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ALLEGIANCE.YOU. CAN I HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
HERE MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER LANE.
HERE. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
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I'M EXCITED TO CALL UP THOSE FROM THE WEISS SCHOOL.THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE SATELLITE LAUNCH.
SO IF THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
EACH OF YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND GIVE US YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].
HELLO, I'M [INAUDIBLE]. HELLO I'M LOGAN [INAUDIBLE] LOGANO SKOUSEN.
I'M [INAUDIBLE]. HELLO, I'M KEVIN [INAUDIBLE].
SORRY. WELL, WELCOME. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND GIVE US AN UPDATE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE MEMBERS OF THE WOLVERINE CUBESAT DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
LAST YEAR WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT OUR CUBESAT, THE WEISS SAT WHICH IS READY FOR LAUNCH.
NOW, WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR SUCCESSES AND OUR EXCITING FUTURE.
A CUBESAT IS A SMALLER SATELLITE THAT'S IN THE SHAPE OF A CUBE.
CUBESATS TRANSMIT DATA, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND MORE AT A MORE COST EFFECTIVE RATE.
CUBESATS ARE CONSIDERED A DISRUPTIVE LEARNING TOOL.
CUBESATS ARE ALSO REALLY GOOD FOR LOOKING AT THE EARTH.
PRIMARILY TO A COUPLE OF UNIVERSITIES AND TWO HIGH SCHOOLS WERE CHOSEN BY NASA'S CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
WE WERE THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE CHOSEN BY NASA, NOT ONLY ONCE, BUT TWICE.
OUR CUBESAT, THE WEISS SAT ONE TESTED [INAUDIBLE] BACTERIA IN HARSH CONDITIONS IN SPACE.
OUR CUBESAT LAUNCHED ON A ROCKET ON A FALCON 9 ROCKET IN VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE.
OUR PASSION IGNITED FOR CUBESATS LIKE AEROSPACE EDUCATION AND MORE THANKS TO THE WEISS SAT ONE SUCCESS.
AND NOW HERE IS [INAUDIBLE] TO TALK ABOUT HIS CUBESAT PROPOSAL.
THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE, WHICH HE PRESENTED [INAUDIBLE] WHICH STANDS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL CONGRESS, WHICH IS LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, D.C..
HELLO, I'M THE CO-INVESTIGATOR [INAUDIBLE] ONE SATELLITE.
THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE SATELLITE IS A CUBESAT THAT IS TESTING VARIOUS METHODS AGAINST RADIATION PROTECTION, IT IS SEEING WHICH METHODS ARE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR PROTECTION, THAT THESE EFFECTS OF RADIATION IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT ARE KNOWN AS SINGLE VENT OFFSETS, WHERE THE RADIATION WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS TO THE BINARY CODE OF THE SATELLITE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WERE CHOSEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL FEDERATION TO SPEAK AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT TO A ROOMFUL OF PEOPLE WELL-VERSED IN THE FIELD OF SPACE EDUCATION.
DURING OUR STAY AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL CONGRESS, WE WERE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH VARIOUS TITANS OF THE SPACE INDUSTRY, SUCH AS [INAUDIBLE] WHERE THEY WERE.
THEY SUPPORTED US IN OUR ENDEAVORS WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] AND PROMISED TO GIVE US SUPPORT FOR OUR POLYETHYLENE RADIATION HARDENING FOR PHYSICAL PROTECTION.
AFTER THE IAC WE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO THE CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE IN ORDER TO GET FINANCIAL AID FOR OUR SATELLITE [INAUDIBLE] LAUNCH.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR RESULTS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE HOPING TO BE SELECTED.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE [INAUDIBLE] WHO WAS CHOSEN EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR THE CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE. THANK YOU, THEODORE.
THE WOLVERINE CUBESAT DEVELOPMENT TEAM SUBMITTED FIVE [INAUDIBLE] UP PROPOSALS LAST YEAR TO NASA'S CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE.
ONE OF THOSE MISSIONS, THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE WAS SELECTED AMONG 16 OTHER PROPOSALS NATIONWIDE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
I'M THE CO-INVESTIGATOR OF THIS MISSION.
AND IT'S DESIGNED TO TEST AND VALIDATE A NOVEL CAPACITOR BASED ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM IN A ONE [INAUDIBLE] CUBESAT. CAPACITORS ARE A FORM OF BATTERY THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER AND HAVE MUCH GREATER SAFETY BENEFITS THAN THE REGULARLY USED LITHIUM ION POLYMER BATTERIES IN CUBESATS TODAY.
AS THE [INAUDIBLE] IT'S BEEN MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE IS FULLY DEVELOPED WHEN IT COMES TO ITS LAUNCH DATE, A PART OF THIS WAS DEVELOPING ITS MISSION TIMELINE, WHICH ESTIMATES ITS LAUNCH DATE TO BE AROUND EARLY TO MID 2021.
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THE WOLVERINE CUBESAT DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITIES AND KNOWLEDGE TO COMMUNICATE AND NETWORK WITH COMPONENT VENDORS TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE FOR ITS REQUIRED TESTS AND REVIEWS PRIOR TO ITS LAUNCH DATE.THANK YOU. AND AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE LOGAN [INAUDIBLE] TO TALK ABOUT OUR LUNAR ROVER AND SPACE SETTLEMENT ENDEAVORS.
THANK YOU. SO AS [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED THE WEISS SCHOOL IS INVOLVED WITH MANY PROJECTS. SO ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS THE MARS LUNAR ROVER, WHICH STUDENTS FROM THE WOLVERINE CUBESAT DEVELOPMENT TEAM HOPE TO BUILD TEST AND LAUNCH BY THE YEAR 2022.
SO THE MARS LUNAR ROVER HAS A TWO U FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 CENTIMETERS BY 10 CENTIMETERS AND A ONE HALF U HEIGHT, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE CENTIMETERS.
THE MISSION FOR THE MARS ROVER FOCUSES ON BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL VALIDATION WITH THE MISSION BEING TO FOCUS ON THE POLARIZATION OF LUNAR DUST ON SOLAR PANELS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT FOR FUTURE LUNAR ROVER MISSIONS.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO BUILD TESTS AND LAUNCH A LUNAR ROVER BY 2022, BUT WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN TWO ANNUAL SPACE SETTLEMENT COMPETITIONS.
ONE BEING A MIDDLE-SCHOOL COMPETITION THAT IS HOSTED BY NASA [INAUDIBLE] AND THE OTHER, A HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION HOSTED BY THE FUTURE SPACE SCHOLARS MEET, WHICH IS LOCATED IN CHINA. SO JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, AS A NATIONAL CHAMPION, THE WEISS SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO GO TO BEIJING, CHINA, TO COMPETE IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE FUTURE SPACE SCHOLARS MEET COMPETITION. SO THE GENERAL IDEA FOR BOTH OF THESE COMPETITIONS FOCUS ON A SETTLEMENT WHICH CAN ORBIT AROUND A MOON OR A PLANET THAT HAS A THAT HAS A SOCIETY THAT SURVIVES AND THRIVES. SO WHILE WE WERE IN CHINA, NOT ONLY DID WE LEARN A LOT OF LESSONS THERE, BUT WE ALSO VISITED DURING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
SO NOW HERE'S [INAUDIBLE] TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY.
THANK YOU. SO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE WEISS SCHOOL IS VERY INVOLVED WITH SPACE POLICY AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO EDUCATE, COMMUNICATE, ADVOCATE AND LEGISLATE ON BEHALF OF SPACE POLICY. WE RECOGNIZE WHAT WE DO AT OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL IS NOT NECESSARILY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT STEM IS TAUGHT IN FLORIDA SCHOOLS. CURRENTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TO MAKE THIS IDEA GO THROUGH, WE HAVE SUPPORTED THIS JEANS FROM HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOT ONLY ABLE TO WORK ON OUR SATELLITES, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL ALSO ADVOCATE ON THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL AND HAVE ATTENDED VARIOUS EVENTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
LIKE I SAID, IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE ATTENDED VARIOUS EVENTS, FLORIDA SPACE DAY, WHICH IS A CONGRESSIONAL VISIT WHERE WE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK WITH REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TO DISCUSS THE SPACE INDUSTRY IN FLORIDA.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE WHITE HOUSE NASA HEADQUARTERS IN ALL TWENTY NINTH FLOOR CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES.
AND WE'VE ALSO NETWORKED AND PRESENTED TO SEVERAL ENGINEERS AND PROFESSIONALS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT CONFERENCES, WHICH INCLUDE THE MICHIGAN SPACE FORUM, THE SMALL SATELLITE CONFERENCE IN UTAH AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON, DC.
NOW, HERE'S MISS [INAUDIBLE] TO ADD TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT OUR FEDERAL ADVOCACYS.
AS [INAUDIBLE] SAID, ONE OF OUR PASSIONS REALLY IS TO FIND A WAY FOR STUDENTS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE.
AND SO IT REALLY ALL STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHERE MY DEBATE STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO HIS AEROSPACE STUDENTS KIND OF CAME TOGETHER TO FROM A POLICY TEAM.
WE DEVELOPED A VERY RUDIMENTARY RESOLUTION AND WE REACHED OUT TO OUR OWN REPRESENTATIVE, BRIAN MASS. AND THE IDEA WAS LET'S INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE.
IF WE CAN DO IT, MAYBE OTHER SCHOOLS CAN DO IT.
MAYBE THE ISSUE IS THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IT EXISTS.
SO LET'S INCREASE AWARENESS OF THAT.
WE WERE SO EXCITED NOT ONLY DID THEY ENCOURAGE US TO ACTUALLY UNDERTAKE WRITING THIS RESOLUTION, THEY ACTUALLY DID IT WITH US.
AND SO WE WERE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT LAST YEAR, REPRESENTIVE MASS INTRODUCED WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU AS THE HR 109, ALSO KNOWN AS THE WEISS SAT ONE ONE RESOLUTION.
AND WE WERE EVEN MORE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WHILE THERE FLORIDA BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH HIM AGAIN THIS YEAR TO REACH OUT TO OTHER STATES WHO'VE REALLY BENEFITED FROM THE USE OF CUBESATS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. SO WHEN WE ARE THERE AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, WE ARE EXCITED THAT HE WILL BE REINTRODUCING THAT. BUT ALL OF THIS REALLY COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT SOMEBODY WHO CAN KIND OF SPEARHEAD THESE EFFORTS. AND SO HERE'S KEVIN SIMMONS TO CONCLUDE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AN UPDATE CONCERNING OUR SATELLITE THAT'S ON ORBIT, THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON ORBIT.
AND THE THIRD AND FOURTH PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE.
SO PALM BEACH GARDENS IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD THAT CAN BOAST AND SAY THEY HAVE A SATELLITE ON ORBIT.
I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE TO YOU TONIGHT THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A PERSISTENT PRESENCE IN SPACE. OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO KEEP PROPOSING TO NASA.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP BUILDING SPACECRAFT.
WE WANT TO USE THESE VEHICLES TO TRAIN THESE KIDS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE. ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING THINGS FOR MYSELF, MY COLLEAGUE SHAWNA AND ANOTHER TEACHER IS THAT WE TRAIN THESE KIDS FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN WE HAVE TO SEND THEM OFF TO HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE ON IN AEROSPACE.
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I WOULD LIKE YOUR HELP IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP THESE KIDS IN THE PIPELINE AND TRAIN THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY.PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSITIES SUCH AS EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY OR THE FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SO THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY TRAIN BUT ALSO RETAIN THIS HIGH SKILL WORKFORCE THAT'S ALREADY DOING GREAT WORK.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE CITY CLERK IS GONNA BE PASSING OUT THE TESTS FOR EVERYONE TO FILL OUT BEFORE THEY LEAVE A NOTE.
[APPLAUSE] I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FEEL SMARTER OR LESS SMART.
AFTER STANDING NEXT TO THOSE BRILLIANT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT SCHOOL IN OUR CITY.
SO WE ALL NEED TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAYBE HELP THEM OUT.
AND I'M LOOKING AT OUR NEXT PRESENTER, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE WEISS SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT IS TRUE.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WE'VE SEEN THESE CHILDREN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY'RE PHASING OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE BRILLIANT MINDS AT THE NEXT LEVEL? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS.
