Planning & Zoning Board - Regular Meeting

Okay, we'll call to order the July 22nd, 2026 Planning and Zoning Board Meeting. Bobby, call the roll, please.

Rich Daly. Present. Gigi DeBeck.

To the bottom, buddy. Here.

Here. Thank you. Paul Fisher.

Here.

Robert Hartzell. Here. Tundra King. Here. Carla Coleman. Here. Fred Stacer.

Here. Okay, looks like we got everybody from the first team tonight. Next item on our agenda is our 30-second moment of silence. So at this time, if you would, please be silent for the next 30 seconds. Thank you. Okay. Next item on our agenda is approval of the minutes of the June 24th, 2026 meeting.

Move. Second.

We have a motion and a second to approve the minutes. Are there any questions on the minutes or any corrections, adjustments? No. Seeing none, Bobby, call the roll on the minutes.

Tundra King? Yes. Paul Fisher? Yes. Rich Daly? Yes. Gigi DeBeck? Yes. Robert Hartzell? Yes. Carla Coleman? Yes. Fred Stacer?

Yes. Okay. Next item on our agenda is individuals want to testify tonight need to be placed under oath by the secretary Bobby At this time, please stand and raise your right hand Do you swear affirm that the evidence you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth Thank you. Okay with that we are missing a next item on the agenda we're missing the applicant at this time, so Chair would entertain a motion to take item number two out of order.

So moved.

We have a motion. Do we have a second?

Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second to take item number two out of order and first. All in favor of that, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay, seeing none, we'll take item number two. Special presentation of Planning and Zoning Board Department's summer intern. Please.

