Planning and Zoning Board - Regular Meeting

[clears throat] All right, Mr. Chair, staff is ready. All right. Hello and good evening. Welcome to the River Beach City Planning and Zoning Board meeting. The day is February 12th, 2026. The time is approximately 6:32 p.m. If anyone wish to speak on an item on an agenda item, please complete a public comment card and give it to the planning and zoning staff prior to the board discussion and before the public comment section is announced. In no event will anyone be allowed to submit a comment card to speak on agenda item after the item has been read or considered. The total time allowed for each member or the public to comment on each item is 3 minutes. Please be reminded that the planning and zoning board is committed to civility and decorum by members of the public who attend this meeting. We're going to start off with a moment of silence. And we will lead off the board. We will lead off with the pledge of allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat] All right. May we have a roll call? Lucy Joseph, Marie Davis, James Gallon here, Anthony Brown, Rafer Williams, present. Sandra Stringer,

present. Renee Burgess, Vice Chair, Frank Fernandez, present. Chair Wallally, present. Chair. All right. Do we have acknowledgement of any board member absentee notifications? Absent notifications. We have one. We have two. We have Mr. Alternate Anthony Brown that did send correspondence. And we have alternate board member Lucy Joseph that did send correspondence. As of right now, chair, we um Miss Renee Burgess, we have not heard from her. So, until she comes in, we will have Mr. James Gallon to be a voting member for tonight.

In acknowledgement of board member vacant positions, vacant positions, Mr. Chair, we have district two for vacant alternate position. All right, on to number three. Do we have any additions or deletions to the agenda?

None from staff, Mr. Chair. Four. Any disclosure by board members? May we have adoption of the agenda? Sure. I motion to adopt the agenda. Second. Chair has been properly motioned and second. Are we ready for the vote? Yes. Board member Gallon. Yes. Board member Williams. Yes. Board member Stringer. Yes. Vice Chair Fernandez. Yes. Chair Wally, yes. Unanimous vote. Chair. All right, we have approval minutes, please. We have no minutes. Correct, Mr. Weather.

That is correct. We have no minutes. We have any unfinished business

from staff, Mr. Chair. All right. Now, on to new business. An ordinance of the city council of the city of River Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, amending the city code of ordinance chapter 31 ZA-25-00001 on behalf of River Beach Community Redevelopment Agency CRA related urban urban and the BH group and Tazair partner applicant to approve a resoning amendment application to reszone A plus minus 2.448 448 acres parcel generally located between West 35th, I'm sorry, West 13th Street to the north and East 12th Street to the south on the east side of Broadway Boulevard between Broadway Boulevard and Avenue C, consisting of 15 tax parcels from a downtown core DC district 2 and inlet harbor center-planned unit development. IHC-PUD zoning district approving for acriability conflict servability and codification and providing for an effective date and for other uses. The presenter will be tonight principal planner Kurt Thompson.

Okay. Um Mr. Chairman and for the record, I'm Kurt Thompson, principal planner for the city of Riviera Beach. Here is what I'm going to do. And if you allow me, uh, Mr. Chairman and board members, I'm going to present the case as a whole both pieces, the ordinance and the resolution. Um, the the res I'll get to that during my presentation, but I'm going to present this as one whole project. There are two parts to the ordinance and the resolution. Ordinance, of course, is a reasonzoning, and that will take two readings at the city council level. resolution takes one reading, but usually the resolution is done at the second reading for the ordinance, but I'm going to present the whole thing to you tonight. Okay. Thank you. Oh, by the way, and the applicant and uh his uh their uh associates are here behind me. I think Mr. John Roach is here. Mr. And Mr. Andrew Andrew Andrew Bellowos is here and if I may say Alberto Castleon is also here. So there have adequate uh backup individuals that give answer all your questions as we get started. So let's get started. The red dot you see there shows the location of the subject property. And I if I could be more specific, gentlemen, it's right across the street from here uh to my to my left and to your right and to the south. Element eight is already going up as you can already tell. And this is now element seven or the gallery at Marina Village. the uh property is located has uh well

has umbrella has adequately uh delineated to you and described so I don't need to go repeat that is here on the board for you to see it is outlined in red uh as you can see here and across the street to the north is the is the building where we are sitting in umbrella has read the ordinance is that you see here verbatim and so I don't want to repeat that but see you see it there before you and now the resolution this is a resolution of the city council of the city of river beach palm beach county Florida approving a site plan and special exception request SP24 uh-14 and SE24-4 on behalf of the River Beach Community Redevelopment Agency related urban the BH group and Tzelle partners daily applicants to construct a mixeduse market rate housing development consisting of 418 residential units with associated amenities. In addition, a ninele structural parking garage and plus or minus 3,000 square ft of office and plus or minus 3,300 square ft of retail [laughter] on approximately plus or minus 2.448 448 acres of land generally located between West 13th Street to the to the north, East 12th Street to the south, between Broadway Boulevard and Avenue C, consisting of 15 taxing parcels provided for conditions of approval, providing for applicability, conflict, serability, and qualification and providing for effective date and for other purposes. The request is the proposed improvements will be constructed on the existing vacant parcel tolling the uh 2.448

acres. The site will be developed with the 418 residential units and the associated amenities as I read to you per the resolution. Uh the existing conditions is a vacant parcel. the parcel number ID. There are multiple parcels. You can refer to page three of the staff report. Uh ladies and gentlemen, which outlines the uh the and table one parcel data, the 15 parcels, there is a number 16, which is the abandoned 13th Street rightway that was abandoned some time back. I may also add that the director of the CRA is also here. Mr. Gazelle Mercus uh representing the CRA is also here. The the current zoning is downtown core and the future land use is downtown mixuse. You heard from umbrella that the reszoning from uh downtown core to IAPUD. There's no request to change the land use because the downtown mixuse allows for a mixture of uses as this project is being proposed. So as you can see the down the land use would be in sync with the reszoning. Uh therefore there we anticipate there be uh compatibility [clears throat] both for the zoning code and from the land use standpoint. This is a table for the residential unit breakdown. You see here uh the 38 studio units, 152 onebedroom, one bath, 38 twobedroom, one bath and 152 units of two-bedroom, two bath and there will be uh 38 units of threebedroom uh two bath for a total of

40 418 units. You see the percentage breakdown as as you can see there. This is table four which is the parking. Uh you will you will notice I'm sure in the zoning code under uh under section 31-503. The code does allow here in the downtown a 25% reduction in the parking. uh and the applicant has taken advantage of that reduction to have come to a total of 652 total spaces. the applicant is here with the uh with their consultant and they have some backup the well part of the backup is in your package with a traffic statement a traffic study was done and also the if you notice the traffic letter from Palm Beach County uh indicating that they uh that the project will meet the county traffic performance standards. Uh the letter also states for you to note that the um though the resident the residential portion of the project is exempt from Palm Beach County traffic performance standards uh since the site is located within the coastal residential exception area. So the residential portion is exempt as a result of the coastal residential reception area. And then that leaves the um the commercial and uh retail aspect which meets uh the which meets the intent of the traffic performance standards for Palm Beach County. I will also indicate that the parking spaces are will be 9 by8. That's uh typical space uh dimensions and for the

downtown area and that too is in the zoning code to allow this uh those dimensions to exist. You have you see here a rendering of the site plan. I don't have my pointer, but basically this is the first floor, the ground floor. You see here's some amenities. Um the parking you see the on the north side at the top the entrance there off of 13th Street and at the south end at the bottom you see an entrance and exit for the site there. You will notice that there is no entrance uh no exit or eress egress along the west side. You will also notice you see the cross-hatched area there. That is a turn lane that will be uh created by the applicant has a result of request by staff. The engineering staff indicated that a turn lane will be appropriate. So you can see that turn lane on the left side and the crosshatch area. Everybody see it? Okay. Okay. This is the floor plan rendering for floors two from the second floor to the 20th floor. Uh you see the number of units. Uh there you also see on the left there along Broadway the retail and office space there to the your far right you see the what will be the front of the subject building. And if I'm if I may be so bold as to say that this rendering here shows you an idea of that of the of the east side which would be the front entrance that you see here on the the right side of the drawing there. I've looked at this quite a bit so I'm kind of familiar with this project. Let me let me continue on here.