SO ACTUALLY, KELLY, A LITTLE STORY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
THESE TWO YEARS AGO, TWINS WERE HERE IN PART OF THE PROJECT AND THEY ACTUALLY COULD NOT FIND A HIGH SCHOOL TO GO TO THAT WOULD CHALLENGE THEM AS MUCH.
THEY ARE HOMESCHOOLING AND DOING COLLEGE ONLINE.
SO WE DO HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE THEM CONTINUE WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.
I LOVE THIS. PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS A SATELLITE IN ORBIT.
I SAY THAT AGAIN. PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS A SATELLITE IN ORBIT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TO THE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE FPL MR. DON [INAUDIBLE] KIESLOWSKI.
IF YOU CAN COME UP AND JUST READ, STATE YOUR NAME AND GIVE US AN UPDATE.
COUNCIL DON [INAUDIBLE], FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
I AM HERE TONIGHT WITH JERRY SOTELO FROM OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM AND MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE] FROM OUR POWER DELIVERY TEAM.
AND YOU THINK I WOULD LEARN MY LESSON WHEN WE WERE HERE GETTING APPROVAL FOR OUR SOLAR TREES? WE FOLLOWED THE WHITE SCHOOL AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN TONIGHT.
I THOUGHT WE HAD EXCITING NEWS.
NOTHING COMPARED TO PUTTING, YOU KNOW, THINGS INTO SPACE.
SO BUT WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SHARE WITH YOU AND TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES YOUR TIME TONIGHT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY WITH UNDERGROUNDING SOME OF WHAT WE CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LINES.
WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING INTO OUR SECOND YEAR OF A THREE YEAR PILOT WHERE WE ARE GOING THROUGHOUT THE THIRTY FIVE COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE.
LOOKING FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD LINES THAT ARE THE WORST PERFORMING AND SEEING HOW WE CAN HARDEN THEM. AND BY HARDENING THEM, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY RELOCATING THEM TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTIES AND PUTTING THEM UNDERGROUND.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM, THE COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE, WE HAVE ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF OUR LINES FROM A POWER DELIVERY, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT COME OUT OF THE SUBSTATIONS LIKE WE HAVE ON MONET THAT GO THROUGH OUR STREETS AND THEN SERVE OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
40 PERCENT OF THEM ARE UNDERGROUND.
AND PRIMARILY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED UNDERGROUND TO DATE HAVE COME WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STATE.
DEVELOPERS RECOGNIZE THE BENEFIT OF GOING UNDERGROUND FROM A STATIC AND PERFORMANCE AND
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THEN THEY PASS THOSE COSTS ON TO THE PEOPLE THAT ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES.BUT WE ARE NOW COMING INTO A PHASE WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO BE MORE ABSORBED INTO OUR ENTIRE NETWORK. WE TALK ABOUT THE LINES THAT COME OUT OF SUBSTATION.
WE HAVE TWO PRIMARY TYPE OF LINES THAT COME OUT OF THOSE SUBSTATIONS, ONE ARE WHAT WE CALL THE MAIN POWER LINES, WHICH ARE THE FEEDERS THAT RUN DOWN THE MAJOR ROADS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, CARRY THE HEAVY LOADS THAT THEN GO TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD POWER LINES THAT PRIMARILY RUN BEHIND THE HOUSES, WHICH WE REFER TO AS THE LAST MILE.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY AT EXPOSURE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SINCE 2004, 5 AND 6 SINCE WE HAD THOSE TERRIBLE STORM YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN HARDENING OUR SYSTEM.
WE IMPLEMENTED A PROGRAM CALLED STORM SECURE AND WE STARTED WITH THE FEEDERS THAT WERE MOST CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE WENT TO MAKE SURE THE FEEDERS TO OUR PORTS, TO THE HOSPITALS, TO THE POLICE STATIONS WERE ALL HARDENED. WE'VE SINCE MOVED ON TO MAKING SURE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LINES ARE HARDENED, THE ONES THAT RUN TO THE PUBLIXS AND THE MALLS AND THE ONES THAT FEED ALL THE MAJOR BUILDINGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND NOW WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DONE WITH OUR FEEDERS.
IN THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, ALL OUR FEEDERS WILL BE HARDENED AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE HARDENED AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE AS A RESULT DURING IRMA, WE ALL LIVED THROUGH IT.
WE HAVE INDEED HARDENED OUR LINES, BUT WE CAN ONLY CONTROL SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS AROUND OUR LINES. THEY ARE WITH [INAUDIBLE] USUALLY WITH AN EASEMENTS OR RIGHT OF WAYS THAT WE KEEP TRIMMED, BUT THE WIND BLOWS THE VEGETATION INTO OUR LINES.
WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY IN A STATE THAT HAS A GROWING SEASON THAT'S 365 DAYS A YEAR.
SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF CONDITIONS THAT WE DEAL WITH ON ANY GIVEN STORM SEASON.
SO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN HARDEN AND IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UNDERGROUND LINES ARE IMPROVING OUR ABILITY TO HARDEN AND PROVIDE BETTER RELIABILITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOW DOING THIS PROGRAM.
WE STARTED, AS I MENTIONED IT, IN 2018.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OF HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THEM.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OF THE OVER NEARLY 50 THOUSAND MILES OF NEIGHBORHOOD LINES THAT WE HAVE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THEM BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN ORDER OF WHICH ONES WE'RE GONNA TACKLE.
SO FOR US, IT'S BASED ON HOW WELL THEY PERFORM DURING HURRICANE IRMA AND MATTHEW, THAT IN ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE VEGETATION ISSUES AND THEN DAY TO DAY PERFORMANCE, WE RANK THEM AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHICH PROJECTS ARE GOING TO WORK OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE THAT IS DUE EAST OF I-95, NORTH OF [INAUDIBLE], THAT IS [INAUDIBLE] GARDENS, RIGHT BEHIND GARDENS, CHURCH IN THE GARDENS. AND THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE ARE TARGETING FOR THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HARDENING OF OUR LATERALS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT CUSTOMERS THAT WE'RE DOING OUTREACH TO RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH, MEET WITH EACH OF THEM, SHAKE THEIR HANDS, TELL THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING, TELL THEM WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THEM. THERE ARE SOME CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED FROM THEM, NOT ONLY ACCESS, BUT SOME OF THEM WILL REQUIRE EASEMENTS FOR [INAUDIBLE] TRANSFORMERS.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL, WHO'S GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT YOUR RESIDENTS WILL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIKE [INAUDIBLE] I'M THE LEAD PROJECT MANAGER IN FPL'S EAST REGION FOR THE STORM SECURE UNDERGROUND PROGRAM.
SO I'M JUST GONNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS AS WE ROLL OUT THESE PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY THIS ONE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
WHEN WE DO, THESE PROJECTS WERE PRIMARILY MOVING POWER LINES THAT ARE EXISTING IN THE REAR OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BEHIND HOUSES INTO THE FRONT.
AND WE DO THAT BY METHOD OF DIRECTIONAL BORING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING UNDERGROUND.
SO ONE KEY ONE CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT AND THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE ARE NOT DIGGING TRENCHES ACROSS EVERYBODY'S YARDS.
WE PLAN THESE DIRECTIONAL BORING IN THE ILLUSTRATION HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT BASICALLY IT MEANS A POTHOLE ON ONE END OF THE YARD OR ONE END OF THE STREET IN AN UNDERGROUND HORIZONTAL DRILL TO HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT AS POSSIBLE TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE CUSTOMERS. THIS IS A TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WE'LL BE INSTALLING IN THE FRONT YARDS OF PEOPLE'S HOMES ON THE LEFT.
YOU SEE THERE A PAD MOUNTED TRANSFORMER.
THIS TRANSFORMER, IT REPLACES THE WHITE OR GRAY CYLINDERS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE POLES, IN THE BACKYARDS. IT'S THE GREEN BOXES THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING MAYBE IN THE FRONT YARDS IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE ARE ASKING CUSTOMERS TO GRANT US A 10 FOOT BY 10 FOOT EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT EASEMENT ALLOWS US TO INSTALL THIS TRANSFORMER WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO SERVE THEM POWER. THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE THAT WOULD IMPACT THE CUSTOMER IS THIS JUNCTION BOX OR PUT IT ON THE WALL OF THE HOUSE IN ORDER TO CONVERT THEIR POWER ACTUALLY FROM OVERHEAD TO UNDERGROUND.
WE NEED A JUNCTION BOX THAT MAKES THAT CONVERSION FOR US.
SO WE WOULD BE REMOVING THE LINE THAT GOES UP TO THE ROOF OF A HOME AND WE'D BE
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INSTALLING A GRAY BOX IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING METER CAN ON THE HOME.WE'D BE INSTALLING THAT GRAY BOX.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD RUN OUR UNDERGROUND LINE TO.
SO WE'RE ASKING OUR CUSTOMERS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR US TO PUT A BOX ON THEIR WALL AS WELL. THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF KIND OF THE LIFESPAN OF THE PROJECT ON THE LEFT.
YOU SEE WHAT WOULD BE A TYPICAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE POWER LINES ON A POLE IN THE BACKYARD. THE TRANSFORMER ON THAT POLE.
YOU'LL BE USED TO SEEING TREES THAT HAVE BEEN TRIMMED AROUND THE POWER LINES BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE VEGETATION ALLERGIES WE HAVE.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE LINE FROM THE POLE TO THE HOUSE.
WE'LL BE REMOVING ALL THOSE FPL LINES FROM THE BACKYARD AND MOVING THEM UNDERGROUND OUT TO THE FRONT. AND MANY TIMES CONNECTING THAT GREEN TRANSFORMER, THE GREEN BOX.
ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE'RE ONLY REMOVING THE FPL POWER LINES.
THE POLE WILL REMAIN AS WILL THE USUALLY THE TELECOMMUNICATION LINES ON THOSE POLES, AT&T, COMCAST, ETC..
SO THAT'S ONE KEY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GET ACROSS TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
SOME PHOTOS ON THE LEFT IS OUR DIRECTIONAL BORING EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'LL BE SEEING THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE GO ON THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THESE RULES OF CABLE. AND THEN I A FEW PHOTOS OF PROJECTS WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED, SO I WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT IT REALLY QUICKLY INTO OUR CUSTOMER OUTREACH PROCESS.
SO I'VE EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT WE NEED EASEMENTS TO DO THIS.
SO WE HAVE A SOLID, VERY LARGE TEAM OF PEOPLE WHOSE JOB IT IS TO SEND OUT MAIL, WRITE E-MAILS AND MAKE PHONE CALLS, AS WELL AS VISIT AT THEIR HOMES TO PEOPLE TO EXPLAIN OUR PROCESS TO OBTAIN ANY NECESSARY AGREEMENTS OR EASEMENTS THAT WE NEED.
AND JUST TO GENERALLY EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHY WE DO IT.
SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON CUSTOMER OUTREACH AND A LOT OF EFFORT.
AND THEN THIS IS OUR FINISHED PRODUCT.
THERE YOU CAN SEE OUR OUR NEW TRANSFORMER THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE PHOTO.
WE LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S RELATIVELY UNOBTRUSIVE TO THESE HOMES.
THIS IS NOT GOING ON EVERY HOME.
ON AVERAGE, ONCE EVERY SIX OR EIGHT HOMES WOULD HAVE ONE OF THOSE TRANSFORMERS.
SO THAT'S THE GENERAL IMPACT OF OF OUR PROJECTS.
THE RELIABILITY BENEFITS ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
OUR UNDERGROUND LINES PERFORM MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN OUR OVERHEAD LINES, PARTICULARLY DURING HURRICANES. AND THEN YOU SAW EARLIER THAT THAT [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE, I-95 AREA IS THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE TARGETING HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON OUR PROCESS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONE LAST NOTE BEFORE YOU ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS A THREE YEAR PILOT, AS I SAID, PROBABLY FIVE TIMES ALREADY.
THE LEGISLATURE IN THE LAST SESSION DID PASS THE UNDERGROUND RESILIENCY ACT, WHICH ENABLES US TO DO THIS STATEWIDE.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME NEARLY 50 THOUSAND MILES OF LATERALS BEHIND HOUSES.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A 30 YEAR PLAN FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE TERRITORY. BUT WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT WE CAN DO ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS. PARDON THE LARYNGITIS .
