Nov 06, 2025 City Council

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? IF YOU'RE ABLE, AND JOIN ME IN 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. WOULD THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR TINSLEY. VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

REED HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. ROSSO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

KEMP HERE. THANK YOU. PATTI. DO WE HAVE ANY DELETIONS, ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS?

[III. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, MODIFICATIONS]

AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY MANAGER, RON FERRIS,

[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

AND THIS HONOR REFLECTS HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIAL PHOTOS AND THE CERTIFICATE WILL ARRIVE LATER IN THE MONTH, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT.

EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT KILL US. BUT HE HATES ALL THIS PUBLIC RECOGNITION.

BUT IT'S SO WELL DESERVED. AND RON'S CAREER BEGAN IN PARKS AND RECREATION, SERVING COMMUNITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA NORTH LAUDERDALE, LEE COUNTY. IN FACT, RON'S PUBLIC SERVICE STORY BEGAN BACK IN 1964, BEFORE I WAS BORN, WHEN HE WORKED AS A BASEBALL COACH, AND HE NEVER LOOKED BACK.

PRIOR TO JOINING PALM BEACH GARDENS. HE SERVED AS A TOWN MANAGER FOR LANTANA FOR OVER A DECADE, AND MORE THAN SIX DECADES LATER, HIS DEDICATION TO SERVING OTHERS REMAINED STRONG AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE CONGRATULATE YOU, RON, AND IT IS A VERY WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE. PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SO THERE'S A THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UNITY HERE. SO WE CAN'T KILL US ALL FOR DOING THIS.

SO AND NOW GOING BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM OF ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

AND TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THAT IS OUR DONATION PROGRAM TO LOCAL SCHOOLS.

AND THIS YEAR IT'S THE 2025 RECIPIENT IS TIMBER TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND I SEE WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL STUDENTS AND SCHOOL MEMBERS.

AND IF THE COUNCIL WILL PLEASE JOIN ME DOWN AT THE PODIUM, WILL GIVE THEM THEIR BIG $5,000 CHECK PRESENTATION.

AND WE HAVE PRINCIPAL CATHY PASQUARELLO. IS THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. OH, YEAH.

RIGHT NOW. EVERYBODY.

IS.

TALKING ABOUT YOU. OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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YES YES YES YES. OH, CAN I GO HOME TO SLEEP? OKAY.

[V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]

WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE FIRST. FIRST WE HAVE SAL FASO.

IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

IT'S SAL FASO AND I LIVE AT ONE 305 EMERSON STREET IN PALM BEACH GARDENS OVER AT ALTON.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHERE EMERSON STREET IS, I HAVE TWO POINTS I WANT TO MAKE.

ONE IS, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION NOW.

YOU MAY HAVE IT LATER ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE ARE AWARE OF THE MSTU BILL THAT SEEMS TO BE BEING FOSTERED BY THE COUNTY.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME LITERATURE THAT WE'VE READ AND I'VE DISSEMINATED AMONGST VARIOUS COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE NHCNH-C, OF WHICH WE'VE GOT 24 COMMUNITIES AND ALMOST 60,000 RESIDENTS.

SO WE'VE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION WE HAVE TO PASS OUT TO THE NHCNH-C LEADERSHIP, AND THEN THEY DISSEMINATE IT THROUGHOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

BUT WE WOULD OPPOSE OR SUPPORT THE CITY. IF YOU OPPOSED THE BILL THAT SEEMS TO BE FLOATING.

YOU KNOW, THE PHONE WORKS BOTH WAYS. THIS KIND OF CAUGHT US BY A LITTLE BY SURPRISE AND WENT OUT THAT WAY.

WE OPERATE TOGETHER. OUR MANTRA IS TO WORK WITH BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TO PLAN FOR A BETTER COUNTY.

WE ALL WANT A GREAT COUNTY. WE ALL WANT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. BUT WHEN YOU ARE SILENT AND TRY TO PASS THINGS THROUGH WITHOUT COMMUNICATING THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATIONS, WE DON'T FAVOR THAT. SO WE SUPPORT YOU ALL. IF YOU WOULD OPPOSE THE MSU BILL THAT SEEMS TO BE NURTURED, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER TWO. THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY, IN CASE YOU'RE NOT AWARE, HAD HAD THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS APPROVE THE INSTALLATION OF ANOTHER INCINERATOR THAT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE IT GETS THERE.

AND I WAS AT THAT MEETING WHEN THEY PRESENTED AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF IN MY HEAD AND I SAID, WELL, FOR THE MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN WHO WE CAN, WHO'S AN EXPERT ON WHY FROM A GOOD, BAD AND UGLY SO WE CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.

SO I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU ON DECEMBER THE 4TH AT THE SWA AT THEIR AUDITORIUM, WE ARE HOLDING AN NCAC MEETING.

SWA ARE GIVEN CREDIT, HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE WORKING WITH US TO ORGANIZE THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION BEFORE THAT TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING AS MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.

BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND, BUT I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THAT PROJECT AND MONITOR IT, BECAUSE IF THE EXPERT FROM THE SIERRA CLUB IS CORRECT, IT'S NOT SO HUNKY DORY AS THE SWA PAINTS IT TO BE.

THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY, AND THE CONCERN FROM THE RESIDENTS CONTAMINANTS, ATMOSPHERICALLY SPEAKING, DIOXINS AND OTHER KIND OF TOXIC KIND OF INGREDIENTS THAT SHOULD BE BURNED THROUGH THE INCINERATOR AND OBVIOUSLY MAKE ITS WAY IN THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.

AND WE WOULD TAKE IT INTO OUR LUNGS. SO YOU'VE GOT SOME RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE FROM TWO, AT LEAST TWO COMMUNITIES, PGA NATIONAL AND CARLTON OAKS ARE HERE. AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING OBVIOUSLY TO WATCH THIS VERY CLOSELY.

SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL ME.

YOU KNOW WHERE TO GET ME. OKAY. THANK YOU SAL.

AND YOU ARE CORRECT. THE ITEM REGARDING THE MSU IS AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA, BUT IT'S UNDER ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME.

THE NEXT PERSON IS VICTOR MARTIN. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL VICTOR MARTIN OF 8096 OLDHAM WAY, PALM BEACH GARDENS, AND I AM ON THE CARLTON OAKS BOARD DIRECTOR ON THE BOARD THERE.

I'M ALSO AM ON THE BOARD, AND I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE REGIONAL RESILIENCE TASK FORCE AT NOEL MARTINEZ CONDUCTED A WHILE BACK AND SEVERAL POINTS ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL TAX. I FEEL THAT IT OUR COMMUNITY HAS INVESTED SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES INTO REGIONAL RESILIENCE TASK FORCE. OUR OBJECTIVE WAS TO CREATE EFFICIENT, COORDINATED AND SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM STRATEGIES.