Okay, good afternoon board members. My name is Josanne McMillan. I'm a summer intern at the planning and zoning department. I'm currently a student at Florida Atlantic University pursuing a master's degree in urban and regional planning. I have a special interest in transportation planning. So basically this project that I'm about to present to you all today aligns with my passion and more importantly I hope it would be beneficial to the city as a whole. So it's going to be prioritizing multimodal mobility improvements in Pompano Beach. So the project goals and objectives. My goal was to develop a GIS parameterization framework to identify locations where short-term mobility investments can improve transit access and the overall user experience. So I had five objectives in doing this project. I wanted to identify bus stops with the greatest need for amenity improvements, to evaluate access to key destinations by transit, to identify priority bicycle network gaps to be able to improve connectivity. I also analyzed crash data, specifically pedestrian and bicycle crashes to incorporate safety considerations for these users. And then finally to develop implementation recommendations to support future policy and investments. So you may ask, why this project? So it's to support Primo's goals. Primo is the premium mobility plan It's a countywide initiative to basically improve transit access via extensive buses and commuter rail and light rail networks. So it aligns with their goals. It also aligns with the transportation element of the city's comprehensive plan to support a safe, efficient, and multimodal transportation system. And finally, it supports Broward County's safe street goals. It identifies opportunities to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians and bicycle users to connect them to transit stops. So just an overview of my analysis. I began with the bus stop amenity assessment to see what amenities basically are available at these transit stops. Then I looked at the destination accessibility analysis, which looked at what destinations are accessible via these transit stops. Then I did a combined index looking at both where amenity improvements can occur, where there's high destination access and also population density. So basically come up with a parity mobility index. Next I looked at bicycle connectivity gap analysis. to see where would be the best places to introduce new bicycle infrastructure and to help increase access and connectivity throughout the network. And finally, I looked at some crash data to help basically look at how safety could be improved. And then finally, to suggest some short-term recommendations for priority investments. So this map shows the existing transit network. In blue, we have the fixed bus stops. In pink, these are the community bus stops, and in green are the existing bicycle lanes. In light gray are the road networks. Okay, so this is my bus stop amenity need analysis map. So I created this map based on where there is a lack of amenities at these bus stops. First off, in terms of the legend, I did it based on a zero to one scale. Zero meaning that there are all the amenities existing, one meaning there is great need for amenities, so there is probably no amenities existing at one. Anything in between that, or more so, you should focus on anything closer to one, means that there is a greater need for amenities. So from my analysis, 28 bus stops rank over 0.75. So these bus stops would have lacked shelters, benches, lights. And just to note, I didn't do it purely based on whether the amenities existed at the bus stops. I also incorporated population data. I didn't use ridership data, because to be honest, ridership data is very low. And since the main aim of the city would be to promote transit use in the long term, I felt it would be better to do the analysis based on the population density surrounding the bus stops. So it was a mix of the lack of amenities and also the population that would have existed around the surrounding bus stops. Secondly, I looked at the destination access. So destination access, again, the scaling is zero to one, one meaning there is very good access to a variety of destinations. Zero meaning not very, very little access to destinations. In terms of the destinations that I use, I class them in five different categories. So highest to the top would be employment because job centers are what most people want to be able to access. Then I did healthcare. Healthcare access would include healthcare facilities, medical centers, pharmacies, educational facilities, so schools, daycares, retail access, and finally, parks and recreation, also including beaches. So I ranked them from highest to lowest. Again, based on my analysis, I came up with 34 bus stops that has really good access to destinations, but they need improvement based on the population. So this is my composite priority index. So this is basically a combination of maps one and two utilizing population as the main variable within it. So at the end of it, there were 80 bus stops that had an overall need for improvement. So basically, these 80 bus stops had high access to destinations, but they had low amenities existing. And they also had high population demand based on the people living nearby. In terms of the highest priority stops, it would be 14 bus stops, those scored over 0.60. Again, remembering it's on a scale of 0 to 1, 1 being most need for improvement. So these are the 14 stops that I identified that would be the highest priority need stops based on these three criteria. So I'm just going to show a couple of photos of the top five and highlight certain things concerning these stops. As a transit user myself, this is actually one of the stops that I used to get home, one of my first stops, at Atlantic Boulevard and Southeast 22nd Avenue. As you can see, there is just simply a bus stop pool, but notice that it's right in front of a car park, and there is commercial business that occurs at this site. This second bus stop is actually situated in front of a residence. So this one is very unique in that sense. On Sample Road and Northeast 18 Terrace, this stop again, it's just a pole, so it's lacking amenities. It's in front of an apartment complex. So again, there is some type of commercial business taking place here. Again, Sample Road, this is the opposite side, in the other direction. Again, it's simply a bus pole, but there's also a, parking lot in this area. Finally, again, my stop to head back to Palm Beach County. It's simply a pool, but again, it's in front of a commercial business. So I highlight this to state four of the five top priority bus stops are in front of commercial businesses. So at the end of the day, when you see these photos, you realize there is very limited right of way to be able to construct a bus shelter. But how much space do we actually need for a bus shelter? That would be the question. So I had discussions with Broward County Transit, and these are the dimensions that are needed for a bus stop. To be able to get a bus shelter, sorry, to be able to get a five-foot roof awning, you need at least eight feet in depth. And to get a seven-foot roof awning, you need at least 12 feet in depth. I'll come back to this because as you saw in those five, you're unable to build a shelter just based on the required space. However, we may be able to solve that in the future. Okay, so moving on to the proposed bike lane areas. So this is a very involved map. First off, I'd like to point out the colors. The lighter colors represent lower concentration of crashes. These crashes are only pedestrian and bicycle crashes. I wanted to get an idea of the trend of crashes to see if crashes happen up down, so I did it based on a five year crash rate. So it's five years of crashes and it's only involving pedestrians and bicyclists. The darker colors represent areas where there is a high concentration of pedestrian and bicycle crashes. In green are the high ridership stops. Now, I say high ridership stops, but Really, what I mean is the top 15% of stops that has ridership on it. So ridership is dismally low, but at the end of the day, the top 15% are the ones that are colored in green. Then I also included the priority bus stops, which would have been the 80 I would have showed earlier. And the red would be the 14 main ones that should be concentrated on. Now, in terms of selecting areas to construct the bicycle infrastructure to help with enhancing access and to improve connectivity, I looked at three things. I looked at the ridership data, areas where the buses, people utilize the bus stops pretty frequently based on the available data. I also looked at where the parity improvement bus stops fell. And I also looked at the crash frequency, because I think safety is a big aspect of it. So with that being said, these were the four areas that I came up with as the parity areas, bike lane areas, for improvement. So the first one would be Northern South Dixie Highway, east and west. As you can see, there has a high concentration of crashes there. There are some high ridership stops and also some priority improvement bus stops within that area. Secondly, there is East Atlantic Boulevard and South Federal Highway. Again, very high concentration of crashes. There are some high ridership stops there and also some priority bus stops within that area. Then we have East Sample Road to the north, which actually also has a community bus stop there and some other priority improvement bus stops. And finally, there's a little sliver of roadway that has absent bicycle infrastructure along North Powerline Road near to West Atlantic Boulevard. So that's also an area that could be looked at for bicycling improvements. However, I just want to note that while these areas are proposed for bike lanes to be constructed, I want to also mention that the existence of bike lanes don't necessarily completely eliminate crashes. Because if you look at the map, you can see these areas already have existing bike lanes, and this area has a high concentration of crashes. This area already has bike lanes and also has a high degree of crashes. So therefore, in terms of safety on the long term, the construction of the bike lanes are only one aspect of it. On the long term, you have to look at different things. I think a big aspect of it would be probably looking at street intersection redesign, but that would be a more long term goal. But in the interim, I think this could still at least improve safety to some extent. So what are my recommendations? Firstly, it would be to upgrade the priority bus stops that I would have identified based on the analysis and the creation of the maps that I did. Also to extend the priority bike lane area segments before which I just showed on the map. Also based on my lived experience, installing high visibility crosswalks and race pedestrian crosswalks. I believe that A lot of the crashes as well is because a lot of motorists fail to see pedestrians and bicycle riders. And if they're more visible to motorists, this can help improve safety and actually assist in terms of reducing the crashes. And it also increases the sense of safety for pedestrian and bicycle riders. Because many times when I try to cross, when I get the pedestrian signal and it's illuminated, cars still... indiscriminately just turn and then they'll be like, oh, sorry. So I think if these areas are visible to motorists, they'll be more likely to slow down, wait, and be a little more alert and aware for pedestrians and bicycle riders. Again, adding pedestrian warning signs would also be great at crossings. Trimming vegetation, trees to improve visibility, again, something that I personally experienced when I was coming here for the first time to start my internship I was looking on the app, trying to identify a bus stop, and it was saying it's here, but I wasn't seeing it. And then I realized that the pole was up in a tree. So just simple things like trimming vegetation and trees can help with increasing the visibility of a bus stop. Very simple. And just improving streetscapes, you know, lighting, landscaping. And in the interim, I mean, ultimately you would want buffered bike lanes to improve safety, but in the interim, nothing is wrong with repainting faded bicycle lane markings. So at least people could identify clearly where bicycle lanes are, motorists can see their lanes to help with safety. So in terms of policy and implementation strategies, which I would have, this is kind of going back to when I showed the five priority bus stops and the limited right of way. In moving forward, since four of those five bus stops were actually in front of businesses, when redevelopments are taking place, consideration could now be given for transit easements or bus stop access, looking at sidewalk or bike connections, and also passenger boarding areas. If these things are considered when people come for redevelopment, that could give us the room, to be able to construct these shelters. Also, it would be really good to coordinate with other agencies. I did have discussions with many of these agencies in doing this project and they were very helpful. So I think coordinating with Planning and Zoning, Broward County Transit, Broward MPO, FDOT, developers and private citizens, and public works would be really helpful in achieving our long-term goals of improving multimodal mobility in Pompano Beach. So in closing, I would just like to say that this study could be replicated in the future once improvements are made This study could be redone and look to see what areas were improved. So to see, okay, do we have less bus stops now that have a need? So it's something that could be replicated. And I'm not only doing a presentation, I would have a written report with my methodology of how I did everything so that it can easily be replicated in the future. Thank you.

