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Palm Coast Adopts 75% Stormwater Rate Increase Over 5 Years, Then Cap on Future Hikes

May 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Despite serious rain events, like the one above, in previous years, Palm Coast's stormwater system has kept homes dry. But at a rising price. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this morning voted 3-2 to adopt a stormwater fee increase of residents’ monthly bill from $22.27 currently to $39.10 by 2028, a 76 percent increase. Increases after 2028 will be limited to the rate of inflation.

Sky’s The Limit Touch-a-Truck Event Set for May 27 in Palm Coast

May 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The sky's the limit for students who enroll in the Palm Coast Fire Department's program. (© FlaglerLive)

The third annual ‘Sky’s the Limit’ Touch-a-Truck event will be on May 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. along Park Street in Central Park featuring more than 75 vehicles from multiple agencies.

Court Disputes Behind It, Community Cats of Palm Coast Set for Grand Re-Opening at City Marketplace

May 10, 2023 | Michael Lewis | 14 Comments

Volunteers getting Community Cats' thrift store ready for its grand opening Saturday at palm Coast's City Marketplace. (Community Cats)

Community Cats of Palm Coast, which operates the City Marketplace adoption shelter at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B-110, and a thrift store there at Suite C-101 (upstairs and downstairs), has been in business for 10 years, helping rescue, trap and deal with feline problems in the area.

Council Set to Approve 76% Stormwater Fee Increase Over 5 Years, With Annual Review to Possibly Lessen Impact

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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At the tail end of a five-year stretch doubled stormwater fees for Palm Coast residents, the City Council is set to yet again increase monthly fees by another 76 percent over the next five years. Council members pledge to review the stormwater budget annually and see if there’s room to lessen the impact of coming increases. But October’s 27 percent increase is all but certain.

YMCA, 3 Fire Stations, Road Projects: Palm Coast and Flagler Stand to Gain Nearly $100 Million From State

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier stands to get a $4.5 million state appropriation for its demolition and reconstruction, in addition to some $10 million in Federal Emergency Management Administration dollars. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell may be at the receiving end of the largest appropriations of state dollars for local special projects, by far, in the county’s history–nearly $100 million for roads, fire stations, pier reconstruction, water projects, a substance abuse facility and other, smaller projects, according to the $116 billion budget the Florida House and Senate published Tuesday.

How the Belle Terre Walkway Project Near Buddy Taylor Middle Doubled in Cost and Tripled in Completion Time

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The end is not in sight, but the city says the Belle Terre culvert rehabilitation and Pathway reconstruction will be done by the end of summer. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

The reconstruction of the Belle Terre Parkway pathway near Buddy Taylor Middle School, and the rehabilitation of culverts beneath, was to have been a $1.89 million project, completed by last November. It is now a $3.4 million project and may not be completed until the end of summer.

Beach Front Grill Owner Buying High Jackers Restaurant at County Airport Just As He Tees Off at Palm Harbor

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Jamie Bourdeau, owner of Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach and Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Club in Palm Coast, is buying High Jackers Restaurant at the Flagler County airport from Gail Holt for $700,000 and assuming the lease at the county-owned property for the next eight years, with an option to renew for another 10. He is partnering with Joseph Wright, owner of Quantum Electrical Contractors and Anthony’s Pizza.

David Alfin Files Formal Request to Re-Name Community Center After Late Mayor Jon Netts

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Likely very soon to be the Jon Netts Community Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Beautification Committee Thursday evening is expected to recommend renaming the Palm Coast Community Center after the late Jon Netts, a city founder and its longest-serving council member and mayor. The nomination was filed by Mayor David Alfin.

Dreaded Franchise Fee and Public Service Tax Back on Table as Palm Coast Faces $52 Million Street Fix

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

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Facing a $52 million backlog to resurface a deteriorating road system, the Palm Coast City Council is discussing adopting utility franchise fees and public service taxes that have previously drawn angry opposition from residents, as well as exploring raising a local sales surtax through the county.

From Sleepy Cart Barn to 13,000 Calls a Year: Palm Coast Fire Department Celebrates 50th Year

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Fifty years and counting. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast Fire Department was founded on April 3, 1973, with 36 volunteers, from the cart barn at the Palm Harbor Golf Club, responding to two calls for service the first year. The county population was 4,454. Today the department is a combination department that responded to over 13,444 calls for service in 2022 from five fire stations.