THIS TAX, HOWEVER, THREATENS TO NEGATE THESE HARD WON ACHIEVEMENTS BY IMPOSING AN IMMEDIATE, BROAD FINANCIAL BURDEN UPON ADDRESSED UNDERLYING SYSTEMS, AND COORDINATION OF THIS TAX PUSHES US TOWARDS A SHORT TERM FISCAL FIXES RATHER THAN SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL STABILITY. IT ALSO STEPS BACKWARD IN RESILIENCE.

WE MUST ALSO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE ESSENTIAL DOUBLE TAX.

RESIDENTS ALREADY FUND THE NECESSARY MUNICIPAL SERVICES THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES AND OTHER ESTABLISHED REVENUE STREAMS.

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ALSO, AS A FORMER ALSO ARE MANDATED. OUR LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE ENSURED THE BEST IS BEING ACHIEVED FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND REGION.

THIS MEANS FOSTERING INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND SHARED EFFICIENCIES, NOT CREATING NEW REVENUES STREAMS THAT ALLOW AGENCIES TO OPERATE IN ISOLATED AND AT THE UNDUE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS. LASTLY, FINALLY, THIS TAX TAKES AWAY THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS TO DECIDE THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS. TAXATION WITHOUT DIRECT DEMOCRATIC INPUT OR A CLEAR, JUSTIFIABLE COMMUNITY MANDATE IS FUNDAMENTALLY PROBLEMATIC.

WE ARE REMOVING THE RESIDENTS RIGHT TO DETERMINE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS FUNDING AND PRIORITIES.

I URGE THE BOARD TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL. WE MUST HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE GOALS AND REGIONAL RESILIENCE, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE.

WE NEED SOLUTIONS THAT PROMOTE COLLABORATION, EFFICIENCY AND FAIRNESS, NOT MECHANISMS THAT SIMPLY SHIFT THE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO OUR ALREADY TAXED RESIDENTS. LET US FIND A SOLUTION THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND THE REGION FIRST.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN. AND THAT'S IT FOR ITEMS. FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.

RON, DO YOU HAVE NO REPORT? OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. OKAY. TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASE.

RESOLUTION 80 2025, ORCHID ISLE. REQUESTING A SIGN ON AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

GUARDHOUSE. THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PASS ITS DECISION ON THE EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE RECORD OF THIS PROCEEDING, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING.

THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE IN THE OFFICIAL CITY FILE ON THIS APPLICATION, AND ANY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THIS HEARING.

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

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

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

IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING, OR IF YOU WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS.

PLEASE FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK.

COMMENT CARDS ARE OVER THERE. THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING.

ON ON THIS CASE, YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. THANK YOU, PATTY. AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 15 2025.

[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 15, 2025 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) BUDGET AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS’ BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2024, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.\]

PATTY. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK, DOES ANYONE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION? SECOND READING? NOPE, NOPE. OKAY, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK.

NO PRESENTATION. AND DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK TO BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 15 2025 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'LL BRING IT BACK.

NO COMMENTS. SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AND NONE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. OKAY.

[VIII.b. *RESOLUTION 80, 2025 – ORCHID ISLES REQUESTING A SIGN ON AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE (GUARDHOUSE). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A MISCELLANEOUS PETITION TO ALLOW A SIGN ON AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE (GUARDHOUSE) FOR ORCHID ISLES AT AVENIR (POD 18) WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (PARCEL A) OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), ORCHID ISLES AT AVENIR BEING LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.35 MILES NORTH OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING A WAIVER; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES]

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

NONE. NONE NONE NONE. AND I HAVE NONE. OKAY, MOVING ON TO A PRESENTATION.

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ON BEHALF OF KENCO COMMUNITIES FOR POD 18, ALSO KNOWN AS ORCHID ISLES.

JUST A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE ON THE SITE PLAN. IT WAS APPROVED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 FOR 104 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

UNDER RESOLUTION 49, 2023 AND MOST RECENTLY IN MARCH OF 2025, RESOLUTION TEN 2025 ADOPTED THE FLOOR PLANS, ARCHITECTURE, LOT LANDSCAPING TYPICALS, THE CELL CENTER AND THE RESIDENTIAL ENTRY FEATURE, WHICH WILL BE ON THE REQUEST TONIGHT. SO THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS FOR A SIGN.

REALLY? A LOGO ON THE GUARD HOUSE, WHICH IS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO THE SITE PLAN.

IT WOULD BE A WAIVER FROM SECTION 78 TO 84 G 12.

AND THE REQUEST WILL BE FOR A SHUTTER THAT WILL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ENTRY GUARD HOUSE.

THE SIGN WILL BE THE LOGO WILL BE AN O ON AN ALUMINUM LOUVER SHUTTER WITH A WOOD GRAIN DESIGN.

THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS WOULD BE 14FT HIGH AND 12FT WIDE, WITH FIVE INCHES OF SPACING IN BETWEEN THE SHUTTERS.

NOW, AS MENTIONED RESOLUTION TEN 2025 BACK IN MARCH APPROVED THE GUARD HOUSE ARCHITECTURE TO BE A MODERN LOOK.

SO THIS IS WHAT IS RECENTLY APPROVED. THE SHUTTER IS GOING TO BE PROPOSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SHUTTER.

I'M SORRY, OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE GUARD HOUSE.

IT WILL HAVE THE. OH, WHICH IS THE LOGO. IT WILL BE RECESSED AND FINISHED WITH A BLACK END CAP FOR THE ORCHID ISLES.

SIGNATURE LOOK. AND THEN IT WILL HAVE 62FT² OF COPY AREA.

AND IT WILL COMPLEMENT THE MODERN ARCHITECTURE.

THE SHUTTER WILL ALSO FURTHER PROVIDE WAYFINDING AND A SENSE OF PLACE FOR THE ORCHID ISLES ENTRY.

AND IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG PANTHER NATIONAL BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATING MEDJOOL DATES, HOLLY TREES, ALEXANDER PALM TREES, SILVER BUTTONWOOD TREES AND A VARIETY OF ACCENT SHRUBS AND PLANT ANNUAL FLOWERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GUARD HOUSE IN FRONT OF THE SHUTTER. ON OCTOBER 14TH PLANNING AND ZONING APPEALS BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY PRESENTATION FROM STAFF? MADAM MAYOR, NO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 80 ALONG WITH THE WAIVER.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS. SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK FOR A VOTE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 80 2025.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MAX ON THIS. JUST CURIOUS.