This is the architectural rendering. This is the This is the east side which you see here in that first rendering here. You see it at a nighttime illustration here. You will see it at a daytime illustration here on the uh on the overhead screen. Architectural rendering. This is looking at it from the northeast looking to the southwest at night. The tallest building that you can see there is the element seven project and the building just to the left is is element eight which is of course being constructed right now. So this gives you an idea of both element 8 and seven together now uh as it would look uh at some [clears throat] point in the in the near in the not too distant future. This is the civic open space that you're looking at that's being provided. It meets the civic open space regulation of the of the zoning code. Pardon me while I turn the pages to that section. What you have there in the small box there to the right, you have the breakdown showing uh 5,266 square feet of civic open space, which represents 5% which meets the code requirement under 31-538 of the zoning code. You it will be plus or minus six benches, two waist two pet stations, uh two receptacles, two drinking fountains, and four bike racks. that's being proposed. I'm reading that out so you can so you don't have to strain your eyes to see it, but that's essentially what's being proposed. And this is also in your staff report. It's on page 14 of the staff report. This is the ele the architectural

rendering. Uh I'm sorry, this is the architectural elevation of this of the property. Uh let me turn to that page so I can explain that to you. Okay. Essentially what you have here is I believe to the left is the west elevation which will be facing Broadway and then over here to your right is the north elevation uh facing uh looking north along Broadway on the Okay. And here on your um on your left looks to be is the um I believe that is the the the west the pardon me while I tried to get that get that down path here. It is okay. Let me go back. To the left is the is the east is the is the east elevation and to your right is the south elevation. And then on this next elevation show is the west elevation to your left and the north elevation to your right. Okay, I want to make sure I get this right. So I'm going to take my time to make sure you all follow me. Okay, this is the landscape plan rendering. I will say that this project does meet all the landscape requirements in the zoning

code. Uh in terms of native trees versus non-native, they're showing they will meet in terms of the trees, 77% will be native. Uh the total palms will be 71% native. Uh and the shrubbery will be 93% native. Okay. So with that uh after review by the staff a staff review uh and by multiple city departments uh this property was found to be consistent with the city's comprehensive plan and the code of ordinance also known as the zoning land development regulations and is now ready for the board's consideration. You can see that we've checked where meets the land use plan, the zoning, levels of service, compatibility, landscaping, lighting, parking, and traffic. To this date, the staff did not receive any uh communication either for or against the subject property. And here you have the public notification. Uh you have on the left and your right the affidavit for both the signposting and for the notification of property owners within a 300t radius and a picture of the subject property. You you all may have seen the the posting because I I show to you the date of January 20 uh 23rd 2026. That's exactly uh actually that is about uh 20 days and the code requires a 15-day notification. So they more than meet that from January 23rd to today which is the 12th that's roughly 19 20 days. Code requires a minimum of 15. And so staff requests that the River Beach Planning and Zoning Board

recommend that the River Beach City Council approve the proposed reszoning and the site plan subject to the staff report's condition of approval which is stated in your staff report. Uh that will conclude staff's part of the presentation. the applicant is here with adequate uh experts and consultants to give you their testim their testimony and I would like and request that you as usual hold your questions until they've had a chance to present to you and hopefully we'll have uh answered all your questions ahead of time but if not we stand both here I stand both ready and the applicant to answer any questions you may have now yield to I think Mr. John Roach the consultant.

Thank you for your patience. Thank you.

Good evening. Uh, thank you, Mr. Thomas, for your presentation, and thank you to all of city staff for, uh, working with us on this application. Um, my name is John Roach. I'm an in-house urban planner with the Gunster Law Firm in West Palm Beach, um, certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners. With me today are various members of the development team, but I'd specifically like to recognize Albert Milo, uh, to my right here, who is president of Related Urban Development Group. They're a division of one of the country's leading real estate companies which is related group uh and they are the developer of the project before you this evening. Um we were previously before you with element 8 as Kurt had indicated um of the Marina Village master plan and as you saw driving in we're excited about the construction progress that has been happening with that. Um it's the city's first 100% dedicated affordable and workforce housing development. Um so with that great success uh we'd like to present the next phase which is element 7 and our partnership with the city and the CRA. Element 7 uh as Mr. Thompson had indicated is located immediately north of element 8. Uh it's on the south side of West 13th Street between Broadway and Avenue C. And before I get into the details of um element 7, I'd like Mr. Milo to come up and he can talk to you about an update on progress for Element 8 uh as well as outreach efforts that have taken place on that project. So Mr. Milo,

good evening. Albert Milo, president related urban. Thank you Miss Thompson for the presentation and thank you to the board. Glad to be back in front of the board. Um, but we uh just to give you a quick update on element 8 as as you saw hopefully when you were driving in there. We've already poured the fifth floor. Actually, tomorrow we're going to pour the first half of the sixth floor and the project uh should be topped off by the last week of March. So the the the whole structure will be u on the residential piece will be done and we're going to be starting uh the garage which is the next adjacent portion now towards the end of the month. We're finishing our drainage and our site work on the uh Broadway side of the development. So you'll see that coming up shortly. Um project is is moving uh on on time. It's uh slated to be completed by the uh fall of of 2026. So, and so far no uh no hiccups. You know, we actually were just there. Uh I just walked the adjacent neighbor site. There was some, you know, some um they want to collaborate and you know, beautifification uh with the wall with the adjacent boatyard. We're going to be working on that aspect of it too and hopefully include some other public art components as that we just saw. So, it'll be uh another further enhancement that we'll be doing uh working with the CRA director um and the adjacent property owners to to the south of element um 8. And just a little uh touch on some of the outreach efforts because you know community benefits is a is a big component of of our approvals. We've had uh our partner uh Tesro partners which

are our partners also here on element uh 7 but um Ezra Safold who's the owner outside construction he is working with us and we're uh and all these different outreach efforts uh to help have you know local hiring uh but also uh local subcontractors to participate in the um construction of the project. There you can see we've had four different uh types of events. Um and and we've moved now into like a a readiness workshop to to to help build some of these subcontractors to help them build capacity and be ready not just for what's happening there at element 8, but more importantly also for element 7 now which is a a much larger project. We have some staff from all site construction that is also working on our element uh a project. So they're also able to now learn um larger construction projects. So that's part of our mentor protege program that we've implemented there uh as part of our construction of element 8. So I just wanted to give you a quick little update on element 8 and I'll turn it back over to John to go through the technical aspects of the approval which we're here for today. Thank you.

Thank you sir.

Thank you Mr. Milo. Um, I'm going to skip through some of these pretty quickly because Mr. Thompson covered them. The subject property you see there outlined in red adjacent to element 8. Um, as Mr. Thompson indicated, the property is zoned uh does have a downtown mixeduse future land use does have a downtown core zoning designation which allows the mix of uh retail, commercial, residential, and so forth. As you are all familiar with, the city undertook a substantial effort um to develop what is now known as the Marina Village master plan causes or calls out for a phased mixeduse development uh including retail, restaurants, recreation, entertainment. Um this master plan has been amended a couple times, but uh you can see here the various elements of that master plan. uh you see element 8 which is under construction and then number seven is the one that is before you this evening. On May 24th, 2023, the CRA entered into into a long-term lease with the applicant to implement element 7. Uh it's to build the first class A market rate mixeduse development within Marina Village and it's an expansion of the excellent partnership that has developed uh with Element 8 as Mr. Milo had talked about. So here you can see um a little larger color version of the site plan that I'll go through quickly. We are proposing to reszone the property in order to implement the program and vision. It is [clears throat] reszone to IHCPUD complying with all aspects of the code as indicated by your staff. Uh what is known as gallery at Marina Village will consist of two 20story buildings. Uh you can see those in the dark blue there uh with a lobby uh rental office and amenity space uh there just to the right

or to the east of the pool. Um it's 418 market rate residential units has associated amenities. That's the pool fitness center, club room and so forth. Um you'll see on this image there's approximately 2700 square ft of the site. Um that's what Mr. Thompson talked about that will be dedicated uh on the left hand side here which is Broadway Avenue that will be dedicated as a right turn lane. Um while the demand for the proposed development did not warrant uh the turn lane the city and the applicant work together uh to include this in the scope of the project with the foresight that as development occurs within a marina village it will be necessary. So, we are including it within the scope and we'll dedicate that 2700 plus square feet of property as right away for that turn lane. West of the residential buildings is a nine level parking garage. As Mr. Thompson had indicated, it will contain 652 vehicular parking spots. It will contain bicycle storage as well as all of the loading, trash room, and service areas are all internal to that garage. Uh so there is nothing on the outside face of the buildings um service-wise. Everything will be confined within the structure itself. And then to the west of that lining the parking park parking garage is 60 6,300 square ft of commercial space uh on Broadway Avenue. Um aside from the structure, approximately 40% of the site is in the form of open space and landscaping. And this does not account for the land that we're actually uh dedicating for the rideway. So if you were to account for that into the open space, uh it increases our number a little bit. In terms of traffic circulation, I know Mr. Thompson talked about it, but um most of the project traffic will come from Broadway Avenue, which is our

