Next City Council Mtg on Thursday Nov 5 at 6pm
November 1, 2020
The next Palm Beach Gardens City Council meeting will be on Thursday, Nov 5 at 6pm. You can watch it livestreaming either during or after the meeting, if you are unable to attend.
Announcements and Presentations: Workforce Housing Study and Report, CDBG Cares Act Amendment and CDBG Consolidated Plan.
This presentation encompasses much of the content of the agenda, covering:
- Resolution 63, 2020 – An application to submit the City’s Consolidated Plan Fiscal Years 2020-2024, Annual Action Plan Fiscal Year 2020-2021, and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing.
- Resolution 64, 2020 – A City-initiated application to submit a substantial amendment to the One-Year Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for Program Year (PY) 2019. Adoption of the City’s Workforce Housing Program
- Resolution 66, 2020 – Consideration for Approval: A City-initiated Resolution to adopt the City’s Workforce Housing Program. The report is included in the resolution which can be read here. Workforce housing has been a ‘hot’ topic for awhile now and “City staff has been assessing the need for workforce housing policies and solutions in addition to reviewing the existing provisions and accomplishments for several years. For reference, the City’s median household income is $81,508.00 (which equates to a workforce range $48,905.00 to $97,810.00). In 2019, staff engaged Strategic Planning Group to provide support to staff in creation of a Comprehensive Workforce Housing Plan.
Also on the Regular Agenda:
- Ordinance 12, 2020 – First Reading: The City Council has determined it is necessary to amend the City’s Code of Ordinances at Chapter 6 – Alcoholic Beverages, Section 6.2 – Hours of sale. to expand the hours of sale from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m
- Resolution 62, 2020 – A request by SRE Holdings LLC 9880 ALT A1A for a Site Plan Amendment to add an additional drive-through lane with a menu board sign and to modify the site’s landscaping and parking lot for the McDonald’s restaurant within the Gardens East Plaza Planned Unit Development (PUD) (a.k.a. Promenade Plaza). The PUD is part of the Gardens East Planned Community Development (PCD) and is generally located east of Alternate A1A on the north side of Lighthouse Drive.
- Ordinance 11, 2020 – First Reading: This Ordinance amends the FY 2020 Budget in the following areas: 1.) adjusts projected revenues for significant positive variances in building permits and federal grant reimbursements; 2.) adjusts projected revenues for negative COVID-19 impacts on state revenues and electric franchise fees; 3.) records an additional transfer to the Recreation Special Revenue Fund to offset revenue losses caused by the COVID19 pandemic; 4.) revises road impact fee projections taking into account revenues and projects that were transferred to the new Mobility Fee Fund and records a $200,000 transfer from the General Fund to make up for estimated shortfalls resulting from these newly revised road impact fee projections; and 5.) adjusts revenues and expenditures to reflect the accounting entries required to record the capital lease of equipment.
- Ordinance 10, 2020 – 2nd Reading and Adoption: City-initiated Text Amendment to the Future Land Use element of the City’s Comprehensive Plan to incorporate a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) objective and associated policies based on the recommendations included in the City’s TOD Master Plan, prepared by the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council.
The Consent Agenda includes:
- Resolution 69, 2020 – moving the first City Council Mtg in January 2021 to Thursday, January 14, 2021.
- Resolution 61, 2020 – Approving a Grant of Easement in favor of Seacoast Utility Authority for the installation, operation, maintenance, and service of a public water supply well located at the Lake Catherine Sportsplex.
- Resolution 65, 2020 – Supporting the Wolfpack CubeSat Development Team at the Weiss School in their mission proposals to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.
- Purchase Award – openly competed – This Agreement created a pool of pre-qualified vendors for future spot-market quotations for minor residential repair and rehabilitation work under the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The contractors included in the pool are available to the City for quotations on work projects at the homes of qualified applicants under the Program. When a project is identified and a Statement of Work developed by the City, the contractors are provided with the information and asked to submit quotations to perform the work. The work is awarded via Purchase Order to the vendor offering the lowest price. – 5 year contract – $700K – no option to renew
- Purchase Award – The City’s existing Agreements for Professional Services under Florida Statutes Consultants’ Competitive Negotiations Act (CCNA) expired on September 30, 2020. A new contract is needed to allow the City to procure these services for current and future projects. Under the CCNA, these professional services must be procured exclusively based on qualifications and not pricing. These services include architectural, engineering, and other professional categories of work. 5 year contract with no option to renew – $5 million.
- Purchase Award – Each year the City has several construction projects that must be performed to repair and/or maintain infrastructure in addition to its ongoing Capital Improvement Program. This Agreement allows the City to contract at established rates for these miscellaneous public works construction projects. The prices and rates are fixed for the five-year term of the Agreement. Examples of the types of work contemplated include sidewalk repairs, stormwater pipe installation and repairs, road construction, striping of roadways, and Capital Improvement Projects as needed. Openly competed, 5 year contract with no option to renew – $10 million.
Please check the agenda before the meeting for additions or modifications.