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Palm Coast City Council

Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte, Unequaled in Local Leadership and Admirers, Will Retire in October

March 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte is looking to retirement in October. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte, a managerial guru to some, a mentor and father figure to many, and the self-effacing, sure-handed leader of the fire and other city departments over the past several years, announced today in an emotional address to the City Council that he would be retiring in October.

Council Members’ Boorishness Appears to Take a Toll on Residents’ Confidence in Palm Coast Government

March 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council did not have a year to be proud of in 2021, judging from how residents saw it. (© FlaglerLive)

Only 41 percent of respondents see the city’s overall direction in positive terms, the lowest proportion in 20 years, and an 11-point decline from 2019, when the survey was last conducted. Only 37 percent of respondents have confidence in Palm Coast government, down nine points from two years ago. It is the lowest confidence level since the survey started including that category in 2013.

A 246-Unit Apartment Complex Will Rise on Old Kings Road, With an Eye on the Site’s Historic Value

March 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A detail of what one of the four-story buildings at The Tribute, a seven-building apartment complex off Old Kings Road, will look like. (Ravenshill Holdings)

The historical nature of the old and no longer readily visible Old Kings Road was a matter of discussion Tuesday evening at the Palm Coast City Council as developers presented their plans for a seven-building, 246-unit apartment complex off the new Old Kings Road, just north of State Road 100, paralleling the historic roadbed. 

Palm Coast Mayor and Council Call for 365% Pay Increase for Themselves, to $44,670 a Year

March 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 69 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin called for a nearly quintupling of the mayor's and council members' salaries this evening. Two council members joined him. Eddie Branquinho, right, dissented. (© FlaglerLive)

In a day of stunning developments, Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin capped a City Council meeting this evening by asking for a 365 percent pay raise for council members–from $9,600 to $44,670 a year–and for a  similarly hefty raise for the mayor, to $44,670. The council went along, voting 3-1 to move forward with the proposal. 

Victor Barbosa Resigns Palm Coast Council Seat, After Report of Shoplifting; He Cites Threat to His Life

March 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Victor Barbosa on Election Day in 2020. (© FlaglerLive)

Victor Barbosa, the volatile Palm Coast City Council member whose brief tenure since November 2020 was dogged by boorish behavior on and off the council, by a sheriff’s investigation and a state inquiry into crimes he allegedly committed in Costa Rica, and by an accusation of shoplifting at Walmart over the weekend, has resigned.

Residents of Hidden Lakes and Toscana Appeal Palm Coast Approvals of 2 Self-Storage Lots on Old Kings

February 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

A rendering of one of the two self-storage facilities proposed for Old Kings Road that residents of the Toscana and Hidden Lakes subdivisions are now contesting.

A group of Palm Coast residents in the Toscana and Hidden Lakes subdivisions off Old Kings Road have filed an appeal of a decision by the Palm Coast Planning Board clearing the way for a self-storage facility on Old Kings Road. The same group is preparing to file a civil suit in circuit court seeking to quash decisions by the planning board and the Palm Coast City Council clearing the way for both that facility and another like it nearby.

Another Self -Storage Facility for Old Kings Road, a Car Wash Near Starbucks and Taco Bell on SR100

February 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Car washes have been whirring their way into the Palm Coast market in the last few years, as have, even more intensely, self-storage facilities. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Planning Board cleared the way for the third self-storage facility approved for Old Kings Road in the past four weeks, and a car wash near Aldi and Taco Bell on State Road 100. The self-storage facility was not permitted to have boats and RVs.

Palm Coast Approves ‘Shocking and Staggering’ Garbage Rate Increase as Mayor Warns Waste Pro

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Not necessarily: five years ago Palm Coast required Waste Pro to have an all-natural gas fleet. In the one-year contract extension the city approved today, the city agreed to let the company drive trucks powered by whatever fuel it chose, including diesel, despite Waste Pro now commanding a 47 percent rate hike from customers. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this afternoon voted 4-1 to approve the one-year contract extension with Waste Pro with a 47 percent rate increase and several cut-backs on services and fines. The mayor warned the company that the rate will not be an acceptable starting point for Waste Pro’s expected bid for a five- or seven-year contract later this year.

Victor Barbosa Decides to Run for City Council Again, Abandoning County Commission Race Until 2026

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Victor Barbosa, right, at today's council meeting. Ed Danko, who was hoping to see Barbosa's seat turned over to Danko ally Alan Lowe, is to the left. (© FlaglerLive)

In a nearly six-hour meeting rich in surprises and reversals, add Palm Coast City Council member Victor Barbosa’s decision to drop out of his run for the Flagler County Commission and seek to keep his seat on the council instead.