western frontage. Uh it will access they will access the site from um West 13th Street at the north side of our property. So you can see guess there is no curs. There we go. The cursor show you can see the double uh red arrows here on the north side. That is our that is our primary garage entrance. It is a right turn in and right turn out. Um it's approximately 145 ft east of Broadway. Uh therefore to avoid conflicts uh with the right turn lane and any traffic um utilizing that that space. uh the access there is another full access spot along our south frontage. Uh you can see the other two red arrows and that exits onto uh East 12th Street. And so that is a full access uh turn left or turn right into and exit that space. Um the access points are pulled away from the intersections as I indicated to prohibit conflicts with uh those turning tra uh traffic movements. And then there's pedestrian access throughout the entire site which you can see in the yellow arrows. Um the main entrance to the residential lobby is on the right hand side of your screen which is our eastern frontage and then the commercial frontage uh on the leftand side along Broadway each has their own walk up entrances. Terms of parking Mr. Thompson had indicated uh we have 652 spaces within our garage. The code requires 648. So, we do have a little bit of of surplus there. That does not count the 10 on street parking spots that are located on Avenue C or East 12th Street. Um, we did have a parking analysis and study prepared by Simmons and White. Uh, using the IT IT traffic parking generation. Uh, it was determined that a project of this mixeduse uh style and

this number of units would only equate to 561 required spots. Uh so therefore we from the study standpoint we have 91 surplus parking spots. So we do exceed code and we do exceed what the study is anticipating as the actual demand. In addition to that alternative modes of transit uh we have Palm Tran route number one along Broadway. We have a continuous sidewalk network uh throughout the entire area. Bicycle parking within our garage. And then there's also future bike lanes on uh Broadway as part of FDOT's resurfacing project. Here you can see an overall perspective of the proposed development in context with the existing marina. Uh the marina event center you can see highlighted on the uh the right hand call out and then the approved and under construction element 8 uh which is the midrise building on the left there. and then the gallery at Marina Village that is proposed and before you this evening. This is a closer view looking um this is from the corner of West 13th and Avenue C. So pretty much the entrance into the uh event center parking lot. Um you see the 20story residential buildings. uh the lower level uh the ground floor. In the middle is the lobby and amenity space um and ped primary pedestrian entrance into the residential. And then this next one is uh you can see the proposed development as viewed from the intersection of Broadway and West 13th Street. Uh here the emphasis is on anchoring the corner with the commercial uses, activating the pedestrian space along Broadway Avenue, um and serving as a significant gateway into Marina Village and the city. Trees uh we it's kind of hard to read here, but I'll call out some of the things that we pointed out specifically.

One is trees are uh shade trees are being provided along sidewalk to give comfort to pedestrians. um potentially leading to outdoor seating as well with uh possibly some restaurants on Broadway. There will also be sight lighting for security purposes. And then the commercial space also serves as a liner for u the first couple floors of the parking garage. So pedestrian level this the frontage is completely activated by that commercial space. We've also been working with the city and the CRA on implementation of the Marina Village signage. Uh it's kind of hard to hear. uh say this is still work in progress, but there is an existing monument sign on the site that will be relocated and incorporated into um not sure why the curs is not showing up. There's an existing monument sign that will be relocated onto the property um or into the the new development site. And then we're also working with them on potential uh blade signage at the corner of the parking garage that would not designate this project, but is a signage for the overall marina village. Um so we're continuing to work with staff uh on those elements and are excited to uh include those as part of our proposal. In addition to activating Broadway, uh as Mr. Thompson talked about the project also includes over 5,000 square ft of civic open space along Avenue C. This expands and ties into nicely uh we have the same landscape architect and architect um as element 7. It expands and connects nicely into the civic open space that is uh approved for element 8 which also occurs along Avenue C. So it really provides for that significant visibility and interconnection between the two projects. And you can see what that space looks like here in this rendering. [clears throat] Some of the elements there, as Mr.

Thompson talked about, there's a continuation of design from element 8, but it does include the shade trees, the wide sidewalks, pedestrian seating, trash receptacles. It will be well lit at pedestrian scale and at street light level. Um, and there's also residential units that overlook directly onto that space. All of this providing for that natural surveillance uh to provide for a safe space and while not located within the civic open space um the applicant will work with the city um they have their related arts program and incorporate sculptures into the project as well as part of the city's art and public places requirements. So, we're excited about the opportunity to bring uh to to Marina Village the first class A mixeduse market rate uh development in partnership with city and the CRA. As stated previously, the site plan complies with all the provisions of the comprehensive plan and the zoning code fulfills the city's v vision for element 7 of the Marina village master plan and this was confirmed by your staff with their recommendation. We support staff's recommendation and the conditions of approval. However, we would like to continue to work with them uh specifically on condition number 11 which addresses the Palm Tran shelter. As a result of dedicating and constructing the right turn lane, there is an existing Palm Tran shelter or excuse me, Palm Tran bus stop that cannot remain in that location. You can't have the bus the bus stop on the, you know, the right side of a right turn lane. It needs to be adjacent to the the through lane. So, through previous meetings with the city as well as Palm Tran, the agreement was, and it's our understanding the agreement is still to relocate the bus stop one block to the north on the uh just north of West 13th Street. Um, so we'd like to work with staff on the wording of this condition

as we go into uh city commission because it doesn't necessarily talk about location, but it also talks about maintenance and things like that that will become a little bit more difficult as this becomes an off-site facility as opposed to immediately adjacent to our development. So that concludes my presentation. Um, Mr. Milo's here and u Mr. Vela's here. The entire consultant team is here. We actually have our architect, I believe, who is online virtually. Um, but our engineers and traffic engineers and so forth are here as well. So, happy to answer any questions. Thank you for your time. Mr. whenever. Yes. Great presentation. What do you question?

Absolutely. Absolutely. Um, do the board would we like to answer questions first or see if we have any comment cards? Do we have Do we have any comment cards? Public comments. Mr. Chair, no public comment cards at this time. Okay, then. So, the board we can go ahead and proceed with questions then. Go ahead, Mrs. Davis. Um, I I thought I heard the gentleman um to your left um speak about workforce housing. Did you say something about workforce housing at that location? Did I misunderstand? Oh, although I see the plan says market rate.

Yeah. So no, the comment was as it relates to element 8, which is a combination of workforce and affordable housing. That's the one that's currently under construction. This one is all market. Okay. And also um how many trips do the 418 apartments uh generate a day? So the the traffic study as was approved by your staff and the county is 2,720 trips, but that is scattered throughout the entire day. The AM peak is 216 and the PM peak is 238. I don't know what that means. What's the PMD?

So the AM and our our traffic engineer can come up if necessary. If you look at the busiest time of the morning, the busiest hour of the morning, and then the busiest hour of the afternoon. That's known as the peak hour. Yeah. AM and PM peak hour. And then you have your daily trips, which is throughout the entire day. It's a lot. And then Mr. Thompson, how many does the change in this zoning resoning, does it change the density of the units? There is change of the project rather. Okay. Um, Miss Davis, be sure to speak in the microphone. We'll make sure I can

Sorry. Um, does this change does this change in re does this resoning change the density?

No, not not not really. what what it it changes it in well it does but it changes it in this way. It allows for more flexibility for the project to take place. Um but I if I may ask you more directly the change would not create any adverse impacts to the surrounding areas. uh because it is the IAP PUB or the the inlet harbor center PUD allows for this type of density to occur and element uh 8 was this was triggered by straight zoning but it was designed to be in in congruent and in sync with element seven.

So does that mean that there are more units or not? There are more units in this development. Yes, there 418 and element as a result of the resoning there will be there we well if you compare it to element 8 yes there will be more units element 8 has 149 units this has 418 but the density let me also say this ma'am the density is not based upon units per acre it's based upon the for ratio the F. You understand what that is, ma'am? Okay.