WHAT HAPPENS IF A HOMEOWNER REFUSES? REGARDING OUR EASEMENTS, WE'RE REQUESTING AN EASEMENT GENERALLY SPEAKING, ONCE EVERY SIX OR EIGHT HOMES, IF THERE IS A CUSTOMER THAT DOES NOT WANT TO PROVIDE THAT EASEMENT FOR THAT TRANSFORMER, WE CANNOT FORCE THEM, OBVIOUSLY TO GIVE US THAT EASEMENT THAT COMES BACK TO MY ENGINEERING TEAM AND WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO DESIGN AROUND THEM.
MEANING WE WILL USUALLY JUST ASK ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS IF THEY'D BE ABLE TO GIVE US THAT EASEMENT. BEING THAT IT'S ONLY ONCE EVERY SIX OR EIGHT HOUSES WE CAN USUALLY FIND A WAY TO MAKE THE PROJECT WORK.
WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE ON FROM A PROJECT ONCE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED.
OUR GOAL HERE IS TO IMPROVE THAT SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, IF THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT SIMPLY DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, WE WOULD CANCEL THE PROJECT AND MOVE ON.
BUT THE LINES ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT AWAY.
SO THEY'RE NOT WE'RE NOT REQUIRING EASEMENT FOR THE LINES.
QUESTION HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM COMMUNITIES LIKE.
[INAUDIBLE] AND PALM BEACH SHORES, I WAS THINKING PALM BEACH SHORES EHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR HARDENING. HOW DOES THAT DIFFER? SO THEY ARE DOING BOTH THE FEEDERS, WHICH ARE THE MAIN LINES THAT ARE RUNNING DOWN THEIR MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND THEY ARE DOING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD LINES AND THEY ARE DOING THEM ON THEIR SCHEDULE AND THEY'RE DOING THEM AT THEIR EXPENSE.
THERE IS A CONTRIBUTION OF TWENTY FIVE PERCENT THAT WE SHARE IN THAT, BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY. AND THEY DO IT MUCH FASTER.
AGAIN, WE'RE DOING A SMALL PORTION OF PALM BEACH GARDENS RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE IF WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SO THE COST WAS BEINGS.
HOW DID THAT YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER.
IT'S A IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S BEING ABSORBED IN OUR RATES AND IT'S NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE RESIDENTS THERE.
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IT'S THROUGH ALL OF OUR RATES.THAT'S FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM. AND AFTER THE PILOT PROGRAM IS.
THAT'S CORRECT. IT'LL BE PART OF THE UNDERGROUND RESILIENCY ACT.
AND THEN WE CAN PUT IT INTO THE RATES AS WELL.
SO THERE'S NOT STICKER SHOCK ON OUR RATES.
THANK YOU. CARL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU KIND OF ANSWERED ALL OF THEM.
THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE HURRICANES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE BACK ONLINE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS, IS HOW FAST CAN YOU GET THE WHOLE CITY DONE AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE DO IT. SINCE IT'S A CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FARED VERY WELL DURING IRMA, IT'S BECAUSE A GOOD PERCENTAGE, YOUR LINES ARE ALREADY UNDERGROUND.
SO YOU I WILL SAY YOU CAME UP A LOT FASTER THAN SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
EACH STORM IS DIFFERENT. WELL, WE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND I'M SURE THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY HAPPY SINCE THEY ARE THE FIRST ONES TO GO.
ITEMS OF RESIDENT INTEREST AND BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.
LET'S START WITH CARL ON MY LEFT TODAY.
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THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT I DID THIS MONTH BESIDES THE THE MEETINGS, I'LL LET YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING STUFF THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE OTHER DAY, WHICH WAS PRETTY AWESOME. WAS I ATTENDED SABLE RIDGES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.AND THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP IS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS WITH THEIR PASSPORT OR WHATEVER THE CASES, THEY'VE THEY'VE COME ACROSS SOME SERIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A RAISE OF THEIR ASSOCIATION FEES, WHICH AFFECTS THEIR COMMUNITY.
SABLE RIDGE IS ON MILITARY TRAIL AT ELM.
TO THE LEFT. AND I ASK JODY, WHO IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR SABLE RIDGE.
SHE'S ASKED ME TO GO OVER THERE THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS.
AND I WANTED HER TO GET MORE LIKE INTRODUCED TO THE CITY AND ITS STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TREE REMOVAL PROBLEMS. THERE HAVEING JODY, YOU CAN SPEAK UP IF YOU WANT.
THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE THE ROAD AND OUR DRAINAGE AND FPL IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH REPAIRING ALL THIS STUFF.
UPDATE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE IT'S A PERFECT LOCATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ONCE THEY GET THIS DONE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REGRADE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS TO THE TUNE OF EIGHTY SOMETHING THOUSAND FOR THEIR FIRST PROJECT, AND THEN GO ON TO EVERYTHING ELSE TO BRING IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, NOT CODE, BUT TO BRING IT UP WHERE IT'S THE COMMUNITY IS, YOU KNOW, BEING BEAUTIFIED.
ONE PROJECT AT A TIME AND PROPERTY VALUE IS GOING TO GO UP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON MY RADAR AND I WANTED IT TO BE ON Y'ALL'S RADAR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE IT'S BE A GREAT PLACE TO PUT TEACHERS, COPS AND AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO JODY COMING BACK AND JUST GETTING TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE HER TO STAFF TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS DONE CORRECTLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD OTHER COMMUNITY START RIPPING DOWN TREES WITHOUT PERMISSION AND SO ON AND SO ON. SO WE'LL HELP AND MAKE SURE YOU GET EXPOSED TO IT.
HE'S THE TIP OF THE SWORD AROUND HERE.
AND WE'LL DEAL WITH IT AS WE GO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT SABLE RIDGE TO BE AS IS AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE IN THE CITY.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
YOU KNOW, OUR CITY IS BIG AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SMALL, BUT THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY IMPORTANT. SO CARL'S TAKEN THE LEAD WITH YOU, JODY, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND WORK WITH CARL AND THROUGH HIS STAFF TO MAKE SURE THIS COMMUNITY GETS WHAT IT NEEDS.
YOU GOT FIVE MINUTES. SURE, WHATEVER YOU GOT.
IT WAS A REALLY REALLY BUSY MONTH.
BUT YOU KNOW THE NORMAL USUAL SUSPECTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE PALM BEACHES CHAIRMAN'S RECEPTION. I'M GONNA SEND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONORABLE [INAUDIBLE] AS HE NOW HAS BECOME THIS YEAR'S CHAIR.
PGA NATIONAL HAD THEIR VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION.
SAM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THERE.
I APPRECIATE IT. VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH AND THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAD THEIR WONDERFUL VETERANS DAY EVENTS, WHICH THE COUNCIL ATTENDED AND ARE REALLY ANOTHER SHOUT OUT GOES TO LAUREN BERGSON FOR HER TIRELESS, EFFORTS WITH THE GOLD STAR MEMORIAL THAT WE HAVE A PLAQUE OUT FRONT.
AND NORTH PALM BEACH ALSO HAS A PLAQUE.
AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING HER TAIL OFF AND.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP TALKING BECAUSE THEN I WON'T HAVE ONE. THE LEAGUE OF CITIES I PRESENTED AT THEIR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
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MEETING. THE SMART AND CONNECTED REGIONS INITIATIVE AND THE TECHNICAL GRANT THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.I HAD THE HONOR OF TRAVELING HOME TO MY HOMETOWN OF [INAUDIBLE], CONNECTICUT, TO RECEIVE THE, I HATE THIS OLD TIMER'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AWARD AND I SAID, I'M NOT OLD.
SO CAN'T BE LIKE HOMETOWN HERO OR SOMETHING.
BUT I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE SPONSORED BY MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1976.
AND IT'S REALLY HUMBLING TO GO BACK AND HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU FORGET THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP, TOO, BECAUSE ALL OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WENT TO ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS.
THE PGA CORRIDOR HAD THEIR ANNUAL ASSOCIATION, THEIR RECEPTION, [INAUDIBLE] DID A GREAT JOB. WE WERE ALL THERE.
THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, WHICH I CHAIR, HAS A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE COUNTY'S LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION CHANGES FROM 2040 TO 2045.
VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION GOING THERE.
HISTORY ON THE ROCKS AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS.
RACHELLE. RACHELLE, YOU DON'T MIND I'M TELLING YOU STUFF THAT YOU WERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT. SO RACHELLE AND I WERE THERE, AS WERE 450 OTHER PEOPLE.
IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT AND IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME DOING IT.
AND WE GOT TO WALK THROUGH THE HISTORICAL VILLAGE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN THE FUTURE, IT'S A GREAT THING.
GREAT THING TO DO. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, I TRAVELED TO SAN ANTONIO TO RECEIVE THE WOMAN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN LEGISLATORS.
AND IT'S AN ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF OVER 5000 NATIONALLY ELECTED WOMEN.
I DON'T THINK I SHARED THAT WITH ANYBODY.
I DIDN'T. PALM . KNOW, BEACH NORTH CHAMBER BREAKFAST, WE ALL ATTENDED WITH SHARON [INAUDIBLE], WHO DID AN AMAZING JOB.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CLERK OF COURTS DOES, THE EXTENT OF WHAT SHE DOES IS.
AND HER OFFICE, WHAT THEY DO IS MASSIVE.
AND PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE THEIR DAY.
THEY ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE COUNTY AND THEY ARE WRITING THE CHECKS.
THE CENTRAL CHAMBERS FARM CITY LUNCH OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS WITH AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE]. I DID A PGA MEMBERS SPEAKERS SERIES STATE OF THE CITY PRESENTATION. FAU GROUNDBREAKING.
SEVERAL OF US WERE AT THE FORUM CLUB LUNCHEON WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND STEVE MURPHY, THE MAN WHO TOOK DOWN PABLO ESCOBAR.
PRETTY SCARY STUFF. AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT LATER.
I HAD THE HONOR OF GOING DOWN TO THE MIRACLE LEAGUE KICK UP YOUR BOOTS FUNDRAISER AT THEIR FIELD IN DELRAY BEACH.
AND THEY ARE IN SOME NEEDS NEED OF SOME SERIOUS DOLLARS FOR THAT FIELD AS IT IS REALLY THREADBARE. AND I WAS VERY PROUD THAT THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT ON CONSENT.
BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR PARTNERING WITH THE MIRACLE LEAGUE. THESE KIDS.
THEY GET TO BE KIDS. THEY GET TO BE OUTSIDE.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THEY JUST GET TO BE KIDS OUT ON A BASEBALL FIELD AND HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT AND SO MANY MENTORS THAT HELP THEM.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IS REALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THEY COULD USE IT.
I VOLUNTEER AT THE BIG HART BRIGADE THANKSGIVING EFFORTS.
THEN, OF COURSE, THE USUAL PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITY BOARD MEETING AND LUNCHEON.
RACHELLE ATTENDED THAT ALSO AT NORTH COUNTY TENNIS CHALLENGE AT [INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO THANK OUR OUR TENNIS PROS FOR BEING IN THIS FIRST EVER EXHIBITION MATCH OF ALL OF OUR TENNIS PROS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY.
IT WAS IT WAS FUN TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER AND CHEERING ON THEIR PROS. AND I AND IT WAS A WORTHWHILE FUNDRAISER AND IT WENT TO AUTISM BECAUSE WE DO OUR TENNIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE A TENNIS PROGRAM FOR AUTISM.
SO IT WAS A REALLY NATURAL TIE IN.
I WAS A PRESENTER AT THE JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND LEAGUE OF CITIES.
WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND WATER.
FINALLY, ARCADIA GROUNDBREAKING, WHERE EVERYONE FROM THE COUNCIL EXCEPT RACHELLE BECAUSE SHE WAS [INAUDIBLE] AND IT WAS NICE TO FINALLY SEE ARCADIA GARDENS AT THAT JUNCTURE, BECAUSE AS I SAID, IT WAS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST SAT DOWN WITH MALCOLM [INAUDIBLE] AND SAW THEIR FIRST ITERATION AND TO NOW SEE A FACILITY THAT WILL REALLY BENEFIT THE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THERE THEY ARE, GOOD PARTNERS FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
AND FINALLY, MANY OF US FOR SHOW MATT.[INAUDIBLE] OK. SO THE REST OF US, WE WERE AT THE PALM BEACH NORTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY MIXTER AND SUPPLY DRIVE FOR QUANTUM HOUSE AND I AM DONE.
