Mar 05, 2026 City Council

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, IF YOU WOULD. IF YOU'RE ABLE, PLEASE RISE FOR THE AND JOIN US 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.

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

VICE MAYOR MIDDLETON HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. REED HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MOROSO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KEMP HERE.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS? NO, NOT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. AND NOW UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE 2025 MAYOR'S VETERANS

[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

AND I'D LIKE TO CALL MISS CASEY MITCHELL, GENERAL MANAGER AT SANDHILL CRANE.

WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, CASEY MITCHELL, GENERAL MANAGER AT SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB AND THE NEST, PAR THREE. I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH A SLIDESHOW JUST WHILE I'M SPEAKING.

BUT I AM PRESENTING FOR THE 2025 MAYOR'S VETERANS GOLF CLASSIC.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE RUN AN EVENT EVERY YEAR OUT AT SAND HILL.

AND THE BENEFITS? THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE VA RESOURCE CENTER.

19 YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS RECOGNIZED A GROWING NEED FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR HOMELESS AND INDIGENT VETERANS.

A VETERAN HIMSELF OR CITY MANAGER, MR. RON FERRIS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL AT THE TIME DECIDED TO ACT IN AN EFFORT TO SERVE THOSE WHO HAVE SELFLESSLY SERVED AND SACRIFICED FOR OUR FREEDOM.

AND FOR THE LAST 19 YEARS, EVERY ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED THIS PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVE GOING INTO THE NINTH MAYOR'S VETERANS GOLF CLASSIC THAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED GUIDE AND SUPPORT THIS EVENT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR CITY MANAGER AND NAVY VETERAN, MR. RON FERRIS, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND ARMY VETERAN, MR. STEVE STEPP, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THE PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THIS EVENT AND A NAVY VETERAN, MR. MAX LOWMAN, AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, MR. DAVID REYES. THE CITY STAFF WHO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS EVENT, WHO WAKE UP EARLY, VERY EARLY AND STAY VERY LATE UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DONE.

AND MR. BUZZ BRYAN, WHO IS FROM THE VA, HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND OUTREACH, AND HE HAS HELPED DEVELOP A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP AND BOND WITH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND THE VA, ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEERS AND COORDINATING STAFF.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE STAFF FROM THE VA JOINING US TONIGHT, SEAN MONTGOMERY, MR. BUZZ, BRIAN CAREY BOYD, STEPHEN TILLMAN, AND AT THIS TIME JOINING ME, MR. DONALD, DOCTOR RONALD WILLIAMS, CHIEF OF STAFF, AND KAREN ABBOTT, THE SECTION CHIEF OF HOMELESS SERVICES, WHO WILL BE GIVING YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THE FUNDS RAISED FROM THIS EVENT WILL BE USED.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND HONORED GUESTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. COME HERE TONIGHT TO BE THERE WITH YOU.

AND AS REPRESENTING THE WEST PALM BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF, CAPTAIN, UNITED STATES NAVY FOR 30 YEARS AND SERVING OUR VETERANS, I DO APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE.

ON BEHALF OF THE WEST PALM BEACH VA HEALTH SYSTEM ESPECIALLY THE VETERANS THAT WE HONOR AND SERVE.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND STEADFAST SUPPORT FOR THE MAYOR'S VETERANS GOLF CLASSIC THAT BEGINS.

IT BEGINS. WHAT A DAY OF FRIENDLY COMPETITION THAT WAS SHARED.

PURPOSE OF THE GOLF COURSE BECOMES SOMETHING MORE THAN AND MORE MEANINGFUL.

IT BECAME A RENT FOR PAYING VETERANS AND HELPING THEM THROUGH HARD TIMES AND DOING CRISIS.

IT BECOMES UTILITIES RESTORED, TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND JOB INTERVIEWS, FOOD ON THE TABLE AND ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES, AND IN A NEW HOME. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT BECOMES STABILITY AND A RENEWED HOPE.

EVERY DOLLAR RAISED GOES DIRECTLY BACK TO VETERANS IN NEED.

YOUR PARTNERSHIP HELPS MOVE VETERANS OFF THE STREETS AND INTO A SAFE, STABLE HOUSING, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AND CONTINUING SUPPORT NECESSARY TO ENSURE THEY REMAIN HOUSED AND MOVE FORWARD WITH DIGNITY.

AS HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, OUR MISSION IS TO CARE FOR THE WHOLE OF THE VETERAN.

THAT INCLUDES ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE A FOUNDATION FOR SAFETY AND STABILITY.

WE CANNOT DO THIS WORK ALONE. COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE YOU MAKE THAT MISSION POSSIBLE.

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LIVES ARE CHANGING AND BECAUSE OF YOU. FUTURES ARE BRIGHTER.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH OUR VETERANS AND MAKING THIS IMPORTANT WORK.

WE SHARED A COMMITMENT AND I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO KAREN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LEADS FOR OUR HOMELESS PROGRAM.

GO AHEAD KAREN. TALK ABOUT IT. AND THANKS, CASEY.

HI. I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND I MIGHT GET CHOKED UP.

IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE AGAIN. AND TO BE ABLE TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THIS AMAZING GIFT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING HOMELESS VETERANS, IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY, REALLY BIG JOB.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST COMES DOWN TO INDIVIDUALS.

AND SO WHEN A VETERAN CAN SAFELY SLEEP IN HER OWN BED AT NIGHT OR PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR HIS FAMILY, I MEAN, IT'S LIFE CHANGING. IT'S AMAZING.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU AND THIS GIFT.

THAT'S WHAT YOUR GENEROSITY MAKES POSSIBLE EVERY DAY.

I HAVE THE BEST JOB AT THE VA BECAUSE I GET TO SEE THAT IMPACT ON A DAILY BASIS OF THE LIVES THAT ARE CHANGED BY THE GIFTS THAT A COMMUNITY GIVES WHEN THEY REALLY CARE, AND WHEN VETERANS START TO FEEL HOPE AND STABILITY AGAIN. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO WITNESS.

SO WE'RE JUST SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ME FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STANDING WITH OUR VETERANS.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AT THIS TIME, I HAVE A FEW SPONSORS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. MR. MAX LOHMANN FROM THE LOHMANN LAW GROUP, OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND PRESENTING SPONSOR THIS YEAR WITH A MATCHING SPONSOR, ERWIN AND FRANKIE EDENS IN OUR ALBATROSS. SPONSORS, CAST CONSTRUCTION, PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER, WISH AND JACKSON, ALLEN, NORTON AND BLUE, J.W.

CHEATHAM, FPL, XFINITY, WELLINGTON REGIONAL AND THE ALLENBY MILLER CENTER AND GLOBAL TECH.

OUR SPONSORS, GUARDIAN FLEET SERVICES AND COFFS TOWING, SMOKE AND MAPLE, JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER AND THE TOLL BROTHERS WITH 50 OTHER SPONSORS. WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE 100,000 $100,654.84 THIS YEAR, GOING TO THE VA RESOURCE CENTER, WHO? HOO! AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY VETERANS IN THE CROWD.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED AND JOIN US FOR A PICTURE.

IF I COULD HAVE COUNCIL OUR CITY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR JOIN US AS WELL.

THAT'S YOU. ERIC? YEAH. THANK YOU. I'M HERE FOR.

THAT'S. NOT BAD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S. OKAY.

YEAH. NO.

GET ON THE OUTSIDE.

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THANK YOU. VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR VETERANS.

IT IS. IT IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE EVENTS OF THE YEAR.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF IT'S SUCH A FUN EVENT THAT WE ALL LOVE TO GO TO.

AND NEXT WE HAVE CASEY AGAIN.

SO KEEPING ON OUR PHILANTHROPIC THEME, WE HAVE A CHARITY DONATION INITIATIVE THAT WE DO.

THIS IS OUR YEARLY PRESENTATION WITH AN UPDATE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE INITIATIVE. IT STARTED IN 2019, AGAIN WITH THE SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION TO RAISE FUNDS THROUGH AN OPTIONAL ON COURSE COMPETITION THROUGH OUR GOLF SHOP. SO WHEN PEOPLE CHECK IN, THEY HAVE THE OPTION.

THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE $5. THAT GOES TO CHARITY.

THEY PLAY THE 19TH HOLE ISLAND GREEN AT THE NEST AND HAVE A CHANCE TO, IF THEY LAND ON THE GREEN, WIN A NUMBER OF GIFT CARDS AND SUMMER MEMBERSHIPS.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHARITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THIS PAST YEAR IN 2025.

URBAN YOUTH. IMPACT. PLACE OF HOPE. LITTLE SMILES.

HANLEY FOUNDATION, FISHER HOUSE, EAT BETTER, LIVE BETTER, HOME SAFE, AND MASON'S HOPE FOUNDATION.

IN 2024, WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE THOUSAND $373.82.

IN TOTAL. IN 2025, WE GREW THAT ROUGHLY $20,000 WITH A GOING TO NEARLY 50 CHARITIES WITH A TOTAL OF $65,818.85. AND IN TOTAL, SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2019, WE HAVE DONATED A TOTAL OF $307,900.70 TO OUR LOCAL CHARITIES AND INITIATIVES.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO RUN THIS INITIATIVE.

IT HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR AREA.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

THE FIRST IS HELEN BROWN. AND AFTER THAT IS DAVID LEVY.

HELLO. HELEN BROWN, PALM BEACH, 162 PLANT DRIVE, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

I AM BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE ICE PLEX. SO AS WE KNOW, IT'S A MONSTROSITY.

IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY, YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG IT IS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE COMPLAINED IN THE PAST IS THAT I FELT THAT THE TRUCKS WERE TOO HEAVY FOR THAT ROAD, WHICH IF YOU DRIVE DOWN NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THEY'RE PULLING.

ALL IS ALL FALLING APART. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AFTER THIS IS DONE ABOUT FIXING PLANT DRIVE, ABOUT GOING DOWN AND PUTTING A NEW ROAD IN THERE.

THE TRUCKS ARE WAY TOO HEAVY THERE ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD, DRIVING RIGHT UP ONTO THE RIGHT, UP ONTO THE SIDEWALKS TO MAKE THEIR TURNS IN AND OUT OF THERE.

SO ALL OF THE CEMENT THAT'S THERE, ALL OF OUR DRAINAGE, THAT'S THERE IS I MEAN, IT HAS TO BE BROKEN UNDERNEATH THE GROUND THERE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD IS ALREADY ALL FALLING APART.

SO I'M HERE TODAY TO, OF COURSE, BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AGAIN.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WORK ITSELF BOUNCES OFF OF 95, AND THE AMOUNT OF NOISE THAT IT PRODUCES CONCERNS ME, SO THAT WHEN THE ICE PLEX IS OPEN TILL 12:00 AT NIGHT AND THERE'S TOURNAMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON OVER THERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME NOISE THAT'S CONSTANTLY BOUNCING OFF THAT BACK WALL,

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AND I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT BEING OPEN TILL 12:00 AT NIGHT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS JUST WAY TOO LATE TO BE OPEN.

THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE SLEEPING 50FT AWAY FROM THAT BUILDING, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BUFFER THAT WE'RE BUILDING THERE.

I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE PALM TREES. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOME HIGH BUSHES OR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BLOCK THE NOISE BECAUSE IT'S WAY TOO LOUD RIGHT NOW. WE EVEN HAVE WORKERS THAT ARE THERE TILL MIDNIGHT.

SO THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON THERE, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S AN ORDINANCE OR IF THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE DAY, BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. SO I'M JUST BRINGING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S A BIT UPSETTING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO. DAVID LEVY, 4788 HOLLY DRIVE, PALM BEACH GARDENS. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE SUBJECT, POLITICAL SIGNS. I NOTICED AFTER I PUT MY SIGNS UP THAT A BUNCH OF THEM WENT DISAPPEARING AND I CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ASKED THEM WHY.

WELL, APPARENTLY I PUT MY SIGNS, MAYBE A FEW INCHES TOO TALL, AND INSTEAD OF CALLING ME AND LETTING ME KNOW THAT MY SIGNS WERE JUST A COUPLE INCHES TOO TALL SO I COULD GO OUT AND FIX THEM. THEY JUST DECIDED TO PULL THEM OUT OF THE GROUND AND THROW THEM AWAY.

NOW THAT'S A CHANGE IN OUR POLICY. IT ALWAYS USED TO BE WHERE WE WOULD GET A PHONE CALL, AND WE WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO CORRECT THE SIGNS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POLICY. WE ALSO COULD GET OUR SIGNS BACK.

THAT'S NO LONGER POSSIBLE. THEY TOSS THEM AWAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS POLICY CHANGED BETWEEN THE TIME THAT I WAS ON COUNCIL TO NOW.

I BELIEVE THAT CHANGE WAS MADE BY STAFF. I BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD BE A COUNCIL DECISION.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE POLICY SO THAT SIGNS ARE YOU GET A CALL, YOU CAN FIX YOUR SIGN OR YOU CAN GET YOUR SIGN BACK.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU. AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO.

IT'S TOO LATE IN THE ELECTION SEASON TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW.

BUT FOR THE FUTURE ELECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE CONSIDERED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IF THE COUNCIL WISHES, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SIGNS UNDER ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

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

OKAY, PERFECT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT IS CITY MANAGER REPORT. YES. I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO BRING TO YOU THIS EVENING.

[VI. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

PLEASE COME UP. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU THAT I THINK IS VALUABLE FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO SEE.

IT IS A PROCESS WHICH IS EMPLOYED MOSTLY BY THESE TWO PEOPLE AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.

THIS PROCESS IS AMAZING WHAT OUR STAFF CAN DO AND SAVE MONEY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT.

JUST FOUND OUT RECENTLY HOW GOOD THEY ARE, AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND THE CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO THESE ARE TWO VERY TALENTED PEOPLE RIGHT HERE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH AND WHAT YOU DO.

SO IT'S PRESSURES ON YOU NOW. GOOD EVENING. ANGELA BROWN, DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.

I'M HERE WITH TODD ENGEL, CITY ENGINEER. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT APPROACH FOR THE FINAL PHASE OF DISTRICT PARK.

WE'RE USING OUR EXPERIENCES TO BUILD THIS FINAL PHASE AS OWNER BUILDERS INSTEAD OF HIRING A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

TYPICALLY, EVERY PROJECT HAS ELEMENTS WHERE WE HAVE TO COORDINATE CONSTRUCTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HIRE DIRECTLY THE CABLING CONTRACTORS, THE CONTRACTORS, THE SECURITY VENDORS, AND SO FORTH TO WORK WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

SO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO COORDINATE CONSTRUCTION ON SOME LEVEL WITH ALL PROJECTS.

WITH THIS PROJECT, WE FELT THAT THE ELEMENTS COULD BE COORDINATED BY US ALONE WITH AVAILABLE CITY RESOURCES, SUCH AS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PIGGYBACK CONTRACTS AND INCLUDING CO-OP AGREEMENTS AND THE CITY'S ANNUAL CONTRACTORS.

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WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER IT ON TIME. WE'VE HAD SOME PAST RECENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ON TIME, SO WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD DO IT A LOT BETTER THAN THEY DID.

SO WE'D LIKE TO USE OUR LESSONS LEARNED, IF YOU WILL, AND IMPLEMENT THEM ON THIS PROJECT.

SO AS ANGELA SAID, THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE BUSY, BUT IT PROVES A POINT.

THIS IS THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, AND WE ARE HIRING BASICALLY EVERY CONTRACTOR TO DO EVERY BIT OF THE PROJECT, AND WE ARE HIRING THEM DIRECTLY, PAYING THEM DIRECTLY AND BASICALLY SAVING.

TYPICALLY A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WOULD COST. SO WE STARTED OUT BUILDING A LAKE, DOING THE DRAINAGE BUILDING, THE PARKING LOT, WHICH WE ALREADY USED FOR THE LAST TWO EVENTS.

WE'LL BE DOING ELECTRIC CARS. WE'LL BE BUILDING A PLAYGROUND, A RESTROOM, LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION AND ALL THAT WILL BE DONE EITHER THROUGH MYSELF, ANGELA OR OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THIS ROOM WHO'S TALENTED IN THAT, USING THEIR TALENTS TO DO IT.

AND MAINLY THEY'LL BE MAINTAINING THAT IN THE LONG RUN.

SO WE UTILIZE OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF KNOWLEDGE TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, BUILD, TEST AND MAINTAIN IN THE FUTURE.