Okay. That's I guess I don't really get a vote. So, I just think that we have to be really cautious about all of these projects on on Broadway. And I know that they're uh approved individually, but is a group of several projects on Broadway. I mean, just this one project creates 2720 trips a day, the AM and the PM. So, you multiply that by multiple projects, and it's a beautiful project. Don't misunderstand. And I think it's going to be a great enhancement. But overall, I think that we need to look at the entire Broadway of what it I mean, it for us, it's about quality of life for now and the future, not quantity. And it with all of the units that are being proposed or all not units but all the the um projects it'll just be a traffic

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nightmare. If I may say Miss Davis um the quality of life in the city will in fact we believe will improve with projects like this because as it stands right now we have vacant property that is under underutilized and not even being used at all. I understand. I completely agree with the concept, but it's quantity. And for me and for us who've lived here for so many years, we want the quality. Not that this is not a quality project. Don't misunderstand. It certainly is. And it's an enhancement. But when we look at the entire the entirety of all these projects on Broadway, it's just too much for this little community. and we want it to be beautiful and perfect and and get over the hump that we've always had a problem with, but I just have real concern about it.

Understood. Thank you. Thank you. I have chair. Go ahead, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. I have a few and I guess because you made the presentation all together, can I ask them concurrently at their answer? Um so the first one um for element 8 it talked about the outreach events. What has been the impact of that? Like how many uh local hires or local collaborations or local subcontractors were uh retained from those outreach efforts?

Yeah. So, we've got, as I mentioned, we have a few of the staff members from offsite that are actually working with our team and and they're they're able to now learn this type of more vertical, larger scale construction. So, that's one piece of it. Um, and we've got I think it's three already uh subcontractors that are partnering with the with the um the the electrician uh on the painting side and we've got um and some of the labor on the shell contractors already been part of the local hiring efforts because that's the main trades that are still there. as we top off the building, then we'll have additional trades in the MEPs and the windows and things of that nature.

Thank you for that. Follow up a few more. Um, when you say few, just from uh data uh perspective, um how many is a few? Few could be two, could be five. On the subcontractors total from the four outreaches you've had, how many? Yeah, so we got three on the sub minority subcontractors. Um and on the job uh I don't have the specific number of workers but I think it's it's around 20 uh work uh local hires.

Okay. And then just and I'll leave you alone after this question. [laughter] And then the next thing is when you talk about the 20 and the three what like the total income that they have the possibility of bringing in. So if it's 20 people those 20 people have the possibility of earning $50,000 $60,000. So that we'll have a better understanding of that.

Yeah. So, well, I don't have their their wage scale because it it on these projects, it varies by trade, but but the goal was to have a try to get the 20% of the value of the construction contracts to be awarded to local uh subcontractors. And this this project, I want to say, was right around scratching $50 million. So, the goal was to try to get the $10 million of subcontracts. Okay. Thank you. And perhaps you can just narrow it down just a little bit more when you come back again. Yes, ma'am. Okay. All right. Can I continue? Thank you.

Um, this has been um and please forgive me if I'm uh un not comprehending correctly. It's a request to amend the application. I'm talking to the other person. You're good to go. [laughter] Um, what was the original application? What did that consist of? since we're um asking for a vote to amend your application or did I read it incorrectly? No, we're we're not amending any application. We are there's there's three applications that are before you which result in an ordinance and a resolution. Correct. One is to change the zoning designation

from the downtown core to the IHC PUD. And that affords us the opportunity to provide some flexibility within the design, but it does not change the underlying future land use designation which sets out your cap on in terms of maximum development potential. So we have a reasonzoning which then triggered because we're going to a PUD that triggers what the city calls as a special exception and then we also have the actual site plan approval. So we're this is the first that we've come before the city with element 7. So we're not amending any application. We're asking to change the zoning map of the city from downtown core to IHCPU just for this property.

Right. Just for this property. But as a board when we vote tonight and maybe you can answer to M Mr. Thompson when we vote on this is not just this project. when we change the zoning. That's for anybody that decide they want to come in to build according to what they're building, which is 20 two 20 stories.

I see. Let me let me try to answer this answer your question, Mr. String, a little better. What what this resoning is proposing to do is create a more favorable situation for this project to be developed. Okay. To give you a little history, and Mr. Mercier can correct me on this. this back in 2012 2013 the CRA created a master plan and we're sitting in a part of it right here in this building and as Mr. Ro showed you on the map there were like eight or there were like I think eight or nine different elements Mr. Chair if I may.

Yes. And I believe you're referring to the language in the header of this item. So that is standard language we use anytime we amend any ordinance of the city. Um we call it an amendment and the zoning map of the city is an is approved by ordinance. So anytime we change it we say we are amending the regulations by amending uh the zoning map. So that standard language anytime there's a a proposal to um reszone or a text amendment we are amending the city's laws or or regulations. Um so you'll see that in future um reszonings as well. This particular application though is only for the parcel indicated in the description in this one. So it would change the zoning map assigned to this parcel and only this parcel. Any other developments that look to do something of scale or similar to this, they would have to submit their own application to request to amend the applicable zoning to whatever parcel they are interested in. So I just wanted to clarify that as as standard language anytime we amend an existing ordinance.

Thank you. Now you see why I want the agenda review prior to the meeting. Understood. Understood. We we're here to clarify to me. Okay. So a few more questions if I may chair and I'll relinquish. Okay. If I may to I want to say quickly a PUD by it definition is a special exception. So that's why now you have the reszoning and the special exception and then the site plan which is under the resolution.

Okay. Add that to the training module. Um so the next thing [laughter] So the next thing is you pulled up the uh signing off of the county for the [clears throat] traffic study but that was done in 2024. I mean there has been so much activity have happened since then. Has that study been updated? Because what from the county that date is 2024. The the approval is still good to build out a December 2028. December 31st, 2028. So it doesn't matter that all the activities we have going on. What they said in 2024 is still relevant to the day.

Yes, ma'am. The letter was signed by Mr. Quasi bar the county and they anticipate a buildout and and this letter will be good approval till December 31st 2028.

Yeah, if you don't mind just a little bit of clarification. So yeah, the valid the approval from the county is still valid when we submit the study. There's actually a growth factor that is added into the projected traffic in addition to all the other projects that have been approved and so forth. So all of that is accounted for. Um, we're still within that approval. Uh, just a side note, the in terms of getting their approval, the residential units are actually exempt from county traffic as I believe Mr. Thompson had indicated. Um, but in terms of number of trips and everything like that, it it accounted for the growth.

And this I promise this is my last question. We talked about the different studies that we did do, but is has there been an environmental study um as a add-on to what um Miss Marie was saying in regards to Miss Davis was saying in regards to you know residents,

there is no we don't anticipate any adverse impact toward to the environment because this is a buildout area. We're right in the middle of the downtown area and so basically there there is no environmentally sensitive area. There's no wetlands. There's no we're going to they're going to be replanting more than enough native tree vegetation. Uh and as far as we know, there are no flood issu issues. But I can tell you that during the building permit process, we review this all over again to make sure all all those issues are resolved. But there are no environmental adverse environmental impacts because it's an it's an urban buildout area. Want to see additional.

Okay, I'm done. Thank you. Yes. Are there any other questions about the board? Yes. Yes, ma'am. Where is the gas station? Is that in relation to this? It's across the street on the west side, right? Yes, ma'am. All right. And so, is there any um So, that's the gas station. Yep. You see it? And that's part of So, is there She was just talking about environmental. Is that part of the property that's owned by the applicant? No, it's not. It is not.

So, is it partial? Is it going to be developed by Is there any pending development at this point? Ma'am, the this project involves the area to your right in the shaded area. No other property is involved with this project. Okay. I can't see very well when I'm asking about the gas station. All right. Thanks, Chair. Yes, sir. When Mr. Williams is done, I also have questions. Mr. Williams. Um, I don't have any questions. Proceed.

Chair, if if you [clears throat] my indulgence here, I got several questions. U Mr. Milo, I know you stated the local hires and all the uh outreach you have done to make sure you have the contractors, the vendors. Um, we also have supply houses in the city, electrical and plumbing that can also, you know, provide who employ local residents that can also provide um material for your construction. Mr. Surmans, do we have that? You know where I'm going. We always have it on every major project as a condition and it's a very simple condition. Mr. the sermons will read it to you and that way 6 months after the project is done and the CO is issued, we get a report from the developer so we can see exactly how many local hires, how many local vendors were used, supply houses, everything. So we can see oursel and then obviously city council will get it exactly how much did our community did our citizens gather from those developments. Okay. In other words, first of all I want to thank you the related group and your related urban group for coming into our community and investing in our community. Those lots have been vacant for I don't know Mr. Wild they can tell you more at least 30 years that I recall. Um, so I I want to thank you first of all for coming in here uh and providing uh jobs and economic growth for our community. But Mr. Surmans, would you like to read that as one of the conditions please if they're immutable?