Okay. Does anybody have any questions? Yes, Mrs. Coleman, you want to go?

First of all, I want to thank you for spending time with us this summer, and this is extremely helpful information. The Multimodal Committee over the last couple of years has touched on some of it, and you've gone much deeper in other parts of it. And what is most intriguing to me is taking some of your suggestions here and trying to incorporate it as we go forward. What comes to mind is a project we had just a month or two ago which bragged about having a bus stop right in front of the building. None of us thought to say, well, what amenities are there? Do we need to ask the developer to do a better job of providing those amenities as part of his development since he's coming to us and asking for other things? So, Josanne, this is going to be very helpful to us coming forward. If there's, as you are writing your report, because we would very much like a copy of it, and I would like to share it with the Multimodal Committee. Yes. Please let us know where you think more information is needed, and we'll dive into it.

Okay, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Okay.

Go ahead. Mr. Fisher, you... You're good. Mrs. King?

Thank you. You did an excellent job. Very, very informative. Did your study take you into, I saw where some of those four of the five bus stops that you mentioned, perhaps putting the actual stops, I saw you put the picture of that and how that seems kind of extensive and maybe expensive as well. Perhaps did you look into, sometimes I see the stop signs and they have the lights around them. Maybe we're able to put some lights on those signs.

I don't know how that's...

it's way out of my realm, but so that they'll be at least a little bit more visible until we can get, we can follow up with your plan and get proper benches or more seating or covering or whatever, something that we can do temporary, but it might help to save some lives. I'm looking at my, I got my police hat on now to help save some lives. I know we had an accident a couple of days ago. Yeah. So at least if it's lit up, I see that sometimes with the stop sign, at least if it's lit up, you would have seen,

Yes.

