEAH.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL STAFF. RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS JOHN BALZANO.

I WORK FOR BC ZIEGLER AND COMPANY. WE'RE THE INVESTMENT BANK THAT WAS HIRED BY PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION TO HELP SECURE DEBT FINANCING FOR THIS PROJECT.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BC ZIEGLER AND COMPANY, WE ARE A BOUTIQUE INVESTMENT BANK HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO.

WE ARE REALLY KNOWN FOR NONPROFIT FINANCE. THAT IS REALLY WHAT OUR EXPERTISE IS IN.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NATIONAL FOOTPRINT. WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENCE DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA. ROB GAUL, WHO'S THE LEAD BANKER ON THIS FINANCING, WHO I'LL BE WORKING WITH.

HE LIVES UP IN THE WINTER GARDEN AREA AROUND ORLANDO.

HE ALSO IS FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LOCAL TO THIS LOCAL TO THE AREA WORKING ON THIS FINANCING.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE IN NONPROFIT FINANCE.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PAGE, ZIGLAR'S FINANCED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, 108 188 FINANCINGS WORTH OVER $9.8 BILLION.

AND WE SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH NONPROFITS. SO 99% OF THOSE FINANCINGS THAT I'M MENTIONING ARE REFERENCING UP THERE IS NONPROFIT FINANCE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES THAT WE WORK WITH, SPECIFICALLY NONPROFIT SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, WHICH WE DO A NUMBER OF WORK HERE IN FLORIDA.

EDUCATION FACILITIES, PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AGAIN, WE DO A NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF THOSE FACILITIES HERE IN FLORIDA.

WE ALSO WORK WITH YOUR TRADITIONAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, WHICH WOULD BE HOSPITALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE CULTURAL FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD BE SPORTS FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO THEATERS.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF THE TALK AROUND HERE HAS BEEN THIS TERM SHEET, THE FINANCING.

SO WE WANTED TO LAY OUT THE SOURCES OF FINANCING THAT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR THIS PROJECT. TO START, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY TO YOU TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE SECURED A TERM SHEET FOR BANK FINANCING FOR THIS PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED AND EXECUTED NOT ONLY BY THE FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BANK.

THAT AMOUNT IS FOR 29 MILLION. I'LL DISCUSS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE ALSO HAVE A SUBORDINATE LOAN THERE. THAT'S FROM LARRY ROBBINS.

ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S SUBORDINATE LOANS. HELPS US BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE DONATIONS AND THE SENIOR LOAN THAT YOU'RE SEEING UP THERE.

THAT $29 MILLION. THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT SUBORDINATE LOAN IS ONE.

IT'S ANOTHER PLEDGE OF MONEY FROM LARRY, WHICH HE'S ALREADY PLEDGED. 10 MILLION. SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT, BUT IT WILL BRIDGE US TO ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING THAT THE THAT THE FOUNDATION HOPES TO SECURE.

AND A LOT OF THAT COULD COME AFTER GROUNDBREAKING. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST, SHOWING THAT $12 MILLION THAT THEY'VE ALREADY SECURED TO DATE AND SOME THAT THAT IS PLEDGED AND WILL COME THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

BUT ALSO THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING THAT THEY HOPE TO RAISE. SO LARRY HAS PUT UP THAT EXTRA MONEY. AND, YOU KNOW, TO DATE, THE GUYS PLEDGED OVER $20 MILLION BOTH IN DONATIONS AND SUBORDINATE LOANS TO THIS PROJECT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SKIN IN THE GAME, AS JEFF MENTIONED.

$2.6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE ON THIS PROJECT.

THAT'S REAL MONEY. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN SPENT ALREADY, AND IT'S ALL IN PREPARATION TO GET READY FOR THIS FINANCING.

SO I DON'T THINK THE FOUNDATION WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE WITHOUT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SECURED THIS FINANCING FOR THEM.

AS MENTIONED, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THERE IS A TERM SHEET.

I'VE REVIEWED IT, OUR TEAM HAS REVIEWED IT, THE FOUNDATION HAS REVIEWED IT.

IT IS EXECUTED WITH A NATIONAL BANK THAT HAS ASSETS IN EXCESS OF 200 MILLION.

THIS IS NOT A SMALL BANK. THIS IS A TOP 20 BANK IN THE COUNTRY BASED ON ASSET SIZE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH MOST OF THESE FINANCINGS AND MOST OF THESE TERM SHEETS THAT WE RECEIVE FOR NONPROFITS, THERE IS A CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE IN THE TERM SHEET AS WE AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS.

SO WHILE I'D LOVE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHO THE BANK IS AND WHO THE BANKER IS, I CAN'T BECAUSE IT WOULD BREACH THAT CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE AND IT WOULD PUT THE PROJECT IN JEOPARDY. AND I KNOW THE FOUNDATION HAS TOO MUCH INVESTED IN THIS, AND SO DOES THE CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL.

HERE ARE SOME REPRESENTATIVE TERMS THAT I CAN PRESENT TO YOU.

AGAIN, $29 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY. IT'S A TAX EXEMPT RATE.

I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHY THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE PROJECT, TO THE CITY AND TO THE FOUNDATION.

BUT 5.59%, IT'S A FIVE YEAR TERM LOAN WITH A 25 YEAR AMORTIZATION.

AGAIN, I CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE ME TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT REALLY THE REASON WHY WE'RE CHOOSING TO GO THE TAX EXEMPT ROUTE NONPROFIT

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IF WE DID THIS TAXABLE, THE TAXABLE EQUIVALENT RATE WOULD BE 7.03% VERSUS THE 5.59%.

THAT'S A 1.44% DIFFERENCE. I'M SURE IF EVERYBODY WAS LOOKING AT FINANCING A HOME AND SOMEBODY SAID, I'LL GIVE YOU 7.5%, 5.5%, YOU'D PROBABLY TRY TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET THAT LOWER RATE.

WHAT IS THAT 1.44% MEAN? IT MEANS $417,000 WORTH OF SAVINGS ANNUALLY FOR THE PROJECT OVER THIS TERM.

LOAN. THAT'S BIG DOLLARS. THAT MONEY CAN BE REINVESTED INTO THIS PROJECT AND PROGRAMING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL TOO MUCH ON THIS SLIDE, BUT AGAIN, THERE IS A PROCESS TO ISSUE TAX EXEMPT BONDS.

IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY TIMES.

AS I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU, ZIEGLER, OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, BETWEEN 2021 2024.

WE'VE DONE 188 FINANCINGS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THE FOUNDATION WILL NEED TO DO IS GO TO A CONDUIT ISSUER.

IT'S CHOSEN TO GO TO THE FLORIDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE. FINANCE COMMISSION, SORRY, THEY'RE A STATE AGENCY. THEY DO THIS REGULARLY.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, A COMMON MISCONCEPTION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR THESE SORT OF NONPROFIT PROJECTS, THERE IS NO, NO MUNICIPAL ENTITY, WHETHER IT BE THE ISSUER, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE IS ON THE HOOK FOR THIS.

THIS IS PURELY AN OBLIGATION OF THE FOUNDATION.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS. THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

SO WE'VE GOT THE WHEELS IN MOTION HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE MORE BULLET POINTS THERE TALKING ABOUT SOME MORE OF THE FINE DETAILS OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO GET IT. BUT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY TO YOU, WE'VE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND THE WHEELS ARE MOVING AND TURNING TOWARDS THE CLOSING.

TIMELINE JEFF HAS TALKED ABOUT THE TIMELINE. THE ONE THING I WANT TO IMPRESS UPON YOU HERE IS THAT AS SOON AS WE HAD SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND MORE DEFINITIVE TERMS ON THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED TO MARKET THIS FINANCING.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT IF WE GO TO MARKET WITH A HALF BAKED CAKE OR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT COMPLETE, WE GET IT IN FRONT OF INVESTORS AND THEY START TO STALL.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND ANSWERS FOR THEM.

THEY MAY PUT IT DOWN AND WE RISK THIS FINANCING FOR THE GROUP.

SO THAT IS WHY WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL MARCH 17TH, WHICH IS THE EARLIEST TIME POSSIBLE TO GO OUT AND MARKET THIS, THIS FINANCING. WE SENT THIS TO OVER 20 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST. I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH INVESTING IN A PROJECT THAT'S HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS SPECIFICALLY, AND ALSO THE DEAL TEAM. I MEAN, MIKE WINTERS, HE'S BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT ONCE LARRY ROBINS GOT INVOLVED AND SOME OF THE OTHER PLAYERS GOT INVOLVED, IT INVOLVED. IT REALLY TURNED THIS PROJECT AROUND, AND IT REALLY GAVE US SOME MORE AMMO TO GO OUT AND SECURE.

SUCH A GREAT FINANCING AND GREAT, GREAT TERM SHEET THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU TONIGHT BUT CAN'T SHOW YOU PHYSICALLY.

SO WHILE WE ALSO ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE BY THE END OF JULY, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

IT'S A REAL ESTATE PROJECT. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS TO IT.

THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL THAT I FEEL LIKE IF WE SET OUT AND SAID, WE CAN GET THIS DONE BY THE END OF JULY, WE CAN.

BUT IF THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T CONTROL, QUITE FRANKLY, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO RISK IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION HERE AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. WELL, AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO HOLD THE QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE.

SO OF COURSE COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC IS THE SECTION OF THE MEETING WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF GATHER PUBLIC INPUT AND NOT DIRECTLY RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON A PROPOSED ISSUE OR ACTION. WE'RE HERE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR CITY'S BUSINESS, AND THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND AT THE TIME, THE AGENDA ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA AND HEARD BY COUNCIL.

THIS MEETING IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AND WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH DECORUM.

TO DO SO, WE POLITELY REQUEST THAT SPEAKERS BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL, ALLOWING OTHERS TO COMPLETE THEIR COMMENTS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, NOISES, CLAPPING, COMMENTS OR GESTURES. IF YOU PLAN TO COMMENT PUBLICLY, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME, WHICH IS THREE MINUTES.

IF YOUR POINT HAS BEEN MADE BY A PREVIOUS SPEAKER, YOU MAY WANT TO SIMPLY STATE YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS AND YOUR POSITION WILL BE NOTED. PLEASE UTILIZE COMMON COURTESY ANY ACTIONS THAT DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING OR CONFLICT WITH THESE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DECORUM MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER, WHICH MAY RESULT IN DISRUPTIVE PERSON OR PERSONS BEING REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.

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I'D LIKE TO CALL PAUL CAMERON, PLEASE TO THE PODIUM AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PAUL CAMERON, 207 BENTLEY DRIVE IN SUNNY PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

33418. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I'VE STOOD HERE BEFORE YOU BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO STAND HERE AGAIN.

JUST REITERATING WHAT I'VE SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MORE ARE THE PEOPLE OF PLANT DRIVE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH? HOW MANY, HOW MANY EXEMPTIONS DO THE TAXPAYERS OF THAT AREA GET, YOU KNOW, GET GIVEN TO THEM? IT'S AN EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION.

THEY'VE BEEN TORTURED FOR SO LONG. YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A BREAK.

ALL RIGHT. UP IN THE NORTH COUNTY YOU GOT AN ABOMINATION GOING IN THERE.

I DON'T I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW BAD IT IS.

IT'S BEEN LEASED OUT TO PGA FOR TRUCKS AND VIP CARS.

THEY BUILT IN HALF A STADIUM FOR THE SOCCER FIELDS THAT WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED.

THEY'VE BASICALLY BEEN ERECTING A TENT WITH HALF A DOZEN PORTA POTTIES.

THAT I GUESS IS GOING TO BE A WORKERS QUARTERS FOR THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

BUT IT WOULD MAKE AN AWFUL GOOD FOUNDATION FOR PUTTING THE ICE RINK UP THERE WHERE IT BELONGS, WITH OTHER SPORTING FACILITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE HEATHER DYKEMAN. PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HEATHER DYKEMAN. I'M AT 3111 GARDENS EAST DRIVE.

PALM BEACH GARDENS 33410. THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAD A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL WIN LAST WEEK WITH THE OPENING OF THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER.

EXCITED CROWDS, EVERYONE WAS THERE AND WHAT STOOD OUT MOST TO ME WASN'T JUST THE BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, IT WAS THE LACK OF OPPOSITION. AND WHY? BECAUSE RESIDENTS WERE SURVEYED BEFORE FUNDING WAS APPROVED AND THAT INPUT SHAPED THE PROJECT AND IT PAID OFF.

I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. RON FARRIS WHO SAID AT THE RIBBON CUTTING, WE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANTED.

WE GAVE THEM A SURVEY AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILT THIS.

THIS TELLS ME THAT THE CITY CAN EARN RESIDENT SUPPORT WHEN IT ASKS FOR IT, AND THAT SHOULD BE STANDARD PRACTICE.

CHECK WITH THE PUBLIC BEFORE MAKING BIG CHANGES TO PUBLIC SPACES.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN AT PLANT DRIVE. NO ONE ASKED THE COMMUNITY ABOUT REMOVING THE SKATE PARK OR THE BASKETBALL COURTS.

THE RESIDENT CITY SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT DIDN'T MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF DEMOLISHING A PARK.

JUST YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO AT THE PARK AND HOW FREQUENTLY YOU USE IT. SO NOW WE'RE HERE WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP, TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT WE LOVE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T INVITED TO THE CONVERSATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

TODAY'S VOTE IS ABOUT CHANGING THE AGREEMENT WITH PB AND AF, THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT CLEARLY STATED A 30 DAY EXTENSION FOR MISSED FUNDING RAISING TARGETS. YOU TOLD US TO TRUST THE PROCESS, AND THE PROCESS IS A SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH 30 DAYS TO RECTIFY.

I URGE YOU TO STICK TO THAT CONTRACT THAT WAS SIGNED.

TOO OFTEN, RESIDENTS SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, SHARE THOUGHTFUL CONCERNS, AND RECEIVE A POLITE THANK YOU.

AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE OUT A PRE-WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT SUPPORTS STAFF PROPOSALS.

IS PUBLIC COMMENT A BOX TO CHECK OR IS IT SUPPOSED TO INFORM YOUR DECISIONS? AS THE VICE MAYOR SAID EARLIER? WE DON'T SEE YOUR DELIBERATIONS.

AGENDA REVIEWS ARE NOT PUBLIC OR RECORDED. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS YOU ASK OR HOW DEEPLY YOU ENGAGE WITH THE ISSUES, OTHER THAN YOUR ASSURANCES THAT YOU WILL LOOK INTO IT.

SO KEEP IN MIND NO ONE HERE BELIEVES THAT MR. WINTER OR ANY OF THESE REPRESENTATIVES ARE ACTING IN BAD FAITH.

NONE OF US, BUT HE AND THE CITY SHOULD HAVE ASKED IF HIS VISION MATCHED THE RESIDENT'S VISION BEFORE A LEASE WAS SIGNED OR A RESOLUTION WAS DRAFTED.

THE COUNCIL COULD HAVE SAID NO THEN THEY COULD HAVE SAID NO.

NOTHING'S GOING ON IN AGENDA UNTIL WE TALK TO RESIDENTS.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BREAK A TRIPLE P CONE OF SILENCE.

YOU COULD HAVE JUST ASKED WHAT RESIDENTS WANTED IF THEY WERE GOING TO UPDATE THE PARK.

YOU COULD HAVE USED THAT TO FRAME THIS, AND INSTEAD YOU WENT AHEAD AND VOTED YES FOR A 40 YEAR LAND LEASE TO AMEND THIS AGREEMENT BECAUSE STAFF ASKED YOU TO OR RECOMMEND IT. YOU CAN HOLD PB TO ITS ORIGINAL TERMS AND SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT AGREEMENTS ARE LEGAL DOCUMENTS WITH DEADLINES, AND THAT PROCESSES THAT WE WERE ASKED TO TRUST WON'T NECESSARILY BE AMENDED JUST BECAUSE AN ORGANIZATION WASN'T READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

I URGE YOU NOT TO EXTEND AND TO STICK TO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH A 30 DAY EXTENSION INSTEAD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE REBECCA MCKEE.

PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REBECCA MCKEE. I LIVE AT 4599 HOLLY DRIVE.

I HAVE TWO POINTS TO MAKE ON WHY PB DOES NOT DESERVE THIS EXTENSION.

FIRST, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME PRECONCEPTIONS AMONG SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT PB AND AFS NEED FOR AN EXTENSION IS NO FAULT OF

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I KNOW FOR A FACT, HOWEVER, THAT ALL FIVE OF YOU WERE EMAILED A PUBLIC RECORDS COMMUNICATION CHAIN BETWEEN PB AND AF AND THE CITY, LAYING OUT, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, JUST HOW LAST MINUTE THIS FINANCING PLAN OF THEIRS REALLY WAS.

IT WASN'T EVEN BROUGHT UP TO CITY STAFF UNTIL MAY 2ND, AFTER HAVING BEEN WARNED BY CITY ATTORNEY MAX LOWMAN IN AN EMAIL DATED MAY 7TH THAT THE PROCESS THEY WERE PROPOSING MAY TAKE 3 TO 6 MONTHS PER AFS REP WROTE BACK ON MAY 22ND THAT THEY WERE STILL WORKING OUT DETAILS OF THIS NEW FINANCING PLAN.

THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY. NOW THAT YOU KNOW THE LATE NATURE OF THIS NEW FINANCING PROPOSAL AND REQUEST FOR EXTENSION.