SO THEY'RE INVOLVED. WE'RE INVOLVED MAINLY IT WAS THIS SIDE OF THE TEAM, BUT NOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OVER HERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE MAINTAINING THIS PROJECT FOREVER. GOING INTERIOR TO THE BUILDING, SAME THING EVERY SINGLE CONTRACTOR WILL BE HIRING FROM THE FLOORING CONTRACTOR, PAINTING CONTRACTORS, THE ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT, THE BLEACHERS, INTERIOR BUILD OUTS, RESTROOMS, PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS. WE ARE ALL HIRING THOSE AND MANAGING THOSE.

SO TO DATE, WE HAVE HIRED OVER 76 SEPARATE CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS.

BY THE END OF THIS PROJECT, IT WILL PROBABLY GO TO ABOUT 120.

WE DID THE ORIGINAL DISTRICT PARK THIS WAY. WE HAD 134 VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS UNDER THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE DEMONSTRATION OF HOW SHE HELPS KEEP US ALL TOGETHER.

I TRY DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, SO LET ME SEE. OKAY, SO IN ORDER TO HELP US ORGANIZE THE PROJECT, WE USE A SOFTWARE TOOL CALLED PROCORE PROCOR ORGANIZES PROJECT DOCUMENTS IN AN ACCESSIBLE MANNER SO WE CAN ACCESS THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS, THROUGH OUR CELL PHONE, OR THROUGH THE DESKTOP PC OR THROUGH AN IPAD.

SO THIS IS ON SCREEN. THIS IS THE HOME SCREEN FOR IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. BUT IT DOES RECORD PLANS, DAILY WORK LOGS, SUBMITTALS, PHOTOS, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ALSO SERVES AS A DIRECTORY FOR ALL THE VENDORS.

JUST AS A SIDE NOTE THIS TOOL ALSO HELPED US DEFEND THE CITY'S POSITION IN A RECENT LAWSUIT BECAUSE OF ITS DOCUMENTATION FEATURES.

SO IT'S IT'S A KEY. IT'S A KEY PART OF OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

SO I'M GOING TO GO TO IT ALSO HAS A A TOOL WITHIN THE PROJECT TEAM HAS ACCESS TO WHAT IS CALLED BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING, OR BIM FOR SHORT. THIS 3D MODEL ALLOWS US TO SEE THE BUILDING BEFORE IT EVEN HITS THE GROUND.

SO I'M GOING TO LET THIS LOAD HERE. SORRY.

HOW'S THE WEATHER? SO THIS IS THE MODELING THAT WAS CREATED FOR THIS PROJECT.

ZOOMING INTO THE GYM. SO MAJORITY OF THIS BUILDING IS GYMNASIUM.

SO THE THE NORTH HALF NORTH SECTION OF THIS GYM ARE OFFICES OR MEZZANINE STORAGE SPACE.

SO I'M GOING TO ZOOM INTO THE GYM. SO AS YOU CAN SEE.

THIS GYM HAS SIX BASKETBALL COURTS FOR JUNIOR BASKETBALL COURTS, 12 VOLLEYBALL COURTS IN 18 PICKLEBALL COURTS WITHIN THE SAME FOOTPRINT.

SO THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF COORDINATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE 13 DROP CURTAINS, 96 LIGHTING FIXTURES, SPEAKERS, FIRE SPRINKLERS, THREE ROWS OF DUCTS. SO BIM COORDINATION IS ESSENTIAL.

SO THAT'S IT'S IT'S HIGHLY NEEDED. SO WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ZOOM IN HERE AND TAKE MEASUREMENTS.

AND BASICALLY IT'LL HELP YOU PLAN WHERE TO PUT EQUIPMENT, ETC.

FOR USERS AS WELL. THE BIGGEST BENEFIT OF BIM COORDINATION IS EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF CONFLICTS.

CATCHING THESE CONFLICTS EARLY ON PREVENTS ONSITE DELAYS, COSTLY REWORK, AND COSTLY MATERIAL WASTE.

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THIS IS ACTUALLY TAKEN TODAY. THE BUILDING SHELL SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF APRIL, AND THE INTERIOR BUILD OUT WILL BE STARTING NEXT WEEK AFTER THE MEZZANINE GETS BORED, AND THEN WE CAN HOPEFULLY EXPECT TO MOVE IN IN THE FALL.

AND THIS TURN THIS BACK OVER. SORRY. HERE, I'LL LET YOU DRIVE.

SO I BROUGHT INTO THIS PICTURE TO SHOW YOU THAT EVERYTHING DOESN'T COME DOWN AT ONCE. OBVIOUSLY THE VOLLEYBALL COMES DOWN, THE SHIELDS COME DOWN, BASKETBALL COMES DOWN. BUT THAT IS EVERYTHING IN THE CEILING.

WE'VE HAD TO CHANGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT SINCE THIS PROGRAM, WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT.

BIG THING IS, WHY DO WE DO SOME PROJECTS THIS WAY? WELL, WE FOUND THROUGH YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS THAT NOBODY CARES MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT THAN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS DOES.

NOBODY CARES MORE. YOU GUYS, RON, OUR STAFF, THE EXECUTIVE STAFF, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THESE FACILITIES.

NOBODY CARES MORE THAN WE DO. SO THAT WAY WE ENSURE EVERYTHING IS DONE RIGHT.

WE MEET WITH CHARLOTTE STAFF. WE MEET WITH DAVID STAFF TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BE DONE RIGHT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED PROPERLY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT I LIKE THE BEST IS THE COST SAVINGS OF IT ALL.

SO THIS IS A TOTAL PROJECT. THESE THREE ELEMENTS HERE WILL COMPLETE OUR ENTIRE LEASE WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY.

SO WE WILL BE DONE IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH THAT LEASE MEETING ALL OUR OBLIGATIONS.

SO WE HAVE A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF ABOUT $20 MILLION.

TYPICAL CONTRACTORS CHARGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 TO 20% TO MAINTAIN THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

WE DID HAVE TO TAKE 5% OF THE PROJECT AND HAVE SECURITY GATES AND RESTROOMS AND PORTA POTTIES AND DUMPSTERS, SO THAT TOOK UP ABOUT 5%, GIVES US A TOTAL SAVINGS OF ABOUT 20%, WHICH IS ABOUT $4 MILLION.

THAT MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE PROJECT FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN IT AND OPERATE THE FACILITY.

IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF COORDINATION, AND SHE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR KEEPING US IN LINE.

BELIEVE ME, IT'S A JOINT EFFORT. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, JUST ONE QUESTION.

I MEAN, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL EXPERTS AND DONE THIS FOR YEARS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OUTSIDE INSPECTIONS AT ALL LIKE ON FOUNDATION POURING OR ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW TO THE NTH DEGREE THAT WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY? WE HAVE IN-HOUSE INSPECTION THAT DOES ALL THE REQUIRED INSPECTIONS.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE CERTAIN SPECIALTY INSPECTIONS DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, THE TYPE OF BUILDING, AND SOME COMPLEXITIES IN THE AIR SYSTEM.

SO THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY EITHER ENGINEERS OR PROFESSIONALS.

SO THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE REQUIRED OFF SITE WHICH WE HAVE TO PAY FOR DURING THE COMMISSIONING PROCESS.

BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK YOURSELF. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND YOU KNOW THANK YOU FOR TAKING US THROUGH YOUR PROCESS.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

AND WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT YOU GUYS WERE SUPER TALENTED.

BUT NOW WE THINK THAT EVEN MORE. AND NOW WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE GRAND OPENING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ONE MORE ITEM.

I HAVE THE UNFORTUNATE TASK OF BRINGING TO YOU SOME SAD NEWS.

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS LOST A VERY RESPECTED AND LOVED MEMBER OF ITS TEAM AND FAMILY.

I'VE ASKED DAVID REYES TO COME AND PRESENT US A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.

OUR LOSS. I'VE HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HARVEY BACK AND FORTH OVER THE MANY YEARS HE'S BEEN HERE. ALWAYS SUCH A SWEET GUY TO TALK WITH. I'M.

I AM GOING TO MISS SEEING HIM AROUND, SO. I'M SORRY, DAVID.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY, BUT IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD DAVID REYES, COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, AND AS OUR CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY I'M HERE FOR SOME SAD NEWS.

BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC BECAUSE HE WAS A GREAT, GREAT COWORKER AND, AND SOMEONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS AND THIS CITY WILL MISS A LOT. SO IF YOU ALLOW ME, I'M GOING TO READ SOMETHING.

BUT PART OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TO HONOR HIS LIFE HIS COWORKERS ACTUALLY HERE TODAY, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW APPRECIATED HE WAS.

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SO THEY THEY FOUND OUT LAST MINUTE THAT WE WERE DOING THIS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO RECENT, AND THEY QUICKLY ASKED, CAN WE GO? CAN WE BE THERE? AND THAT SHOWS YOU THE KIND OF PERSON WE JUST LOST WHEN THEY TAKE OUT OF THEIR TIME TO BE HERE.

I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO GET THROUGH THIS AND NOT HAVE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE.

SO BEAR WITH ME. SO IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU TO SHARE THAT.

ON MONDAY, MARCH 2ND, 2026, WE LOST A COWORKER AND A FRIEND.

HARVEY SCOTT. HARVEY WAS A DEDICATED PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

HE JOINED OUR CITY IN FEBRUARY 2006. AFTER RETIRING FROM 27 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH.

HE STARTED WITH THE CITY IN THE STREETS AND STORMWATER DIVISION AS A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, ONE PROMOTED TO MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 2 IN 2007 AND THEN TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN 2015.

FROM 2006 TO 2015, HE WAS PART OF THE CREW RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN AND OUR ROADS SAFE.

HE WAS THE PERSON YOU WOULD SEE PRESSURE WASHING THE CONCRETE MEDIANS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN OUR CREWS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADS, CLEANING THOSE MEDIANS AND THOSE CONCRETE MEDIANS ALWAYS LOOKING CLEAN.

HE WAS PART OF THAT TEAM, CLEANING SIDEWALKS, PARKS, FACILITIES AND PERFORMING REPAIRS TO THE STORMWATER SYSTEM AND ROADS.

HE WAS OFTEN THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO GRAFFITI REMOVAL, QUIETLY RESTORING THE PRIDE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT AFTER HIS PROMOTION TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, HARVEY WORKED ALONGSIDE HIS COWORKER HENRY MACKENZIE ON THE THREE CREW.

TOGETHER, THIS TEAM OF TWO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIMMING, MAINTAINING, REMOVING TREES IN OUR PARK, PARKING LOTS, AND OTHER CITY PROPERTIES. THEIR WORK KEPT OUR PUBLIC SPACES SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

HE WAS ALSO A PROUD GRADUATE OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL AND LOVED SOFTBALL.

HE LOVED SOFTBALL. IN TOTAL, HARVEY DEDICATED 47 YEARS TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

THAT'S 47 YEARS OF SHOWING UP WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE, COMMITMENT AND TAKING PRIDE OF HIS WORK.

HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT TASK YOU GAVE HIM, HE WOULD DO IT WITH EXCELLENCE AND WITHOUT A COMPLAINT FOR ME ON A MORE PERSONAL BASIS. WITH HARVEY, I ALWAYS SAW HARVEY AS A QUIET MAN WITH A BIG PRESENCE.

HE WILL FILL UP THE ROOM. WHEN HE SPOKE IN MATTERS MANY TIMES, HARVEY WOULD COME TO TO ME AND WOULD CALL ME IN THE HALLWAY, SAY, BOSS, I NEED TO SPEAK WITH YOU. AND I ALWAYS SAY, HARVEY, YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS.

HE WOULD GIVE ME THAT TIGHT GRIP HANDSHAKE, HOLD MY HAND.

AND IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HARVEY FOR A TIME AND HE KNEW YOU WERE A GOOD WORKER, YOU WERE IN GOOD HANDS BECAUSE HE WOULD COME TO ME AND SAID, BOSS, THIS GUY IS REALLY GOOD.

YOU NEED TO PROMOTE HIM. AND HE DID THAT A LOT OF TIMES.

EVERY TIME SOMEBODY DID A GOOD JOB AND HE LIKED THEM, HE WOULD COME TO ME AND ASK ME, YOU NEED TO PROMOTE HIM.

I WAS LIKE, HARVEY, YOU'RE GIVING ME A BIG TASK, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I'LL WORK ON IT. AND THAT WAS WHO HE WAS. BUT NOT ONCE IN 20 YEARS THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER.

NOT ONCE HE EVER CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME. I NEED A PROMOTION.

NOT ONE TIME. SO THAT'S. THAT WAS HARVEY. HE DIDN'T NEED THE SPOTLIGHT.

HE DIDN'T. EVERYTHING WITH KINDNESS, STRENGTH AND CONSISTENCY.

AND HE WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT DEDICATION AND CHARACTER SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. NOT JUST FOR THE WORK HE DID, BUT FOR THE MEN THAT HE WAS.

SO IF YOU ALLOW ME ONE SECOND, I'M GOING TO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE ROOM TO STAND UP WITH ME.

AND IF WE COULD JUST DO ONE QUICK MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HIS HONOR.

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WE ARE. HIS FAMILY IS HERE. WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE HIS FAMILY HERE IN THE ROOM.

I BELIEVE THIS ENTIRE SECTION HERE. MAJORITY OF EVERYBODY ON THIS SIDE IS HARVEY FAMILY.

MAYBE I COULD ASK THE FAMILY MEMBERS TO STAND UP.

SO AT LEAST WE KNOW HIS FAMILY IS HERE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE HARVEY IN OUR LIVES AND BECOME PART OF OUR FAMILY, AND FOR SHARING HIM WITH US. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR.

SO I'D LIKE TO CALL HIS BROTHER MURPHY. MURPHY.

SCOTT AND HIS MOM, ALAMEDA GREEN. WE DID SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE FOR YOU, AND WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO THEM.

I WANT TO SEE HARVEY AT THE HOSPITAL. BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.

AND I MET HIS BROTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I SHOOK HIS HAND AND AGAIN, MR. SMILE. EVEN WHEN HE WAS IN THE BED AND THE FIRST THING I TOLD HARVEY, HE SAYS, YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER, A YOUNGER, BETTER LOOKING VERSION OF YOU BECAUSE HE LOOKS JUST LIKE HARVEY, AS YOU COULD SEE IN THE PICTURE.

AND YOU COULD SEE HIS SMILE OUT THERE. HIS HIS ATTITUDE WAS ALL THE WAY TO THE END WAS JUST WHO HE WAS.

AND IT WAS AN HONOR. SO COREY'S GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, MOM.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR TO ALLOW YOUR SON TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND ANYTHING YOU GUYS NEED.

PLEASE LET US KNOW WE'RE HERE FOR YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT. AND OUR HEARTS AND OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO MR. HARVEY SCOTT'S FAMILY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE DURING THIS TENDER TIME.

END OF MY REPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NEXT WE ARE MOVING ON

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

AND DO WE DO THAT ONE FIRST? WOULD THE CLERK THEN PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THAT? I GUESS IF RESOLUTION 16 2026, A RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A FEE AGREEMENT WITH WAGNER LEGAL SERVICES PLC FOR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SERVICES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. I GUESS THE REASON THAT I ASKED FOR IT TO BE PULLED, THIS RESOLUTION HAD NO BACKUP TO IT.

FOR THE MOST PART, IT DID HAVE THE ACTUAL CONTRACT AND IT RAISED QUESTIONS WHICH OUR ATTORNEY, MAX, DID A GREAT JOB OF ANSWERING DURING AGENDA REVIEW.

BUT THEN SINCE THEN IT KIND OF RAISED, AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, IT RAISED A LITTLE BIT OF QUESTIONS.

AND IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

AND I'M NOT HERE TO CHALLENGE WHAT? BUT WHAT IS THE TYPICAL PAY RATE OF THAT MUNICIPALITIES PAY FOR SUCH SERVICES.

I HAD QUESTIONS LIKE HOW MUCH DID THE MAGISTRATE BILL US YEARLY? HIS RATE SEEMS MORE THAN FAIR. BUT I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO GAUGE IT ON.

WHAT IS HIS BACKGROUND? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN HIS COMPANY? DOES HE HAVE A REPLACEMENT IF HE FALLS ILL? OR DO WE WAIT ANOTHER MONTH? WHO SELECTS THE MAGISTRATE? OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD THIS PERSON FOR 26 YEARS, AND I'M SURE HE'S DOING A FABULOUS JOB.