Yes. Uh the previously used condition language reads as follows. The applicant shall actively advertise employment opportunities for temporary and permanent positions within the city of Riviera Beach, including participation at community job fairs or hosting specialized recruitment events. The developer shall provide a report to the development services department at six months postcertificate of occupancy documenting the outreach efforts to acquire local employees, the number of local employees hired, the number of local businesses contracted with subject to employment and privacy laws, and the percentage of construction job, excuse me, the percentage of construction costs expended with local vendors. Would the uh the gentleman u M. Roach, would you be amanable to that? Um you're already doing it. U I I can't backtrack it now. If you would be so kind as to provide that information out of your kind courtesy to the development group, but as far as what we're tonight here, seven, would you be amanable to that condition?

Yeah, I don't have an issue with that. For the record, Mr. Thompson, can you add that as a condition? No, I have some other questions. Uh you also said there's going to be a marketplace. Um what are we uh as far as um market rate for the units? Are we looking at rentals, rentals, and sales? A combination of both? And what are we looking at costwise for for the for the cost factor?

Yeah. So they're going to be rentals, market rate rentals, and that's one of the conditions of our uh development agreement with the CRA. Um, and the final rental amounts are not established, but they'll be, you know, the the the market rate rentals in the area at at, you know, once we get those appraised. Um, but but that is a condition of our current approval with the CRA.

Okay. Well, you you are an urban, you do have an idea of what the local market rate is. Do you just just I'm not asking you to pinpoint you and say this is what we're going to charge. just to give us an idea. Um, do you have an idea what the what we're looking at rental wise roughly? Just a roughly. Yeah, you're averaging between 2500 to just under 4,000.

Okay. Well, that's that's the going rate. I mean, there's not much we can do on that, but um there's not going to be any workforce housing in seven, I understand. Correct. Only in eight. There's workforce housing in 8. Yeah, currently our approval with the CRA doesn't have that. You know, that would have to be um modified with with the development agreement to include some some

Is there a reason why we did not include workforce uh we're not talking about affordable there two different Yeah. Okay. Is there a reason why we didn't include workforce housing in seven? I I I think at the time the you know the the CRA board's concern was that you know as you mentioned they they're trying to redevelop this Marina village project for many uh many years. Um there's currently another solicitation uh that's out there for the remaining parcels the parcels towards the east. Um so I think that there was their preference uh was to have unrestricted units. Um, so but again that doesn't mean that a workforce person can't reside there because the market is going to dictate what that's going to be and we certainly can have workforce clients residing in element 7.

Yeah, but as a workforce client I'd rather pay 2500 than 4,000. No, absolutely humble opinions. The r the range I gave you is also because of unit sizes. So I went from the small unit to the to the threebedroom unit. That's that's the reason for the range too. Now, let's go to the parking. We have 652 parking on site plus four on the street. You're doing a commercial and retail. Are we going to have enough for the commercial and retail? And would that parking be open to the public so they can access those commercial and retail facilities?

Yeah. So there'll be a portion of the garage that'll be, you know, key fob access for residents and then the lower portion will be open to the general public for the retail or or even for components here of of this the marina. So are we going to have enough parking based on our studies? Yes. Nowress, you have the right arrows going on Broadway. Let's say I want I work in West Palm Beach. I want to get to West Palm. How do I do that? If I make a right on Broadway, I got to make a U-turn somewhere. No, but you should be you you'll be able to, you know, ingress and eager out the 13th and then you there is a a lefthand uh turn signal there, so you can go head south. Okay. I only saw the right arrows. That's why I was asking.

Yeah. No, you'll be able to go you'll be able to go off of 13th and so there there will be a way to cross over and go northbound on Broadway. Correct. Northbound or you mean south? You want to go You want to go south to West Palm? I'm going to West Palm. South to West Palm. I'm sorry. Yes. Yeah. So you make a left and go. So there will be Yes, sir. Okay. Oh, I didn't see it on the All I saw is little right arrows. Yeah. On the on the depiction, Mr. Roach, you saw the right arrows, correct? Yeah. There'll be there'll be Ingres and Eagers both on 12th and on 13th. Um but but to get to make a left and go south, you'll be able to you have to go to 13th and then at the stoplight, you'll make a left there.

What amenities are you going to have on the property? So our our projects um have full full amenized. I'm not sure if you if you're familiar with show Icon Marina Village just over the bridge in in um in West Palm. So fully amenitized buildings, you know, our projects are this is our Icon Marina village and I mean just over the bridge there. Um we modeled it, you know, somewhat similar to this project. This is close to the um the marina area there. So, we have full gym, we have full conference centers, we have, you know, we work areas uh for for our residents. We have obviously pool. Uh we're big proponents of art, right? any if you've ever been to any related project, you know, we we're we're we're all about the lifestyle and and we understand what landscaping and art does to in, you know, change the the living experience for our residents. So, it'll be class A market rate projects that like like we're known for.

Mr. Chair, if I may. Yes. I I actually have a a question for the team as well. Um, after pulling up the icon development here, what were the reasonings between your uh choice in architectural style in the icon versus element 7? [clears throat] The reason for it? Yes. Not sure I understand why why why did we have different architecture? Yeah, it's a a significantly different architectural style. And if you could talk more about your choices for the Marina project versus Icon.

The Well, we don't do any two projects. They're going to be identical. So we're always going to have a variety. We're not cookie cutter type of developers. So we're always going to incorporate the Mac, you know, the different type of architecture. This this is actually the different architectural firm uh for for this firm that's done a lot of our projects. K Freeman and Senosa. So it's just just part of of the the uh architecture flavor and and also to tie into some of the feel of element 8. What what time frame are we looking for seven? When do we uh when do you expect to break ground? Once it passes city council, obviously what are we looking at?

Yeah. So, we once we get our site plan approved, then we go into the permit uh aspect of the of the project. I think our conditional approval says within we have to break ground within 18 months. you know, I we expect that, you know, we've we've worked collaboratively with staff on element 8, so we kind of know the ropes, I guess, a little bit better of of the system. So, I would say that this project is probably somewhere between 9 and 12 months to get the final full permit because we have to do we have to do our construction drawings and then turn them into staff for for full permitting. You already have the financing, the backing for this project, is that correct? Yes, sir.

Okay. For our CRA director, I would I would encourage future workforce housing as part of these mixed developments. I'm not sure if he's there because I can't see the sign. He was there.

He stepped down. Okay. Well, there goes that idea. So, I'll have to tell him on the side. And from from our perspective, we have no no issues with with that uh you know having workforce housing units because you know for instance in Palm Beach County 120% of Aramdan income which is like the the the ceiling of workforce housing you're talking about overund you know approximately $130,000 of income for a single person. So we have no issues with having you know workforce units in there. Well, my issue is that it wasn't included as part of the project. See, that's that's the problem. Uh I know you have no issue, but I would have rather have it included, Mr. Surman. It would have been nice if that workforce housing would have been included as part of the project uh for uh number seven. So, um nothing we can do now at this stage, but for the future, since this goes through your unit, the CRA director is not here. I will remind them that our citizens are asking for workforce housing. We need workforce housing. I hate repeating myself uh every meeting, but uh we need it. That's just the bottom line is we need it. So, if you could um maybe I mean if they're immuneable to including it as number seven, heck yeah, I'd include it as a condition, but I don't know if we can do that at this stage of the game.

Um Mr. Sheriff, if I may. Yes. Yes, sir. Um the uh the property in question here does belong to the city, right?

