Next City Council Mtg on July 14th at 6pm

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The next City Council Meeting will be held in City Hall on Thursday, July 14th at 6pm. You can watch it livestreaming either during or after the meeting, if you are unable to attend.

Consent Agenda includes many items this month. Not all are listed:

• Resolution 7, 2022 – A Resolution approving the plat for Panther National at Avenir within the Avenir Planned Community Development (PCD).
• Resolution 34, 2022 – Agreement with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections (SOE) for Vote Processing Equipment Use and Election Services Agreement for the August 23, 2022, Primary Election.  Note – PBG has a Special Election for Referendum Question: CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS REFERENDUM QUESTION. AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT ECONOMIC PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE CONSTITUTION
• Resolution 44, 2022 – Ratification and Approval of the City Manager’s Authorization of Additional Expenditure to Complete the LED Lighting Systems Upgrade Project at the Police Department.
• Purchase Award: Architectural Services for Fire Rescue Station No. 6 – Bid Waiver – Contract value including City’s 10% Contingency – $296K
• Purchase Award: Furnish and Install Public Safety Communications Monopole at Avenir – Piggyback/Access Contract – $364K
• Purchase Award: Installation of Synthetic Turfgrass at Lilac Dog Park – Piggyback/Access Contract – $113K
• Purchase Award: Janitorial Supplies and Chemicals – Piggyback/Access Contract – 5 year contract with option to renew for 3 years – $1.2 million

Ordinances and Resolutions – New Business only:

• Ordinance 8, 2022 – First Reading – Amending Chapter 18. Businesses. At Article I. In General by Adopting New Section 18-1. Minimum Notice for Residential Rental Payment Increases. and New Section 18-2. Penalties. “Certain South Florida counties, Miami-Dade and Broward, and cities, including Lake Worth Beach, West Palm Beach, and Miami Beach, have recently enacted ordinances that require 60 days’ written notification be given by residential landlords to their tenants prior to increasing the tenants’ rent beyond 5 percent; therefore, it is necessary, in order to better protect tenants in the City, to establish a required minimum notice period (with which all residential landlords must comply) prior to increasing the rental rate of certain tenants beyond a specific percent.”
• Resolution 33, 2022 – A City-initiated application to submit the City’s Program Year 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan application for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Program (CDBG) funding and a substantial amendment to add an activity to the City’s adopted Program Year 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.
• Resolution 40, 2022 – A request by Seacoast Utility Authority (SUA) for Site Plan approval to allow the development of a utility maintenance facility. The Seacoast Utility Authority parcel is 2.5 acres and is located on the south side of Avenir Drive, approximately 0.15 miles west of Coconut Boulevard within the Avenir PCD.
• Resolution 29, 2022 – Adopting a proposed maximum millage rate for the City of Palm Beach Gardens for FY 2022/2023, and setting the date, time, and place of the first public budget hearing. “The City is required to file with the County Property Appraiser and Tax Collector a proposed millage rate that will be sent out on the Notice of Proposed Taxes in August. The proposed operating millage rate for FY 2022/2023 is 5.32, which is a reduction to the current year rate of 5.55. Once the tentative millage is filed with the County, these rates can be lowered at the budget hearings, but they cannot be increased. “
• Resolution 32, 2022 – Adopting the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Fees and Charges Schedule. “Please refer to Exhibit “A” for a comprehensive listing of the proposed changes by department.

Please check the agenda before the meeting for additions or modifications.