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Approvals And Decisions : West Palm Beach City Commission Meeting, July 22, 2024 · Inside West Palm Beach

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  [MUSIC]
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  This is the City Center Podcast from West
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  Palm Beach, Florida.
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  I'm Jerry Morcello.
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  Here's a summary of
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  approvals and decisions
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  made by the City Commission when they met
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  Monday, July 22, 2024.
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  The Commission approved resolution
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  waving a potential
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  conflict of interest relating
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  to Holland and Knight's
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  representation of the city
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  for existing federal lobbying work
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  and its
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  representation of IPS Group, Inc.,
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  in connection with IPS's
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  Parking Enforcement Program
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  contract with the
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  city of West Palm Beach.
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  Also approved was an ordinance after
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  second public hearing
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  amending the city code at
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  Chapter 24, Zoning and Land
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  Development Regulations,
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  providing an application
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  process and incentives for qualifying
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  affordable and workforce
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  housing projects.
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  Also approved was a
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  resolution approving the replat
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  of approximately 6.57 acres of real
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  property located at 807
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  North Flagler Drive, as is
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  associated with the Rosarian
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  Academy School.
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  The Commission approved a resolution
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  after a public hearing authorizing
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  acceptance of a
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  federal entitlement grants
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  in the amount of $5,201,323.
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  They approved
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  submission of a one-year action
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  plan for fiscal year 2425
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  and authorized execution
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  of all agreements and related documents.
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  The Commission
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  approved a pair of resolutions
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  accepting a grant of $75,000
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  from the Florida Department
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  of Agriculture and Consumer Services
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  under the 2023 Urban and
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  Community Forestry Plantings
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  Preservation and
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  Invasive Control Grant Program
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  to fund a planting
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  project along Clear Lake Trail
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  and a second resolution
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  amending the grant program's
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  special revenue fund to provide for the
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  receipt of a $75,000
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  grant from the Florida
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  Department of Agriculture
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  and Consumer Services for
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  the 2023 Urban and Community
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  Forestry Plantings Preservation and
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  Invasive Control Grant
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  Program.
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  Also approved was a resolution
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  authorizing the City
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  Commission to approve a
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  neighborhood maintenance
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  covenant for a tree planting
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  project in the Northwood Hills
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  neighborhood.
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  They approved the resolution providing
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  appropriations of
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  $2,484,700 for public utility funds
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  for additional water, sewer, and
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  stormwater operating
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  expenses and for a
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  storm sewer capital project.
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  For the complete list of
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  approvals and decisions
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  made at the Monday,
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  July 22, 2024 meeting,
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  visit the city website at wpb.org.
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  This is Jerry Marcello, and you've
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  been listening to the City Center
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  podcast from West Palm Beach, Florida.
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  We'll see you next time.