And so the city and the um primarily the CRA board made the decisions on what products uh were going to be expected and contracted of the developer. And from my understanding, they determined that element eight would focus on affordable housing and seven would be market rate. Um but again these are decisions that were made by the the the commissioners of the um the CRA uh as they are um contracting with these groups to develop the the city property. Uh so in in this case I believe those agreements indicate what will be on those properties versus um the desires of staff or the or the the land development codes of course they apply um but nothing in the code requires it at this time. Uh, as far as the workforce component,

well, the way I look at it is this. We got to help our citizens out. Okay. I've already been through multiple cities that have gentrified and I'm getting a little bit of tired of seeing that over and over again. I appreciate the development, don't get me wrong, gentlemen, but we have a lot of folks here that are working hard. uh teachers, uh police officers, firemen, uh and other electricians, plumbers, and you know, if we give them a little hand once in a while, it would be nice and keep them in town instead of having them go up to Port St. Lucy or wherever they have to go nowadays to be able to afford something. But that was that's my humble thoughts. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, chair. Yes,

I still have issues with the traffic. I don't I I live here, so I know what Broadway looks like now. I can imagine what it's going to look like when all these projects are completed. And uh does any of these traffic studies uh put into effect or have any idea what our side streets are going to look like? 13th Street, I can see it now. It's going to be backed up. People are not just going to travel Broadway. What's going to happen to our side roads? 13th Street. I said the same thing about Civil Beach Road. When we get done with that project,

you're going to have two large pro two large buildings right there between Civil Beach Road. Where do you think these people are going to travel once they find out that these roads go right straight through the city? They're going to take these side roads. Do the traffic study include these side streets? Let me try to answer this way. U Mr. Allen for this for this project. You the side streets is west is uh east 12th street and 13th street

and then you have avenue C on the on the east side and then of course you have Broadway on the west side. What? And and there was a traffic study that was done that's a part of the backup here as well as the letter the traffic letter from Palm Beach County indicating compliance with Palm Beach County traffic performance standards. Okay. What was not sh what was not t mentioned is that I think when you you talk about cars being being able to go south to West Palm Beach that's why that entrance and exit is two-way on the south side of the subject property. Uh now

my question is our side streets. I'm not worried about Broadway because Broadway is all already a mess and it's going to be a mess once all this is done. I don't I don't care really what the traffic study says. I'm looking at what I see right now. Okay. So, what's happening with our side roads? Will they be widened? What's going to happen when this traffic start flowing down 13th Street all the way to Barack Bahama Highway?

Well, that depends. I I have no control over how to look ahead on that. I can only tell you m Mr. gallon is this is that the for the sash streets on 13th and 12th on and Avenue C the traffic will be handled uh in addition to not just the 652 spaces there will be additional 10 on on on street on street parking spaces the circulation will be handled uh on that on that site accordingly uh given the the street the street location or the street layout. Now, in terms of properties to the streets to the west of Broadway, well, you know, the the thing is is that traffic is going to be will be will be regulated through traffic through the traffic light system, the traffic system that we have. Maybe we will involve we may need to talk with Palm Beach County in terms of the traffic lights. But that's why there's a right turn lane that's been created on Broadway onto this site which we which the city got, you know, from the applicant to to allow for adequate traffic for those people who are looking to travel onto this site. So, the traffic study and and the letter is all about the traffic for this pro for this project and how it can best be handled with that right turn lane off Broadway, we're trying to allow less backup from the from Broadway. But I also must tell you is that given the fact that you have this whole area when I say this area this this site here seven and eight and then there's other nine other properties being built uh proposed via the CRA plan. We're trying to

encourage some degree of people of of mass. Okay, I I won't sugarcoat it. there is an encouragement of both walking traffic and vehicular traffic where people will come they'll park and they'll get out their car and they'll walk around. So there will be an increase in people and the nature of this project and this whole area is to create that mass that we that the city believes would be a positive impact and not necessarily a negative impact because right now what we have here are underutilized vacant properties. you okay right now. Okay. But with these projects that are happening, you have the villa phase two project and phase one project. You have this project. You have element 8. You have the project on 117 South Broadway. Prior to that, we have vacant properties, nothing going on. And in terms of traffic, relatively light traffic. Yes, sir. Miss Gallen, you're right. There will be an increase in traffic, but there will be an also increase in terms of quality of life and then in terms of the the positive impacts that this will create versus what we have now where there's very little going on. There's vacant property and that tends to to increase the possibility of crime.

Mr. Chair, if you have eyes on the street, it creates some more.

Mr. Sure, if I could uh clarify that uh the traffic review and traffic studies are outside of the scope of planning and zoning staff. Um we we definitely understand that that's a um important uh concern and consideration of a project. Um the city engineer reviews those aspects of the project in conjunction with Palm Beach County uh in their traffic division. Uh so just want to clarify that the planning and zoning staff does not uh conduct that review and and that would reflect why we're not able to uh more directly answer the question related to traffic but the uh the city engineer did provide his uh response and review and concurrence for this project.

Yeah, I I understand that. U but you know I have no issues with with these projects that are coming up. I just have issues with uh what's going to happen to our communities that are already here. I can see what 13th Street is going to look like. I can see it. I can I can visualize it. And then just think of that train. And that's not only for 13th Street. That's going to be for uh Blue Heron also

and Silver Beach. So these traffic studies that's coming from the county don't mean a thing don't mean a thing. They do they they still do not help what's going to a problem that it's going to create. Thank you. That's all I have to say. Chair vice um you would like to proceed. I think CR director just came back in. Can I? Yes absolutely. Mr. Mercius.

Mr. Fernandez, can I clarify one because I misspoke. I said the income limit for the 120 was 120,000. It's actually 98,000 here in Palm Beach and it's expected to go about up about 9%. So, it's going to be 108 or so in May. Okay. Just

Thank you, Mr. Mercy. the when you were in the room, we we meet a lot of individuals that live in Riviera Beach. We see them when they come before us. One thing is they some of them can no longer afford to live in Riviera Beach. Some of them grew up here and they can't afford it. They need to move out. So the question I pose for the gentleman doing this development is simple. Why didn't we include workforce housing in number seven, which they're immutable to? So, I do not understand why our CRA would not, if they're immunable, why wouldn't they ask for workforce housing as part of number seven?

Thank you, Jelle Murzi, executive director of the CRA. Um, it is always our belief as a CRA um that the fabric of a community is unchanged while development continues to spur. Um that is the point of a CRA to eradicate slum and blight and to make sure that the development that comes in through the accumulation of property taxes um are created with economic development. Um when this plan was created there was a market rate component of it with element seven and element 8. of course their workforce housing and affordable housing and we all understand that if it is the will of this board um we will move forward with our CRA and discuss um certain elements for element 7 to make sure that they have not affordable housing but workforce housing as I am a huge proponent of workforce housing and making sure that talent within the community stays within the community um and also bringing in other talent within the community at a moderate workforce level um and what workforce looks like that's something that will be later discussed at another conversation. Um we understand that market rate um is a difficult price component and that's something that is sometimes out of our control. Um and I believe the component of workforce housing as well when it comes to workforce pricing is something that would have to have a a serious consideration and conversation as well.

Well, here's the consideration. [clears throat] We have a developer here who's willing to consider work for housing for seven. So if we have a developer here willing to give our residents because the the bottom line is and look I'm not running for office or anything. I'm I'm this is me just talking like I do at every meeting with every developer. The bottom line here is simple. We got to take care of our own people. And if we don't do it, no one else will. So, as part of the CRA, as part of this planning and zoning board, we're always here trying to make sure we get jobs for our people, trying to make sure we get housing for them. Because if you just go, if you go around our city and talk to people, they can't afford it here. And if you talk to their kids who are trying to make their teachers, etc., they can't afford it here. So what I'm trying to say is if we have a developer here who's doing a major project and they're amanable to workforce housing, you know, you take and run with it. That's my own humble opinion. Uh we can't add it as a condition now. It's a little late in the ball game, but I'm sure as seven is progressing, maybe they're going to be amanable, especially since they have to work through condition number 11. Uh they're working on that on the on the Palm Tran. Maybe we can work on a on a condition of adding some workforce housing to accommodate our people. Would that be amanable to you,

chair? Yes, that is amanable to me. Yes. Um if and your vision and along with the board's vision of of a clear direction of affordable house and keeping that talent in, making sure that the community members that have been here in Rivier Beach stay in Rivier Beach to benefit from the upcoming development is our goal as well. Um, and with that being said, if there's something that I guess would be attached to this specific memo or this specific item that we can take to our CRA board for review, which um, which will encompass some sort of workforce element towards element 7, then we would absolutely take that into consideration. and I'll work with the board and making sure that

if you if you need a board vote right now whether to consider adding workforce housing to uh number seven I'm sure we can we can call for a quick vote uh that that would be that would be great u is there Mr. Chair, could I call for uh first of all, I would like to make a motion to for our CRA director and his team to coordinate with related uh urban development group and add workforce housing to the number seven that we're working on now. Do I have a second? Yeah, I'm sorry. I need clarification. I'm all for what you're saying, but is that should that we're taking action? Should that be added to the

No, no, he just wants to bring it bring it through his the CRA. So, we'll just Mr. Chair, if I may. Yes. Uh so, as this is an advisory board, uh what comes of your vote is a recommendation uh to city council. Uh the CRA board has also asked to review your recommendation before they review projects within their district. So whatever you decide to include in your recommendation, it could say recommendation of of approval with the conditions in the staff report and additional recommendation to uh consider affordable housing uh within the uh workforce housing within the project or or some language to that effect could also be included in your recommendation as this goes to the next advisory board and city council.