Denise Bevan Is Appointed City Manager in Unanimous Vote, Aborting Palm Coast Council’s Search

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast City Manager Denise Bevan. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council appointed Denise Bevan permanent city manager in a unanimous vote, ending her eight-month role as interim and aborting a a search Mayor David Alfin called disappointing.

Palm Coast Council Sharply Reverses Course on Green Lion After Crush of Unanimity Against Severing Lease

February 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council chamber was at capacity this morning as hundreds of residents and supporters of the Green Lion restaurant at Palm Harbor Golf Club turned up to protest the city council's severing of the lease after five years. Sitting in the first row, to the left of the masked woman, are Carolyn Marlow, Tony Marlow, and Linda Provencher, the former Flagler Beach mayor who worked for the Marlows for 20 years. They also own the Golden Lion restaurant in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Faced with a rare, unanimous backlash against its arbitrary decision to end the city’s lease with the Green Lion restaurant at Palm Harbor Golf Club last week, the Palm Coast City Council executed a 179-degree turn Tuesday morning, dropping its order to sever the lease and opting instead to reopen negotiations with the restaurant, toward a five-year extension of the current lease.

Tom Gargiulo, Palm Coast’s ‘Unwavering, Steadfast Champion’ of the Arts for 25 Years, Dies at 83

February 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Tom Gargiulo and Arlene Volpe. (Greg Volpe)

Tom Gargiulo, co-founder of the Gargiulo Arts Foundations and the Flagler County Artist of the Year award, prolific artist and patron to innumerable shows and artists, and the conceptual energy and fund-raiser behind Palm Coast’s Sculpture Garden in Town Center, died after complications from surgery Sunday in Palm Coast.

Your Garbage Rates Are Going Up 47% in June, Services Cut Sooner, as Bid Flub Forces Waste Pro Contract Extension

February 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

Weighing Waste Pro's value to Palm Coast, the city does not come out ahead in a contract extension through June 2023. (© FlaglerLive)

Waste Pro garbage rates for Palm Coast residents and businesses will go up nearly $10 a month starting June 1, some services will be reduced, and fines levied on Waste Pro when it fails on the job will be cut in half according to a one-year extension of the city’s contract with the hauler, required because a bidding process for a new contract went awry last year.

Palm Coast Turns Nasty Against Green Lion Café Lease After 5 Successful Years and Turnaround at Palm Harbor Golf

February 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 109 Comments

The Green Lion Cafe's view on the Palm Harbor golf course is now in jeopardy as the Palm Coast City Council declared itself disenchanted with the restaurant's lease or even a proposed, sharp increase, though Green Lion has helped turn the golf course around in the past five years. (Facebook/Green Lion)

The Palm Coast City Council’s distempers have not been unusual, but council members’ attacks on the Green Lion Cafe’s proposed lease renewal at the city-owned Palm Harbor golf club was especially mean-spirited despite a proposed rent increase of over 300 percent over the next five years, and the restaurant’s key role in turning the golf club around since 2017.

City Panel Votes to Name Sports Complex Baseball Field After Doug Berryhill, Palm Coast Little League Champion

February 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Doug Berryhill in his ultimate element: in a Little League dugout, with his grandson, (Chris Shuddy)

The Palm Coast Beautification Committee voted 5-0 to rename Field 6 at the Indian Trails Sports Complex after Doug Berryhill, for more than a decade a legendary Palm Coast Little League vice president and coach who grew the organization and was beloved by thousands of families.

It’s Fireworks as Usual in 2022 as Cities’ July 4 Grab Is Ticking Burst for Another Year

February 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler Beach pier will still light up on July 4, at least for another year. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach and Palm Coast agreed to leave well enough alone this year, with July 4 fireworks in Flagler Beach and Palm Coast’s July 3 fireworks moved to the county airport. Palm Coast’s wish to have a some July 4’s of its own will be hashed out in future years.