You would have seen it, and other people that are coming into our city that want to use that type of transportation, it would be more visible to them to locate. Just something I was just thinking of that might be a little bit less expensive. Thank you, you did an amazing job.

Thank you so much, appreciate it.

Mr. Hartzell.

First, I'd also like to thank you for doing your internship here. You've had the experience with In my 20 years of practice of land use and planning, the best planning staff in Florida. For the rest of the world, I haven't practiced there, but in the state of Florida, you're with a great planning staff, and it's a great internship, and you should be very proud of your work. Second was, I think your suggestions are great. If we can increase the safety and people's comfort in actually using it, becoming more pedestrian and using their bikes more, and they don't feel like they're gonna get killed on the roadway, people will use mass transit more, they will use cricket more, they will, is it cricket? Circuit. Circuit. Circuit more. But that's gonna be the trend for Pompano Beach in the future, is gonna have to be a multimodal situation, because there's just not enough parking for cars, and we need to be less car-dependent in a live, work, play atmosphere. So I think this is great, I think your suggestions are great, and we don't do policy here, but I'm sure the board would consider that. Thank you.

Thank you. And do you graduate?

I graduate in December of this year. Congratulations. Thank you. OK.

Some of the smartest people I know went to FAU. I only have two degrees from there, but that's OK.

Yes, it's a great university.

It doesn't say that much, necessarily. But congratulations. I thought you did a great job. And thank you very much, and thanks for sharing it with us. And I'm sure we'll get, especially under Mrs. Coleman's

entering or whatever she'll watch full eye on that multimodal stuff so she's mr chairman it's not just you know the suggestions from this go right into code enforcement on the you know we've been talking about we've been so um concerned with getting the right kind of landscaping and the right kind of trees here but then they grow up and we don't ever force them to be trimmed And so I think that that's going to be another reason for us to work with code enforcement and get them out to some of these things to say, we need to get these trees trimmed where it's a workable situation. And you don't have to put the whole bus bench with the cover and the trash can and all of that in every place. But there's lots of options here. I had the opportunity to talk a little bit more with Josanne about that. And Broward County really provides great deal of the funding for the bus bench in partnership with the city, the bus shelters. And so we may decide that this, not we, the city may decide that this particular spot is best for just a bench and a trash can. This one needs a full cover. There's lots of options, so it doesn't have to be the full freight on every one.

Sure. Yes. Okay.

Thank you.

All right, thank you very much. All right. So the next item on our agenda, we'll now take, we have an applicant now? Okay. So we'll take item number one now. 2690 West Sample Road, Eastman Abandonment, PNC 26-27504. Address is 2690 West Sample Road. And this is Chasko presenting, I believe.

Good evening. My name is Patricia Chasko. I'm a planner with the Development Services Department. And I'm here today to present an application for an easement abandonment on 2690 West Sample Road. I'm showing here a location map of where the property is in an aerial view. So you see the property is in the corner of Simple Road and Northwest 27th Avenue. The county is requiring that this property give two feet of right of way on its westernmost side. And since there is a utility easement running along that side, the county is requesting that the utility easement within those two feet to be vacated. We have received all letters of no objections from the utility companies except Tico People's Gas. So the staff is recommending approval with the condition that the applicant, that we received from TECO People's Gas, that letter of no objection prior to the city commission meeting. Thank you. The applicant is also here to answer any questions you may have.

Okay, do we have any questions of staff before we go to the applicant? Okay, seeing none. Applicant, do you have a presentation or do you want to, got anything you want to say? Okay. Okay, does anybody have any questions of the applicant then? Yes, Mrs. Coleman, go ahead.

What are we building here? I mean, what is it?

There is a site plan approved for an L car wash in that property.

Just wanted to make sure that was the right, yeah.

Mm-hmm.

So probably for the record, you ought to get up and say that you're okay with the one condition of staff. Oh, and you'll have to be sworn in since you came in late. We stopped swearing before you came in. Yeah, come on. No, just right there is fine. Just raise your right hand.

Do you swear from the evidence you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you. And just your name and address for the record, please.

Alex Beigelman, 8201 Peters Road, Plantation, Florida, 33320. Okay.

All right. And there was one condition that staff had brought up, so is your client fine with that one condition? Yeah, we accept that condition. Okay. All right. Anybody have any questions? Yes, Mr. Hartzell, go ahead.

I'm just wondering, is there any utility easement out there in which to access your utilities, or how are your utilities being provided to the car wash?

There's an existing 12-foot easement, so we just need to vacate the two feet that are going to become part of the right-of-way, the other 10 feet, and that easement will stay. Mrs. King?