Okay. So we can take action within this meeting like what as an advisory board? Yes. Okay. I just want to make sure issues. Would that be do I have a second to second? Chair has been properly moved and motion and second. Are ready for the vote? Yes. Board member Gallon. Yes. Board member Williams. Yes. Board member Stringer. Yes. Vice Chair Fernandez. Yes. Chair Wally. Yes. Unanimous vote. Chair. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Have Thank you so much. Chair, if I may before. Yes, Mr. Gman. Sir, I'm sorry. Director Merc,

I'm so sorry. Can you confirm what the total annual amount of the land lease is for this project? Yeah. Well, the total annual amount of the land lease of this element 7 project. Yes. Um, you all know that. That's a I would say that's a question for them to figure that out. But if there's a follow-up question with that. Well, that's the main thing because, you know, it's public land and so, you know, it belongs to us and so we're I'm just curious how much we the CRA is charging for that.

Okay. Um, understood. Uh we h I have that in my head through the development agreement that we've done before, but I don't have that. I'm not privy to that information right now. [clears throat] Maybe we'll get the information when we come back. Will I have the floor chair? Can I ask two more additional questions?

Um, for construction notification, I'm I'm thinking it'll go to the related group, urban group. Um, what would what would that look like in regards to once construction start? Like when residents be notified and how soon I can take that. Yes. So, um, transparency is key, especially for any new upcoming projects. Um, what we've done with element 8 and other development construction progress, we have notified all of the residences in the specific neighboring residential zones and businesses as well along Broadway and other areas of the construction that is ready to take place along with any road work um, interruptions that may happen. We've been working with FDOT along with other construction mechanisms to make sure that there's that message board allowing individuals to know before they head north or south on Broadway or any other um thoroughare that may be interrupted because of the construction. We've made sure that those message boards are articulated that there will be an interruption in traffic patterns on this designated date X Y and Z.

Okay.

And then the last one, um we talked about the bus stop movement. Um, where would that be and when, how soon will that be done and how would that be communicated to those that actually take that bus? For the record, John Roach with Gunster. So, the bus stop relocation would be dependent upon at what which point the existing stop would be interrupted by construction and so forth. and we'll work with Palm Tran through their policies and procedures as far as relocating stops. I know they put up signs uh identifying the the relocation where the new location is. We're only moving at one block to the north.

That sounds minimum, but try walking. [laughter] That sounds just one block, but you're already running late and you're used to this stop being here and got to walk another block. That's a lot. Yeah. Um but we'll definitely work with staff. We also have to work with FDOT with regards to the permitting as it's a state highway. Um but more importantly working with Palm train on that. So we'll we'll utilize their policies and procedures um as they frequently you know have to relocate stops as well. So thank you chair. Just one quick question. Yes. Go ahead.

Let's go to that palm trend again. We had one developer here and what they did is they cut in into the their area there make that a palm trend. So the bus pulls in on the right hand side not blocking the traffic and then they pull out again. I I do not know where the palm trend bus stop is. I can't see if there's a feasibility of adding that that it maybe taking one of those four parking spots away and building uh enough of an area there where the bus pulls in and can pull out without blocking any traffic. Um it's just a suggestion. It was another development. I think it was your another part partners across the way and that's what they they they did. They did like a little cutout

and bus goes in and then the bus pulls out without blocking the the street. Just a I don't know. I I I can't see where the stop is. I'm not sure if it's even feasible for this project. Now, the bus stop will move off of our site to the property north of West 13th Street. So, I wish I had a laser pointer, but this cursor it would move up here. In addition, there there is I just want to clarify there is no on street parking as part of our project on Broadway. All of our on street parking is on East 12th Street and Avenue C. There's 10 spaces that are there. Okay.

Um so we don't have the space within the rightway to do the bus bay that you're talking about and we don't own neither does the CRA the adjacent property. So there's nothing that we can do with regards to that. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

All right. Um for myself, um I'd like to commend the planning and zona board for asking such great questions. um especially for the public to be informed on what's going on with the project. Again, I support the I like the project and I think it's something that um myself um Mr. Fernandez and other board members are really happy that you guys are here to um to show progress in the city. Um the one thing that I think that um I think Mr. Gallon brought up again with the traffic and I think Mrs. Davis brought up also talking about with the studies that are being done now and then again with all the all the new projects coming into play there will be drastic changes especially to the local residents here. So not necessarily for you but for the city of River Beach and our board. Um if I'm correct that's Avenue C correct. Avenue C. That's directly east. Directly west, excuse me, of Broadway.

Well, are you saying if you're saying you're saying east of Broadway? No, I mean west. West of Broadway. West of Broadway. There is the there's the um there's the gas station.

No, no, the next main road. That's Avenue. That's Avenue E. Correct. E. My bad. Avenue E. Just a suggestion for that. I'm pretty sure you guys have already come up with an idea. just to alleviate traffic I guess for the locals here that it's probably going to be mandatory that we actually double lane that on both sides are create it create it's going because we're going to have that problem as we spoke earlier with silver beach road with 13 street with the local traffic with people who live in the resident areas to where it's going to be a lot of traffic especially in that area with all the projects that are coming up and I was just saying as an idea Is that something for the in the future that may be um an ideal to be able to expand that to make it to where it will be easier for the locals which will take a lot of the traffic off Broadway with them traveling back um north and south. But just an idea. I'm just seeing if that's something that we talked about.

All I can do is take that advisement uh Mr. Chairman and speak with the engineers as Mr. Surman has indicated. But from the standpoint of from a planning standpoint, um I'll have to go that have to take that to the engineers and traffic people that have that responsibility.

Okay. Yeah. And that's all I'm asking for just is that is that a possible idea just to like I said again with the new project coming in, I think that's a great idea. Um, but with all the new projects coming in also, we want to make sure that the residents is is not is not a big detriment to the community also to where we'll still be able to have a way to be able to travel through the city with the ongoing traffic going north and south. So, it's just an idea and just hopefully um um we can do this because I'm hoping um I'm around long enough to be able to see all these projects and then see how the city went from the days where there was nothing there and there was no property there, no businesses, no residential areas, no nothing to where now the city is now growing at such an exponential um level to where um I'm excited to see what's going to happen in the next couple years. So again, thank you for bringing your business to our community and um like I say, I'm personally excited about it myself, but again, I would like to commend my board for being able to ask a lot of great questions again that um that I'm pretty sure the people at home would like to know. Are there any more questions?

No, but I got a question for Mr. Thompson. Mr. Thompson. Mr. Mr. Thompson, just real quick, since we have the city ordinance and the resolution, do you want us to do one at a time? Yes, the ordinance. Yes, of course. That's I'm just checking with you, Mrs. Greenu.

Yes. So, um, real quickly, u, Mr. Thompson, and I I know, and thank you, Director Sherman, for clarifying that you guys are not in charge of the traffic and those things. That's not sort of kind of out of your wheelhouse because you have an engineer that handles that. But I did um look up and you can correct me if I'm incorrect that the level of service grade that this particular traffic study received was a D and that's like the lowest level that the city accepts. So with that being said, how what is the wiggle room when when something does change? We're we're talking about development and I'm talking from a a resident lens as well as the board member lens because you know while we don't make the final decision, our vote does carry weight. Um, and so what what what would that look like?

The best answer, uh, Miss Stringer, that I can give you is the traffic performance letter that I have here in my hand that was a part of your backup where the county uh, based upon their uh, review, they concluded that the proposed project will meet the Palm Beach County traffic performance standards. What was the grade? I just want to make sure what what I've researched is what you have. I'm sorry. Say that again. Like I when I researched it, it said that the the traffic center received a letter grade of a D. Is that correct or am I did I research something wrong? I will have no knowledge to speak on that. Okay. Thank you. I can only refer to as I said to the traffic letter. Okay. Which the engineers the county approved this project?