AND WE DEFINITELY THANK MR. WAGNER FOR HIS 26 YEARS OF SERVICE.

BUT IN AN EFFORT OF DOING THE HOMEWORK, I. I DID LEARN THAT SIX MUNICIPALITIES DO HAVE A FEE RANGE OF 175 TO 250 IN THE, IN THE NORTH END ANYWAY. BUT I JUST THOUGHT, IS THE COUNCIL DOING A DISSERVICE BY NOT DOING AN RFP, SINCE IT'S BEEN 26 YEARS SINCE WE DID THE LAST ONE FOR THIS POSITION.

I KNOW WE DO THAT FOR ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS.

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AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS.

BUT RATHER THAN PUTTING ANYBODY ON THE SPOT AND IF THE COUNCIL AGREES WE COULD TABLE IT AND HAVE AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION AT THE NEXT MEETING TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROCESS.

MAYBE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

BUT THIS YEAR I HAVE HAD A BUNCH. IN FACT, AT THE CLASSIC, I HAD PGA, A PGA NATIONAL RESIDENT COME TO ME WITH THEIR COMMENTS, AND WE TYPICALLY NEVER GET INVOLVED IN IN THE ACTUAL OUTCOME OR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.

THAT'S HIS INDEPENDENT ISSUE. BUT JUST TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

AND WE WILL HAVE A NEW COUNCIL PERSON NEXT MONTH.

SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE AND ASK QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED THE COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.

ANYBODY? AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY.

ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE.

IN THAT MR. WAGNER HAS HE'S, AS I SHARED WITH ALL OF YOU IN YOUR AGENDA REVIEW, HE IS A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA BAR FOR WELL OVER 25 YEARS. HE HAS A PHD. HE TEACHES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND GOVERNMENT AT FIU.

HE PROVIDES THESE SERVICES FOR MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES, NOT JUST US.

AND YES, HE HAS BEEN PROVIDING THIS SERVICE FOR THE CITY FOR NOT QUITE 26 YEARS, 20, 25 YEARS AND SOME CHANGE.

BY AND LARGE, OVER THE 18 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE AND HE HAS BEEN SERVING AS OUR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE HAVE HAD REMARKABLY FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL, AND EVEN FEWER AS IT RELATES TO SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS ABOUT MR. WAGNER. AS ONE MIGHT SUSPECT WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU END UP GETTING FINED FOR IT, PEOPLE THAT END UP GETTING FINED IN CODE ENFORCEMENT LARGELY END UP GETTING FINED BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ISSUE.

AND SO THEN WHEN THEY ARE HELD TO ACCOUNT, THEY IN TYPICAL FASHION, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ISSUE, THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO THEN TRY TO POINT FINGERS AT OTHER PEOPLE AND BLAME THEM FOR THEIR PREDICAMENT.

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE HAD SOME LARGER CASES THAT HAVE BEEN MORE EGREGIOUS AND HAVE GONE ON LONGER.

AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN FINES THAT ARE LARGER.

THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT FINES IS THE RESPONDENT HAS COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET ASSESSED TO FINE, BECAUSE ALL THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THEM TO NOT GET ASSESSED TO FINE IS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

MOST PEOPLE THAT GET SENT INTO PRISON NOW, THESE ARE NOT CRIMINAL CASES, BUT JUST THINK ABOUT IT LOGICALLY. MOST PEOPLE SITTING IN PRISON DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEIR JUDGE. MOST PEOPLE SITTING IN PRISON DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE STATE ATTORNEY WHO PROSECUTED THEM, AND FREQUENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEIR DEFENSE ATTORNEY, EITHER BECAUSE THEY LOST AND WENT TO JAIL. SO WHEN PEOPLE GET FOUND IN VIOLATION IN CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT IS COMPLETELY COMMON FOR THEM TO HAVE A ISSUE OR A COMPLAINT ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

BUT TRUTHFULLY, CERTAINLY DURING MY TENURE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS BEFORE I GOT HERE.

WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD. BOTH MY OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET REALLY WIDE SWINGS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT WE DON'T GO FROM REALLY LAX TO REALLY STRONG, BECAUSE YOU SEE THAT A LOT OF TIMES, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER AND NOT A LEGISLATIVE ONE, OR INVOLVING THE COUNCIL IS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE SEPARATION SO THAT POLITICS DON'T COME INTO IT SO THAT PEOPLE TRYING TO USE INFLUENCE, TRYING TO TRY TO STRONGARM YOU GUYS TO GET YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND TRYING TO USE THEIR INFLUENCE IN THE COMMUNITY VIS A VIS BUSINESS OR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS TO TRY AND AFFECT IT, BECAUSE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATES NOT IS NOT SUBJECT TO IT.

IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T IMPACT HIM. SO NORMALLY WHEN YOU WOULD GO OUT FOR AN RFP YOU DON'T NORMALLY I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. YOU DON'T RANDOMLY CHANGE YOUR CITY MANAGER.

YOU DON'T RANDOMLY CHANGE YOUR CITY ATTORNEY.

YOU DON'T RANDOMLY CHANGE YOUR SPECIAL MAGISTRATE UNLESS YOU'RE UNSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES THEY'RE PROVIDING.

THAT'S JUST NOT. I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WOULD DO THAT.

THAT'S LIKE RANDOMLY DIVORCING YOUR SPOUSE BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT TO TRY A NEW ONE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I MEAN, YOU JUST DON'T CHANGE THINGS BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE CHANGING

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THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CASES THAT DON'T GO THE WAY WE WANT THEM.

AND THERE ARE CASES THAT THAT DO THERE ARE CASES THAT GET APPEALED AND THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE ON.

WE HAVE TO DEFEND ON APPEAL. THE ONE THING THAT HE DOES QUITE FRANKLY, I SERVE AS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR A COUPLE MUNICIPALITIES.

AND MR. WAGNER, IN ALL FAIRNESS, IS I KNOW THIS WILL BE A SURPRISE TO ALL OF YOU.

HE'S AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE MORE PATIENT THAN I AM.

HE SITS THERE AND LISTENS TO. PEOPLE SOMETIMES FREQUENTLY RAMBLE ON ABOUT NOT TO SOUND PEJORATIVE, BUT NONSENSE. THINGS THAT ARE NOT MATERIAL, THEY'RE NOT RELEVANT.

THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE VIOLATION OR WHAT THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST FEEL DESPERATELY IMPORTANT THAT THEY MUST GET OFF THEIR CHEST.

AND I HAVE SEEN HIM SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THEM SOMETIMES TO THE POINT OF MY GREAT FRUSTRATION BECAUSE I'M LIKE, COULD YOU JUST MOVE THIS CASE ALONG? I MEAN, THIS IS NOT RELEVANT AT ALL.

BUT HE WILL SIT THERE AND DO THAT FREQUENTLY.

AND, AND THEN I'VE STILL SEEN PEOPLE AFTER HE'S DONE THAT, THEN TURN AROUND AND THEY VERBALLY ATTACK HIM AND GET ANGRY, AND HE NEVER LOSES HIS COOL. HE DOES A VERY GOOD JOB.

IN MY OPINION. HIS RATE HAS BEEN $150 AN HOUR FOR OVER TEN YEARS.

I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO 15. WELL, HE RAISED WE INCREASED IT AT ONE POINT FROM 100 AND $125 TO $150 BACK IN 2022. SO HE GOT AN INCREASE, BUT HE'S BEEN WORKING FOR A WAGE THAT YOU CANNOT RETAIN A PARALEGAL FOR.

AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER SPECIAL MAGISTRATES AROUND THE COUNTY, AND I THINK HE HANDLES THE HEARINGS IN A VERY, VERY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AND AND AGAIN, HE DOESN'T ALWAYS RULE IN OUR FAVOR, WHICH IS GOOD.

WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE WANT HIM TO SIT UP HERE AND BE A QUASI JUDICIAL SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, PROVIDE PEOPLE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING AFFORDED PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS AND THAT THE PROPER LAWS AND REGULATIONS ARE BEING APPLIED AGAINST THEM AND THEN GIVE THEM TIME.

AND I HAVE SEEN THEM. I'VE SEEN HIM GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL TIME, MORE TIME THAN WE WERE WILLING TO ALLOW.

AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM NOT GIVE THEM THE TIME.

IF WE ASKED THEM TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME, HE'S NEVER DONE THAT.

WHICH HE IS FREE TO DO. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR SUGGESTIONS.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO RATIFY OUR SETTLEMENTS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM REFUSE THAT.

IF WE ASKED FOR MORE LENIENCY FOR A RESPONDENT, HE IS ALWAYS GRANTED IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A HALLMARK OF A GOOD SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN THAT THE WAY THAT HE ANALYZES THE PROBLEMS, THE WAY HE CONDUCTS THE HEARINGS ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL. I CAN'T SAY THE SAME THING FOR ALL THE RESPONDENTS.

QUITE FRANKLY, MANY OF THEM SHOW UP HERE. NOT MANY, I WOULD SAY.

BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT SHOW UP HERE, AND THEN THEY ACT LIKE PETULANT CHILDREN AND YELL AS THEY'RE WALKING OUT THE DOOR, WHICH IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE FORUM OR THE DECORUM YELL AT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, YELL AT THE STAFF.

AND IT'S IT'S REALLY QUITE DISCONCERTING. AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT END UP REACHING OUT AND COMPLAINING.

SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU GUYS WANT TO KNOW.

I MEAN, CHAPTER 162 IS CHAPTER 162 IS 162. IT HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED SINCE 1973. I THINK IT WAS. PALM BEACH COUNTY WAS THE FIRST COUNTY IN THE STATE TO USE CHAPTER ONE.

62 WAS PASSED AS A SPECIAL ACT JUST FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY.

WE USED TO HAVE MUNICIPAL COURTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAD MUNICIPAL JUDGES AND JUDGES ALL OVER.

EVERYBODY WAS A JUDGE. IT WAS CRAZY. AND THE LEGISLATURE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BAD IDEA.

I AGREE WITH THEM. AND SO THEY ADOPTED A SPECIAL ACT, AND THAT WAS APPLIED JUST TO PALM BEACH COUNTY.

THEY CHOSE PALM BEACH COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MOST MUNICIPALITIES. AND SO THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK. THEY TRIED IT FOR A YEAR. IT WORKED PRETTY WELL. THEY PASSED IT INTO LAW AND ESTABLISHED CHAPTER 162. AND SO YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ADJUDICATE THESE MATTERS RATHER THAN A JUDGE.

IT'S VERY COST EFFECTIVE. IF WE HAVE ONE HEARING A MONTH, DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THAT HEARING I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF MR. WAGNER'S INVOICES EXCEEDED EVEN TEN HOURS OF BILLABLE HOURS A MONTH, THEY TYPICALLY ARE LESS THAN THAT.

OUR HEARINGS LAST ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 3 HOURS.

A REALLY CRAZY LONG HEARING WOULD BE FOR US. HE HAS YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE MOST ATTORNEYS, NOT ME.

BUT LIKE MOST ATTORNEYS, MR. SEYMOUR COULD ACTUALLY CHARGE PORTAL TO PORTAL.

SO YOU'RE CHARGING TRAVEL TIME FROM FOR THEM TO GET TO THE TO GET TO THE JOB? HE'S TELLING THAT CLIENT HE'S NOT CHARGING IT, BUT HIS OTHER ONES, HE DOES, I GUARANTEE YOU. BUT BUT THE THING IS,

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TO HELP REDUCE THE COST. AND THEN HE COMES IN, HE, THEY GET SENT TO HIM, HE EMAIL THE REVIEW HIM, AND THEN HE COMES HERE. HE LIVES HERE IN THE CITY. SO HE COMES HERE AND HE SIGNS THEM. SO HE'S ON HIS WAY HOME AND HE COMES IN AND SIGNS THEM.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT MR. WAGNER OR HIS SERVICES OR HOW CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKS.

IS HE THE ONLY MAGISTRATE OR ARE THERE MULTIPLE HE'S? OKAY, WE HAVE ONE WHEN WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM HAVING OUR HEARINGS.

WE'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE AND MOST MUNICIPALITIES ONLY HAVE ONE.

OCCASIONALLY YOU'LL SEE A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS TWO AND AND FOR SOME INSANE REASON, THEY PUT HIM ON A ROTATION.

WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE MAGISTRATE A HAVE THE HEARING IN JANUARY, AND THE MAGISTRATE B COMES IN FEBRUARY. AND THAT MAGISTRATE IS ADJUDICATING CASES IN MANY IN MANY CASES, THEY'RE ASSESSING FINES BASED UPON A VIOLATION THAT WAS FOUND IN JANUARY.

AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND OF THE CASE. AND SO IT CAUSES THIS DISPARITY AND AN INCONSISTENCY IN, IN THE ADJUDICATIONS AND IN THE RULINGS. MOST MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ONE SOME OF THE LARGER ONES WILL HAVE WILL HAVE MORE THAN ONE LIKE WEST PALM HAS MORE THAN ONE TYPICALLY. BUT THEY USED THE SAME ONES A LOT.

THEY DON'T ROTATE THEM. THEY HAVE THE SAME PERSON, AND THEY ONLY USE SOMEBODY ELSE IF THAT PERSON IS ILL.

AND AGAIN WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD THAT PROBLEM WITH MR. WAGNER. I MEAN, I THINK IN THE LAST 25 YEARS HE MAY HAVE BEEN SICK ONCE OR TWICE, BUT WE'VE HAD THAT WITH STAFF, TOO. AND AND EVEN ME OR JEFF HAVE BEEN, HAS BEEN SICK AND OR, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS TO JEFF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A HEARING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A CONFLICT. SO WE JUST DEAL WITH THAT.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

JUST IS THERE ONE MEETING A MONTH? POTENTIALLY. TYPICALLY WE HAVE ONE MEETING A MONTH SCHEDULED.

THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE ITEM OR SOMETHING THAT IS EMERGENT IN NATURE, THAT'S SOMETIMES WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE SO BAD, WE HAVE TO GET A HEARING AND GET IN FRONT OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE BACK AFTER THE BIG BUST. WE HAD THOSE QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE THESE HOUSES THAT WERE ABANDONED, AND WE WOULD DISCOVER A POOL THAT WAS DARK GREEN AND NOT SECURE.

AND WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULE HEARINGS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET PERMISSION TO GO OUT THERE AND SECURE IT, BECAUSE IT WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT.

I THINK THE 225 IS A GOOD NUMBER. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD THEM FOR SO LONG AT A LOWER NUMBER, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY RESPECTABLE FOR HIS TIME TO BE HERE, WHETHER IT'S ONCE OR TWICE OR WHATEVER HE NEEDS TO DO. SO I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE 225.

YEP, I AM TOO. SO DOES DO THE MEETINGS HAVE TO BE NOTICED? SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. WELL, THE MEETINGS ARE NOTICED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THEM THROUGH THEIR THROUGH THEIR NOTICES OF THEIR OF THEIR NOTICES OF HEARING.

AND THEN WE DO POST THE AGENDAS ON, ON THE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.

BUT THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE HEARINGS THEY KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING SUMMONED TO THE HEARING AND THE THE HEARING IS ON A NORMAL SCHEDULE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SHOW UP. SO THAT'S SUMMONED BY, LIKE, THE MAIL, REGULAR MAIL, OR THEY'RE PROVIDED I COULD GET INTO THE DETAILS OF CHAPTER 162 HOW WE HAVE TO. OH, IT'S ALL THROUGH THAT. WE PROVIDE THEM NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, AND SOMETIMES IT INCLUDES FIRST CLASS MAIL POSTING AND EVEN DELIVERY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KEMP. I'VE SEEN HIM.

I'VE ACTUALLY. EXCUSE ME. I'VE SAT THROUGH A COUPLE OF HIS MAGISTRATE HEARINGS.

AND THEY'VE RUN OVER BECAUSE HE DOES LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.

SO I DO APPRECIATE HIS WORK. SO. AND WHEN I SAW THE 225 AMOUNT, I WITH HOW LONG HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT NUMBER. SO IF SOMEBODY DID WANT AN RFP, THOUGH, COULD WE APPROVE THIS? AND THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO REQUEST THAT, I'M NOT FOR THAT. BUT THAT WAS MENTIONED. BUT I'D RATHER GET THIS PASSED AND HIM PAID BEFORE YOU WENT INTO SOMETHING ELSE. YOU COULD ALWAYS GO OUT AND DO AN RFP IF YOU WANTED TO.

