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Expect Delays on Palm Coast Parkway Eastbound Near Hospital from Lane Closure on June 14

June 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

On Friday, June 14, 2024, the City of Palm Coast’s Stormwater & Engineering Department will be repairing a portion of the roadway near the new AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway hospital, requiring an eastbound lane closure.

Sprawling Vacation Rentals Becoming a Nuisance to Palm Coast Residents. City’s Answer: ‘Our Hands Are Tied.’

June 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

A property on Fircrest Lane in Palm COast advertised as a short-term rental that can sleep 12 people. (Google)

As resident after resident complained about short-term renters next door–the noise, the partying, the traffic, the garbage, the unexpected–the Palm Coast City Council chambers Tuesday evening sounded more like a scene transplanted from the County Commission a decade ago, or legislative committees in Tallahassee every year since. But the legislature just passed a new law that forbids cities like Palm Coast from imposing stricter regulations on vacation rentals than they would on permanent residents.

Palm Coast Drainage Committee Holds 1st Meeting Amid Some Perplexity Over Ability to Accomplish More Than City Staff

June 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Palm Coast government’s drainage advisory committee held its first meeting Tuesday afternoon at City Hall. There were two people in the audience, neither from Palm Coast. To say that the committee will find a way to address drainage problems more clearly, better, or beyond what the city administration has already done would be premature: even some of its members are “perplexed” as to the committee’s direction,

Countywide Burn Ban Issued as Drought Index Climbs and Firefighters See Uptick in Wildfires

June 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The smoke isn;t that thick yet, but the drought index is worrying local fire authorities. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County enacted a burn ban effective 5 p.m. today (June 5) and declared a state of local emergency to do so. The ban remains in effect for seven days, and applies countywide, including in Palm Coast, Bunnell and Flagler Beach. 

For Flagler County, New Tax to Raise $7 Million a Year to Preserve Beaches Concedes Realities of Climate Change

June 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Monday’s milestone by the Flagler County Commission–seeking a new funding mechanism to rebuild and maintain the county’s 18 miles of beaches–was the culmination of a four-year process. It would put in place a method to pay for expected beach maintenance for decades as the county faces a new reality of rising seas and relentless erosion. Here’s how consultants arrived at the proposal, and what it would pay for.

Covenants May Be Hurdle to Palm Coast’s Plan for YMCA on Town Center Land Pledged for the Arts

June 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

In its better days: The amphitheater that used to be home to the Palm Coast Arts Foundation and the annual Jackson Symphony's Picnic and Pops concert. The stage and the venue have been ghostly in recent years. (© FlaglerLive)

As Palm Coast government plans for a long-awaited YMCA in Town Center, albeit without a pool for now, a covenant restriction requiring the land to be used only for arts and cultural purposes may stand in the way. It isn’t an immovable restriction. But to get around it, the city may either have to pay back some state grant money that helped build a stage there, or it would have to use creative–to not say Orwellian–maneuvering that would allow it to redefine Y spaces as an arts and culture venue.

Think Your Land Can’t Be Sold Without Your Knowledge? Palm Coast Lot Owner Found Out Differently.

May 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

The owner for eight years of a vacant lot in Palm Coast discovered recently that someone had put his lot up for sale without his knowledge--and the sale almost went through. It's a recurring scam most property owners are not aware of. (© FlaglerLive)

A Palm Coast property owner was shocked to fine that a lot he owns in the L Section had been put up for sale without his knowledge. It is now a common fraud that’s catching many property owners by surprise, that title companies are battling, and that the Florida Legislature attempted to address, but a bill doing so died in the last session.

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin Elected 1st Vice-Chair of River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization

May 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin at a recent town hall. (© FlaglerLive)

The City of Palm Coast announce today that Mayor David Alfin has been unanimously elected as the 1st Vice-Chair/Treasurer of the River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) for the upcoming fiscal year, beginning on July 1, 2024. The position marks a significant step in regional transportation leadership and planning.