OK. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IS HOW HER SHELL GOT A DOCTOR TO COME HERE AND MAKE A HOUSE CALL
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AND BRING HER COUGH DROPS.WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING TO WISH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR STAFF AND ALL OF THE PUBLIC A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HANUKKAH [INAUDIBLE] AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
[INAUDIBLE]. [INAUDIBLE] AND A HAPPY FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US IF YOU'RE A SEINFELD FAN. AND THAT WAS SAID FOR [INAUDIBLE].
SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF MY MONTH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.
BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I NEED TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT A HANUKKAH PROGRAM.
THIS IS OUR THIRD ANNUAL EVENT.
IT'S GONNA BE ON DECEMBER 22ND.
A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AT 4 P.M.
AT PALM BEACH GARDENS CITY HALL, THERE WILL BE A GIANT MENORAH LIGHTING WITH THE COUNCIL AND LOCAL CLERGY AND LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, A ROCK N ROLL BAND, ROCK CLIMBING, BUNGEE JUMPING, BOUNCE HOUSES, ARTS AND CRAFTS, FACE PAINTING AND [INAUDIBLE] AND DOUGHNUTS FOR EVERYONE.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONTEST FOR WHO CAN BUILD THE NICEST MENORAH WITH A $500 PRIZE FOR THE NICEST MENORAH.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE UNDER 12 YEARS OLD.
ARE YOU SINGING AGAIN? SAY WHAT? I SAID, ARE YOU SINGING AGAIN? NO. THEY VOTED.
OKAY. HIGHLIGHTS IN MY MONTH, NOVEMBER.
ON NOVEMBER 8TH, MARK AND I ATTENDED A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE CHAMBER AT 7:45.
WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING AT CHASE BANK AT 9:00 AND WE DID A BEAUTIFUL VETERANS DAY CEREMONY AT DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 9:45.
AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 11TH, PALM BEACH GARDENS HAD AN INCREDIBLE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION.
IT WAS FIRST CLASS IN EVERY WAY, THE WAY RON FERRIS DOES EVERYTHING.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.
CARL WOODS, RON FERRIS, MAX SLOAN AND CHIEF STEPP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ON THE 14TH, WE HAD THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION EVENT AT MIRASOL ON THE 19TH.
THERE WAS AN NCNC MEETING WE HEARD FROM COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEER DAVID [INAUDIBLE].
ON THE 21ST FAU, YOU HAD AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW SCIENCE CENTER.
ON THE 27TH, I ATTENDED A BEAUTIFUL INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE THAT WAS SPONSORED BY TEMPLE [INAUDIBLE] JUPITER FIRST AND ST.
PETER'S. AND FATHER DON GAVE A VERY INSPIRING SERMON.
ON THE FOURTH, THERE WAS ARCADIA GARDENS GROUNDBREAKING, AND TODAY WE ALL WENT TO THE CHAMBER HOLIDAY PARTY.
AND WITH THAT, RACHELLE I'M TURNING IT OVER TO YOU.
GOOD LUCK. I THINK BETWEEN EVERYBODY, I'M PRETTY WELL COVERED ON MY ACTIVITIES.
BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT WITH THE END OF FILING ON MONDAY THAT IT IS DEFINITELY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
SO I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT DEMOCRACY ASKS, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ELECTIONS FOR EVERY EVERY ELECTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WITH TERM LIMITS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN HOW THAT WORKS. BUT EITHER WAY, I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ANOTHER THREE YEARS WITH RACHELLE. AND.
AND I WISH MATTHEW AND CHELSEA THE BEST OF LUCK IN THEIR ELECTION.
IT WAS A BUSY MONTH, STARTING WITH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, THE CHASE BANK, RIBBON-CUTTING DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND CARL ACTUALLY RECEIVED A NICE LITTLE RAISE, RECIPIENT OF, UH, OF THE YOU KNOW, FROM THE STUDENTS.
THERE WAS GREAT NORTH PALM BEACH AND THE GARDENS VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION, A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS. SO.
WELL, WELL DONE TO THE STAFF THAT [INAUDIBLE].
PALM BEACH CHAMBER LUNCH WOMEN OF THE YEAR, DISCOVERY VILLAGE HONOR FLIGHT VARIETY SHOW.
RACHELLE AND I WENT TO THAT KIND OF A NEAT FACILITY AND IT WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WITH MARILYN MONROE, BUT THAT'S OK.
PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION MEETING WE DID GO TO THE [INAUDIBLE] RESTAURANT GRAND OPENING,
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WHICH IS GONNA BE FANTASTIC.FAU STEM. GGROUNDBREAKING, JAY MORTON PLANNING ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION.
YOUNG SINGERS OF THE PALM BEACHES.
WE WENT TO RACHELLE AND I WENT AND SAW SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS, NOT THE OFFICIAL ONES, BUT THE UNOFFICIAL ONES.
THAT'S SANDHILL CRANE ON SUNDAY, WHICH WAS VERY NICE.
GROUNDBREAKING AT ACADIA GARDENS.
AND THAT WITH TODAY ACTUALLY DID NOT GO TO THE CHAMBER EVENT BECAUSE I WAS AT DRIVE SHACK PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF GOLF FOR THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
AND I WISH I WAS STILL THERE BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME.
AND IT'S A REALLY COOL FACILITY IF ANYONE HAS NOT BEEN THERE YET.
IT'S A BIG BOWLING ALLEY, BASICALLY WITH GOLF CLUBS INSTEAD, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF NEAT. AND THEN TODAY I DID MEET WITH DR.
[INAUDIBLE] COLEMAN FARRELL AT THE PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS HERE.
SO I'M GOING TO END MY DISCUSSION.
BY THE WAY, HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
AND DON'T FORGET, TOMORROW NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, 6 O'CLOCK, I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE.
IT WAS SOMEWHERE, 6 O'CLOCK TREE LIGHTING AT BURNS ROAD RECREATION CENTER, I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYONE BEING THERE. AND WE WILL DEFINITELY BE AT THE HANUKKAH EVENT ON THE 22ND AS WELL. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THAT AND I MOVE INTO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
I HAVE TWO CARDS. AND THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO ASK OUR STUDENT [INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO HE CAN COME ON UP TO THE TO THE PODIUM AND SAY YOUR NAME, ADDRESS
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FOR THE RECORD AND GIVE US THREE MINUTES OF WHATEVER IS ON YOUR MIND.I'M THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AT PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE AT THE GARDENS CAMPUS.
AND THE ADDRESS IS 216 CONNISTON ROAD.
I AM THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
AND MY ACTRESSES 11077 NUTMEG DRIVE, PALM BEACH GARDENS 33418.
THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS BRENAN MATAN SISKINS.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
WE REALLY HERE TONIGHT JUST TO AS OUR SEMESTER CONCLUDES HERE AND WE'VE GOT A LOT ON, WE WANTED TO COME HERE TO TO THE COUNCIL.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR. FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR OUR COLLEGE.
I CAN SEE A COUPLE OF FAMILIAR FACES UP THERE.
MR. LANE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO OUR 9/11 EVENT EARLIER.
GREAT SUCCESS. EARLIER IN THE SEMESTER ALSO.
AND MS. MARINO FOR COMING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO OUR SGA MEETINGS ON THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM THE COUNCIL GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY AT OUR AT OUR CAMPUS TO REALLY HAVE A PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW IN A BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT.
WE HOSTED A STATEWIDE STUDENT GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE LAST NOVEMBER WHERE ALL 28 STATE COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE CAME TO THE CITY TO TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.
AND WE WENT TO ANOTHER CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND THE STUDENTS WERE STILL COMING UP TO US FROM LAST YEAR, TELLING US, YOU KNOW, HOW GREAT OF AN EXPERIENCE IT WAS TO BE HERE ON OUR CAMPUS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS REALLY APPRECIATED BY OUR STUDENTS, BY OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF PALM BEACH STATE GARDENS CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AND YES, I THINK IT'S A GREAT.
[APPLAUSE] IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE WITH US.
WE ARE ALWAYS VERY AVAILABLE THAN OTHER STAFF LOOKS AT THE PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS AS A REAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE FOR FOUR NORTH COUNTY AND FOR OUR CITY.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO ENGAGE WITH YOU GUYS AND AND PLEASE INVITE ALL OF US, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE WILLING TO COME AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AN INTEREST IN POLITICS.
DESPITE ALL THE RANCOR THAT YOU HEAR IN WASHINGTON AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE CAN DO SOME GOOD THINGS AND YOUR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THAT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT.
I'VE HEARD A LOT A LOT BEING SAID HERE AT THE COUNCIL.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HANDLING A LOT OF BUSINESS HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AT THE GARDEN'S CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, AT PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE, REALLY, THEY'RE TRANSFORMING LIVES.
I'LL TELL YOU IN MY YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, MY DAD WAS WAS UNDERGOING OPEN HEART SURGERY.
GOING TO A FOUR YEAR SCHOOL, WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME AT THE TIME.
AND PALM BEACH STATE HAS OFFERED ME AS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK.
HELP OUT MY FAMILY WHILE STILL GETTING MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS GREAT CITY, BUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT
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THAT IS THAT IS REALLY A SHINING, SHINING PART OF IT IS RIGHT DOWN THE CHUTE ON PGA ON OUR CAMPUS. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR HELPING US OUT AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN.WELL, I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT.
[APPLAUSE] WATCH OUT FOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM PALMY STATE COLLEGE, THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME GREAT THINGS.
NEXT IS TOM [INAUDIBLE] AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SHE'S WITH TOM [INAUDIBLE], 3101 ON PGA BOULEVARD TONIGHT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
I MEAN, I WAS HERE WHEN THE SATELLITE WENT UP OR THEY WERE SENDING THE SATELLITE UP.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WENT RIGHT OVER MY HEAD, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.
AND THEN TONIGHT HERE AND I'M TALKING THIS IS THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE WHAT THE WEISS SCHOOL IS DOING IN PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION.
YOU KNOW, WE DO 'EM EVERY YEAR, BUT WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THEM.
AND JUST GREAT TO HAVE THEM HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE STATE COLLEGE HERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON OUR [INAUDIBLE] A MEMBER OF THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE HAD THEM ON THE BOARD AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OUR FIRESIDE CHAT PROGRAMS OVER THERE AS WELL.
SO WE DO WE PARTICIPATE A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT THE AT OUR ANNUAL RECEPTION THAT THIS YEAR. WE HELD IT AT MIRASOL.
YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE IT AT THE RIVER HOUSE.
AND THEN WHEN THEY CLOSED THE THE UPPER LEVEL, WE HAD TO MOVE IT UP [INAUDIBLE] AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO RENT THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU THERE.
WE'D LIKE YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ON JANUARY 8TH, WE HAVE HANK FISH [INAUDIBLE] GIVING HIS HIS ANNUAL ECONOMIC FORECAST.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT ALREADY.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, I THINK THE NEXT THING WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THE HONDA. WE'LL HAVE THE HONDA KICKOFF PARTY OVER AT THE MALL AND THEN WE'LL GET THE HONDA TO DEAL WITH. AND THAT CERTAINLY IS IS EXCITING TIMES.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE GOOD WEATHER FOR THAT.
THE VICE MAYOR IS IN CHARGE OF THE WEATHER.
THE WEATHER'S SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THE THE STATE OF THE CITY WITH THE NEW MAYOR.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS AS THE YEAR GOES ON.
I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH ECHOING WHAT MATT HAD SAID, WISHING EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND. GOOD WISHES.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM US, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT HANK [INAUDIBLE] TO ADDRESS IN HIS ANNUAL ECONOMIC FORECAST, LET US KNOW THAT AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE HIM PUT IT IN THE PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF THE SALES TAX [INAUDIBLE] TAX.
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WE BEGAN A LOT OF PROJECTS, AROUND $30 MILLION THAT WE BONDED TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN THOSE PROJECT. AND AS WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE PROGRAMS, I TOLD YOU THAT WE WOULD COME BACK PERIODICALLY AND GIVE YOU UPDATES OF HOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG IN THOSE PROJECTS.AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE A DAVID [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE.
COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR IS ALSO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
AND DAVID, HE HAS A TREMENDOUS STAFF.
I THINK THEY'RE MOSTLY HERE [INAUDIBLE] STAND UP.
IS JENNIFER HERE OR MY ENGINEERS STAND UP? [INAUDIBLE], I KNOW YOU HATE IT STAND UP TODD.
CORY'S IN THE BACK. OH, THERE HE IS.
[APPLAUSE] IN MOST IN MOST GOVERNMENTS, YOU'LL FIND THEY GO OUT AND HIRE A BUNCH OF ENGINEERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO RUN AN EXPANDED PROGRAM, LIKE WE HAD 30 SOME PROJECTS THAT WE THREW ON THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE AND SOME OF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS RETURN HERE. AND IN KEEPING WITH THE GARDENS PHILOSOPHY, THE WAY WE DO THINGS, WE PULLED FROM STAFF, PUT A TEAM TOGETHER AND SAID, RUN WITH IT.
DAVID IS A LEADER OF THE PACK.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH DAVID PROBABLY HATES SEEING ME MOST OF THE TIME, BUT
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NEVERTHELESS, WE GET THINGS DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES AND A GREAT TEAM AND THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO TAKE MORE ON.DAVID ACTUALLY HAD HAIR BEFORE WE TOOK ON HIS PROJECT, BUT HE'S.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THESE PEOPLE ARE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO DO.
AND THE ONLY TIME I'M SCARED TO SEE RON IS IF HE'S CARRYING A PINK PAPER WITH HIM, THEN THAT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED.
AS LONG AS IT'S NO PINK PAPERS, I'M GOOD.
I DO WANT TO ALSO ECHO CITY MANAGERS BY ALSO SAYING THAT THIS TEAM GOES EVEN BIGGER THAN OUR TEAM RIGHT HERE. BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY IS PART OF THIS WHOLE CAPITAL PROGRAM AND IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO JUST COACH AND COORDINATE.
BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT HERE WORKS FROM PLANNING, POLICE, FIRE, GOLF.
SO EVERYBODY'S PART OF THIS AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO SUCCESSFUL.
SO I'M REALLY KIND OF EXCITED TO GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE ON ALL THE PROJECTS. SO FOR THE RECORD, DAVID [INAUDIBLE], COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 53 ACTIVE PROJECTS.
ELEVEN OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE ADDED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE NEW PROJECTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF JUST OVER $71 MILLION IN PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND GIVING UPDATES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FUNDED ON THE ONE CENT SALES TAX.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR GARDENS DISTRICT PARK, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT STARTED IN MARCH OF 2018.
WE HAD A GRAND OPENING FOR THIS PARK IN JUNE IN 2019, JUST OVER ONE YEAR FROM STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION TO OPENING UP THE PARK.
SO THIS PARK IS CURRENTLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
RIGHT NOW, STAFF JUST WORKING ON SOME ADDITIONAL AMENITIES JUST TO ENHANCE TO PARKS SUCH AS SOME PRESERVING [INAUDIBLE] LARGE GROUP PAVILION AND SOME ADDITIONAL PLAYGROUNDS.
AND ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THIS PROJECT IS ALSO IN WITHIN BUDGET.
ANOTHER PROJECT, ALSO FUNDED UNDER THE ONE CENT SALES TAX IS OUR NEW OPERATIONS CENTER, THIS. THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SQUARE FEET FACILITY MERGE BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SERVICES. THE [INAUDIBLE] BOTH INTO ONE ROOF, ONE BUILDING FOR A TOTAL OF SEVENTY FIVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ACTUALLY NOW WORKING OUT OF THIS FACILITY THAT USED TO BE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018 AND THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.
THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
STAFF MOVED INTO THE BUILDING OCTOBER OF 2019, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF THIS BUILDING. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN OPEN HOUSE.
SO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COME IN AND ENJOY THE FACILITY OR SEE IT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FEBRUARY OF 2020, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE.
ONCE WE DO, WE'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL.
NEXT, PROJECTS ARE CITY HALL RENOVATIONS AND EXPANSION THIS PROJECTS INCLUDES A AN ADDITION OF OVER 16000 SQUARE FEET AND RENOVATING JUST OVER 9000 SQUARE FEET ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING.
THIS PROJECT STARTED IN MARCH OF 2019 AND THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION FOR THE EXPANSION PORTION OF THE WORK IS TO MARCH OF 2020 AND FOLLOWED BY THE RENOVATIONS AS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY JULY OF 2020.
AND THE NEXT PROJECTS WAS ALSO FUNDED UNDER THE ONE CENT SALES TAX IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RENOVATIONS.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES RENOVATION OF JUST OVER SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FEET ON THE EXISTING BUILDING. WE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROJECT.
THE DEMOLITION WORK STARTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2019 AND WE ESTIMATE THIS PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED BY APRIL OF 2020.
SO THIS FOUR PROJECTS ARE ALL THE ONES THAT WERE FUNDED UNDER THE ONE CENT SALES TAX.
TWO ALREADY COMPLETED AND TWO THERE ARE OVER 50 PERCENT NOW CLOSE TO COMPLETION.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE AN UPDATE WITH YOU.
THE FIRST ONE IS GARDENS, PARKS BASEBALL COMPLEX.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A REGULATION SIZE BASEBALL FIELD, A PRIVATE PRACTICE FIELD, BATTING CAGES AND A 10000 SQUARE FOOT GYM WHICH WILL BE BUILT THROUGH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BUILDING SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND OPEN IN THE REST OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY OF 2020 TO REOPEN.
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ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE TENNIS CENTER CLUBHOUSE.THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWELVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT KEY WEST STYLE CLUBHOUSE, WHICH INCLUDE INDOOR CAFE AND MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, OUTDOOR DINING AND OBSERVATION DECK.
CONSTRUCTION ALSO STARTED ON THIS PROJECT IN APRIL OF 2018 AND THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION IS JULY OF 2020.
ANOTHER PROJECT IS OUR GOLF MAINTENANCE BUILDING THIS NEW 12000 SQUARE FOOT FOOT MAINTENANCE FACILITY INCLUDES OFFICES, A STORAGE AREA, BREAK ROOM AND LARGE BAYS.
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ALL THE FUTURE EXPANSION IN GOLF.
SO THIS BUILDING IS ALREADY ANTICIPATING FUTURE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT STARTED IN APRIL OF 2019 AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 2020.
AND THE LAST PROJECT THAT I WANT TO UPDATE YOU TONIGHT IS THAT JOHNSON DAIRY ROAD IMPROVEMENT. THIS INCLUDED ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, CONNECTIONS AND ON STREET PARKING ALONE JOINTS ON THE ROAD, INCLUDING EXTENSION OF THE ROAD TO REACH OUT TO THE NEW OPERATIONS CENTER.
ALL THE DRAINAGE LANDSCAPE AND ROAD WORK FOR THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
WITH ALL THAT WORK IS DONE, THE ONLY REMAINING ITEM IS THE UNDERGROUND OR THE POWER LINE, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THIS.
FPL TOLD US THAT THAT WORK IS ON THEIR BOOKS ALREADY AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH OF 2020 AND THAT WILL COMPLETE THAT PROJECT COMPLETELY.
RIGHT NOW THE ONLY ITEM REMAINING IS FPL TO BRING THE ON THE UNDERGROUND WIRES.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE TO.
DID DON AND JERRY ALREADY LEAVE.
CAN WE GO GET THEM BACK IN AND BRING THEM BACK IN AND TELL THEM TO HURRY UP? EXPEDITE. YEAH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT WHILE THEY WERE SITTING HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID, FOR THE UPDATE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU AND THE TEAM HAVE DONE.
GOOD USE OF THE 1 CENT SALES TAX DOLLARS.
AND I ALWAYS CHIME IN ABOUT HOW GREAT THOSE FIELDS ARE.
I WAS PICKING UP MY SON FROM PRACTICE THE OTHER NIGHT, JUST WALKING THROUGH, JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL THE SOD IS HOLDING.
AND THERE'S A ROTATION OF OPENING AND CLOSING.
PARENTS JUST WALKING AROUND THE FIELDS, GETTING SOME EXERCISE WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE GETTING A LOT MORE EXERCISE THEN THE PARENTS PROBABLY ARE.
BUT THAT'S JUST A GREAT, GREAT FACILITY FOR THE CITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DAVID OR HIS STAFF? JUST A BIG THANK YOU BECAUSE WHAT WHAT THE CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE PROPER USE OF THE DOLLARS AND IN THE TIMING OF IT BEING ABLE TO DO ALL THE PROJECTS AT ONCE AND REALLY HAVE AN ECONOMY OF SCALES IS IMPORTANT AND IMPRESSIVE.
AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND BORROW THE MONEY AT 2.2 PERCENT AND GET THIS DONE AND NOT WAIT TO JUST GET THREE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS REALLY SAYS A LOT FOR HOW HOW WE POSITION OURSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, TOO, FOR ALWAYS HAVING THE RIGHT BUDGET FOR IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
EVERYONE WANTS TO REVIEW DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE?
[Consent Agenda]
MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR.AYE. AND YES, IN THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE MIRACLE LEAGUE AND THE FUNDING FOR IT.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE A GREAT, GREAT ADDITION FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PROGRAM.
OKAY. WELL, WE'VE GOT ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
TODAY, WE'RE HOLDING A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING ON THE FOLLOWING CASES RESOLUTION 67, 2019 AVENIR POD 1 POG ONE AND 3 SITE PLAN AMENDMENT.
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 WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY TONIGHT. CROSS-EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WE'LL BE PERMITTED IN THE ORDER OF THE WITNESSES APPEARANCE. IT IS NECESSARY THAT ANYONE WHO TESTIFIES AT THE HEARING REMAIN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING.
IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING, OUR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS.
PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK.
THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THESE CASES OR THIS CASE.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU.
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CAN THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE.RESOLUTION 67 2019 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS,
[Item IX]
FLORIDA APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO APPROVE RESIDENTIAL MODELS, RESIDENTIAL LOT LANDSCAPING AND AN UPGRADED ENTRY FEATURE FOR RESIDENTIAL PODS ONE AND THREE OF SITE PLAN NUMBER ONE WITHIN THE AVENIR PLAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD THAT IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GREAT VIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER THE PURPOSES.THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THERE.
ME TODAY? I HAVE EXPARTE AS WELL, I MET WITH THE APPLICANTS AND I ALSO SAT WITH, KEN ON MONDAY TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
MATTHEW, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPARTES REGARDING RESOLUTION 67? I SPOKE TO KEN TUMA. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A PRESENTATION.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, KEN.
YES. GOOD EVENING, KEN TUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN [INAUDIBLE] STUDIOS.
MY ADDRESS IS 610 [INAUDIBLE] STREET AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN THIS EVENING HERE THIS EVENING FOR AVENIR.
BUT ON BEHALF OF TOLL BROTHERS AND WE HAVE THREE TOLL BROTHERS REPRESENTED, INCLUDING THEIR DIVISION PRESIDENT IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING AND THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS ARCHITECTURAL UPGRADE UPGRADES AND LANDSCAPE UPGRADES FROM THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL OF SITE PLAN NUMBER ONE, IF YOU RECALL, IF YOU RECALL DURING SITE PLAN NUMBER ONE, WE HAD A PROCESS WHERE THE DEVELOPER HAD PICKED WHO THE BUILDER WAS AT THAT TIME, SO WE COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH MODELS.
WILL NOW TOLL BROTHERS HAS BOUGHT AND CLOSED ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE AVENIR DEVELOPMENT. AND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, IT'S THEIR PROPOSED MODELS AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS. I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES, BUT I'M GOING TO NARROW DOWN THE TEN MINUTES WITH YOUR PERMISSION AS I MOVE THROUGH IT.
AND IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I'M HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH IT.
SO AS IDENTIFIED EARLIER WITH THE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING, ARE THE ENTRY FEATURES FOR THE TWO PARCELS OF LAND, THE ARCHITECTURAL MODELS AND UPGRADED LANDSCAPING.
THE TWO PARCELS ARE LOCATED HERE ON AVENIR DRIVE, PARCEL ONE IN THE SOUTH IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER AND PERSONAL THREE OVER HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT THE ARCHITECTURE STYLE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU CAN SEE THE ANTILLES DESIGN FOR THE TORRANCE MODEL.