WHOSE FAULT IS IT, REALLY? IF MY KID HAD WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO START HIS SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT, I WOULDN'T BLAME THE SCHOOL FOR NOT GIVING HIM ENOUGH TIME.

AND I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO DELAY THE SCIENCE FAIR FOR HIM.

SECOND POINT TWO OF YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL AND TWO OF YOU WERE RUNNING FOR COUNCIL BACK IN LATE 22, WHEN PB AND AFS ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO BUILD ITS ICE RINK AT NORTH DISTRICT WAS TERMINATED.

I'LL BEGIN BY QUOTING CITY MANAGER RON FERRIS, JUST TWO OF HIS MANY BULLET POINTS FROM HIS MEMO ON OCTOBER 20TH.

IN OCTOBER 2022, HE WROTE. REPEATED FAILURES, REPEATED FAILURES OF PB AND F TO MEET ANY. HIS EMPHASIS, NOT MINE. FUNDRAISING MILESTONES.

END QUOTE AFTER QUOTE FOR EXTENSIONS GRANTED FROM THE CITY.

END QUOTE. HOW MANY CHANCES SHOULD WE, THE CITY, GIVE THESE PEOPLE TO CONTINUALLY FAIL US? SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL THEY MAYBE ACTUALLY TEAR DOWN OUR BELOVED PARK, BUILD THIS MONSTROSITY, AND THEN FAIL YET AGAIN TO ACTUALLY RUN IT? LEAVING TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS WITH NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY EYESORE THAT'S NOW ON OUR DIME TO RUN, REPURPOSE OR DESTROY. FOOL ME ONCE. SHAME ON YOU.

FOOL ME TWICE. SHAME ON ME. FOOL US ALL. FIVE, MAYBE 6 OR 7 TIMES.

WHO WERE THE FOOLS THEN? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I HAVE.

ARTHUR JOHNSON, PLEASE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. ARTHUR JOHNSON, 500 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AVE, WEST PALM.

IN THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE AI CENTER A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, MENTIONED THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMERCIAL PROJECT.

THE COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE RESPONSE TO THAT WAS IT WAS NOT A COMMERCIAL OPERATION.

IT'S A PUBLIC RECREATION FACILITY. WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

SO THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL ICE RINK FACILITY.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT A NONPROFIT IS A TAX EXEMPT STATUS, AND THAT STATUS DOES NOT PRECLUDE A THING FROM BEING COMMERCIAL.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE YMCA IS A NONPROFIT. COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS ALSO A NONPROFIT.

I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE PROFESSOR BURTON WEISBROD, IN HIS BOOK TO PROFIT OR NOT TO PROFIT THE COMMERCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, EXPLAINS A PROCESS HE CALLS CONVERSION, WHERE THE INCOME FROM ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES BEGIN TO OUTWEIGH THE REVENUE CONNECTED WITH THE NONPROFIT'S MISSION. CONVERSION TAKES PLACE WHEN A NONPROFIT IS FORCED TO BECOME A FOR PROFIT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE TO CONTINUE OPERATING.

NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REASONS ARE THAT YOU MIGHT NEED THE EXTENSION, BUT PERHAPS IT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF THE WAR THAT'S GOING ONLINE THAT FLORIDA MAY ACTUALLY BE EXPERIENCING A POPULATION DECLINE WHERE THE REPLACE THE BIRTH TO DEATH RATIO IS CURRENTLY BELOW ONE PER ONE, WHICH IS BELOW REPLACEMENT. THE MEDIAN AGE FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS.

ACCORDING TO POINT TO HOMES.COM, IS CURRENTLY 50 YEARS OLD, WITH 22 OR 23% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE CHILDREN.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME FUTURE REASONS TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION SHOULD REALLY REST WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEIR WAY OF LIFE COULD BE AFFECTED IF THIS NONPROFIT ICE RINK HAS BECOME A FOR PROFIT ICE RINK WITH A RESTAURANT NEXT TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE.

HOUSE. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. NEXT. MIKE MARTINO, PLEASE.

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MY NAME IS MIKE MARTINO. I LIVE AT 320 BALSAM STREET IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS. MANY OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED.

SO I'LL TAKE THE ADVICE AND TRY TO SKIP THAT PART.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THESE FINE GENTLEMEN HAD TO SAY EARLIER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD BEFORE.

IT'S PROMISES WITHOUT ACTION. ON JULY 3RD, THE CONTRACT THAT BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN SIGNED AND THE CITY SIGNED IS UP.

THERE'S 30 DAYS OF GRACE. PERIOD. WHEN YOU ASK FOR AN EXTENSION FROM THAT, IT SUGGESTS TO ME ANYWAY THAT YOU'RE IN A DEFAULT POSTURE. YOU CAN'T LIVE UP TO THE CONTRACT.

SO WHY SHOULD WE GIVE THEM AN EXTENSION? PAST HISTORY SAYS IT DOESN'T WORK.

FOR THREE YEARS, THEY FLOUNDERED IN A SIMILAR WAY ON A SIMILAR PROJECT.

THIS IS A BUSINESS DEAL. THIS IS A DEAL THAT YOU 5 OR OH FOUR.

EXCUSE ME. ARE REPRESENTING ALL OF US OUT HERE.

THESE ARE RESIDENTS. YOU NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF OUR INTERESTS AND NOT THE FAILURES OF THE DEVELOPER.

NO LIFELINE SHOULD BE EXTENDED BECAUSE THERE IS NONE NECESSARY.

THEY'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO PERFORM. AND THEY SHOULD.

A CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT. IT'S BEEN SIGNED, IT'S BEEN SEALED.

IT'S BEEN DELIVERED. BUT THEY SAY THEY CAN'T LIVE UP TO IT.

WHY SHOULD WE GIVE THEM MORE TIME? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

MORE PROMISES, BUT NOTHING CONCRETE. A BANK THAT THEY CAN'T NAME A DONOR PLEDGE THAT, IN MY OPINION, WAS SHAKY. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY THE MAN HAS ON JULY 3RD, MY POSITION IS SHOW ME THE MONEY. YOU GOT $40 MILLION. GOD BLESS YOU. PROCEED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CALL SCOTT.

PLEASE.

MY NAME IS SCOTT GILL. I LIVE AT 738 DUCHESS COURT, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

I'M HERE ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION 52 EXTENSION. WHEN I WAS AT MY DESK THIS AFTERNOON DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE CITY.

AND TRYING TO GET DOWN A PATH THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

LOOKING DOWN AT EVERYTHING I PRINTED AT THREE DIFFERENT MONITORS ON MY COMPUTER.

I FINALLY THREW UP MY ARMS AND SAID, THIS IS INSANE.

I AM A COUNTY EMPLOYEE FULL TIME AT PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR 12 YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND HOW GOVERNMENT DOES BUSINESS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY ASKED HOW MUCH TIME YOU NEED.

THEY PROBABLY SET A TIME. MR. FERRIS NICE GUY.

PROBABLY SAID, HERE, I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MORE MONTHS. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT'S HOW THAT WENT DOWN.

SO THEY WERE ALREADY PROBABLY GIVEN MORE TIME THAN THEY NEEDED, AND NOW THEY'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST IT.

AS I'VE STATED HERE BEFORE, I'M ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.

I STARTED MY BUSINESS IN MY GARAGE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS HERE.

I'VE GROWN THAT BUSINESS TO NOW BE A BRICK AND MORTAR STORE IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITY, ABACOA.

STARTING MY SMALL BUSINESS HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND IT HAS STARTING ANY BUSINESS.

YOU KIND OF START WITH CHALLENGES LIKE CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH, CHOOSING A BUSINESS NAME, WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN. I ALSO WENT TO PB AND F'S WEBSITE EARLIER TODAY TO LOOK AT THEIR BUSINESS PLAN.

THEIR WEBSITE IS DOWN. IT DOESN'T EVEN WORK. YOU GUYS ALL HAVE COMPUTERS? CHECK. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? I DON'T KNOW, BUT RUNNING A BUSINESS A WEBSITE IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE IS HUGE.

I KNOW I'M A SMALL BUSINESSMAN. MY WEBSITE IS IMPORTANT.

BUT MOVING ON. CHOOSING BUSINESS STRUCTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

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OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT, FUNDING THE BUSINESS.

PICKING YOUR BUSINESS LOCATION AND APPLYING FOR LICENSES AND PERMITS.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE UPFRONT HURDLES OF STARTING A BUSINESS.

ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND LUIS. MANNY AND MY PARTNER.

VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN BACK THERE. ARE BOTH HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATED.

HOW AND WHY IS PB NAF? WITH A BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT IS HIGHLY EDUCATED? HIGHLY. MOST OF THEM ARE MULTI MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.

STARTING A BUSINESS. THEY SHOULD KNOW. THEY SHOULD KNOW ALL THESE FUNDAMENTALS TO STARTING A BUSINESS.

THANK YOU SIR. NEXT I'D LIKE TO CALL HELEN BROWN PLEASE.

HELLO. MY NAME IS HELEN BROWN. I LIVE AT 0162 PLANT DRIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK FIRMLY AND CLEARLY IN OPPOSITION OF RESOLUTION 52.

LET ME ASK THIS PLAINLY. HOW MANY MORE EXTENSIONS ARE WE GOING TO HAND TO PB BEFORE WE FINALLY HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE? WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD. PB HAS HAD THEIR SHOT WHEN THEY TRIED TO BUILD AT NORTH COUNTY FACILITY.

THEY WERE GRANTED NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT FOUR EXTENSIONS, FOUR CHANCES TO DELIVER.

AND WHAT HAPPENED? THEY FAILED. THEY NEVER SECURED THE FUNDING.

THEY NEVER DELIVERED ON THEIR PROMISES. THEIR CONTRACT WAS ULTIMATELY TERMINATED.

THAT'S THE TRACK RECORD WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND NOW THEY'RE BACK ASKING FOR YET ANOTHER EXTENSION AFTER JUST APPLYING FOR A BOND LAST MONTH.

WHY WASN'T THAT DONE MONTHS AGO? THIS ISN'T A MINOR OVERSIGHT.

IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE TO A PLAN. IF THEY WERE SERIOUS, THE FINANCING WOULD HAVE BEEN SECURED LONG AGO.

THIS IS NO LONGER JUST ABOUT DELAYS. IT'S ABOUT CREDIBILITY.

IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. ARE WE REALLY GOING TO REWARD POOR PLANNING AND BROKEN PROMISES WITH MORE TIME AND THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST? WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE ACTUALLY IS A BREAK IN GROUND AND THEY FAIL AGAIN? THEN WHO'S LEFT HOLDING THE BAG? WHO'S LEFT THE CITY? THE RESIDENTS. AND I HAVE THIS RIGHT OUT MY FRONT DOOR.

SO I WILL BE STUCK WITH THIS HALF BUILT BUILDING.

WORSE. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY MISMANAGE THE COOLING SYSTEM, THE AMMONIA SYSTEM? THEY CUT CORNERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY JUST TO SAVE MONEY.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HOPE FOR THE BEST FROM THE GROUP THAT COULDN'T EVEN SUBMIT A BOND APPLICATION ON TIME.

WE ARE BEING ASKED TO GAMBLE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

AND I WANT TO GO FURTHER. AT ONE OF THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, I PERSONALLY SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOLD ME THAT THE PLANT DRIVE WAS OFFERED TO THEM AS AN ALTERNATIVE SITE BY CITY MANAGER RON FERRIS, AS THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WAS TERMINATED AT THE NORTH COUNTY PLANT DRIVE IS A SMALL, QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FILLED WITH CHILDREN ON A SMALL 50 FOOT ROAD.

AND SOMEHOW, SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO PLACE TWO NHL SIZED ICE RINKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.

THAT EITHER SHOWS A COMPLETE LACK OF JUDGMENT, POOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, OR A SHOCKING DISREGARD FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE.

THIS IS NO LONGER JUST ABOUT PBA.PH. THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONTINUE ENABLING FAILURE, OR FINALLY, START STANDING UP FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO SERVE.

VOTE NO ON RESOLUTION 52. NO MORE EXCUSES. NO MORE EXTENSIONS.

SHOW YOU CARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE AND HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS.

THANK YOU. OKAY, THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMON CARDS I HAVE.

LET'S TAKE THIS TIME TO OPEN SOME QUESTIONS AND I'LL START TO MY RIGHT.

BURT, CAN YOU PLEASE START US OFF WITH SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP? YEAH, I WANT TO ASK JOHN IF HE CAN COME BACK UP HERE.

JUST ON THE ON THE BOND SIDE. CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS? WHY THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE SIX MONTHS EARLIER, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE A BOND COMMITMENT OR A DOLLAR AMOUNT.

WHY COULDN'T THE ORGANIZATION DO THE TAX EXEMPT? NOW IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH BUDGET, WITH THE STATE DELAYS.

WHAT'S JUST FILL ME IN ON ALL THAT PROCESS? I THINK COMMON PRACTICE IS JUST WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE CONDUIT ISSUER BEFORE WE HAVE FINANCING IN PLACE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE DOING BANK FINANCING. SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEIVING THE TERM SHEET IS WHEN WE STARTED THE BOND,

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THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO IT ON THE BOND SIDE. OKAY. AND SOMETIMES ISSUERS WILL NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT ON THE BANK SIDE.

AND IN TERMS OF THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS AND THE OTHER APPROVAL FROM THE STATE.

WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH THE STATE BUDGET BEING APPROVED AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THE GOVERNOR SIGNING ANYTHING. HOW DOES HOW IS THIS ALL GOING TO GO DOWN IN TERMS OF GETTING BOTH APPROVALS ON ON THOSE TWO ITEMS? YEAH. SO JUST STANDARD PRACTICE FOR CONDUIT ISSUERS.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TEFRA PROCESS. THE TEFRA PROCESS HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE FILE THE APPLICATION.

IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A PERFUNCTORY PROCESS. WE FILE THAT THE PROCESS IS STARTED EVERY, EVERY SINGLE NONPROFIT FINANCING THAT ZIEGLER HAS WORKED ON HAS GONE THROUGH THIS AND GOTTEN THIS SORT OF TEFRA APPROVAL FOR TAX EXEMPTION.

IT DOES NOT NEED TO GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, PER SE.

THERE IS A STATE BOND DIVISION IN FLORIDA WHO HANDLES THAT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT NECESSARILY NEEDS 100% STATE APPROVAL.

THIS IS ALL THE APPROVAL BY THE CONDUIT ISSUER.

AND IS THE STATE RESTRICT THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL APPROVALS THAT IT GIVES THAT THERE'S A POOL OF FUNDING FOR A PARTICULAR YEAR OR BUDGET CYCLE.

HOW DOES THAT WORK? WHEN YOU SEE SOME PROJECTS REQUIRE WHAT'S CALLED VOLUME CAP.

BECAUSE THIS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THERE'S NO NEED FOR VOLUME CAP.

SO IT'S THERE'S NO CAP TO IT. SO THERE'S NO RISK OF NO FUNDING IF NOTHING IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT THAT CATEGORY.

NO, NOT NOT FROM A CAP. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD JOHN.

APPRECIATE IT. CHELSEA.

JOHN. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS AFTER SEEING THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS AFTER MY QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP ALSO.

BUT I IMMEDIATELY KNEW SOMETHING WAS ON THE AGENDA THAT WASN'T HAPPY.

AS BEFORE. I SAW THE AGENDA. MY PHONE HAD ABOUT 15 MISSED CALLS.

SO WITH A COUPLE QUESTIONS THERE. AND SINCE THEN I'VE JUST BEEN WATCHING ALL OF THE OLD VIDEOS, AND I GOT THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AND READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING TO SEE WHAT I WHAT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENTS INTENT WAS AND TIMELINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO BEFORE I START WITH MY COMMENTS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED AS READING THROUGH ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS WAS ARTICLE 48, BECAUSE WE KEEP SAYING WE'RE HITTING TIMELINES AND WE'VE HIT EVERY SINGLE TIMELINE.

ARTICLE 48 REQUIRES AUDITED FINANCIALS DUE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE MANAGER.

BY MAY 31ST OF EVERY YEAR, STARTING IN 2024. HAVE WE RECEIVED THOSE? YEAH, I'LL LET JOHN SPEAK TO THAT. I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS RETAINED A CPA, AND THAT AUDITED FINANCIALS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE END OF THE MONTH TO THE CITY. SO WE SO THAT IT'LL BE 30 DAYS LATE WHEN YOU DO HAVE.

SO WHEN WAS THE ACCOUNTANT SECURED? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

NOBODY KNOWS WHEN YOU GOT AN ACCOUNTANT, WAS IT.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LAST 48 HOURS. I CAN'T I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHEN THE ACCOUNTANT WAS RETAINED.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CPA HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING FINANCIALS BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULD PUT YOU, AS OF NOW, ALREADY IN DEFAULT OF ONE OF THE TIMELINES OF THE.

I CAN'T PROVIDE A LEGAL OPINION ON WHAT THE DOCUMENTS SAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

AND SO THESE TIMELINES, WHEN THEY WERE INITIALLY DONE IN APRIL OF 2024 WHICH I'LL GET TO ALSO IN MY COMMENTS, BECAUSE IT WAS SAID THAT THERE WERE TO BE NO EXTENSIONS WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL THE INITIAL TIME.

SO WITH THE INITIAL TIMELINES THAT YOU NEGOTIATED, IT WAS SAID IN THAT THAT PRESENTATION IN APRIL OF 2024 THAT YOU HAD THAT IT WAS AGREED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PBC, THAT THESE TIMELINES WERE SUFFICIENT TIMES BETWEEN EACH TIMELINE TO HIT EVERY MARK.