Palm Coast Government Will Award Forensic Audit ‘Education’ Contract to MSL, an Orlando Accounting Firm

May 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Palm Coast Ciy Council member Nick Klufas put the brakes on a forensic audit, while there's been no evidence of fraud in the city. (© FlaglerLive)

As the Palm Coast City Council seeks an education on forensic audits–either to conduct one or to learn that it may be too prohibitively, unnecessarily expensive absent imperative reasons to do one–Palm Coast government intends to award the contract for such an education to Orlando-based MSL, P.A. The accounting company specializes in audits, including fraud and forensic audits, business, tax and financial consultancies.

Nearly $1 Billion in New Construction Raises Flagler County Taxable Values 12% Over Last Year, a Salve to Budgets

May 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The percentage for 2024 is still a working number, which may increase or decrease slightly. It reflects values that apply to county government's calculations. Values in the cities and for the school board may be different. (© FlaglerLive)

“Humming along” is how Flagler County Property Appraiser Jay Gardner describes the year’s property values: powered by nearly $1 billion in new construction alone, $631 million of it in Palm Coast, taxable property values in Flagler County rose around 12 percent this year, and 13 percent in Palm Coast, about the same as last year. The estimates being finalized this week play a central role in local governments’ budgeting and taxing decisions.

Increasing Sales Tax Divides Palm Coast and Flagler County As Both Scrounge for New Revenue for Cops and Other Needs

May 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Elected officials are all for more of them. But not necessarily if they have to pay for them. (© FlaglerLive)

Discussion of a possible increase in the local sales surtax sharpy divided opinions between the Flagler County Commission and the Palm Coast City Council, who were meeting jointly today to discuss funding for the sheriff’s office. The discussion divided the two bodies even within their own memberships, suggesting that any possibility of an increase is remote best this year, if that.

Palm Coast Residents Can Now Use an Improved City Government Customer Service Portal

May 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The City of Palm Coast announced a new initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of interactions between citizens and city staff. In response to feedback from residents, the City is taking significant steps to ensure that every interaction meets the high standards of our mission: “Delivering exceptional service by making citizens our priority.”

Development Is Devouring the Tree Canopy. Palm Coast and Flagler Officials Say They’re Trying to Catch Up With Protection.

May 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

Trees and vegetation burned today on parts of the nearly 200 acres cleared of trees to make room for a 333-home subdivision called Sabel Preserve along Royal Palms Parkway in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

There was a bit of a disconnect today in a panel discussion by Flagler County’s five mayors and County Commission chair about how attractive Flagler County is to its residents and those who keep pouring in, and how quickly developments are razing swaths of tree canopy. They spoke of the importance of preserving the region’s quality of life, but also how the torrid growth rate is inevitably bringing congestion, and numerous developments, some of them–as with a 6,000-home plan in Bunnell–colossal.

Palm Coast Mayor Alfin Hints Against Rolled Back Tax Rate This Year, But Says ‘New Sources of Revenue’ Ahead

May 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin at today's "Meet the Mayors" forum at the Flagler County Association of Realtors. He was flanked by Bunnell Mayor Catherine Robinson and Sheriff's Chief Mark Strobridge. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin today hinted that he may not be supportive of going back to the rolled back property tax rate this year as he was last year. He said there may be also be new, alternative revenue sources that don’t rely on the property tax. But he did not say what those would be except in the most cryptic terms: “Eco Dev.,” he wrote in a text, abbreviating the words for “economic development.” “I will share as soon as I can,” he added.

Palm Coast Planning for YMCA on Central Avenue in Town Center, Raising Questions About Arts’ Place

May 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Palm Coast is planning for a YMCA on 12 acres in Town Center, at Central Avenue near the old stage of the Palm Coast Arts Foundation on one side and Town center Boulevard on the other. The sign to the right was planted there in 2012, when the arts foundation had (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government is getting ready to build a 30,000 square foot YMCA on a 12-acre city-owned parcel on Central Avenue in Town Center, next to what used to be the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s stage and a 5-acre parcel that had been dedicated to arts and culture. Plans at the moment do not include a pool. A director of United We Art, the organization overseeing arts development in Town center, fears picking that location for the Y may crowd out the city’s pledge for an arts center there.

