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- Ordinance 3-2025 (Citywide Mobility Plan): Approved on second reading and adopted. Vote: 5–0.
- Ordinance 4-2025 (Impact/Mobility Fees update): Approved on second reading and adopted. Vote: 5–0.
- Ordinance 5-2025 (Rezoning — Colony Plaza, North Lake Boulevard): Approved (rezoned to Planned Unit Development overlay with underlying General Commercial). Vote: 5–0.
- Resolution 32-2025 (Coconut Boulevard extension funding agreement with Avenir Development LLC): Approved; council authorized a funding agreement to pay construction costs estimated in staff comments of $1,300,000 as construction proceeds. Vote: 5–0.
- Resolution 34-2025 (Seating protocol for council meetings): Motion for approval failed to receive a second; a subsequent motion to deny the resolution passed. Vote to deny: 5–0.
- Consent agenda: Approved 5–0.

Details and procedural notes: The council opened the public hearings required for ordinance votes and allowed public comment. Palm Beach County staff submitted an objection letter asking the city to postpone mobility/fee ordinances pending countywide coordination and ongoing litigation; the county’s objection was entered into the record during the hearing on Ordinance 3-2025. The council proceeded to adopt the city ordinances with staff advising no changes had been made since first readings.

Motions recorded in the meeting transcript were presented as council member motions and seconders; the audio transcript frequently records \"I make a motion\" and \"I second\" without providing the mover/seconder names directly in the spoken record. Vote tallies as announced by the clerk or mayor were recorded as 5–0 where indicated.

Ending: Council moved on to other business after the votes; no additional legislative items were adopted at that time.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting - May 1, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","At the May council meeting the City Council passed two mobility ordinances, a rezoning for Colony Plaza, a funding agreement for Coconut Boulevard and a resolution denying a proposed seating protocol; consent agenda also passed.","taxTitle","Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach County, Florida","taxId",4129,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6573437,"City updates on CDBG home‑rehab, water/sewer projects and workforce housing fund; staff reports nearly $1M distributed through CDBG",400,874000,1274000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3179854-c324bdeb2ec2cf553f7c5cd02a4735fb&start=874&end=1274","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3179854-c324bdeb2ec2cf553f7c5cd02a4735fb/thumbnail_874000.jpg","/articles/6573437/Palm-Beach-Gardens/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/City-updates-on-CDBG-homerehab-watersewer-projects-and-workforce-housing-fund-staff-reports-nearly-1M-distributed-through-CDBG","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6573437-353ba85889e9b74d4ed135779b9f3eba/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437061&Signature=dtd9xJxoZpyTEtBV2SaAYVkpyl8SLwY8cyD7lRcqO4C4-JbPhDdk9b-5YRAnYZFw4F4eebmiMMHr36Y5Uuy901C692fnUBR~wwp0PxuNVp3NHcvZuDYuFaFNof21B14T39Fa~1Y8J5oxCd~N3VOMouXEq7LO5azihDHoRHZYKjWfjFaOhqoB8jYocFCDgVKR7V3uzut30UfNE5oP-glo46Ivbgi5NMYS-tO2WVFUuD-~5RwlSDoxu6UOH4XcOO62BegEq6YYrQWEEL-xHQTCzW4RvBc~uOK1byZ4x8mDm9aAKtPlo0orqR~H5nHqyJDoqjlCmAqgGzC8SlTKnwAaZA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City Planning and Zoning staff briefed the council on three housing‑related programs: the city’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) single‑family home rehabilitation program, completed waterline and sewer work in two annexed neighborhoods, and the city’s Workforce Housing Fund.

Joanne Scoria, assistant director of Planning and Zoning, summarized the CDBG single‑family home rehabilitation program. Scoria said the city became directly eligible to contract with HUD in 2015 and since then used CDBG funds to \"harden the existing housing stock for low to moderate income households\" by replacing roofs, windows and doors and performing other repairs. She said the program received 47 applications, improved 32 homes, replaced 23 roofs and distributed \"close to a million dollars to city residents.\" Scoria said 17 of the issued loans have been forgiven to date.

Scoria described two completed neighborhood infrastructure projects that extended potable water and, for Dania Drive, added sewer service. She said Mary Circle (46 homes) and Dania Drive (32 duplex units on 16 parcels) were annexed in 1999–2002 and previously relied on well and septic systems; the city completed required environmental review and design work and reported that construction began in February and finished that same year — August for Dania Drive and September for Berry/Mary Circle — and that initial connections are complete for several units.

