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MEMORANDUM
TO: Patty Snider DATE: September 26, 2003
FROM: Janice Massie
CC: Dolores Key
SUBJECT: EDOC Meeting of September 25, 2003
Attached please find a copy of the information that was distributed at the above -
referenced meeting.
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Economic Development Oversight Committee Meeting
Thursday — September 25, 2003 - 8:30 a.m.
Council Chambers — City Hall
Meeting Agenda
1. Welcome
2. Review of Minutes
3. Staff Report
4. Open Discussion
• Targeted Expedited Permitting Program
5. Establish Next Month's Topic
6. Next Meeting Date
7. Adjourn
Ed Sabin, Chair
Members
Dolores Key
Ed Sabin, Chair
October 23, 2003,
8:30 a.m.
Economic Development Oversight Committee
Economic Development Oversight Committee
Minutes
August 28, 2003
Meeting was called to order at 8:30 am on August 28, 2003.
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Members present:
Elaine Beers Eric Habecher
Dan Clark Ed Sabin
Kelly Fanelli
Members absent (Excused)
Joe Russo
Frank Compiani
Neil Merin
Dave Haysmer
Lou Gaeta
Mark Nys
Kenneth Kahn
Jim Griffin
Barbara Cottrell
Casey Steinbacher
Staff present:
Ron Ferris Dolores Key
Sheryl Stewart Janice Massie
• Minutes of the July 24, 2003 EDOC Meeting reviewed and approved.
■ Staff Report presented by Dolores Key
• Informed members that future EDOC meetings will be tape recorded. Needs to be
public record.
• Draft of Accelerated Permitting Program was introduced. Palm Beach Gardens
would be breaking ground as very few cities have a written program in place. It was
suggested that the EDOC members review the draft and respond with their thoughts.
The draft document will be emailed to all members of the EDOC.
• Ed Sabin introduced Susan Miller, Planner, and Barbara Pinkston - Taylor, Principal Site
Planner, for Palm Beach County.
• Land Use Designation of Palm Beach Park of Commerce and Comprehensive Plan
Amendment Process, presented by Susan Miller.
o A map showing the land use of Palm Beach Park of Commerce was distributed and
discussed. Boundaries, land use designation, vacant land, industrial, commercial
and the Economic Development Center were pointed out.
o Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Element was discussed.
1. United Technologies Corporation (Pratt - Whitney) Protection Area Overlay. Palm
Beach County protects critical industrial, manufacturing and research and
development activities from encroachment of incompatible uses and activities.
2. Allowable land use designations in the UTC are industrial, including the
Economic Development Center category, and conservation, including the Water
Resources Area category.
Dolores Key, Economic Development & Marketing Administrator
Economic Development Oversight Committee
3. Commercial and Commercial Recreation future land use designations are
prohibited, except for parcels which hold Commercial or Commercial Recreation
designations prior to the adoption of the 1989 Comprehensive Plan.
4. Limited permit uses include residential, hotels, motels, medical and dental
offices, and hospitals and medical centers.
o Palm Beach Park of Commerce approved as PIPD (Plan Industrial Park
Development) in 1981.
1. Document distributed showing break down of uses and approved acreages.
o Comprehensive Plan Amendment Process
1. Amendment process is initiated. Typically takes 13 months to complete.
Starts in October and in March. State mandates the process.
2. Staff prepares analysis and recommendation.
3. Public Hearing is held by Local Planning Agency
4. Public Hearing of the Board of County Commissioners
5. Florida Department of Community Affairs reviews proposed amendment and
issues objections, recommendations and comments report
6. Public Hearing: Board of County Commissioners adoption
7. Florida Department of Community Affairs reviews adopted amendment and
publishes notice of intent in newspaper to find adopted amendment in
compliance
8. Amendment becomes effective as of notice of intent, if the notice is not
challenged
9. Site - specific amendments proceed with rezoning process and site plan
review process
■ Zoning 101, presented by Barbara - Pinkston Taylor:
o Booklet entitled Palm Beach County Planning /Zoning & Building, PBG Development
Committee Meeting was distributed.
1. Website and zoning districts discussed.
2. Future land use designation graph discussed.
a. Industrial can come into zoning process and have it re- zoned.
