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Approvals and Decisions: West Palm Beach City Commission Meeting, August 19, 2024 · Inside West Palm Beach

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  Welcome to the City Center podcast. I'm
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  Jerry Marcello, and here
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  is a listing of approvals
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  and decisions made during the August 19,
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  2024 City Commission
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  meeting in West Palm Beach,
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  Florida. Mayor James honored Gregory
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  Mihalko, Parks and
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  Recreation Operations Coordinator,
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  with a special award for a half-century
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  of service to the city.
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  Mr. Mihalko has worked
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  continuously with the city since August
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  12, 1974, serving in
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  public utilities. Mayor James
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  also proclaimed that August 24, 2024 will
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  be observed in the
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  city of West Palm Beach
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  as Ukraine Independence Day. Continued to
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  September 30, 2024,
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  an ordinance and public
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  hearing amending the Code of Ordinances
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  at Chapter 94, Article
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  13, sign regulations to
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  designate wayfinding signage or kiosks as
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  "unregulated sign."
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  The Commission approved
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  a resolution authorizing the assessment
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  of city liens in the
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  total amount of $17,480.16
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  for unpaid water service, sewer service,
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  and stormwater charges
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  for the month of April
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  2024. The Commission approved a
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  resolution authorizing the
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  disposition of property located
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  at 386 South Tamron Avenue, 810, 818,
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  826, 860, and 910
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  Avernia Street, and 913 Fern
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  Street in West Palm Beach, and approved
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  an ordinance after the
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  first public hearing approving
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  the execution of a conveyance agreement
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  for the properties
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  previously mentioned. The Commission
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  approved an ordinance after the first
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  public hearing for a Public
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  Future Land Use Map Amendment
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  to change the future land use designation
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  of two parcels
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  located at 2751 South Dixie
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  Highway and 501 Montrox Road from
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  commercial to commercial east. Also
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  approved was an ordinance
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  for the development regulations involving
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  the shops at the press
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  commercial plan development.
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  The Commission approved a resolution
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  authorizing the replacement
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  of city's remarketing agent
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  on the Florida Utility System Variable
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  Rate Revenue Bonds
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  Series 2008-C. Also approved
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  was a resolution after a public hearing
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  establishing the rates for
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  fire service assessment fee
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  for fiscal year 2024-2025 and approving
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  the assessment role. The
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  Commission also approved
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  a resolution after a public hearing
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  adopting the assessment
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  role for the chronic nuisance
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  assessment for fiscal year 2024-2025
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  which includes
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  properties with unpaid charges for
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  abatement of code violations and chronic
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  nuisance. Also approved
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  was a resolution establishing
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  the appointing members to a 10 member
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  affordable housing advisory
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  committee establishing the
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  term of office in waiving conflicts of
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  interest. Also approved was
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  a pair of resolutions, the
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  first authorizing the acquisition of real
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  property located at
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  611 56th Street for the
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  purchase price of $231,589 and the second
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  amending the local housing trust fund to
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  provide appropriations for the
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  acquisition of real property
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  located at 611 56th Street.
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  The Commission approved an ordinance
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  after the first public
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  hearing amending the restated
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  employees defined benefit retirement
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  system to allow a change
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  in beneficiary in certain
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  circumstances. Also approved was a
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  resolution accepting and
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  appropriating funds in the amount
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  of $50,000 from Alba Palm Beach to Osprey
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  Park improvements. The
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  Commission approved a
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  partnership agreement between the city
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  and the Cox Science Center
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  incorporated for the purpose
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  of applying for the United States
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  Environmental Perfection
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  Agency Community Change Grant and
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  for the oversight and management of that
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  project. Also approved was a pair of
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  resolutions, the first
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  accepting a state of Florida Department
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  environmental protection resilient
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  Florida grant in the amount
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  of $150,000 to be used to fund a
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  resilient waterfront adaption
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  plan and the second provides
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  a budget appropriations for the water and
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  sewer systems revenue fund
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  for the project. Approved
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  resolution approving a submittal to the
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  state of Florida Department of
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  Environmental Protection
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  multiple applications to the resilient
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  Florida grant program. You
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  can learn more about the recent
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  approvals and decisions by visiting the
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  city's newly redesigned website at
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  wpb.org. This is Jerry
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  Marcello. We'll see you next time.