Sheriff Adds 160 Palm Coast Field Cameras at Parks and Other Facilities to Growing Surveillance Network

February 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office has had access to the city's traffic cameras at 44 intersections, for surveillance and crime-fighting purposes, since January 2019. The agency has now formalized an arrangement giving it access to 160 additional surveillance cameras spread throughout the city's properties, from public buildings to parks to utility facilities. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council Tuesday voted to grant the Flagler County Sheriff untrammeled live access to the city’s 160 non-traffic surveillance cameras. Those cameras are not part of the sheriff’s license plate readers, which were installed a few years ago. The cameras in question in the latest agreement are all those located at city parks, City Hall, city facilities like its utilities department, including water and sewer plants, or public works department and other city-owned locations.

It’s Raining Rooftops: Palm Coast Council Approves 400 Units in 2 Gated Subdivisions in W and B Sections

February 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Palm Coast has issued 2,648 single family and duplex permits, an average of 203 per month, and has issued on average 125 certificates of occupancy every month. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council approved 278 attached town homes just north of Belle Terre Elementary and 121 single-family homes in the W Section, both in what will be gated communities, as development in the city continues its torrid pace and the median single family home price reaches $350,000 with still-low supplies of homes for sale.

Shirley Chisholm Trail: Palm Coast Committee Votes 5-0 to Rename Pine Lakes Path After Maverick Black Leader

February 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rosa Parks, left, and Shirley Chisholm in the 1070s. (Library of Congress)

The Palm Coast Beautification Committee, an advisory panel of the Palm Coast City Council, is recommending the renaming of the Pine Lakes Trail along Pine Lakes Parkway to the Shirley Chisholm Trail to honor the first Black woman elected to Congress and run for president, before she moved to Palm Coast in 1991. The recommendation requires the council’s ratification, however.

Interim City Manager Denise Bevan Recognized for Service on Northeast Florida Economic Resilience Task Force

February 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Denise Bevan. (© FlaglerLive)

The recovery plan outlines detailed recommendations for economic recovery with a focus on three priority areas: infrastructure, small business relief and support, and equity.

Belle Terre Parkway Resurfacing Begins Monday from Royal Palm Parkway to SR100

January 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A segment of the stretch of Belle Terre Parkway that will be resurfaced starting next Monday. (© FlaglerLive)

On Monday (Jan. 31), a contractor will begin milling and repaving the segment of Belle Terre Parkway between Royal Palms Parkway and State Road 100 as part of the city’s annual repaving program. The segment is among the most heavily traveled in the city. The project will take four to six weeks.

Palm Coast Clears Way for 2nd Self-Storage Facility in 24 Hours on Old Kings Road, Near Toscana

January 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

In contrast with Tuesday's meeting of the Palm Coast City Council, which filled the room with opponents of a self-storage facility on Old Kings Road, the Palm Coast Planning Board heard not a single voice in opposition to a different facility, a very short distance from the first, as the board approved it under a special exception Wednesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Planning Board Wednesday approved a 155,000 square-foot self-storage facility on Old Kings Road, a short distance north of a facility the Palm Coast City Council approved on Tuesday. The two would be the 10th and 11th self-storage facilities in the city.

City Approves Self-Storage Facility on Old Kings Road, Near Hidden Lakes, Against Public Opposition

January 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The Secure Space self-storage facility would be built between Old Kings Road and I-95, near the Hidden Lakes subdivision. The illustration was part of the developer's presentation to the city council.

The rezoning for a 23-acre site for a future self-storage facility–another one–between I-95 and Old Kings Road, and not far from the Hidden Lakes and Toscana subdivisions, drew some pointed opposition from nearby residents and people with family at a neighboring assisted living facility. The self-storage grounds would also accommodate RV’s and boats, neither of which may be parked in Palm Coast driveways.

Simultaneous Fireworks in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach? ‘Unworkable, Unsafe and Unsound’

January 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It's hard enough managing one July 4 event that day. The thought of having simultaneous events in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach is raising concerns. (© FlaglerLive)

Scott Spradley, chairman of the committee the Flagler Beach City Commission appointed to study how best to continue Independence Day events in the city, was sharply opposed to holding fireworks the same day as Palm Coast, as Palm Coast officials have suggested. Spradley took his stand as he delivered the final report of the committee’s work, which had not addressed the Palm Coast issue.

Slow Way in Seminole Woods Will Not Close After All as Palm Coast Council Ends Long and Winding Slog

January 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Slow Way in Seminole Woods is only a few dozen feet long and connects to a dirt, county road. (© FlaglerLive)

After voting to close Slow Way last year, the Palm Coast City Council has reversed course for good, opting to keep the tiny street open now that no-truck signs appear to have reduced traffic woes and a backlash from residents made council members reluctant to close the street.