264 Apartments Approved Across Imagine at Town Center, Near 300-Unit Complex, Raising Traffic Concerns

May 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

A rendering of what the HillPointe apartment complex will look like, with this view behind the buildings lining Town Center Boulevard. (HillPointe)

The Palm Coast City Council this morning approved plans for a 264-unit apartment complex on Town Center Boulevard, across from Imagine School at Town Center, and from a 300-unit high-end apartment complex the Planning Board greenlighted last August called The Legacy. The new units are expected to help reduce the shortage of apartments and possibly slow the rise in rental costs, which have been hurting working families and retirees who choose to move away from the burdens of home ownership.

Affordable Housing in Palm Coast-Flagler: Plenty of Ideas, Not Enough Political Follow-Through

May 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Annamaria Long, executive officer of the Flagler Home Builders Association, speaking at the forum today at the Palm Coast Community Center. Other panelists included, from left, Maeven Rogers, Palm Coast administration coordinator, Bill Lazar, executive director of the St. Johns Housing Partnership, a non-profit, and Scott Culp, a principal at Atlantic Housing partnership, builder of affordable apartment complexes in 10 states. Ali Ankudowich, a technical advisor with the Florida Housing Coalition, joined the forum by zoom. The forum was hosted by Valerie Clymer, a mortgage loan officer who also sits on the joint Flagler-Palm Coast Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Community Center was not the place to be this afternoon if you wanted to hear cheery answers and simple solutions to increasing the dismal stock of affordable housing in the city and the county. But it was the only place and one of the rare times in recent years where local governments–the county and Palm Coast–devoted a serious forum to explore difficult questions and realistic possibilities to bring more affordable housing to the region.

Flagler Pride Fest Cancelled Amid Turmoil as Organization’s Founder Resigns, Board Frays and Wagons Circle

May 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The heart has gone out of Flagler Pride for now, the five-year-old LGBTQ non-profit that had brought the annual Flagler Pride Fest to Palm Coast's Central Park. (© FlaglerLive)

To the dismay of a following that had grown substantially over the years, what was to be the fifth annual Flagler Pride Fest at Palm Coast’s Central Park in a month was abruptly cancelled last week through a cryptic, short-lived Facebook post that was scarcely cleared up when what remained of the organization’s officials posted a not-entirely accurate statement attempting to explain the decision on Tuesday, and betraying infighting.

‘Housing Policy Forum’ on May 17 and ‘Housing Fair’ on May 18

May 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Housing officials from Flagler County and the City of Palm Coast are hosting two separate events on consecutive days – Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18 – to address different needs of the community.

In a Shift, Palm Coast Council Agrees to Leave City Manager Hire to Next Council, But Will Pick Search Firm

May 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Coast City Council members Ed Danko and Theresa Pontieri crafted a compromise approach to hiring the next city manager. Pontieri attended today's meeting remotely. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council today in an effortless shift from its previous intention to hire new city manager before the election agreed to let the new council make that decision. But it also agreed to help the process along by putting a search firm in place by late summer to get started on the work. The search firm they agreed to hire is Keller, Texas-based Strategic Government Resources, commonly known as SGR, the company that led Palm Coast’s city manager search in 2018.

Beyond Memorial Day: A Family’s Journey to Educate and Remember Fallen Heroes

May 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Luke Stanford. (Stanford family)

Tim Stanford’s only son, Sgt. Luke Stanford, made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the Army. He had served a year-long tour in Iraq during the height of the war there, re-enlisted at the end of the tour and was serving as a member of a technical rescue company when he died. He was 28. The loss endures. For most families, it’s not the sort of loss that gets better with time. Amidst the struggle, the Stanfords have found some solace in their mission to educate the nation about the true meaning of Memorial Day.

