CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORKSHOP BUDGET
Special MeetingPalm Coast, FL · March 22, 2022
Minutes
City of Palm Coast City Hall
160 Lake Avenue
Minutes Palm Coast, FL 32164
www.palmcoastgov.com
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL
BUDGET WORKSHOP
IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE
SPECIAL BUSINESS
MEETING
Mayor David Alfin
Vice Mayor Eddie Branquinho
Council Member Ed Danko
Council Member John Fanelli III
Council Member Nick Klufas
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:00 AM COMMUNITY WING
City Staff
Denise Bevan, City Manager
Neysa Borkert, City Attorney
Virginia A. Smith, City Clerk
• Public Participation shall be in accordance with Section 286.0114 Florida Statutes.
• Other matters of concern may be discussed as determined by City Council.
• If you wish to obtain more information regarding the City Council’s agenda, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 386-986-
3713.
• In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings
should contact the City Clerk at 386-986-3713, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
• City Council Meetings are streamed live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/PalmCoastGovTV/live.
• All pagers and cell phones are to remain OFF while City Council is in session.
A CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Alfin called the meeting to order at 12:35 p.m.
B PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
C ROLL CALL
City Clerk, Virginia Smith called the roll. All members were present.
Motion made by VM Branquinho and seconded by CM Fanelli to recess meeting
til 1pm.
City Council reconvened at 1pm.
D PRESENTATIONS
1 PRESENTATION-LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Dr. Albert Loh presented to City Council on local economics. The presentation is
attached to these minutes.
2 PRESENTATION-STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN EVALUATION RESULTS
Ms. Lauren Johnston, Chief of Staff and members of the SAP team presented to
City Council on the Strategic Action Planning.
3 PRESENTATION - 10 - YEAR ANNUAL CIP UPDATE
Mr. Carl Cote presented an update to Council on the 10 year annual CIP.
E ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by:
Virginia A. Smith, MMC
City Clerk
Agenda
City of Palm Coast City Hall
160 Lake Avenue
Agenda Palm Coast, FL 32164
www.palmcoastgov.com
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL
BUDGET WORKSHOP
IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE SPECIAL
BUSINESS MEETING
Mayor David Alfin
Vice Mayor Eddie Branquinho
Council Member Ed Danko
Council Member Nick Klufas
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 9:00 AM COMMUNITY WING
City Staff
Denise Bevan, City Manager
Neysa Borkert, City Attorney
Virginia A. Smith, City Clerk
• Public Participation shall be in accordance with Section 286.0114 Florida Statutes.
• Other matters of concern may be discussed as determined by City Council.
• If you wish to obtain more information regarding the City Council’s agenda, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 386-986-
3713.
• In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings
should contact the City Clerk at 386-986-3713, at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
• City Council Meetings are streamed live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/PalmCoastGovTV/live.
• All pagers and cell phones are to remain OFF while City Council is in session.
A CALL TO ORDER
B PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
C ROLL CALL
D PRESENTATIONS
1 PRESENTATION-LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
2 PRESENTATION-STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN EVALUATION RESULTS
3 PRESENTATION - 10 - YEAR ANNUAL CIP UPDATE
E ADJOURNMENT
City of Palm Coast Created on 3/18/22
City of Palm Coast, Florida
Agenda Item
Agenda Date: March 22, 2022
Department CITY ADMINISTRATION Amount
Division Account
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Subject PRESENTATION-LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Presenter: Dr. Albert Loh, Director of Local Economic Indicators Project, Goggin College
of Business at UNF
Background :
As a result of the partnership with UNF Mednexus initiatives, staff has been welcomed to higher
education networking to enhance the City’s vision. Chung-Ping (Albert) Loh is the Associate
Dean of Faculty, Administration, and Research in the Coggin College of Business, Director of
Local Economic Indicators Project (LEIP), and Professor of Economics at UNF. Dr. Loh holds a
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught Health
Economics and Policy, Econometrics, Business and Economics Statistics, Managerial
Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Economics of
Business Decision, and Making Decision with Data. His research interests include the economic
modeling of health behavior, health care utilization, and health outcome, cost and benefit
analysis, program evaluation, health tourism, and other applied microeconomics topics. He is an
active faculty member in the International Business Program and has led numerous Study
Abroad trips over the years. Prior to his current position, he was the chairperson of the
Department of Economics and Geography from 2016-2021.
