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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
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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.
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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
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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:
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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
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Steve Cohen, Alternate Board Member
Sandra Foland, Alternate Board Member
Attest:
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Susan Bell
Public Information/ Recording Coordinator