THE THE LOGO KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE OREGON DUCK LOGO.

IS THERE LIKE, ANY INFRINGEMENT OR. I MEAN, IT JUST IT'S KIND OF WEIRD HOW WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I GO, THAT LOOKS LIKE A COLLEGE LOGO. SO THERE'S NOT ANY INFRINGEMENT OR ANY ISSUES WITH THAT, IS THERE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? JUST NOT FOR OUR CONCERN? I MEAN, IF IT WERE, IT WOULD BE THERE. IT WOULD BE THEIR ISSUE.

OKAY. IF IF THERE'S AN ISSUE AT ALL. OKAY. I I'M JUST SORRY TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, BUT IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A COLLEGE LOGO, SO I JUST HOPE NOBODY DRIVES BY AND GOES, HEY, THAT'S AN OREGON DUCK LOGO.

WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? OR MAYBE THEY'RE FROM OREGON. THE THE BUYER, WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, SO JUST CURIOUS, BUT THANK YOU. THROW THAT OUT THERE.

HEY, ANY. VERY INTERESTING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE? NO. OKAY. SO I'LL CALL IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU.

[IX.a. RESOLUTION 82, 2025 – PALM BEACH GARDENS VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE PALM BEACH GARDENS VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, DEVELOPED THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S SAFE STREETS FOR ALL FEDERAL GRANT AWARD PROGRAM, ESTABLISHING A GOAL OF ELIMINATING SEVERE TRAFFIC INJURIES AND FATALITIES CITYWIDE BY 2040; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW, JOANN, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JOANN SKARIA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.

AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, AND I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT. BUT IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO WALK THROUGH HOW WE GOT TO THIS EVENING.

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AND IN APRIL OF 2022, WE PRESENTED OUR RESEARCH TO THE COUNCIL AND WITH WITH YOUR BLESSING, WE ESTABLISHED A WORKING GROUP IN JUNE OF 2022 TO BRAINSTORM POTENTIAL INITIATIVES UNDER THIS VISION ZERO PROGRAM AND THEN IN 2023, THE COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION 37 2024, WHEN STAFF BECAME AWARE OF A FEDERAL NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SS FOR A PROGRAM UNDER THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, AND THE CITY WAS AWARDED A PLANNING GRANT TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

AND WE COULD NOT WAIT TO GET STARTED. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND HAD OUR FIRST POP UP TRAFFIC GARDEN TO FURTHER OUR VISION ZERO AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN JANUARY 2024. IN JUNE OF 2024, WE ALSO EXECUTED A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FHWA FOR A FEDERAL FOR THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PLANNING GRANT.

AND THAT SAME MONTH, THE COUNCIL MADE A FORMAL COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO WITH RESOLUTION 36 2024.

AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES WAS SELECTED BY A STAFF COMMITTEE THROUGH OUR COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE PLAN.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE BRAD DAVIS WITH KIMLEY-HORN, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF FOR THE PAST YEAR TO DEVELOP OUR VISION ZERO SAFETY PLAN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU TONIGHT.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AND THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE THE FOCUS ON IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION SAFETY HERE IN THE CITY. AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A NOD TO THE STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW, WE DO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS ALL OVER FLORIDA AND THE COUNTRY AND THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS IS, IS REALLY COMMENDABLE. TYPICALLY IT'S ONE PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, FROM PLANNING OR ENGINEERING OR PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT EVERYONE WAS ENGAGED THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH, WHICH I THINK JUST REINFORCES THE COMMITMENT, NOT ONLY FROM YOU ALL, BUT AT A STAFF LEVEL AND A COMMUNITY LEVEL AS WELL.

SO SO AS JOANNE MENTIONED, THIS IS A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.

IT WAS PART OF THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.

WE ARE GOING INTO THE FINAL FISCAL YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.

AND SO IT'S PART OF THE US DOT'S FOCUS ON IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND ELIMINATING SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES ON OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND IT ALSO HAD A PARTICULAR FOCUS AND EMPHASIS ON PROTECTING VULNERABLE ROAD USERS AS WELL, PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING AND THOSE OUTSIDE OF OF VEHICLES, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TONIGHT.

SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE, TOO, THAT THERE WERE A FEW REQUIREMENTS ONE OF WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT TONIGHT OF ADOPTING THE THE PLAN AND SHOWING YOUR FORMAL COMMITMENT TO TO THIS EFFORT. BUT IT IS ALSO A DATA DRIVEN PROCESS AND A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS AS WELL.

SO WE PULLED TOGETHER BOTH ANALYSIS OF CRASH DATA AS WELL AS PUBLIC INPUT AND FOCUS NOT ONLY ON INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL CAN DO FROM A CITY STANDPOINT TO CREATE A CULTURE OF SAFETY? SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE ENFORCEMENT, THINGS LIKE EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE BEYOND JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE OF THINGS.

AND LASTLY, JUST RELATED TO THE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE TWO BUCKETS OF FUNDING.

THERE'S THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS, WHICH THIS PLAN WAS FUNDED THROUGH THAT ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING.

THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE THE LAST OF THE FISCAL ROUNDS AND A CALL FOR, FOR APPLICATIONS AND COMMUNITIES HAVE USED THE PLANNING AND DEMONSTRATION GRANTS TO YOU KNOW, TEST DIFFERENT TREATMENTS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, CROSSWALKS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNAL TREATMENTS, THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN BY ADOPTING THIS PLAN, IT MAKES YOU ALL ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.

AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF LARGER REBUILDING STREET PROJECTS.

THOSE ARE MORE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE THERE'S LESS FUNDS AND THEY'RE LARGER BUDGET PROJECTS.

BUT HAVING ADOPTING THIS PLAN TONIGHT, YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR, FOR ALL OF THOSE GRANTS MOVING FORWARD.

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AND IT TAKES A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN TRADITIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

IT'S KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE TRAFFIC. DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.

IT'S INTEGRATING HUMAN FAILURE. WE AREN'T FOCUSED ON ELIMINATING ALL TRAFFIC CRASHES.

SHOWS THIS EFFORT WAS FOCUSED ON ELIMINATING THE MOST SEVERE ONES.

AND SO THAT THAT WAS OUR FOCUS WITH THIS EFFORT.

AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED TWO GOALS. ONE IS A MORE NEAR-TERM GOAL.

AND THAT'S BY 2030 TO END AND ELIMINATE ALL SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES ON CITY OWNED ROADS.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA ABOUT WHY WE PICKED THAT GOAL.

