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July 15, 2004
Minutes
The Economic Development Advisory board met on July 15, 2004. The meeting was
called to order at 8:35 AM.
I. ROLL CALL
Members Present: Ed Sabin, Barbara Cottrell, Kelly Smallridge, Lou Gaeta, Jim Griffin
and Casey Steinbacher.
Also present: Dolores Key, Staff Liaison
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING
A motion was made by Barbara Cottrell to approve the minutes from the last meeting and
seconded by Casey Steinbacher. All were in favor. Passed 6 -0.
III. CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT FOR THE
COMPRHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
The process for getting the economic development element for the comprehensive plan
passed is as follows:
a) The Economic Development Advisory Board approves the document.
b) It then goes to the DRC (Development Review Committee).
c) It is then reviewed by the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board.
d) Placed on an upcoming agenda for City Council review and adoption.
e) It then goes to DCA (Department of Community Affairs) in Tallahassee.
By adopting this document it is, in essence, creating an Economic Development
Department within the city. Everything that happens in the city will go through the
Economic Development Department to look at and see how it will effect economic
development and business in the city. It also gives the business community a specific
point person with a legal basis to take action.
Casey Steinbacher left the meeting at 8:45 AM.
The board made suggestions to change specific language in the proposal. It was the
consensus that the objective and purpose of the proposal were not clear and needed to be
stated in a separate paragraph at the beginning of the document. The board agreed the
proposal was very well written but needed a little clarity of certain issues.
There were discussions as to Table 7 (Population 25 & over with Bachelor's Degree or
Higher), Table 9 (Median Age of Population), and Table 19 (Land Density Comparative
of Municipalities in PBC) of the document. Barbara Cottrell asked for changes to be
made to the charts to make them into bar charts instead of the existing pie charts.
Dolores Key stated that she would make the following changes:
a) Put in a Statement of Purpose at the beginning of the document.
b) State up front why this element needs to be adopted.
c) Change certain tables to figures.
d) Tables 9 (Median Age of Population) and Table 19 (Land Density
Comparative of Municipalities in PBC) will be changed to bar charts instead
of pie charts.
e) Table 7 (Population 25 & over with Bachelor's Degree or Higher) will use
percentages.
f) After figures are shown there will be a statement of what the figure is
showing.
A motion was made by Lou Gaeta to approve the document with the suggested changes
that Dolores Key will make. Jim Griffin seconded the motion and all were in favor. The
vote passed 5 -0. Before leaving the meeting, Casey Steinbacher, stated she was in favor
of the document and asked that be made a part of the record.
IV. NEW MEMBER APPLICATIONS
Dolores Key asked that all board members please fill out their applications for renewal of
membership and send them back as soon as possible. There will be seven slots plus two
alternates open under the new application process. Three of the slots are reserved for the
PGA Corridor Association, The North Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce and
the Business Development Board. Members do not have to be residents of the city but do
need to own or operate a business in the city.
V. TOPIC FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING
The topic for next meeting will be on the DRI (Development of Regional Impact)
process.
VL NEXT MEETING DATE
The next meeting was originally scheduled for August 19, 2004 but that date will not
work due to a conflict. When a new meeting date is set all members will be contacted.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:13 AM.
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