Approvals and Decisions: City Commission Meeting January 6, 2025

Here is a list of approvals and decisions made by the West Palm Beach, Florida City Commission during their  meeting on Monday, January 6, 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
Monday, January 6, 2025.
The following items were
approved during the meeting.

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Two companion resolutions were approved.
The first, approving an agreement for
updated disparity study with Griffin &
Strong, and the second, approving the use
of general fund contingency in the amount
of $60,198 to provide additional
appropriations to fund the
disparity analysis study.
A resolution to correct resolution number

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260-24 due to a Scrivener's error. The
new resolution impacted properties
located at 201 Montrox Road, 211 Edgewood
Drive, 318 Mon Road
Drive, and 432 Artmore Road.
A resolution approving a right-of-way
improvement and maintenance agreement
with KJWPB1 LLC for the maintenance of

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the landscape improvements within the
right-of-way adjacent to
the Tortoise-1 development.
A resolution amending the original North
Railroad Avenue streetscape design
concept approved by resolution 29-22,
specifically to include wayfinding,
parking, directional, and other Nora

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District signage within
the public right-of-way.
A resolution after a public hearing
approving a major planned development
amendment to the Prime Corner CPD to
amend the design guidelines and to allow
for the construction of a 2,415 square
foot Chipotle restaurant, and for the

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construction of a 5,399 square foot
Chick-fil-A restaurant with drive-through
and vehicular surface parking areas.
A resolution authorizing the
appropriation or transfer of funds in the
amount of $22,289,686 in the fiscal year
of 2024-2025 for the purpose of amending

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the grant capital project fund budget to
re-establish various
capital grant fund budgets.
Three companion
resolutions dealing with Curry Park.
The first approving a contribution
agreement with the West Palm Beach
Community Redevelopment Agency regarding
a funding contribution for the Curry Park
Redevelopment Project.
The second approving the appropriation or

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transfer of city funds in the fiscal year
2024-2025 for the purpose of amending the
capital acquisition fund budget to
provide additional appropriations for the
Curry Park Redevelopment Project.
And the third approving the construction
contract with West Construction for the
Curry Park Redevelopment Project.
Also approved were two companion

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resolutions, the first accepting a grant
from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety
Foundation in the amount of $18,014 to
purchase 16 MSA gas detectors
and related support equipment.
And the second recognizing receipt of
funds and providing appropriations for
the purchase of fire equipment.

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Another two companion resolutions were
approved, the first accepting a 2024-2025
Florida Firefighter Cancer
Decontamination Equipment Grant Award of
$14,896 from the Florida Department of
Financial Services for the purchase of
133 pairs of gloves.
And the second recognizing receipt of

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funds and providing the appropriation for
the purchase of fire equipment.
A resolution authorizing the mayor to
sign a grant agreement between the city
of West Palm Beach and Scuba Club WPB LLC
in the amount of $50,000 for improvements
to Osprey Park located at
5026 North Flagler Drive.

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Two companion resolutions, the first
authorizing the acceptance of
supplemental funding from the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement under the
drone replacement program, increasing the
total funding not to exceed $200,000.
And the second resolution to accept
funding and provide budget appropriation
in the amount of $200,000 to offset the
eligible amount of

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replacement costs for eight drones.
A resolution amending the fiscal year
2024-2025 miscellaneous trust fund budget
to authorize appropriations of $10,960
from the state law enforcement forfeiture
receipts for upgrading the dispatch
operations radio
channel recording system.

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Approved two resolutions, the first
accepting a grant from the Florida
Department of Transportation in the
amount of $15,000 for litter prevention
education through the Keep West Palm
Beach Beautiful Program, and the second
recognizing and appropriating the grant
funds in the grant
program special revenue fund.
For the complete list of approvals and

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decisions made at the Monday January 26,
2025 City Commission meeting, visit the
city website at wpb.org. This is Jerry
Marcello. We'll see you next time.