Data Company Wants to Use Veterans Park to Land Undersea Cables; Flagler Beach Wants Appropriate Payment

May 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Veterans Park is primarily a hub of people, events and leisure. A data company is hoping to make it, in part, a hub for undersea cables. (© FlaglerLive)

DC Blox, a data company planning a data center in palm Coast–its Florida subsidiary is called DC Orchid–is now proposing to run its undersea internet cable landing site through the north side of Veterans Park in the heart of Flagler Beach, after a proposal to do so at a South 6th Street location displeased city commissioners. The company is also willing to pay more than the one-time, $100,000 fee it had offered, per cable–a sum city commissioners found paltry.

That Color in Your Water Is Due to Low Rainfall and Palm Coast’s Use of Certain Wells

May 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The City of Palm Coast is actively responding to the challenges posed by the current dry conditions, which have led to significantly increased water usage and heightened demands on our water supply. As a result, residents may notice a change in the color of their water, particularly throughout the summer months.

Congestion-Prone Stretch from Royal Palms Parkway to Town Center and Old Kings Road Will be Four-Laned

May 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

A frustrated driver wrote "Put a light here!" on the concrete barrier along Royal Palms Parkway at the intersection with Town Center Boulevard, a notoriously congested area at rush times. The city is planning to widen Town Center Boulevard to four lanes from that spot to Old Kings Road. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council approved the first leg of a $4 million plan to redesign and widen the congestion-prone intersection of Royal Palms Parkway and Town Center Boulevard, the intersection of Town center Boulevard and Old Kings Road, and Old Kings Road from there to just south of Palm Coast Parkway. But it will be more than a year before anyone sees construction.

As Splash Pad Reconstruction Continues, Holland Park Playground and and Part of Parking Close a Few Days

May 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

What had been the deceptively blue and serene surface of the splash pad at Holland Park was excavated to install new piping and a new concrete pad. The concrete is to be poured next week. (Palm Coast)

The playground area and portions of the parking lot at Holland Park will close the first half of next week, from May 6 to May 8, to accommodate the continuing $3 million reconstruction of the splash pad at the park. Meanwhile, the city’s lawsuit against a slew of contractors is heading for a trial in late summer.

‘I Love You Mayor’: Palm Coast’s David Alfin Gets a Warmer Reception at Coffee Talk Than at Council

April 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin this morning at his town-hall-style Coffee Talk with residents at Panera Bread. (© FlaglerLive)

Based on the pillorying he regularly gets from the floor at Palm Coast City Council meetings, David Alfin can look like a mayor more embattled than front-running barely three months from an August primary. Judging from this morning’s town hall-style “Coffee Chat” with Alfin at Panera Bread, where he was warmly received, reports of Alin’s demise may be premature. “I love you Mayor” isn’t something you hear at council meetings lately. It was heard this morning.

Majority of Palm Coast Council Candidates Oppose Pre-Election City Manager Hire, Others Fence-Sit, with Nuances

April 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

There's a gap between the Palm Coast City Council and candidates for the council over whether the current council should hire a city manager before the election. There's no disagreement that Laurent Johnston is the right person for the interim job, underscoring the question half the candidates are asking: why the hurry to hire? (© FlaglerLive)

Six of the 11 non-incumbent candidates running for three Palm Coast City Council seats oppose the council’s decision to hire a new city manager before this year’s elections, which will turn over at least two of the council’s five seats, and possibly three, if Mayor David Alfin is not re-elected. Three candidates are on the fence about it, seeing strong arguments on both sides. Only one favors the hire outright.

Ethics Commission Dismisses Conflict of Interest Claims Against Palm Coast Council’s David Alfin and Ed Danko

April 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, right, and Vice Mayor Ed Danko. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida Ethics Commission last Friday dismissed a pair of complaints claiming that Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin and City Council member Ed Danko, the vice mayor, voted on matters in which they had a conflict, and did not disclose it. The commission found the complaints legally insufficient.

