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Out of Her Control: Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin Explains Why He Fired City Manager Denise Bevan

March 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 67 Comments

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In a 40-minute interview Tuesday afternoon, Alfin explained what led him to make his motion, threading a needle between lavish praise for Bevan in one sentence and sharp criticism of city management in the next, while explicitly conceding that Bevan may have been the victim of political circumstances. Bevan, in sum, paid a paid a price for election-year political currents she was not in control of.

2 Fellow-Council Members Sharply Criticize Ed Danko for Leaving Meeting to Campaign After Firing City Manager

March 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

A screen capture from the Facebook live video Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko posted from the public library this mornimng, where was campaigning during a council meeting he attended long enough to cast a vote to fire City Manager Denise Bevan.

Palm Coast City Council members Theresa Pontieri and Nick Klufas, who were on the losing end of a 3-2 vote that fired City Manager Denise Bevan this morning, were sharply critical of Vice Mayor Ed Danko, who left the meeting immediately after the firing to campaign at the public library. Both council members hinted that Danko had shown up to the meeting only to cast the firing vote, and that he therefore knew about the vote ahead of time–what would amount to a sunshine law violation.

Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan Unceremoniously Fired Without Cause in 3-2 Vote on Mayor’s Motion

March 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

Denise Bevan was the Palm Coast City Mager for two years. She was fired without cause this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

In a stunning move, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin this morning motioned to fire City Manager Denise Bevan, without cause. The motion carried, 3-2, with Alfin and Council members Ed Danko and Cathy Heighter in the majority.

Paul Renner Vaunts His Tenure as Speaker and the Millions He Steered to Flagler, But Evades Saying What’s Next

March 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

House Speaker Paul Renner, who has represented Flagler County for the past eeight years but is term-limited this year, at a Humane Society fund-raising event in Flagler in October 2022. (© FlaglerLive)

House Speaker Paul Renner, the Republican who has represented Palm Coast at the Legislature for the last eight years, spoke for the first time at length about the record $150 million in appropriations he helped steer toward Flagler County while boasting of a successful session that increased money “across the board” for roads, schools, health care and green spaces. But he remained mum about his future as his term-limited tenure ends this year.

Census Bureau: Flagler County’s Population Was 131,500 Last July, an Increase of 16,000 in Three Years

March 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Clearing the way for more housing in Palm Coast's P Section. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County is again among the faster-growing counties in the nation, but not among the fastest. The county added 16,000 residents between 2020 and 2023, a 14 percent increase beginning to resemble the population surge of the early 2000s that was halted by the housing crash. Put another way: the county has grown by a population equivalent to more than three times the size of Flagler Beach in that brief span. Just since 2010, the county has grown by 40,000 people.

After Torrent of Drainage Complaints, Only 2 Have Applied for Palm Coast’s New Advisory Committee So Far

March 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Jesena-Wuerth's property is essentially ground zero of this particular flooding issue.

Considering the throngs of complaints about drainage problems caused by new construction and the way they upended city priorities, it would not have been unreasonable for the council to expect that there’d be a flood of applicants to serve on the newly created Residential Drainage Citizens Advisory Committee meant to explore solutions. Three weeks into the application process, it hasn’t happened yet. Only two people have applied.

Imagine 2050: Residents Fear Small-Town Tranquility Is History as City Plans for Its Long-Term Future

March 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council this morning held a 90-minute session on its Comprehensive Plan, which is undergoing its first re-write since 2004, a process that started in October and won't end until next October. (© FlaglerLive)

Preserve the city’s greenery, temper growth, manage roads, bring in more businesses and arts and culture choices: those are some of the major themes gathered from thousands of interactions with Palm Coast residents and synthesized for the Palm Coast City Council today as it heard a mid-point update in its year-long rewrite of the city’s Comprehensive Plan, the long-term blueprint for growth and how the city imagines itself at half century.

Rights-Of-Way Ban on Realtor or Any Signs Will Remain as Palm Coast Moves to Adopt New Ordinance

March 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rights of way in Palm Coast must be kept clear of signs at all times. The only exception is government signs. (© FlaglerLive)

Nine years after its attorney said it would have to change its sign ordinance to comply with a new Supreme Court ruling, the Palm Coast City Council appears ready to adopt those new rules and maintain a long-standing ban on Realtor or other signs in rights-of-way, except for government signs.