I had a question on the, I'm on the tree inventory. So some of the trees that say, I'm sorry, I'm not real well versed in the tree area, but some of the trees that say they're in poor condition, would those trees be removed, replaced? What would happen to those?

I believe those are being replaced as part of the new site plan.

Okay, thank you.

Yes, that's true.

This site plan's already been approved, right, if I'm not mistaken? Yes. Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay, perfect.

Anybody else? Okay. Does anybody in the audience want to speak on this item? Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing portion.

Mr. Chair, I just want to make sure for the record, this is a partial abandonment?

There is a 12-foot utility easement running along that side. Only two feet need to be dedicated to the right way. The county is requesting that that two feet segment of the easement is vacated.

I just want to make sure that it's understood as a partial. Yeah, it's two of 12, right?

Yes. Okay. With that, are there any other questions? Seeing none, Bobby, oh, I got a, no, I did, I needed a, I guess I didn't.

I'd like to make a motion, Mr. Chair.

Yes, go ahead, Mr. Daly.

In consideration of planning and zoning application number 26270004, I'd move that the board finds the competent substantial evidence has been presented that satisfies the criteria and recommends approval of the partial easement abandonment to the city commission with the one condition.

We have a motion, do we have a second?

Second.

We have a motion and a second. Any questions on the motion? Seeing none, Bobby, call the roll on item number one.

Rich Daly? I just want to clarify, there's five zeros. I only read four. Yes, I do. Second.

Rich Daly? Yes. Robert Hartzell? Yes. Gigi DeBeck? Yes. Paul Fisher? Yes. Tundra King? Yes. Carla Coleman? Yes. Fred Stacer? Yes.

Yes, that's why I say five zeros.

I will take that under consideration for the future. I apologize. Our council advised me that I might be off by a zero.

When I get to the third one, I lose track.

I normally use my fingers to count. I understand.

I can appreciate that. Wait until you get to be my age.

Okay.

Okay. With that, you're good. Good luck with your project. Thank you. All right. And with that, next item on the agenda is audience to be heard. Anybody want to speak from the audience? Seeing none, next item is reports by staff. Do we have any staff reports tonight?

I did want to report out that we sent code enforcement out to the Atlantic Business Center because I think Tundra mentioned last time that it was dark. And around the Golden Corral, there were several lights out. So they gave them a courtesy notice to try to get all their lights in operating order. Thank you.

Great job. Bobby.

Yes, I just want to give a friendly reminder to our board that not next month, but the September meeting, we're not meeting on the fourth Wednesday, it's gonna be on the fourth Thursday, which is September 24th. Just want to give you guys a reminder, make sure it's in your calendars. I did let you guys know earlier this year, but this is a two month reminder.

Okay, thank you. Mr. Saunders, do you have anything for us tonight, sir? Okay. All right. Next item on the agenda is board member discussion. Mr. Dowell, you have anything for us?

I just want to thank staff and the presentation tonight was fantastic. I didn't get a chance to raise it earlier. And I want to thank the council for keeping me in line with my counting.

Mr. Fisher. No report tonight. Okay. Mrs. Coleman.

No report tonight.

Mrs. King.

No report, thank you. I'm glad I'm sitting on this end.

They're out of control down there.

Mr. Hartzell. I'd say likewise, too.

You're out of control or the other end's out of control? This is uptown over here. Can you count to five zeros? That's the question. I'll second that. You'll second that? Okay.

I just want to say to Josanne, one word, hope. You give us hope, and I always think about you know, the practice of land use, practice of planning, you know, you see a lot, in our field, there's a lot of old people, me. And... I resemble that remark. And we don't see a lot of young people getting into planning anymore. You know, Max is like 18, but, you know, we just don't see young people getting into the field of land use and practicing land use. And I'd love to see it, and I have hope that you know, you're gonna be our future of planning. Hopefully you stay in the state of Florida and hopefully you stay in the city of Pompano. Thank you.

That's sweet.

Josanne, could you speak into the microphone into the record and say that?

We do get dissed here, so we're.

The problem goes all the way down.

I just want you to know that, okay? I must say that I really did enjoy my time as an intern here. The planning and zoning departments, they were so welcoming. I learned so much. I really enjoyed working on the project. It was a really good experience. The only thing is that it was so short, but it was really, really, it was really nice. I really enjoyed it.

Great.

Thank you, Josie. And the menace will reflect that.

Mrs. Duback?

I'm good.

It's kind of hard to outdo all that, huh? Well, okay, so I'm not going to count to five zeros, and I think with that... I move we adjourn.