‘You Had Me at 8-Inch Shells’: Palm Coast Would Shift Fireworks to Airport, But on July 4, Clashing With Flagler Beach

January 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Central Park in Town Center may no longer be the Independence Day venue for fireworks. (Palm Coast)

While the Palm Coast City Council is fine with moving Independence Day fireworks to the county airport, three council members want to see fireworks only on July 4, which would clash with Flagler Beach’s iconic show and create coordination problems that the city and the Sheriff’s Office may not have the resources to provide simultaneously.

Palm Coast Government Will Propose Shifting July 3 Fireworks Event to Flagler County Airport

January 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Fireworks getting readied for an Independence Day show. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast is considering shifting its July 3 fireworks show away from Town Center’s Central Park and to the nearby Flagler County airport’s grounds–to accommodate more people, easier parking, smoother traffic, and bigger fireworks.

Registration Ongoing for Palm Coast Mayor’s 30/30 Fitness Challenge

December 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Find your path. (Palm Coast)

Palm Coast residents wishing to participate in the Mayor’s 30/30 Fitness Challenge can still register by visiting palmcoast.gov/mayors-challenge using their city of Palm Coast account login information. Residents without an account can easily create one at the sign-in screen.

Palm Coast’s R-Section Getting 1st Large-Scale Apartment Complex, a 216-Unit Plan Near Rymfire Elementary

December 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

It's almost rustic--for now: the acreage along Red Mill Drive, where a developer is proposing to build 216 apartments. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Planning Board recommended approval of a development plan for a 216-unit apartment complex at the southwest end of the R Section. It is to be called Red Mill Pointe, and would become the first large-scale apartment complex of the R-Section. The second tract zoned for it, in the central-west portion of the R Section, is yet undeveloped.

Arsenic Laces Up Concerns at 200-Home Lakeview Estate Development on Ex-Matanzas Golf Course, But Board Clears Project

December 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The latest step in the development of Lakeview Estates in the L Section, what used to be the Matanzas Woods Golf Course, drew a largew crowd but the meeting was kept well in hand despite a decision that displeased most in attendance. (© FlaglerLive)

Relying on state regulations that require the land to be cleaned up of arsenic and any other contaminants before development can go forward, the Palm Coast Planning Board this evening voted unanimously–6-0–to approve the latest step, with more to go, in a large-scale residential home development in the L-Section that will over the next few years replace much of what used to be the Matanzas Woods Golf Course over time. 

Palm Coast, Gig City: MetroNet Will Wire All Residential Neighborhoods With Fiber Optic By 2023, Rocketing Speeds

December 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

MetroNet CEO ohn Cinelli named Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin an honorary MetroNet "associate" today during a brief joint announcement about the company setting up shop in palm Coast. MetroNet is expected to bring high-speed, fiber internet service to almost every home in the city within two years. (© FlaglerLive)

To much fanfare, Indiana-based MetroNet and Palm Coast government jointly announced today a plan to have the city’s entire 550 miles of residential streets wired with high-speed fiber optic within two years. The plan is entirely financed by the company. Neither the city nor taxpayers are on the hook for anything–other than monthly fees once the service is available.

Risks of Development At Palm Harbor Golf Course Vanish for Good as Builder Jim Jacoby Donates Driving Range

December 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

palm harbor golf course

Two years ago Palm Coast was in negotiations with Jim Jacoby to build 120 apartments on the Palm Harbor Golf Club property. Fierce resistance stopped the project, and now Jacoby is donating to Palm Coast the last remaining land of the golf course not yet in the city’s ownership.

Reflecting Dismal Results of Its Own Search, Palm Coast Council Renews Quest for Manager with Independent Firm

December 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

"My one regret is that I didn't stand up more firm at the time," Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas said of his disappointment in the pool of candidates for city manager, and his push for a second round of searches. "But better late than never and here we are." (© FlaglerLive)

Following Nick Klufas’s lead, the Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday opted to hire a search firm to conduct a new search for city manager. It will interview candidates resulting from that search in addition to the three remaining on the short-list from its own search, among them former Sheriff Jim Manfre.

Palm Coast Was Set to Recommend New Garbage Hauler. Waste Pro Protested. City Will Re-Start Entire Bid Process.