SO THERE ARE TWO PARCELS THAT TOLL BROTHERS HAVE CLOSED UPON, THE FIRST ONE IS POD 1, WHICH IS A LARGER LOTS.
IT'S NINETY-EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THEY'RE 70 FEET WIDE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, A LITTLE SMALLER LOT 50 FOOT LOTS BY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FEET DEEP. AND THOSE WILL BE ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AGAIN, THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, WAS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND THE LANDSCAPING.
SO IN POD 1 OR IN WATERMARK, IF I GET IT CORRECTLY, AND WATERMARK THE UPGRADED ENTRY FEATURES AND FROM THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, IT IS AN 18 HIGH FOOT ELEMENT.
IT HAS A METAL ROOF STRUCTURE.
AND THEN IT ALSO HAS THE [INAUDIBLE] STONE ON THE PARCELS OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT AS THE OWNERS OF AVENIR HAVE REQUIRED THAT ALL OF THE ENTRY ELEMENTS HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] STONE, [INAUDIBLE] STONE TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
THEN YOU'LL NOTE THIS IS A WATER FEATURE.
THUS THE NAME WATERMARK? THERE IS A WATER FEATURE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER COMING ON THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING, BUT IT HAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER VIEW AS YOU LOOK AT IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
SO THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPING AND THE OAK.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE METAL, THE METAL ROOF ON TOP.
AND HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN SHOWS WHERE THE WATER FEATURE, THERE'LL BE WATER. THERE'LL BE WATER COMING UP AND BUBBLING OVER AND AROUND THE SIGNAGE AS PROPOSED.
THIS IS THE ENTRY TO SITE PLAN NUMBER TO A PARCEL NUMBER THREE, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORM OF ARCHITECTURE.
SAME CONCEPT, AN 18 FOOT HIGH STRUCTURE ON THE ONE SIDE ON THE SIDE THAT IS GOING TOWARDS A UNIT WHERE THIS TREE AND [INAUDIBLE] PALM IS LOCATED.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT THIS IS A SIX FOOT TRELLIS FEATURE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
IT'S A 15 FOOT TRELLIS FEATURE.
AND AGAIN, THAT [INAUDIBLE] STONE BEING CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE NEAR.
AND HERE'S SOME SEPARATE VIEWS.
THE REAR ELEVATION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN AND THEN THE FRONT ELEVATION ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
ALL OF THESE MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE CITIES CODE FOR SIGNAGE AND WIDTH AND HEIGHT. THE LOT LANDSCAPING.
SO THERE'S INDIVIDUAL LOT LANDSCAPING, THE LOT LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE TWO SET OF PARCELS ARE VERY SIMILAR.
THE 70 FOOT LOTS HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LANDSCAPING IF THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM
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IN FRONT OF THEM. BUT SO VERY QUICKLY, LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW ITEMS HERE.THE FIRST ITEM ON THE LOT LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE 50 BY 140 FOOT LOT.
THE AREA IDENTIFIED IS IN GREEN ARE SHADE TREES.
VERY IDENTIFIED IN THE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE IS AN ACCENT TREE, AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE PALM TREES THROUGHOUT THE LOT.
NOW, YOUR STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF REVIEWING THIS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IS THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HOUSE IS VERY DIFFERENT AND CREATED DIFFERENT TYPES OF LANDSCAPING REQUIRED.
SO WHAT THE PROPOSAL THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING REQUIRES IS IT SETS A MINIMUM LEVEL OR A MINIMUM QUANTITY OF PLANT MATERIAL FOR EACH LOT.
NOW THE TREES WE CAN POTENTIALLY WILL BE IN DIFFERENT ORIENTATION NOT EVERY LOT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS. A PERFECT RECTANGLE.
SOME ARE [INAUDIBLE], SOME ARE ON LEGS, SOME ARE [INAUDIBLE] SO THE TREES AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO BE SPECIFIC AS WHERE THEY SHOW ON THIS DRAWING, BUT THE MINIMUM QUANTITY WILL BE ESTABLISHED.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF A LOT.
THIS LOT SHOWS AN OPTIONAL POOL.
AGAIN, THE SAME AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING ON THE LOT SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WITH SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
BUT THAT WILL BE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING TOLL BROTHERS AS PART OF THEIR SALES PROCESS WILL HAVE EACH HOMEOWNER COME IN AND SAY, DO YOU WANT MORE LANDSCAPING? HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO AND DO DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR EACH ONE.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS WHAT OCCURS IF IT'S A CORNER LOT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S ON A ROAD NOW, THIS IS SPLIT IN HALF ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS SHOWS IF IT'S A LEFT-HAND SIDE LOT OR A RIGHT-HAND SIDE LOT THAT FACES A STREET, THEN YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THAT ENHANCED SIDE.
SO THAT STREET CORNER HAS MORE LANDSCAPING ADJACENT TO IT.
AND THIS IS THE SAME THING ON A 70 FOOT LOT.
I'M GOING TO CLICK THROUGH THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY.
HERE ARE THE ACCENT TREES AND HEAR THE PALM TREES AGAIN, ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM QUANTITY CAN BE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LOT.
SAME VIEW AS BEFORE, AS A 50 FOOT LOTS, HERE'S A 70 FOOT LOT SHOWING IDENTIFYING BOTH THE OPTIONAL POOL AND THEN HERE YOU'LL NOTE WHERE THE SIDE LOTS COULD BE.
IN REGARDS TO ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY, THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY IMPORTANT POINT AND WE APPRECIATE STEP POINTING THIS OUT TO US AND WORKING WITH US THROUGH THIS.
THE PROJECTS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY.
THERE ARE SIX MODELS IN PARCEL ONE WITH FOUR ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.
SO THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS AND THEN EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SKINS ON EACH.
AND I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.
SO THERE ARE 24 BASIC CHOICES IN PARCEL ONE ALONE AND THEN A PARCEL THREE THERE ARE FIVE FLOOR PLANS WITH FOUR ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.
AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES THERE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, THE COASTAL STYLE, THE [INAUDIBLE] STYLE, THE WEST INDIE STYLES, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
ONE OF THE ITEMS, THOUGH, ALSO IS THE ANTI MONOTONY NOT ME.
SO BASICALLY HOW IT WORKS YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE SAME HOUSE NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
IT LOOKS VERY SILLY, RIGHT? SO THERE'S ANTI MONOTONY BUILT INTO THE REGULATIONS.
THE ANTI-MONOPOLY SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN THREE OF THE SAME FLOOR PLAN NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. YOU CAN HAVE OR YOU CAN HAVE UP TO THREE OF THE SAME FLOOR PLANS NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. BUT YOU CAN'T DO IS HAVE THE SAME ELEVATION.
SO IT HAS TO BE A DIFFERENT SKIN, A DIFFERENT LOOK ON EITHER SIDE OR ACROSS THE STREET.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE ANTI-MONOTONY RULES SAY NOW IS A LOT OF WORDS ON THE SCREEN, BUT THAT'S IN ESSENCE WHAT THEY SAID.
ALSO, THERE ARE 24 DIFFERENT COLOR PACKAGES ON THOSE MODELS, SO YOU'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY IN PAINT AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE INCORPORATED WITHIN THE CHART THAT IS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF THERE IS FENCING, THE FENCING WILL BE CONSISTENT.
IT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN.
SO IF A WHITE OWNER WANTS TO HAVE FENCING, IT HAS TO BE A BLACK ALUMINUM FENCE.
AND THEN IF IN THE FUTURE OR IF TOLL BROTHERS OFFERS IT AS AN OPTION, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO HAVE A POOL ENCLOSURE, THAT POOL ENCLOSURE WILL HAVE TO BE BLACK METAL FRAME WITH BLACK SCREENING'S. SO IT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE ALSO TO CREATE THAT STREETSCAPE, EACH GARAGE DOOR WITHIN EACH STYLE IS DIFFERENT. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATE GARAGE DOORS FOR EACH MENDEL'S ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS.
SO A QUICK LOOK AT ONE OF THE MODELS WILL SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES ON THIS.
THIS IS A SABRINA MODEL IN FRONT OF YOU.
THE ANTILLES SKIN ON THE MODEL.
AND THE ANTILLES, YOU CAN NOTE SEEING THE LANDSCAPING, THIS IS A PHOTO REALISTIC RENDERING OF THE LANDSCAPING.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIL AND THE ARCHITECTURE, HOW THE WINDOWS ARE SQUARED, HOW THE
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BRACKETS FORM AND HOW THE ENTIRE BUILDING COMES TOGETHER.THE UNTIL HIS CABINET CLASSIC CARIBBEAN PLANTATION HOME DESIGN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLADDED, THE ACCENT CLADDING, THE BRACKETS AND ALL THE ITEMS THAT MAKE IT AN ANTILLES STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE SO THAT SKIN CHANGES.
NOW, THERE ARE BASICALLY FOUR SKINS, THE ONE THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
THIS IS THE ANTILLES THE SKIN.
AGAIN, THAT CLADDING, THE DUTCH GABLE'S ARE A KEY ELEMENT TO THAT.
AND YOU CAN NOTE IN HOW THE WINDOWS OPERATE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE SKINS IN THAT SAME FLOOR PLAN.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE BOCA RATON.
GET THAT CITY DOWN IN THAT CITY DOWN SOUTH, THE 1920S AND 1930S, HEAVY MEDITERRANEAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE.
YOU CAN SEE THE STUCCO AND THE CLADDING, A CONSISTENT THEME WITHIN THE BOCA RATON.
THERE'S ALSO THESE KIND OF HARD EDGES ARE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE BRACKETS FOR THE BOCA RATON ELEVATION.
THE NEXT ONE IS A WEST INDIES, KIND OF THE WEST INDIES.
IS THAT SPANISH STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE.
YOU COULD SEE THE STUCCO, THE GABLE ROOFS, THE SHED ROOFS COULD PICK UP FROM YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD SAID WE HAD THESE ACTUALLY AS METAL SHED ROOFS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD SAID, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE, THE REST OF THE BUILDING TYPE OF ELEMENTS.
SO IT IS NOW CONSISTENT WITH THE ROOF MATERIAL.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE SAME THING OVER THE OVER THE GARAGE.
AND THAT'S A CLASSIC WEST INDIES STYLE.
AND THEN HERE IS THE COASTAL STYLE.
THE COASTAL STYLE IS THAT 20TH CENTURY BEACH HOUSE LOOK.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHUTTERS, THE BRACKETS, THE RAFTER TAILS UNDERNEATH THIS ELEMENT HERE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE AND OF COURSE, THE CLADDING IS KIND OF A CLASSIC ELEMENT WITHIN THE COASTAL STYLE DESIGN AGAIN.
SO BASICALLY, WE JUST WENT THROUGH ONE MODEL.
OR ONE FLOOR PLAN AND EACH FLOOR PLAN.
YOU'D THEN HAVE THOSE FOUR OPTIONS OF SKINS.
AND THEN YOU HAD THOSE TWENTY FOUR OPTIONS OF COLOR.
SO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY IN THERE.
THERE ARE ALSO SIDE ELEVATIONS IN THE SIDE ELEVATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO AVENIR AND CRITICAL TO THE CITY, AND YOUR STAFF DID A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH TOLL BROTHERS ON THESE SIDE ELEVATIONS. SO THERE ARE SIDE ELEVATIONS THAT ARE ENHANCED, MEANING THAT IF IT'S ON THE CORNER, IT HAS EXTRA LOOK.
AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THOSE ENHANCED ELEVATIONS.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT YOU'RE THAT THE REAR ELEVATIONS WRAP AROUND 10 ADDITIONAL FEET.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HOUSE THAT IS ON A LAKE, TWO HOUSES ON ONE SIDE OF LAKE, ONE ON THE OTHER. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REAR ELEVATION AND YOU LOOK TO THE SIDE, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE ARCHITECTURES CARRY AROUND 10 ADDITIONAL FEET BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT ON ANGLES FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HOUSE.
SAME THING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLOT, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE ELEVATIONS THAT WHEN A HOUSE IS SIDE TO SIDE IN ESSENCE.
AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
IT'S NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE SPOT TO PUT IT, BUT YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS WRAP BACK ABOUT 10 FEET ON EACH SIDE.
SO AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, YOU CAN LOOK AND YOU SEE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL, BUT YOU WON'T SEE IT, YOU WON'T HAVE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE IT'S NOT VISIBLE, VISIBLE.
AND THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT EVERY ONE OF THE MILES.
BOCA RATON MODEL, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE WATER TABLE CONTINUES CONSISTENTLY ALL THE WAY TO DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SIDE ON ENHANCED ELEVATION.
ON THE NON ENHANCED ELEVATION.
IT RETURNS BACK APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET.
AND THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGH THE BOCA RATON MODEL.
SAME THING ON THE HANDS ELEVATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT.
IT HAS ITS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL LOOK.
AND THEN ON THE SIDE, ON THE LEFT ELEVATION ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT JUST RETURNS ABOUT 10 FEET.
SO YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET.
YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
AND THE SAME THING, AGAIN WITH THE WEST INDIES THAT OUT THAT ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATION RETURNS BACK ON THE THE NON ENHANCED ELEVATED ELEVATIONS.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LOOK OF WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE IN THE PRETTY PICTURE, WHICH IS MORE FUN, YOU CAN SEE HERE.
THIS IS THE MODEL, THE CLEAR WATER FLOOR PLAN.
AND THEN YOU'LL NOTE THE BOCA RATON STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE, THE STUCCO.
THE HARD EDGES, THE WAY THE WINDOWS RELATE TO THE STREET.
AND IT ALSO IT SHOWS IT ALSO SHOWS A DIVERSITY OF LANDSCAPE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO YOU BASICALLY HAVE A PALETTE OF LANDSCAPING.
EACH PALETTE OF ACCENTRY, SHRUB, PALM, THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF CHOICES WITHIN THOSE.
SO CREATES THAT DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
NOW, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH ANOTHER MODEL IF YOU'D LIKE A BIT OF A SIMILAR DESIGN OR GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE END.
I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE THE REACTION.
BUT LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH A COUPLE OF PRETTY PICTURES.
SO WE'VE GOT THIS THAT WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, ENERGY ON THIS. I DON'T WANT THESE GENTLEMAN TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET THEIR BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OUT
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THERE. JUST ALSO SALES, TOO.SO YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE WEST INDIES ON THE CLEARWATER MODEL, A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN LOOK. THIS IS THE THE OTHER CLEARWATER.
THIS IS THE COASTAL ELEVATION.
AND IT'S MY FAVORITE ELEVATION AND MY FAVORITE MODEL ON THE PROJECT.
I THINK IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. SO FOR SITE PLAN NUMBER ONE, THIS IS THE REQUEST THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE ARE NO WAIVERS AND YOUR CITY STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT THIS EVENING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION.
THE WHOLE TEAM IS HERE. THANK YOU.
SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, THIS WAS AN APPLICATION THAT WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING A FEW MONTHS BACK. AND WITH THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING AT THE TIME, YOU, THE APPLICANT AND THE STAFF WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE REQUESTS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. AND I JUST WANTED TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY PUTS TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE ARE NONE OF US ARE PURE ARCHITECTS AND NONE OF US ARE BUILDERS.
SO WE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THE DETAILS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD ASKED AND PUT TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
SO, YES, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY IN GETTING TO THE END, BUT THE CITY HAS A HIGH SET OF STANDARDS AND BEING A PART OF THIS CITY WILL ALLOW YOU THE CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PROJECT.
SO EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES THE PROJECTS MIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE, WELL, WHY ARE THEY MAKING THIS TO THIS AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT? AND I HEAR THAT A LOT. I'M SURE YOU GUYS HEAR THE SAME THING.
WHY IS THIS REQUIREMENT THIS AND WHY? WELL, THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.
AND THE CITY STAFF DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WORKING WITH THE PLANNING ZONING DEPARTMENT AND WITH YOUR APPLICANTS. SO THANK YOU AS THE APPLICANTS TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT PROJECT AND A PRODUCT THAT'S GOING TO SELL GREAT, I THINK.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT, MARK. TOLL BROTHERS HAS A HISTORY OF BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT THAT WILL ADD VALUE TO THE GARDENS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING INTO THE GARDENS AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WELCOME YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU TO THE GARDENS.
FRED'S RIGHT THERE. RACHELLE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S NICE TO HAVE A PROJECT COME BEFORE US WITH NO WAIVERS.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND WITH PLANNING AND ZONING ON THIS PROJECT.
IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL. MARIA.
MINE'S ACTUALLY AN OVERALL COMMENT ABOUT AVENIR ON ITS OWN.
YOU KNOW, THIS THIS WAS ACTUALLY.
THE APPROVAL FOR AVENIR WAS MY SECOND VOTE ON COUNCIL AND.
WE AS A CITY DID SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.
AND I KNOW THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO FLOAT A BOND RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING.
THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS DID, ALONG WITH PARTNERING WITH AVENIR AND PUTTING THOSE 2400 ACRES INTO CONSERVANCY, WHICH WILL CONNECT A HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES OF FLOW WAY AT NO COST TO THE TAXPAYER. AND IF WE HADN'T WORKED WITH AVENIR AND THE PARTNERS AT AVENIR, THEY COULD HAVE JUST CHOPPED UP THAT LAND AND SOLD IT PIECE BY PIECE.
AND THE CITY WOULDN'T HAVE RECOGNIZED OR REALIZED ANY OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING THE PARKS AND INCLUDING THE 50 ACRES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL PARTNERS IN THIS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY THE LEADERS AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO I MEAN, JUST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES OF WATER BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO CONNECT THOSE.
I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT'S FABULOUS.
TOLL BROTHERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH US.
I THINK, KEN, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE FIRST TIME SIX MONTHS AGO, WITH THE ISSUES WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, REMEMBER WE KIND OF ALL AGREED TO GO BACK AND MAYBE GIVE THEM A MORE GLOBAL PICTURE OF OF HOW IT ALL CONNECTS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO WORK GOING FORWARD.
RIGHT. BECAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO IF WE CAN CONTINUE THAT SAME STREAMLINE, IT MAKES OUR JOBS EASIER BECAUSE NATALIE'S GOING TO DO HER JOB. WE KNOW THAT.
AND THEN PLANNING AND ZONING IS GONNA DO THEIR JOB.
SO WHEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, AN OVERALL VOTE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND STAFF APPROVES IT, IT MAKES US GO THROUGH THE FLOW MUCH QUICKER.
AND WE DON'T QUESTION AS MUCH BECAUSE LAST TIME WE CAME TO A HALT WITH P&Z STUFF.
SO I APPRECIATE GOING BACK AND AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND GIVING THEM A MORE GLOBAL PRESENTATION SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PIECES OF IT.
I MEAN, AVENIR IS A TON OF WORK FOR THIS COUNCIL.
THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE A TON OF WORK.
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AND AVENIR WILL BE EXACTLY WHAT PALM BEACH GARDENS WANTS AND DESIRES BECAUSE OF STAFF.NATALIE, YOU KNOW, AND OUR P&Z AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL.
SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING IN IT.
SO AND YOU THANKS FOR THE SHORTER VERSIONS OF STUFF.
SO SPEAKING OF STAFF, WE HAVE A LOT OF PAPERS THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT ANY OF THAT DO YOU? NO, WE'RE GOOD, NO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION.
KEN WAS VERY THOROUGH IN HIS PRESENTATION.
WE DO YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT WORKING WITH STAFF ON THIS ONE. OK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I THINK WE'RE PRETTY GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ? NO. ALL IN FAVOR.
I HEARD ON THE VERY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT AVENIR.
IT WOULD BE WORTH IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GO A LITTLE FURTHER PAST THE GOLF COURSE AND GO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING TO GET ROSA AND THAT CREW TO BRING ME OUT THERE AND DO ANOTHER WHOLE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRIP WHILE WE STILL CAN.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THANKS AGAIN.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION AND DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT WAS SENT TO THE COUNCIL.
I THINK EACH OF US RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH IN REGARDS TO THEIR
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RESOLUTION 122, 2019.THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL OF PALM BEACH PUT TOGETHER TO ENCOURAGE THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE SENATE BILL 182.
AND THERE IS A HOUSE COMPANION BILL AS WELL THAT RELATES TO PRE-EMPTION OF RECYCLABLE AND POLYSTYRENE MATERIALS.
YOU MAY ALL RECALL THAT THE SET THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH ACTUALLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT SINGLE USE, PLASTIC STRAWS AND IN THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH.
BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A STATE REQUIREMENT THAT THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN, THEY HAD TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO REPEAL IT.
AND NOW THERE IS ACTUALLY A SENATE BILL THAT'S OUT THERE THAT IS ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS SOME SOMETHING TO RE ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO PASS THEIR OWN ORDINANCES IN REFERENCE TO SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.
SO THE CITY WAS ASKED IF WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE IF AS A COUNCIL, WE DISCUSSED IT.
AND IF EVERYBODY'S AMENABLE TO IT, THAT WE SUBMIT OUR OWN AGREEMENT TO THAT.
SO I'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER ALREADY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT TO DISCUSS IT IN ANY WAY? RACHELLE. I ALSO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER ASKING TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION. THIS IS A HOME RULE ISSUE.
IT MAY NOT BE ANY ORDINANCE OR A RESOLUTION THAT WE INTEND TO PASS IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE MAY WANT TO THAT MAY COME A TIME WHEN WE WANT TO AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS HERE AND NOT BE BEHOLDEN TO THE FLORIDA RETAIL FEDERATION AND THE FLORIDA RESTAURANT AND LODGE ASSOCIATION AND THEIR DONATIONS TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, WHICH IS THE FORCE BEHIND PREEMPTION RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M ALL FOR A RESOLUTION FROM OUR COUNCIL, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT PALM BEACH PASSED TO SUPPORT THE HOUSE BILL AND THE SENATE BILL.
YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT RACHELLE IN STATING THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY TO PASS SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE IN THE CITY, BUT WE WANT TO LET THE LEGISLATORS KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THEM TELLING US WHAT WE CAN'T CAN'T DO WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF HOME RULE.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
MARIA DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I AM ALL FOR THE HOME RULE PROTECTS PROTECTION OF HOME RULE. BUT NORMALLY WHEN WE'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE TRY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT. SO HAVE WE TALKED TO THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION OR ANY OF OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS? AND GOTTEN INPUT FROM THEM.
I'VE RECEIVED NO DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL YET.
WELL, I THINK I THOUGHT WE WERE AWARE MIGHT BE A GOOD A GOOD MOVE TO MAKE FOR INCLUSION OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.
SEE HOW THEY FEEL. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO PREEMPTION OF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO PLASTIC BAGS AND STYROFOAM.
AT THIS POINT JUST SUPPORTING REMOVING THE PRE-EMPTION LANGUAGE FROM THE STATE BILL ON PLASTICS. THAT'S WHAT THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH IS ASKING IN THEIR RESOLUTION 122.
AND THEY REPEALED THAT LANGUAGE.
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THE SAMPLE OF THE BILL WE GOT TO AND IT JUST REPEALS THE PARTS, SAYING THAT THE CITY'S CAN'T PREEMPTIVE CAN'T BAN IF THEY WANT TO.I MEAN, THEY'RE ON THE WATER, JUPITERS ON THE WATER TO [INAUDIBLE] THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED AT THE BEACH NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AS QUICK AS THEY CAN. AND HAVING THE PREEMPTION IN THE STATE LAW THAT REALLY TO ME, I DON'T SEE WHERE THE CARTER ASSOCIATION COMES IN EXCEPT AS AS AN ORGANIZATION THEY THEMSELVES CAN SUPPORT REMOVING THE BAN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION BANNING PLASTICS WITHOUT THE CARTER.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD BRING THE CARTER ASSOCIATION IN TO TALK ABOUT BUSINESS AND THE CITY IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT DECISION.
THIS WILL JUST GIVE US THE ABILITY AT SOME POINT TO MAKE A DECISION IF WE WANT.
THIS IS NOT ASKING TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO OR TRY TO PASS AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT PLASTICS IN OUR CITY.
THIS IS JUST TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBOR IN THEIR REQUEST TO THE LEGISLATURE TO TO REMOVE THE PREEMPTION.
