Mayor, City Commission Approvals and Decisions for Oct. 27, 2025

Published on October 28, 2025

West Palm Beach Mayor and City Commission Meeting Approvals and Decisions

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (October 28, 2025) – Below is a summary of the approvals and decisions made by the City Commission meeting on Monday, October 27, 2025.

MAYOR’S OFFICE – Mayor Keith A. James presented a tribute to renown artist Bruce Gendelman, chairman of the board at the Norton Museum of Art, for his extraordinary contributions and legacy of service, leadership, and dedication to the arts, the cultural community, and the people of West Palm Beach.

Bruce Gendelman, chairman of the board at the Norton Museum of Art, accepts a tribute from Mayor Keith A. James

MAYOR’S OFFICE -- Approved a resolution granting a license to Edward Riley Bradley's, Inc for the use of the property at 155 S. Flagler Drive; approved a resolution approving a donation to the Palm Beach Lakes High School Ram Regiment Band in the amount of $45,000 for participation in the 2026 London New Year’s Day Parade.

CITY ATTORNEY – Approved a resolution authorizing the assessment of City liens in the total amount of $15,662.47 for unpaid water service, sewer service, and storm water service charges for the month of June 2025.

COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY – Approved a resolution accepting the conveyance of property located at 204 and 206 N. Sapodilla Avenue from the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency for the purposes of redevelopment

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES – Approved an ordinance after a second public hearing and companion resolution regarding the rezoning of approximately 3.011 acres located at 5400 North Flagler Drive from Multifamily High Density Residential (MF32) to Residential Planned Development (RPD), and approved the companion resolution regarding the establishment of the development regulations and conditions for the 5400 North Flagler Drive Residential Planned Development, and granting waivers of the Zoning and Land Development Regulations; approved a resolution after a public hearing for a Special Site Plan Review request by Tyler Woolsey of Urban Design Studio along with Spina O’Rourke & Partners, on behalf of the City of West Palm Beach and VDG Land Co. LLC, to allow for a multi-family residential development consisting of 155 residential units (which includes 79 workforce housing units) on the subject property located within the Multifamily High Density Residential (MF32) zoning district with a waiver request and variance requests from the City’s Zoning and Land Development Regulations.

Continued to the November 10, 2025, Mayor and City Commission meeting a resolution and public hearing for a Major Amendment to The Marina Commercial Marine Planned Development (CMPD) to modify The Marina Design Guidelines.

Continued to the November 10, 2025, Mayor and City Commission meeting a resolution and public hearing for a Level III Site Plan Review for the development of Permissible Building Areas (PBAs) #4, #8, #9 and #10 within The Marina CMPD, for the construction of 259 multifamily dwelling units, amenity guest suites; private/semi-private club, offices, crew amenities, retail and marina storage uses.

Denied a resolution after a public hearing regarding a special site plan review request to construct an eight (8) story multi-family development consisting of 167 residential units at 2900 Broadway, with waivers and variances from the City’s Zoning and Land Development Regulations.

Denied a resolution after a public hearing granting a right-of-way abandonment of a 25-foot wide (3,125 square foot) parcel, which consists of the south one half of 29th Street, which is contiguous and north of Lot 10 for a work-force housing development.

FIRE DEPARTMENT – Approved a pair of companion resolutions, the first accepting the award for the 2025-2026 Decontamination Equipment Grant in the amount of $19,635 for the purchase of a SCBA washer, and the companion resolution recognizing receipt of funds and providing appropriations for the purchase of Fire equipment; approved a resolution approving an agreement with American Healthcare Institute (AmHealth) to provide clinical experience with the West Palm Beach Fire Department for students in the AmHealth Emergency Medical Services/Fire program.

PARKS and RECREATION – Approved a resolution approving an agreement between the City of West Palm Beach and The Arc of Palm Beach County for $80,000 to provide core recreation programs for the special needs population and expertise with inclusion programming; approved a resolution authorizes the Mayor to execute a Sponsorship Agreement between the City of West Palm Beach and American Legion Post 164, for the Veterans' Day Parade on November 9, 2025, and authorizes the waiver of certain fees in the total estimated amount of $17,399.32.

POLICE DEPARTMENT – Approved a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Miscellaneous Trust Fund Budget to authorize appropriations of $160,985 from Federal Law Enforcement Forfeiture Receipts for Law Enforcement investigative expenses; approved an ordinance after first public hearing amending the Code of Ordinances at Chapter 78 to modify conditions for obtaining a special event permit, to add conditions for special event details, and to add authorities for police in situations involving unpermitted special events and special events exceeding the scope of the issued permit.

PUBLIC WORKS – Approved a resolution recognizing and appropriating sale of assets proceeds for the purchase of vehicles in Public Works and other departments in the amount of $145,475.

PUBLIC UTILITIES – Approved a pair of companion resolutions, the first accepting a Cooperative Funding grant from the South Florida Water Management District in the amount of $18,750 to fund a Community Water Conservation Program to support the waterefficient fixtures (High-Efficiency Toilet Program), and the companion resolution providing budget appropriations to support this action in the Water and Sewage Systems Revenue Fund.  

For the complete list of approvals and decisions made at the Monday, October 27, 2025, City Commission meeting, click here for the pass/fail agenda(PDF, 281KB) .