DID PB HELP WITH THESE TIMELINES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HELP THEM.

ALSO, I'M SURE THEY WERE NEGOTIATED AT THE TIME.

IF IF WE'RE SPEAKING TO WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THE AMENDMENT YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION VIEWS, THE CITY IS A IS A PARTNER, AND A BUSINESS PARTNER COMMUNICATES ANTICIPATED ISSUES TO THEIR PARTNERS AHEAD OF TIME AND TRIES TO NAVIGATE THEM TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEMS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EXTENSION TODAY.

NO, I'M ASKING FOR THE TIMELINES. BECAUSE IF IF YOU HELPED TO NEGOTIATED THOSE BECAUSE YOU SAID THEY WERE VERY STRICT AND HARD TIMELINES, DID I PERSONALLY I PERSONALLY, IN THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT SAID THEY WERE VERY HARD TIMELINES TO MEET.

I BELIEVE I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. AND THEN SECTION 51 FIVE, IT SAYS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE 30 DAYS

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SO FROM RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE JUST UNDER 60 DAYS.

IS THERE A REASON THAT YOU SEE THAT WE CAN'T MAKE THE FINANCING IN THE 60 DAYS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO JULY 3RD AND THEN YOU HAVE 30 DAYS.

SO WE SPOKE WITH CITY COUNCIL ON THIS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAX WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT WE HAD SPOKEN EARLIER AND SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT WHERE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS. AND AGAIN, AS HAS BEEN PRESENTED, WE THINK THAT WE CAN GET UNDER THE WIRE BY THE END OF JULY TO SECURE THE FINANCING.

BUT RATHER THAN TRY TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION AFTER AN ISSUE HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED AND WE HAVEN'T MET THAT TIMELINE, WE THOUGHT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION WE WOULD SEEK THIS EXTENSION AHEAD OF TIME, TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES CONSIDERING THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, ENTITIES AND SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO TRY TO SECURE THE FINANCING.

IS THERE A REASON YOU COULDN'T GET A CONVENTIONAL LOAN TO MAKE YOUR DEADLINE AND THEN SWITCH IT TO THE BONDS WHEN THEY COME IN AND REFINANCE IT.

PROBABLY NOT THE BEST PERSON TO SPEAK TO THAT.

SURE. I MEAN, THERE'S WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS TO DO THAT. IT'S ALSO MORE COST TO HAVE TWO LOANS.

IF WE DID A CONVENTIONAL LOAN AND THEN TOOK ANOTHER ONE OUT, IT WOULD ADD MORE COST TO THIS PROJECT. SO BASED ON THE NONPROFIT STATUS OF PBN AND HIS INVESTMENT BANKER, OUR ADVICE WAS TO GO THE NONPROFIT, THE TAX EXEMPT ROUTE.

BUT YOU COULD SAVE I MEAN, YOU COULD YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S GOING TO COST YOU $417,000 EXTRA A YEAR TO GO WITH THE BONDS SO YOU COULD REFINANCE IT AND THE MONEY IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THE REFINANCING, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE YOUR COST, IT'S COSTING YOU $417,000 TO NOT HAVE THE BONDS TAXABLE EQUIVALENT.

THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING YOU FROM REFINANCING WITH BONDS IF YOU GOT A CONVENTIONAL LOAN AND MET YOUR TIMELINE.

WELL, WE'VE SECURED A TERM SHEET. WE STILL HAVE TO WORK TO CLOSING. I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU WOULD HAVE STARTED THAT EARLIER IS BASICALLY THE QUESTION.

NOTHING STOPS YOU FROM. WELL, WE, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 6TH.

SO BY THE TIME WE HAD THE FULL INFORMATION, I DID REHASH THIS ABOUT HAVING THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO PUT IN FRONT OF BANKS.

WE WENT OUT AS SOON AS WE COULD AND WE SECURED THE TERM SHEET MAY 19TH, AND THAT WAS JUST THE TIMELINE THAT WE WERE SECURED BY.

ONCE WE HAVE THE TERM SHEET, WE START WORKING TOWARDS THE CLOSING. SO THERE IS SOME STEPS TO THAT PROCESS, REGARDLESS IF IT'S TAX EXEMPT OR TAXABLE LOAN TO GET TO FINAL FUNDING.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR NOW. MADAM VICE MAYOR, DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE SOME COMMENTS TO FINISH UP MY QUESTION? I MEAN, JUST TO TELL YOU WHERE I'M AT, THIS DIDN'T I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COME TO MY EXTENT OR MY DECISION LIGHTLY OF I THINK OF HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE. BUT YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY WAS STILL GOING THROUGH STUFF.

I PROBABLY HAD LESS THAN FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP EVERY NIGHT SINCE LAST THURSDAY, WATCHING VIDEOS AND READING STUFF.

AND ACTUALLY, MAX CALLED ME TO CLARIFY SOMETHING AT 505, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS ALMOST GOING TO BE LATE FOR THE MEETING BECAUSE I WAS STILL READING UP AND TRYING TO DO MY HOMEWORK, SO I PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO MY VOTE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO GO, AND HOW I'M LOOKING AT HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE IS LOOKING AT THE INITIAL PROJECT AT NORTH DISTRICT PARK.

THERE WAS FOUR EXTENSIONS DONE WITH THAT ONE.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WHEN THE INITIAL PRESENTATION WAS DONE IN APRIL, IT SAID IT WAS AN UNSOLICITED BY THE CITY IS HOW IT WAS PRESENTED. SO THAT MEANS YOU CAME BACK TO THE CITY OR THE PBGF CAME BACK TO THE CITY FOR A FIFTH ATTEMPT AT THIS ICE RINK.

NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER 30 DAY EXTENSION PAST A 30 DAY TO CURE THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE, WHICH THE 30 DAY CURE WOULD BE A SIXTH EXTENSION.

AND NOW THIS WOULD BE THE SEVENTH APRIL 2024.

WHEN THE MEETING INITIALLY HAPPENED, IT WAS PRESENTED BY KUMRA.

AND IN THAT HE STATED, IF YOU WANT TO VERIFY WHAT HE SAID, IT'S AT AN HOUR, SIX MINUTES AND 30S IN.

AND HE SAID HE WAS BRINGING IT BACK WITH A VERY STRICT CONTRACT.

AND HE SAID THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR AN EXTENSION AS HE PRESENTED IT TO THE COUNCIL THAT NIGHT.

SO, AND WE'VE GOTTEN CLARIFICATION THAT IT CAN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, BUT WHEN IT'S PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, THE INITIAL TIME, IT WAS PRESENTED AS NO CHANCE FOR AN EXTENSION.

AND THE REASON FOR THE STRICT CONTRACT WHEN HE PRESENTED IT TO US WAS EXACTLY WHAT I HAD JUST REFERENCED TO.

THE REASON FOR NO EXTENSION TO BE AWARDED WAS BECAUSE OF LESSONS LEARNED IN THE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.

SO IT WAS EVEN REPEATED TWICE THAT THE CITY WILL NOT EXTEND THIS CONTRACT WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN APRIL 2020 FOR THIS GROUP.

IN THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT AS IF THIS IS AN ICE RINK PROJECT, BUT JUST AN EXTENSION OF LAND.

AND THIS GROUP WAS GIVEN A GIFT OF HOW I LOOK AT IT, OF LAND.

AND THAT WOULD BE VALUED AT OVER TEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS WHAT THIS LAND WOULD BE VALUED AT.

SO IF I WAS GIVEN THAT TYPE OF MONEY AND GIFTED TO ME, I WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE SURE I MET ALL OF MY TIMELINES,

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AND I COMMEND THE COUNCIL FOR BEING COURAGEOUS THE LAST TIME IN DOING THIS VOTE, BECAUSE IT WASN'T AN EASY VOTE. THIS ISN'T A VOTE WHERE EVERYBODY'S HAPPY ABOUT. IT'S A VOTE WHERE ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, BOTH ARE GOING TO BE UPSET ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND THEY THEY REALLY TOOK THAT HIT. SO TO BRING IT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY UNFAIR TO THEM BECAUSE THEY STICK THEIR NECK OUT FOR THIS GROUP.

AND NOW TO DO THIS TO THEM IS REALLY MAKING THEM STICK THEIR NECK OUT AGAIN.

AND I KEEP HEARING IN ALL OF THE BUZZWORDS WHEN I WATCHED ALL THE VIDEOS, SOMETHING STUCK OUT TO ME WAS, WE'RE HIGHLY CONFIDENT, WE'RE HIGHLY CONFIDENT, WE'RE HIGHLY CONFIDENT. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HEARD THAT BETWEEN THE TWO TIMES THAT THIS WAS DONE. AND, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE MILESTONE HAS BEEN MET RIGHT DOWN TO ONE THAT WAS DUE MAY 31ST. AND CONFIDENCE TO ME IS SHOWN THROUGH ACTION AND EVEN MISSING THAT ONE.

AND NOW WE CAN'T EVEN TELL ME WHEN ACCOUNT WAS SECURED.

YOU KNOW, I EVEN ASKED IF IT WAS IN THE LAST 48 HOURS BECAUSE I ACTUALLY INQUIRED ABOUT THIS AND ASKED MAX TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND SEE ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY.

SO DID WE BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, OR WAS IT ALREADY KNOWN? AND I JUST DIDN'T GET THAT ANSWER. AND IT SCARES ME OF THE FINANCES IF THEY'RE NOT BEING DONE APPROPRIATELY NOW.

AND IT WAS MENTIONED BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS. HOW IS IT GOING TO BE DONE ONCE THEY HAVE CONTROL OF THIS FACILITY? AND WILL THIS COME BACK UP AGAIN AND WILL IT DEFAULT TO THE CITY? SO WHEN THAT WAS SAID, I ACTUALLY ASKED OUR RECREATION DIVISION IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN.

I'D LIKE YOUR INPUT. DO YOU WANT AN ICE RINK TO RUN? AND IT WAS INSTANTANEOUS. LOUD? NO, WE DO NOT.

SO THEY DON'T WANT TO RUN THIS IF IT DOESN'T SUCCEED.

AND NONE OF THE FINANCIALS SO FAR HAVE SAID TO ME THAT IT'S GOING TO SUCCEED LONG TERM.

AND IF IT DOES FALL BACK ON THE CITY, AND THERE IS SOME DEBT THAT THE CITY HAS TO INCUR FOR THIS.

YOU KNOW, THE CITY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THINGS LIKE THE POLICE, FIRE, ROADS, PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE OTHER PARKS IN THE CITY.

SO I'VE READ ALL THE PAST DOCUMENTS AND THE VIDEOS AND HOLD ON, I'M TRYING TO.

I'M SCRIBBLING. SO I WAS GOING TO TRY AND ORGANIZE THIS, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. AND THE OTHER THING THAT KIND OF UPSET ME WAS YOU PUT IT IN THIS WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH EMAILS THIS WEEK, I GOT, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS.

I THINK I GOT ONE EMAIL FROM BUT NOT A SINGLE ONE SUPPORTING THIS EXTENSION.

AND IN THERE, IT KIND OF HURT ME THAT IT SAID THAT IF THIS EXTENSION IS NOT GRANTED AND THEY HAVE TO SECURE OTHER FINANCING AT A HIGHER RATE, THAT THE PBC WILL COST US 400,000 A YEAR IN YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN OFFER TO THE YOUTH.

SO THAT KIND OF PUTS IT ON THE COUNCIL. IF WE DON'T GRANT THIS EXTENSION, IT'S OUR FAULT THAT $400,000 EXTRA OF PROGRAMS ARE NOT GOING TO THE KIDS.

AND IT'S NOT OUR FAULT THAT $400,000 IS NOT GOING TO THE KIDS.

AND THIS COUNCIL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE TO REMIND YOU TO GET YOUR FINANCING.

BECAUSE I ASKED MAX APRIL 1ST, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM PB ON THEIR FINANCING FOR A MONTH? HE DIDN'T HEAR BACK, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I ASKED HIM AGAIN IN MY LAST MONTH'S AGENDA REVIEW. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM PB AND F? AND HE SAID, AS FAR AS I KNOW, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, SO I ASSUME EVERYTHING'S A GO. I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL ACTUALLY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SENT ME AN INFORMATION FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST THAT AS OF MAY 22ND, YOU WERE STILL LOOKING FOR FINANCING AND HE WAS JUST BEING BRIEFED ON THIS.

SO TO SAY THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN I HAD ASKED TWICE, AND I HAD SEEN HIM ASK TWICE, WITH NO UPDATES OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. THAT RAISED A LOT MORE RED FLAGS FOR ME.

AND THIS WHEN YOU SAY THE 400,000? IN YOUR PROPOSAL, IT SAYS THAT YOUR YEARLY DEBT FROM THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE 18 MILLION OF INCOME AND 2.5 TO 3 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING TO DEBT CONSOLIDATION OR DEBT REMEDIATION.

SO THE 400,000 THAT YOU TRIED TO PUT ON THE COUNCIL THAT WE'RE GOING TO, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS, IT'S US THAT'S KIND OF AND YOU DIDN'T QUOTE IT THAT WAY, BUT IT KIND OF READ THAT WAY WHEN I READ IT IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUTH PROGRAMS. THAT WAS ALREADY IN YOUR INITIAL PROPOSAL AS WHAT YOU WERE BUDGETING FOR YOUR DEBT REMEDIATION OVER THE YEARS.

AND I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING, I'M NEWLY ELECTED, I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW, BUT THERE WAS A POST ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT, THE POST ARTICLE.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT ACTUALLY SAID I LIKE ICE RINKS.

AND THAT ALSO BLEW MY PHONE UP, JUST LIKE THE OTHER DAY.

AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, I LIKE ICE RINKS.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A WELL-ROUNDED THING TO THE CITY TO HAVE ANOTHER SPORTING PROGRAM IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY WITH ITS FIELDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND I HATE TO TELL YOU, BUT I'VE LOST FAITH IN THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

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AND I SAY, IF YOU'RE SO CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS FINANCING THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE TAKING THE RISK, NOT THIS COUNCIL, NOT THIS CITY, ABOUT YOU SECURING YOUR FINANCING.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD TWO OPTIONS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE REFINANCED CONVENTIONALLY AND THEN PAID IT OFF WITH THE BONDS WHEN YOU GOT THEM.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD A $400,000 MORE EXPENSIVE YEAR THIS YEAR, BUT YOU COULD HAVE FIXED THAT WITH THE BONDS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR OR WHENEVER, AND SAVE THAT RECURRING COST OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, WHATEVER THOSE LOANS ARE.

THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS EXTENSION.

I DO COMMEND THE PAST BOARD BECAUSE THEY I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, I WAS HAPPY THAT THEY WERE VOTING ON IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONTENTION AROUND THIS, AND I SAW WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND THE CONTENTION THAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY STUCK THEIR NECKS OUT FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.

I WAS LIKE, I HOPE TO GOD THIS ORGANIZATION, AFTER WHAT THIS COUNCIL JUST DID AND SAT UNDER FIRE, I HOPE THAT THIS ORGANIZATION GETS THIS DONE FOR THEIR SAKE AND NOT EMBARRASS THEM.

THIS JUST HAS AS MANY EXTENSIONS TO EXTEND THIS CONTRACT TO AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT, GIVING AWAY A HUGE CITY ASSET TO YOU ALL.

AND THAT'S TOO BIG OF A RISK FOR ME TO THINK, TO JUST GIVE YOU ONE MORE EXTENSION WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY HAD, AS I KIND OF PUT IT AS AN EXAMPLE, I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST A SEVENTH EXTENSION.

WE MUST BE STEWARDS OF THE PROPERTY THAT THIS OUR RESIDENTS OWN.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF DOUBT. AND WHEN I SAY THAT, YOU GUYS KEEP SAYING A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.

I DON'T NEED YOU TO HAVE CONFIDENCE. I NEED TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE.

AND SOMEBODY SAID IT BEST WHEN I WAS WRITING ALL THIS DOWN AND SCRIBBLING IT, AND IT WAS FROM ONE OF THE MANY, MANY EMAILS I GOT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS, BUT IT WAS A RESIDENT NAMED VICKI.

I WON'T SAY HER LAST NAME TO PROTECT IT, BUT SHE WRAPPED IT ALL UP AND I READ IT AGAIN BEFORE I WALKED OUT THE DOOR TONIGHT AND SHE SAID IT BEST.

DEADLINES ARE SET FOR A REASON, AND THEY MUST BE UPHELD TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PUBLIC'S TRUST.

AND THAT'S OUR JOB UP HERE, IS TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRUST AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO I AGREE WITH HER. AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE PUBLIC'S TRUST.

AND EVEN I TALKED TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO'S A VERY CLOSE FRIEND, AND HE WAS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING, AND HE WANTED AN ICE RINK AND HE WANTED AN ICE RINK.

AND A COUPLE DAYS AGO WE WERE HAVING LUNCH AND HE JUST SAID, HOW MANY TIMES CAN THEY MOVE THE GOALPOST ON THE COUNCIL? AND HE SAID, IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN CHARLIE BROWN TRIED TO KICK THE FOOTBALL EVERY TIME FROM LUCY. HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GOING TO ATTEMPT TO KICK THAT FOOTBALL? AND THEY MOVE THAT FOOTBALL? SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT AND SORRY COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE TIME.

CHELSEA. ALL RIGHT. I ONLY HAD ONE QUESTION LEFT AT THE END OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN YOU TOOK IT.