AND THEN BY 2040, TO ELIMINATE THESE CRASHES CITYWIDE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE STATED IN THE PLAN AND WHAT YOU'LL BE ADOPTING TONIGHT.

SO HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE SOUND BITES THAT HELPED SHAPE THE THE PLAN AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN IT.

CRASHES HAVE BEEN A PERSISTENT AND REGULAR PART OF DAILY LIFE HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

THEY GO UP, THEY GO DOWN, BUT THEY THEY AREN'T ON A DOWNWARD TREND.

AND SO PART OF OUR FOCUS IS TO CREATE THAT DOWNWARD TREND.

AT THE TOP HERE IS ALL CRASHES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND THEIR AVERAGE OF THREE CRASHES PER DAY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS HERE IN THE CITY.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES, THERE'S ABOUT ONE PER MONTH OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE THAT. ALSO JUST BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING THE SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES ON CITY STREETS.

THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN FOUR ON CITY OWNED STREETS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE SHORTER TERM GOAL.

WE FEEL THAT'S ATTAINABLE. PALM BEACH GARDENS IS ALSO IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION TO MANY OF THE OTHER PLACES THAT WE'VE WORKED.

IT'S THE MOST PRONOUNCED HERE. WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS THAT 95% OF THE MOST SEVERE CRASHES IN THE CITY OCCUR ON ROADS THAT THE CITY DOES NOT OWN. NORMALLY IT'S, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, 60, 70, EVEN 80%.

HERE IT'S VERY PRONOUNCED. IT'S ON COUNTY AND DOT ROADS.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO, TO ACHIEVE THAT, THAT GOAL BY 2040.

I ALSO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG FOCUS WITH COMPLETE STREETS AND ALSO FOCUSING ON VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO JUST MAKE NOTE HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS THAT 87% OF THE SEVERE CRASHES INVOLVE PEOPLE DRIVING, RUNNING OFF THE ROAD, OR CRASHING INTO OTHER VEHICLES.

AND SO WHILE WE DID FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE SAFETY FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING, IT'S ALSO CRITICAL, PARTICULARLY ON MAJOR ROADS, THAT WE'RE ALSO CREATING SAFE CONDITIONS AND A SAFE DRIVING CULTURE IN THE CITY TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS RELATED TO VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. THIS IS THE CRASHES OF SEVERITY BY MODE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, A PERSON THAT IS WALKING OR BIKING HAS A GREATER CHANCE WHEN THEY ARE INVOLVED IN A CRASH OF BEING INJURED.

AND IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE BASIC PHYSICS OF BEING OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLE AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS.

AND LASTLY, JUST RELATED TO SOME OF THE STATISTICS AND INFORMATION, THERE ARE FIVE ROADS IN THE CITY THAT ACCOUNT FOR 73% OF ALL THE SEVERE CRASHES.

AND SPECIFICALLY NORTH LAKE AND PGA ACCOUNT FOR 51% OF ALL OF THE SEVERE CRASHES, ONE OBVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE STATE AND ONE OWNED BY THE COUNTY. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ARE FOCUSED ON HOW YOU CAN WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, PARTICULARLY FOR THESE TWO ROADS. SO IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE STARTED IN THE WINTER OF, OF THIS BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR WITH KIND OF VISIONING GOING THROUGH THE ANALYSIS.

THEN WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OVER THE SUMMER OF TAKING ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES, WORKING WITH STAFF TO REFINE THOSE THOSE STRATEGIES, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS AS WELL THE MPO, FDOT AND THE COUNTY TO, YOU KNOW, WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HERE FOR ADOPTION TONIGHT.

JUST HERE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES, BOTH GOING TO THE GREEN MARKET TO GET INPUT AS WELL AS HERE IN THIS ROOM AND ALSO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HERE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE REGIONAL PARTNERS FROM THE COUNTY AND THE MPO AS WELL.

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WE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS OF PEOPLE JUST FEELING LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF AGGRESSIVE DRIVING AND DISTRACTED DRIVING AS WELL.

AND SO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, WE HAVE KIND OF TWO PARTS OF THE PLAN.

ONE IS CITY FOCUSED. AND AS I MENTIONED, IT'S FOCUSED ON PROGRAMS, ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

AND THEN THERE'S A PART TWO THAT'S FOCUSED ON REGIONAL PARTNERS.

AND WE HAVE SPECIFIC CALLOUTS FOR FDOT AND THE COUNTY, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN USE THAT AS A TOOL TO COORDINATE AND NEGOTIATE WITH THEM.

SO THERE IS EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS DEVELOPING A HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

AND MAINLY THAT'S JUST TRYING TO PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE IN THE CITY.

AND SO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK FOR YOU ALL COVERS JUST 12% OF THE CITY'S ROADWAY NETWORK.

BUT THAT IS WHERE 83% OF THE SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES OCCUR.

SO IT'S JUST HELPING KIND OF PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS.

SO EXCUSE ME. AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY FOCUS IS ON PROGRAMS BUILDING THAT CULTURE OF SAFETY AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE CAMPUS DRIVE PROJECT THAT YOU ALL HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN RECENT YEARS.

AND JUST CONTINUING TO TO DO THAT. AND SO THINGS LIKE COORDINATION WITH THE CITY WIDE MOBILITY PLAN, YOU CAN THINK OF THIS AS KIND OF A LAYER ON TOP OF THAT OF, YOU KNOW, IF A BIKE LANE OR COMPLETE STREET IS IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ADDITIONAL SAFETY THINGS CAN YOU DO AT INTERSECTIONS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AS A PART OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION? AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE REGIONAL FOCUS THE DATA SHARING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL AS FOR FDOT, THE FOCUS ON ON PGA AND FOR FOR THE COUNTY, A FOCUS ON NORTH LAKE.

AND SO WITHIN THE PLAN YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS IN MORE DETAIL.

BUT WE IDENTIFIED NOT ONLY SOME OF THE CRASH TRENDS, BUT ALSO KIND OF THE KEY INTERSECTIONS TO FOCUS ON HIGH CRASH INTERSECTIONS.

AND THIS CAN BE USED AS A TOOL TO COORDINATE AND NEGOTIATE WITH WITH FDOT.

AND THE SAME WITH WITH NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AS WELL.

SO LASTLY PART OF THE PLAN IS FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WE'VE OUTLINED SEVERAL STEPS THAT YOU ALL CAN CARRY FORWARD.

ONE IS CONTINUING THE THE GREAT WORKING GROUP THAT WE HAD AS A PART OF THIS FOCUSED ON VISION ZERO FROM STAFF COORDINATION STANDPOINT, AND ALSO USING THAT AS A WAY TO COORDINATE WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS APPLYING FOR FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS.

