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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes EDAB 111005i Economic Development Advisory Board November 10. 2005 The Economic Development Advisory Board met on November 10, 2005. The meeting was called to order at 8:32 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: Kenneth Kahn, Lou Gaeta, James Kissel, Mark Murnan, Steve Cohen and Elaine Beers Members Absent: Casey Steinbacher, Eric Habecker, and Sandra Foland Also Present: Dolores Key, Staff Liaison and Economic Development/Marketing Director; Charles Wu, Growth Management Administrator; Allyson Maiwurm, Administrative Projects Coordinator; Kelvin Wise, Code Enforcement Supervisor and Kara Irwin, Senior Planner II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The Board approved the minutes from the September 8, 2005 meeting. III. ITEMS BY STAFF LIAISON A. Economic Development: Two Year Review Dolores Key thanked the North Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce for giving her the opportunity to present the City's Economic Development Two -Year Review at the Business Before Hours. The presentation was well received by the business community. B. Hometown News — September 16, 2005 Dolores discussed a newspaper article in the Hometown News entitled Briger Parcel Quietly Changes Status. She stated that she is trying to get the message to the residents that traffic generated from research and development properties is in fact, less than residential communities. C. Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Kara Irwin gave a brief presentation on the City's Evaluation and Appraisal Report. She explained that every seven years the City must conduct an evaluation of its Comprehensive Plan. She stated that the City held a public i I meeting to obtain input from the residents. There was a workshop with the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board which resulted in individual meetings being set up with the members of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board for their comments and input regarding major issues relative to the elements in the Comprehensive Plan. She explained the Future Land Use Element which sets the land use in the City, defines it and sets goals, objectives and policies regarding the future land use map. Some of the other elements of the plan include: transportation, housing, conservation, coastal management, recreation open space, capital improvements, economic development plan, infrastructure plan, storm water management, intergovernmental coordination element, public schools element, public safety and monitoring and evaluation section. Kara discussed the process of identifying major issues that affect the City. Staff has identified five major issues for the City which include: proactively planning for western growth, diversify land -uses for future development, develop a creative transit system, maintain City's roadway linkages and re- evaluate the City's proposed level of service criteria for public parks. Kara asked for the Board's input and comments concerning their feelings on the major issues in the City. Dolores added that she feels this topic is very important to the City's future and would like the Board to review the material and discuss this at a future meeting. Lou Gaeta asked how the City is involving the business community in this process. Kenneth Kahn agreed that Kara should discuss this with Casey Steinbacher at the Chamber of Commerce. It was suggested that Staff contact occupational license holders and have a workshop for business owners similar to the workshop that was presented to the residents. There was additional discussion regarding how to engage the business community and get them involved in this process. There was also discussion about the different land use categories and future annexation areas. It was suggested that Kara bring this back to the Board for discussion and to breakdown the topics to be discussed at different meetings. D. City Council Board Liaisons Dolores explained that City Council has decided to revise Ordinance 17, 2004, and appoint council members as liaisons to all boards with the exception to the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board. The revision should be going before City Council at the December 15 meeting. In addition, future board members will be chosen by City Council as opposed to Staff making the recommendations. 2 IV. OLD BUSINESS Ordinance 12, 2005 — Property Maintenance Standards Kelvin Wise stated that since his last presentation on Ordinance 12, 2005 to this Board, some changes have occurred. The Ordinance will not be going before City Council until at least January 2006 and are considering waiting until the next fiscal year to actual implement the ordinance. Staff has also decided not to include the International Property Maintenance Code in the Ordinance (IPMC). They are proposing to incorporate some of the IPMC code but not the entire code. There were questions regarding compliance of the Ordinance and how will residents be notified and educated about the ordinance. Kelvin stated that Code Enforcement Officers will be making people aware of the ordinance. There will be written communication including detailed brochures and Public Service Announcements developed by the City's Public Relations Director. There was discussion regarding residents that cannot afford to make improvements to their property and whether there are signed agreements with other organizations such as'Christ Fellowship, Waste Management and Temple Judea to help these people. Kelvin stated that as of now, there are no agreements signed but that will be part of the program and they will be working on that portion in the near future. Mark Murnan made a motion to recommend Ordinance 12, 2005 to City Council and the motion was seconded but after some discussion Mark withdrew the motion. The Board will further review the Ordinance including the comments by other City Boards and vote at the next meeting whether or not to recommend this Ordinance to City Council. NEW BUSINESS Land Development Regulations — Targeted Expedited Permitted Program Dolores explained that although Ordinance 48, 2004 which included the Targeted Expedited Permitted Program in the data and analysis has been approved, it still needs to be codified in the LDR(s). This will legalized the entire program, which specifies the standards for a company to be eligible for expedited permitting. A motion was made by Kenneth Kahn to approve codification, and was seconded by Mark Murnan. Elaine Beers thanked Dolores for her hard work on this project. There was discussion regarding the due diligence portion and some of the procedures of the program. The motion passed 6 -0. Kissel Yes Kahn Yes Beers Yes Gaeta Yes Murnan Yes Cohen Yes Z f Dolores stated that starting next month land development cases will be brought before the Board from petitioners that are asking to change land use from commercial to residential. The Board will review the cases with their comments incorporated into the Staff report that is presented to City Council. VI. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:33 A.M. Approval: d� Kenneth Kahn, Lou Gaeta, Vice Chairperson Elaine Beers, Board Member Eric Habecker, Board Member James Kissel, g3oard Member Mark Murnan, Board Member Casey Steinbacher, Board Member 4 �5-6� Cs�—� Steve Cohen, Alternate Board Member Sandra Foland, Alternate Board Member Attest: (D Susan Bell Public Information/ Recording Coordinator