LET ME HAVE ANOTHER SIDE OF IT.
FIRST OFF, WE HAVE TO STAY. OK.
AND I'M AN ASK MAX TO CLARIFY ON WHAT THE STATE LAW IS.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A STATE LAW IN PLACE THAT THEY CAN'T BAN PLASTICS.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE BABY STEPS WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING INVOLVED WITH AN OCEAN FRONT CITY, WHETHER IT BE JUPITER OR PALM BEACH, WHEN WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND SOMETHING RESTAURANTS UP AND DOWN OUR CORRIDOR.
AND WE REALLY NEED THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON WHAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO DO. AND REALLY GET EXPOSURE AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF PROJECT THAT TO BEGIN WITH ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS THROUGH THE CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY OF DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE INSIGNIFICANT.
THE HOME RULE ISSUE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
BUT WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE FOR PLASTICS WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD? BECAUSE PLASTICS ARE A BIG, BIG PROBLEM.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THE CORRIDOR OR PEOPLE COME TO ME DISCUSS BANNING PLASTICS OR ANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS OR ANYBODY IN THE RESTAURANTS WANTING TO MAKE THAT MOVEMENT TOWARDS BANNING. ANYWHERE YOU GO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA.
SO IT'S HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WE SHOULD JUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE WHEN WE WANT IF WE WANT TO DO IT.
BUT THE STATE SHOULDN'T HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING MONEY FROM THE FEDERATION AND THE RETAIL FEDERATION AND GETTING THEIR DOLLARS FOR RE-ELECTION THAT WAY.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR US.
LET'S BRING IT BACK. REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PASS ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO PLASTICS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO SUPPORT THE TOWN OF PALM BEACHES RESOLUTION ASKING THE LEGISLATORS TO REMOVE THE PREEMPTION.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY WANTS TO TRY TO LIMIT OR ELIMINATE PLASTICS.
THE CHAMBER HAS THE, THE PALM BEACH GARDENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS THIS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WORKING RIGHT NOW TO DEVELOP SOME TYPE OF POLICY THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS GOING TO PUT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF ALL OF THESE OTHER ISSUES, WHICH WE AS A COUNCIL DECIDED LAST MONTH TO WAIT TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY BEFORE WE DISCUSS ANY TYPE OF RESOLUTIONS OR ORDINANCES IN REGARDS TO THOSE TYPES OF POLICIES. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. SO JUST WHY WE'RE HERE AND JUST BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP, I'D LIKE MAX TO CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT THE STATE LAW IS.
WELL, THE STATE LAW BASICALLY JUST PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
IT PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM THE ABILITY TO REGULATE PLASTICS, POLYSTYRENE, SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS, STRAWS.
STRAWS WAS VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR SAYS STRAWS AREN'T INCLUDED.
IT IS. BUT IT'S IT'S ALL PART OF ANYWAY.
YOU'RE PREEMPTED FROM THESE THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN.
TO PREVENT YOU FROM THEN UNDER HOME RULE, ADOPTING YOUR OWN MUNICIPALITY BY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY BY COUNTY REGULATION.
AND THIS BILL WAS SUBMITTED BY A LEGISLATOR.
AND THOUGH TRY AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET IT TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE PROGNOSIS FOR THIS BILL, IF YOU WILL, IS NOT VERY GOOD.
SO IT'S JUST REALLY IT'S A DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO EXPEND YOUR POLITICAL CAPITAL ON IT.
RIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
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THAT'S A DECISION FOR THE FIVE OF YOU TO MAKE.MOST, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY BILLS IN THE HOUSE, IN THE SENATE DURING THE SESSION, UNLESS THEY HAVE BROAD BASED SUPPORT I.E.
IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, BECAUSE OF OUR MAKEUP RIGHT NOW BEING SUPPORTED BY THE DOMINANT PARTY, THEY DON'T TYPICALLY MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE THE FIRST YEAR.
IF THEY MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE THE SECOND YEAR, THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. AND THEN THEY MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE AT GETTING A VOTE AND PASSING ON THE THIRD YEAR.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY EVEN WHEN THEY'RE SUPPORTED, LUKEWARM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THUS FAR, THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AT THE TALLAHASSEE LEVEL.
BUT IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING IT, THAT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
AND WE COULD USE WE COULD MODEL IT SOMEWHAT AFTER PALM BEACHES.
PALM BEACHES IS NOT JUST ABOUT A HOME RULE.
REPEAL IT. IT'S ABOUT THE EVIL OF PLASTIC AND POLYSTYRENE AND THAT THEY WANT TO READAPT THEIR ORDINANCE. AND THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S THE DECISION TO THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
A DIRECTION IF I'M IF I CAN, JUST BECAUSE IT HURTS LISTENING TO YOU TALK.
BUT I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A NEGATIVE WAY JUST YOUR VOICE IS NOT THERE.
BUT BASICALLY, NO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN SUPPORT THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH TO ASK THE LEGISLATORS.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO.
WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT NAIVE ENOUGH TO THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS THE RIGHT THING, BECAUSE FLORIDA IS A BIG STATE AND IT IS REPRESENTED BY LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE COAST OR HAVE CONSTITUENCIES THAT CARE ABOUT THE USE OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO SOME TYPE OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE I WOULD THINK AFTER THE CHAMBERS COMMITTEE HAS THEIR FINAL REPORT AND IN THAT REPORT IS GOING TO COME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COURT OR ASSOCIATION AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THIS IS SIMPLY SAYING DO WE WANT AS A CITY TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBOR AND ASKED FOR US TO SIGN ON TO THEIR RESOLUTION TO ASK FOR THE PREEMPTION TO BE LIFTED.
THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS WHAT IT IS.
AND MATTHEW, YOU HAVEN'T YOU HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTION OR COMMENT? THE TWO ISSUES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME ARE EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
ANYTHING I CAN DO TO FORWARD EITHER OF THOSE.
I WILL SUPPORT. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THE COMMENT, CARL? OTHER THAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT PALM BEACH IS GOING TO BENEFIT.
SO THERE'S THERE'S TWO THINGS.
THIS IS A GLOBAL PICTURE QUESTION BECAUSE WE ALL GET HIT WITH SOCIAL QUESTIONS AND ISSUES. CAN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS PASS ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION TO WHAT THE STATE OR COUNTY DOES? THAT'S A DEBATE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATELY.
THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE CITY AT RISK OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAKING A POLICY DECISION OR STATEMENT TO ASK THAT WE SUPPORT PALM BEACH, THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH AND OTHERS, TO ASK LEGISLATORS TO CONSIDER LIFTING THEIR PREEMPTION RULES.
THAT'S IT. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT THAT.
I WOULDN'T EVEN. IT'S NOT I DON'T EVEN THINK A RESOLUTION [INAUDIBLE] SUPPORT THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH. IT'S IN SUPPORT OF THE SENATE BILL AND THE HOUSE COMPANION BILL ON HOME RULE GROUNDS. THAT IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY PROHIBITING PALM BEACH.
THERE'S ALSO AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN GOING ON.
THERE WERE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND CLOTHES WITH WHAT WE GOT.
THERE IS AN ONLINE PETITION SIGNING THAT IS GAINING MOMENTUM ACROSS THE STATE.
AND AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND THE CITIES ACROSS THE STATE PICK IT UP, THEY WANT THE GOVERNOR AND THEY WANT THE LEGISLATORS TO KNOW.
THE GOVERNOR TOOK A BOLD STEP BY VETOING THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS GOING TO BAN STRAWS.
HE SAID NO. HE'S BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE FOR WATER AND HE'S WORKING REALLY HARD TO HELP THE STATE SOLVE SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WE HAVE AROUND THE AREA OF WATER.
SO IT'S NOT A GIVEN THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK FOR US TO TAKE A STAND AND SAY WE WANT THE RIGHT TO DO THIS, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL US WHAT TO DO IS IMPORTANT.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT ONCE IT GETS TO THE POINT, WHATEVER HAPPENS UP IN THE STATE, WHETHER IT PASSES OR WHETHER IT DOESN'T. YOU KNOW, ONCE IT GETS BACK ON OUR PLATE AGAIN AND WE START MAKING THESE CHOICES, IT REALLY HAS TO BE UNIQUE TO WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
PERIOD. AND THEN GLOBAL RESEARCH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ON REALLY WHAT FITS THE NEEDS OF OUR CORRIDOR AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO IF WE'RE SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE IDEA OF SUPPORTING IT FOR THE FACT THAT WERE
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WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE THE FOUNDATION OF WE HAVE THE RIGHT FOR HOME RULE AND THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.MARIA. WELL, THE WE ARE ALL PART OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES. I SIT ON THE BOARD.
RACHELLE IS ON ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
WE ARE PART OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHERE A PART OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE PART OF ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR HOME RULE RIGHTS.
NOW, WHETHER WE AGREE ON WHAT THIS SAYS, WHAT WE DO AGREE ON IS THAT THE STATE SHOULDN'T BE TELLING THE CITY WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO.
THAT WE AGREE ON. SO THAT IS WHAT THE RESOLUTION SHOULD BE REFLECTING.
CORRECT. DID I SAY THAT FOR ALL OF US.
MAX. SO IF WE GEAR IT TOWARDS THAT FOUNDATION, INSTEAD OF GET AWAY FROM THE PLASTIC ISSUE.
AWAY FROM THE PLASTIC ISSUE. MAX, MAX GOT UP SOMETHING AND BRING IT BACK. SO IF WE GEAR IT TOWARDS THAT FOUNDATION INSTEAD OF.
SO GET AWAY FROM THE PLASTIC ISSUE.
MAX, MAX GOT UP SOMETHING AND BRING IT BACK.
ANY OTHER ITEMS OF COUNCIL ACTION DISCUSSION? I KNOW MAX HAS A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BRING UP? NO. OK, MAX. YES, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. I ASSURE YOU, IT IS ALL.
YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY SEVERED OUR TIES WITH OUR RESTAURANT OPERATOR FOR THE GOLF CLUB AND
[Items XII & XIII]
WE'RE CURRENTLY WINDING UP AND AND RESOLVING THOSE THOSE CONTRACTUAL ISSUES CURRENTLY.WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS TRYING TO SETTLE ALL THOSE ITEMS THERE BECAUSE SOME CONTENTIOUS MOMENTS HERE AND THERE AND SOME LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE MAY REACH AN AMICABLE RESOLUTION AND SOME THAT LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT WE MAY NOT.
AND IF WE CAN RESOLVE IT, THAT WILL BE GREAT.
BUT WHAT I'M ASKING TONIGHT IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE ME TO FILE A LAWSUIT, IF NECESSARY, TO PRESS FORWARD OUR INTERESTS.
OF COURSE, WITH THE CONSENT AND AGREEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR IT IS THAT IF THESE DISCUSSIONS DETERIORATE AND I HAVE TO FEEL THE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, IT MAY BE BETWEEN OUR MEETINGS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK TO YOU.
AND I KNOW MR. LANE COUNCILMEMBER LANE UNDERSTANDS THIS AS SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES IT'S THE ONE YOU YOU WANT TO BE THE ONE TO ACTUALLY THROW THE FIRST PUNCH AND TACTICALLY SPEAKING, IN LITIGATION SOMETIMES AS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR THIS FROM YOU TONIGHT, SO THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE IF NECESSARY.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT I HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I CAN TO AVOID GETTING THE CITY INTO LITIGATION BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THIS THE BEST USE OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
MY JOB IS TO TRY TO KEEP YOU OUT OF LITIGATION.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE IF YOU THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A FIGHT, SOMETIMES THE BEST THING TO DO IS START IT AND WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THAT ABILITY.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS A MOTION AND A VOTE AUTHORIZING ME TO FILE THE LAWSUIT AGAINST OUR FORMER OPERATOR AND HIS ANCILLARY COMPANIES AND ANY OF THE MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE COMPANIES IF NECESSARY.
CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SUPPORT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REQUEST? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SECOND.
THANK YOU, MAX. WE TRUST YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING, AS ALWAYS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY? MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANUKKAH.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY NEW YEAR, BE SAFE, COME OUT AND VISIT US AT THE TREE LIGHTING. TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE MANY MEETINGS ADJOURNED THAT.
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