SS FOR A IS IS ONE POTENTIAL RESOURCE, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE MPO, THROUGH FDOT, OR DIRECTLY FROM DIFFERENT FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE.

SAME WITH FDOT, AS WE CALLED OUT, CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS THROUGH THE CITYWIDE MOBILITY PLAN AND OTHER EFFORTS, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH FDOT AND THE COUNTY TO DEVELOP A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY FOR BOTH PGA AND NORTHLAKE. AND LASTLY, ONE OF THE FOCUSES OF THIS THIS EFFORT AND THIS GRANT IS YOU KNOW, BEING TRANSPARENT AND CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO WE'VE OUTLINED A PROCESS TO PUBLISH AN ANNUAL SAFETY REPORT THAT'S PART OF WHAT MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AS A, AS AN OUTCOME OF THIS. SO ANNUALLY TRACKING THE CRASH DATA TO SEE ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? DO WE NEED TO INVEST IN DIFFERENT AREAS? ARE THERE NEW HOTSPOTS? HOW CAN WE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE AS WE WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT GOAL OF VISION ZERO? SO AS I MENTIONED, THE LAST STEP IN THE GRANT PROCESS IS IS FOR YOU ALL TO ADOPT THE PLAN.

WE ARE ON SCHEDULE WITH ADOPTING THE, THE THE PLAN AS A PART OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

AND SO I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH EVERYONE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU, BRAD, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN.

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AND SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME THANK YOUS. IF YOU DON'T MIND.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE GUIDANCE AND THE SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.

OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS VISION ZERO EFFORT.

I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION, MR. FERRIS, MISS LE VERRIER AND MR. STEP, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR AWARD WINNING MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN I'D LIKE TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SPECIFICALLY SERGEANT MUHL AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY CHIEF BASSETT, WHO HAVE TAKEN VALUABLE TIME OUT OF THEIR SPECIFIC LIFE SAFETY DUTIES TO WORK WITH US ON THIS PLAN.

AND THEN WE ALSO ARE JOINED BY OUR CITY ENGINEER, TODD ENGEL, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR YEARS ON IMPLEMENTING THESE TPA, FDOT LAP GRANTS. IT'S VERY CHALLENGING, BUT IT'S ALL IMPORTANT WORK THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THIS EFFORT.

WE'VE ALSO HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES, RECREATION AND GIS DEPARTMENTS.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THIS BEAUTIFUL PLAN THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, PARTICULARLY THE PALM BEACH MPO, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND VISION ZERO.

THEY ADOPTED THEIR VISION ZERO PLAN I THINK BACK IN 2018 FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THEY'VE UPDATED IT. THEY'VE PROVIDED A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND REFERENCES AND RESOURCES TO STAFF AS WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY.

I'D LIKE TO THANK PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR PARTICIPATING WITH US.

THEY CAME TO ONE OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND THEY'VE ALSO RECEIVED THEIR OWN SS FOR A GRANT.

AND OUR STAFF, MYSELF, NATALIE AND TODD PARTICIPATED ON A STAKEHOLDER CALL, AND WE CONTINUE TO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE SAFETY INITIATIVES. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO THANK FDOT FOR ALSO PARTICIPATING IN OUR EFFORTS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK BRAD AND HIS TEAM AT KIMLEY-HORN FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLAN.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING, NATALIE CROWLEY, FOR HER GUIDANCE. AND I'D BE REMISS WITHOUT THANKING OCEANA SAWYER, WHO'S JOINING ME HERE TONIGHT. SHE IS ONE OF OUR PLANNERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AND SHE HAS BEEN MY RIGHT HAND IN THIS PLANNING EFFORT.

AND THE PLAN IS REALLY ONLY COMPLETE BECAUSE SHE HELPED ME.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL SAY THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF FOR SURE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS FROM THE PUBLIC OR COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO BEFORE WE CLOSE ANYTHING AND VOTE FOR QUESTIONS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? YEAH. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW IT'S TAKING YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THIS PLAN.

I MEAN, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IMMEDIATE STAFF AND ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN TO ADOPT AND THERE'S AND WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT AS WELL AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO DO GREAT THINGS AND WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER SAFETY FIRST WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COLLABORATION THAT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS BECAUSE SOME OF, AS YOU MENTIONED, SOME OF THEM ARE CITY ROADS, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE NOT.

AND IT JUST MAKES THE MOST SENSE. WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE AND WE ALL ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.

AND WE WE DO WANT SAFETY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S COMING UP QUITE A BIT PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF THE NEWER COMMUNITIES LIKE AVENIERES EBIKES.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED INTO THIS PLAN? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IN THE PLAN, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT'S OUTLINED ARE PUBLISHING SAFETY CAMPAIGNS AND E-BIKES IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED BY OUR MEDIA DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN, AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO REVAMP THOSE CAMPAIGNS AND CONTINUE TO PUT THEM OUT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE TARGETED AS WELL.

I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE GO. SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEMP YEAH, I LOVE THIS PLAN.

I MEAN, ESPECIALLY COMING UP TO THE HOLIDAYS AND MY PROFESSION, YOU KNOW, A VISION ZERO.

IF YOU HIT THAT ZERO, THAT MEANS A LOT MORE FAMILY, BIG ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER NEXT TO ME MENTIONED THAT YOU KNOW, HOW HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT THERE? BECAUSE E-BIKES IS A CONSTANT THING GOING AMONGST OUR AREA RIGHT NOW.

AND EVEN THE POP UP TRAFFIC GARDENS YOU HAVE, LIKE A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION IS THESE KIDS GET AN E-BIKE AT 13, 14, 15 YEARS OLD AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

SO JUST THAT LITTLE POP UP GARDEN GETTING THEM INTRODUCED TO THE RULES OF THE ROAD WILL HELP THEM LEARN.

IF WE CAN'T CONTROL THE E-BIKES, AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHEN TO STOP. WHERE TO STOP.

SO I LOVE THIS PLAN AND WELL DONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER GROSSO.

NO. WITH THE VICE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN KIM SAID IS RIGHT ON PAR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF ON WHAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE I KNOW IN OUR CITY THAT WILL BE DONE.

SO I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT PART OF THE PLAN THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE MATERIALIZED.

AND WE REALLY OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO VISIT OUR CITY THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A SAFE VISIT AND TRAVEL WITHIN OUR ROADS.

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BUT I KNOW YOU'LL STAY ON IT. AND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING ON THIS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY FEAT, BUT IT WAS DONE.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER REED. SO ONE QUESTION NOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN PRODUCED, AFTER IT GETS VOTED ON, WILL IT BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY WIDE, COUNTY WIDE MASTER PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION? ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL SHARE WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY WITH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ON THE TOP.