Charts show different review processes required in order to proceed.
b. Special uses discussed.
c. Development Review Committee (DRC) generates site plan,
confirms site plan meets requirements. Class A — forwarded to
Board of County Commissioners. Class B — Conditional Uses —
requires zoning approval — 3 -4 months.
d. Small scale amendments pass quicker than large scale.
3. Intergovernmental Park Amendment Committee ([PAC) — packet is sent to
this committee by Palm Beach County for review. This sets up forum for
objections. Very few objections — only one in five years.
Interlocal Agreements regarding the western Northlake corridor and eastern areas
were discussed.
1. Western Northlake corridor: County concerned about chipping away at
roads, designated rural parkway. Must go to Council for approval. Will be
preparing list on neighborhood uses.
2. Eastern: Joint Planning Agreement — North Palm Beach, certain properties
and Palm Beach Gardens, certain properties.
o Palm Beach County trying to stabilize area. Identify property, land use intent.
Dolores Key, Economic Development & Marketing Administrator
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• Future Annexation determined by cities. Palm Beach County gets involved when
notified by municipality of pending annexation plans. County sends zoning file to
municipality and jurisdiction is relinquished.
• ULDC — Palm Beach County has Citizens Task Force — takes recommendations for
different language (categories)
• Next month's topic was discussed. Develop strategies and outline — use strategic
outlines — business meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 am.
Note: Next meeting is scheduled for September 25, 2003, at 8 :30 am in the City Hall Council
Chambers.
Dolores Key, Economic Development & Marketing Administrator
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Targeted Expedited Permitting Program
The City of Palm Beach Gardens seeks to diversify its economic base and provide
the citizenry value -added employment opportunities through the recruitment and
expansion of targeted industry groups.
To accomplish this goal, the City of Palm Beach Gardens offers a Targeted
Expedited Permitting Program to expedite the planning, zoning, and building
permitting process. The Targeted Expedited Permitting Program is available to
companies that are expanding operations or moving into the City so that employment
may be created at a faster pace. Companies must meet specific criteria, as
established by the City Council, in order to qualify for the Targeted Expedited
Permitting Program.
The Targeted Expedited Permitting Program provides qualifying projects an efficient
process to resolve issues in a timely manner through face to face meetings with a
City representative without sacrificing any requirements as established by the City's
Codes of Ordinances. As with any project, the City of Palm Beach Gardens reserves
the right to deny a proposal that is deemed to be detrimental to the quality of life of
the citizens.
Qualifiers for the Targeted Expedited Permitting Program
• Appling companies must fall into specific industry clusters as recommended
by the Economic Development Oversight Committee and approved by City
Council. Industry areas:
• Aerospace / Engineering
• Medical / Pharmaceutical
• Business / Financial Services
• Information Technology
• Education
• Companies must create at least fifty (50) new positions in the City of Palm
Beach Gardens within first two (2) years of operations.
• Positions created must be considered value -added employment.
• Value added employment is defined when the average salary of positions
created are at least 10% higher than the per capita income level in Palm
Beach Gardens. This equates to $47,272 / year as of September 2003.
• Positions must be sustainable for a five (5) year period of time.
• Companies must pass the City's due diligence process to establish solvency
and credibility prior to acceptance into the program.
• Due diligence may include, but not limited to, a Dun & Bradstreet report and
five (5) years of financials.
• Due diligence reports must be reviewed by the Economic Development
Oversight Committee, City Manager, Economic Development Administrator
and Financial Administrator for the City of Palm Beach Gardens.
• Companies must receive endorsement from the Economic Development
Oversight Committee and approval of the City Council to qualify.
• Company must appoint a Project Manager for communication purposes.
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■ Start date for filling newly created positions will be considered thirty (30) days
after company receives a Certificate of Occupancy by the City's Building
Department.
Benefits of the Targeted Expedited Permitting Program
Companies that have been accepted into the Targeted Expedited Permitting Program
will receive:
• A single Point of Contact for the approval process as appointed by the City
Manager or Economic Development Administrator.
• Establishment of necessary steps required for project approval in pre -
application meeting with Growth Management Division.
• Itemized completion timetable.
• Priority at every juncture of the review process by City staff and contracted
engineering firm, including face to face meetings.
• Review by City staff and engineering firm conducted within five (5) business
days of submission.
• If problems are identified, a face -to -face meeting of all concerned parties will
be called within two (2) business days so that a resolution may be found in a
timely and efficient manner.