For Palm Coast Council, ‘Utopian’ Goals on Roads, Parks, Arts and Jobs Clash with Fixation on Reducing Tax Rate

April 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Management consultant Joe Saviak and the Palm Coast City Council at Tuesday's goal-setting session, which drew fewer than half a dozen people, other than city staff. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council has narrowed its goals for the coming year to 12. It is an ambitious, immediately contradictory list that starts with limiting government revenue by way of a rolled back tax rate as a goal, then goes on to outline costly initiatives the administration has not been able to address in line with demand for lack of money: road repairs, swale repairs, more money for arts and culture, advancing the dredging of saltwater canals, implementing the parks master plan, and so on.

With One Exception, Palm Coast Council is Not As Eager for Repeat of Rolled Back Tax Rate This Year

April 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Palm Coast City Council members Ed Danko and Theresa Pontieri have very different ideas about the rolled back property tax rate as the city faces persistent demands for certain services from residents. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko is pushing for rolling back the city’s tax rate for the second year in a row, but other council members, especially Theresa Pontieri, is resisting, citing increasing demands from residents for such services as road repairs and the sheriff’s request for nine additional deputies, costs that would be harder to meet if the rate was rolled back.

Why Is Palm Coast Backroom-Dealing Tax Incentives with a Private Company?

April 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Town Center Boulevard is to the left. The 37 acres DC Blox acquired to build a data center is to the right. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast is in the middle of a secret deal with an Atlanta-based company called DC Blox, which bought 34 acres in Town Center for $3.3 million last fall. It plans to build a data center there to land several undersea internet-data cables, by way of Flagler Beach. The city and the county are cooking up some kind of tax incentive with the company. We don’t know how much. We don’t know for how long. Presumably, we’ll find out only when the deal is sealed. 

Palm Coast Approves Final Regulatory Step in 4 Developments Totaling 533 Single-Family Homes

April 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council in rapid-fire succession Tuesday approved the final step clearing the way for four developments totaling 533 single-family homes, the final-plat approval that essentially means lots will be sold and homes built on infrastructure and according to plans that won regulatory approval several years ago. Some of the developments were more dormant than others.

After Trickle of Interest, All 5 Applicants Are Appointed to Palm Coast’s ‘Drainage Advisory Committee’

April 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Only six people applied to be members of the Palm Coast Citizens Drainage Committee, few of them part of the vocal throngs, and one withdrew before the council had a chance to make its choices. The advisory committee required a minimum of five members and at least one alternate, and could have had as many as nine members and two alternates. Given the dearth, the council had no choice but to appoint all five members when it made that decision on Tuesday.

No July 4 Fireworks in Flagler Beach Until 2027, But City Intends to Reconquer the Day, and the Skies, That Year

April 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler Beach is overrun with visitors and revelers on July 4. The city is not willing to jeopardize safety by having July 4 fireworks that other public safety agency could not help with anyway. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach hasn’t had July 4 fireworks since 2019. It will not have them again until 2027, by which time the pier, the boardwalk and the beach will have been rebuilt, assuming hurricanes, which have a malicious mind of their own, don’t interfere. But the city is intent on staking its place as the home of July 4 fireworks in that future when it is able to host the blasts again, restoring that old tradition.

Arrogance and Contempt in Palm Coast Council’s Election-Year Dash for New City Manager

April 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council’s rush to hire a new city manager mere months from an election that will turn over two, possibly three seats, shows mistrust of the acting manager, contempt for voters and the new council they’ll choose, and pathological arrogance on the part of current council members. The mayor knows better.

Excavation Underway in L Section as Part of $9.2 Million London Waterway Project

April 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The City of Palm Coast Stormwater and Engineering department began major excavation efforts as part of the $9.2 million London Waterway Expansion project, which will increase stormwater storage capacity and provide water quality benefits in the city’s London, Jefferson and Belleaire waterways, located in the city’s L and B sections.

