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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes EDAB 120805'i Economic Development Advisory Board • December 8, 2005 The Economic Development Advisory Board met on December 8, 2005. The meeting was called to order at 8:35 AM in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. I. ROLL CALL Members Present: Eric Habecker, Mark Murnan, James Kissel, Kenneth Kahn, Casey Steinbacher, Lou Gaeta, Steve Cohen, and Sandra Foland. Members Absent: Elaine Beers. Also Present: Dolores Key, Staff Liaison and Economic Development/Marketing Director; Charles Wu, Growth Management Administrator; Allyson Maiwurm, Administrative Projects Coordinator; Dodi Glass from Gentile, Holloway, and O'Mahoney; and John Sable, Sr. Vice President of Coulter Communities. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Board approved the minutes from the November 9, 2005 meeting. • Ill. ITEMS BY STAFF LIAISON • A. Targeted Expedited Permitting Program Dolores Key announced that the Targeted Expedited Permitting Program - Ordinance 1, 2006 - is scheduled to go before the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board on December 13, and then before City Council for 1St reading on January 5, and 2nd reading February 2, 2006. B. Anspach Companies Dolores explained that the Anspach Companies has found the need to build a larger facility than was approved last year. After many months of working with the County on the methodology for the trip calculation, the County has agreed to utilize newer traffic standards as set forth by latest version of the ITE manuals. Because of the increase number of trips available, Anspach has been able to resubmit site plans for a larger facility. The project will be expedited under the Targeted Expedited Permitting Program. C. Scripps - Florida • There was discussion he bout County's n a t announcement that that Scripps - Florida will be building permanent facilities in Jupiter on the FAU Campus in Abacoa. IV. NEW BUSINESS Land Development Petitions Charles Wu introduced the first Land Development Petition that has been brought before this Board. The project is Garden's Point which is located on the Northwest corner of Kyoto Gardens Drive and Fairchild Garden's Ave. It is part of the Regional Center DRI. He stated the Board is not required to make a recommendation on this petition rather they should review the project and give their opinion. Dodi Glass from Gentile, Holloway, and O'Mahoney gave a PowerPoint presentation about the project. She went over the location and the master plan for the Regional Center DRI. She explained that this parcel has gone through several public hearings to get to the point of presenting the site plan. The project is made up of 240 condominium units including town homes. It will be just over 6 • Y2 acres and will have a clubhouse and lake amenities. There was discussion regarding the impact of tax dollars by converting from commercial to residential. Dodi stated that the DRI has remaining square footage for office, retail and research and are mixed categories. She does not have an answer to the economic impact because it will vary over time, but stated that the amount of square footage that would be converted is; 58,000 from business use, 2,400 from light research and 118 hotel rooms will be eliminated. There was discussion about what other vacant sites are in the DRI. Dodi stated that there are approved sites with site plans that at this time that do not have development on them. There was also discussion about how trips will be converted with loosing 58,000 square feet to residential and what effect this will have on the future trips for other projects. John Sable, Sr. Vice President of Coulter Communities said that they took the trips that were allocated to this specific property and did the conversion from office to residential and used that formula to come up with the number of units that will be built in the project. Lou Gaeta stated that he has a problem with taking the commercial property off the table. There is very little property in the City left for commercial businesses and this property could be used for a business headquarters. There was • discussion about how many more projects that want to be converted from commercial to residential and at what point does the City stop the conversions. • There was much discussion regarding the amount of trips and how the conversions work when changing from commercial to residential. The Board discussed the fact that this project is already far along and it would not be fair to not to approve it at this point. The was a motion to recommend this project move forward, but the Board would like it noted that in the future they would like these projects to be looked at closer by staff prior to moving forward with conversions. The vote passed 6 -1 Habecker Yes Kahn Yes Murnan Yes Steinbacher Yes Kissel Yes Cohen Yes Gaeta No V. OLD BUSINESS • Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Brad Wiseman presented an up date on the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR Report). Brad stated that when this report was taken to the Planning and Zoning Board, they agreed with Staff's major issues but they also stressed two new issues. They are: Redevelopment — What is the vision for re- development in the City and also added attainable housing. The Board suggested changing the wording from attainable housing to workforce housing. Casey Steinbacher had questions regarding the EAR process. She wanted to know how the level of service is defined in the City and how are the standards for the level of service determined. Charles Wu stated City Council sets the level of service through the Comprehensive Plan and is approved by the State. There was additional conversation about the level of service within the City. Charles added that whenever a land use change is made there is also a level of service analysis done. Charles stated that there are six levels of service that the City looks at. They are: Portable Water, provided by Seacoast Utilities, Sewer, provided by Seacoast Utilities, Roads, Parks, Solid Waste, provided by Waste Management and drainage which is provided Northern. Parks is the only service that the City has total control over. Lou Gaeta handed out a letter and a report to the Board that speaks to the issues is of roof tops, retail space and how the industrial sector plays a big part in revenue dollars for a City. There was discussion about the report and letter. The Board is • going to read the information and discuss this at a future meeting. VI. NEXT MEETING TOPIC Kenneth Kahn would like to discuss the letter and report that Lou Gaeta handed out. The Board will elect new officers at the January meeting. VI. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:57 A.M. Approval: Kenneth Kahn, Chairperson • Lou Gaeta, Vice Chairperson Elaine Beers, Board Member Eric Habecker, Board Member • arrj6s Kissel, Board Member V Mark Murnan, Board Member sey Steinbacher, Board Member 1 • Steve Cohen, Alternate Board Member Sandra Foland, Alternate Board Member Attest: d� usan Bell Public Information/ Recording Coordinator • •