Next City Council Mtg on Thursday, July 16 at 7pm

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The next Palm Beach Gardens City Council Meeting will be held on Thursday, July 16 at 7 pm. Highlights include a presentation by SOE Wendy Link, the setting of max millage for FY 2020/2021 annual budget, and approvals for Avenir related resolutions

Announcements/Presentations:

• Wendy Sartory Link – PBC Supervisor of Elections – Plans for the Upcoming Elections

Consent Agenda includes:

• Purchase Award – Janitorial Supplies and Chemicals – Piggyback/Access Contract for Parks and Public Facilities Dept – 2 yr contract with no option to renew – $210K
• Purchase Award – Renovation of Aquatic Complex (Main Pool) – Architectural Services – Openly competed – $196K
• Resolution 36, 2020 – Purchase Award – Lease of Golf Carts for Sandhill Crane Golf Club accessing an agreement awarded by the City of Kansas City, Missouri, under an OMNIA Partners Group Purchasing Organization Cooperative Agreement with Club Car, LLC and financed through Wells Fargo Financial Leasing, Inc. – Annual Lease Payments: $95,813.52 Total Cost (over 36 months): $394,984.00
• Resolution 38, 2020 – A partial abandonment of a 20-foot drainage easement along the east property line of 3551 Northlake Boulevard (west of the South Florida Blood Bank) to facilitate redevelopment of this vacant site. The subject parcel, 3551 Northlake Boulevard, is located in unincorporated Palm Beach County and has received approval from Palm Beach County to construct an Olive Garden and out parcel for a Chipotle restaurant.
• Resolution 42, 2020 – Setting the council mtg dates for September Budget Hearings to Sept 10 and Sept 24 respectively
• Resolution 48, 2020 – Approving Fee Agreement with Lohman Law Group, P.A. for City Attorney Legal Services. “Currently, the firm’s blended hourly rate for general representation is $220 per hour and $232.50 per hour for litigation and administrative hearings. Effective October 1, 2020, the firm will charge a blended hourly rate of $250.00 per hour for all legal services provided, except for bond work which is billed as a flat fee, negotiated prior to work commencing as issuers council. The blended hourly rate will be subject to a 3% annual increase, effective 10/1 each year.”

Public Hearings and Resolutions – New Business Includes:

• Ordinance 8, 2020 – First Reading – The subject petition is a City-initiated Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to the Future Land Use, Transportation, Conservation, and Capital Improvements elements to provide internal consistency with the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Mobility Plan, and Mobility Fee. “On September 19, 2019, the City Council adopted Ordinance 19, 2019, amending Chapter 78 of the Land Development Code, Division 4, Citywide Impact Fees to incorporate the City’s Mobility Fee Schedule and related text changes, consistent with the City Mobility Fee Technical Report. With the adoption of Ordinance 16, 2019 and Ordinance 19, 2019, the City’s Comprehensive Plan is being amended to provide consistency with the adopted Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee.”
• Ordinance 9, 2020 – First Reading – A City-initiated request to amend various sections of Chapter 78 to provide consistency with the City’s adopted Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee.
• Resolution 40, 2020 – Avenir Master Signage Program Approval – “A request to approve a Master Signage Program for the Avenir Planned Community Development (PCD) that includes design and theming criteria for PCD entry feature signs, PCD wayfinding signs, residential pod entry signs, non-residential parcel ground signs, and other various community signs
• Resolution 44, 2020 – A request for a site plan amendment to approve an entry feature with guardhouse, architectural floorplans and elevations, typical lot landscaping, and a model home and sales center for Regency (Residential Pod 5, Site Plan #2) within the Avenir Planned Community Development (PCD)
• Resolution 30, 2020 – Adopting a proposed maximum millage rate for the City of Palm Beach Gardens for FY 2020/2021 – The proposed operating millage rate for FY 2020/2021 is 5.550, which is equal to the current year rate. Once the tentative millage is filed with the County, these rates can be lowered at the budget hearings, but they cannot be increased.

Please check the agenda for any changes or additions prior to the meeting.