HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes EDAB 020906Economic Development Advisory Board
February 9, 2006
The Economic Development Advisory Board met on February 9, 2006 at City
Hall, 10500 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The meeting was called
to order at 8:35 A.M. and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
I. ROLL CALL
Members Present: Kenneth Kahn, Lou Gaeta, James Kissel, Elaine Beers, Steve
Cohen
Members Absent: Sandra Foland, Mark Murnan and Casey Steinbacher
Also Present: Dolores Key, Staff Liaison and Economic Development Director,
Michael Sanchez, Alternate Staff Liaison and Senior Planner and Richard
Marrero, Planner
II. STAFF REPORT
A) Expedited Permitting Program
Dolores Key reported that the Expedited Permitting Program — Ordinance 1,
2006 was approved by City Council. This will now be adopted into the Land
Development Regulations (LDR)
B) Anspach Up -Date
Dolores brought the Board up -to -date on the status of Anspach. She explained
that the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board voted to recommend passing the
expansion of Anspach to City Council. There were 2 petitions involved that also
passed at the Palm Beach County level. One petition is for the Anspach site and
the other for the North Corp PCD relating to traffic concurrency.
C) TransDermal Technologies, Inc.
Dolores also informed the Board that TransDermal Technologies, Inc. have
qualified for a Targeted Expedited Permitting Program through the Business
Development Board of Palm Beach County. They are being offered incentives to
move into the City.
D) Art in Public Places Postcard Series
Regarding the Art in Public Places Postcard Series, Dolores explained that she is
not able to sell the postcards until she get permission from all the artists whose
artwork is featured in the postcard. So far, she has gotten permission from Mark
Fuller, who has several pieces of art throughout the City. He has given
permission to use his art in the photos. Dolores is in the process of contacting the
other artists whose art is featured in the booklet.
E) Bio 2006
Dolores announced that the City will be attending BIO 2006. She is in the
process of producing a booklet that will feature a fold out map .identifying all
available parcels in the North County. This will be given out to companies that
show an interest in relocating.
F) Alternate Staff Liaison
Dolores introduced Mike Sanchez, Senior Planner as the Board's Alternate Staff
Liaison.
G) Land Development Petitions Meeting
Dolores explained that there might be a need to have a second meeting this
month to discuss new land development petitions for property located behind
Home Depot. She asked the Board to email her their availability for the last week
of the month in case a meeting is needed.
H) Scripps Update
A team representing the North County area gave a presentation to Governor
Bush last week regarding Scripps. Dolores commended Kara Irwin, on her great
job representing the city and speaking with the Governor.
1) Charles Wu Resignation
Dolores announced that Charles Wu, Growth Management Administrator, has
resigned from his position.
III. OLD BUSINESS
The executive brief in reference to the Flow of Money report has been tabled until
the next meeting.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Presentation — Growth Management Principles
Richard Marrero, Planner, presented a Power Point presentation called Growth
Management Principles. Richard explained what the Growth Management
department does in the City which included managing growth and development
within the City, protecting the natural environment in the City and developing a
long range vision based on the City's future needs and priorities.
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Richard talked about the build -out, population projects and the land use trends in
the City. He discussed the reason for using mixed use developments and how to
get the right mix in developing. He gave examples of current and future mixed
use development projects including: Donald Ross Village, Borland Center, PGA
Commons and Legacy Place.
He also talked about the importance of obtaining workforce housing and how the
City can obtain this goal. He went over the trends toward Transit Oriented Design
(TOD) and how the Transit Oriented Design (TOD) is implemented.
In addition, Richard showed the Board a chart of the different types of
commercial uses in the City. He explained the difference in the types of land
uses including; Commercial Neighborhood District, General Commercial District,
Intensive General Commercial District. He also went through the land uses for
value added employers which include; commercial recreational district, research
and light industrial park, light industrial park and general industrial park.
There was discussion about how many industrial areas there are presently in the
City. Mike Sanchez explained that Parcel 5A is currently being developed and
will be 80 acres of light industrial and office space.
Lou Gaeta asked if there is any data about workforce housing that was discussed
in the presentation. There was discussion about adding value added employment
which will support the idea of workforce housing and will also help put
transportation systems in place for the future.
Dolores explained what value added employment means in this City. Her job is to
attract the right type of companies to the City. She said that value added doesn't
necessarily mean factories. Research and development and engineering
companies would be a good fit for the City. The biggest challenge is that there is
very little land left to develop. There was discussion about redevelopment
opportunities. The Board agreed that it is a challenge bringing new business to
the County because of the problems that came about with deciding where
Scripps will be built. The Board also agreed that the Briger site needs to be
developed regardless of where Scripps resides.
Kenneth Kahn would like an in -depth discussion regarding transit stations at a
future meeting. Mike Sanchez stated that Staff is working on updating the
comprehensive plan with this information and will bring it to the board when it is
available.
Mr. Kahn wanted the Board to know that the Workforce Development Board has
$900,000 for funding of training skilled workers. He also told the Board that there
has been a recent study by the Economic Development Research Institute and
their key item is funding for education in the County for early childhood education
for economically disadvantaged families.
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X. ADJOURNMENT
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:27 A.M.
Approval:
Kenneth Kahn, Chairperson
Lou P66(a /Vice Chairperson
MarVWnan, Board Member
Cad ev SteinbaO& - -Board Member
Flnine Beers_ Board Memher I^—
Steve Cohen, Alternate Board Member
Sandra Foland, Alternate Board Member
Attest:
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Ray EII
Deputy City Clerk
Note: These summary minutes are prepared in compliance with 286.011 F.S. and are not verbatim
transcripts of the meeting. A verbatim audio record is available from the Office of the City Clerk.
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