I'M SORRY. THAT WAS GREAT. NO. WELL DONE. AND IT WAS ABOUT THE THE THE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT BECAUSE WITH ALL THE MENTIONING OF THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE SAYING IS GUARANTEED, IT STILL NEEDS TO GET PAID BACK. RIGHT. RIGHT.

AND IF YOU DO THE MATH, IT DOESN'T ADD UP. THAT'S IF IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH DEBT YOU'RE TAKING ON AND THE BUILDING HASN'T EVEN BEEN BUILT YET, WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS. TO BUILD A BUILDING. THIS NEEDS TO BE RUN FOR A CITY AS A NONPROFIT.

HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO PAY ALL THAT DEBT OFF BASED ON THE DEBT RATIO AS IT IS NOW? CURRENTLY, THE LOAN IS A FIVE YEAR TERM LOAN WHICH HAS A 25 YEAR AMORTIZATION, SO WE WOULD EXPECT TO AMORTIZE THE DEBT OVER AT LEAST 25 TO 30 YEARS, IF NOT MORE. THERE'S A 40 YEAR GROUND LEASE THAT'S TRADITIONAL FOR FOR NONPROFIT FINANCE.

THAT'S JUST THE BOND OR ALL THE DEBT. THE BOND THE DEBT, THE BRIDGE LOAN FROM LARRY ROBINS OVENS IS IS MORE OR LESS JUST PUT IN PLACE TO HELP BRIDGE TO FUTURE DONATIONS, QUITE FRANKLY.

SO HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY IN THE BANK ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW? WELL OVER 2 MILLION IN THE IN THE PLEDGE FROM LARRY ROBBINS IS A LEGALLY BINDING PLEDGE THAT I BELIEVE MAX LOWMAN HAS REVIEWED.

HAVE WE EVER SEEN A COPY OF A BANK STATEMENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE THAT PROVES THIS? ASIDE FROM JUST A PLEDGE FROM A BILLIONAIRE? NO.

ALL RIGHT. SO. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER KEMP'S WORDS.

THE CITY HAS ACTED NOTHING. NOTHING BUT GOOD FAITH IN THIS AND TAKING IT ON ITS FACE AS A PROJECT.

WE'RE HERE AGAIN. AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHERE WE WERE WITH THE FIRST DESIGN IS THAT YOU GUYS JUST GOT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THIS TIME.

YOU HAVE AN ABILITY RIGHT NOW TO ACQUIRE THE FINANCING THAT YOU NEED IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

IN THE LETTER FROM YOUR COMPANY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LETTER, THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS, WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL ACHIEVE 100% FINANCING TO BREAK GROUND ON THE ICE FACILITY THIS SUMMER.

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THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER IS LIKE SEPTEMBER 20TH SOMETHING.

SO YOU HAVE JUST LESS THAN A MONTH UNDER THAT.

SO YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT. YOU SAY RIGHT HERE YOU HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. SO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

YOU GUYS SAY YOU CAN DO IT IN 60 DAYS. WHAT I WILL SAY THOUGH, IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHECKLIST OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE CITY, WITH THE CITY, WITH STAFF, THAT'S THE BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT YOU DO TO HAVE A PROJECT IN THIS CITY.

THAT'S THE BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT YOU DO TO HAVE A PROJECT IN THIS CITY.

YOU CHECK THE BOXES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPLAUD YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPLAUD YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OF THAT.

THAT, AGAIN, IS THE BARE MINIMUM OF WORKING IN THE CITY.

SEVERAL TIMES. A LOT OF US HERE ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH THE HOSPITAL THAT'S BEING BUILT IN ALTON.

THE CEO OF THAT HOSPITAL, THE STATE OF THE STATE'S HOSPITALS, NOT JUST THE ONE HERE, WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT RESIDENTS THAT HE WENT ON TO THEIR BALCONIES DURING COVID AND WENT INTO THEIR HOMES TO LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS GOING TO BE.

WE ONLY HEARD FROM YOU GUYS TODAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A DEFICIT OF INFORMATION.

THAT'S NOT HOW THIS CITY DOES BUSINESS. WE DO BUSINESS TRANSPARENTLY IN THE OPEN WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN MIND BECAUSE YOU'VE HIT EVERY BOX.

OUR DUTY IS TO FOLLOW THROUGH. YOU MET WITH EVERYBODY.

YOU'VE DONE THE THINGS. NOW, THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED BEING BROUGHT TO US WITH GUARANTEED FUNDING.

IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE. IF IT WAS FUNDING THAT WAS GUARANTEED, IT WOULD BE IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, NOT $2 MILLION.

BUT YOU'RE CLOSER TO WHAT, 30, $40 MILLION? IT'S.

NOT GOOD FAITH. COUNCIL MEMBER KEMP ASKED ABOUT REFINANCING.

WHY NOT? WHY NOT JUST GET THE MONEY NOW? AS. AS WE HEARD, YOU HAVE MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES ON YOUR BOARD.

GET THE FUNDING. YOU'VE GOT UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.

MIDDLE OF AUGUST. WE MAKE COMMITMENTS TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S FOR THEIR SAFETY.

IT'S FOR THEIR HAPPINESS, FOR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND PRIMARILY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST THING WE STARTED WITH ITS FIDUCIARY DUTY.

AND I TOO WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS BECAUSE I CAN'T OFFER ANY MORE.

I DO HOPE THAT IF YOU IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA BY AUGUST, YOU GET ON PEOPLE'S BALCONIES AND BECOME A BETTER NEIGHBOR.

THANK YOU. CAN I SAY SOMETHING ELSE THAT SHE JUST ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP? SO SHE ASKED IF SHE HAD SEEN ANY FINANCIALS. MAX.

AND BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE I HAD ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION ABOUT ARTICLE 48 TODAY IF THEY WERE DUE FINANCIALS, ACTUALLY. SO DID THEY GIVE US THEIR FINANCIAL AUDIT LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS DUE LAST YEAR, MAY 31ST, 2024. ACTUALLY, THE AUDIT WAS UNDER UNDER ARTICLE 48 WAS DUE THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR CALENDAR YEAR 24.

THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS. SO IT WAS IT WAS DUE THIS YEAR. BUT NO WE DID NOT. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT YET, AS THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

AND I MEAN I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S I'M NOT I'M SHE HAD SAID SHE'S VOTING NO AND I'M VOTING NO.

BUT WE STILL HAVE TO HOLD A VOTE OR EVEN A MOTION.

BUT I MEAN, THIS IS A MOTIVATION. YOU SAY YOU'RE CONFIDENT, BE CONFIDENT IN YOURSELVES AND GO OUT AND PROBLEM SOLVE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY, AND I DO HAVE 1 OR 2 MORE QUESTIONS.

SO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES DO ABOUT WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST GET THE LOAN? YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SO PROFICIENT IN NONPROFITS.

YOU KNEW THIS MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER. YOU COULD HAVE BEEN MORE PROACTIVE TO GET A LOAN AND THEN CONVERT IT AND REFINANCE IT.

WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE SUBORDINATE LOAN, THE ADDITIONAL LOAN THAT LARRY ROBBINS IS GOING TO GIVE OF $12 MILLION.

SO WE DIDN'T EVEN GET INTO THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WOULD COME EVEN TO BE PREPAID BEFORE THE OTHER LOAN IS IS HE GETS FIRST IN LINE.

SO I UNDERSTAND HE WOULD BE FIRST IN LINE BEFORE THAT OTHER LOAN EVEN GOT PAID OFF.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S JUST REALLY A BRIDGE TO OTHER PLEDGES.

SO WE WOULD KIND OF CARVE OUT THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD.

WE'VE CARVED OUT SPECIFICALLY PLEDGES OF OR OTHER DONATIONS TO TAKE OUT THOSE THAT SUBORDINATE DEBT.

AND TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL FINANCING, AS I MENTIONED, AS A MARCH 17TH WAS THE REALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD TO GO OUT AND MARKET THIS, WE WENT AND SOLICITED TERM SHEETS.

TERM SHEETS. THERE STILL IS A PROCESS OF CLOSING.

SO REGARDLESS IF WE DID IT TRADITIONAL OR TAX EXEMPT, THERE'S STILL A PROCESS TO CLOSE, RIGHT? TO ME, A TERM SHEET MEANS NOTHING. IT'S JUST WORDS.

SO THAT'S NOT A COMMITMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A THEME HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

YOU KNOW, THE JERRY MAGUIRE. SHOW ME THE MONEY.

YOU KNOW, SHOW US THE MONEY. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY DISAPPOINTING.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.

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WE COULD. WE'RE GREAT PARTNERS. WE'RE HERE FOR EACH OTHER.

BUT THE TRUST AND RESPECT IS NOT THERE. AND OUR LOCAL, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WORK WITH OUR CITY, WE EXPECT EXCELLENCE AND FOCUS.

YOU KNOW, THE BALL WAS DROPPED, AND I'M NOT HAPPY I'M VOTING NO FOR THIS AS WELL.

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE HERE.

AND I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER AND MORE PROFESSIONAL, AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIORITY ONE.

SO, MAX, I'LL SURE. WITH THAT, MADAM MAYOR SINCE IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE THREE NO VOTES FOR CERTAIN IT WOULD BE. I CAN CRAFT A MOTION BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO APPROVE A PORTION OF AMENDMENT TWO.

SO IF I IF YOU WILL, YOU'LL INDULGE ME. I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT EASY FOR FOR THE COUNCIL.

SO I'LL CRAFT THE MOTION. AND IF THAT'S IN AGREEMENT, IF YOU AGREE WITH IT, IF ONE OF YOU WOULD SAY SO MOVED, THEN YOU COULD TAKE A SECOND AND THEN A VOTE.

AND SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 52 2024, ONLY APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 14 OF EXHIBIT B AND NOT APPROVING THE TIME EXTENSION.

SO MOVED. ACTUALLY, SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO DO IT.

SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN CALL THE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? NO. I THINK YOU WOULD WANT TO VOTE IN FAVOR.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. YES. SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

IS THAT THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO VOTE ON? YES, MA'AM. SO RESOLUTION 52 2025 IS APPROVED AS IT RELATES TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR SECTION 14 OF EXHIBIT B, AND NOT AS IT RELATES TO THE TIME EXTENSION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND RECONVENE, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

AND NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[VI. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]

FIRST IS KELLY BURKE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE COUNCIL AND STAFF ON SUCH A SUCCESSFUL REOPENING OF THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER. I WAS THERE SATURDAY, I WAS TOURING, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF PEOPLE WITH THE PASSPORTS GETTING THEIR STAMPS, AND I GOT MY COMMEMORATIVE BAG FROM BERNIE, AND IT WAS JUST SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THE THRONGS OF FAMILIES AND SENIORS AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF OUR CITY GOING TO THE OPENING.

AS I WAS LEAVING BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTED MY PARKING SPOT.

IT'S SUCH A VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR CITY, AND IT'S SUCH A REFLECTION OF THE COMMITMENT OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE. AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, EVERYBODY NEEDS AN ATTABOY OR AN ATTA GIRL.

AND I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE STAFF OF THE CITY.

THANKS. DAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT WE HAVE SAL FASO.

GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, MADAM MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. MY NAME IS SAL FASO AND I LIVE AT 13805 EMERSON STREET IN PALM BEACH GARDENS 33418.

THAT'S ALTON, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW. AND I'M RENTING SO I'M NOT A TAXPAYER YET, RON.

OKAY. OUT ANY EVENT, I HAVE ONE PURPOSE ON BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD CSX CLOSURE PROJECT.

AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE IF YOU PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGY ON WHEN YOU THINK YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO THE RESIDENTS.

I'M GETTING ALL KINDS OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS.

I'M THE PRESIDENT, AS YOU KNOW, OF THE NORTH COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, WE HAVE 20 COMMUNITIES AND 66,000 RESIDENTS, MOST OF THEM IN PALM BEACH GARDENS. AND CANDIDLY, A LOT OF THESE COMMENTS ARE WAY OFF THE MARK.

AND LET ME BACK UP. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOSTER IS A BUNCH OF TEAMWORK.

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AND I DON'T SEE JIMMY IPPOLITO, BUT JIMMY WAS PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THESE CONFERENCE CALLS AND MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD PRIOR.

AND THE WHOLE OBJECTIVE WE HAVE IS AN ORGANIZATION IS TO TRY TO FOSTER TEAMWORK.

WE NEED ALL THE PARTIES TOGETHER TO SIT TOGETHER, FUNCTION AS A TEAM.

NOBODY WINS. NOBODY LOSES. PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE ITEM WE'RE MOST CONCERNED WITH.

AND WHETHER IT'S EMERGENCY SERVICES, POLICE, FIRE, AMBULATORY RESIDENTS DAILY GOING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK.

THERE'S 35,000 CARS A DAY THAT GO BACK AND FORTH WORTH ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE IS NO PLAN. THERE IS NO AGREED TO DATES AS THE WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, WHO'S GOING TO DO WHAT? SO WITH ALL OF THAT BEING LEFT UP IN THE OPEN, I KNOW THERE'S A BIG CALL TOMORROW WHICH I'M GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN. I THINK THERE'S 42 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TEAM'S CONFERENCE CALL, BUT IT'S THE BEGINNING AND WE'RE TRYING TO FOSTER THIS TEAMWORK.

SO NOBODY, LIKE I SAY, WINS OR LOSES, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY, THE STATE OR CSX.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE. SO THAT'S OUR FOCUS AS A RESIDENTIAL ORGANIZATION.

WE TRUST. AND AS I SAID, CHIEF PAPE AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN IN JIMMY HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN IT.

SO IS THE COUNTY, SO IS WEST PALM BEACH. BUT WE NEED GUESS WHAT THE CSX PEOPLE TO KIND OF COME TO.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. IT'S NOT JUST ONE EFFORT.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS? I DON'T WANT THE RESIDENTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG.

OKAY, NOW WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT ONCE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE CONCRETE, GOOD AGREEMENT AND ON INFORMATION THAT WE WE CAN PRESENT AND LIVE BY.

THEN I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE WE GET THE PUBLIC INFORMED HOW WE DO IT, WHEN WE DO IT, WHERE WE DO IT, WHO DOES IT? THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE LEFT UNANSWERED. SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SAL.

AND ACTUALLY, RON, I KNOW THAT YOU AND CHIEF PAPE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY HAD ALREADY HAD A MEETING WITH DOT AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE. WOULD YOU MIND? I KNOW IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT ARE ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS.

IF YOU MIND, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A VERY BRIEF UPDATE.

I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT. WELL, THERE ISN'T A LOT TO TELL.

WE DID HAVE OUR MEETINGS WITH FDOT AND EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF PROFESSIONALS ON THAT CALL.

POLICE, FIRE ENGINEERING, OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.

WE TALKED WITH FDOT. WE'RE EVEN GETTING EVEN.

THEY EVEN TALKED ABOUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO GIVE CSX TO TO ACCELERATE THE PROJECT.

BUT WE HAVE YET TO SPEAK TO CSX. WE'RE WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP IN WHICH WE WERE HOPING THAT CSX WOULD BE PART OF THAT MEETING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE MORE DIALOG.

RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NOTHING SET IN CONCRETE. NO PUN INTENDED.

BUT AS SAL SAID, ONCE WE HAVE CONCRETE AND GOOD INFORMATION, WE WILL, AS ALWAYS LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, COUNCIL KNOW, AND WE WILL DO THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT ON THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS OUR MAJOR CONCERN GIVEN THE WESTERN LOCATION.

SO WE'RE THERE. WE'LL BE IN THE MEETING. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY EVERY WAY WE CAN.

AND ONCE WE HAVE SOME CONCRETE INFORMATION, AS SAL SAID, AND GOOD, SOLID INFORMATION, WE'LL CERTAINLY SHARE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED.

AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNTY AND BRINGING THEM IN.

AND THE WEST PALM NOW IS MY UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S WORKING ALL TOGETHER, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.

SO UNITED FRONT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT PERSON IS MARIA MARINO.

MAYOR MARIA MARINO, I MIGHT ADD. HI THERE. MY NAME IS MARIA MARINO, MAYOR OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I DID WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RAILROAD CROSSING.

I, I DID SPEAK WITH STEVE BRAUN THIS WEEK. HE ADDRESS, PLEASE.

OH, SORRY. 301 NORTH OLIVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.

THAT'S THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING. THANK YOU.

AND HE WAS ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT CSX WASN'T ON THE CALL ON MONDAY.

IT DOES AFFECT AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT ONLY DISTRICT ONE, WHICH IS THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY, BUT WEST PALM AND THE LOXAHATCHEE. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE ON TOP OF THIS.

WE HAVE BEEN GETTING EMAILS ABOUT IT. SO IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THERE WAS A CONFERENCE CALL.

AGAIN, CSX WASN'T ON THE CALL, BUT I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND FDOT HAVE COME UP WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS.

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ESPECIALLY FOR EMERGENCY. SO THAT WAS ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY.

THE OTHER IS I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU ALL UP TO DATE A LITTLE BIT.

WE ARE HAVING OUR OUR RACE FOR OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL COME TO A CLOSE JUNE 17TH.

WE ARE DOING PRIVATE INTERVIEWS ON THE 16TH WITH EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

THE EVENING OF THE 16TH AT THE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION WHERE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COULD COME IN AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THE FOUR CANDIDATES THAT ARE LEFT WITH SIX, THEN FIVE. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO FOUR. ALL ARE LOCAL.

AND SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME TO THAT, THAT WILL BE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.

THERE WILL BE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE, ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.

