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July 14, 2020 Workshop Meeting Minutes Final w-signature pageTuesday, July 14, 2020 3:30 PM City of Delray Beach 100 NW 1st Avenue - Delray Beach, Florida 33444 Phone: (561) 243-7000 - Fax: (561) 243-3774 www.mydelraybeach.com Virtual Meeting City Commission Mayor Shelly Petrolia Vice Mayor Ryan Boylston Deputy Vice Mayor Shirley Ervin Johnson Commissioner Adam Frankel Commissioner Juli Casale Minutes - Final Workshop Meeting at 3:30 PM July 14, 2020City Commission Minutes - Final Pursuant to Executive Order 20-69, during the COVID-19 State of Emergency, City Commission meetings may be held virtually. Members of the public wishing to view City Commission meetings should log into the City’s website, https://www.delraybeachfl.gov/i-want-to/watch/city-meetings, where the meeting will be live-streamed for the public. Pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Charter of the City of Delray Beach the Mayor has instructed me to announce a Workshop Meeting of the City Commission to be held for the following purposes: WS.1.20-501 THE WEST ATLANTIC REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE. Recommendation:Review and discuss the West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan Update. Sponsors:Development Services Department Agenda Cover ReportAttachments: Res No 105-20 West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan Update.docx West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan Update_060220.pdf Edits in Current Draft.pdf Additional Edits Final Draft Cover_ Option 2-West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan Update 2019.pdf West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan Update PZB Staff Report.docx Mayor Petrolia called the Workshop Meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. Ms. Anthea Gianniotes, Director of Development Services provided a presentation on the West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan Update. Ms. Gianniotes acknowledged that Renee Jadusingh, Community Redevelopment Agency Executive Director was available to answer any questions from the Commission. Vice Mayor Boylston expressed his gratitude to Ms. Gianniotes for all the assistance that she has provided to him over the last two years while working together developing the West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan Update. He commented that the City/CRA has hired a professional consulting firm to put together a plan that would represent the City today as well as in the future. He further stated that the plan is strictly a guide for future prioritizing and budgeting based on what the community wants. Commissioner Casale commented that she would like to implement the proposed plan but feels it is not feasible to accomplish in the allotted time schedule or the Cities budget. She would like to see a plan that is feasible to be accomplished for the residents of the West Atlantic NW/SW Community. She further stated that the residents have been disappointed from previous Commissioners who did not fulfill their promises. Finally, there was concern about where the funding would come from. Mayor Petrolia expressed her concern that by having a narrow time frame Page 1City of Delray Beach Printed on 9/23/2020 July 14, 2020City Commission Minutes - Final of 0-3 years in place would be setting the Commission up for failure and suggested that there be a wider time frame from 0- 5 years to accomplish the goals of the community so as not to disappoint residents once again. Vice Mayor Boylston suggested incorporating other partnerships to help implement the plan. He expressed that the plan should be adopted, then decide how, if, and when to tackle as much of it as possible. Deputy Vice Mayor Johnson also expressed her appreciation to Ms. Anthea Gianniotes as well as everyone who has brought this plan to fruition. She commented that her one objective was not to have any one specific group be advantaged or disadvantaged in coming into the community. That there should be room for different groups to help develop the areas west of Swinton. Her final request was to remove the word, “Transformation” from the document. Commissioner Frankel thanked Vice Mayor Boylston for his passion and advocacy on this project. He stated that his personal thoughts were in line with Deputy Vice Mayor Johnson's. His concern though was that even though it is a Community Plan, organizations that are not under the Ethics requirements or organizations whose leadership allows them to post Anti-Semitic comments on the internet should not be prioritized. He further commented that the NW/SW neighborhood is ideally a City goal to make their neighborhoods beautiful by fixing their roads, sidewalks, etc. Mayor Petrolia expressed that she would be comfortable moving forward if the plan's language were to be altered to say, "Conceptual “vs “Implementation” Plan. She stated that by changing the language, it would be giving the residents a more realistic and honest time frame. Vice Mayor Boylston clarified that other plans have words like "Master" and that other plans do not have the word conceptual in it. He commented how this plan was different from other plans and that he agrees with Commissioner Frankel that no specific organizations or marketing plans should be named in this plan which he confirmed has been removed. Finally he would be in favor also of the language changes that Mayor Petrolia suggested. Commissioner Frankel, asked if the Commission would be in favor of renaming the document, “West Atlantic Redevelopment Master