IRRESPECTIVE OF APPROVING HIS, HIS FEE AGREEMENT.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN DO AN RFP.

I'M NOT. WELL, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO ONE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT.

YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE GET. THE PICKINGS ARE NOT THAT GREAT.

AND THAT'S WHY HE'S BEEN HERE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

AND HAS AND HASN'T LEFT. SO. BUT, YEAH, YOU COULD CERTAINLY DO AN RP.

YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE THE CHOICE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION A MOTION.

SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. OKAY, NOW WE GOT TO MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR CONSENT

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SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES.

ORDINANCE FIVE 2026 FIRST READING MODIFY THE ZONING DISTRICT OF TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

ORDINANCE SIX 2026 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF THE WEST SIDE OF HOWELL LANE.

ORDINANCE NINE 2026. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION LOCATED AT 2973 AVOCADO LANE ORDINANCE 11 2026.

FIRST READING. CHANGING OF ZONING DESIGNATION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 3.41 ACRE PORTION OF HILLTOP GARDENS.

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

THE COUNCIL IS ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW TO ALLOW CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ANY WITNESS WHO TESTIFIES 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 WITNESSES. APPEARANCE.

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

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

THE COMMENT CARDS ARE OVER THERE ON THE TABLE.

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.

AND FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ORDINANCE TWO 2026.

[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 2, 2026 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) POLICE OFFICERS’ PENSION PLAN AMENDMENTS. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 50 - POLICE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AT SECTION 50-121. - OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFITS. BY REPEALING SUBSECTION (b) AND READOPTING SAME AS REVISED; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 50-126. - LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF SMALL RETIREMENT INCOME. AND READOPTING SAME AS REVISED; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 AT SECTION 50-129. - REVIEW PROCEDURES. BY REPEALING SUBSECTIONS (b), (c), (d), AND (f) AND READOPTING SAME AS REVISED; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 50-131. - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE LIMITS. AND READOPTING SAME AS REVISED; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 50-132. - REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS. AND READOPTING SAME AS REVISED; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 50-135. - ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS. AND READOPTING SAME AS REVISED; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 AT SECTION 50-152. - AMOUNTS PAYABLE UPON ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN DROP. BY REPEALING SUBSECTIONS (d)(1) AND (d)(3) AND READOPTING SAME AS REVISED; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 50 - POLICE SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

BY REPEALING SUBSECTION B AND RE-ADOPTING. SAME AS REVISED FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 5126.

LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF SMALL RETIREMENT INCOME AND RE-ADOPTING.

SAME AS REVISED FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 AT SECTION 5129.

REVIEW PROCEDURES BY REPEALING SUBSECTIONS B, C, D, AND F AND RE-ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 5131. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE LIMITS AND RE-ADOPTING.

SAME AS REVISED FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 5132.

REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS AND RE-ADOPTING. SAME AS REVISED FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 BY REPEALING SECTION 5135.

ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS AND RE-ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 50 AT SECTION 51.

52. AMOUNTS PAYABLE UPON ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN DROP BY REPEALING SUBSECTIONS D1 AND D3 AND ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 50 SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF ANYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, ARIANE ZACK, FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.

TONIGHT THERE WAS ONE UPDATE TO THE IMPACT STATEMENT TO ADD CLARIFYING LANGUAGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

SINCE THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING ADOPTED AFTER SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, THE RESULTS SHOWN IN THIS ACTUARIAL IMPACT STATEMENT ILLUSTRATE THE APPROXIMATE FIRST YEAR IMPACT BASED ON THE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.

ACTUARIAL VALUATION. THE ACTUAL INITIAL IMPACT WILL BE CALCULATED IN THE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 ACTUARIAL VALUATION, WHICH MEANS THE REQUIRED CITY CONTRIBUTION WILL BE IMPACTED BEGINNING WITH THE OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.

AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS MEANS IT IS BEING SINCE THE ORDINANCE IS BEING ADOPTED AFTER THE SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 DATE, THE ACTUARY USED LAST YEAR'S VALUATION TO ILLUSTRATE THE WHAT IF SCENARIO.

THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF THE COLA WILL BE CALCULATED ON OCTOBER 1ST 25, WITH ANY BUDGET EFFECT BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE TWO 2026 AS PRESENTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING,

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYONE WANT THE PRESENTATION AGAIN AND OR HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MISS ARIAN? NOPE. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM AND THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWO 2026 AS PRESENTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY ALL IN FAVOR AND OR DISCUSSION? IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE THREE 2026.

[VIII.b. ORDINANCE 3, 2026 – (1ST READING) BUDGET AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS’ BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THANK YOU. PATTY. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING AND ASK FOR MISS ARIAN TO DO A PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. FOR THE RECORD, ARIAN, FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.

SO ORDINANCE THREE IS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AMENDMENT WHERE WE RE-APPROPRIATE BALANCES ON PURCHASE ORDERS IN UNCOMPLETED PROJECT BALANCES FROM FISCAL YEAR 25 TO THE CURRENT YEAR. WE ALSO ADJUST OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCES TO THE ACTUAL ENDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

AND TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE A FEW OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT WILL GO INTO GREATER DETAIL IN LATER SLIDES.

SO AS FAR AS THE TOTAL FOR PURCHASE ORDERS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BALANCES BEING CARRIED FORWARD, PURCHASE ORDERS TOTAL 15.8 MILLION AND UNSPENT BALANCES ON CIP PROJECTS TOTAL 26.6 MILLION, FOR A TOTAL OF 42.5 MILLION BEING CARRIED INTO THE CURRENT YEAR.

THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS BEING CARRIED FORWARD FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

FUNDING INCLUDES 16.2 MILLION FOR THE DISTRICT PARK FIELDHOUSE TO CONSTRUCT THAT MULTI-USE INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY, 2 MILLION REMAINING FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT, 1.8 MILLION FOR THE ECONOMIC AND COCONUT EXTENSION PROJECT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND BEING CONSTRUCTED BY AVENIR DEVELOPMENT WITH CITY FUNDING.

CITY FUNDING. ADDING ADDITIONAL OF THE SECOND LANE TO INCREASE FUTURE ROADWAY CAPACITY.

1 MILLION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM DUE TO THE SUNSET OF SUPPORT FOR OUR EXISTING SOFTWARE, AND 1 MILLION FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING FUND.

ADDITIONALLY, FUNDING STAFF HAS A FEW OTHER RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS.

FUNDING INCLUDES 2.1 MILLION FOR THE GARDENS, NATURE TRAIL AND PARK PROJECT.

WE APPLIED FOR AND WERE AWARDED A LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD SO CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN NOW.

WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING TO ALLOCATE 1.2 MILLION FOR CITY WIDE SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS TO BRING OUR FACILITIES IN LINE WITH CURRENT BEST PRACTICES.

THIS INVESTMENT INCLUDES CAMERAS, HARDWARES, DRONES AND SUPPORTING SOFTWARE.

IN ADDITION, 1 MILLION IS ALSO BEING REQUESTED TO BE ALLOCATED IN DEDICATION TO FACILITY HARDENING, SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE AND SAFETY OF OUR FACILITIES AT DISTRICT PARK FIELDHOUSE, WE'RE REQUESTING 1.4 MILLION TO BE ALLOCATED FOR OUTDOOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FIELDHOUSE.

THESE UPGRADES WILL INCLUDE NEW OUTDOOR BASKETBALL AND SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS, SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING TO EXTEND EVENING USE, A LARGE PAVILION AND EXPANDED PLAYGROUND AMENITIES WITH ADDITIONAL SHADE.

AND FINALLY, WE ARE REQUESTING 700,000 FOR A PUBLIC AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC RADIO TOWER TO PROVIDE RELIABLE CITYWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO COVERAGE.

NEXT, THE CITY IS REQUESTING ONE ADDITIONAL FULL TIME POSITION TO ADD AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIAN IN ORDER TO FULFILL AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER. THIS POSITION WILL PROVIDE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR THE JUPITER FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER FIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES.

THERE WILL BE NO FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY, AS THE TOWN OF JUPITER WILL FULLY REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COST OF THIS POSITION.

UNDER THE AGREEMENT AMENDING OUR FULL TIME POSITION COUNT TO 675.

ADDITIONALLY, STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL TO TRANSFER 500,000 TO PRE-FUND THE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

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ALL ASSOCIATED COSTS WILL BE FULLY REIMBURSED BY THE TOWN OF JUPITER, RESULTING IN NO NET FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY.

AND FINALLY, WE MOVE ON TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

WE HAD A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IN BUDGET STABILIZATION OF 8.5 MILLION.

AND AFTER WE CLOSED THE BOOKS OUT FOR THE YEAR, WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 4.1 THAT WE ADDED BACK TO RESERVES.

THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THAT WE HAD IN BUILDING PERMIT REVENUE AND INVESTMENT INCOME.

WE HAVE A FEW OTHER RECOMMENDED ALLOCATIONS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED FROM BUDGET STABILIZATION FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS AND FUND BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS THAT TOTAL 6.9 MILLION. AND AFTER ALL OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, THAT WILL LEAVE 5.7 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND.

STAFF DOES BELIEVE THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE FIGURE THAT WILL PROVIDE A FINANCIAL BUFFER IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING UNCERTAINTIES RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL PROPERTY TAX INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED IN TALLAHASSEE, AS WELL AS THE RAPID CHANGING TARIFF ENVIRONMENT THAT COULD IMPACT OUR MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

AND FINALLY, THIS YEAR, WE INCREASED OUR UNASSIGNED RESERVE BALANCE TO 32.6 MILLION TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES. AND THIS BALANCE REPRESENTS 20% OF OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, WHICH EXCEEDS THE CITY'S POLICY THRESHOLD SET AT 17%.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE THREE 2026 AS PRESENTED ON FIRST READING.

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

OKAY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS TOPIC.

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

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE THREE 2026 ON FIRST READING.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE FOUR

[VIII.c. ORDINANCE 4, 2026 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) AMENDING CHAPTER 14 (ANIMALS) OF THE CITY’S CODE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 14. ANIMALS. AT ARTICLE II. DOGS AND CATS. BY REPEALING SECTION 14- 31. DEFINITIONS. AND READOPTING SAME, AS REVISED; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 14. BY REPEALING SECTION 14-40. ADOPTION OF SHELTER AND RESCUE ANIMALS. AND READOPTING SAME, AS REVISED, IN ORDER TO AMEND THE REGULATION OF SAME; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 14. BY REPEALING SECTION 14-42. PENALTIES – ENFORCEMENT. AND READOPTING SAME, AS REVISED; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 14. ANIMALS. SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

DOGS AND CATS BY REPEALING SECTION 1431 DEFINITIONS AND RE ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 14 BY REPEALING SECTION 14 DASH 40 ADOPTION OF SHELTER AND RESCUE ANIMALS AND ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED IN ORDER TO AMEND THE REGULATION OF SAME.

FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 14 BY REPEALING SECTION 1442 PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT AND ADOPTING SAME AS REVISED, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 14 ANIMALS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I KNOW THERE WERE CHANGES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR.

MAX, DO YOU NEED TO GO OVER THE CHANGES FOR SECOND READING? I MADE THE CHANGES. JOYCE ASKED. I PUT I CHANGED THE PERMIT FEE SO THAT IT WON'T EXCEED $100.

I MADE THE ADOPTION CHARGE. THE MAXIMUM ADOPTION CHARGE.

IT'D BE UP TO $500. AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SO THAT THE NOT FOR PROFITS CAN RECOUP THE COSTS OF PREPARING THE DOG FOR ADOPTION.

THE ANIMALS, THEY'VE VACCINATIONS SPAYING AND NEUTERING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE ALREADY HAD IT ON THERE WITH THE ADOPTION EVENTS NO MORE THAN SIX TIMES A YEAR.

AND THEN I CHANGED IT SO THAT THE AND THE MAXIMUM DURATION STAYED THE SAME FOR HOUSING THE DOGS DURING THE ADOPTION EVENTS, BUT THEN ADDED NEW SUBSECTION E, WHICH ALLOWED STILL SUBJECTS THEM TO SUBPARAGRAPHS B AND C, WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE FEE FOR EXCUSE ME, THE FEE FOR ADOPTION, AND THE CERTIFICATE OF SOURCE ISSUE.

BUT A PET STORE MAY HOUSE CATS ON THE PREMISES OVERNIGHT FOR THE PURPOSES OF OFFERING THEM FOR ADOPTION, SO LONG AS THEY'RE OWNED BY A PUBLICLY OPERATED ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCY, A NOT FOR PROFIT OR A NONPROFIT ANIMAL RESCUE THAT'S REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTY.

AND THEN JUST PUT A REGULATION UNDER THAT THAT ALSO LIMITS THE AFFILIATION OF THE PET STORE WITH THE NOT FOR PROFIT.

SO WE DON'T TRY TO TRYING TO PREEMPT PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO GAME THE SYSTEM, BUT THAT'S IT.

VERY GOOD. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAX? NOPE. JUST GRATITUDE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

YEAH I AGREE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING ALL THOSE CHANGES, MA'AM.

MY PLEASURE. OKAY. WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

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I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE FOUR 2026 ON SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO ORDINANCE FIVE 2026.

[VIII.d. *ORDINANCE 5, 2026 – (1ST READING) MODIFY THE ZONING DISTRICT OF TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 11.1 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, KNOWN AS TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MILITARY TRAIL AND GARDENIA DRIVE; PROVIDING THAT THESE TWO (2) PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY (RL-3) TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY (RL-3); PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

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

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

AND, MISS NICOLE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION.

HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS NICOLE PLUNKETT WITH CUTLER AND HERRING AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

TONIGHT'S PETITION IS FOR CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, THE TRINITY CAMPUS, AND OUR OWNER AND APPLICANT IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, WE HAVE LEO ABDALLAH, WHO IS OUR OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR WITH CHRIST FELLOWSHIP.

AND THE AGENT AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS KOTLAR AND HERRING WITH MYSELF AND SAMUEL POLACEK HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.

THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS TWO REQUESTS. ORDINANCE FIVE 2026 IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE ZONING DISTRICT FROM RESIDENTIAL LOW RL THREE TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY PUD, WHILE MAINTAINING THAT ZONING OF RL THREE.

WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE THROUGH RESOLUTION SIX 2026 FOR TWO ACCESSORY COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURES WITHIN AN EXISTING PRAYER GARDEN. THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GARDENIA DRIVE AND MILITARY TRAIL, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S SPLIT ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARDENIA DRIVE.

NOW, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS OPERATED AS A CHURCH SINCE THE EARLY 1990S, AND YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THAT SOUTHERN PROPERTY IS A STAR LOCATING THE PRAYER GARDEN.

AND THAT PRAYER GARDEN WILL BE THE TOPIC OF TONIGHT'S PETITION.

CHRIST FELLOWSHIP ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN JUNE OF 2021, AND SINCE THEN THEY HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING IMPROVING THE NEW ROOF, REPLACEMENT OF WINDOWS AND DOORS, UPDATING THE EXTERIOR PAINT, AND ENHANCED LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

THE CURRENT REQUEST CONTINUES THAT PATTERN OF THE THOUGHTFUL ENHANCEMENTS, INTRODUCING FEATURES THAT FURTHER SUPPORT THE SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, AND CEREMONIAL NEEDS OF THE CONGREGATION WHILE MAINTAINING COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND CHRIST FELLOWSHIP IS IN TUNE WITH THE NEEDS OF THEIR CONGREGATION. THIS PICTURE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS AN EXISTING PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRAYER GARDEN.

LOOKING AT IT FROM TWO DIFFERENT SIDES, IT'S A VERY SERENE ENVIRONMENT.

GRANTED, IT SITS ADJACENT TO MILITARY TRAIL. YOU'D REALLY HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE IT'S QUITE BEAUTIFUL, SHADY, PEACEFUL, WITH THE VERY LARGE OAK TREES THAT ARE IN THERE.

THE REQUEST FOR THE PUD REZONING, AGAIN, IS JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A VISUAL.

THE RL THREE WILL BE MAINTAINED AND WE'RE REQUESTING TO PROVIDE THE PROVIDED REZONING OVERLAY OF PUD WITHIN THESE PARCELS.

