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Approvals and Decisions: City of West Palm Beach City Commission Meeting, September 30, 2024 · Inside West Palm Beach

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  This is the City Center
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  Podcast from West Palm Beach.
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  I'm Jerry Marcello.
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  The following is a summary of approvals
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  and decisions made
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  during the City Commission
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  meeting on Monday, September 30, 2024.
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  Mayor Keith James proclaimed September 15
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  through October 15, 2024 as
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  National Hispanic Heritage
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  Month in the City of West Palm Beach.
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  In honor of the month, the Mayor and each
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  commissioner selected
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  and named one member
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  of the city as a 2024 Heritage Honoree
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  and presented each with a proclamation.
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  The 2024 Heritage Honorees accepting
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  proclamations included
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  Kelsey Burke, Will Davis, Mirtha
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  Shapiro, Virginia Savieto, Susie Diaz,
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  and Pastor Christian Ramos.
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  The Commission approved an ordinance
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  after a second public
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  hearing amending the Code
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  of Ordinances at Chapter 94, Article 13,
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  called Signed Regulations,
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  to designate a wayfinding,
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  signage, or kiosks as
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  an unregulated sign.
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  Also approved were resolutions
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  authorizing the assessment of
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  city liens in the total amount
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  of $113,118.62 for unpaid water service,
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  sewer service, and
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  stormwater service charges
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  for the month of June, 2024.
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  A resolution approving a conditional
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  settlement agreement
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  totaling $145,000 in the matter
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  of Jonathan Hatcher versus
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  the City of West Palm Beach.
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  A resolution approving a conditional
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  settlement agreement
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  totaling $40,000 in the matter
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  of Mark Schwartz versus
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  the City of West Palm Beach.
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  Also approved was an ordinance after a
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  second public hearing
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  amending Chapter 54 to repeal
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  aggressive solicitation regulations and
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  to amend public camping
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  and sleeping regulations
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  to be consistent with the case law on
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  2024 amendments to
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  Section 125 Florida statutes.
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  The Commission approved an ordinance
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  after first public hearing
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  regarding a text amendment
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  at Chapter 94 of the Code of Ordinances,
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  Articles 7, Section
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  94-209, to increase the maximum
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  allowable height encroachment for
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  mechanical rooms and
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  equipment in the Curry Mixed Use
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  District.
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  Also approved was a resolution after
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  public hearing regarding
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  the approval of a minor
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  subdivision to create the 575 South
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  Rosemary Apartments Platte
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  consisting of one development
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  track of approximately 1.8 acres located
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  at 575 South Rosemary Avenue.
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  Approved resolution after public hearing
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  to abandon the 15-foot
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  wide alley east of North
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  Dixie Highway and 125 feet south of Pine
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  Street on behalf of the West
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  Palm Beach Pine Acquisition.
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  Approved resolution after a public
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  hearing for a Class A
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  special use permit to construct
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  a 205-foot long
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  residential dock at 5210 Essex Court.
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  The Commission approved a resolution
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  approving the City of West
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  Palm Beach Title VI program
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  to be submitted to the Florida Department
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  of Transportation,
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  Federal Highway Administration,
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  and Federal Transit Administration.
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  Also approved was a resolution plan
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  establishing the City's
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  salary plan for fiscal year of
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  2024-2025.
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  Approved resolution relating to the
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  ratification of successor collective
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  bargaining agreements
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  between the City of West Palm Beach and
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  the West Palm Beach
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  Association of Firefighters
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  Local 727 Certificate Numbers 235 and
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  1619 for the period of
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  October 1, 2024 to September
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  30, 2027.
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  Also approved was a resolution accepting
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  and appropriating funds
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  in the amount of $3,771
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  from the Early Learning Coalition of Palm
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  Beach County funded by the
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  ARPA Provider Stabilization
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  Sub-Grant to support the City Out of
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  School Program and
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  operations at Pleasant City Community
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  Center and South Olive
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  Park Community Center.
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  The Commission also approved resolution
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  amending the Water and
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  Sewage System Revenue Fund Budget
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  to recognize a formula voucher from the
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  United States Department of
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  Energy 2021 Energy Efficiency
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  and Conservation Block Grant to provide
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  appropriations for the City of West Palm
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  Beach Fleet Electric
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  Vehicle Charging Stations Project.
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  For the complete list of approvals and
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  decisions made at the
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  Monday, September 30, 2024 City
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  Commission Meeting, visit
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  the City website at wpb.org.
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  This is the City Center
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  Podcast from West Palm Beach.
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  I'm Jerry Marcello.
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  We'll see you soon.