City Of West Palm Beach Recent Policy Actions Announced

West Palm Beach FL

26 January, 2021

5:46 PM

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From City of West Palm Beach: January 26, 2021 Below is a summary of some of the approvals and decisions made by the City Commission at a meeting on Monday, January 25, 2021. To watch meetings live or to watch recorded meetings on-demand, please visit the City's YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/user/WestPalmTV. Approved accepting grant funding in the amount of $2,500 from Florida Humanities Council, Inc. to present "Southern Foodways" programming at the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach during Fiscal Year 2020/2021 and a grant agreement between the City and Florida Humanities Council, Inc. for the programming. Approved an agreement with Skip Jackson Tennis, Inc., for the use, operation, and management of the South Olive Park Tennis Center. In November 2013, the City of West Palm Beach solicited proposals from qualified contractors to serve as Tennis Professionals for the City's tennis programs at South Olive, Howard, and Gaines Parks. Mr. Jackson was selected but his contract has expired. With the current pandemic and with the new South Olive Tennis Center building under construction, staff would like to enter into a new short-term contract with Mr. Jackson for continuity of services. Approved a Landscape Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement (MMOA) with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for State Road 704 (Okeechobee Boulevard) for upgraded pedestrian facilities at the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and South Rosemary Avenue adjacent to Rosemary Square; and approved a Right-of-Way Maintenance Agreement with CityPlace Retail, LLC. As part of the rebranding to Rosemary Square, CityPlace Retail, LLC, upgraded the pedestrian facilities at the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and South Rosemary Avenue adjacent to Rosemary Square. FDOT has jurisdiction over Okeechobee Boulevard, so they require that the City assume maintenance responsibility for the upgrades that are installed within the right-of-way. The City agrees to execute such maintenance agreements with FDOT provided the developer executes a Right of Way Maintenance agreement with the City to assume all of the City's maintenance obligations. Approved and authorized the sale of City-owned property located at 3506 Westview Avenue to Upchurch Capital, LLC for $135,500. On October 19, 2020, via Resolution No. 259-20, the City Commission approved the surplus and disposition of property located 3506 Westview Avenue under the City's Housing Assistance Incentives Program. The City received 17 offers to purchase City-owned property located at 3506 Westview Avenue ranging from $55,000 to 135,500. The City accepted the offer in the amount of $135,500 from Upchurch Capital, LLC. The proceeds of the sale will be deposited into the City's Housing Trust Fund for the development or preservation of affordable or workforce housing. As a condition of the sale, the City will require that the purchaser meet certain conditions. For a complete list of the approvals and decisions made at the January 25, 2021 City Commission Meeting, please click here to view the pass/fail agenda. This press release was produced by the City of West Palm Beach. The views expressed are the author's own.