NOW, THIS PUD REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE PUD OVERLAY INTENT IS FOR EFFICIENT AND HIGH QUALITY REDEVELOPMENT.

IT SUPPORTS THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT GOAL 1.2 AND MAINTAINS THE EXISTING R3 ZONING AND SURROUNDING COMPATIBILITY.

THERE'S NO INCREASE IN TRAFFIC OR ROADWAY DEMAND WITH THIS REQUEST.

THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE REQUESTS FOR THE TWO COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURES, AND YOU SAW IN THE EXISTING PHOTOGRAPH A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE THERE TODAY, INCLUDING DEDICATION PLAQUE, EXISTING BENCHES, A STATUE, AND THE DECORATIVE PLANTED FOUNTAIN.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO LOCATIONS OF THE COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURES ARE AT THE FAR END OF THIS PRAYER GARDEN, AND IT REALLY PROVIDES FOR A STRONG SYMMETRICAL DESIGN WITH THE ACCESS.

IF YOU DREW AN IMAGINARY LINE RIGHT DOWN THERE FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, AND THAT WAS TRULY THE LOCATION OF THESE COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURES.

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SO WHEN OUR APPLICANT APPROACHED US ABOUT THE COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURES, I ACTUALLY WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT A COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURE WAS.

AND IN MY 15 YEARS OF BEING A LAND PLANNER, THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I'VE DONE RELATED TO THIS.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE COOL THING ABOUT OUR PROFESSION IS WE GET TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.

AND SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE TO BE ABLE TO TO LEARN AND TO ASSIST WITH THIS.

AND SO COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURE, THERE IS A DEFINITION WITHIN YOUR CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.

AND A COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURE IS DEFINED AS A STRUCTURE OR BUILDING WHICH ACTS AS A STRICTLY ACCESSORY USE TO A CHURCH OR A HOUSE OF WORSHIP OR CEMETERY SUBSTANTIALLY EXPOSED ABOVE THE GROUND, AND WHICH IS USED FOR THE INTERNMENT OF CREMATED HUMAN REMAINS.

A COLUMBARIUM IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE INTERMENT OF CREMATED REMAINS, AND DOES NOT ENTAIL ANY CREMATION OR PREPARATION OF DECEASED HUMAN BEINGS FOR BURIAL ON SITE. NOW, BOTH OF THESE STRUCTURES ARE SIZE 6.5FT TALL AND 8.5FT WIDE.

WITHIN BOTH OF THESE STRUCTURES, THEY EACH HAVE 35 COMPARTMENTS WITHIN THEM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE VISUAL ON THE SCREEN.

THEY'RE INDIVIDUALLY LOCKED WITH AUTHORIZED ACCESS ONLY, AND ALL HANDLING, DELIVERY, AND PLACEMENT OF THOSE CREMATED REMAINS IS MANAGED BY A LICENSED FUNERAL HOME AND NOT BY THE APPLICANT.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING SECURITY CAMERA OUT THERE TO PROVIDE ENHANCED SECURITY AS WELL.

AND THE MATERIALS OF THE COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURE TWO COLORS.

THEY'RE ENTIRELY MADE OF GRANITE. THE EXTERIOR IS MADE OF THE SALT AND PEPPER GRAY, AND THE DOORS TO EACH OF THOSE COMPARTMENTS IS BLACK.

THERE IS ONE WAIVER REQUESTS WITHIN TONIGHT'S PETITION, AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A VISUAL OF THAT.

IT'S A SIDE SETBACK FROM GARDENIA DRIVE, AND STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.

AND AGAIN PROVIDING THAT VISUAL FROM DESIGN STANDPOINT, THE SYMMETRICAL AXIS WITHIN THE MIDDLE AND WITH THE INTENTIONAL LOCATION OF THOSE TWO COLUMBARIUM STRUCTURES, THE 15 FOOT SETBACK YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM GARDENIA DRIVE.

NOW, SOMETHING REALLY GREAT ABOUT THE PETITION IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ALSO PROVIDE FOR A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, WHICH DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST ON THE PROPERTY TODAY.

THERE IS NO PLANTING WITHIN THERE. AND WITHIN TONIGHT'S PETITION, WE ARE PROVIDING FOR A FULL LANDSCAPE BUFFER 15FT NOT ONLY ALONG THE PRAYER GARDEN, BUT RUNNING ALL THE WAY DOWNWARDS TO THE EXISTING PARKING AREA AND ALSO UP TOWARDS MILITARY TRAIL.

TUCKING IN BEHIND THAT EXISTING BUFFER WHICH IS THERE TODAY ALONG GARDENIA DRIVE.

AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS, IS IT ALLOWS US TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE BUFFER THAT'S THERE TODAY, PROVIDING FOR CONTINUOUS HEDGES OF WILD COFFEY, RED TIPPED COCOPLUM, AND ALSO PROVIDING FOR PODOCARPUS AND ACCENT SPECIES DIRECTLY WITHIN THAT PRAYER GARDEN TO FURTHER BUFFER IT NOT ONLY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAYS, BUT TO PROVIDE A MORE SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE USING THE PRAYER GARDEN WITHIN THE POSITION. WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING FOR NEW HOURS OF OPERATION SIGNAGE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HERE NEXT TO THE PARKING AREA, JUST TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WAYFINDING.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, ZOOMING INTO THE PRAYER GARDEN, EVERYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN THE DARK GREEN IS EVERYTHING THAT IS BRAND NEW TO THIS PRAYER GARDEN. EVERYTHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SHADED, LIGHTER.

THE EXISTING OAK TREES, THOSE ARE ALL EXISTING TO REMAIN, AND WE ARE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THOSE BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES.

AND AGAIN, PROVIDING THE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ACROSS GARDENIA DRIVE.

WE HAVE A CONSISTENCY WITH POLICY 1.1.1 THE RESIDENTIAL LOW WITHIN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS IS A PASSIVE AND LOW INTENSITY ACCESSORY USE.

IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE R3 R3 PERMITTED USES, AND IT MEETS THE INTENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

AND THIS REQUEST TONIGHT IS BUFFERED. IT'S NON-INTRUSIVE, AND IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.

AND WITHIN THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE CRITERIA, WE REVIEWED AND ANALYZED AND MEET ALL OF THE CRITERIA.

AND JUST A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT ONES TO POINT OUT.

AGAIN, THIS IS QUIET AND NON-INTRUSIVE. IT'S INTEGRATING TO AN EXISTING CHURCH, CAMPUS AND PRAYER GARDEN, WHICH OPERATES TODAY AND IS OPERATED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

THE EXISTING MATURE LANDSCAPING WILL BE PRESERVED AND THE STRUCTURES WILL BE FULLY SCREENED FROM THE ADJACENT STREETS.

THERE'S PEDESTRIAN ONLY ACCESS WITHIN THIS AREA, AND IT MAINTAINS EXISTING ADA PATHWAYS AS WELL INDIVIDUALLY LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITH CONTROLLED ACCESS. THERE'S NO LIGHTING, NOISE OR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT PROPOSED WITHIN THIS REQUEST.

THERE'S NO INCREASE IN TRAFFIC OR PARKING DEMAND.

THE EXISTING SITE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION WILL REMAIN, AND THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THE EMERGENCY ACCESS EITHER.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PETITIONER? I HAVE A COMMENT, WHICH IS I'M SO RELIEVED THAT YOU TWO HAD TO GOOGLE COLUMBARIUM.

SO. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A COUPLE, AND I TOO HAD TO LOOK UP THAT WORD IN THE DICTIONARY WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH MY AGENDA REVIEW.

I MADE I MADE A NOTE OF THAT. CAN YOU JUST CAN THE PETITIONER PLEASE JUST EXPLAIN THE SERVICE THAT WOULD GO WITH THIS, IF ANY? IT JUST TO BE SURE.

AND THEN ALSO, MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS AREA LITT? BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THE HOURS WERE UNTIL 7:00 AT NIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT COULD GET A LITTLE BIT DUSK, YOU KNOW, DURING DUSK AND IN THE WINTER IT WOULD BE DARK.

ABSOLUTELY. THE HOURS OF OPERATION DO CURRENTLY ALIGN WITH THE HOURS OF OPERATION WITHIN THE CHURCH FACILITIES.

AND YES, IT IS LITT OUT THERE AND AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT.

SO YES, IT IS LIT. AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SERVICES THEY DO PROVIDE FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE JUST SPECIAL GATHERINGS OUT THERE. WHEN THE TIME COMES UP.

AND THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM THE CONGREGATION OF HAVING SOMETHING A BIT MORE PERMANENT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND VISIT THEIR LOVED ONES.

AND SO THAT'S AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY OF THE OPERATIONAL OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITHIN THE PRAYER GARDEN.

IT JUST PROVIDES FOR A LITTLE BIT ELEVATED OF A NEED THAT'S COME UP WITHIN THEIR CONGREGATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS.

DOES THE DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL OUR STAFF HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY MORE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR THAT.

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

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE FIVE 2026 ON FIRST READING.

SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE SIX 2026.

[VIII.e. *ORDINANCE 6, 2026 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOWELL LANE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING, PURSUANT TO A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, SIX (6) PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 9.49 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOWELL LANE APPROXIMATELY 0.2 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND HOWELL LANE, IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO; DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED HEREBY; AMENDING ARTICLE II OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLERK OF COURT, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

SIX PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 9.49 ACRES, MORE OR LESS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOWELL LANE, APPROXIMATELY 0.2 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND HOWELL LANE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA. AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO, DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED, HEREBY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS.

PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLERK OF COURT, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU.

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

NONE. NONE. NONE. NONE. OKAY. AND I HAVE NONE ALSO.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING. MADAM MAYOR.

MARTIN FITZ, PLANNING AND ZONING. FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING. OKAY.

DOES ANYBODY WANT A PRESENTATION? OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

SO I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE SIX 2026 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION SECOND.

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

MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THAT WAS QUICK AND EASY.

THANK YOU. AND MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE NINE, 2026, WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE NINE 2026 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY

[VIII.f. *ORDINANCE 9, 2026 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION LOCATED AT 2973 AVOCADO LANE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING, PURSUANT TO A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, ONE (1) PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 4.37 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AT 2973 AVOCADO LANE, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RICHARD ROAD APPROXIMATELY 0.12 MILES WEST OF ALTERNATE A1A, IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO; DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED HEREBY; AMENDING ARTICLE II OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLERK OF COURT, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN AND AS DEPICTED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO, DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED.

HEREBY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS.

PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLERK OF COURT AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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NONE. NONE AND NONE WITH ME. NOW AGAIN, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES SINCE LAST READING? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ONCE AGAIN, MARTIN FITZ. PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THE. FOR THE RECORD.

AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN SINCE THE FIRST READING.

THIS PETITION WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD AND AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. DOES ANYBODY WANT A PRESENTATION? NO, I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NINE 2026 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[VIII.g & VIII.h]

THANK YOU. PATTI. ORDINANCE TEN 2026, AN ORDINANCE 11 2026 WILL BE A COMBINED PRESENTATION WITH SEPARATE VOTES TAKEN ON EACH ITEM.

AND SINCE ORDINANCE 11 2026 IS QUASI JUDICIAL, EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WOULD BE DECLARED BEFORE THE COMBINED PRESENTATION.

I'M OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR EX PARTE.

NONE. NONE. I SPOKE TO THE APPLICANT. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER COUNCIL MEMBER KEMP. NONE. OKAY.

AND I DO HAVE EX PARTE. I SPOKE WITH ESTEBAN PEREZ AND WOODY BISHOP.

OKAY. NOW, MISS NICOLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A PRESENTATION? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS NICOLE PLUNKETT WITH CUTLER AND HERRING AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IN FRONT OF YOU REPRESENTS THE CITY'S WORKFORCE.

HOUSING PLAN IN ACTION. THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL INFILL REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY ALONG THE NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.

IT DELIVERS WORKFORCE HOUSING AT A MEANINGFUL SCALE AND ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF INCOME LEVELS AS DEFINED WITHIN THE CITY'S WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM.

AND TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, IT IS THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS TO DO SO.

THIS PROJECT REFLECTS YEARS OF PLANNING, COORDINATION AND PARTNERSHIP AMONG MULTIPLE AGENCIES.

YOUR OUTSTANDING PALM BEACH GARDENS, CITY STAFF, ELECTED OFFICIALS, PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND OUR INCREDIBLE DESIGN TEAM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE PROPERTY OWNERS, TAYLOR AND WOODY BISHOP, WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AS WELL AS OUR APPLICANT, CULTURE MULTIFAMILY, WHO WILL BE THE FUTURE PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT.

AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT IS HOW THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE CITY'S HOUSING GOALS, WHILE ALSO ALIGNING WITH THE LONG TERM PLANNING AND MOBILITY VISIONING THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY IN THIS CORRIDOR FOR OVER A DECADE. WE DO HAVE OUR ENTIRE TEAM HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

THE REQUEST TONIGHT INCLUDE ORDINANCE TEN 2026, A REQUEST TO MODIFY THE FUTURE LAND USE OF A 17.64 ACRE PORTION OF OUR LARGER PORTION OF PROPERTY, FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.

HIGH ORDINANCE 11 2026. WE ARE REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE PUD TO PROVIDE FOR A PUD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH, WHILE MAINTAINING THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL PORTION, AND RESOLUTION 13 2026 IS REQUESTING A SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A 432 MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY TO

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THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND CONGRESS AVENUE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S ADJACENT TO MANY THINGS ALONG THE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, COSTCO, TARGET, CHICK FIL A. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IS THE SEA COAST UTILITY AUTHORITY OWNED PROPERTY, ALONG WITH THE PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE TRAINING TOWER.

THE PARCEL IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS, AND FOR JUST EASE OF IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, WE'VE IDENTIFIED PARCEL ONE, APPROXIMATELY 17.64 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS KNOWN AS A RESIDENTIAL PARCEL, AND ON THE EAST SIDE IS PARCEL TWO, WHICH ABOUT 3.41 ACRES IS OUR COMMERCIAL PARCEL.

AND RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS IS THE PHASE ONE OF THE CONGRESS AVENUE RIGHT OF WAY EXTENSION, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 2.12 ACRES. AND I WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT TALKING ABOUT THE CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONTEXT FOR THIS AREA.

THE EXTENSION HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE AROUND 2012 AS PART OF A LONG TERM TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THIS CORRIDOR.

OUR OFFICE, KOTLAR AND HERRING HAS BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS.

DON HERRING, WHO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE ALIGNMENT AND COORDINATION OF THIS ROADWAY.

THAT WORK INCLUDED COORDINATING WITH OUR FORMER COMMISSIONER VALEISHA AND NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS, INCLUDING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS, WHO RELY ON THIS CORRIDOR EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND MORE RECENTLY, THAT COORDINATION HAS CONTINUED WITH COMMISSIONER MARINO AS THE PROJECT HAS MOVED FORWARD.

PHASE ONE OF THIS EXTENSION OPENED ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE PHASE ONE DIRECTLY WITHIN OUR PARCELS.

PHASE TWO, WHICH I JUST BROUGHT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE, IS FULLY FUNDED.

AND ON JANUARY 6TH, THE COUNTY AUTHORIZED THE FILING OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE REMAINING RIGHT OF WAY PARCELS.

THOSE ACQUISITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER, WITH THE COUNTY INDICATING THAT THE PROJECT COULD MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS BIDDING LATER IN THE SUMMER OR FALL, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION POTENTIALLY BEGINNING LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY 2027.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE TIMING TRULY ALIGNS WELL WITH OUR PROJECT, THE HILLTOP PROJECT, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION AROUND SUMMER OF 2028.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, COMMISSIONER MORENO AND HER TEAM FOR THEIR CONTINUED COORDINATION TO ADVANCE THE CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION AND REALLY THINKING BROADLY ABOUT MOBILITY TODAY AND HOW MUCH IT IS EVOLVING, HOW QUICKLY IT'S EVOLVING, THE WAY THAT PEOPLE MOVE THROUGH COMMUNITIES CONTINUES TO CHANGE.

DRIVING, BIKING, WALKING OR NEWER OPTIONS LIKE E-BIKES ARE COMING INTO PLAY.