180 Palm Coast-Area Muslims and Mayor Alfin Celebrate End of Ramadan on 2nd Anniversary of Bunnell Islamic Center

April 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Acting Imam Mohamed, front, leads members of the Islamic Center of Palm Coast in salah (prayer) this morning at the Palm Coast Community Center, by reciting passages from the Quran and bowing towards Mecca. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and Flagler County’s fast-growing Muslim community marked Eid-el-Fitr, the celebratory end of Ramadan, with Mayor David Alfin today at the Palm Coast Community Center and the anniversary of the emergence of an Islamic Center from a founding meeting at Holland Park.

Planning Board Approves Adding 750 More Homes to Palm Coast Park Along U.S. 1, for Total of 6,454 Units

April 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

Palm Coast Park straddles U.S. 1, from Palm Coast Parkway all the way to Old Kings Road.

The Palm Coast Planning Board Wednesday evening approved the addition of 750 more homes to Palm Coast Park, already one of the city’s largest planned developments, which now will total 6,454 homes. The development would grow to a size equivalent to Bunnell, times two.

Man Faces Felony Child Abuse and Other Charges From Attack on Wife Witnessed by 3 Children

April 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Harold S. Jackson.

Harold S. Jackson, a 51-year-old resident of Powder Hill Lane in Palm Coast, is at the Flagler County jail on $82,000 bond and two felony charges, including child abuse, following an alleged attack and strangulation of his wife that was witnessed by their three children.

Renaming of Palm Coast Community Center After Jon Netts Draws Current Mayor’s Surprise Objection

April 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The late Jon Netts, who had been Palm Coast's mayor and a member of the council, in a speaking appearance at the Palm Coast Community Center in April 2018. His family would like the center named after him. David Alfin, the current mayor, is cool to the idea. (© FlaglerLive)

The proposed renaming of the Palm Coast Community Center for the late Jon Netts turned oddly contentious at the Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday, with Mayor David Alfin–usually the conciliator–leading the charge, and Netts’s memory paying the price.

Palm Coast Plan Proposes 102% Increase in Stormwater Rates in 4 Years. Council Is ‘Uncomfortable.’

April 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Ongoing reconstruction of the weir on the canal along Royal Palms Parkway, one of the most important flood-controlling arteries in the Palm Coast.

A Palm Coast government consultant is proposing a 102 percent increase in homeowners’ stormwater rates over the next four years, what would equate to an annual bill of $542–more than what some homeowners pay in city property taxes. The City Council isn’t ready to go that far, but steeply higher rates are coming.

Owners of 10,000 Vacant Lots in Palm Coast May Soon Be Responsible for Mowing Rights of Way

April 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

The property owners of the vacant lots to the left are not responsible for mowing the right of way swales fronting the road, the way homeowners to the right are. Palm Coast government is about to change that. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government’s quarter-century-old practice of mowing the rights of way in front of vacant lots mostly at its own expense may be about to end. The Palm Coast City Council today agrees that the responsibility should shift to the property owners, and that it should be enforced by the city’s code enforcement officers.

Volusia-Flagler YMCA and Mayor Alfin in Big Push to Open Y in Palm Coast in About 2 Years

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The YMCA in ormond Beach has been "busting at the seems," Volusia Flagler YMCA CEO and President Chris Seilkop says, with the opening of a new YYMCA in Palm Cost now a priority for the organization. (YMCA)

The Volusia Flagler Family YMCA is working with Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin and a corps of local community members to bring a YMCA to Palm Coast, with a rough goal of having a local facility under construction or near completion in about two years.

Crumbl Cookies Opening Soon at Palm Coast’s Island Walk

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Crumbl Cookies is preparing to open at Palm Coast's Island Walk shopping center. (© FlaglerLive)

Crumbl Cookies, the barely six-year-old company that started with one store in Utah and has since grown to over 600 bakeries in 49 states, is preparing to open its first store in Palm Coast, in the Island Walk shopping center.

Palm Coast Chamber’s Disinformation on Student Performance and Superintendent Draws Sharp Rebukes

April 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and School Board Vice Chair Colleen Conklin both issued sharply worded rebukes to rankly misinforming statements by the Flagler Palm Coast Chamber of Commerce regarding Mittelstadt’s performance in the last three years. A 3-2 majority of the school board fired Mittelstadt Tuesday, as of June 30.