ABSOLUTELY. NONETHELESS. AND SO NOW WE'RE WE'VE GOT 14 OUT OF 39 MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THIS.

SO HOPEFULLY THERE ARE MORE COMING. I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY HAS ADOPTED IT FORMALLY, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR GRANTS AND GOTTEN THEM.

YEAH. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I KNOW ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS.

IT IS A HEAVY LIFT ANYTIME, ESPECIALLY EVEN JUST GOING THROUGH THE GRANTS FOR THE MPO.

TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT AND SAVES TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THE ONE ALSO, I SEE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS TONIGHT THAT WERE INVOLVED IN COMING TO THE WORKSHOP.

SO THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS THAT FILLED OUT THE SURVEYS. NO ONE LIKES TO FILL OUT A SURVEY, BUT MY GOSH, SO MANY RESPONSES WHICH HELPED YOU GUYS DEVELOP IT.

SO WE'VE GOT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCE.

AND EVERYONE DON'T FORGET ON OUR BUDGET, WE DID APPROVE A PERMANENT TRAFFIC GARDEN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO THAT'S COMING SO MORE KIDS WILL GET MORE COMFORTABLE THERE.

AND ANOTHER NOTE IN HONOR OF OUR AWARD WINNING COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THAT E-BIKE VIDEO IS ONE OF THE MOST ONE MOST PLAYED ONES ON OUR PALM BEACH GARDENS YOUTUBE PAGE. SO THAT ONE I THINK HAD I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE NUMBERS.

HUNDREDS AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE. THOUSANDS. IT WAS THOUSANDS.

THANK YOU THAT WATCHED IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNCIL.

I THINK WE'LL ALL BE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE OUR SIGNATURES ON THIS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I LIKE GOING LAST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT ALL OF THAT.

BUT I DO CONCUR. AND HOW COULD YOU BE OPPOSED TO SAFETY? AND I. THIS DOCUMENT IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.

I APPRECIATED READING IT. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK INVOLVED AND EFFORT.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WHO TOOK PART IN IT.

AND IT WAS A VERY BIG COLLABORATION, AND IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

IT IT'S INTERESTING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY 86% OF SERIOUS INJURIES.

AND IT WAS EVEN IN THE 90S FOR THE REALLY BAD INJURIES THAT OCCUR ON ROADS THAT ARE NOT PALM BEACH GARDENS, PALM BEACH GARDENS, ROADS ARE OUTSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS AS FAR AS AUTHORITY.

AND I THINK I CAN CONCUR WITH E-BIKES HAVING BEEN OUT AND ABOUT.

THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMMENTS THAT I'VE RECEIVED.

IN REGARDS TO SAFETY IS E-BIKES, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER KEMP MENTIONED, IT'S 12 YEAR OLDS OR 22 YEAR OLDS, AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEM TO GO TO WORK AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEM MORE AND MORE.

AND I THINK THAT IT IS BECOMING EVEN MORE OF AN ISSUE.

AND I DO APPRECIATE AND I HAVE FORWARDED THAT VIDEO AS WELL, AND IT IS AN AMAZING EDUCATION TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.

ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY ORIENTED. MY OWN COMMUNITY IS HAVING ISSUES BECAUSE KIDS ARE BLOWING THROUGH STOP SIGNS AND THE COMMUNITIES ARE IN CHARGE OF ENFORCING THEIR PRIVATE ROADS.

AND THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM IS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT THE ENFORCERS AND USUALLY THE CITY, WHILE WE ENFORCE IN THE PUBLIC ROADS IN OUR ROADS, WE DON'T REALLY GO INTO THE COMMUNITIES UNLESS INVITED TO ENFORCE.

SO I GUESS ARE WE SEEING A BIGGER ACCIDENT NUMBER OR BIGGER NUMBER IN ACCIDENTS OR BIGGER NUMBER IN INJURIES WITH E-BIKES? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING AS THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE POPULAR? I DON'T THINK IT'S INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. MAYBE A FEW MORE THIS YEAR THEY'VE GOTTEN MORE POPULAR, BUT CERTAINLY WILL CONTINUE TO RISE IF WE DON'T GET THE EDUCATION PART OUT THERE.

I KNOW THAT JUPITER AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE NOW.

PALM BEACH JUST PASSED AN ORDINANCE REGARDING E-BIKES, AND JUPITER IS I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID OR NOT, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING INTO AND IT WAS THEY HAD A WORKSHOP IN REGARDS TO PASSING SOME POLICY IN REGARDS TO E-BIKES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD IN ADDITION TO OUR EDUCATION, WHICH IS A GREAT TOOL. SO BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, IN OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS BEHIND US, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 82 2025.

IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND AN HONORABLE SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MADAM MAYOR. YES, SIR. COULD I HAVE PERMISSION TO APPLAUD THIS TEAM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK,

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AND I'LL JUST KIND OF THROW IT OUT THERE AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF HAVE A CONVERSATION.

I'M SURE WE ALL READ THE UPDATED BILL, WHICH RON HAD PASSED OUT LAST WEEK, THE 30TH, I BELIEVE.

AND IT STARTED OUT VERY CONFUSING. PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

IT IS NOT A SPECIAL DISTRICT. IT IS A MUNICIPAL TAXING DISTRICT BILL THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES.

AND I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, I APOLOGIZE.

AND IT'S UNIQUE BECAUSE THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY TO DISCUSS THIS VERY IMPORTANT BILL.

THAT'S WHERE MY MIND WAS GOING AHEAD OF MYSELF.

IT'S THE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS PROPOSING THIS BILL AND HAVING A UNIFIED FRONT BY THE LEAGUE OF CITIES SPEAKING FOR ALL OF US WILL BE A HUGE IMPACT IF THEY PASS SOMETHING ON MONDAY.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME IF PASSED, IF THIS BILL IS PASSED, ALL OTHER COUNTIES IN FLORIDA WILL HAVE A FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

BUT PALM BEACH COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO ANNEXATION AND IT IS A DIRECT CONFLICT OF OUR CURRENT FLORIDA STATUTES AS THEY REGULATE ANNEXATION. I KNOW MARTIN FIX IS AN EXPERT ON ANNEXATION, AND HE CAN ATTEST THAT MUNICIPALITIES ARE THE ONES IN THE ANNEXATION STATUTE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING SERVICES, NOT THE COUNTY, NOT THE THE LOSING ANNEXED AREA.