AND THE CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION IS ONE PART OF THAT LONG TERM TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THIS CORRIDOR.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, PROJECTS LIKE THE ONE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN SUPPORTING THAT BROADER VISION BY INCORPORATING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, BICYCLE ACCOMMODATIONS, AND REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL SITE PLANNING THAT REFLECTS HOW MOBILITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.

AND WITH OUR FUTURE LAND USE REQUESTS TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS LOOKED LIKE.

OUR PARCEL IS A LAND USE OF COMMERCIAL, AND WE ARE REQUESTING THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OR PARCEL ONE TO PROVIDE FOR A RESIDENTIAL HIGH.

OUR ZONING REQUESTS, OUR EXISTING ZONING IS CG ONE, AND OUR PROPOSED ZONING IS PROVIDING FOR A PUD OVERLAY ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE PARCEL, AND ALSO CONVERTING OUR RESIDENTIAL PORTION TO RESIDENTIAL HIGH.

AND FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPED ON THIS PROPERTY TODAY UNDER THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL LAND USE, AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY? WHEN THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS COMPARES THOSE TWO SCENARIOS ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE PUD, THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT GENERATES FEWER TRIPS THAN THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD OCCUR TODAY. AND WITH THOSE ANALYSIS SIDE BY SIDE IN A VISUAL REPRESENTATION HERE, JUST TO HELP WITH EASE OF REVIEW, WE'RE PROVIDING FOR 42% FEWER DAILY TRIPS AND 48% FEWER PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS.

AND WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD IS A BUSY CORRIDOR.

I LIVE ON NORTHLAKE, AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT FIRSTHAND.

SO THIS KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT GENERATES FEWER TRIPS THAN THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD OCCUR WITH WHAT IS THERE TODAY AND

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SO THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS 432 UNITS MIXED BETWEEN SIX DIFFERENT BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY, FIVE STORIES EACH AND PROVIDING FOR A MIXTURE OF STUDIO, ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS.

THERE ARE ALSO THREE STRUCTURES LOCATED CENTRALIZED WITHIN THE THE PARCEL HERE, SHOWN IN PURPLE ON MY SCREEN, WHICH ARE PROVIDING FOR 36 ENCLOSED GARAGE SPACES TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMENITY FOR THOSE TENANTS.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE A CLUBHOUSE THAT'S JUST UNDER 12,000FT² OF AMENITY AREA, CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE PARCEL, AND CLOSE TO MANY OTHER AMENITIES ON THE PROPERTY.

TALKING ABOUT THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS TO THE PROJECT.

THE MAIN ACCESS POINT IS AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

NONRESIDENTS DELIVERIES. YOUR MAIN ACCESS POINT IS CENTRALLY LOCATED ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE.

VISITORS CAN COME INWARDS AND THEY'RE GREETED BY TWO DIFFERENT GATES.

THERE ARE ALSO PARKING SPACES ADJACENT TO THE CLUBHOUSE THAT ARE NOT GATED.

AGAIN, TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VISITORS WHO AREN'T YET RESIDENTS TO COME IN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE YOU CAN SEE THE ARROW THAT'S RIGHT, TURN OUT ONLY.

WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY AND YOUR PALM BEACH GARDENS STAFF TO PROVIDE FOR A VERY INTENTIONAL DESIGN FOR THE RIGHT HAND TURN ONLY WITHIN THIS AREA, ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE HILLTOP PROPERTY.

WE ARE PROVIDING FOR ACCESS, AND THIS IS RESIDENT ACCESS ONLY, AND THERE IS SIGNAGE PROPOSED THERE AS WELL.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH SEACOAST, AS YOU SAW ON THE INITIAL SLIDE, SEACOAST UTILITY AUTHORITY AND ALSO THE PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DESIGN ALIGNS WITH THEIR NEEDS TO CONTINUE THEIR OPERATIONS AS WELL.

AND ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, WE DO HAVE INGRESS AND EGRESS.

AGAIN, RESIDENCES ONLY TO PROVIDE EASIER ACCESS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE CLOSER ON THE SOUTHERN AREA OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE ARE TWO ACCESS POINTS ALONG THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL PARCEL.

WE DO NOT HAVE A DEFINED USE OR DESIGN FOR THAT COMMERCIAL PARCEL IN THIS PETITION HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE INTERESTS WHEN THE TIMING AND THE MARKET IS RIGHT.

AND SO WITHIN THESE UNITS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMITMENT IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT PROVIDING FOR 54 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS, WHICH IS 12.5%, WHICH EXCEEDS EVEN THE 10% IN THE THE PALM BEACH GARDENS ORDINANCE.

BUT WE ARE PROVIDING FOR 12.5%, 27 UNITS. SO HALF OF THOSE UNITS ARE BEING PROVIDED AT THE 80% AMI UP TO 80% AMI 13 UNITS ARE AT UP TO 100% AMI AND 14 AT THE 120%. AGAIN UP TO THAT 120%.

AND HERE'S JUST A VISUAL GRAPHIC OF WHAT RESIDENTS WILL BE GREETED WITH OR VISITORS GREETED WITH.

WITH THIS MAIN ENTRANCE OF VISUAL, YOU CAN SEE THE CLUBHOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND, THE MAIN MONUMENT SIGNAGE, AND JUST LUSH, LUSH LANDSCAPING. THE NEXT COMPONENT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WALKABILITY.

SO WITHIN THE THE PHASE ONE OF WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO DRIVE IT, THERE IS A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK THAT RUNS ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE.

WITH OUR REQUEST TONIGHT, WE'RE REQUESTING TO PROVIDE A INCREASING FROM THE FIVE FEET TO THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK.

NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING THAT, BUT IN AREAS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO, WE'RE PROVIDING A MEANDERING PATHWAY.

SO YOU HAVE LANDSCAPING PEEKING UP. WE'LL HAVE SHADE TREES.

WE'LL HAVE LIGHTING ALONG PEDESTRIAN LEVEL LIGHTING ALONG THE CONGRESS AVENUE.

AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PROVIDING FOR A MORE ENJOYABLE AND ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN, A LITTLE BIT SAFER. WE'RE PULLING THE SIDEWALK WHERE WE CAN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ROAD.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO LOCATIONS WITHIN OUR PLANS WITH FUTURE POTENTIAL PALM TRAN LOCATIONS.

WE DID COORDINATE WITH THEM, AND AT THIS TIME, THEY HAVEN'T COMMITTED TO STAMPING THE PLANS ON THOSE LOCATIONS.

BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THEM BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL AGAIN PROVIDE FOR EXTRA CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY.

THERE ARE THREE MAIN PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS, ONE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND TWO ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENTRANCES AS WELL, TO PROVIDE, AGAIN, ENHANCED AREAS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ALREADY LIVE THERE AND HAVE ACCESS TO COME IN AND OUT THE PROPERTY. AND THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS, PEDESTRIAN,

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IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE YOU SEE A HANDFUL OF LITTLE POCKETS OF PAVER AREAS AND THOSE AGAIN, VERY INTENTIONAL TO PROVIDE FOR A NATURAL DESIGN AND SLOWDOWN OF VEHICLES AND TO REALLY JUST ANNOUNCE THAT THERE ARE SOME MAIN PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS CROSSINGS WITHIN THOSE AREAS. THIS IS A VISUAL. YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE MAIN ENTRANCE EARLIER.

THIS IS A VISUAL OF THAT NORTHERN ENTRANCE. AND I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE IT SHOWS IT GIVES YOU A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT MEANDERING PATHWAY WHICH TUCKS IN AND OUT OF THE LANDSCAPING ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE.

AND KIND OF TAKING A STEP OUTWARDS, LOOKING AT THE BROADER CONNECTIVITY OF THIS AREA HERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SIDEWALKS ON ON BOTH SIDES OF CONGRESS AVENUE, NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND CONTINUING AROUND THE SITE.

AND REALLY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING FOR ENHANCEMENTS OF THAT INTERSECTION AT NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND CONGRESS AVENUE RIGHT THERE.

THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS ARE TRULY THERE, STRIPED CROSSWALKS.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PROVIDING A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE ENHANCED CROSSWALKS WITH STAMPED ASPHALT.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL PROVIDE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION THAT THERE ARE PEDESTRIANS CROSSING IN THAT AREA.

A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE TONIGHT, IF NOT ALMOST ALL OF IT, WAS REALLY DESIGNED AROUND YOUR PALM BEACH GARDENS MOBILITY PLAN.

THE MOST RECENT ONE, WHICH WAS UPDATED LAST YEAR.

AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT WITH PROVIDING THESE ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN THE PLANS.

TALKING ABOUT LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, SCREENING.

SO WE ARE PROVIDING FOR LANDSCAPE BUFFERS THAT EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE PROPERTY.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT CONGRESS AVENUE AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS ALONG THE SEA COAST AREAS ARE MUCH LARGER.

EVEN THE TINY PORTION THAT GO BEYOND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY LINE.

AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH SEA COAST TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH THEY HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW US TO DO AGAIN, TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL SCREENING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY ALONG THE CANAL CORRIDOR HERE, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THAT'S OWNED BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

AND WE ARE PROVIDING FOR IN OUR LANDSCAPE PLANS SOME PLANTINGS WITHIN THAT AREA AS WELL.

THEY DO HAVE A SPECIFIED PLANT PALETTE, WHICH WE'VE REVIEWED AND AND HAVE ALIGNED WITH.

AND SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PLANS AND PLANTINGS FOR THAT AS WELL, AS LONG AS IT'S SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT CAN BE PERMITTED.

BUT THERE ARE PLANS FOR IT IF THERE ARE APPROVALS FOR IT.

AND OF COURSE, INTERNALLY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMON SPACE AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT AMENITIES AND LANDSCAPING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THE SCREEN.

AND SO WE SAW THE CENTRAL ENTRANCE. WE SAW THE NORTH.

AND THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT SOUTH ENTRANCE.

AND AGAIN RESIDENT ONLY WE DO HAVE WALLS AND FENCES AND JUST PROVIDE FOR A REALLY NICE ENTRANCE AND PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.

AND SO WHEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROJECT WITH YOUR PALM BEACH GARDENS STAFF AND WITH THE PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE AND WITH SEACOAST, OF COURSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON UP ON THE NORTH. WE WANTED TO DO A VERY INTENTIONAL AND DETAILED STUDY TO SEE WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, INCLUDING CROSS SECTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT VISUAL REPRESENTATION COULD BE.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE MOST CENTRAL AND CLOSEST ARE 780FT FROM THAT FIRE TOWER, AND THE WESTERNMOST ONE IS 624FT. SO THIS VISUAL REPRESENTATION IS, IF YOU WERE TO STAND AT THOSE CENTRAL BUILDINGS LOOKING NORTH. THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION LOOKING OUTWARDS.

AND AGAIN YOU CAPTURE SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. YOU HAVE YOUR CROSSWALK PAVER PATH WITHIN THE PARKING AREAS TO IDENTIFY PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

YOU EVEN HAVE A NICE LITTLE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE THERE. BUT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PLANTINGS AT MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS AND LAYERS TO PROVIDE A FULL SCREENING WITHIN THE PARKING AREA. AND I'M NOT GOING TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF EACH OF THESE, BUT IT'S MERELY JUST TO SHOW THAT WE DID PROVIDE DETAILED CROSS SECTIONS TO REALLY, TRULY ANALYZE EACH DETAIL OF EACH OF THE VIEWS OF EVERY SINGLE BUILDING ON THAT NORTH SIDE.

AND THEN KIND OF MOVING OUR WAY COUNTERCLOCKWISE.

SO MOVING TO THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE, OUR CLOSEST BUILDING IS 20.4FT FROM THAT WESTERN PROPERTY LINE.

AND WE ARE ASKING THAT AS ONE OF THE TWO WAIVERS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE ASKING FOR A SETBACK WAIVER.

THAT WAS A VERY INTENTIONAL FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT WHEN WE FIRST.

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BIT CLOSER TO CONGRESS AVENUE. BUT UPON FURTHER REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, WE'VE PULLED.

THE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ENHANCEMENT ENGAGEMENT TO THAT CANAL RIGHT OF WAY AREA.

AND THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE.

THERE ARE AREAS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF CONGRESS AVENUE, WHERE WE HAVE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS EXCEEDING 30, 35FT, AGAIN, TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPING WITH BERMS AND HAVING THAT MEANDERING PATHWAY.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF BENEFIT TO US PUSHING THIS OVER, WHICH REQUIRES US TO ASK FOR A WAIVER ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.

WE ARE 43FT FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE. AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WE DO, AGAIN, HAVE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPING ALONG THAT SOUTH BOUNDARY.

AND THERE ARE MANY LARGE OAK TREES ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE AS WELL, JUST BEYOND OURS.

AND THEN MOVING ALONG TO CONGRESS AVENUE. WE DO HAVE THE CENTRAL MOST BUILDING AT 79FT FROM CONGRESS AVENUE AND THE NORTHERN ONE AT 185. SO I'M GOING TO ZOOM YOU IN TO THAT 185 FOOT SETBACK RIGHT NOW.

THIS PROVIDES A BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT CROSS-SECTION LOOKS LIKE ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE.

AND AGAIN WE HAVE OUR PARKING AREA. WE HAVE A BERM ALONG THERE AS WELL WITH A SIX FOOT WALL.

YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE PLANTING SHADE TREES.

AND YOU DO HAVE THAT EIGHT FOOT MEANDERING SIDEWALK.

MOVING INTO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROJECT, THIS IS A VISUAL INSPIRATION BOARD OF THE ARCHITECTURE, WHICH WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DESIGN IDEAS AND INSPIRATIONS AND AND REALLY, WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU IS THE CHARACTER OF HILLTOP GARDENS ARCHITECTURE.

SO THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF THIS PROJECT IS REALLY ROOTED IN THE DUTCH WEST INDIES STYLE, AND IT WAS SELECTED FOR ITS REFINED COASTAL ELEGANCE, A WARM MATERIAL PALETTE AND ITS ABILITY TO REDUCE BUILDING MASS THROUGH ARTICULATED ROOF LINES, DEEP OVERHANGS AND DETAILED FACADE ELEMENTS.

NOW THESE ARE THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF OUR ARCHITECTURE WHICH WE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT.

SO ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, THE BUILDINGS FEATURE LIGHT TONED STUCCO, WHITE TRIM AND WOOD TONED ACCENTS.

THERE'S ALSO SHUTTER ELEMENTS, STONE BASES THAT ANCHOR THE STRUCTURES AND REINFORCE A COMFORTABLE PEDESTRIAN SCALE.

TOGETHER, ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS CREATE A UNIFIED AND HIGH QUALITY ESTHETIC THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S EXPECTATION FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

AND I REALLY LOVE THIS GRAPHIC BECAUSE IT HAS THE INTERIORS LIT UP AND IT TRULY JUST IT BRINGS IT TO LIFE, IT BRINGS IT TO A PEDESTRIAN LEVEL AND AND EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE THE FOUNDATION PLANTING OF THESE BUILDINGS IS ACCURATELY REPRESENTED PER OUR LANDSCAPE PLANS.

AND I REALLY THREW THESE IN HERE BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE THIS.

I KNOW IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, HAVING HAVING SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALL THE BUILDINGS.

AND THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES ALL THE WAY FROM THE ROOF LINES, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DETAILS.

AND EACH BUILDING IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PARTICULAR CARE TO EACH ONE OF THEM, WHICH I THINK WAS REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND INTENTIONAL.

AND I WANTED TO TO SHOW THAT FOR EACH OF THESE BUILDINGS HERE, THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THOSE GARAGE AMENITIES THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER TONIGHT. AND MOVING ON TO OUR CLUBHOUSE, THE TWO STORY CLUBHOUSE IS THE ANCHOR TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THIS IS THE THE VISUAL THAT YOU SEE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO WHERE, AGAIN, VISITORS FIRST TIME TO HILLTOP GARDENS WILL BE ABLE TO PARK AND BE WELCOMED.

THIS TWO STORY CLUBHOUSE IS JUST UNDER 12,000FT² OF INDOOR AIR CONDITIONED SPACE, AND THE EXTERIOR HAS ALMOST 3000FT² OF COVERED OUTDOOR AREA, WHICH REALLY EXTENDS AND PROVIDES FOR A FUNCTIONAL USE OF THE BUILDING FROM INDOORS TO OUTDOORS.

