Approvals And Decisions | City Commission Meeting, January 21, 2025

Here is a listing of approvals and decisions made during the West Palm Beach City Commission meeting, held Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the City Center podcast. I'm
Jerry Marcello and
here's a list of approvals and
decisions made by the City Commission
during their meeting on
Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
Mayor Keith A. James presented awards to
sponsors of the December
African American Mayors Association

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Fourth Quarterly Board of Trustees
meeting. The mayor and City Commission
approved a resolution
honoring and thanking Florida Power and
Light, related Ross, the
Frisbee Group, and Holland
and Knight. The following items were
approved during the
meeting. A resolution approving
an amendment to the conveyance and
development agreement

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between the City of West Palm Beach
and Vanderbilt Education Florida, LLC, to
extend the acceptance
date to April 20, 2025.
A resolution authorizing the assessment
of city liens in the
total amount of $111,705.50
for unpaid water service, sewer service,

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and stormwater charges for
the month of September, 2024.
A resolution waiving a potential conflict
of interest relating to Ackerman LLP's
representation of the Diocese of
Southeast Florida, Inc.,
in connection with resolving
code enforcement issues involving the
Holy Spirit Episcopal
Church and its representation

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of the city in unrelated matters. Two
ordinances after a second
public hearing approving the Third
Amendment to the "consolidated and
amended at least" between
the City of West Palm Beach and
West Palm Beach Marina, Inc., to extend
the expiration date
from May 10, 2073 to May 9,

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2123, establishing rents for the extended
period and creating rent credits
applicable to the lease
and a second ordinance after a second
public hearing
approving a Fifth Amendment
of the lease for the extended submerged
marina premises. A
resolution approving an
ad valorem tax exemption completed work

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application for the
property located at 213
Graymon Drive. A resolution approving a
license agreement between
the City of West Palm Beach
and PNC Bank National Association for use
of a portion of
city-owned property located at 723
39th Street for a pop-up retail bank
branch facility. A

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resolution approving a special
event license agreement with an annual
sportsman's duck dinner LLC for the
annual sportsman duck
dinner at Drayer Park on Wednesday,
February 12, 2025 and authorizing the
issuance of a permit
for the sale, possession, and consumption
of alcoholic beverages
at the event. A resolution

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approving a special event license
agreement with Flamingo
Park Neighborhood Association
for the Flamingo Park Neighborhood
Association party at Howard Park on
Saturday, February 21,
2025 and authorizing the issuance of a
permit for the sale,
possession, and consumption of
alcoholic beverages at the event. Two
resolutions were approved

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accepting the grant award of
$600,000 from the U.S. Department of
Justice COPS Office Technology and
Equipment Program to be
used for the purchase of two bomb robots
and one x-ray machine
and the second resolution
appropriating the U.S. Department of
Justice COP COPS Office Technology and

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Equipment Program funds.
A resolution approving utility work by
highway contractor
agreement with the state of Florida
Department of Transportation for city
utility work in conjunction with state
road number five U.S.
one Dixie Highway milling and resurfacing
project that's between
Belvedere Road to state road number

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704 Okeechobee Boulevard. For more
details on these and other
actions taken during the Tuesday,
January 21, 2025 City Commission meeting
visit the city website at wpb.org.
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I'm Jerry Marcello, we'll see you soon.