Flagler County and Cities Net Record $151 Million of Half Billion Requested as Budget Heads to DeSantis

March 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and House Speaker Paul Renner discussed the 2024 legislative session Friday. (Mike Exline/NSF)

The budget includes $151 million in appropriations for Flagler County, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell, a record besting last year’s haul by about $45 million. Palm Coast’s future, western expansion drew $80 million for the loop road the city is planning, but existing residents’ needs for a better Old Kings Road were stiffed. Flagler County is facing a funding cliff next year as Paul Renner and Travis Hutson will be gone.

Palm Coast Launches Phase 2 of Imagine 2050, Its Comprehensive Plan Rewrite, on March 13

March 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Phase 2 community conversation workshop meetings are on March 13, 2024. There are two opportunities to participate: the first workshop is from 1:00 p.m. to 3 p.m. and the second is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Community Wing of City Hall, located at 160 Lake Ave, Palm Coast. The workshop will include a presentation and small group discussion. This event is open to the public, welcoming all residents who wish to contribute their ideas.

Council Votes 4-1 to Keep Current Palm Coast Water and Sewer Rates While Raising Development Fees 30%

March 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A control panel at one of Palm Coast's water plants. (© FlaglerLive)

As it had signaled two weeks ago, the Palm Coast City Council voted against a water and sewer rate increase, choosing instead to limit increases to development impact fees, the one-time fee builders pay on new construction to defray the cost of new residents and businesses on the city’s infrastructure. Impact fees will increase from a combined $9,435 for water and sewer hook-ups to $12,221 by 2028, a 30 percent increase. The city administration had recommended an 18 percent base and usage rate increase over four years.

Palm Coast Opts for St. Augustine’s Douglas Law Firm as Replacement for City Attorney, at $30,000 a Month

March 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The three Douglas Law Firm attorneys who will represent the Palm Coast City Council, with Marcus Duffy, right, as the principal attorney, Jeremiah Blocker, center, and John Preston. (Douglas Law Firm)

Its 17-year relationship with the same law firm ending, not of its own choice, the Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday unanimously opted to negotiate a contract with the Douglas Law Firm of St. Augustine, a 12-attorney firm established 10 years ago, with offices in several northeast Florida counties but just now expanding to Flagler Beach. Douglas is proposing a $30,000-a-month fee, or 120 hours of work at $250 an hour. Extra hours are billed additionally.

Seniority Pork: Hutson Filed Staggering $475 Million in Requests for Flagler, Including $309 Million for Palm Coast

March 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Outdoing last year’s requests by far, Hutson filed 34 special funding requests on behalf of Flagler County governments and agencies, totaling a staggering $475.8 million–or 0.4 percent of the size of the current state budget. Seven of the requests are for Flagler County government, totaling $92.5 million. Fourteen requests were for Palm Coast, totaling a third of a billion dollars.

Palm Coast Invites Residents to Engage With Council Members at Series of Town Hall Meetings

March 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

City Council members will each host town hall meetings over the next few weeks, starting with Nick Klufas at the Southern Recreation Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The City of Palm Coast invites residents to participate in upcoming individual town hall meetings with their City Council members. Through the Strategic Action Plan process, each City Council Member has prioritized engaging with Palm Coast residents to foster a stronger community connection and ensure that all voices are heard in shaping the future of the city.

No Back-Up Plan: Palm Coast Hip-Hop Artist Devante Collins Is Working for His Big Break

March 1, 2024 | Michael Lewis | 3 Comments

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Devante Collins, whose stage name is Devante, The Artist, graduated from Flagler Palm Coast High School in 2015 and has been on a trek to breakthrough as a hip hop artist, writer and producer since in Los Angeles, Columbus, Ohio, Philadelphia and now back in Florida. He performs tonight at a Justice for Hip Hop music festival in Jacksonville, at the Justice Pub at 315 East Bay St.

Palm Coast’s Wishful 20-Field, $93 Million Sports Complex Rests on a Far Future of Dubiously Rosy Speculation

February 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Palm Coast is imagining its next fields of dream, but the projected complex may be more dreamy than realistic. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is embarking on an ambitious plan to explore and perhaps develop and finance, in a private-public partnership, an enormous sports complex on the west side of the yet-undeveloped city. A consultant encouraging the project is projecting rosy figures that would not mortgage tax dollars yet yield ample profits while drawing up to 250,000 athletes and spectators a year. The figures are speculative and do not easily stand up to scrutiny.