THE CLUBHOUSE HAS MANY DIFFERENT AMENITIES, INCLUDING A MAIN LOBBY AND OPEN CLUB LOUNGE, SOCIAL HUB TV LOUNGE AND A RUM BAR. THERE'S A HOSPITALITY AREA WITH GRAB AND GO FOOD.

THERE'S ALSO OPEN COWORKING SPACES. AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, COWORKING AND AND REMOTE WORK HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE EFFICIENT WITH A LOT OF ESPECIALLY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AS WELL.

THE REALLY NEAT THING ABOUT THIS CLUBHOUSE IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY PROVIDING A VARIETY OF OF AMENITIES, IS THAT IT TRULY IS CATERING TO MULTI-GENERATIONAL AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL USES TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. TAKING A CLOSER ZOOM IN TO SOME ADDITIONAL CLUBHOUSE ELEMENTS.

SO THE CLUBHOUSE AGAIN FACES THE POOL. AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU GRAPHIC OF THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

THE POOL AREA HAS A VERY NICE LARGE POOL POOL PAVILION THAT'S COVERED WITH A BARBECUE, BARBECUE GRILL,

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YOU HAVE AN OPEN LAWN OR FLEX SPACE. THERE IS A PLAYGROUND IN HERE FOR ALL AGE GROUPS.

THE WALKING TRAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH I HAD POINTED OUT EARLIER TWO OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY HAVE INDOOR BICYCLE PARKING.

AND AGAIN, AS MOBILITY CONTINUES TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A COVERED AND SECURED AREA FOR THOSE WHO HAVE E-BIKES.

THERE ARE TWO COURTYARDS IN NORTH COURTYARD AND A SOUTH COURTYARD. AND THEN ALL THE WAY ON THE NORTHERN TOP RIGHT PORTION OF THE SLIDE.

WE ARE PROVIDING FOR A RESIDENT ENTRY ONLY SIGN JUST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WAYFINDING AS WELL.

AND HERE'S A BEAUTIFUL GRAPHIC OF THE REAR SIDE OF THE CLUBHOUSE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST STUNNING WITH THE POOL AND THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SUCH A GREAT AMENITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROJECTS. AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SECOND AREA OF INTERIOR BICYCLE PARKING, PARKING UP TO 34 BICYCLES IN THIS BUILDING. WE ALSO HAVE A SOUTHERN COURTYARD, A DOG PARK FOR SMALL BREED AND LARGE BREED DOGS.

THERE'S A MAIN GROUND SIGN AT THE THE MAIN ENTRANCE, AND THE REASON THAT I POINTED THAT OUT IS BECAUSE IT IS THE SECOND OF OUR TWO WAIVERS.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER JUST TO PROVIDE A REDUCTION OF THE LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION PLANTING ON THE NORTH OR ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK SIDE OF THAT PARTICULAR SIGN.

AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE WE HAVE A RESIDENT ENTRY SIGN AS WELL.

A QUICK REVIEW OF THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE. AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR MAIN ENTRY SIGN.

AND THIS IS OUR RESIDENT ONLY ENTRY SIGNAGE AS WELL.

THE TWO WAIVER REQUESTS, AS I HAD MENTIONED, ARE BOTH SUPPORTED BY STAFF.

WE ARE AGAIN PROVIDING FOR THE REAR BUILDING SETBACK AND ALSO FOR THE LANDSCAPING ADJACENT TO THE GROUND SIGN.

A LITTLE BIT OF FUN FACTS RELATED TO JUST THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT.

WE'RE PROVIDING OVER 40% OF OPEN SPACE. WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF PREFERRED PALM BEACH GARDENS SPECIES, INCLUDING SHRUBS, PALMS AND TREES THAT ARE ALSO NATIVE AS WELL AND DO WELL HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

WE ARE PROVIDING FOR 24 SPACES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING, AND THAT IS 8.3% OF OUR TOTAL 689 PARKING SPACES, WHICH I'VE NEVER DONE A PROJECT WITH THAT BIG OF PERCENTAGE OF EV PARKING LIKE THIS IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING. THE LED LIGHTING FIXTURES. WE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGING MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, AND OUR APPLICANT INTENDS TO PURSUE THE NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING STANDARD FOR SILVER CERTIFICATION WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR BUILDINGS.

THIS PROJECT IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AGAIN TRULY IS A HIGH QUALITY INFILL REDEVELOPMENT AND A CRITICAL EMPLOYMENT CORRIDOR.

THE LONG PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT THAT ENHANCES MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

IT'S A WELL-DESIGNED RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THAT PROVIDES, PROMOTES PRIORITIZES LIVABILITY, AMENITIES AND LONG TERM VALUE.

AND THE TRAFFIC MEETS THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN.

QUALITY OF SERVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS.

AND AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF HAMMER THIS HOME 42% FEWER DAILY TRIPS, 48% FEWER PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS WITHIN THIS PROJECT HERE TONIGHT. AND OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING COMPONENT AGAIN, 12.5% OF THE TOTAL UNITS.

AND TRULY PROVIDING FOR THAT FIRST PROJECT HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AT THE 80, 100 AND 120% AMI. WE DO ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION, THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE HOUSING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR THIS PROJECT HERE TONIGHT.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION WITH THIS PROJECT.

WE DO HAVE OUR ENTIRE TEAM HERE, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT, AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND DOES STAFF HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL? YES, MADAM MAYOR, STAFF DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANNE BESLAN, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

AND FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A THOROUGH PRESENTATION ON THEIR PROPOSAL.

SO I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER SOME REPETITIVE SLIDES BUT HIGHLIGHT KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL.

FIRST ON. BACKGROUND. THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY A MOBILE HOME PARK WHICH IS CURRENTLY VACANT, AND IN 2009 THE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING WAS AMENDED FROM RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM TO COMMERCIAL, AND IN 2021, A BOUNDARY PLAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE PARCEL TO DEDICATE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION, AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THERE ARE THREE REQUESTS BEFORE YOU FOR THIS PETITION FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT.

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HI, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE 2009 FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT LIMITED THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF THE PARCELS TO 250,000FT² OF COMMERCIAL SPACE. WITH THE AMENDMENT OF PARCEL ONE TO RESIDENTIAL.

HI, THERE WILL BE A NOTE LIMITING THE COMMERCIAL PORTION FOR PARCEL TWO TO JUST UNDER 52,000FT².

WE DID RECEIVE ALL OF OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE LETTERS, INDICATING THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT SERVICE FROM THE SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THIS SITE, AND THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE TRIP GENERATION.

BUT FOR A FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY THAT IS ALLOWABLE ON THE SITE.

SO THE COMPARISON OF THE MAXIMUM CURRENTLY OF 250,000 TRIPS HAD A DAILY TRIPS OF 7000, AND THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE OF 4000 DAILY TRIPS, WHICH IS A REDUCTION STAFF ANALYZED FOR CONSISTENCY WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND VISION PLAN. AND WE DID PROVIDE THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, OR IPAQ NOTICE ON JANUARY 29TH, AND WE RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS TO DATE. THE REZONING.

THEY ARE PROPOSING A PUD OVERLAY ON TOP OF BOTH PARCELS, WITH A MODIFICATION TO THE UNDERLYING ZONING FOR PARCEL ONE TO RESIDENTIAL HIGH.

JUST SKIPPING ALONG. SO AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO USE THE CITY'S WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM IN 2023.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CITY'S WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM, AND THIS PROGRAM ENCOURAGES DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE HOUSING THROUGH INCENTIVES, SUCH AS A DENSITY BONUS WHEN A PROJECT MEETS A MINIMUM OF 10% OF THE TOTAL UNITS FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BETWEEN 80 AND 120% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THE CHART SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS PROVIDED BY THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UPDATED ANNUALLY FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, THAT SHOWS THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, OR AMI, AND THE DIFFERENT RENT CATEGORIES AND LIMITS. FOR THIS PROPOSAL, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 12.5% OF THE UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF 54 UNITS.

HALF OF THESE UNITS AT THE 80% CATEGORY, A QUARTER AT 100 AND A QUARTER AT 120.

AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR CODE REQUIREMENT, AND IS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE CITY TO PROVIDE 180.

THE APPLICANT DISCUSSED THE ACCESSES FOR THE SITE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADDITIONALLY POINT OUT THAT THE NORTH ACCESS IS SHARED WITH OUR WILL BE SHARED WITH OUR FIRE AND POLICE TRAINING FACILITY TO THE NORTH, AND THE ACCESS ROAD SHOWN HAS BEEN COORDINATED WITH CITY STAFF AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE APPLICANT.

FOR SITE. THE SITE PLAN THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SITE ASSESSMENT STUDY FOR THE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL FOR THE SITE AND THE STUDY. IT DOES INDICATE THAT IT MEETS OUR CITY'S LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS AND OUR MOBILITY PLAN.

QUALITY OF SERVICE STANDARDS. THE BUFFERS FOR THE SITE WERE REVIEWED VERY CAREFULLY, AND JUST TO POINT OUT, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING IS MEETING OUR OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT AND PROVIDES MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING POINTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SITE. THE NORTH BUFFER IS PROVIDING TALL AND MATURE LANDSCAPING WITH MID AND LOW STORY PLANTINGS, AS WELL TO FORM AN OPAQUE BUFFER FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE PROVIDING LANDSCAPING ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF CONGRESS AVENUE TO CREATE A COHESIVE CORRIDOR IN THIS AREA. THEY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING LANDSCAPING AT THE CORNER.

THE NORTHWEST CORNER ON THE SEACOAST PROPERTY THAT MIRRORS AND MATCHES THE LANDSCAPING ON THEIR SIDE TO ENSURE THAT THIS ACCESS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE RESIDENTS. THE APPLICANT WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING ALONG THE EASTERNMOST SIDE OF PARCEL TWO, A SIX FOOT TALL PVC FENCE AND LANDSCAPING AS WELL ADJACENT TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS.

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THE SITE WAS APPROPRIATELY PUBLICLY NOTICED PER CITY CODE, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON FIRST READING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR STAFF OR THE PETITIONER? NO. THE PETITIONER DID A GREAT JOB. YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU.

THE DOG PARK WAS IMPORTANT. I HAD THAT ON MY LIST FOR SOME REASON.

WITH REGARDS TO STAFF THE SOFTBALL FIELDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CANAL ARE THOSE DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING TO WHERE THERE'S NO SPILLAGE INTO THIS NEW PROJECT? I DIDN'T ASK THAT. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULD KNOW THAT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CANAL, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANAL. YEAH. THE SOFTBALL FIELDS THAT ARE THE CITY. IS THERE DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING DOWNWARD TO WHERE? THERE'S NO SPILLAGE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CANAL INTO THE APARTMENTS ZONE OR AREA, I GUESS.

YES. OKAY. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE MUST GO SYSTEMS THAT HAVE DIRECT DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING, LIGHTING.

AND THEY HAVE CUT OFFS ON THAT SIDE. OKAY. PERFECT.

YEAH. THANK YOU. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION. CAN WE PULL UP A SLIDE OF THE MAIN ENTRYWAY COMING IN JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTIONAL FLOW OF CARS GOING RIGHT OR LEFT? I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR THAT.

I KNOW THE STACKING LEVEL WAS GOOD. JUST WANT TO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, JUST KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH AS THEY COME IN THAT MAIN ENTRANCE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE 3D RENDERING OR THE OVERHEAD VIEW? OKAY. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. THANK YOU. SURE. SO AS THEY COME IN OFF THE STREET THEY'LL BE GATES ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY SO YOU CAN GET INTO THE COMMUNITY VIA.

RIGHT. IT JUST LOOK CONFUSING TO THE LEFT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IF THERE WAS A DIRECT PATHWAY INTO THE PARKING LOT AND THE ROUNDABOUT AND AND GETTING INTO THE BACK OF THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. GOING TO THE RIGHT, IT LOOKS PRETTY OBVIOUS.

YOU CAN GET AROUND JUST GOING LEFT. I DIDN'T IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS BLOCKED.

I DIDN'T REALLY SEE CLEAR ACCESS ON THE LEFT SIDE GOING DOWN SOUTH ONCE YOU MAKE THE ROUNDABOUT.

AM I CONFUSING THE ISSUE? SORRY IF I CAN GET YOU A ARROW.

OKAY, COME IN WITH YOUR ARROW. SO FOLKS THAT ARE COMING IN.

SO THEY'RE COMING IN EITHER OFF OF CONGRESS AVENUE, TAKING THE RIGHT OR TAKING A LEFT HAND TURN.

OKAY. SO TAKE YOUR ARROW. NOW MOVE. SO THEY MOVE INWARDS AND THEY CAN MAKE A DECISION POINT HERE.

SO THEY CAN EITHER TAKE A RIGHT AND ACCESS THIS GUARD GATE TO THE RIGHT.

OR IF THEY'VE DECIDED TO GO AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT THEY CAN PARK HERE AND CONTINUING AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT, THEN THEY CAN IF THEY WANT TO ACCESS THE GATE ON THE SOUTH, THEY CAN THEN PULL OFF AND ACCESS THE GATE IN THE SOUTH.

GET INTO THE COMMUNITY. CORRECT. IT JUST LOOKS A LOT MORE CLEARER IF YOU GO INTO THE RIGHT THAT THERE'S NO BLOCKAGE TO GET ALL THE WAY NORTH, IT JUST LOOKS DOESN'T LOOK AS CLEAR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN THAT THERE'S CONNECTIVITY, THAT'S ALL. YES IT DOES.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THAT GATE, YOU CAN COME RIGHT BACK OUT TO CONGRESS AVENUE AS WELL.

RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR STAFF? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE IF YOU KEEP THAT PICTURE UP ON THE NORTH, WHAT IS THAT DRY RETENTION AREA USED FOR? YES. SO, LIKE, CAN PEOPLE ACCESS IT? LIKE, IF THEY WANT A DOG PARK, IF PEOPLE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, RUN THEIR DOG THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT OPEN FIELD.

SO I SO THE INTENTION HAS A FUNCTIONAL INTENTION BEHIND IT WITH RELATED TO ENGINEERING AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE FOR THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

BUT FOR US ALSO PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK AMENITY AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF IT, THE LANDSCAPING OF IT IS ALL NATIVE LANDSCAPING WITHIN THERE AGAIN, TO PROVIDE THAT FUNCTIONAL ASPECT OF CLEANSING THE WATER.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE THE. YEAH, I WILL LET BRIAN SEYMOUR ANSWER THAT PORTION OF THE QUESTION RELATED TO USABILITY.

SO FOR THE RECORD, BRIAN SEYMOUR, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT I GET TO SPEAK AT CHELSEA'S LAST VOTE.

THE ANSWER, IN SHORT, IS PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO THE DRY RETENTION.

IT'S THERE FOR AS AS NICOLE SAID, A FUNCTIONAL PURPOSE.

BUT IT IS NOT MEANT FOR PEOPLE TO GO INTO. IT'S MEANT TO HOLD WATER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE EVE? WILL THERE BE ANY OUTSIDE OF THE GATES? YES. THAT'S CONFIRMED.

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WILL THOSE BE FOR THE PUBLIC OR JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS, OR CAN THE GUEST USE THEM, OR WHETHER WE IN CHARGE THERE? THEY'RE NOT DESIGNATED, SO THEY'RE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO USE THEM.

THE NORTH GATE, AND IT SAYS IT'S RESIDENT ONLY FOR ENTRANCE.

WILL IT? IF YOU'RE A GUEST, CAN YOU EXIT THAT WAY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A U TURN ON CONGRESS TO HEAD NORTH? THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE ALSO ANTICIPATE PROBABLY A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS USING THAT OPTION ON THE NORTH GATE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT REASON THAT YOU'VE NOTED.

BUT IT'S OPEN TO VISITORS TO, TO EXIT OR JUST.

THAT'S CORRECT. IT IS OPEN FOR VISITORS TO EXIT.

IT'S JUST ENTRANCE. DOES THE WORKFORCE, THE 12.5%, IS THAT JUST FOR THE FIRST YEAR, FIRST CONTRACT, OR IS THAT STAY WITH THE PROPERTY FOREVER. IT'S A 30 YEAR RESTRICTION PURSUANT TO THE CODE.

OKAY. THE 20 FOOT SETBACK THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE FOR STAFF.

