This is the proposal being brought to the Board of County Commissioners from Staff regarding the storage of large commercial vehicles. The meeting is planned for 08/30/2023 @ 9:30 AM. Be sure to attend in person if you are able to. It is requested that you wear red if you are in support of the project. Live streaming should be available at https://discover.pbcgov.org/pages/ch20live.aspx

Meeting address: 301 N. Olive Rd WPB, FL 33401

It seems to be a busy week for our community, some good, some not so good, as in this plan. Palm Beach Gardens Council will be holding a meeting on 05/04/2023 @ 6 PM for the second reading of the involuntary annexation of several properties along Northlake Blvd, reaching as far as Grapeview Blvd. The meeting will be held at 10500 N Military Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33410. Please attend this meeting to voice your opinion on the continued encroachment into our community. PBG plans to take additional land along Northlake into the Acreage, some that is already approved for commercial and could be part of our municipality if and when the State ever allows us our American right to vote. Although the Feasibility Study showed we would have been self-sustainable before this commercial property having been built, this would have added additional income if we do incorporate. Let your voices be heard if at all possible.

If you wish to comment on this, please do so on the web site under Community Updates, locate the thread, and click “REPLY”. Your replies via email do not get posted on the site for others to see. Thank you.

PLEASE NOTE: The project for a total of 3,897 homes has already been approved by Palm Beach County, there is nothing we can do about this. However, by supporting the proposed plan, it will eliminate 1,285 if we show County we support this. For more details, go to https://boldsolutionspbc3.com/

CONTACT PERSON(S)

Lesli Franco- (954-592-9108)

Arielle Roth- (239-691-0074)

LOCATION

Governmental Center

301 N Olive Ave

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

ARRIVAL

The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m., but our proposal is the sixth item on the agenda. Expect a few hours’ wait, perhaps even after lunch, before you speak. We encourage everyone to be there by 11am if possible.

Arrive with ample time to park, walk to the Governmental Center and pass through two security check points. If you experience an emergency or are running late, please contact our team for instructions.

When you arrive, please check in with Arielle Roth or Lesli Franco to receive your comment card for submission. All comment cards must be submitted before the agenda item is heard.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Order of Presentation:

• Our team will present to the Commission.
• Then, County staff will present.
• County Commissioners will direct questions to GL Homes and County staff.
• The agenda item will be opened for public comment (community speakers and Comment Card entries). If you are speaking, this will be your moment to support the project.

PARKING LOCATIONS

We recommend parking in the Governmental Center 4th Street Parking Lot, the Governmental Center Parking Garage or in metered street parking.

• Governmental Center 4th Street Parking Lot ($1/half hour)- enter on 4th street between N Dixie and N Olive
• Governmental Center Parking Garage ($1/half hour)- enter on N Dixie or N Olive, between 4th and 3rd street
• Metered street parking ($1/hour; pay by coins, card, or Parkmobile app)

WHAT TO BRING

Plan to bring anything you might need while in the chambers (e.g., phone charger, spare battery, water, snacks, etc.).

Please bring a printed version of your talking points or save the document to your phone for easy reference.

NEARBY COFFEE/LUNCH LOCATIONS

• Clematis Cafe (open 8am-4pm) – 319 Clematis St #101
• Dolce Cafe (open 9am-3pm) – 517 N Olive Ave
• Starbucks (open 5am-11pm) – 226 Clematis St.
• Subway (open 8am-9pm) – 122 N Dixie Hwy

Arielle Roth | Senior Account Executive  O’CONNELL | GOLDBERG  phone: 954.964.9098 | cell: 239.691.0074  aroth@oandgpr.com | www.oandgpr.com

Hello fellow neighbors of the Acreage/Loxahatchee,

It brings us great sorrow to have to bring you this news. After almost three years of hard work, hundreds of hours away from our families, we are disappointed that once again, our request to have a referendum on determining our own future, has been denied by our own State Government. 

No sooner than it being discovered that our bill was dead, The City of Palm Beach Gardens came in for the first of what will be many swoops chewing away at our community from the Northeast. They have notified the County that they will be involuntary annexing the pre-approved commercial properties from the West of Bay Hill Estates to Grapeview Blvd on the South side of Northlake. There are 16 landowners of the property being annexed, 10 of them agree to annexation while the other 6 do not want it. 

Other annexation news, certain Town Council members of the Town of Loxahatchee Groves have made it known over the past couple of years, that they wish to annex in a portion of land at Southern that was included in our proposed boundaries. The City of Wellington is also planning future annexations to our South and West, including portions of land that are in our proposed incorporation boundaries. 

All of our VoteLox group has been working hard to try to give our community a voice. We see the writing on the wall. It will be death by a million cuts to our community, but people say we are fear mongering. As long as we sit back and do nothing, developers, surrounding municipalities, the County and the State, will continue to pluck us apart. The State is helping us be torn apart, divided….piece by piece, by not allowing us to vote and decide what we want for ourselves. 

Although this is the second slap in the face by our local and State government, we will be reviewing the possibilities for a path forward. We cannot allow our community to be swallowed up even though some think and want you to believe “nothing is changing” or “leave it as it is”. Things are changing right before our very eyes and have been for several years. Our only agenda has been to give our community the right to decide for ourselves.  Shame on those that continue to spread misinformation about our efforts. We will continue to provide the facts and information as much as possible. Be sure you register your email address on our home page here for future updates. We will not give up to obtain our American right to vote.

Good afternoon Acreage/Lox residents. I wanted to post this ASAP in order to get the word out that Palm Beach Gardens is continuing to encroach into our neighborhood. They have submitted notice to Palm Beach County informing them of their plans to involuntarily annex the north and south side of Northlake Blvd from Bay Hill Estates to Grapeview Blvd., south to Hamlin Blvd. These areas are mostly zoned commercial and would be revenue for our community if/when our community ever decides to self-govern. This is not going to stop. More info to come as it becomes available.

Regards,
Bob Morgan, President
Acreage Landowners Association