More Sound and Fury Than Broad Problems as 3 Residents Complain to City of Ralph Carter Park’s Popularity

February 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The lights at Ralph Carter Park, illuminating two fields of play, have been generating complaints from a new neighborhood residents. (© FlaglerLive)

When the Palm Coast City Council gets its administration’s latest report on the state of Ralph Carter Park in the R-Section, it’ll have to decide how much of the sound and fury again hemming the popular park is the grousing of a few people signifying nothing or a reflection of a broader problem. Judging from a community meeting the administration hosted at City Hall Wednesday evening, there is no broad problem.

2024 Million Dollar Food-A-Thon Kicks Off with Food Truck Palooza at FPC on March 16

February 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Third Annual Million Dollar Food-A-Thon kicks off Saturday, March 16, with “Food Truck Palooza!” at Flagler Palm Coast High School, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Over 40 food trucks, live entertainment, a kids fun zone, street vendors and a muscle/collector car show will take over the Flagler Palm Coast High School parking lot on Bulldog Drive. The Food-A-Thon’s goal is to raise $200,00 in cash, which can then be leveraged into $1 million worth of food.

Palm Coast Searches for Its New Attorney In the Open. School Board Chooses Secrecy.

February 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The School Board met on Jan. 23 to discuss its potential choice for new attorney representation. The meeting was not streamed, as meetings usually are. IKt was open to the public, but all documents that were part of the discussion were kept secret. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council and the Flagler County School Board are searching for new attorneys to represent them in two very different ways. The council is conducting its search entirely in the open, ensuring that all related documents are public, providing them on request, and interviewing the firms in open forum. The school board, in contrast with its own precedents and with all other local governments, possibly in violation of law, is not.

Palm Coast Marks Grand Opening of Southern Recreation Center

February 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The City of Palm Coast announce the successful grand opening of the highly anticipated Southern Recreation Center and new Lehigh Trailhead. The grand opening ceremony took place on Friday afternoon, drawing in hundreds of excited residents who gathered to celebrate and explore the new facilities.

Palm Coast’s $13.7 Million Southern Recreation Center: A Facility Designed for Way More than Pickleball and Tennis

February 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Frank Lloyd Wright would have approved of the Southern Recreation Center's architectural functionality and cohesion with its natural surroundings. (© FlaglerLive)

Between its gathering and lounging areas, its food concessions, its trailhead, dog park, community garden and other amenities, the most important thing you should know about Palm Coast’s new Southern Recreation Center is that you don’t have to be a tennis player or a pickleball player to go there. That’s why the emphasis on that happily open-ended word: Recreation. You can fill in your own kind of fun. Here’s a tour.

Palm Coast Council Postpones Water Rate Increase in Face of Opposition, But Raises Utility Impact Fees on Builders

February 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A twisty way ahead for Palm Coast's utility infrastructure. Above: pipes at one of the city's water plants. (© FlaglerLive)

There will be no water and sewer rate increase in Palm Coast for now: the Palm Coast City Council today voted 4-1 to postpone a rate increase, while significantly raising “capacity,” or utility impact fees, the one-time levy on builders of new homes and businesses. That revenue is used to defray the cost of growth on the city’s utility infrastructure.

Palm Coast P-Section’s Last 35 Acres of Trees Leveled to Make Room for 74-Home ‘Ponce Preserve’ Gated Community

February 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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The 74-home gated community of Ponce Preserve will be built by in a 35-acre expanse–the last undisturbed expanse in the P-Section–between Point Pleasant Drive, Ponce de Leon Drive, Pony Express Drive and Port Royal Drive. Because it’s under 100 homes, the development did not need to go before either the planning board or the City Council.

Palm Coast Has No Money to Pave Your Neighborhood Streets. It’ll Apply a Cheap Sealant and Hope for the Best.

February 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

Facing a $10 million deficit in road repairs and no new revenue identified, the Palm Coast City Council approved a diminutive $1 million plan to “microsurface” 29 neighborhood roads and $2.7 million to resurface a few arterial roads. Microsrufacing is not traditional paving. It’s more like a tooth sealant, but for roads: cavities aren’t fixed. They’re covered up. The tentative approach points to the consequences of a council deferring infrastructure needs while rolling back the tax rate.