AdventHealth Palm Coast COO Wally De Aquino Named President and CEO of New Hospital on Parkway

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Wally De Aquino (AdventHealth)

AdventHealth today named Wally De Aquino president and CEO for AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway. The 100-bed, four-story hospital on Palm Coast Parkway set to open in August, alongside a new medical office building. It will be a 158,000-square foot, $167 million facility.

No Overt Prayers: Palm Coast Council Will Stick With Moment of Silence at Meetings to Avoid Theatrics

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

public prayer government meetings

Rejecting exhortations from nearly two dozen people, there will be no overt, vocal prayer at Palm Coast City Council meetings, though room for prayer in all forms and for all creeds will continue, as it always has, for individuals who choose to pray, whether overtly before meetings or quietly during meetings or during the moment of silence.

In a First at Flagler School Board, a Parent Pushing Book Bans Justifies Hitler’s Book-Burning

March 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Allison Lauderdale downplayed book-burning in Nazi Germany in an appearance before the Flagler County School Board on Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

A parent falsely claimed Hitler’s book burnings only targeted sexually deviant books, as if to suggest the same should be done in Flagler. She was not corrected, though school board members on occasion have devoted parts of their comments to correct the record, especially when the board’s chamber is abused to peddle egregious, insulting or outright false statements.

316-Unit Apartment Complex Off Whiteview Parkway Clears Hurdle, with Eyes on New Hospital

March 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

Mesa Capital Partners

The Palm Coast Planning Board last week recommended approval of a 316-unit gated apartment complex on nearly 19 vacant acres on the West side of White Mill Drive and the north side of Whiteview Parkway, in the W-Section’s last remaining vast expanse of fallow land.

Palm Coast Council’s Proposed Prayer Policy Draws Out Opponents, Who Urge Silence

March 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

proposed invocation policy

A few days after Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko called a constituent a “piece of crap” for allegedly being an atheist and questioning the council’s proposed invocation policy, several people addressed the council this morning, mostly to recommend silence over invocations.

Starting Palm Coast Council Meetings with ‘Invocation’ Would Be Unnecessarily Divisive

March 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

palm coast invocation

At a time when communities are divided enough by party, ideology, color and sometimes geography, the Palm Coast City Council’s proposal to start its meetings with a prayer, or invocation would add yet more divisiveness, when the council should be celebrating residents’ shared humanity and basic decency.

In Riveting Discussion on Prayers at Meetings, Palm Coast Council Defers to ‘Neutral’ Caution

March 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

palm coast city council prayer invocation

The Palm Coast council discussed a proposed prayer policy today  in what turned into an unusually absorbing and equally civil hourlong seminar on the First Amendment, the limits of expressions of belief in government settings, and the unintended and potentially offensive consequences of an open-invocation policy. 

How Cupcake Café’s TikTok of Mr Keith’s Surgical Cake Order Went Viral in Whirls of Good Wishes

March 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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TikTok clips by Theresa Tazewell, owner of Cupcake Cafe in Palm Coast, went viral as she documented customer Keith’s wish to pay for his wife’s birthday cake in advance for fear that he might die during surgery. He survived, and was lavished with millions of good wishes from a round the globe through Tazewell’s TikToks.

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin Seeks Resident’s Vision of City’s Future

March 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The City of Palm Coast is announces ‘Share with the Mayor,’ an all-new initiative to get residents involved in planning and building the future of Palm Coast for tomorrow and beyond.

Palm Coast and Flagler Want to Hear From You About Future Parks Plans Countywide

February 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

A view of Palm Coast's Central Park. (Palm Coast)

The City of Palm Coast and Flagler County Government have partnered to develop a Parks and Recreation Master Plan for the entire community. The goal is to hear from residents, business owners, special interest groups, and any other interested parties on what they would like to see included in future planning for Flagler County.

In Mayor’s Absence, Ed Danko Chairs Palm Coast Council Meeting, and the World Doesn’t End

February 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Palm Coast City Council Vice-Mayor Ed Danko. (© FlaglerLive)

With Palm Coast Mayor out for surgery, Vice Mayor Ed Danko chaired a City Council meeting for the first time on Tuesday. A former lightning rod of controversy, Danko’s handling of the brief meeting was entirely civil but for one interruption.