DOES IT AFFECT ANY OF THE ACCESS TO THE CANAL FOR DRAINAGE, MAINTENANCE OR DREDGING DOWN THE ROAD? IT STAYS OFF THAT ACCESS ROAD? YES, SIR. THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING IMPACTED WHATSOEVER.

SOUTH FLORIDA RIGHT OF WAY. IS MAINTAINED AS IS.

IT'S THE SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. SO THE BUILDINGS ARE JUST GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE. SOUTH FLORIDA IS NOT IMPACTED.

OKAY. AND THE BUS STOP ON THE EAST SIDE OF CONGRESS.

IS THAT GOING TO GO IN NOW OR WILL THAT GO IN AFTER THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SIDE IS PUT IN? THE SHORT ANSWER IS WHEN PALM TRAN HAS THE BUS GOING THERE, WE'LL WORK WITH PALM TRAN TO PUT IT IN.

THAT'S IT. I LIKE I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S TAKEN 3000 TRIPS OFF THE ROAD, AND I MEAN, 313 IN THE AFTERNOONS, A BIG ONE, BECAUSE IF ANYBODY'S GOT TO RUN TO HOME DEPOT THERE AND COME BACK WEST, NORTH LAKES, A DISASTER AT THAT TIME. SO THAT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF MINE.

AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THE EXTRA 2.5% FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THE 80% MARK.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS SUCH A THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

IT DIDN'T LEAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AS YOU CAN HEAR FROM OUR COUNCIL.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE QUESTIONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO LIE TO YOU AGAIN FOR THE 80%, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR MISSING MIDDLE THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY TAKING CARE OF THESE DAYS. THAT'S OUR GOVERNMENT WORKERS. AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE ESPECIALLY.

AND IF WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, WORKING IN PALM BEACH GARDENS WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MITIGATE FOR SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AS WELL. SO DOING SOME THE IRONY IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT DENSITY AND INTENSITY, BUT BUILDING THAT WAY WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT SO THAT LIFE WILL BE BETTER HERE. SO TO ASSUAGE ANY CONCERNS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THAT SORT OF DENSITY AND INTENSITY ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD IT'S SO WELL THOUGHT OUT TO AVOID ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE THE INDOOR BIKE PARKING.

BARRY AMSTERDAM IT'S VERY NOTICEABLE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

THAT'S IT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY.

THANK YOU. I ALSO APPRECIATE AND LIKE THE SITE PLAN.

VERY NICE. THE ARCHITECTURE IS BEAUTIFUL. APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING WORKFORCE HOUSING. I APPLAUD THE PETITIONER FOR BRINGING THAT.

THE 80%, THE 100%, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT IS ON THE SITE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE ASKS FOR. AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA.

IT HAVING I REMEMBER THIS SITE PLAN HAS GONE THROUGH MANY REITERATIONS, AND HAVING THIS BE A RESIDENTIAL IN LIEU OF A COMMERCIAL IS A BIG DEAL, BECAUSE COULD YOU IMAGINE WITH THE LOADING AND THE SEMI TRUCKS AND ALL OF THAT COULD HAVE GONE HERE AND WITH THE THOUSANDS OF NET TRIPS PER DAY REDUCTION, THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, WE DEFINITELY DON'T NEED THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

SO THAT IS A GREAT THING AS WELL. THE ONE QUESTION I BROUGHT IT UP IN MY AGENDA REVIEW, AS I WAS A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL WAIT FOR THEIR BUS STOP. AND I KNOW I WAS TOLD, AND I KNOW NOW, THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF LOCATION FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

AND THE SAFETY, OF COURSE, IS IS MY CONCERN. CLOSE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, I WAS TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE LOCATIONS OF THE BUS SHELTER FOR THE FUTURE.

AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE APPLICANT CAN WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND PALM TRENT OBVIOUSLY EARLIER VERSUS LATER,

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BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TEN AND ORDINANCE 11 2026.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 11, 2026.

WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 11 2026 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING AN APPROXIMATELY 17.64 ACRE PORTION OF THE 21.05 ACRES KNOWN AS HILLTOP GARDENS, FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL CG ONE TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD OVERLAY, WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH RH AND REZONING THE REMAINING 3.41 ACRE PORTION OF HILLTOP GARDENS FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL CG ONE TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL CG ONE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE SIDES OF NORTH CONGRESS AVENUE, APPROXIMATELY 400FT NORTH OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP SHALL IT BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. PATTI. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND EXPERTISE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DECLARED AND ASKED FOR.

WELL, WE ALREADY HAD OUR PRESENTATION. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS STAFF HAS ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO ADD.

THEN I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 11 2026 SECOND.

A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION.

[IX.a. RESOLUTION 7, 2026 – APPOINTMENTS TO THE BUDGET REVIEW BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT AND/OR REAPPOINTMENT OF THREE (3) REGULAR MEMBERS TO THE BUDGET REVIEW BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION SEVEN 2026 A RESOLUTION? THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT AND OR REAPPOINTMENT OF THREE REGULAR MEMBERS TO THE BUDGET REVIEW BOARD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

OKAY. SOMEBODY LIKE TO START THE DISCUSSION OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT MARK COHEN WHOSE TERM IS EXPIRING APRIL 4TH, 2026 AND RECOMMEND A NEW APPOINTMENT OF KATHERINE.

AND THE TERM WHO'S TERM EXPIRING OF APRIL 4TH, 2026 AND MARK AND ALSO RECOMMEND NEW APPOINTMENT OF MARK ALBERTS, WHOSE TERM IS EXPIRING APRIL 2ND, 2028. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR I'LL SECOND.

OKAY, SO I GUESS THAT'S A MOTION. SO THEN I I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS.

WE ALREADY HAD OUR DISCUSSION, I SUPPOSE. SO IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION A SECOND, WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THEN. ALL IN FAVOR? IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON THEN, TO RESOLUTION EIGHT 2026.

[IX.b. RESOLUTION 8, 2026 – APPOINTMENT TO THE FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE (1) REGULAR MEMBER TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION EIGHT 2026 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE REGULAR MEMBER TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FIREFIGHTER PENSION BOARD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A. OH, SORRY. I'D LIKE. GO AHEAD.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND A NEW APPOINTMENT OF JACK GOLDBERGER AND ALSO THANK OUR CURRENT BOARD, LISA ALLEN, JONATHAN CURRIER, RICK RHODES, AND MIKE ZINGARO.

GREAT. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. NOW ON FOR ITEMS OF COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

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

I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE CONNECTIONS EVENT. SO FOR EVERYONE WHO TAKES PLACE AND ENJOYS THE FIRE TRUCK PULL, THEY HAD A WONDERFUL GALA WHERE THE CITY WAS HONORED WITH A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE AND AWARD AS WELL AS NOTATION.

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IT IS A VERY WORTHY CAUSE. AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR THE REALLY INCREDIBLE STEPS OUR STAFF HAS TAKEN TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A HOME.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON WITH CONNECTIONS. SO THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? NO. I WAS ASKED BY DOCTOR STEVEN JOYNER TO ASK THE COUNCIL IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SIGN A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION. THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

I'LL READ IT. PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO CONGRESSMAN MASTER'S OFFICE IN HOPES OF RECEIVING SOME LEVEL OF FEDERAL FUNDING SUPPORT DURING THEIR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. OUR PROPOSAL IS FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TRADES VILLAGE AT THE PALM BEACH GARDENS CAMPUS.

THE IDEA IS THAT THE VILLAGE WILL BE A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS IN VARIOUS TRADES CAN WORK TOGETHER, AS THEY WOULD ON REAL LIFE REAL LIFE JOB SITES.

AND HE SAYS, I UNDERSTAND A FULL ENDORSEMENT FROM THE CITY IS REQUIRED, REQUIRES A VOTE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

BUT I'M HOPING THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SEND A LETTER TO CONGRESSMAN MASS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR REQUEST.

AND HE DID PROVIDE A SAMPLE TEXT. I'D LIKE TO SEE A PRESENTATION.

I, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE KIND OF LEARNED OUR LESSON WITH SOME OTHER PROJECTS THROUGH PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT DOWN IN OF LAKE WORTH, AND I WAS THERE QUITE RECENTLY FOR MY LEADERSHIP ENGAGE CLASS. I THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNEL OF THE CITY, I ACTUALLY DID I. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I DID.

I THOUGHT THAT MISS KIMBERLY LEE WAS GOING TO BE COMING AND SPEAKING.

SHE HE DID SAY THAT, BUT I GUESS SHE WASN'T ABLE TO.

YES. RON HAS A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CHECK WITH STAFF.

WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE NO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COLLEGE AT ALL.

AND TRAINING PEOPLE IN THE TRADES IS A GREAT THING.

I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF IT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT AN INNOVATION VILLAGE IS.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STRUCTURES GOING ON THE CAMPUS.

OR IS IT A CONCEPT THAT'S GOING INSIDE THE CLASSROOM? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD IMPACT THE CITY, OUR RESIDENTS? TRAFFIC? WE HAVE NOTHING. SO IF IF YOU WISH, WE COULD CONTACT THEM AND ASK THEM TO MAYBE MEET WITH OUR STAFF AND TALK ABOUT THIS SO WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION WHEN YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THIS LETTER IN THE FUTURE. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL THAT'S GONE IN FOR THIS, SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. I MEAN, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT IF IT'S GOING TO BE HERE IN NORTH CAMPUS.

WHICH WOULD BE GREAT. BUT MAYBE DOCTOR JOYNER CAN COME IN.

I MEAN, CONGRESS CAN PASS A BUDGET AS IT IS IN WASHINGTON.

SO CONGRESS AND MAST IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOT TO GET IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, MAYBE A REPRESENTATIVE CAN COME IN THE APRIL MEETING AND DO A PRESENTATION.

ONCE THE BUDGET UP SEPTEMBER, IS IT FEDERAL BUDGET SEPTEMBER? SO I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

I THINK IT'S GREAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE ON NORTH CAMPUS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HIGH SCHOOLS OR OTHER THINGS CAN WORK WITH, BUT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION MIGHT BE BETTER.

YEAH. I'M GUESSING WHAT IS IT? RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

YEAH. SO ACTUALLY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE DOCTOR JOYNER COME AND DO A PRESENTATION AT COUNCIL.

MAYBE AT THE APRIL MEETING. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS THAT INCLUDE GETTING STAFF TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOME INFORMATION BEFORE THAT COUNCIL MEETING? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, SO THERE'S THAT ITEM. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SIGNS? I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW I HAVEN'T HAD AN ELECTION IN SO MANY YEARS.

I MEAN I'M NOT THE ONE PROBABLY TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT BEFORE WE USED TO KEEP SIGNS IN A CERTAIN AREA, THEN PEOPLE WOULD COME GET THEM AND PUT THEM BACK OUT. DO WE NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT ANYMORE? WE DO NOT. SO WE DON'T HAVE MY SIGNS ARE REMOVED AND DESTROYED AS WELL.

SO SAFETY CONCERNS. DANA, YOU GOT SIGNS. THOSE SIGNS THE APPLICANTS, I MEAN, THE THE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR OFFICE HIRE PEOPLE TO PUT THOSE SIGNS OUT. OUR ORDINANCE IS VERY CLEAR.

SO IT'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT SIGNS WHEN YOU CAN PUT THEM OUT, WHEN YOU CANNOT.

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YOU CANNOT PUT THEM IN THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY. AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE CITY.

THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE ENFORCEMENT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE PUTTING THE SIGNS IN WHO WILL NOT CONFORM TO THE CITY'S ORDINANCE.

OKAY. SO IN THE BOOK THAT THEY GET FROM THE CITY CLERK WHEN THEY FIRST FILED FOR ELECTION.

CLEAR. THAT'S IN THERE. OKAY. SO WE JUST NEED TO HIGHLIGHT IT BETTER.

HERE'S THE SECTION YOU REALLY PAY A FOCUS TO, BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR SIGNS.

FOLLOW THE RULES. YEAH. YOU GOT THROWN AWAY. YOU GOT SOME THROWN AWAY TOO.

OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO. YEAH, I GOT SOME THROWN AWAY, TOO.

MY THING IS, IS THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE QUESTION LIKE IS, DANA, HAVE YOU HAD SOME THROWN AWAY.

SO YOU'RE BREAKING THE RULES TO WHY MIGHT THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE I HAD THROWN AWAY LAST YEAR, I HAD SOME THROWN AWAY TO LAST YEAR. AS LONG AS IT'S FAIR AND THE RULES ARE THERE AND WE'RE ENFORCING THEM EQUALLY, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH WHATEVER IT IS. AS LONG AS EVERYBODY HAS TO ABIDE BY THE SAME RULES AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S KIND OF MY MY OPINION ON IT.

AND THANKS FOR BRAGGING THAT BERT HASN'T HAD A RUN AGAIN. I KNOW RIGHT? I HAD AN ELECTION IN 2007.

I MEAN, COME ON. I MEAN, I HAD IT RUN ONCE THE ONLY AND I ALSO HAD SIGNS PULLED AND THROWN AWAY.

I THINK IT'S VERY IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO FUNDRAISE SIGNS, AS WE ALL KNOW, EXCEPT FOR BERT.

SIGNS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. I DIDN'T USE ANY SIGNS $6,000 THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT.

IN THE PAST WE USED TO HAVE A POLICY FOR SINCE 2010.

I CAN ONLY GO FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND MY SIX ELECTIONS.

FROM 2010 UNTIL MY LAST ELECTION, THERE WAS A HOLDING PERIOD AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO.

WE HAD A HOLDING PERIOD. WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE TO THE AREA, AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WOULD GIVE US A COURTESY CALL AND SAID, YOUR SIGN IS WHATEVER, IT'S IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

YOU NEED TO EITHER REMOVE IT OR FIX THE ISSUE.

AND THEN IF NOT, IT WAS, I WOULD SAY, THROWN INTO THIS HOLDING AREA.

WE HAD A VERY SHORT WINDOW, BUT WE HAD A WINDOW TO PICK IT UP AND THEN AND THEN OTHERWISE IF WE DIDN'T, IT WAS THROWN IN THE DUMPSTER AND THROWN AWAY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK IT WAS THE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.

AND NOW MY LAST ELECTION, WE DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.

AND I THINK THAT OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED SOME REAL SECURITY AND SAFETY PROBLEMS. THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN THAT DUMPSTER THAT WERE NOT PLEASANT.

AND IT CREATED ISSUES FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO CLIMB INTO AND GET OUT OF THE DUMPSTER.

AND YEAH, WE LEARN BY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO US ALONG THE WAY.

SO AND THE, THE CALLING AND THE TELLING PEOPLE, WELL, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO REMOVE WE GET A LOT OF EXCUSES, A LOT OF ISSUES. AND THAT TIES UP STAFF'S TIME MORE AND MORE.

AND THE SIGN DOESN'T GET PULLED OR IT DOES GET PULLED.

YOU HAVE TO GO BACK OUT AND CHECK ON IT. IT REALLY EATS UP A LOT OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TIME AS IT IS.

THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING DURING ELECTION TIME.

BUT THE COMMUNICATIONS BACK AND FORTH, MISSED PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES EATS UP A LOT OF TIME.

AND AGAIN, WE GET EVERY EXCUSE. YOU KNOW, THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK FROM YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.

AND WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SOME COMPLIANCE WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME.

AND THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE DUMPSTER, WE HAD FIRES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS PEOPLE WERE DOING TO THAT DUMPSTER BECAUSE IT WAS OUT IN THE PUBLIC VIEW.

AND WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING ON TO A CITY PROPERTY DOWN THERE AT THE LOGISTICS CENTER BECAUSE OF THE LIABILITIES AND ISSUES.

SO IT BECAME SOMETHING WE GRADUALLY TOOK BACK BECAUSE OF THOSE ISSUES.

IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THOUGHT OUT OR EXPERIENCED.

I HAVE TO SAY, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT I NEVER HAD TO JUMP INTO A DUMPSTER BECAUSE THEY WERE ALWAYS ON THE OUTSIDE.

WE HAD A LOT OF DUMPSTER JUMPERS, BY THE WAY, AND THEY WOULD TEAR UP EACH OTHER'S SIGNS.

INTERESTING. OKAY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT POINT TO SAY DON'T FORGET TO GET OUT AND VOTE TUESDAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. MEETING ADJOURNED.

OH, WAIT. NO. SORRY. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT? NO REPORT.

SORRY, MAX. OKAY. NOW, NOW. MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.