Chair. Can I do the motion? Mr. Chair, if I may just provide it and we can have our traffic engineer come up if necessary. But one thing I want to clarify is that while D sounds bad and you know if you get a D in school that's not great, right? That's what [laughter] I hear a little bit too. Hey, but in terms in terms of a traffic study when they look at an intersection, a level of service D is actually a standard functioning traffic intersection. It is not failing by any means. So it is not below service. It is not in need of any improvements or anything like that. So if you see an intersection that is at a level of service D then it is functioning as it should at that time

at that time with that project and and all the factors that are included within that traffic study. Yes. Okay. But you would agree that that's the that's like the the lore that you have cannot go if you get an F then of course it doesn't pass. So D is like just like you use the example from in school. D is like hey I finally made it but am I incorrect in my

if it comes at a level of service D and correct me if I'm wrong is that it is a functioning intersection. It is within capacity and requires no further analysis. If you draw drop below a D which is into a level of service F then yes there are issues with that intersection that often institute you know improvements necessary and things like that. But the thing we want to emphasize is all of our inter intersection analysis were functioning within their their design standard and that was not including the right turn lane that was being incorporated. Say our project itself did not warrant the the right turn lane on Broadway but it is being included as part of this project. Thank you.

Go ahead. I would like to motion passing amending city ordinance ZA25 00001 as read into the record by Miss Weathers and uh discussed here at length by uh members of the related urban group and also our principal planner, Mr. Thompson. Do we have a second? Second.

It has been properly moved and second. Chair, ready for the vote? Yes. Board member Gallen? Yes. Board member Williams? Yes. Board member Stringer? Yes. Vice Chair Fernandez? Yes. Chair Wallally? Yes. Unanimous vote. Chair. Yes.

The second is passing resolution SP 24 00014 and special exemption SE 24004 as read into the record by principal planner Thompson. And again, it was discussed and and presented to this board by related urban group and also Mr. Thompson. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, could we clarify that this vote would include the additional conditions?

Yes, it does include the conditions. I think they're working on number 11 and we added the other uh condition which is the employment the after the six months of the certificate of arguments. So, they are still working on 11. So, yes, it includes 11 conditions plus the one we added tonight. And then the additional recommendation for considering workforce housing. Yes. And an additional recommendation to consider workforce housing for plan number seven, project number seven. Copy that. So that would be two addition two.

That would be three additional. You have 11. We have 11. Correct. Original. And then we added the contracting and then we added the other condition workforce housing. Am I correct, Mr. Surmans? Uh we understood well I understood that and correct me if I'm wrong that the conditions would be the recommended approval components the your recommendation would also include that the CRA board as as well as council consider um uh altering the constructs of the agreement to include affordable housing. Yes. Affordable housing. And then the condition force housing. Work for Well, I thought I heard you say the word said workforce housing.

Workforce. Workforce housing. Did I say affordable? I am so sorry, but I thought I said workforce housing. Oh, I would I I do not say No, no, no, no, no. Mr. No, workforce housing. Workforce. Correct. Pardon? Workforce housing. And then the the mentioning of the con condition about the employment situation employment local vendor hire and everything six months after the co they accepted that and also they're working with your team on number 11 which is the palm trend. Okay. Is that okay Mr. Surman?

Staff is clear with those conditions. Do I have a second? Second. Just for clarity of purpose, chair, I'm going to read this into the record. Then we can take the vote. I thought Mr. Thompson read it into the record. He did not. He just left it up there. He said it's going to be the presentation all together. We did not read.

I had him write it read into the record my notes. We'll do it. We'll read it again. A resolution of the city council of the city of River Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, approving site plan and special exception request SP-24-000014 SE-24-00004 on behalf on behalf of the River Beach Community Redevelopment CRA related urban the BH group and to partner applicant to construct A mixeduse market rate housing development consisting of four 418 residential units with associated amenities, 9L level constructed parking garage and plus - 3,000 square ft of office and plus - 3,300 square ft of retail on approximately plus minus 2.448 448 acres of land generally located at between West 13th Street to north West 13th Street to the north and East 12th Street to the south between Broadway Boulevard and Avenue Cisting of 15 square 15 tax parcels providing for conditions of approval providing for acability conflict servability and codification and providing ing for an effective date and for other purposes.

Thank you, M. Can we take the vote now? Yes. Board member Gallon, yes. Board member Williams, yes. Board member Stringer, yes. Vice Chair Fernandez, yes. Chair Wally, yes. Unanimous vote chair. Thank you again, sir, from your group. Thank you.

All right, let's go and proceed on to workshop items. Mr. Chair, uh no workshop items tonight, but uh as mentioned earlier, staff is in the middle of a series of of training workshops for the board. Uh so we will have information on the next session uh out to you very soon. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Um public comments there. No public comments cards at this time, chair.

All right, we on to general discussion. Um staff updates. No staff updates. What about correspondence? Anything from the board? I would like I know we we're about to leave. I want to address something that I think we're all being impacted by. And I know there's nothing we can do about it here, but it's just something that um that's going to be very important because we talked about traffic number one, which is going to be a major thing with um with our with our with the area we're in. We also talked about um the new buildings that are coming up. If there's anything that we can do with the um the railroad with the trains, then that's something I think we need to actually have a major discussion about because that's going to be a major issue when it comes to all the traffic being here in the city and then with the train um making causing that delay. So hopefully um we'll be able to talk to Mr. Evans and be able to get in contact with Tropical to be able to find out if it's something we can do to alleviate that issue just so it's not that long. I know one Saturday night I was here almost 30 minutes waiting for that train to go by and I know they're doing the best they can and they have um you know they have um business to attend to. I understand that but it it's becoming a detriment to the community at some point. So hopefully that's something we can bring up later on. If not um something we can speak about at the regular meeting and be able to see if there's any resolution that we can come to on that.

Chair. Yes. I think the main issue that we have with that train is that once it pulls out, I guess when it's changing uh uh uh adding parts to it, it just sits there. It just sits there and it sits there for over 30 minutes, sometimes longer. And that's ridiculous that it

enhances it. It It screws up our traffic almost every day. And that really doesn't make any sense. And we've been going through this and talking about this for years and still nothing has been done. And it has to be I don't know why it just sits there. Why it can't go up further where it's not blocking any of the traffic or if it's not ready to do whatever it needs to done be done. It needs to sit back in their yard until they're ready. Absolutely. Because it's ridiculous for us to have to sit there every single day. I had to sit there today almost and I just decided to go down to Blue Hair. So, I had to burn extra gas just to get here. Don't make sense. I don't understand it. Absolutely. So, hopefully that's something that we can address later on. Um, planning and zoning board comment. When is the next meeting? It's not listed on here.

It's scheduled for February 26. Chair, do we have a motion for adjournment? I wasn't. Yes, [laughter] ma'am. I thought you going to get closer comment. Yes. Go ahead. Go ahead, Mr. M.

Sorry. I know I said a lot tonight. Um I just really want the um the the residents to understand that, you know, a lot of times we're we we play the card that we're dealt with. Um you know, people will say, "Well, you should have voted no. You should have did this. You should have did that." But in reality, a lot of these things by the time it comes to us, they've gone, they've done their due diligence. And when we make uh votes, it has to be according to what we've been given. And so, I would encourage residents, those that are watching, those will hear about the meeting to please get involved, get engaged, and come out. Let your voice be heard um before, you know, certain decisions are made. And then, u Mr. Thompson, I am going to um be looking forward to that environmental um study or followup because I do think um you know, Singer Island and what they what is on going on in the news about erosion and the cost and all that stuff. I think it will play a part in what we're doing here as well. So, um, as best as we can, we're going to continue to move the needle forward because we're, you know, we're grateful for development, but also we do have a responsibility to our residents because we live here.

Absolutely. Thank you, chair. Yes.

As far as the environmental impact studies, Mr. Thompson, I've already sent the email in to Son, Mr. To Mr. Surmans, and Mr. Evans with my recommendations on the language for the uh upcoming uh comp plan to be incorporated in there. Uh I haven't heard any feedback. I sent that in December and I just followed up with about two weeks ago. So if you don't mind if you can follow up since Mr. Surman stepped out the recommendations provided because we definitely need to incorporate just like Jupiter did after we came back from their training. We need to incorporate buffer zones. We need to incorporate definitely an uh environmental impact study, but I laid it all out with the wording and everything and I haven't heard back. So, if you don't mind, if you can look into it, I'd appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

So, now are we ready for adjournment? Do I get Yes. Now, I was going to say a motion that the meeting be ajourned. 8:19 p.m. I second. Not third. Let's thank you very much, guys. Great meeting.