• City appointed Point of Contact will be kept apprised of all developments
regarding a project by City's Engineering, Growth Management, and Building
Departments in order to trouble -shoot and keep sanctioned projects on track.
• City's Point of Contact will provide a weekly status report (minimally) to
Company's Project Manager.
• An economic impact report that will be included with project presentations to
Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
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Dolores Key
• From: Habecker, Eric [EHabecker @JJG.com)
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:19 PM
To: Dolores Key
Cc: 'esabin @3implant.com'
Subject: EDOC Meeting
Dolores,
Unfortunately, I will be in Atlanta on Thursday and thus unable to attend the oversight committee meeting.I did,
however, want to provide you with some feedback on the Accelerated Permitting Program (APP). Since I am new to the
committee, some of my feedback may have already been discussed. My comments are:
1. I understand the need for the APP, however, it sounds as though Palm Beach Gardens needs to streamline the
entire permitting process.
2. I believe the first step should be to map the permitting process from start to finish. Seeing the process mapped will
reveal many permitting obstacles. As the process is mapped the employees involved in the permitting process will
provide valuable input as to why the permitting process takes so long.
3. After reviewing the draft of the APP, I wonder if the process of determining whether or not a company qualifies
for the APP process could be lengthy in itself.
4. Without addressing the overall permitting process the APP will cause all other permitting to be delayed even more.
5. Has anyone reviewed previously approved permits to determine how many of them would have qualified for the
APP process over the past two years? This would assist with evaluating the APP criteria.
6. Does the City have any statistical data with regard to permitting'? It would be beneficial to know the permitting
process duration, how many permits meet the APP criteria etc.
• Call if you have any questions.
Regards,
Eric J. Habecker
Regional Manager - Florida
Jordan, Jones & Goulding
3300 PGA Blvd.
Suite 605
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
(561) 799 -3855 Main
(561) 799 -6579 Fax
(561) 758 -4783 Cell
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Legal Department
DATE: May 28, 2003
TO: All Departments
FROM: Christine Tatum
RE: Agenda Preparation
As I mentioned at the agenda review meeting yesterday, it appears necessary to
make a few adjustments to the agenda process to ensure there is time for
adequate review of all agenda items. Currently, all agenda items are due to the
City Clerk on the Monday of the week prior to the Council meeting so that
agendas can be distributed a week before the meeting. Beginning with the
Council meeting of July 3, 2003, please submit your agenda packet (and the
electronic version) to the Legal Department no later than 5:00 p.m. on the
Wednesday before the item is due to the Clerk. (See attached schedule)
If you anticipate agenda items that will be complex, or if items are time - sensitive,
please set up a meeting with me to discuss the item as early in the process as
possible.
Just a reminder — we frequently make changes to the format of resolutions and
ordinances. If the changes are substantive, I will e-mail or call, and we can
discuss the changes. However, please remember that the "official" version of all
resolutions and ordinances is maintained in our office. Therefore, if changes are
made by Council at the time of adoption, please send Barbara an e-mail
message outlining the changes, and she will incorporate the changes into the
document and return a hard copy to you for transmittal to the Clerk for execution.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and as always, please don't hesitate
to call us should you have any concerns, questions, or comments.
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2003 Schedule
Council Meetinci Clerk's Deadline Leaal Department Deadline
July 3
June 23
June 18
July 17
July 7
July 2
August 7
July 28
July 23
August 21
August 11
August 6
September 4
August 25
August 20
September 18
September 8
September 3
October 2
September 22
September 17
October 16
October 6
October 1
November 6
October 27
October 22
November 20
November 10
November 5
December 4
November 24
November 19
December 18
December 8
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Economic Development Oversight Committee
Economic Development Oversight Committee
Minutes
August 28, 2003
/ Meeting was called to order at 8:30 am on August 28, 2003.
Members present:
-Elaine Beers
Wan Clark
j,Xelly Fanelli
Members��bsent (Excused):
L.d"o� Russo
L, eil -Merin
j,koa -6aeta
Kenneth Kahn
Barbara Cottrell
Staff present:
Ron Ferris
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W=Eric Habecher
i,E'd Sabin
Frank Compiani
rave Haysmer
Mark Nys
L Griffin
7sey Steinbacher
Dolores Key
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• Minutes of the July 24, 2003 EDOC Meeting reviewed and approved.