IF SOMEBODY JUST WANTS TO WATCH FROM HOME AND THERE WILL BE A MODERATOR, SO IT'LL BE JUST AN EVEN KEEL, ASK EACH OF THE EACH OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE RUNNING.

ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY THAT ON TUESDAY'S AGENDA, WE HAVE THE COUNTYWIDE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN RFP COMING TO A CLOSE AND HOPEFULLY SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH THE WSP OF USA. IT SHOULD.

THE CONTRACT IS SCHEDULED TO RUN FROM JULY 1ST TO 2025 TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.

THERE ARE ABOUT 14 ITEMS THAT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD AND SHARED THEIR INFORMATION, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE UNLESS EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED.

SO THANK YOU. AND LAST I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, MR. FERRIS. IT WAS MY HONOR TO BE UP AT THE FLORIDA CITY AND COUNTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION TO SEE YOU WHEN YOUR AWARD.

SO WELL DONE. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT LEADER AND MAKING ALL OF US BETTER.

ELECTEDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARIA. AND PRIOR TO OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT

[VII. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

THERE'S A PICTURE HERE. THE RICHARD SIMMONS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS AWARDED TO AN EXEMPLARY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SERVED THE PROFESSION, OR THE FLORIDA CITY COUNTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION WITH STEADFAST, STEADFAST DEDICATION, INNOVATION, AND THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. THIS AWARD IS A MEMORIAL TO DICK SIMMONS, A PIONEER IN THE PROFESSION.

PAST EFQM PRESIDENT RANGE WRITER EMERITUS AND A 50 YEAR EFQM A MEMBER AND I THINK A WEST PALM CITY MANAGER AS WELL. AND TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, AN INDIVIDUAL MUST BE NOMINATED BY A FULL OR LIFETIME MEMBER OF FCMA AND MEET A LOT, LOT OF CRITERIA, ONE OF WHICH IS SERVING OVER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MR. FERRIS HAS SERVED WELL OVER 35 YEARS, I MIGHT ADD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS RON. VERY WELL DESERVED. WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AND I WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE.

SOMEONE STOLE IT FROM YOUR OFFICE. THIS IS HIS AWARD.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE. I KNOW, FOR DOING THAT.

HE HATES WHEN WE DO THIS TO HIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND LIKE I SAID IN WHEN I RECEIVED THE AWARD IF MY ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE OUT THERE WOULD STAND UP, PLEASE STAND UP. COME ON, ALL OF YOU. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, I'M. I'M WORTHLESS WITHOUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE DOING WHAT THEY DO.

AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO. I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU. OH, I LIKE THIS. YOU COMPLETE ME. THANK YOU.

GREAT. AND I WILL ALSO MENTION I DID READ TODAY THAT JOHN BAUM ALSO WON A RISING STAR AWARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, JOHN. THAT'S THE BEST PART OF THE COUNCIL

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I DO HAVE ONE ITEM TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.

AS YOU KNOW, I NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON STAFF.

AND SO ONCE MORE, WE FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION FOR AN UNBELIEVABLE RECOGNITION OF THE HARD WORK OF SOME EMPLOYEES, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. THERE WAS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN MAY.

IT'S CALLED THE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL COMMUNICATORS ASSOCIATION.

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A TOTAL OF SEVEN AWARDS FOR CREATIVE PROJECTS THREE FIRST PLACE, FOUR SECOND PLACE. OUTSTANDING AWARD FOR IN-HOUSE MARKETING CAMPAIGN.

THAT WAS OUR GLIDING THROUGH GARDENS BY OUTSTANDING AWARD FOR BEST ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER, THE PINNACLE, DECEMBER 24TH. OUTSTANDING AWARD FOR BEST SOCIAL MEDIA POST FALLS PREVENTION WEEK IF YOU REMEMBER REAL.

THE HONORABLE MENTION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS RIVERSIDE'S 20 YEARS OF EDUCATING CHILDREN.

AN HONORABLE MENTION FOR MAGAZINE, ELECTRONIC OR PRINT SIGNATURE CITY.

SUMMER 2024 HONORABLE MENTION FOR VIDEO. PRODUCED IN HOUSE FOR EDUCATION.

TRAINING. RECRUITMENT. POLICE PURSE THEFT PSA.

HONORABLE MENTION FOR VIDEO. PRODUCED IN HOUSE FOR PROMOTIONAL OR SPECIAL EVENT.

OUR NINE OVER 11 CEREMONY. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FANTASTIC CREW CANDACE TEMPLE, PLEASE STAND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR DAVID WILLIAMS, MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS MATTER, AND KIKI HOBBS, COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALISTS, FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. THANK YOU.

IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU SEE A CITY GET SEVEN AWARDS AT THESE EVENTS.

SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THANK YOU. THAT'S MY REPORT. WELL, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT REPORT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO.

NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE CONSENT?

[VIII. CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

OKAY, ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION. TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES.

ORDINANCE FIVE 2025, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

COLONY PLAZA REZONING. RESOLUTION 31 2025. COLONY PLAZA RECONSTRUCTION RESOLUTION 40 2025 AVENUE APPROVAL FOR SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BASE ITS DECISIONS ON THE EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE RECORD OF THIS PROCEEDING, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING, THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE IN THE OFFICIAL CITY FILE ON THIS APPLICATION, AND ANY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THIS HEARING.

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

CROSS-EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WILL BE PERMITTED IN ORDER OF THE WITNESS 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 QUESTIONS. IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD WHICH IS LOCATED OVER THERE BY THE DOOR 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.

PATTY. SO WE'LL FIRST, WE'LL START WITH ORDINANCE FIVE 2025.

[IX.a. *ORDINANCE 5, 2025 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) COLONY PLAZA REZONING. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY COMPRISED OF 1.98 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS COLONY PLAZA, 4265 NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AND CELEDINAS OFFICES, AND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.22 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND MILITARY TRAIL; PROVIDING THAT THESE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG-1) TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG-1); PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

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RESOLUTION 31 2025 IS A COMPANION ITEM TO ORDINANCE FIVE 2025 AND WILL REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION.

RESOLUTION 31 2025 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A PUD MASTER SITE PLAN AND ALLOWING THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A 3109 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING AT 4265 NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, WITHIN THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD, KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS COLONY PLAZA 4265 NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, AND OFFICES, THE SUBJECT SITE BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.22 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND MILITARY TRAIL, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN. PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. PATTY. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR ANY EXPERTISE.

NONE. NO. NONE FOR ME. NONE FOR ME. OKAY. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST MEETING? NO CHANGES, MADAM MAYOR. NO CHANGES. DOES ANYBODY WANT A PRESENTATION? NO. OKAY. AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS SUBJECT ON THIS PETITION.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL FOR A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MOVE. ORDINANCE FIVE 2025, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. AND YOU ALREADY READ RESOLUTION 31 2025.

[IX. *RESOLUTION 31, 2025 – COLONY PLAZA RECONSTRUCTION. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A PUD MASTER SITE PLAN AND ALLOWING THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A 3,109-SQUAREFOOT RETAIL BUILDING AT 4265 NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD WITHIN THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS COLONY PLAZA, 4265 NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AND CELEDINAS OFFICES, THE SUBJECT SITE BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.22 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND MILITARY TRAIL, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. OKAY. NO EXPERTISE. DO WE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE? NO. NO PRESENTATION. AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MOVE. RESOLUTION 31 2025. I'LL SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO RESOLUTION 40 2025. WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 40 2025, A RESOLUTION.

[IX.b.*RESOLUTION 40, 2025 – AVENIR APPROVAL FOR SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND DOG PARK ON AN 11.5-ACRE PARCEL (PARCEL H AND PARCEL J) WITHIN THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 650 FEET 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 650FT NORTH OF NORTHLAKE LAKE BOULEVARD IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU PATTI. AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR ANY EXPERTISE.

NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. NO EXPERTISE FOR ME EITHER.

AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE PETITIONER, KEN TUMA, TO THE PODIUM FOR A PRESENTATION.

HELLO. MR. KEN, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, KEN TUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF AVANIR.

WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND DOG PARK.

IT'S A PRETTY UNIQUE FEATURE THAT'S BEEN PART OF AVANIR SINCE THE INITIAL APPROVAL BACK IN 2016.

IT'S LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVANIR.

IT'S AT NORTH LAKE AND 140TH OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH ABOUT FIVE SLIDES, AND THEN TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN.

IT'S A PRETTY UNIQUE COMPONENT. WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS ON THESE ON OTHER PROJECTS.

WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON ARDEN, WHICH IS IN WESTERN PART OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND THAT ALSO HAS THIS TYPE OF FACILITY, A LITTLE DIFFERENT OPERATION, BUT KIND OF GENERAL SAME CONCEPT, BUT IT IS A NEW THING. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF LESSONS TO BE LEARNED AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT.

SO THE SUBJECT SITE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS THE AVENIR PCD.

LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IS PARCEL H AND J.

THE REASON WHY BOTH PARCELS ARE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE THE ROAD NETWORK FOR THE SOUTHERN PARCEL, PARCEL J, IS PART OF THE SITE PLAN ALSO. AND CAN YOU WERE SWORN IN CORRECT? OH, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T BELIEVE, I CAN'T BELIEVE.

YES. MY ADDRESS IS 610 CLEMATIS STREET AND I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

AND THANK YOU, MR. LOWMAN. SIR. THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL THIS EVENING IS THE ACTION THAT IS BEING REQUESTED.

AND A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. THAT SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS FOR A DOG PARK WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FACILITY.

THE THE LAKE AND THEN ALSO WALKING PATH. THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE IS TO ALLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT'S PROPOSED.

SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. THIS IS THE PART THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

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SO LET ME START ON THE NORTH SIDE. THIS IS THE DOG PARK, WHICH I'LL SHOW AN ADDITIONAL SLIDE IN A MINUTE.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THIS IS THE ORCHIDS OR THE ORCHARDS.

I'M SORRY. THIS IS WHERE THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE GROWING DIFFERENT. PROBABLY MANGO AND OTHER TREES WILL BE GROWING HERE IN ORCHARDS.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CROP FIELDS OR FOUR CROP FIELDS, WHICH ARE 95 BY 100FT.

AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH IS 16 GARDEN BEDS.

THIS IS REALLY THE COMMUNITY GARDENING. THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE RENT THOSE FACILITIES TO ALLOW THEM TO PLANT THEIR OWN MATERIAL.

AND THEN YOU'LL NOTE THERE ARE THE THE HERB GARDEN AREA HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE PAVILION AND THEN ALSO A SHED.

SO THE CONCEPT HERE IS TO THERE WILL BE A FARMER ENGAGED BY THE COMMUNITY.

THAT FARMER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT THOSE 16 BEDS, THOSE 16 GARDEN BEDS.

THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE BEDS, BUT THE FARMER WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

HELPING TO MAINTAIN SO THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. THERE WILL ALSO BE A PAVILION THAT WILL BE USED FOR WASHING AND PACKING OF THE VEGETABLES AND FACILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN COMPONENT OF IT.

IT WILL BE OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO DUSK. THE FIELDS AND ORCHARDS WILL BE LEASED OUT, AS I SAID, TO THAT PRIVATE FARMER SLASH COMPANY THAT WILL OPERATE THAT FACILITY.

THE PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE POINTS AND CONNECTION POINTS AND PARKING ARE ALL IDENTIFIED ON THE SCREEN.

LOTS OF CONNECTIVITY, THE ROADWAY COMING IN, AND THEN ALSO VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO ACCESS THIS AND ACCESS THE PAVILION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE FOUR U-PICK PLANTING BEDS ARE WHERE THE HERBS AND VEGETABLES ARE TO BE PROVIDED, AND THEY'RE NEAR THE ENTRANCE POINT, AND THAT'S ON PURPOSE. TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE, THEY WILL BE U-PICK.

AND THEN ALSO THERE IS A SHARED TOOL COMPONENT THERE.

THE RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE USING MOTORIZED TOOLS.

THEY WILL GET TO USE A SHOVEL AND THE LITTLE SCOOPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

ALL THE MOTORIZED TOOLS WILL BE USED BY THE FARMER.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, I JUST WANT YOU TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.

THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL FARM THAT YOU THINK OF.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS THING, I REMIND MYSELF THAT MY BROTHER IN LAW, WHO OWNED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FARM, THIS IS ONE ROW OF THEIR PLANTER. SO THIS BUT IT IS A UNIQUE FACILITY IN GENERAL FOR THIS AREA, AND IT WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE OF AVENIR.

AND THEN ALSO OTHER RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SECURITY. THERE WILL BE A FIVE FOOT TALL VINYL COATED FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE.

THERE WERE THE WORK TOOL SHED WILL BE LOCKED UP.

THERE WILL BE A KEY. THERE WILL BE A KEYBOARD.

AND THEN, AS I INDICATED EARLIER, THE MACHINE WILL ONLY BE OPERATED BY THE FARMER OR THE CARETAKER.

A WAY TO LOOK AT THIS IS WHEN YOU GET YOUR GRASS MOWED AT YOUR HOUSE.

SOMEONE COMES THERE WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND MOWS AND MAINTAINS IT AND THEN LEAVES.

THAT HEAVY EQUIPMENT WILL NOT BE REMAINING ON SITE, ONLY THE HAND TOOLS AND THE SMALLER TOOLS WILL BE RAINING ON SITE.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DOG PARK. THERE WILL BE A SMALL DOG AND A LARGE DOG PARK AREA.

IT WILL BE MADE OF SYNTHETIC TURF THAT'S LOCATED HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

YOU'LL NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE BUFFER HERE AROUND THE FACILITY.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AROUND THE LAKE ITSELF.

THE LAKE HAS SEVERAL SEATING AREAS. THERE'S AN EIGHT FOOT WALKWAY ALL THE WAY AROUND THE ENTIRE LAKE.

THERE'S AN PRESERVE OUTLOOK LOOKING OVER THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA HERE ON THE WESTERN SIDE.

IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER WETLANDS IN THE ENTIRE SITE, AND IT'S GOT A GREAT VIEW. LOOKING TO THE WEST.

THERE'LL BE LATERAL PLANTINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, LANDSCAPING, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING.

I'M NOT GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS IN AVENIR.

AND JUST A QUICK REMINDER ABOUT THE BUFFERS IN AVENIR ALONG PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD.

THERE IS THAT REQUIRED 40 FOOT THAT EXISTS TODAY.

THEN THERE'S THAT ADDITIONAL 15FT THAT ALL THE PARCELS HAVE.

THAT BUFFER WILL BE PLANTED PER THE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER BUFFERS, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE INTERNAL LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF.

THIS IS AGAIN A SHORT PRESENTATION ON PARCEL H AND J AND THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU.

SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE PETITIONER? I DO. SO KEN, IT'S IT'S EXCITING. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

IS THERE AN ESTIMATION WHEN THEY MIGHT START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS? I THINK IF YOU GIVE OUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE'RE COMING IN OF ENGINEERING TOMORROW, AND THE GOALS HAVE STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THAT AREA HAS BEEN CLEARED AND LEVELED AND READY TO GO.

OKAY. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THERE WERE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE GARDEN PROJECT.

CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF THAT? OF COURSE. YEAH. AND PART OF IT WAS EXPECTING THE RESIDENTS TO DO TOO MUCH.

SO THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF THE BIGGEST THING THAT THERE'S ONLY THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE MORE OF THE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND THE RAISED BED, BECAUSE THE LESSONS LEARNED. PEOPLE WEREN'T REALLY GOOD AT PLANTING ROW CROPS OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS REALLY.

IT HAS TO BE EASY AND PEOPLE WILL DO IT. OKAY.

AND I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I REMEMBER I SAW MR. JAVELIN HERE TONIGHT, AND I WAS REMINDED THAT HE HAD A SMALL OUTDOOR GARDEN IN WHAT IS NOW THE TOWNHOME COMMUNITY AT MIDTOWN,

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OKAY. AND THE CD IS NOT RUNNING THIS. THEY'RE HAVING A DIFFERENT COMPANY RUN.

THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. YES.

OKAY. AND OTHER PEOPLE BESIDES AVENUE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS RESIDENTS OF COURSE, GET FIRST OPPORTUNITY.

IF THEY DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE, IT'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALSO. OKAY.

AND THERE ARE SET TIMES THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN AND CLOSED. 7 A.M.

TO DUSK, MA'AM. OKAY. THERE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LOT OF PARKING.

THAT'S IN THAT AREA, IN THE FARM AREA AND IN THE DOG PARK AREA.

SO THE THERE IS, THERE IS I WOULD THINK THERE IS A LOT OF PARKING.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GOLF CART PARKING.

AND THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND AVENIR IS FOR YOU TO GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE, DRIVE YOUR GOLF CART, RIDE YOUR BICYCLE THERE. BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE PARKS.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER I'LL HAVE TO LOOK, BUT THERE ARE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PARKS IN THAT AREA. THEN ALSO IN PARCEL JAM, THE SOUTH SIDE, WHEN THAT COMES IN, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE PARKING ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH CURRENTLY PROPOSED AS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.

SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A DIFFERENTIAL PARKING COMPONENT THERE TO BE USED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER? THE ONLY I HAD JUST A COUPLE THINGS, WHICH I THINK YOU CLEARED SOME OF THEM UP THAT I HAD ASKED IN THE AGENDA REVIEW, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE TRACTOR WHICH YOU SAID WILL BE TAKEN OFF SITE. YES, SIR. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE 7 A.M.

