Mayor and City Commission Approvals and Decisions for Tuesday, Jan. 21
Published on January 22, 2025
West Palm Beach Mayor and City Commission Meeting Approvals and Decisions
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (Jan. 22, 2025) – Below is a summary of the approvals and decisions made at the Mayor and City Commission meeting on Tuesday, 21, 2025.
MAYOR’S OFFICE – Mayor Keith A. James presented awards to sponsors of the December African American Mayors Association 4th Quarterly Board of Trustees Meeting. The Mayor and City Commission approved a resolution honoring and thanking Florida Power & Light, Related Ross, the Frisbie Group and Holland & Knight.
In on the ceremony honoring sponsors of the African American Mayors Association event were, from left, William Shepherd, partner Holland & Knight,
David and Suzanne Frisbie, the Frisbie Group, Mayor Keith A. James, Jordan Rathlev, Related Ross, and Don Kiselewski, Florida Power & Light.
CITY ATTORNEY – Approved a resolution approving an amendment to the Conveyance and Development Agreement between the City of West Palm Beach and Vanderbilt Education Florida, LLC, to extend the acceptance date to April 20, 2025; Commissioner Joe Peduzzi recused himself from the vote; approved a resolution authorizing the assessment of City liens in the total amount of $111,705.50 for unpaid water service, sewer service, and stormwater charges for the month of September 2024; approved a resolution waiving a potential conflict of interest relating to Akerman 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 of the City in unrelated matters; approved a resolution approving an amendment to the Conveyance and Development Agreement between the City of West Palm Beach and Vanderbilt Education Florida, LLC, to extend the acceptance date to April 20, 2025.
Approved two ordinances after a second public hearing approving a Third Amendment to the "Consolidated and Amended Lease between the City of West Palm Beach and West Palm Beach Marina, Inc.," (with The Waterview Towers Condominium Association) to extend the expiration date from May 10, 2073 to May 9, 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 lease for the extended submerged marina premises. City Commissioner Joe Peduzzi was recused from voting on both of these ordinances.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES – Approved a resolution approving an Ad Valorem Tax Exemption, Completed Work Application for the property located at 213 Greymon Drive; approved an ordinance after a first public hearing on a City-initiated request for a text amendment to Chapter 94, the Zoning and Land Development Regulations, Article XVII, Affordable and workforce Housing, to increase the Broadway Mixed Use District (BMUD) incentives from three (3) to seven (7) floors, to provide clarification in cases where a property is requesting an up zoning that the 50 percent bonus units shall be taken from the original base zoning of the property, provide clarification of maximum Floor Area Ratio allowed and authorizing limited variance and waivers review for Live Local workforce housing developments by the City Commission; and approved a resolution approving the replat of approximately 2.38-acres (103,758 square feet) of real property generally located at 180 Lakeview Avenue and 809 South Flagler Drive, as is associated with the One Flagler office and First Church of Christ Scientist developments.
Continued to the February 18, 2025 Mayor and City Commission two first public hearings and ordinances to the February 18, City Commission meeting, the first a City-initiated request for a Zoning Map amendment to rezone certain properties from Broadway Mixed-Use District Building Type I and Broadway Mixed-Use District Building Type II to Broadway Mixed-Use District (BMUD); and as second public hearing and ordinance for a City-initiated request for a text amendment to the Zoning and Land Development Regulations, Chapter 94, Article I Section 94-4 to delete the current zoning categories and replace with the new Broadway Mixed-Use District (BMUD) category; Article VII, Section 94-209 to amend the Mixed- Use District regulations to add BMUD definitions and regulations; Section 94-219 (Broadway Mixed-Use District), to delete the current development standards and incorporate new regulations relating to height standards, setback standards, buffer requirements, permitted uses; Section 94-220 to delete current text for BMUD Building Type I, which is replaced with BMUD Expanded regulations, which unifies proposed development in the adjoining district on the west side of Broadway; and Section 94-221 to delete the BMUD Building Type II regulations; and a resolution regarding a Major Amendment to the West Palm Commerce Park Industrial Planned Development located on the west side of Haverhill Road, approximately one quarter (1/4) mile south of 45th Street, to allow church and accessory daycare uses on Lot 6.
Continued to the February 5, 2025, Mayor and City Commission meeting a public hearing on a resolution requested by Docks & More Construction Co. on behalf of Joe Marx for a Class A Special Use Permit (with a waiver) for a dock and boat lift to have a length greater than 100 feet located at the subject property 8002 Flagler Court.
FINANCE – Approved a resolution approving a Federally Funded Public Assistance Grant Agreement between the City and the State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management to accept a grant for reimbursement of eligible costs resulting from Hurricane Milton.
HOUSING and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – Approved 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.
PARKS and RECREATION – Approved a resolution approving a Special Event License Agreement with Annual Sportsman's Duck Dinner, LLC for the "Annual Sportsman's Duck Dinner" at Dreher 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; approved a resolution approving a Special Event License Agreement with Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association for the "Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association Party" at Howard Park on Saturday, February 1, 2025, and authorizing the issuance of a permit for the sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages at the event.
POLICE DEPARTMENT – Approved two resolutions 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 (2) bomb robots and one (1) X-ray machine; and a second resolution appropriating the U. S. Department of Justice – COPS Office – Technology and Equipment Program funds.
PUBLIC UTILITIES – Approved a resolution approving a Utility Work by Highway Contractor Agreement with the State of Florida Department of Transportation for City utility work in conjunction with State Road No. 5/US-1 Dixie Highway Milling & Resurfacing project (Belvedere Road to State Road No. 704/Okeechobee Boulevard).
For the complete list of approvals and decisions made at the Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Mayor and City Commission meeting, click here for the pass/fail agenda(PDF, 224KB) .