Before Ordering a Costly and Likely Unnecessary Forensic Audit, Palm Coast Will School Itself on Process

February 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A few people continue to claim, without evidence, that Palm Coast government is corrupt, and to call for a "forensic audit." The City Council is willing to school itself, and others, on such an audit. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is hesitant to give in to vague and unsubstantiated calls for a forensic audit without first knowing more clearly what such an audit entails, what it will cost the city, and whether it is even necessary in the absence of accounting red flags. The city is soliciting firms to provide that schooling.

Flood-Causing Or Not, Homes Built at Higher Elevations Are Way of the Future, Jonathan Lord Tells Palm Coast

February 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

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For months, residents of Palm Coast’s older sections have been complaining about new homes rising next to them at sharply higher elevations, and seemingly causing flooding on their own lots. Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord, however, told the city council that, in a time of climate change and more pronounced flooding risks, those higher elevations are the way of the future.

Palm Coast Council Still Not Thrilled by Proposed Utility Rate Increases Near 18 Percent Over 3 Years

February 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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As in November, the city’s utility consultant was again tasked with drafting an amendment to a study recommending sharp water and sewer rate increases, on the heels of a 20 percent increase in the last four years. Council members want to know what the consequences would be if certain capital projects were delayed, since they drive a lot of the need for the rate increases through 2028.

Updated Palm Coast’s Technical Manual for Residential Construction Compliance Is Reissued

February 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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One notable amendment mandates that all flatwork, including sidewalks, air conditioning pads, patios, and other hardscaping elements, along with the PEP tank, must not obstruct drainage flow or the maximum slope of drainage conveyance. Consequently, these features may need to be relocated to the rear of the structure to maintain effective drainage functionality.

Palm Coast Fire Department Announces Wave of Promotions

February 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berrryhill, left, with the promoted crew. (Palm Coast)

Chief Kyle Berryhill unveiled the latest promotions within the department’s ranks, demonstrating dedication to enhancing the organization. Among these notable advancements is the elevation of Driver Engineer Kalin Graham to the role of Lieutenant, succeeding Lieutenant Rich Cline, who retired this past September.

Joe Saviak, Frequent Flier of Local Government Mentoring, Helps Palm Coast Council Launch Its Goal-Setting Season

February 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Joe Saviak. (Palm Coast)

Joe Saviak spearheaded a dynamic orientation meeting on Monday morning at the Palm Coast Community Center, guiding the Palm Coast City Council, administration, and department directors through a strategic action planning session. The City of Palm Coast has consistently undertaken an annual strategic action plan process over the past decade, a crucial initiative to address community needs and pave the way for a positive future.

City Invites Residents to Grand Opening of Palm Coast’s Southern Recreation Center

February 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Southern Rec Center. (Palm Coast)

The City of Palm Coast is thrilled to announce the grand opening of the long-awaited Southern Recreation Center and the new Lehigh Trailhead, adjacent to the current Palm Coast Tennis Center, on February 23rd from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm at 1290 Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast, FL 32164. These projects are pivotal steps in aligning with the priorities outlined by the community during the recent countywide Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

Palm Coast Firefighters Honored for Heroic Acts, Bringing Back to Life Three Palm Coast Residents

February 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Lieutenant Richard Cline (retired), Lieutenant Joseph Paci, Driver Engineer Brandon Davis, Driver Engineer Dylan Mulligan, Driver Engineer Julie Rivera (retired), Firefighter Kyle Gardner, and Firefighter Tyler Major were awarded unit commendations in recognition of their decisive actions that effectively led to the successful resuscitation and life-saving rescue of Palm Coast residents Mike Rowlings, Mark Leinemann, and Vito Mattioli.

Palm Coast Clears Way for $31 Million Connector to Loop Road Through Vacant West of the City, With a Warning to FPL

February 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council on approved four related measures that will advance the opening to development of 12,000 acres on the west side of U.S. 1, from the Matanzas Woods Parkway area, including a $25 million state grant contributing to the cost of a $31 million connector road, dubbed a “flyover,” that will cross above the Florida East Coast railroad corridor. But FPL drew withering criticism from council members over the manner in which the company is charging the city for an “estimate” about moving its infrastructure as part of the Matanzas Woods project.