AND IN ADDITION, OUR COMP PLAN BEING A PLANNER, I CAN SHARE THAT IT DEFINITELY DEFINES OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND I KNOW NATALIE CAN ATTEST TO THAT. AND OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE MAPS IN OUR COMP PLAN, TALKS ABOUT ANNEXATION AREAS. AND WE HAVE TO UPDATE THAT IN OUR EAR BASED AMENDMENTS EVERY VERY ROUTINELY, EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE TO UPDATE THAT. SO THIS IS A WAY FOR THE COUNTY TO PLAN.

THEY GET COPIES. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

OUR COMP PLAN CAN BE THERE IS A AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO RESPOND TO THESE TYPES OF AMENDMENTS.

IF WE WERE TO AMEND AND CHANGE OUR PLAN IN OUR COMP PLAN.

IN ADDITION WE CURRENTLY HAVE AUTOMATIC AID WITHOUT COMPENSATION, AND WE JUST RECEIVED NUMBERS.

I THINK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CONCURRED THAT WE IT'S A 2 TO 1 RATIO.

WE ACTUALLY GO OUT AND PROVIDE THE COUNTY TWO TIMES MORE.

WE RESPOND TO TWO TIMES MORE CALLS THAN THEY ACTUALLY RESPOND TO OURS IN AUTOMATIC AID.

WE DO NOT GET COMPENSATION ON THAT. I'D ALSO ACCORDING TO PALM BEACH COUNTY LOOKING AT THEIRS, 90% OF THE ANNEXATIONS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY NUMBERS ARE VOLUNTARY.

THAT'S PALM BEACH COUNTIES, AND WE'RE 80%. SO 80% OF OUR ANNEXATIONS SO FAR HAVE BEEN VOLUNTARY AND 20% ARE BY REFERENDUM. SO THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE OR COMMUNITIES CHOOSE TO BE PART OF OUR CITY FOR, OF COURSE, OUR AWARD WINNING SERVICES. IT WOULD BE VERY UNFAIR FOR THEM TO HAVE TO PAY MSTU AND AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE SAME EXACT SERVICE. INTERESTINGLY, 56% OF THE COUNTY POPULATION IS WITHIN 30, THE 39 MUNICIPALITIES, SO 20 OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE 19 MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, 20 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE COUNTY BILL STATES THAT THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD BE PAYING THE MSTU FEE, NOT THE PROPERTIES THAT ANNEX.

THEREFORE, IF A COMMUNITY ANNEXES INTO THE CITY OR FIVE HOUSES, THAT COMMUNITY OR THOSE FIVE HOUSES WILL BE SERVED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE. BUT ALL OTHER PROPERTIES IN OUR CITY, EXCEPT THAT THOSE THAT COMMUNITY OR THOSE FIVE HOUSES WILL HAVE TO PAY THE MSTU

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IT WOULD FINANCIALLY BURDEN US AS WE WOULD END UP ALL SERVING THEM ANYWAY.

BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONDING. WE'RE GOING TO BE THE CLOSEST ONE TO RESPOND NONETHELESS, WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT IN ANNEXATION IS TO SQUARE OFF THE BORDERS AND TO SERVE THOSE THAT ARE UNDERSERVED. THERE IS A LOCAL DELEGATION MEETING ON THE 13TH, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE LEAGUE WILL VOTE TO SPEAK FOR ALL OF US. BUT HOWEVER, IF NOT AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ATTEND AND PROVIDE OUR OBJECTION TO THE BILL.

AND I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US ALL TO CALL OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES AND STATE OUR POSITION IF POSSIBLE, AND I THINK A UNITED FRONT WILL DEFINITELY HELP.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION 85 2025 WHICH IS OPPOSING THIS BILL.

SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND HOPE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AND OR PASS THAT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY IN REGARDS TO THAT.

ANYBODY WANT TO START FIRST OR HAVE A CONVERSATION? I CAN I CAN START A CONVERSATION IF YOU'D LIKE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS AND ALL TUNED IN TO THE COUNTY MEETING LAST WEEK TO SEE THIS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE COUNTY, AND I THOUGHT MAYOR MARIA MORENO BROUGHT UP SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS DURING THAT MEETING.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH.

AND AS YOU CONFIRMED, THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS MEETING ON MONDAY ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I THINK WE SHOULD OPPOSE IT. FIRST, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT YOU MENTIONED FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU KNOW, SAFETY NEEDS TO COME FIRST. WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM.

AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THIS COME THROUGH.

WE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME MISSION, AND WE WANT TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTIES.

THIS DOES CREATE A FUNDING PROBLEM BECAUSE OF DOUBLE TAXATION.

AND IT HURTS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. WE ARE WE ALREADY PROVIDE AN ISO CLASS ONE SERVICE AMONG THE BEST, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. AND IT REMOVES LOCAL CONTROL.

SO COOPERATION WORKS BETTER THAN MANDATES. AND ALSO IT SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO TO WORK AND HAVE THIS REDUNDANCY, IT'S JUST GOING TO CAUSE US TO TO HAVE OPERATIONAL OVERLAP, WHICH CONFUSION FOR WHO'S IN CHARGE.

AND WE ALREADY DO THAT. WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN GO ON AND ON.

IT ALSO AFFECTS HOME RULE GREATLY. SO. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW MOVE FORWARD WITH RESOLUTION 8520, 25. AND I BELIEVE IF WE ALL GO THERE AND FORM A UNITED FRONT, IT'LL IT'LL BE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.

SO. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO PIPE IN, JOHN? WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? COUNCIL MEMBER. KEMP, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I WAS KIND OF HERE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ON THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, MY EMPLOYER IS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, AND I DID REACH OUT TO THE ETHICS BOARD THIS MORNING.

JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN I SEEN THIS RESOLUTION, CAN I VOTE ON IT, HOW IT GOES? AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID SHE'S I'VE GOT THE ALL CLEAR TO VOTE BECAUSE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY IS EXEMPT FROM THAT, AS ARE MY EMPLOYER. AND TALKED WITH MAX FOR A LEGAL KIND OF OPINION ON IT ALSO.

SO I'M HERE TO KIND OF LISTEN TO Y'ALL'S OPINION AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE BOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. I JUST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GOOD POINTS WERE MADE FROM YOU AND THE VICE MAYOR, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO THE 13TH AND SPEAK.

WE SHOULD PASS THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT. AND IT'S JUST DISHEARTENING BECAUSE THE MEMO I GOT HERE IS OCTOBER 23RD.

SO IT'S KIND OF A JAM AND CRAM. YOU KNOW, THEY GET THE NUMBERS.

THEY'RE SHORT. LET'S CHANGE SOMETHING UP. LET'S GET THE LEGISLATURE TO HELP US.