START TIME, YOU KNOW, WITH TRACTORS AND EVERYTHING RUNNING WITH IT'S GOING TO BE DISTANCE FROM HOUSES, AND I GUESS IT'S WITHIN THE QUIET HOURS OF THE CITY.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CITY CODE. SO. BUT THE LAST THING WAS JUST FROM WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING WAS THE FIRE HYDRANT AS I RODE THROUGH IT.

AND IS THAT GOING TO BE CLEARLY MARKED SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T THINK.

AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN. NO, NO, NO. VERY FAIR. SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT BACK.

SO I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT FIRE HYDRANTS TODAY.

NOT SOMETHING THAT I'VE REALLY DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS. FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS ARE YELLOW, RIGHT? AM I GETTING THAT RIGHT? THESE PROPOSALS FOR RED, AND IT DOES HAVE A LITTLE SIGN ON IT THAT SAYS THIS IS FAKE.

CAN YOU PAINT IT LIKE A DALMATIAN? WHITE AND BLACK. THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.

THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER REED, I THINK YOU WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.

SO SILLY KIND OF QUESTION. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO NAME IT? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. HOW ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO NAME IT? WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR NAMING THE AREA? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT IT'S ALWAYS A BIG PROCESS AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT A NAME, AND I PROMISE YOU I'LL BRING IT. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS WHEN WE GET TO IT. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.

FARM. FARM. GREAT NAME. IS THAT IT? OKAY. FARM FOR THE FUTURE.

HOW DOES THAT SOUND? COUNCIL MEMBER. SO, DO YOU HAVE NOTHING? OKAY, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND ONE COMMENT.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT PLANS.

YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS, SO I'M GLAD IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.

AND ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON ASKED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE ONE THING IS, I KNOW ALTON HAS HAD A LOT OF TROUBLES WITH SECURITY, SO I JUST I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CLOSED AT DUSK AND THERE'S A FENCE AND A LOCK.

I SAW THAT THERE WERE CAMERAS. COULD YOU PLEASE JUST GO THROUGH SECURITY? WHO'S MONITORING THE CAMERAS? AND ALSO IS THERE A ROVING SECURITY PERSON THAT TENDS TO LOOK IN THAT AREA? LET ME ADDRESS THE CAMERA. THE CAMERA FIRST. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE THE CAMERAS WILL GO.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PAVILION AND THE EQUIPMENT IS THE PLACE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LAND.

SO WE THINK THAT'S PRIMARILY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO. THEY'RE GOING TO BE MONITORED BY THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, OR THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THEM. IN REGARDS TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, THERE IS A FIVE FOOT FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROPERTY, AND IT'S THERE ON PURPOSE TO HELP PROTECT IT.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY FACILITY, AND THAT COMMUNITY FACILITY IS INTENDED TO BE WATCHED BY THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE TRAVELING AROUND IT. IT'S JUST LIKE A FARM OR JUST LIKE A COMMUNITY, LIKE A PARK.

IF SOMEONE REALLY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING WRONG, THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WRONG. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE AT ALTON, THOSE LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED AT ALTON IN THAT PARK WAS BY HAVING EYES ON THE STREET REALLY FIX THAT PROBLEM.

THAT'S THE GOAL HERE. AND IS THERE SOMEBODY MONITORING THE CAMERAS? YES. THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. OKAY. PERFECT.

AND I SAW THE EVENT AREA. AND WHAT TYPE OF EVENT DO YOU FEEL ARE GOING TO BE JUST FOR FOR CLARITY.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF ADJACENT TO ON THE WEST SIDE.

THAT EVENT AREA IS REALLY INTENDED FOR TENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON A COMMUNITY GARDEN, THEY'LL BE HOPEFULLY BE EVENTS.

THE FARMER WILL HAVE EVENTS. THEY'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT TO PICK HERBS, ROSEMARY, THYME, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, AND THEY WILL HAVE A TENT SET UP AND MAYBE EVEN MAYBE FOOD TRUCK OR SOMETHING TO MAYBE ONCE IN A WHILE TO COME OUT JUST TO DO SOMETHING UNIQUE,

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RIGHT? SURE. PERFECT. AND THEN IS FOR THE ACTUAL BOXED RESIDENT AREA.

DO THEY PAY FOR THAT? YES, YES, THERE IS, THERE IS IN YOUR NEXT QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY. BUT BUT BUT THEY DO. BUT THEY DO PAY. THEY DO PAY FOR IT.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE RENTING A SMALL SPACE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.

AND WE DON'T KNOW THE COST YET, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE 16 OF THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM LEASED UP.

OKAY. AND ALSO, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO ADD THERE, IF IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL, THERE ARE ROOM TO EXPAND THOSE.

WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER TO START WITH. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. AND DOES THE STAFF HAVE A PRESENTATION, MADAM MAYOR? NO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE AND PLANNING AND ZONING.

ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY AT THEIR MAY MEETING.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS TOPIC, SO I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AND BRING IT TO A VOTE. CAN I GET A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 40 2025.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 38

[X.a. RESOLUTION 38, 2025 – PORT 32 PALM BEACH GARDENS – REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP) FOR BUILDINGS A, B, AND C OF THE PORT 32 PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD), GENERALLY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.15 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES AIP FOR BUILDINGS A, B, AND C OF THE PORT 32 PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD GENERALLY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0.15 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. PATTI. AND I GUESS WE HAVE MISS VALENTINA.

YES. HELLO. MY NAME IS VALENTINA BROGLIA. ON BEHALF OF PORT 32 FOR THE AIP REQUIREMENT, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND I AM WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIOS.

SO THE SITE IS SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES. IT'S JUST EAST OF PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD ON PGA BOULEVARD, RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE BRIDGE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MARINA.

SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE 1970S. IT WAS APPROVED UNDER UNDER ORDINANCE 31, 1997 TO BECOME A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WAS FURTHER AMENDED RECENTLY UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 58, 2023 ON OCTOBER OF 2023.

PORT 32 HAS THREE BUILDINGS ON SITE BUILDING A, B AND C.

THE USES THAT WERE APPROVED UNDER THE RESOLUTION 58 2023 ARE AS AN ENCLOSED STORAGE ROOM.

I'M SORRY, ENCLOSED STORAGE RACKS FOR THE BOATS, A SHOWROOM, MAINTENANCE FACILITY, OFFICES AND A SHIP STORE.

THE ART IS PROPOSED TO BE BETWEEN THE DOCK AND THE SHIP STORE, WHICH IS BUILDING A RIGHT TO THE EAST OF BUILDING A, IT WILL BE VISIBLE TO THE BOATERS THAT ARE ALONG THE WAY AND TO THE PEDESTRIANS WALKING ALONG THE ROAD, AND THERE IS ALSO A BENCH NEARBY WHICH IS ALSO WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME ACROSS THE ARTISTS PLAQUE THAT'S MOUNTED.

AND TO PREVENT FROM VANDALISM AND CLIMBING ON THE ART PIECE, THERE BE DWARF BOUGAINVILLEA SURROUNDED BY IT, ALONG WITH OTHER VARIOUS LANDSCAPING. JEFFREY SMITH, HE'S THE ARTIST.

HE IS BASED OFF STEWART. HE IS BASED IN STUART, FLORIDA.

HE'S A WILDLIFE ARTIST, AND HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PIECE DOWN IN DOWNTOWN STUART, THE STUART SAILFISH SEEN ON YOUR SCREEN, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. HE HAS. ART HAS ALSO BEEN FEATURED IN A LOT OF INSTALLATIONS BETWEEN THE PRIVATE AND THE PUBLIC, ACROSS THE NATION AND INTERNATIONALLY. SO THE ART IS A COLOSSAL PELICAN.

IT'S 256 POUNDS AND IT STANDS AT SIX FEET AND SIX INCHES TALL.

IT WILL BE ON A PODIUM. SO THE TOTAL FEET. SO THE TOTAL IT WILL STAND AT IS EIGHT FEET AND SIX INCHES.

SO THE ARTIST CHOSE A PELICAN STANDING STILL TO REPRESENT THE PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN SURROUNDING OF IT.

AND THE STAINLESS STEEL IS RESISTANT TO CORROSION, SALT AND WHILE REFLECTING THE LIGHT IN THE SKY IN THE WATER, IT ALSO INVITES THE PUBLIC TO FEEL CONNECTED TO THE PARK AND FEEL PART OF THE MARINA.

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THERE WILL BE TWO LAYERS ADDED. A PROTECTANT SEALANT WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF THE ART INSTALLATION, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND AUGUST OF 2026, AND THIS WILL PROMOTE LONGEVITY AND KEEP THE ARTWORK NICE AND SHINY.

AND IF ANYTHING FOR A FURTHER CLEANING. THE STAR BRIGHT PRODUCT IS WHAT THE ARTIST HAS SUGGESTED TO CLEAN THE ART PIECE WITH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO KEEP THE SHINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO THE SCULPTURE IS IS THERE ANY VEGETATION AROUND IT OR PEOPLE GOING TO BE TOUCHING IT OR.

SO THE BOUGAINVILLEA WILL BE IT'LL BE A BED OF BOUGAINVILLEA RIGHT ABOVE, RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT SO PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TOUCH IT.

HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME CLOSE TO IT AND EXPERIENCE UP CLOSE AND ENVISION THEMSELVES WITH THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF LANDSCAPING AROUND IT. THERE'S GOING TO BE DATE PALMS, SEASONAL ANNUALS, AND SOME LOWER LEVEL SHRUBS AS WELL, AND IT WILL BE LIT FROM DUSK TO DAWN WITH SOME LED LIGHTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY.

ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT KIND OF. IT'S KIND OF A QUESTION. SO IT'S IT'S AN INTACT UNIT.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE PUT TOGETHER ON SITE. SO HOW ABOUT WHEN WOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE IT THERE? AS FAR AS THE TIME FOR BUILD. AND WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO COME FIRST? THE THE BIRD OR THE BUILDING? SO FOR 32 BROKE GROUND IN MARCH OF 20 JUST RECENTLY IN MARCH.

AND THEY ACCEPT THEY EXPECT AN INSTALLATION DATE OF AUGUST 2026.

OKAY. ANY OTHER ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? NOPE.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ERIC JAVELIN AND JAMES GARVIN, OUR APE VOLUNTEERS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING ON APE.

DO WE HAVE A STAFF PETITION? PRESENTATION? NO, MADAM MAYOR, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION OR COMMENTS, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. AND THE APE BOARD ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL DURING THEIR MAY 15TH MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A VOTE.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE RESOLUTION 38 2025. WE HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND TWO SECONDS.

I'D LIKE TO CALL IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU ALL. NEXT, WE HAVE RESOLUTION 39 2025.

[X.b. RESOLUTION 39, 2025 – ALTON TOWN CENTER – REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP) FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED “DOUBLE HELIX GLOWING DOTS” AIPP WITHIN ALTON TOWN CENTER, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DONALD ROSS ROAD AND ALTON ROAD IN THE ALTON PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.

APE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DOUBLE HELIX GLOWING DOTS.

APE WITHIN ALTON TOWN CENTER, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DONALD ROSS ROAD AND ALTON ROAD IN THE ALTON.

PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU, MR. BROCK. YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALEX BROCK AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ALTON TOWN CENTER. HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? I DON'T THINK SO, NO. OH. THAT'S TRUE. I'M WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO ALTON TOWN CENTER IS LOCATED ON DONALD ROSS ROAD, JUST WEST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, EAST OF I-95 IN THE ALTON COMMUNITY.

THE PART OF THE PROPERTY WHERE ART IS GOING TO BE LOCATED IS ON OUR WATER WALL, WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA, INSIDE THE SHOPPING CENTER. PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD STAINLESS STEEL PANELS.

WE HAD AN APPROVED APE ON THE WATER WALL. THESE WERE STAINLESS STEEL PANELS THAT WERE PAINTED BY MURALIST AMANDA VALDEZ AND THEN SEALED IN CLEAR COATED BY MARINE AND AUTOMOTIVE CLEAR COAT COMPANY. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME CRACKING AND PEELING IN THAT PAINT.

WE CONSULTED WITH A FEW DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND WHAT WE LEARNED WAS OVER THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY WERE ON THE WALL THE WATER WAS ABLE TO WORK ITS WAY INSIDE AND BEHIND THE CLEAR COAT.

AND THIS WAS BECAUSE THE WATER WAS HITTING THEM 24 OVER SEVEN, AND IT WAS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT CAUSED THAT PAINT TO FAIL.

WE SPOKE TO THEM AT LENGTH, AND ACCORDING TO THEM, THERE WAS NO REALLY GREAT WAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING LONG TERM IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO WE DECIDED TO REMOVE THE PANELS AND KIND OF TAKE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND FIND A DIFFERENT ARTIST IN JUST A NEW DIRECTION THERE.

SO WE SPOKE TO MR. FULLER. MARK FULLER HAS WORKED IN THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME.

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AND SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MARK. MARK IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL, GRAPHIC AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLIC ART FORUM SINCE 1992.

HIS PIECES ARE HIGHLY STYLIZED BY RESEARCH INTO THE UNIQUE FUNCTION, ARCHITECTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS THAT SURROUND EACH PROJECT.

HIS PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REFERENCED BY A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT PUBLIC ART CAN BE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US TO OUR PIECE THAT HE PRESENTED TO US.

IT'S CALLED THE GATHERING. AND SO WHEN WE MET WITH MARK OUT ON THE SITE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF LOOKED AROUND AND WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAD ON HAND. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THESE LARGE STAINLESS STEEL PANELS FROM THE PREVIOUS PIECE.

AND WE LOOKED AT OUR PLAZA AND, YOU KNOW, OUR WATER WALL, AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE OUR WATER WALL.

AND WE REALLY WANTED TO TRY AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE NEW PIECE.

AND SO WHAT HE PROPOSED TO US WAS UTILIZING THE STAINLESS STEEL PANELS THAT WE HAD, BUT THEN COVERING THEM WITH A NEW BRUSHED STAINLESS STEEL PANEL AND THEN MOUNTING A POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL FISH ONTO THESE PANELS AND THEN MOUNTING THEM ONTO THE WATER WALL, AND THEN LAYING OUT THE FISH IN KIND OF A FASHION THAT LIKE, LOOKS LIKE A SCHOOL, BUT THEN ALSO MOUNTING THEM AT VARIOUS DEPTHS, SO BETWEEN 1IN AND 3 INCH OFF OF THE PANEL. AND SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THIS COOL DEPTH EFFECT INSTEAD OF IT LOOKING KIND OF FLAT AND 2D.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A DIAGRAM OF THAT SHOWING THE DIFFERENT DEPTHS AND THE DIFFERENT SIZES OF FISH.

THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE DURING THE DAY AND IN THE EVENING AND IN THE EVENING.

IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE KIND OF MULTICOLORED LED LIGHTS IN THE FOUNTAIN, AND THE POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL FISH WOULD REFLECT THEM IN A DIFFERENT FASHION THAN THE PANEL ITSELF. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF GIVES IT A COOL CONTRAST.

AND THEN MARK WANTED ME TO READ JUST A REAL QUICK PIECE, JUST A QUICK BLURB FROM HIM ABOUT IT.

THIS NEW INSTALLATION DISCARDS THE ORIGINAL PANEL TO PANEL DISPLAY OF A SINGLE FRAGMENTED DNA STRAND WITH A SYMPATHETIC, VISUALLY ANIMATED INTERPRETATION OF A SCHOOL OF FISH SWIMMING FROM PANEL TO PANEL.

THE INDIVIDUAL FISH, IN THREE SIZES, ARE RANDOMLY DISPERSED ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT LAYERS, PROJECTING BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL PANELS. THIS PROVIDES ADDED DIMENSION AND CHARACTER TO THE OVERALL SCHOOL, AS FISH WOULD SPATIALLY APPEAR TO BE IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND ONE ANOTHER.

THE SCHOOL OF FISH CONCEPTUALLY REPRESENTS COMMUNITY UNITY, COOPERATION AND THE JOURNEY TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL OR DESTINATION.

THAT'S THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BROCK? NO. OKAY. NO QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP ONE THING THAT I HAD SEEN IN WHICH I LIKED IS THAT THEY'RE CLEANING IT UP WITHOUT HAVING TO BE ASKED.

BUT THAT STAFF IS KEEPING TRACK OF THINGS WHICH I DIDN'T REALIZE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE BRING THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE THAT ARE GOING TO DETERIORATE, THAT YOU ALREADY SET THE EXAMPLE OF, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS DON'T GET APPROVED IN THE FUTURE WITH THOSE MATERIALS AND WATER. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD TO KNOW.

YEAH, WE WANTED TO TRY AND PIVOT AWAY FROM THE PAINT AND WATER COMBO.

IT'S NOT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT GREAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

MAY I SAY SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY. BEFORE YOU GO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TELLING US THE STORY OF HOW THAT HAPPENED.

ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE WERE WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IT AS ART AND STORY.

STORY ACTUALLY MATTERS AS WELL. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT TO TRY AND BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. NO.

AND THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, PANELS THAT WEREN'T REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY.

THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND THE STAFF HAVE A PRESENTATION.

NO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION, MADAM MAYOR. OR COMMENTS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

AND APE BOARD ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL DURING THEIR MAY 15TH MEETING.

THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO CALL BACK FOR A VOTE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR? I'LL MOVE. RESOLUTION 39 2025.

I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. AND MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 42, 2025 WITH THE CLERK.

[X.c. RESOLUTION 42, 2025 – DONALD ROSS VILLAGE – REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES (AIPP) FOR BUILDING D OF THE DONALD ROSS VILLAGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD), GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DONALD ROSS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 0.18 MILES EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA APPROVING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.