Should Palm Coast’s Saltwater Residents Pay Special Tax for Dredging? Survey Will Ask.

April 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 114 Comments

Palm Coast's saltwater canals may need dredging in places, but to what extent and at what cost is not yet clear. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council has placed the city’s 26 miles of saltwater canals on its list of priorities for next year. But don’t confuse that just yet with dredging the canals. The city doesn’t yet know what must be dredged and at what cost except in the most general terms, and doesn’t know how to pay for it all. It will survey resiodents to get some clarity on how to proceed.

Palm Coast Council Hung Up Over What Kind of Search Firm It Wants for Its Next Manager

April 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin pout the brakes on any rush to hire the next permanent city manager even as he favors doing so before the NOvember election, when two seats will turn over, and a third, Alfin's, could potentially do so. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council fell short Monday of deciding whether to go with Strategic Government Resources as a search firm for its next city manager or issue its own request for proposal for search firms. It will make that decision on May 14, after reviewing the SGR contract and other possibilities.

Land Clearing for 333-Home Subdivision Along Royal Palms Parkway and Town Center Blvd.

April 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Land-clearing work has started on nearly 200 acres along Royal Palms Parkway and Town Center Boulevard at the southern rim and I-95 along the future development's eastern rim for what will be a 333-home subdivision. (© FlaglerLive)

Crews began clearing land on nearly 200 acres for the future Sabal Preserve subdivision, a development of 333 relatively affordable single-family homes at the northeast intersections of Royal Palms Parkway, Town Center Boulevard and I-95 to the east in Palm Coast.

Company Planning Huge Data Center in Palm Coast for Undersea Internet Cables, But Flagler Beach Trips Over Easements

April 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

The city-owned parking lot on South 6th Street in Flagler Beach, at beachside, would become the first landing zone for undersea communications cables before the cables fan back out to a data center in Palm Coast. But the city is not willing to provide an easement that would foreclose on the lot's development potential in the future. (Google)

Palm Coast and the county are keeping confidential a planned large data center by an Atlanta-based company, DC Blox, that would be a cable landing station for undersea internet communications cable carrying massive amounts of data. But the company needs easements in two locations in Flagler Beach to make it work, and the Flagler Beach City Commission is not ready to grant one of the two, because it would foreclose development on one of the city’s most valuable properties, and the company is only offering $100,000 per cable per easement.

Ending 16 Years With One Firm, Palm Coast City Council Begins Contract With Douglas Law of St. Augustine

April 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The old days: Bill Reischmann, who counseled the Palm Coast City Council for most of his law firm's 16-year association with the city, in a portrait from 2015. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council ended its 16-year relationship with one law firm Tuesday evening as it approved a contract with St. Augustine’s Douglas Law Firm in a replacement. The firm expects to do about $30,000 worth of work each month. That’s less than half the full legal bill in Palm Coast’s budget.

Mayor Alfin Stands By Lauren Johnston as Acting Manager as Danko Motion to Hire Jerry Cameron Dies

April 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, seen here at an event in Bunnell Monday, stood by Acting City Manager Lauren Johnston. (© FlaglerLive)

Mayor David Alfin provided the swing vote Tuesday evening to keep Lauren Johnston as acting city manager until a permanent replacement is found, after a powerful plea–and motion–by Council member Theresa Pontieri to ratify Johnston contract and respect council procedures, the charter and principle. Moments later, the council rebuffed an attempt by Council member Ed Danko to hire Jerry Cameron, the former Flagler County administrator, in place of Johnston. Danko’s motion died for lack of second.

Jerry Cameron Again Rears Up as Possible Acting Manager in Palm Coast Days After Council Voted In Johnston

April 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Jerry Cameron as he was lobbying for the interim city manager's job at the Flagler Beach City Commission last year. It did not go well. (© FlaglerLive)

Former County Administrator Jerry Cameron’s name is again lurking around Palm Coast City Hall as an interim possibility days after the council unanimously voted to install Assistant City Manager Lauren Johnston as its acting manager, the role required and so defined by the city charter in the absence of a permanent appointment. The possibility is bewildering staffers at City Hall, polarizing the council, and creating confusion about Johnston’s role ahead of Tuesday evening’s council meeting.