Plan“. Vice Mayor Boylston stated that he would be in favor of the new name. Page 2City of Delray Beach Printed on 9/23/2020 July 14, 2020City Commission Minutes - Final WS.2.20-509 Mayor Petrolia agreed. Mayor Petrolia expressed the importance of selling the plan as “Conceptual” so that the residents understand that the Commission will get things done when times are better, and when monies become available etc. It was the consensus of the Commission to adopt the “West Atlantic Redevelopment Master Plan” as amended. Ms. Gianniotes stated that Chapter 5, Page 164 contains verbiage that will require changes based on what was captured in today’s meeting. Finally, City Attorney Gelin advised the Commission that she will prepare a Resolution for adoption of the “West Atlantic Redevelopment Master Plan” and that it will capture the discussion from today’s Workshop Meeting. BEACH PARKING Sponsors:Public Works Department Agenda Cover Report Parking Permits Attachments: Mayor Petrolia commented that Commissioner Frankel requested that this item be added to the Workshop. Interim City Manager Jennifer Alvarez acknowledged Missie Barletto, Director of Public Works who would give a brief presentation. Ms. Barletto stated that there are currently four different types of parking permits divided into two categories: ·Resident Parking Permits ·Beach Parking Permits She explained the various requirements for obtaining a parking permit as well as informed the Commission of the annual revenue stream for each type of permit. Ms. Barletto stated that the Parking Management Advisory Board has made some recommendations from their June 2019 meeting regarding parking permits. Their recommendations were as follows: ·Eliminate the Downtown Resident Parking Permit due to lack of participation ·Eliminate the Senior Beach Parking Permit due to the free parking Page 3City of Delray Beach Printed on 9/23/2020 July 14, 2020City Commission Minutes - Final that is allowed along premium locations on A1A Mayor Petrolia expressed her concern that non-residents are getting the same price for beach parking that nonresidents are who do not pay City taxes. Additionally, the Downtown Resident Parking Permit was created for the few residents who live above stores and have nowhere else to park and that she would not be in favor of removing the Downtown Parking Permit. Commissioner Frankel stated that he disagreed with some of the recommendations made by the Parking Advisory Board. His recommendations for the Parking Permit Program would be as follows: ·Keep the Downtown Resident Parking ·Raise the rate and the age for Senior Parking Fees ·Allow the senior residents to park in City owned lots ·Recommended that the Beach Parking Permit for seniors should be at least $150.00 Deputy Vice Mayor Johnson made the following comments: ·Expressed her concern where the money is coming from to pay the parking contractor since the number of permits sold is so low. ·Stated that she would be in favor of raising the rate for Senior Beach Parking. ·Said that she would like to see a periodic report on the number of tickets issued for parking violations as well as what the amount of monies the City collects from them. ·She stated that the Commission should re-evaluate the cost of purchasing a permit. Missie Barletto confirmed the following: ·Lanier Parking monitors and issues the parking citations for the metered parking throughout the City. ·The City tracks the number of tickets issued and stated they would be happy to provide the Commission with a quarterly report on the revenue that is collected from the tickets. ·The Permit Program reduces the revenue stream from the parking meters ·Eliminating the Parking Permits may result in fewer visitors. ·In comparison to other Cities, Delray Beach has the lowest parking rates. Mayor Petrolia stated that she is not in favor of having sunbathers from Page 4City of Delray Beach Printed on 9/23/2020 July 14, 2020City Commission Minutes - Final other areas receive the same low rate for parking that the residents do. Deputy Vice Mayor Johnson said that the Beach Permits should be exclusive to the City's residents and that visitors should pay a higher daily rate to park. Mayor Petrolia informed the Commission that when you visit the beaches in Boca Raton as a nonresident, you pay upwards of $20.00 per day. Missie Barletto gave a re-cap of the direction that was given by the Commission regarding Beach Parking Permits: Standard Beach Parking Permit ·Standard Beach Parking Permit to become for residents only ·Remove Atlantic Dunes Parking lots and leave Gleason parking lot out ·Increase rates to a minimum of $ 150.00 per year Senior Beach Parking Permit Split into a resident and nonresident permit ·Increase prices to a minimum of $150.00 /year or more based on research done on the -above but give a price break to the residents ·Raise the Senior Age limit to 70 years of age and older ·Resident permit for downtown area stays the same - no change ·Retain the A1A parallel parking spaces and make a resident senior beach and a non-senior resident beach pass There being no further business to discuss, Mayor Petrolia adjourned the Workshop Meeting at 4:54 p.m. Page 5City of Delray Beach Printed on 9/23/2020 ATTEST: The undersigned is the City Clerk of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, and the information provided herein is the Minutes of the July 14, 2020 Workshop Meeting held on July 14, 2020, which Minutes were formally approved and adopted by the City Commission on September 22, 2020. 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