APE FOR BUILDING D OF THE DONALD ROSS VILLAGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DONALD ROSS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 0.18 MILES EAST OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU, MR. POLACEK. HOW YOU SAY IT. YEAH.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SAM POLACEK.

I'M JOINED BY NICOLE PLUNKETT WITH KOTLER AND HEARING WE'RE HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF AFT 2022, LLC TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL MOSAIC MURAL TO FULFILL THE AIP REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LAW OFFICE AT DONALD ROSS VILLAGE AS PART OF RESOLUTION 46 2023. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS AFT 2022 LLC, ALSO KNOWN AS THE RDC LAW FIRM. THE ARTIST ON THIS PROJECT IS SHERRI BOZELLA.

SHERRI IS A TALENTED ARTIST OUT OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA THAT'S BEEN DOING MOSAIC MURALS FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE ABOVE,

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I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A SLIDE WITH SOME EXAMPLES OF HER PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS.

THE PROPOSED ARTWORK IS A DEPICTION OF LADY JUSTICE, A RENOWNED SYMBOL OF LAW.

THE TITLES TILES UTILIZED WILL BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH HANDMADE AND COMMERCIAL.

THE TOTAL AREA OF THIS ARTWORK WILL BE ABOUT 350FT².

THE MURAL IS PROPOSED TO BE POSITIONED ON THE NORTHWESTERN ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING, AND WILL BE VISIBLE TO VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ENTERING AND EXITING THE PLAZA FROM DONALD ROSS. THE RENDERING SHOWN PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN FACADE, ONCE AGAIN DISPLAYING THE PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY OF THE ARTWORK FROM THE EXIT AND ENTRANCE OF THE PLAZA.

THE. THE PROPOSED PLAQUE WILL BE POSITIONED AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE WORK AND BE PLACED AT A HEIGHT FOR ALL TO SEE.

IT WILL BE NOTED THAT THE WORK IS PART OF THE CITY'S AIP COLLECTION, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WELL EXCEED THE AIP COST REQUIREMENT SET BY THE CITY, AND THIS HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE AIP BOARD LAST MONTH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER? THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS NOT TOO MANY TIMES PEOPLE COME IN WITH THREE TIMES THE REQUIRED AMOUNT BEING SPENT, SO IT'S IMPRESSIVE. SO THANK YOU TO THE FIRM THERE.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY. I LOVE THIS PIECE OF ART.

AND I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET, SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO TO GO VISIT IT.

SO I APPRECIATE IT. BUT YES. AND ALSO FOR THE SAME COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PRIMROSE I HAD VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. DOES THE STAFF HAVE A PETITION PRESENTATION? NO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION, MADAM MAYOR, OR COMMENTS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

AND THE AIP AP BOARD ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL DURING THEIR MAY 15TH MEETING.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK FOR A VOTE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR? I'LL MOVE. RESOLUTION 42 2025.

I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 48 2025 WITH THE CLERK.

[X.d. RESOLUTION 48, 2025 – AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) – REQUEST TO MODIFY CONDITION OF APPROVAL 31 OF RESOLUTION 4, 2016. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 4, 2016 TO MODIFY CONDITION OF APPROVAL 31 TO APPROVE A TIME EXTENSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AVENIR CONNECTOR ROAD (COCONUT BOULEVARD) AS A FOUR- (4) LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY FROM NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD TO THE BEELINE HIGHWAY AS PART OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), WHICH IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAYHILL DRIVE, AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION FOUR 2016 TO MODIFY CONDITION OF APPROVAL 31 TO APPROVE A TIME EXTENSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AVENUE CONNECTOR ROAD.

COCONUT BOULEVARD AS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY FROM NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD TO THE BEELINE HIGHWAY AS PART OF THE AVENUE PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD, WHICH IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GREENVIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE, AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU, MR. TUMA. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. KEN TUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO, ADDRESS, 610 CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. AND I'VE BEEN SWORN IN HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF AVANIR.

AND THE REQUEST THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS TO MODIFY A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

IT'S CONDITION NUMBER 31. I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THREE VERY SHORT SLIDES, BUT THE REQUEST IS TO MODIFY THE CONDITION THAT ALLOWS THE EXTENSION OF AVANIR DRIVE NORTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT AREA TO THE B LINE.

ALLOW THAT TO BE A DATE CERTAIN. THAT IS THE REQUEST THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING.

AND I QUITE ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CSX CROSSING THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN OUR PROBLEM SINCE 2013. SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH KIND OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN, IN FRONT OF YOU. AVANIR OR COCONUT? I'M SORRY, I CALLED IT AVENUE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT. COCONUT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED FROM NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD TO THE EDGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AREA.

THE PROPOSAL WILL EXTEND COCONUT ALL THE WAY TO THE BEELINE HIGHWAY.

THIS HAS BEEN IN PLANNING SINCE 2013. THE RESOLUTION 13.

RESOLUTION FOUR SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT IN PHASE TWO IS IDENTIFIED IN CONDITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AVENUE CONNECTOR ROAD.

THAT WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS COCONUT IS SHOWN ON THE PCD MASTER PLAN SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED FROM NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD TO BEELINE AS A TWO LANE ROAD.

SO STARTING WAY BACK IN 2013, A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.

THE ROAD WAS MODIFIED, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY REQUESTED AND THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO CONSTRUCT IT AS A FOUR LANE ROAD.

THAT ROAD WILL BE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, A PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR THE ROAD LAST WEEK AND I WILL SHOW YOU A PICTURE ON THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE TODAY. THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NEGOTIATION WITH CSX STARTING WAY BACK IN 2013.

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AND IT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THAT IS READY TO BEGIN THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

WE ALSO HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH FDOT FOR THE INTERSECTION AT BEELINE AND COCONUT.

IT'S A COMPLICATED INTERSECTION. THERE'S ALSO BEEN PERMITTING WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

BUT THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU IDENTIFIED IN THE SCREEN IS TO MODIFY THAT CONDITION.

NOW, THIS CONDITION IS NO LONGER RELYING UPON PERMITS.

THERE IS A FIXED END DATE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS DECEMBER 5TH OF 2026.

AT THAT POINT, THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE OR YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN REQUESTING AN EXTENSION FROM TIME.

IT IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS IN IT, BUT TONYA MCCONNELL IS HERE AND SHE'S HANDLING THAT FOR THE DEVELOPER AND HAS BEEN VERY DETAILED INTO THE ENGINEERING PLANS. AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED SINCE YOU'VE RELEASED A PERMIT.

THE CLEARING WAS DONE. BEFORE THAT. YOU'LL NOTICE THE ROLLER.

THIS IS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF COCONUT WHERE IT STOPS RIGHT AT THE PUMP STATIONS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

PULTE'S ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE ROLLER.

THEY'RE ALREADY COMPACTING THE ROAD BASE. YOU'LL SEE THE BACKHOE IN THE BACKGROUND.

THAT BACKHOE OR THAT TRACTOR IS ACTUALLY SITTING WHERE ONE OF THE CROSSINGS GO.

IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL, THERE ARE CROSSINGS, THERE ARE CROSSINGS, PEOPLE CROSSINGS.

AND THEN ALSO THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BRIDGE ON THE NORTH END.

SO A LOT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AND PREVIOUS TO THAT AVENUE DID DO THE CLEARING AT THEIR OWN RISK.

SO THE ROAD IS DEFINITELY MOVING FORWARD. FULL STEAM AHEAD.

MISS MCCONNELL IS HERE. SHE CAN ANSWER ANY MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. BUT WE HAVE A GOAL.

WE KNOW OUR DATE AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO MAKE IT.

WE'RE FEELING VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER? I HAD I HAD ASKED SOME QUESTIONS IN THE AGENDA REVIEW ALSO, BUT I THINK IT WAS JUST BECAUSE SEEING ANOTHER EXTENSION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT.

I WAS WORRIED IF IT WAS AN INTENTIONAL DELAY AND IT'S NOT.

IT'S TO MAKE UP IN CASE THERE'S MORE TORNADOES OR ANYTHING ELSE.

SO BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN EARLY WITH A PROGRESS REPORT AND TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING AFTER YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED WORK.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE? NOPE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF? NO ADDITIONAL STAFF PRESENTATION, MADAM MAYOR. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 48 2025.

THANK YOU. WELL, THIS IS A PERFECT A PERFECT RELIEVER ROAD.

AND BECAUSE WE HEARD ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CLOSING OF NORTH LAKE AND BEELINE, THIS IS TOO BAD THIS ISN'T THERE NOW, BECAUSE THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUT BUT THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO I APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATE THE FOUR LANING AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT BACK WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR A VOTE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 48 2025.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. AND NEXT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 49 2025.

[X.e. RESOLUTION 49, 2025 – AVENIR TOWN CENTER – REQUEST TO MODIFY CONDITION OF APPROVAL 22 OF RESOLUTION 46, 2022. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 46, 2022 TO MODIFY CONDITION OF APPROVAL 22 TO APPROVE A TIME EXTENSION FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PASEO WITHIN THE AVENIR TOWN CENTER, WHICH IS GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND COCONUT BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THANK YOU, MR. TUMA. GOOD EVENING, KEN TUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO ON BEHALF OF AVENUE.

THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW FOR THE PASEOS, WHICH IS THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE TOWN CENTER, TO HAVE A DIFFERENT END DATE THAN WHAT THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL WAS.

THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL WAS PRIOR TO THE FIRST CEO.

WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WILL TELL YOU, IF MILTON WAS HERE, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE. THAT WOULD BE OPEN TODAY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO THE PASEOS, THAT AREA HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AND IT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT APPEARS THAT BUILDING SIX WILL BE THE FIRST BUILDING CONSTRUCTED.

IN FACT, I JUST ASKED NICK WHO THE TENANTS WERE AND HE SAID, WELL, MAYBE A BANK, MAYBE A PIZZA PLACE.

SO I KIND OF SAID, WELL, A LOT OF DOUGH THEN. SO BUILDING SIX POTENTIALLY WILL BE, WILL BE A RESTAURANT AND A BANK FACILITY.

AND LET ME SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS PASEOS HERE, IDENTIFIED IN GREEN ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURE CONNECTING THE TWO PARCELS OF LAND TOGETHER AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE TOWN CENTER HAS A LOT OF GREAT WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

THE BUILDING SIX THAT IDENTIFIED OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. ONE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS COULD TAKE LEAD AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT WON'T BE DONE BEFORE OR THE BUILDING WILL BE DONE BEFORE THE PASEOS.

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THOSE OF YOU RECALL A COUPLE PICTURES OF WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE.

BUILDINGS ONE, TWO AND THREE WERE ON SAFE AND HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED.

AND THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE IT FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE FIRST CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO PLACE A SPECIFIC DATE ON IT THAT THAT WOULD BE JULY 1ST, ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, 2026, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ONE EXTENSION IF SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WE HAVE WE HAVE YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

APPROVAL. THIS ITEM DID NOT GO TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER? NO. IT DID LOOK GREAT BEFORE, MILTON. I MEAN, IT REALLY WAS LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.

SO NICK'S HEART WAS BROKEN AND TANYA'S HEART WERE BROKEN WHEN IT GOT TRASHED.

THERE WERE A LOT OF EFFORT WENT INTO GETTING THAT.

AND IF YOU WERE OUT THERE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING MORE SURVEY STAKES.

I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING. YEAH.

IT WAS. YEAH. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THINGS MOVING FORWARD AND KEEP IT GOING.

SO THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. YEAH. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. WITH ALL THAT SAID NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

DOES STAFF HAVE A PRESENTATION? MADAM MAYOR? NO PRESENTATION FROM STAFF.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 49 2025.

THANK YOU. OKAY, I'LL CALL BACK FOR A VOTE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 49 2025.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

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

WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? BERT, WOULD YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PRIMROSE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? I'LL START. YEAH. SO EVERY TIME I DO THIS, EVERY YEAR, I.

I TEND TO FOCUS ON ONE THING, WHICH IS TO ME IS THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE CITY.

AND THAT HAS DONE NOTHING BUT IMPROVE EASILY OVER THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF SINCE WE WENT THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION.

SO THE CITY MANAGER IS ALWAYS IN TUNE TO THAT AS WE HAVE MANY DISCUSSIONS ON THE NUMBERS.

WE LOOK AT THE MILLAGE RATE, WHICH HAS GONE DOWN SEVEN OF THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE ELIMINATION OF THE DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATE ALTOGETHER.

THIS YEAR, IF WE HAPPEN TO LOWER IT AGAIN, I KNOW IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE OF A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR, BUT IF IT GETS BELOW FIVE, IT WILL BE 50% OF WHAT THE STATE MANDATE ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO CHARGE THEIR RESIDENTS, WHICH IS PRETTY DAMN IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE MILLS ON THEIR RESIDENTS. WE'RE WE'RE NOWHERE EVEN CLOSE TO THAT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL THESE OTHER CRAZY STUFF THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE COME UP WITH TO, TO MAKE UP SHORTFALLS. RON HAS NEVER GONE TO THAT LEVEL OR NEVER ASKED THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? JUST BECAUSE HE'S VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND WE CERTAINLY MAKES OUR JOB A LOT EASIER, TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PUTTING THE NUMBERS OUT.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, DIVERSIFICATION OF OUR TAX BASE IS CRITICAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL GOING UP IN OUR CITY, FOR SURE, BUT WE NEED COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND SIZABLE ONES WE HAVE NOW GOING UP ON THE BOOKS KIND OF DIVERSIFY THAT TAX BASE TO GIVE US ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE NEED.

SO AS RESIDENTIAL GETS BUILT OUT, WHICH I KNOW IS TEN, 15, 20 YEARS AWAY IN THE CITY THE COMMERCIAL BASE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE UPRISING NEEDED TO FUND POLICE AND FIRE, RECREATION AND ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER IN OUR CITY.

THE RESIDENT SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS REALLY SECOND TO NONE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO EXPAND WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE GROW UPON.

AND RON IS INVOLVED IN THAT FROM DAY ONE WITH HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM ON ALL AVENUES.

SO, WHEN HE SAYS IT'S A TEAM APPROACH, HE REALLY DOES MEAN THAT.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN ON A LOT OF MEETINGS, YOU'RE IN ON A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, YOU'RE IN ON NEW PROJECTS, YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE IN ON NEW EVENTS THAT COULD AFFECT OUR CITY.

MAYBE NOT FOR THE WORSE, BUT WE'LL AFFECT IT NONETHELESS FROM WHAT WE'RE USED TO.

AND I, I APPRECIATE HIM, CERTAINLY INVOLVING ALL OF YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT MAKE THE CITY LOOK GREAT AND MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE THE MANAGER THAT HE IS.

AND HE'S A STRONG ONE, FOR SURE. MANAGEMENT TEAM IS STRONG.

THE EMPLOYEE DEDICATION. IT'S HARD TO GO AROUND AND NOT SEE THE DEDICATION OF OUR EMPLOYEES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

AND ALSO IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THE WAY WE POSITION PEOPLE AROUND OUR CITY.

AND THE CITY MANAGER I KNOW IS ACTIVE IN KIND OF REHEARSING ALL THAT AND GETTING PREPARED FOR STORM SEASON AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT COME INTO OUR CITY. HE IS NOT HANDS OFF IN ANY MEANS HE CERTAINLY INVOLVED AND ENGAGED TO PROTECT THE CITY AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.

SO I. I COMMEND HIM FROM THAT AS WELL. BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY AS YOU SEE SOME OF THESE NEW ART PIECES TONIGHT.

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AND RON COMES UP WITH THESE IDEAS AND THEY'RE KIND OF HIDDEN.

BUT AS YOU DRIVE AROUND OUR CITY AND I KNOW THE APE GUYS ARE HERE, THERE'S GOT TO BE 40 PROJECTS AROUND OUR CITY THAT ARE BEAUTIFIED BY THE DEVELOPERS AS THEY COME INTO OUR CITY, NOT JUST WITH A FREEBIE, BUT COME IN AND OFFER, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY AND MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY. AND HIS HIS THOUGHT PROCESS ON A LOT OF THESE IDEAS AND WORKING WITH STAFF AND THEIR TEAMS TO MAKE OTHERS PAY AS THEY COME IN AND WORK IN OUR CITY. THE IS UNIQUE. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES CITY MANAGERS WON'T DO THAT.

I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO MORE.

BUT I THINK HE DOES A LOT NOW WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON TO KEEP THE CITY MOVING FORWARD, KEEP HANDLING WHAT WE NEED TO FOR THE GROWTH.

AND I COMMEND HIM ON ALL AREAS. HE, HE STAYS IN TOUCH WITH US.

I DON'T REALLY GET INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE POLICY, MAKE DECISIONS, AND THEN AS NEEDED, WE WE GET WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND FIGURE OUT ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON AND HOW WE CAN HELP RESOLVE.

SO I THANK RON FOR WHAT HE DOES. IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB.

I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T DO THAT JOB. THERE'S NO WAY AFTER SEEING POOR JOHN THE BANKER GET BEAT UP TONIGHT, I'M IN THE SAME BOAT AS HIM. SOMETIMES WHEN I'M OUT THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND PRESENTING DEALS, IT'S NOT EASY. BUT FOR RON'S JOB, IT'S A CONSTANT CRITIQUING.

