Next City Council Meeting on Thursday April 4 at 7pm

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• Purchase award for Fuel Card Services.  Currently fuel has been delivered to the Public works/Fleet Facility, which is for sale. The City needs an alternate source or arrangement to access fuel during the one-year period it will take to construct the new fueling station at the Public Services Operations Center.   After extensive market research, the City plans to implement a fuel card system that will allow the purchase of fuel at any service station in the country.  Piggyback/Access Contract – $1 million for 1 year – no option to renew
• Purchase award for Rootzone Mix for Gardens Park baseball compex – Bid Waiver – $132K
• Purchase award for Replacing the 20-year-old clay roof tiles on the Police Station with metal sheet roofing. Piggyback/Access Contract – $415K
• Purchase award for  Furniture for Public Services Operations Center – Piggyback/Access Contract – $180K

Public Hearings and Resolutions:

• Ordinance 2,3 2019 and related Resolution 12, 2019 – 2nd reading and adoption – small scale comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning for 2 parcels located on Alt A1A .5 mi south of Hood Rd for Convenience store and gas station, and car-wash/detailing facility
• Ordinance 4, 2019 – 1st reading – Seacoast Utility Authority – Planned Unit Development Rezoning, Site Plan, and Major Conditional Use – “The subject site has been operating as a water treatment plant since 1975 and has been modified several times before and after annexation in 1988. The existing administrative buildings were built in the early 1980s and are no longer meeting the needs of the Seacoast Utility Authority (SUA). As such, SUA is seeking to replace and demolish the existing buildings in the administrative complex, construct additional storage buildings, and enhance the overall functionality of the administrative operations. 
• Resolution 23, 2019 – Approving and ratifying a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the Professional Firefighters and Paramedics of Palm Beach County, Local 2928, IAFF, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021.   There are significant salary increases.  See details here.  

Items for Council Action/Discussion:  Appointments to External Boards and Committees

Check the agenda to see if any additional items have been added before the meeting here.

2019 Municipal Election Results

The March 12 municipal election in Palm Beach Gardens was a clear win for incumbent Vice Mayor Carl Woods over challenger Howard Rosenkranz. Woods won every precinct except 1246 (Shady Lakes, Bent Tree, Garden Lakes and the Gardens of Woodbury), and 1296 which includes Marina Gardens and Brookdale around the intersection of PGA and Prosperity Farms Road.

Ballenisles (1252) and Frenchmans (1194) should be congratulated for over 20% turnout, but turnout overall was a very light 9.5%, with the winner getting votes from only 6% of the eligible voters. It was not the lowest on record though – that honor goes to the Jablin/Easton race in March 2011 where only 7.6% (2775) turned out, but it was the second lowest since 2002 on a percentage basis. (See: PBG Elections for a summary of the elections from 2002-2019). Interest was low – neither candidate campaigned much past a few mailers, and there were no forums.

At least this race was a contest – in the Group 2 race, Mayor Marino had no challenger and won re-election by default.

Group 4

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Group 4
Strong Woods	Weak Woods	Very Close	Weak Rosenkrantz	Strong Rosenkrantz
Click the precinct on the map for vote totals.

Precinct	Registered	Votes Cast	Turnout %	Woods	Rosenkrantz	Woods Margin
1186	1509	103	6.8	60	43	58.3
1188	932	54	5.8	38	16	70.4
1189	100	11	11.0	7	4	63.6
1190	4036	265	6.6	186	79	70.2
1192	1498	108	7.2	89	19	82.4
1194	2137	479	22.4	349	130	72.9
1228	460	46	10.0	37	9	80.4
1238	1772	173	9.8	106	67	61.3
1240	2561	229	8.9	174	55	76.0
1242	2616	322	12.3	246	76	76.4
1244	1611	139	8.6	106	33	76.3
1246	2472	242	9.8	99	143	40.9
1247	241	32	13.3	27	5	84.4
1248	1564	173	11.1	112	61	64.7
1250	66	8	12.1	6	2	75.0
1252	2351	475	20.2	248	227	52.2
1254	470	31	6.6	20	11	64.5
1260	1302	135	10.4	92	43	68.1
1266	486	3	0.6	3	0	100.0
1268	319	9	2.8	6	3	66.7
1272	1975	156	7.9	112	44	71.8
1274	1631	128	7.8	89	39	69.5
1280	400	36	9.0	24	12	66.7
1284	2383	143	6.0	96	47	67.1
1288	35	2	5.7	0	2	0.0
1290	2188	181	8.3	140	41	77.3
1292	79	7	8.9	7	0	100.0
1296	774	27	3.5	11	16	40.7
1324	1318	63	4.8	52	11	82.5
1326	558	59	10.6	43	16	72.9
1340	15	3	20.0	3	0	100.0
1352	2262	154	6.8	111	43	72.1
1360	900	92	10.2	59	33	64.1
1372	178	5	2.8	3	2	60.0
6062	844	114	13.5	82	32	71.9
6064	123	5	4.1	3	2	60.0
Total	44190	4212	9.5	2846	1366	67.6

Elections, NCNC Annual Meeting and March City Council Mtg

Elections:

Vice Mayor Carl Woods was re-elected to the Council Group 4 in a relatively low turnout election. Congratulations to Mr. Woods, and thanks to his opponent, Howard Rosencranz for running. We of PBG Watch believe that every incumbent should have an opponent, and understand how much effort it takes to campaign – not just for the candidates but for their families. We will have a details precinct analysis when the Supervisor of Elections publishes the precinct results. See the Palm Beach Post coverage here.