November 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Palm Coast government issued a "Notice of Intent" to award the city's next five-year garbage contract to Texas-based FCC Environmental, ending Palm Coast's 15-year relationship with Waste Pro. Waste Pro filed a bid protest. (FCC Environmental)

Palm Coast government issued a “Notice of Intent” to award the city’s next five-year garbage contract to Texas-based FCC Environmental, ending Palm Coast’s 15-year relationship with Waste Pro. Waste Pro filed a bid protest. The city will now re-start the process and hope to have a hauler in place by the time Waste Pro’s contract expires on May 31–whether Waste Pro or another company.

Ex-Sheriff Jim Manfre Gets Most Votes in Short-Listing of 6 Candidates for Palm Coast City Manager

November 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Jim Manfre during his interview with the Seventh Judicial Circuit's Judicial Nominating Commission in August 2019, when he was seeking to be county judge. The appointment went to Andrea Totten. (© FlaglerLive)

In a stunner, former two-time Sheriff Jim Manfre was the top vote-getter in the short-listing of possible candidates for Palm Coast City Manager as the council this evening picked six candidates to back-ground check and possibly interview in January.

Fire Chief Jerry Forte Recognized with Tony Gasparino ‘Lest We Forget Award’

November 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte, third from left. (Palm Coast)

The Knights of Columbus Corpus Christi Assembly 2810 and Santa Maria Del Mar Catholic Church recognized Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte with the Tony Gasparino “Lest We Forget Award.” Attending with Forte was his wife, Lisa, and his mother, Theresa.

‘Do We Settle?’ Palm Coast Mayor’s Question Reflects Disappointment in 90 Manager Applicants, Suggesting Do-Over

November 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council at its recent best. The council's unpredictable meetings may have spooked quality candidates from applying for city manager. Mayor David Alfin is prepared to delay hiring one and restarting the search. (© FlaglerLive)

Mayor David Alfin and other Palm Coast council members are disappointed in the quality of candidates who have applied for city manager, opening the possibility that the process may be set aside and re-started, with a search firm this time–if the mayor gets his way.

50th Palm Coast Citizens Academy Graduates 13

October 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The graduates and the council last Tuesday. (Palm Coast)

Thirteen Palm Coast residents graduated from the 50th session of the Palm Coast Citizens Academy on Tuesday, October 19th, at the City Council meeting.

91 Apply for Palm Coast Manager But Number Deceives: Interim Denise Bevan and Other Qualified Candidates Shun Turmoil

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

palm coast city manager candidates

The lack of more numerous quality applicants or internal applicants seems to reflect leeriness about the toxic atmosphere in and around the council. Only 20 applicants have served as either city or county managers, only six of those are currently employed, all in much smaller governments. Many applicants are not qualified, having applied apparently by mistake due to an error in the original posting of the job, which was listed as “manager,” rather than “city manager.”

1st Single-Family Home Subdivision in Town Center Will Bring 208 Homes Near Imagine School, Along Royal Palms

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A couple of workers were adding a few touches to the symbolic tower at what will be one of the entrances to The Gables development of single-family homes in Town Center, adjacent to, and going well beyond, Imagine School at Town Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The city council cleared The Gables at Town Center, a 208-home subdivision on 125 acres that stretch from Imagine School at Town center west and north, along Royal Palmas Parkway. Construction has begun. It will eventually look like any typical subdivision in the city.

Palm Coast Council Member Eddie Branquinho Says He Won’t Run in 2022–Unless ‘Crazies’ Are Running

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Eddie Branquinho at an April meeting of the council, holding up a copy of Robert's Rules of Order, the guide to civilized parliamentary procedure, while looking in the direction of Council members Ed Danko and Victor Barbosa. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Eddie Branquinho’s decision not to run means that with Victor Barbosa and Nick Klufas both opting for a run for County Commission, the council is assured of a new majority. Branquinho says he is leaving the door open for a re-election run in case his seat attracts “extremists.”

Garbage Rates Will Go Up at Least 30% If Current Service Is Maintained as Palm Coast Draws Only 2 Bids from Haulers

October 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

FCC Environmental Services is challenging Waste Pro in a bid to take over garbage hauling in Palm Coast. Waste Pro has held the contract since 2007, and submitted prices significantly lower than those of FCC in recently opened bids. (FCC Environmental)

Both bids for Palm Coast’s next garbage-hauling contract would result in a significant price increase if current twice-a-week service were maintained: a 30 percent increase if Waste Pro wins the contract for another five years, and a 66 percent increase if the city council were to find reason to opt for the bidder challenging Waste Pro: FCC Environmental Services.