City Approves Two Developments Totaling 382 Homes, in Town Center and Off U.S. 1

February 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Much of the infrastructure is in for Reverie, the development previously called (© FlaglerLive)

As home sales in Flagler hit a four-year low in January, Spring Lake at Palm Coast, now Reverie, got the go-ahead for 272 homes off U.S. 1 north of Palm Coast Parkway, and Palm Coast Seascape in Town Center was cleared for 110 luxury homes.

‘Historic’ Fire Station 22 Will Move to Colbert Lane and Make Room for Community Center Parking

February 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The days of Palm Coast Fire Station 22, built in 1977, are drawing to a close. The grounds could be converted into a parking lot to accommodate overflow from the Community Center nearby. But an adjoining parcel could also do the job. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve ending the life of its oldest fire house, Station 22, on Palm Coast Parkway and building a new station on Colbert Lane. The plan is part of a larger design both to improve firefighters’ response times and to improve the dismal parking situation at the Palm Coast Community center.

Palm Coast Residents’ Doubled Stormwater Fee Could Reach $542 a Year by 2027

February 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

The ongoing, $1.5 million weir replacement on a canal along Royal Palms Parkway, part of the city's stormwater system. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast resident’s $22.27 monthly stormwater fee would increase to $45.16 over the next four years if the city follows its consultant’s recommendation. Some residents would pay more in stormwater fees than in city taxes. Even lesser options would result in sharp increases, and no increases are not an option.

Palm Coast Council Embraces Idea of $73 Million Events Venue in Town Center’s Arts District

February 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

The Palm Coast Arts Foundation's stage and big tent at its Town Center venue after the autumn storms of 2020. (© FlaglerLive)

The consultant Palm Coast government hired to map out how best to develop the city’s Arts District in Town Center is recommending building a $73 million (not including debt interest), 76,000 square foot multipurpose entertainment and conference center not focused exclusively on arts and culture. The venue would by far be the most expensive city facility ever built.

Gabi Adrian Boitan of Romania Wins 2023 Palm Coast Open Singles Title

February 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Gabi Adrian Boitan of Romania

The 2023 Palm Coast Open singles title went to Gabi Adrian Boitan of Romania and the doubles title went to Mac Kriger and George Goldhoff, both from the United States.

Holsey Moorman, Stately Last of Palm Coast City Council’s Class of 2007, Dies at 84

February 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Holsey Moorman in 2011. (© FlaglerLive)

Holsey Moorman, a Roanoke, Va. native who rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Army, moved to Palm Coast after his retirement in 2001 and served a term on the Palm Coast City Council, died on Feb. 7 at AdventHealth Palm Coast. He was 84.

Palm Coast Man Arrested After Stand-Off With SWAT, and Twice Firing a Gun

February 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Juan N. Nodarse, a 53-year-old resident of Cute Court in Palm Coast, is at the Flagler County jail on $175,000 bond after twice firing a gun–one shot was fired with deputies outside, one fired with his wife in the house–and triggering a SWAT team’s response from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

‘Now Is the Time’: Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin Looks West in State of the City Address

February 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin. (© FlaglerLive)

This evening’s State of the City Address by Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin highlights the challenges the city experienced in 2022, such as the hurricanes, celebrates various accomplishments and looks to 2023 with eyes on a westward expansion. as provided by the city. Here’s the full prepared text.

Palm Coast Council Surrenders Key Demands in 3-2 Approval of Controversial Harborside Development

February 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The boat ramp at Harborside, locked, became a matter of contention in the Palm Coast City Council's approval of a redevelopment proposal there. (Palm Coast)

Ending a six-month wrangle over the proposed Harborside redevelopment around the Palm Coast marina, the City Council Tuesday in a 3-2 vote surrendered on key demands, overriding some staff recommendations, and approved the addition of 300 apartments and town houses, a project that will remake the character of one of Palm Coast’s original neighborhoods.

Future BJ’s Wholesale Club Raises Traffic Concerns as Palm Coast Mulls Annexation

February 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

Palm Coast is moving toward annexing 30 acres that will be home to a new BJ's Wholesale Club on State Road 100, but council members are concerned about the traffic impact on a road already thronged with drivers. (© FlaglerLive)

As it considers annexing the land where a BJ’s Wholesale Club will rise on State Road 100, the Palm Coast City Council is concerned about the amount of additional cars thronging an already busy road, and may condition annexation on the a analysis.

