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Approvals and Decisions: City Commission Meeting January 6, 2025 · Inside West Palm Beach

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  Welcome to the City Center podcast. I'm
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  Jerry Marcello and here's a list of
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  approvals and decisions made by the City
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  Commission during their meeting on
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  Monday, January 6, 2025.
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  The following items were
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  approved during the meeting.
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  Two companion resolutions were approved.
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  The first, approving an agreement for
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  updated disparity study with Griffin &
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  Strong, and the second, approving the use
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  of general fund contingency in the amount
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  of $60,198 to provide additional
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  appropriations to fund the
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  disparity analysis study.
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  A resolution to correct resolution number
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  260-24 due to a Scrivener's error. The
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  new resolution impacted properties
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  located at 201 Montrox Road, 211 Edgewood
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  Drive, 318 Mon Road
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  Drive, and 432 Artmore Road.
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  A resolution approving a right-of-way
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  improvement and maintenance agreement
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  with KJWPB1 LLC for the maintenance of
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  the landscape improvements within the
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  right-of-way adjacent to
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  the Tortoise-1 development.
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  A resolution amending the original North
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  Railroad Avenue streetscape design
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  concept approved by resolution 29-22,
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  specifically to include wayfinding,
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  parking, directional, and other Nora
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  District signage within
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  the public right-of-way.
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  A resolution after a public hearing
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  approving a major planned development
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  amendment to the Prime Corner CPD to
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  amend the design guidelines and to allow
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  for the construction of a 2,415 square
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  foot Chipotle restaurant, and for the
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  construction of a 5,399 square foot
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  Chick-fil-A restaurant with drive-through
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  and vehicular surface parking areas.
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  A resolution authorizing the
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  appropriation or transfer of funds in the
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  amount of $22,289,686 in the fiscal year
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  of 2024-2025 for the purpose of amending
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  the grant capital project fund budget to
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  re-establish various
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  capital grant fund budgets.
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  Three companion
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  resolutions dealing with Curry Park.
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  The first approving a contribution
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  agreement with the West Palm Beach
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  Community Redevelopment Agency regarding
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  a funding contribution for the Curry Park
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  Redevelopment Project.
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  The second approving the appropriation or
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  transfer of city funds in the fiscal year
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  2024-2025 for the purpose of amending the
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  capital acquisition fund budget to
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  provide additional appropriations for the
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  Curry Park Redevelopment Project.
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  And the third approving the construction
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  contract with West Construction for the
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  Curry Park Redevelopment Project.
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  Also approved were two companion
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  resolutions, the first accepting a grant
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  from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety
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  Foundation in the amount of $18,014 to
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  purchase 16 MSA gas detectors
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  and related support equipment.
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  And the second recognizing receipt of
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  funds and providing appropriations for
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  the purchase of fire equipment.
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  Another two companion resolutions were
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  approved, the first accepting a 2024-2025
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  Florida Firefighter Cancer
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  Decontamination Equipment Grant Award of
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  $14,896 from the Florida Department of
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  Financial Services for the purchase of
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  133 pairs of gloves.
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  And the second recognizing receipt of
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  funds and providing the appropriation for
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  the purchase of fire equipment.
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  A resolution authorizing the mayor to
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  sign a grant agreement between the city
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  of West Palm Beach and Scuba Club WPB LLC
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  in the amount of $50,000 for improvements
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  to Osprey Park located at
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  5026 North Flagler Drive.
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  Two companion resolutions, the first
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  authorizing the acceptance of
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  supplemental funding from the Florida
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  Department of Law Enforcement under the
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  drone replacement program, increasing the
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  total funding not to exceed $200,000.
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  And the second resolution to accept
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  funding and provide budget appropriation
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  in the amount of $200,000 to offset the
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  eligible amount of
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  replacement costs for eight drones.
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  A resolution amending the fiscal year
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  2024-2025 miscellaneous trust fund budget
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  to authorize appropriations of $10,960
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  from the state law enforcement forfeiture
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  receipts for upgrading the dispatch
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  operations radio
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  channel recording system.
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  Approved two resolutions, the first
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  accepting a grant from the Florida
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  Department of Transportation in the
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  amount of $15,000 for litter prevention
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  education through the Keep West Palm
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  Beach Beautiful Program, and the second
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  recognizing and appropriating the grant
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  funds in the grant
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  program special revenue fund.
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  For the complete list of approvals and
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  decisions made at the Monday January 26,
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  2025 City Commission meeting, visit the
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  city website at wpb.org. This is Jerry
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  Marcello. We'll see you next time.