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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. 2 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. 3 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: '�" a, 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. 11