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Palmetto Bay

Meeting

Monday, March 6, 2023

What happened

Statura summary

The real action on this agenda was not a ribbon cutting item. It was the Village teeing up a rewrite of how parks are paid for and used. The parks fee ordinance would amend the fee schedules in Chapter 20, Sections 20.1 and 20.2, which is the direct mechanism the Village uses to charge for recreation access and rentals. If that moves, the immediate winners are the Village and users who fit whatever new pricing structure is adopted, and the losers are the groups and families that have built budgets around the current rates. Paired with a proposed RFP for design build services for a multipurpose facility at Coral Reef Park and a separate resolution to make dedicated pickleball courts the top 2023 Parks Master Plan priority, the Village is signaling that parks policy is shifting from general programming to facility specific investment and cost recovery. The other notable move was structural, not flashy. The Mayor sponsored ordinances to sunset both the Community Outreach Committee and the Design Review Committee. The second order read is simple: fewer advisory layers means fewer formal stops before administration and council decisions, especially on design related matters. That helps applicants who want a shorter path and hurts residents who used committee process as an early pressure point. Administration also put forward a market analysis and economic development strategy contract with Business Flare, ongoing building and code plan review and inspection services through Calvin, Giordano & Associates, and an acknowledgment of the Freebee on demand ridership contract already approved by Ordinance 2022.10 and funded in FY 2022.2023. The rest was mostly recognitions, routine reports, and committee minutes.

Statura-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.

Key decisions

  1. Amendments to parks and recreation fee schedules
    Pending

    Would revise the fee schedules in Chapter 20, Sections 20.1 and 20.2, which is the Village's direct pricing tool for park and recreation use and the clearest sign that users should expect a reset in what activities cost.

  2. Sunsetting the Parks and Recreation and Community Outreach Committee
    Pending

    Would rescind the section of Ordinance 2015.04 that keeps the Community Outreach Committee alive, removing one formal advisory venue for residents and shifting more discretion back to council and staff.

  3. Sunsetting the Design Review Committee
    Pending

    Would rescind Ordinances 2021.07 and 2021.10 and Code Sections 5.71 through 5.78, eliminating a dedicated design review layer and shortening the process around design related decisions.

  4. Freebee on demand ridership contract acknowledgment
    Pending

    Would acknowledge the BeeFree, LLC doing business as Freebee contract previously approved by Ordinance 2022.10 and funded in the FY 2022.2023 budget, reinforcing that the service is already embedded in current spending.

  5. Work Order No. 4 with Calvin, Giordano and Associate, Inc. for building and code plan review and inspection services
    Pending

    Would authorize another work order for ongoing plan review and inspection support, which matters because it affects how the Village handles development and code workload capacity.

  6. RFP for design build professional services for a proposed multipurpose facility at Coral Reef Park
    Pending

    Would authorize the Village Manager to release an RFP for a proposed Coral Reef Park multipurpose facility, moving the project from concept talk into procurement.

  7. Dedicated pickleball courts as the top priority for the 2023 Village Parks Master Plan
    Pending

    Would elevate dedicated pickleball courts above other parks priorities, which is a resource allocation decision as much as a recreation policy statement.

  8. Contract with Business Flare, LLC for a market analysis and economic development strategy
    Pending

    Would let the Village piggyback on Town of Pembroke Park RFQ 21.10 to hire Business Flare for market analysis and strategy work, setting up the framework that will shape later business recruitment and redevelopment decisions.