Palm Coast Mayor Spotlights State of City’s Heroes and Names Flagler Cares’ Carrie Baird Citizen of the Year

February 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Daviod Alfin went into the crowd of more than 200 at this evening's State of the State address for a little preamble. (© FlaglerLive)

At Palm Coast’s State of the City Thursday evening, Mayor David Alfin awarded David Lydon the Public Service Award for his work with veterans. Erik Libby and The To-Do-Dudes got the Next Generation Award, and Flagler Care’s Carrie Baird received the Citizen of the Year Award for her dedication to “building a robust social safety net for our community.”

Suspected Gas Station Armed Robber Who Was Shot By a Store Clerk in 2nd Incident Returns to Flagler to Face Charge

February 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Qwinntavus Kwame Jordan, the 32-year-old man suspected of armed robbery at the Shell convenience store on State Road 100 in Palm Coast last April, and of another robbery in Georgia hours later, where a store clerk shot at him eight times, was booked at the Flagler County jail Wednesday, on no bond, to face a first-degree felony charge of armed robbery.

Ending Speculation, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin Announces Re-Election Run and Joins Crowded Field

January 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin is running again, and will announce his reelection campaign on Thursday. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, first elected in July 2021 to complete the term of Melissa Holland, will run for a full four-year term in an Aug. 20 primary that has drawn four other candidates so far. In 2021, Alfin won in a six-way race, taking 36 percent of the vote. His absence from the list of declared candidates had begun to draw speculations about his intentions, though he left no doubt about those in an interview on Tuesday.

Palm Coast City Council Hold Strategic Action Planning Orientation on Feb. 5

January 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Joe Saviak. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council will hold an orientation session focused on the strategic action planning process on Monday, February 5th, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center. Facilitated by Dr. Joe Saviak, an expert in strategic planning, the session aims to chart a course for the city’s future growth and prosperity. The session is open to the public. 

Contrary to Flagler Beach’s Impressions, Palm Coast Is Not Pursuing Veranda Bay for Annexation

January 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

New construction at Veranda Bay. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast is not pursuing the annexation of Veranda Bay, the 335-home development formerly known as The Gardens on John Anderson Highway, nor would it pursue an annexation: that would be the land owner’s prerogative. And in veranda Bay’s case, the developer has not filed any kind of formal document suggesting he’d want to annex into Palm Coast.

Veranda Bay Courtship: Flagler Beach Swiftly Changes Its Annexation Rule In Defensive Move Against Palm Coast

January 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

New homes have been going up at Veranda Bay. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach is in an annexation race with Palm Coast to win over Veranda Bay and its hundreds of homes along John Anderson Highway. To that end, Flagler Beach changed its annexation rule. By convincing it to annex into Flagler Beach, the city is hoping to limit development impacts on its rim. It fears that under Palm Coast standards, Veranda Bay could be an intense cluster of high rises and high-density developments. 

3rd Annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Palm Coast Is Set in Town Center on Feb. 3

January 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The next Tunnel to Tower event in Town Center is on Feb. 3. (Palm Coast)

The City of Palm Coast will host its 3rd Annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Walk Palm Coast on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Central Park in Town Center, beginning at 8 a.m. The previous two events raised nearly $30,000 with all proceeds going to the foundation.

At Joint Meeting of Local Flagler Governments, Homelessness Draws a Vague Pledge to Seek Funding

January 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A tent in what used to be a homeless camp on county acreage near the Flagler County Public Library, until the homeless were driven out by the county in 2019. (© FlaglerLive)

A joint meeting of Flagler County’s cities and the county again took up homelessness and again mostly deferred to non-profits and churches to pick up the pieces. But officials also agreed at least to explore state funding possibilities. More firm commitments to tackle the issue are still lacking.

Graffiti on Bridges in Palm Coast C-Section Concern Residents and Prompt Talk of Surveillance Cameras

January 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Some of the graffiti on bridges in Palm Coast's C-Section. (Palm Coast)

Residents of Palm Coast’s C-Section are concerned about recurring graffiti that’s been re-appearing on bridges on Colorado Drive and Colchester Lane, after city crews painted over a spate of graffiti there last year.