PROBABLY EVERY DAY, NO MATTER WHERE HE IS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

AND I COMMEND HIM FOR FOR A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT HE'S DONE TO BEAUTIFY WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU. MAY I? ALL RIGHT. MR. FERRIS. SO, FIRST OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW SOMEONE'S A LEADER. WHEN THE SECOND THEY ARE CONGRATULATED, THEY TURNED THEIR TEAM.

NEVER SAY I OR ME EVER. AND THAT WAS A LESSON I LEARNED FROM YOU RIGHT AWAY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'VE BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY MENTOR. BUT BEYOND WHAT WE MIGHT FEEL, WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS DATA. BECAUSE WE'LL ALL COME AND GO.

AND LUCKILY, WE GOT THIS ON OUR DESKS TODAY. THIS IS EXHIBIT NUMBER ONE.

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. LIKE NOWHERE ELSE. TO HAVE CLEAN REPORTS EVERY TIME, TO HAVE A DEDICATED STAFF IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS ON IT HARDER. TRIPLE TRIPLE-A BOND RATING. ALWAYS STABLE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUSINESSES KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, AND THEN WE DELIGHT THEM IN LOWER TAXES FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW SO NOT ONLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT GET A LITTLE EXTRA UTILIZING WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS TO PLAN THE BUDGET.

IMAGINE THAT. NOT REALLY DONE ANYWHERE ELSE. CLEAN AUDITS FOR OVER 13 YEARS.

I'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

OUR PROPERTY VALUATION CONTINUES TO GO UP. OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEE COUNT CONTINUES TO GO UP.

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING.

BUT STILL NO ONE'S GETTING ANY EXTRA ASSESSMENTS ON TRASH.

NO ONE'S GETTING ANY ASSESSMENTS, ANY EXTRA ASSESSMENTS ANYWHERE ELSE ON UTILITY OR ELECTRIC, STORMWATER OR OTHERWISE. THEN YOU START LOOKING AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS GREAT, BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS SAFETY, RIGHT? HERE'S OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT.

GREAT. BEAUTIFUL JOB, BY THE WAY. AND THE DATA IS HERE.

THIS IS THE BEST PIECE OF DATA IN THE WORLD. AND I KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

THIS IS OUR CRIME RATE VERSUS OUR POPULATION.

OUR POPULATION CONTINUES TO GO UP AND OUR CRIME RATE CONTINUES TO GO DOWN.

THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY. REALLY, REALLY EXTRAORDINARY.

I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THIS REPORT.

THEN YOU'VE GOT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT. SAME THING, HEART SAFE COMMUNITY.

OUR RESPONSE TIME IS WHAT WAS IT, SIX MINUTES AND SEVEN SECONDS.

THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY. AND PROBABLY ABOUT TO BE LESS IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN MIND.

IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. SO POLICE FIRE BUDGET. THAT'S OUR DATA.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE EXTRAORDINARILY PROUD OF.

BUT BEYOND THAT YOUR AWARD THAT YOU JUST WON, I WAS SO GREAT.

I THINK I WATCHED THE VIDEO 3 OR 4 TIMES TODAY.

AND YOU HEARD WORDS LIKE VISIONARY, TEAM BUILDER, LEADER, INNOVATOR, MENTOR.

AND THEY PLAYED MARGARITAVILLE, TOO. I MEAN, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE FITTING, WHICH JUST SHOWS THAT, YEAH, YOU INSPIRE US AND YOU CARVE THE PATH PERFECTLY.

OR THE TIP OF THE SPEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN. BUT YOU DO IT WITH MARGARITAVILLE, RIGHT? SO THAT MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE AND IT MAKES IT FUN.

AND I WE CAN ALL SEE YOU LOVE SHOWING UP TO WORK EVERY DAY.

THERE'S THERE'S ONE THING, THOUGH, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT RON, WHICH IS THERE'S A GREAT POEM THAT A FRIEND OF,

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AND IT TALKS ABOUT YOU GET A BUCKET OF WATER AND YOU PUT YOUR ARM IN THE WATER, PUT YOUR FIST IN THE WATER, AND THEN YOU TAKE IT OUT AGAIN. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE IN LIFE. SO IF YOU'RE NOT AROUND, THE WATER IS STILL GOING TO BE THERE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S HOW HUMBLE HE IS. HE READS THAT EVERY DAY BECAUSE HE KNOWS IN HIS HEART HE THINKS HE'S IRREPLACEABLE.

HE'S NOT. EXCUSE ME? THAT HE'S IRREPLACEABLE. I DON'T THINK HE IS. PERSONALLY, I THINK RON IS IRREPLACEABLE.

AND THAT'S TRUE, TRUE LEADERSHIP. FOR ALL OF US ON OUR COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY YOUR EXTRAORDINARILY DEDICATED STAFF AND YOUR MANAGEMENT CORPS, WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE NOT FINISHED, SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT HANGING UP YOUR SPURS.

THAT PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT IS WHAT YOU TRULY LOVE.

AND THERE IS NO OTHER LEADER, NO CEO ANYONE THAT ENDS EVERY STAFF MEETING WITH I LOVE YOU GUYS.

AND THAT'S AMAZING. THAT'S SOMETHING OUR RESIDENTS DON'T SEE, BUT YOU CAN HEAR IT IN THE VOICES OF EVERYONE ON YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE IN MANAGEMENT.

AS THEY ARE LOVED, THEY ARE HEARD, THEY ARE RESPECTED, AND EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HEAD HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER.

AND THAT ALSO IS ANOTHER PIECE OF DATA THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU SIR. PLEASE DO NOT EVER HANG UP YOUR SPURS.

DANA. IT'S REALLY HARD TO GO AFTER THAT. AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF WORDS BECAUSE THEY'VE TAKEN ALL MY WORDS.

SO THE MESSAGE IS CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, RON YOU CONTINUE TO BE INFORMING, EDUCATING.

YOU SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AND FROM FROM ME AND OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO SEVERAL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND LEADERS, AND THERE IS A CONSISTENT THEME OF FEEDBACK THAT EVERYONE IS GRATEFUL TO WORK FOR THE CITY. THERE'S A POSITIVE CULTURE. THE CULTURE IS EXTREMELY POSITIVE.

YOU SET HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND DECISIONS ARE PUT, ARE PUT OUT TO DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND YOU EMPOWER THE TEAM TO MAKE DECISIONS.

AND YOU SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OF STAFF.

AND IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE HOW MUCH WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP YOUR, YOUR STAFF AND OUR STAFF.

THE DEVOTION LONGEVITY IS APPARENT. EVERYONE'S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND I BELIEVE IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND WE, THE CITY, ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. AS PART OF BEING A GOOD LEADER, THERE SHOULD BE A SUCCESSION PLAN IN PLACE, WHICH THERE IS, AND YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN BUILDING THE BENCH STRENGTH, STRENGTH IN THE TEAM AS PART OF THE OVERALL THINKING OF SUCCESSION PLANNING, AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, THE FOLLOWING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE AND BEEN COMPLETED OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE AUDIT.

THE CLEAN AUDIT. WE KEEP MENTIONING THE CLEAN AUDIT, BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER, THE RIVERSIDE PLAYHOUSE REPLACEMENT, THE POOL RENOVATIONS, SANDHILL CRANE FIRE STATION SIX, THE MEDICAL CENTER, ALTON MEDICAL CENTER THAT'S HAPPENING FPL EVERYTHING AVENIR ARTISTRY, MIRAFLORES. AND THE ONES THAT WE'VE ANNEXED IN OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, AND NOT TO MENTION THE MANY, MANY AWARDS AND ACCOLADES THAT OUR POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE AND OPERATIONS AND FINANCE RECEIVE AND MARKETING DAILY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE SHOULD BE SO PROUD AND SO PROUD OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU, MR. FERRIS, FOR ALL YOU DO. AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEMP. I'M.

I MET WITH RON EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND I KIND OF EXPLAINED I WASN'T GOING TO GIVE A PUBLIC REVIEW.

I KIND OF FIND PUBLIC REVIEWS UNFAIR. I GET ONE EVERY YEAR, TOO, AND I'D LIKE TO CLOSE DOORS SOMETIMES WITH MY REVIEWS.

SO JUST KIND OF FOUND IT UNFAIR TO REVIEW SOMEBODY IN PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING I'VE BEEN HERE TWO MONTHS.

SO LEARNING, REVIEWING SOMEBODY THAT YOU'VE ONLY WORKED WITH FOR TWO MONTHS KIND OF SEEMED UNFAIR.

BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I DO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE SAID.

AND YOU KNOW AND WHEN YOU DO IT IN AN OPEN, IT KIND OF LIMITS A CONVERSATION.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS RUN, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I DID.

AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. WE KIND OF SAT DOWN FOR AN HOUR AND HAD A CONVERSATION.

I MEAN, I THINK IT WENT PRETTY WELL. AND YOU KNOW, I GOT TO HEAR ABOUT A LOT ABOUT HIS VISIONS FOR THE CITY, AND I GOT TO SHARE SOME OF MY VISIONS FOR THE CITY.

AND I ALSO ASKED ABOUT A SUCCESSION PLAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE WORKS FOR THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, HE SAID HE HAS ONE IN PLACE, BUT IT WILL TAKE A GURNEY TO GET THERE.

SO I DID, I DID WHEN HE SAID THAT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS DURING OUR REVIEW THAT LITT UP TO ME.

THAT WAS A QUESTION WE KIND OF WERE JUST TALKING AROUND FOR AN HOUR. AND WHEN I ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WORDS WERE, HE'S NOT A SPRING CHICKEN.

HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT EITHER. BUT WHEN I SAID THAT TO HIM, HE HE LIT UP WITH PASSION FOR THE CITY AND KIND OF JUST EXPLAINED ABOUT,

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AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS FROM THAT MEETING THAT I GOT. AND IT WAS TRULY SAID WITH PASSION.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUTURE RELATIONSHIP AND KEEPING IT SOME OPEN DIALOG IN THE CONVERSATIONS GOING AND HOPING TO LEARN FROM YOU.

LIKE THEY SAID, THEY'VE ALL LEARNED, AND I THINK CHELSEA SAID MADE HER GOVERNANCE BETTER.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING THAT ALSO.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY LIKE GOING LAST.

I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TO SAY, BUT I WILL SUM IT UP BY SAYING, RON, THAT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR SURE.

THAT IS THAT AWARD. THAT EXEMPLARY AWARD IS JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOWS THAT AND OVER MANY YEARS, YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, GUIDED OUR CITY WITH PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY AND YOUR HEART FOR SURE.

AND I KNOW THAT AND I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, INCLUDING STAFF.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT YOU IS YOU HAVE YOUR HEART AND SOUL IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FOR SURE. AND UNDER YOUR MANAGEMENT THE CITY HAS REMAINED FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE, VERY STRONG, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED OPERATIONS, TOTALLY EFFICIENT AND VERY CONSISTENTLY WELL-RUN, IN MY OPINION. AND OUR FACILITIES LIKE THE BURNS ROAD REC CENTER AS AN EXAMPLE.

WE JUST SAW THAT SATURDAY. WHAT AN AMAZING FACILITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO STAFF. BUT KUDOS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR THAT AS WELL.

KNOWING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEEDED THAT IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO RENOVATE.

AND IT WAS GETTING A LITTLE BIT TIRED. AND YOU KNOW, YOU AND YOUR TEAM SAW THAT AND YOU MADE IT COME TO FRUITION.

AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO REALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT.

AND ALL THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE THUS FAR, AND BY FAR YOUR 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, PLUS TO PUBLIC SERVICE, DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE HAS MADE A LASTING AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR CITY.

AND THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING. AND I THINK WITH WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSION PLANNING OBVIOUSLY IS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT.

WHAT HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY AND IN THAT MANNER TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS. I DID ALSO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THE PLANS, AND I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE GREAT TEAM, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOU.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THAT.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION? FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION? YES. ANYTHING ELSE FOR RON? NO. NO COUNCIL ANY OTHER. UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

RON, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. IT'S YOUR REVIEW.

WELL, YOU KNOW HOW I AM. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMPLIMENTS.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT. I HAD 20 YEARS CAREER IN PARKS AND RECREATION AND 35 SO FAR IN THIS PROFESSION AS WELL.

AND AND LIKE, YOU'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED I'M ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH ME AND THE SUPPORT THAT I GET FROM COUNCIL.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

AND LIKE I SAID, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU GUYS, I COULDN'T DO WHAT I DO.

SO LOVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S HARD TO TOP.

SO, ANYTHING ELSE FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION? JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

ON JUNE 25TH. THERE'S A PANEL THAT THE CHAMBER IS HOLDING.

IT'S ACTUALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN PALM BEACH GARDENS. BUT NONETHELESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED, IT'S CALLED SHAPING YOUR BRAIN.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING WILL BE OUR AMAZING HR TEAM HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AND CHERYL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

AND TO BROOKE AND EVERYONE ELSE. SO IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER CLONE YOURSELF AND GO BOTH TO THE LUNCH FOR THE LEAGUE AND I'M IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT, I WON'T EVEN BE THERE. I'LL BE AT THE CHAMBER LUNCH. SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HEARING ABOUT OUR CITY'S AMAZING OFFERINGS WOULD BE REALLY INTRIGUING FOR YOU.

AND THEN I THINK THAT'S IT. I CAN'T READ WITHOUT MY READING GLASSES, SO THAT'S.

I KNOW THAT'S COMING UP, BUT AND THEN ALSO, LOOKING BACK, I KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED.

THE HOME RULE HEROES FOR 2025 CAME OUT FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND WE HAD THREE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, WHICH WAS MORE THAN THEY HAD ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WHOLE STATE, IN ONE CITY. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MAX LOWMAN,

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SO I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO GET PASSED UP. AND THEN ALSO, THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON, AND I'M JUST HONORED TO BE A PART OF ALL OF IT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PEDROZA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. COUNCILMEMBER KEMP. I HAD MENTIONED LAST MONTH THAT THEY'RE GIVING ME KIND OF AN ORIENTATION, AND I GOT TO SEE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS LAST MONTH, AND THIS MONTH I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET A TOUR OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR TRAINING FACILITY. AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, I'VE, YOU KNOW, BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE TO AROUND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

AND WHEN I SAY THAT WHEN I SAW THE TRAINING CENTER AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE DOGS, I WAS KIND OF TAKEN BACK.

IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. AND I WAS TRULY SHOCKED AT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO, NOT ONLY FOR THINGS THAT WE SEE DAILY AND THINGS THAT COULD HAVE IMAGINED, BUT THINGS I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF. SO IT GOES A LOT TO SAYING STUFF TOWARDS THE CHIEF, BUT ALSO TOWARDS THE GUYS IN THE FIELD THAT HAVE TO LEARN ALL THESE NEW THINGS AND WORK ALL THESE THINGS, BUT THEY ARE WAY ADVANCED OF ANYTHING I'VE COULD HAVE IMAGINED, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY COOL. BUT ANOTHER LITTLE THING THAT HAPPENED TODAY THAT I WAS BRINGING UP FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.

BUT DESANTIS WAS IN TOWN TODAY TO SIGN A BILL FOR FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ON THAT BILL WAS BRINGING THE FIREFIGHTER SCHEDULE DOWN TO A 42 HOUR WORKWEEK.

AND I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL A SHOUT OUT THAT YOU GUYS DID THAT 18 MONTHS AHEAD OF IT BEING REQUIRED BY THE STATE OR RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND GIVING A 42 HOUR WORKWEEK.

IT REALLY MAKES THE DEPARTMENT STAND OUT. AND HE CAME DOWN HERE TO PALM BEACH GARDENS TO SIGN IT AT PGA NATIONAL.

SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE HIM. ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT BEING THERE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND EVERYTHING OF COURSE THE SWAT TEAM AND SOME OF THE OFFICERS ENDED UP DOING THE SECURITY DETAIL FOR THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYTHING.

AND IT WAS PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THEM IN ACTION RIGHT AFTER I'D GOTTEN THE TOUR AND KNOW SOME OF THE GUYS, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROFESSIONAL THEY WERE AND HOW WELL DONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME FUNNY THINGS THAT I GOT TO SEE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE HIDDEN IN THE CROWD.

AND BUT IT WAS PRETTY NEAT TO JUST SEE HOW THEY HANDLED IT THINGS PROFESSIONALLY.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THEY CAME UP TO ME AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AS THE UNMARKED GUYS AND SAID, THIS IS WHO WE ARE. THIS IS WHERE WE'LL BE. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, ONE OF US WILL COME GET YOU OR YOU FIND US.

SO IT REALLY FELT REALLY SAFE AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY DID THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER REED'S EFFORTS IN COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNTY OUR STAFF AND THE STATE, I SHOULD SAY OUR STAFF SET UP A MEETING FOR ME TO MEET WITH DOT, OUR ENGINEER, OUR CITY MANAGER OUR COUNTY MAYOR.

JUST TO TALK ABOUT JUST AN INITIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MANY, MANY CONCERNS.

OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THAT WERE BROUGHT TO ME DURING THE ELECTION CYCLE.

I HAD OVER 100 EMAILS, ALL RELATED TO TRAFFIC.

WHETHER IT BE THE CITY, THE STATE, THE COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ALL OF THAT.

AND JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER THAT AND HOPE FOR COLLABORATION EFFORTS AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE ME TO BRING UP, I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT UP AND THEN GIVE YOU A FULL UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH ME. AND THAT WAS IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU. SO MOVE ON TO THE CITY MANAGER. I MEAN, THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.

SORRY. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS ON HANDLING A VERY DIFFICULT TOPIC THIS EVENING,

[XII. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

I GUESS THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.