Olivia Ellison, development compliance and zoning manager, presented the Workforce Housing Fund. Ellison said contributions from developers of Avenir and Arcadia Gardens have funded the program with $5,550,000. She described policies and the four program categories shown on the presentation slide: citywide multifamily home improvement, citywide single‑family home improvement, employee purchase assistance, and employee rent assistance; she also said $150,000 was set aside for administration. Ellison said the single‑family home improvement program was launched March 10 and 14 applications are under review. She reported two rounds of employee rent assistance have launched and 23 employees currently receive assistance representing $128,400 of the budgeted funds.

The presentation included a slide with a detailed dollar allocation that staff read aloud; the numbers on that slide as captured in the transcript do not reconcile cleanly with the stated $5,550,000 fund total (see clarifying details). Council members thanked staff and asked that officials share the program structure with neighboring jurisdictions; staff said they collaborate regionally and share best practices.

Ending: Council did not take additional formal action on the presentations. Staff noted community input meetings are planned for the city’s next five‑year consolidated plan and encouraged resident participation.","Planning and Zoning staff updated the council on the Community Development Block Grant single‑family rehabilitation program, waterline/sewer work in annexed neighborhoods and the new Workforce Housing Fund, which staff said is capitalized at $5.55 million.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6573442,"Discover the Palm Beaches warns proposed bed-tax change could cut visitation and revenue",284,192000,476000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3179854-c324bdeb2ec2cf553f7c5cd02a4735fb&start=192&end=476","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3179854-c324bdeb2ec2cf553f7c5cd02a4735fb/thumbnail_192000.jpg","/articles/6573442/Palm-Beach-Gardens/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Discover-the-Palm-Beaches-warns-proposed-bed-tax-change-could-cut-visitation-and-revenue","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6573442-de79e76478b6ec01d98b3e08e4cf6aca/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437061&Signature=nmh6TX-DNxY9hLAzO-dj3p0~Ro0xLqnAeKXnahJVUuhVygJbRy1Bdy52YmktOrm7tURQrTV0H6yKYDJNP~pZYJ1zB-p0jTZ987EHFvIWsuA2Sqg-0z3zPv-qOTu2oEiF4xjORn-QiwI1EixeIiv-CLQWpZePkvT4PwVTosyqppkIUJK3dqhbYQXByGR4IO2raMP4gILn~Qad5rP8KdSpneZ-iAr9QDsJ4aJJdfQxtm5IO4Q826fintgM0IkFMmj9GbSEwVpFxWytDWxZsHYPNtPcUffF1E3afppHN-gKQ4~O8IILQklmaHdT-vD8vS4e0l0XYDRn9qzRD4y91Vqr8w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Discover the Palm Beaches, the county tourism marketing organization, told the Palm Beach Gardens City Council that its research shows tourism supports millions of room nights and billions in local economic activity and that a legislative proposal to remove bed-tax funding for destination promotion could lower visitation and tax revenue over time.

Milton Segara, president and CEO of Discover the Palm Beaches, told the council the county receives about \"9,900,000 visitors\" and generates \"pretty much $10,500,000,000 in economic impact,\" and said approximately \"90,000 people worked in our industry.\" Gustav Bridal, senior vice president of research, presented figures specifically for Palm Beach Gardens and said the city has had roughly a half‑million visitors annually in recent years and about 1,800 tracked hotel rooms.

\"About 72% occupancy,\" Bridal said, summarizing recent hotel performance data for the city and noting roughly 460,000 room nights sold across tracked properties. Bridal also said about 10% of those room nights come from contracts the organization assembles through sales to groups and meetings.

Segara warned that if the county’s tourism promotion organization ceased operation, the county could see significant declines over time: \"there would be about a 20% drop in visitation,\" he said, adding that a loss of promotional activity could reduce bed‑tax collections and cause broader economic decline. Segara referenced a historical example in Colorado, saying the economic effects took two to three years to emerge after promotional funding was eliminated there.

Council members asked for an update on the pending state legislative language. Segara said the House had proposed language that would redirect tourism‑generated taxes and that in his view the proposed change would not produce the economic return claimed by proponents. \"They have selected the wrong asset to do that,\" he said, arguing the existing promotion model returns far more economic activity than the revenue it consumes.

Council members did not take formal action on the presentation. The speakers invited council members and residents to attend a tourism master‑plan visioning workshop scheduled by Discover the Palm Beaches.

Ending: The presentation closed with council members thanking the presenters for the data and for representing local interests in Tallahassee. Discover the Palm Beaches emphasized the upcoming visioning workshop and encouraged participation.","Discover the Palm Beaches presented county- and city-level tourism data to the Palm Beach Gardens City Council and warned legislation to eliminate targeted bed-tax promotion funding could reduce visitation and tax revenues over time.","actionData","errors"]

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Discover the Palm Beaches warns proposed bed-tax change could cut visitation and revenue