Palm Coast’s Richenbacker Drive Loses Its Aitch as the City Formally Abandons Spelling No One Respected

January 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Not even the city called it Richenbacker, even though that's how it's officially recorded in Palm Coast plat books. No more. The City Council adopted the K for ever. (Google)

In the annals of Palm Coast history–which dates back to the pre-history of its 1960s scrubland–this was huge: Richenbacker Drive was losing its h. Not only that. The h was surrendering to the less aristocratic k, because the street’s h never got any respect since ITT platted it as such a few decades ago: not the city, not the Post Office, not the Property Appraiser wrote it with an h. The Palm Coast City Council buried the old spelling in a unanimous vote Tuesday night.

Old Kings Village Development of Up to 210 Houses Clears Obstacle Course with Polo Club West as City Approves Rezoning

January 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The developer of up to 210 homes on a 62-acre tract adjacent to Polo Club West has agreed to keep the vegetation along Old Kings Road the way it looks today, with a 25-foot green buffer, so drivers will not see the development from the road. (Google)

The approvals followed weeks of wrangles between the developer, the city, the county and Polo Club residents. (See previous steps here, here and here.) The council had considered the items on Dec. 5 and Jan. 2, both times getting strong pressure from Polo Club property owners–and their attorney–to delay approval, pending the resolution of sharp differences with the developer.

Proposed Building Moratorium Addressing Flooding Concerns: An Exchange Between Home Builders and Pontieri

January 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Members of the Flagler Home Builders Association have been writing Palm Coast City Council members to urge them to vote No on a construction moratorium City Council member Theresa Pontieri has proposed for 60 to 90 days on so-called “infill” lots in the city’s sections platted by ITT. What follows is an exchange that took place today between a home builder and Pontieri on the proposal. The council meets Tuesday and may take up the issue then, depending on other developments.

Redefined Food, a Local Business, Wins Contract at Palm Coast’s Southern Recreation Center

January 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Southern Recreation Center off Belle Terre Parkway, opening soon. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council has awarded Redefined Food Co., a 5-year-old business based at City Marketplace in Palm Coast, the lease to run the food and drink concession at the most anticipated new community destination since the original Community Center on Palm Coast Parkway had its own grand re-opening, with a much bigger footprint, in the spring of 2018.

Charlie Esposito, Who Built Up Palm Coast’s Volunteer Firefighters and Fire Police, Dies at 95

January 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council recognized Charles Esposito's three decades of service for the city at a Council meeting in November 2021. (Palm Coast)

Charlie Esposito had built up Palm Coast’s volunteer corps before Palm Coast became a city in 1999, doing the same for the city’s Fire Police, and establishing safety and training protocols, including for the county’s emergency helicopter, that are still followed today.

Palm Coast Will Spend $94,000 To Study Lower Speed Limits on City Streets, and Again Study Florida Park Drive

January 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

All studies lead to Florida Park Drive. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast will spend close to $100,000 on a pair of traffic studies–one to investigate whether speed limits may be lowered on many residential streets from the current 30 miles power hour, the other to investigate speeds and how traffic-calming medians could help improve traffic flow on Florida Park Drive, the most studied roadway this side of the Appian Way.

Reports of Flooded Properties Attributed to New Homes Rise to 148 as City Pledges Help, But No Sure Solutions

January 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast City Council members Ed Danko and Theresa Pontieri have led the way in turning residents' flooding issues into a city priority. (© FlaglerLive)

City staffers have visited 75 of the affected properties so far in hopes o analyzing problems and proposing fixes. They are hoping to have visited all 148 by the end of January, assuming the tally doesn’t grow much further. But while the city has addressed building rules that should reduce flooding problems in the future, it does not have a comprehensive, retroactive fix for existing residents who see their yards turn to ponds after rain events.

Call for Building Moratorium in Palm Coast Retreats as City Says It’s Already Implementing New Construction Rules

January 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Palm Coast administration made a surprising announcement today: for weeks, the city has been requiring builders to follow new rules, such as limiting new homes’ fill elevations, designed to lessen a slew of flooding issues existing residents have been complaining about since last fall. The city has been implementing the rules even though the technical manual containing them has not yet been formally approved, though it will be next week–a month ahead of schedule.

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