Palm Coast Mayor Suggests Candidates Be Criminal-Background Checked. Council Isn’t Interested.

February 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin speaking with City Attorney Neysa Borkert. (© FlaglerLive)

A proposal by Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin to criminally-background check all future candidates for council drew more cautions and concerns from other council members and zero support, prompting him to withdraw it “until or unless it’s discussed in the future,” he said.

Ending Speculation, Flagler Health+ and UF Health Announce Plans to Merge

February 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

UF Health in Gainesville may feel a little closer. (© FlaglerLive)

Ending months of speculation, Flagler Health+ and UF Health, the University of Florida’s academic health center, announced plans to merge, potentially changing the health care landscape in Flagler and surrounding counties.

Adopting ‘Moment of Silence,’ Palm Coast Considering Opening Meetings With Religious Prayer

February 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Prayers at the beginning of Bunnell City Commission meetings can be mistaken for scenes from a Christian revivalist tent. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council, last hold-out among local governments in the slouch back to devotional rites at the beginning of public meetings, on Tuesday agreed to begin meetings with a “moment of silence,” and to consider adding a non-denominational prayer as well.

David Alfin ‘Staying Put’ As Palm Coast Mayor Rather than Run for Renner’s House Seat

January 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, left, speaking with County Commissioner Andy Dance today afetr a "state of tourism" event at the Palm Coast Community Center. In the background, toward the center, Flagler County Administrator Heidi Petito with Library Director and Legislative Liaison Holly Albanese, right, and Pam Richardson, the Realtor. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin said today he is “staying put.” After over a month’s thought, he has decided to forego a run for Rep. Paul Renner’s House seat.

Leading Palm Coast Family of Philanthropists Mourning Loss of Eric Garvin, 38, to a Murder in Chile

January 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Eric Eugene Garvin in a family photo.

Eric and Anna Garvin, long-time residents and philanthropists in Palm Coast, learned of the murder of their son, Eric Eugene Garvin, earlier this month in Santiago, Chile, during a robbery. The news has reverberated through the community.

Palm Coast Approves New Self-Storage Facility Across from Sawmill Creek on US1

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

A rendering of the Horizon self-storage facility to be built across from the Saw Mill Creek subdivision on U.S. 1 in Palm Coast.

The Palm Coast Planning Board approved Horizon Self-Storage, a 98,400 square foot facility on 7 acres off U.S. 1, immediately across from the rapidly sprawling Sawmill Creek development.

Palm Coast Council Very Conditionally Approves Controversial Harborside Development

January 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

There are no push-overs in Palm Coast's planning department. From left, Jose Papa, Ray Tyner and Bill Hoover. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

The Palm Coast City Council is looking for a compromise on the controversial 17-acre Harborside proposal that would total 432 apartments and housing units, mostly in a massive, U-shaped tower by the Palm Coast Marina. The number includes 72 units in an existing tower.

Construction Begins on $2.5 Million Lehigh Trailhead in Palm Coast

January 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Lehigh Trail is a popular Palm Coast amenity. (Palm Coast)

Construction on the Lehigh Trailhead Project off of Belle Terre Parkway will start on January 23. The $2.5 million project enhances the popular path by providing disability-access paved parking with more than 60 parking spaces, a restroom, and a water fountain. The project also includes community gardens, a dog park, lighting, and pavilions.

Jersey Mike’s Opens at Palm Coast’s Island Walk, Near Brass Tap, on Wednesday

January 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Jersey Mike's at Island Walk in palm Coast is opening on Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Jersey Mike’s Subs will open its first location in Palm Coast or Flagler County on Wednesday at Island Walk, where it’ll be sandwiched between Brass Tap and Tropical Cafe on one side and Metro Diner on the other.

Palm Coast Traffic Still a Long Way from Calming Its Discontents as Council Bumps Against Limitations

January 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council has been well aware of its traffic problem for years, and discussed it again at a workshop this week, but it faces the same limitations previous council have: traffic calming devices are unloved, data on speeding exists but isn’t made public, and the city’s layout presents its own challenges.

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