BJ’s Wholesale Club in Palm Coast Will Be Company’s 38th Store in Florida

March 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

BJ's Wholesale Club construction on State Road 100 in Palm Coast on Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

 BJ’s Wholesale Club, a leading operator of membership warehouse clubs, announced today the five newest clubs coming to its footprint, including the Palm Coast location on State Road 100. The local 103,000 square foot store will be part of a shopping center that will include other businesses, including a Miller’s Ale House and four other satellite businesses. 

Palm Coast Seeks Residents’ Input on City’s Vision for its Future as Imagine 2050 Plan Begins Phase 2

March 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The draft Vision Statement and Guiding Principles are now available for review and feedback on the City of Palm Coast’s interactive website. The city invites residents to visit the website and share thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. Residents’ identities are not revealed–in other words, residents may share their thoughts anonymously.

Palm Coast Takes Stock of Its Capital Funds Ahead of Budgeting for Parks, Roads, Fire, Swales and Utilities

March 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Indian Trails Sports Complex will have more lit fields as part of the city's near-future improvements. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this morning got a glance at what the city’s own major capital or construction plans will look like over the next 10 years, where the money will come from, and what city projects may drive the spending. The review of the city’s Capital Improvement Plan, or CIP, combines the tedious with the essential, delineating the wishful from the possible.

The Firing of Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan Is Indefensible

March 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

She never imagined this: Denise Bevan speaking at the State of the City last month, when she introduced Mayor David Alfin. (© FlaglerLive)

Setting aside fairly raised implications by two city council members of sunshine-law violations, there were inexcusable elements of brutality, arbitrariness, and sexism in the firing of Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan last week, none of which should be swept past by claims that it’s over and done with, that we should move on. Those claims only benefit the firing’s orchestrators and reward the ill manner of it all. They explain nothing. Explanations are due. 

Palm Coast Approves Steps for Trio of Developments That Will Add 689 Homes in North and South of City

March 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

Infrastructure construction at Seminole Palms started last April. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council and its planning board between them approved different steps for a trio of developments in north and south Palm Coast that will add a combined 689 single-family homes to the city’s inventory. The approvals were for the final plat of Phase 2B of Sawmill Branch off U.S. 1, the final plat of Seminole Palms Phase 1 on the west side of Seminole Woods Boulevard, north of Grand Landings Parkway, and for the subdivision master plan of Sawmill Branch Phase 3.

‘Promenade at Town Center’ Will Add 204 Apartments Atop Shops in First Development of Its Kind There

March 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

A rendering of one of the buildings of The Promenade at Town Center, with shops on the first floor and small apartments above.

Palm Coast’s Town Center will finally get the kind of development that was meant to define it when it was conceived in 2003–a 17-acre project mixing commercial, retail and residential uses in a six-building complex totaling 233,000 square feet, called The Promenade at Town Center. It’ll be right in the center of it all: at the southwest corner of Bulldog Drive and Central Avenue, with 1,100 feet of frontage on Central–about three football fields’ length—and 350 feet on Bulldog. 

Sheriff, Palm Coast and County Examine How to Share Burden of Adding 3 Dozen Deputies Over Next 3 Years

March 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly addressing a joint meeting of the Palm Coast City Council and the County Commission this morning, with Palm Coast Acting City Manager Lauren Johnston and Sheriff's Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler TV)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has a current deficit of 37 road deputies, according to an analysis produced for the Sheriff’s Office, Palm Coast and the county. The analysis is intended to yield an objective, permanent method of paying for law enforcement based on calls for service. The analysis was the centerpiece of a joint meeting today of the two governments and the Sheriff’s Office as they devise ways to share the burden of law enforcement funding.

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