The Local Economic Indicators Project (LEIP) aims to become a one-stop shop for business
and economic data and provide assessment of the economic performance of the local economy
in Jacksonville, Florida. LEIP service offers useful information for business leaders and
government officials.
Founded by Dr. Paul M. Mason, formerly an economics professor at the University of North
Florida, LEIP's main function is the collection of data from all over the Jacksonville area. These
data allow us to analyze price changes in order to measure inflation, adjust unemployment rates
for seasonality, report stock price changes, and produce an index of leading indicators; to
facilitate comparing our local numbers with similar numbers nationwide. Dr. Albert Loh joined
the program in 2013 to enhance the economic forecasting. In 2016, Dr. Loh took over as the
program director after Dr. Mason retired from UNF.
In addition to continuously collecting monthly economic data, the LEIP research team has been
working on updating the construct of the economic variables to better reflect the changing
business landscape and consumer demand in the local market. Additional effort has also been
invested recently in developing measures focusing on health care economy in the greater
Jacksonville area.
The presentation from Dr. Loh will be available at the Special Workshop.
Recommended Action:
PRESENTATION ONLY
City of Palm Coast, Florida
Agenda Item
Agenda Date: March 22, 2022
Department CITY ADMINISTRATION Amount
Division COMMUNICATIONS & Account
MARKETING #
Subject PRESENTATION-STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN EVALUATION RESULTS
Presenter: Lauren Johnston, Chief of Staff
Background:
On an annual basis, staff coordinates an evaluation of the Strategic Action Plan to ensure that
the fiscal year adopted Focus Areas and Priorities continue to align with City Council’s Vision.
As part of this process, staff conducts a one-on-one interview session with each Council
Member to discuss the following key areas.
- Discuss existing Focus Areas, Priorities, and direction moving forward
- Discuss Strategic Action Plan process and next steps
- Discuss City’s Long Term Vision, Mission, and Values
After the interview step, staff consolidates feedback, evaluates consistency with the Strategic
Action Plan, and provides a deliverable that compares feedback to adopted Focus Areas and
Priorities. The referenced deliverable is provided as part of this agenda item.
Staff requests that City Council review the feedback received during the interview sessions and
come prepared to discuss amending based on the collective direction. The noted action to
consider is as follows.
- Reaffirm City’s Long Term Vision, Mission, and Values
- Reaffirm the Focus Area and/or Priority to keep and/or amend for next fiscal year
- Remove or add a Focus Area and/or Priority
A second workshop will be conducted on April 26th to review and discuss changes applied from
this workshop. A Resolution and Exhibit A will be provided at that time.
Recommended Action :
PRESENTATION ONLY
City of Palm Coast, Florida
Agenda Item
Agenda Date: March 22, 2022
Department CONSTRUCTION Amount
MANAGEMENT &
ENGINEERING
Division STORMWATER Account #
Subject PRESENTATION – 10-YEAR ANNUAL CIP UPDATE
Presenter: Carl Cote, Director of Stormwater & Engineering
Background :
This item is to provide City Council with an annual update to the 10-Year Capital Improvement
Plan for all funds except Stormwater & Utility. This plan is presented to City Council to identify
current strategy and vision to meet City Council’s goals, objectives and priorities as well as to
satisfy infrastructure needs due to age, growth or regulation.
This would be Council’s opportunity to align the vision with the Strategic Action Plan.
Recommended Action :
PRESENTATION ONLY
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