Mayor, City Commission, CRA Approvals and Decisions for March 3, 2025
Published on March 04, 2025
West Palm Beach City Commission Meeting and Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Meeting Approvals and Decisions
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (March 4, 2025) – Below is a summary of the approvals and decisions made by the City Commission meeting on Monday, March 3, 2025.
CITY ATTORNEY – Approved a resolution approving a Conditional Settlement Agreement totaling $110,000 in the matter of Sasha Skinner vs. The City of West Palm Beach, Kenneth V. Farino and Kim S. Farino; approved a resolution authorizing the assessment of City liens in the total amount of $10,270.08 for unpaid water service, sewer service, and storm water service for the month of October 2024; approved a resolution authorizing the assessment of City liens in the total amount of $25,024.57 for unpaid water service, sewer service, and stormwater service for the month of November 2024; approved a resolution approves a Conditional Settlement Agreement totaling $90,000 in the matter of Janine Testa for Anthony Testa, Employee/Deceased; approved a resolution approves a Conditional Settlement Agreement totaling $90,000 in the matter of Jaimee Williams for Robert Williams, Employee/Deceased.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES – Approved an ordinance after a second public hearing for a city-initiated text amendment to the Zoning and Land Development Regulations (ZLDRs) at Section 94-11, Applications, to amend required documentation for proof of ownership and Section 94-611, Definitions, to clarify the definition for building height, fence/wall height measurement, and dwelling unit; approved a resolution after a public hearing on a request submitted by Robert Crane, of Jones Foster, on behalf of Jamco, Inc., for the abandonment of an approximately 0.08-acre (3,485 square feet) portion of a platted right-ofway generally located at the intersection of Wilkins Avenue and Whitney Street in the amount of $188,000.
PARKING ADMINISTRATION – Approved a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 General Fund budget to recognize a parking meter donation in the amount of $6,777.25 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 20, 2025, and appropriating the funds for a donation to the Martin Luther King Jr. Caregivers.
PARKS and RECREATION – Approved a resolution accepting and appropriating funds in the amount of $5,500 from Prime Time of Palm Beach County funded by the Children Services Council in recognition of the after-school programs at Gaines Park, Vedado Park, Pleasant City and South Olive Park completing the Quality Improvement System (QIS) core quality practices.
POLICE DEPARTMENT – Approved a pair of companion resolutions authorizing the acceptance of an award from the Florida Department of Transportation for a grant in the amount of $111,000 to fund the Police Department's Occupant Protection Program (seatbelts and child restraint device usage), and the second providing for the receipt and appropriation of $111,000 in grant funding in FY 2024/2025; approved two companion resolutions, the first accepting an award from the Florida Department of Transportation for a grant in the amount of $123,000 to fund a Speeding and Aggressive Driving Enforcement Campaign, and the second providing for the receipt and appropriation of $123,000 in grant funding in FY 2024/2025; approved two companion resolutions, the first accepting a donation from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office of a 2021 GMC Yukon Denali for use by the West Palm Beach Police Department for Law Enforcement activities, and the companion resolution appropriating the receipt of a 2021 GMC Yukon Denali.
PUBLIC UTILITIES – Approved two companion resolutions, the first accepting a Cooperative Funding grant from the South Florida Water Management District in the amount of $31,250 to be used to fund a Community Water Conservation Program related to water-efficient fixtures (High-Efficiency Toilet Program); and the second providing budget appropriations in the Water and Sewage Systems Revenue Fund; approved a resolution amending the Grassy Waters Conservancy, Inc. Agreement to allow increased funding by the Conservancy's for the publication and printing of the children's book, “Sam the Snail Kite;”
For the complete list of approvals and decisions made at the Monday, March 3, 2025, City Commission meeting, click here for the pass/fail agenda(PDF, 253KB) .
Below is a complete list of approvals and decisions made at the Monday, March 3, 2025, Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) meeting.
Approved a resolution authorizing the commencement of negotiations with Vegan Fine Foods for the terms of conveyance of 719 N. Sapodilla Avenue in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Approved a resolution approving the purchase of 914 Fern Street for $5,500,000 to extend Fern Street to Clearwater Place.
For the complete list of approvals and decisions made at the Monday, March 3, 2025, CRA meeting,
click here for the pass/fail agenda.(PDF, 133KB)