AND IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF CRAP. I MEAN, FROM ALL THE MUTUAL AID, IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART HERE, THE MUTUAL AID, AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2020 FOR THE AID WE GAVE WAS ALMOST 3500 CALLS RECEIVED 1600. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING.

WE'RE A GOOD PARTNER IN THIS WHOLE AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE COUNTY.

AND SO JUST TO CRAM THIS DOWN, IF YOU CAME OUT WITH THIS A YEAR AGO AND GAVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT, HAVE A VOICE AND HAVE A MEETING AND LET'S GET IN A ROOM TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT MAN, WHEN YOU GIVE US TWO WEEKS AND THEN YOU START CRAMMING EVERYBODY DOWN THEIR THROAT TO GET AN APPROVAL AND GET IT UP TO TALLAHASSEE AND GET SOME SORT OF VOTE FROM OUR, OUR LOCAL LEGISLATURE. THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

SO THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. AND THE UNITED FRONT HAS TO BE SHOWN AND HOPEFULLY IT'S IT'S EFFECTIVE.

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AND I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MUTUAL AID.

WE WORKED WELL TOGETHER, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT SHOULD CHANGE YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD.

SO I'M ALL FOR YOU GETTING THERE. US DOING THE RESOLUTION AND LET'S, LET'S LET'S PUT IT TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER REED. WELL AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, I'LL BE IN THE MEETING MONDAY AND REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AS A COUNCIL BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THE. I LOVE WHAT THE VICE MAYOR SAID, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSO, BUT I THINK EVEN ON THE ON THE LARGER SCALE, BEYOND THE VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, THE ATTACK ON HOME RULE AND THE DOUBLE TAXATION.

I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE I'M SAYING THAT OUT LOUD.

NO. ASIDE FROM ALL OF THAT, WE'VE ALL BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON COLLABORATING WITH OUR COUNTY COMMISSION, WITH OUR AMONGST OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY OR A CRASH.

THEY DON'T CARE WHO'S COMING. SOMEONE NEEDS TO COME.

AND THIS IS NOT HELPING THAT. AND THAT IS HEARTBREAKING.

SO I THINK COLLABORATION IS AT STAKE. THIS IS THIS IS A DANGEROUS MOVE THAT I THINK WILL HAVE REPERCUSSIONS.

WE'RE TRYING TO COLLABORATE ON A TRANSPORTATION PLAN BECAUSE, AGAIN, RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH PALM BEACH GARDENS, YOU KNOW, JUPITER OR JUNO. THEY DON'T. THEY'RE JUST GETTING SOMEWHERE.

SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE ON THIS.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE ON TRANSPORTATION. TO COUNCIL MEMBER POINT, THERE WAS NO COLLABORATION OR A VOICE ALLOWED FOR ALL 39 OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVIDING THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CARE. LASTLY, THANK YOU FOR OFFERING TO GO AND SPEAK TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALL GO. I THINK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFICULT SPOT IN WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT NOT ALL OF THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THEIR OWN FIRE, SO THEY MAY NOT BE AS CONCERNED. DESPITE, AGAIN, THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, THE HOME RULE ISSUE AND THE TAXATION ISSUE.

SO I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE IN ANY MUNICIPALITY TO GO BEYOND JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ELECTED OFFICIALS, BECAUSE THIS WILL DEPEND ON HOW HOW WELL PEOPLE RESPOND TO ACCIDENTS AND CRASHES AND EMERGENCIES.

I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. SO WITH THAT SAID CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR RESOLUTION 85? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I NEED TO HAVE.

SHE HAS TO HAVE A READ BY TITLE. YES, MADAM. SORRY ABOUT THAT. PATTY, WOULD YOU MIND READING RESOLUTION 85 2025, A RESOLUTION? THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA OPPOSING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LOCAL BILL RELATING TO THE FIRE RESCUE MUNICIPAL SERVICES TAXING UNIT AND ENCOURAGING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO REJECT SAID BILL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU PATTI. OKAY, NOW MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? THANK YOU MAX. ALSO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 85 2025.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. SO, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, I WAS I WAS GOING TO SAY WELL, MR. FASO IS STILL HERE. CAN MAKE SURE YOU EMAIL US THE INFORMATION FOR THE FOURTH THE TIME AND ALL THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT SO WE CAN ATTEND THAT AS WELL. AND THEN HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY. SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE REAL QUICK.

I KNOW EVERYONE WANTS TO GET OUT OF HERE, BUT I DID ATTEND THE CHAMBER'S BENCHMARKING TRIP IN TAMPA, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW IT WAS A GREAT AN OPPORTUNITY.

I LEARNED A LOT. SOME OF THE SUCCESSES OR TAKEAWAYS WAS THAT THEY CREATED POLICIES THAT STRENGTHENED FAMILY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT. WE DO A LOT OF THAT AS WELL.

AND LIKE EVERYONE, THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH HOUSING THAT'S ATTAINABLE FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

SO THEY'VE CREATED IN ORDER TO HELP FIX THAT.

THEY'VE CREATED MICRO LOANS WITH FORGIVENESS BENCHMARKS FROM LIKE 1 TO $5000 MAX.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ATTAINABLE HOUSING, PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP FOSTER FUTURE EMPLOYMENT AND KEEP THEIR YOUNG RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.

I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THEY WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES THAT BOUGHT HOMES AND PARTNERED WITH DEVELOPERS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEIR OWN WORKFORCE, LIKE THE HOSPITALS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAD A LOT OF WORKFORCE.

THEY DID PARTNER, WHICH WAS AN INTERESTING THING.

AND THEY COORDINATED AND COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION IS A KEY IN THE PEOPLE MAY NOT BE TAKING TALKING.

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AND THEY ALSO CREATED AN INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARCELS, WHICH WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING THAT I WAS LOOKING AT OR THINKING OF AVANIR WHEN I SAW THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNRELATED, BUT NEXT DOOR TO AVANIR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT CASEY AND HER TEAM DID A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE MAYOR'S VETERANS TOURNAMENT, AS SHE ALWAYS DOES.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER, AND I HOPE THIS, YOU KNOW, I HOPE IT WILL FOR THE VETERANS.

AND I HOPE YOU ALL SEE YOU ALL AT VETERANS DAY, WHICH IS 1111 AT 11.

AND OUR VERY OWN CITY ATTORNEY, MAX LOHMAN, WILL BE THE SPECIAL SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND AS WE HEAD INTO THANKSGIVING, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CITY STAFF, OF COURSE, AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR DEDICATION, SERVICE AND CARE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND PALM BEACH GARDENS IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL PLACE.

SO FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS, I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT AWAY, BUT CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.

[XI. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

AND I GUESS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.