■ Staff Report presented by Dolores Key
• Informed members that future EDOC meetings will be tape recorded. Needs to be
public record.
• Draft of Accelerated Permitting Program was introduced. Palm Beach Gardens
would be breaking ground as very few cities have a written program in place. It was
suggested that the EDOC members review the draft and respond with their thoughts.
The draft document will be emailed to all members of the EDOC.
• Ed Sabin introduced Susan Miller, Planner, and Barbara Pinkston- Taylor, Principal Site
Planner, for Palm Beach County.
• Land Use Designation of Palm Beach Park of Commerce and Comprehensive Plan
Amendment Process, presented by Susan Miller.
o A map showing the land use of Palm Beach Park of Commerce was distributed and
discussed. Boundaries, land use designation, vacant land, industrial, commercial
and the Economic Development Center were pointed out.
o Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Element was discussed.
1. United Technologies Corporation (Pratt - Whitney) Protection Area Overlay. Palm
Beach County protects critical industrial, manufacturing and research and
development activities from encroachment of incompatible uses and activities.
2. Allowable land use designations in the UTC are industrial, including the
Economic Development Center category, and conservation, including the Water
Resources Area category.
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3. Commercial and Commercial Recreation future land use designations are
prohibited, except for parcels which hold Commercial or Commercial Recreation
designations prior to the adoption of the 1989 Comprehensive Plan.
4. Limited permit uses include residential, hotels, motels, medical and dental
offices, and hospitals and medical centers.
o Palm Beach Park of Commerce approved as PIPD (Plan Industrial Park
Development) in 1981.
1. Document distributed showing break down of uses and approved acreages.
o Comprehensive Plan Amendment Process
1. Amendment process is initiated. Typically takes 13 months to complete.
Starts in October and in March. State mandates the process.
2. Staff prepares analysis and recommendation.
3. Public Hearing is held by Local Planning Agency
4. Public Hearing of the Board of County Commissioners
5. Florida Department of Community Affairs reviews proposed amendment and
issues objections, recommendations and comments report
6. Public Hearing: Board of County Commissioners adoption
7. Florida Department of Community Affairs reviews adopted amendment and
publishes notice of intent in newspaper to find adopted amendment in
compliance
8. Amendment becomes effective as of notice of intent, if the notice is not
challenged
9. Site- specific amendments proceed with rezoning process and site plan
review process
■ Zoning 101, presented by Barbara- Pinkston Taylor:
o Booklet entitled Palm Beach County Planning /Zoning & Building, PBG Development
Committee Meeting was distributed.
1. Website and zoning districts discussed.
2. Future land use designation graph discussed.
a. Industrial can come into zoning process and have it re- zoned.
Charts show different review processes required in order to proceed.
b. Special uses discussed.
c. Development Review Committee (DRC) generates site plan,
confirms site plan meets requirements. Class A — forwarded to
Board of County Commissioners. Class B — Conditional Uses —
requires zoning approval — 3 -4 months.
d. Small scale amendments pass quicker than large scale.
3. Intergovernmental Park Amendment Committee ([PAC) — packet is sent to
this committee by Palm Beach County for review. This sets up forum for
objections. Very few objections — only one in five years.
o Interlocal Agreements regarding the western Northlake corridor and eastern areas
were discussed-
1 . Western Northlake corridor: County concerned about chipping away at
roads, designated rural parkway. Must go to Council for approval. Will be
preparing list on neighborhood uses.
2. Eastern: Joint Planning Agreement — North Palm Beach, certain properties
and Palm Beach Gardens, certain properties.
o Palm Beach County trying to stabilize area. Identify property, land use intent.
Dolores Key, Economic Development & Marketing Administrator
Economic Development Oversight Committee
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• Future Annexation determined by cities. Palm Beach County gets involved when
notified by municipality of pending annexation plans. County sends zoning file to
municipality and jurisdiction is relinquished.
• ULDC — Palm Beach County has Citizens Task Force — takes recommendations for
different language (categories)
• Next month's topic was discussed. Develop strategies and outline — use strategic
outlines — business meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 am.
Note: Next meeting is scheduled for September 25, 2003, at 8:30 am in the City Hall Council
Chambers.
Dolores Key, Economic Development & Marketing Administrator