NCNC Annual Meeting:

We attended the annual meeting of the North County Neighborhood Coalition. The event was attended by about 200 people including members, elected and newly elected officials, sponsors and other invited guests. NCNC President Sal Faso kicked off the meeting with some key facts about the NCNC and its impact. Member communities have a significantly higher rate of voter participation than is found generally in Palm Beach County, which is a testament to the information that is provided to the voters via their monthly meetings and outreach. The keynote speaker was Teresa Urquhart, CEO of Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, who gave an overview of hospital. Following was a panel on the Opioid Crisis consisting of County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay, State Attorney David Aronberg and Dr. Kenneth Scheppke, who serves as State EMS Medical Director for the FL Department of Health. All three on the panel have had an intense involvement in finding solutions to the opioid crisis.

Check out the NCNC website and goals.

March City Council Meeting:

The Council had a very light agenda. The Consent Agenda and all Ordinances and Resolutions passed 5:0.  Sixth-grader James Delano, of the Weiss School was Mayor for the Day and he opened and closed the meeting.

Of note:

• Council Member Lane pulled the purchase award for Paving of Public Service Operations Center and Adjoining Areas so that the Council and the public could be informed about the large expenditure of over $800K and why it was done as a piggyback/access contract
• Resolution 6, 2019 – was for the development of a 10,000 sq foot state of the art indoor training facility at Gardens Park. This will be a public private partnership with Cressey Sports Properties, LLC, it will have no financial impact to the city, it will house an office for PBGYAA, and the City will own the facility after 31 years.
• City Attorney Max Lohman gave an update on the three most prominent cases:
  • Dinerstein #1 – challenge to the March question on 3 year sit-out – he stated that the City prevailed in the 4th DCA, a motion for rehearing and a motion for rehearing en banc was filed and summarily denied.  He’s waiting for the mandate to  issue on the case after which he will file a motion for costs, to try and recover some of the costs entailed.
  • Dinerstein #2 – challenge to question 2 from the August Election (charter replacement) – Judge Keyser ruled in City’s favor on motion for summary judgement.  Lohman is waiting to see if they appeal.
  • Summary judgement on Sears case on August 28th – judge granted alternative relief which was to find the Sears motion for attorneys fees to be legally insufficient, and directed Sears to refile a motion by April 1.

 

Group 4 Municipal Elections – Tuesday March 12th – VOTE!

Next City Council Mtg on Thursday March 7 at 7pm

• First reading Ordinances 2 and 3, 2019 small scale comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning request for parcels at the southeast corner of Florida Boulevard and Alt A1A.  The Applicant is proposing to maintain the gas station as developed with modifications to reduce existing non-conformities, demolish the vacant dry-cleaning storefront, and redevelop the southern parcel with a hand car wash facility.  The associated Resolution will be voted upon at 2nd reading and approval.
• Resolution 6, 2019 – A Public Private Partnership Agreement with Cressey Sports Properties, LLC, for the Development of an Indoor Training Facility at Gardens Park. 
  • On August 4, 2018, the City received an unsolicited P3 proposal from Cressey Sports Performance of Jupiter, Florida. The firm proposed the construction and operation of an indoor training facility at Gardens Park, and that this development be considered an integral part of the planned development of the location. The City reviewed the proposal and determined, based on the preliminary analysis, that there was merit to the proposed project…..The City has determined that it is in the best interests of the residents and community to enter into a public-private partnership agreement with Cressey Sports for the development of an Indoor Training Facility at Gardens Park. The City will not have any financial obligations for the design and construction of the Facility, and upon completion of the building, Cressey Sports is required to make regular ground lease and permit fee payments to the City during the term of the Agreement. The Facility shall become the property of the City after 31 years, at which time the initial term of the Agreement will expire

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• Resolution 5, 2019 –  Lease of Golf Turf Equipment for the Sandhill Crane Golf Club from Hector Turf, Inc., and financed through TCF Equipment Finance, a division of TCF National Bank –  lease of several items of golf turf equipment from Hector Turf for a total financed amount of $177,846.21, and authorizes the City Manager to act on behalf of the City of Palm Beach Gardens in order to negotiate, enter into, execute, and deliver one or more lease agreements with TCF Equipment Finance.
• Purchase award for Paving of Public Services Operations Center and Adjoining Areas, Piggyback/Access contract valued at $827,334.
• Purchase award for Roof Repairs at Fire-Rescue Station 3 –  Piggyback/Access contract valued at $125,100.

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