Third Major Development Slated for Roberts Road Near Sea Ray Would Add 217 Single-Family Homes

October 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The development would be slated for the acreage south of the Sea Ray property, east of Roberts Road, and west of Lambert Avenue. Colbert Lane is just out of the frame to the left of the image, or to the west. (Google)

The 217 houses of Grand Reserve East would go up on a 142-acre tract paralleling Lambert Avenue to the east, adding to developments bringing 240 apartments and 112 single-family homes a bit further south. The property owner is going through rezoning steps.

On Little More Than Junky Evidence, Palm Coast Councilman Wants $1,000 Fine for Littering and Cops Turned Trash Patrol

October 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

Palm Coast code enforcement has jurisdiction on parks, trails and city properties, which tend to be kept quite neat. It may not police littering elsewhere. That enforcement falls to sheriff's deputies. But they've issued one charge or citation for illegal dumping in a year countywide. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Council member Ed Danko wants to see Sheriff’s deputies paying more attention to litterers, and he wants to increase littering fines from $150 to $1,000, though neither he nor the city administration could provide a way of measuring whether there is an unusual littering problem in the city, or how anything more than an awareness campaign could improve matters.

Expect Delays and Detours Over Next 10 Nights as Paving Coats Widened Old Kings Road at Palm Coast Parkway

October 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

It's almost over: though delayed, the substantial completion date for the widening of Old Kings Road at Palm Coast Parkway is now scheduled for Oct. 22, a month past the original date. (Palm Coast)

Traffic frustrations around the construction zone at Old Kings Road and Palm Coast Parkway are about to ramp up for a few nights before they get better as the widening project, already weeks past its completion date, enters its final, paving phase. The $6.5 million project was due to be substantially completed by Sept. 22. The completion date is now Oct. 22.

In Swap Deal With Developer of 450 Homes, Citation Boulevard Will Extend to Seminole Woods, Saving Cost of New Firehouse

October 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Right now Citation Boulevard just ends. It will soon be extended all the way to Seminole Woods Boulevard. (Google)

Plans are being laid out to stretch Citation Boulevard from Belle Terre Boulevard all the way to Seminole Woods Boulevard, creating one of those rare east-west thru-ways in Palm Coast, and possibly saving the city the need to build a firehouse, at least in the longer run.

Ed Danko Is Cautioned of Being Removed from Dais for Violating Council’s Rules in Repeated Outbursts

October 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Flagler Beach attorney Scott Spradley was repeatedly interrupted by Ed Danko, the Palm Coast council member, and his public comment mischaracterized Tuesday evening, forcing the mayor and city attorney to caution Danko about being removed from the dais if he didn't let Spradley finish. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast TV)

Ed Danko, a Palm Coast City Council member for less than a year, was admonished and cautioned about being removed from the dais after repeated angry outbursts interrupting a public speaker at the beginning Tuesday’s council meeting. Never in the 21-year history of the Palm Coast City Council had a council member come close to eliciting so much as the suggestion of being asked to leave the dais.

Royal Palms Parkway Reopens as Palm Coast City Crew Labors 12 Hours a Day to Complete Storm Pipe Repairs

October 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The repairs at their height during the week, captured from a city video.

Royal Palms Parkway, one of Palm Coast’s few east-west thruways, is again open to traffic after a two-week closure from Belle Terre Parkway to Rickebracker Drive when a storm pipe collapse that made the road unsafe to drive. The road reopened well ahead of expectations: A crew leader had projected a reopening by the end of next week. But the in-house city crew  got the work done in less than five days, for about $56,000.

The Story Behind the Pipe Failure on Royal Palms Pkwy: What Went Wrong, How It’ll be Fixed, What to Expect

September 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Piping and materials have been trucked in for the replacement and repairs that will begin on Sept. 27 on the damaged piping beneath Royal Palms Parkway.

The pipe failure beneath Royal Palms Parkway that closed the busy east-west road on Sept. 16 and will keep it closed until near mid-October is an example of Palm Coast’s aging infrastructure, which sometimes outruns the city’s ongoing $75 million plan to reinforce, repair or replace it.

Between Bouts of Rudeness, Palm Coast Votes Against Removing Ban on Commercial Vehicles in Residential Driveways

September 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council voted down any change in its current prohibition on commercial vehicles of any size on residential driveways.

The Palm Coast City Council this morning voted 3-2 against changing its ordinance banning the parking of commercial vehicles in residential driveways, unless the vehicles are on a work call. An attempt to consider a referendum on the issue, assuming the question can be appended to the 2022 ballot at no additional cost, was set aside. 

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