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From The Desk Of from page 20 Amelia Gardens, LLC, (borrower) that restructures grant funds that require no local match.
$598,448 in State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) SHIP – approved the allocation of $575,000 of
Glades workforce housing – agreed to draft a letter in funds owed in connection with a previous loan agreement program income from the State Housing Initiatives
support of a proposal by the city of Belle Glade to use the made in May 6, 2003, for the construction of 22 affordable Partnership (SHIP) program to be offered as the required
former Gove Elementary School property in Belle Glade rental housing units located on SW 14th Street in Belle local government contribution for the following FY 2019-
for a workforce housing project. Glade. The loan agreement includes forgiveness of 2020 affordable housing strategies: purchase assistance
Amelia Gardens – approved a loan agreement with $109,050 in deferred and accrued interest. These are SHIP $500,000; owner occupied housing rehabilitation $500,000;
emergency repairs $151,022; foreclosure prevention
$45,000; project delivery $149,400; administrative costs
$149,400. SHIP program income requires no local match.
Move Over LAW (FS 316.126) .1263-acre residential property with a single-family home to
Property conveyance – approved the conveyance of a

the Riviera Beach Community Development Corporation,
By Elyse Weintraub stop, slow down and then safely move over so that the Inc. (RBCDC). The property located at 928 W. 7th Street
Brown, Community emergency vehicle can pass. in Riviera Beach reverted to the county in 2017 and has
Education Specialist, Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do when an appraised value of $56,000. The home will be sold to
Palm Beach County Fire you are driving on a roadway with multiple lanes, and you a family earning no more than 80 percent of area median
Rescue see a fire truck or rescue truck working an emergency ON income at an anticipated sales price not to exceed $245,000.
(561) 616-7051 or THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? The Answer is….When it Fire hydrants – adopted a resolution establishing the
ewbrown@pbcgov.org is safe to do, merge away from a vehicle working on the rate for the non-ad valorem special assessment levied
side of the roadway to provide an empty travel lane for against parcels within the Palm Beach County Municipal
This message is the emergency worker. If you are not able to safely move Service Benefit Unit in Riviera Beach for fire hydrant
brought to you by your over, you must slow down to a speed of 20 MPH below maintenance and rental for FY-2020. There are now 782
friendly Firefighters from the posted speed limit unless directed otherwise by a law parcels within the MSBU-Riviera Beach subject to the
Palm Beach County Fire enforcement officer. current non-ad valorem assessment rate of $52.86 per
Rescue…. On a two-lane roadway…Where there is NO lane of parcel.
Every day firefighters and other emergency responders travel in the same direction to merge over to, you are Right of way permitting – repealed and replaced two
drive to emergencies. What’s more, oftentimes the REQUIRED to slow down to a speed that is 20 miles per ordinances pertaining to the permitting and use of county-
emergency they are driving to is actually in the roadway. hour less than the posted speed limit. If the speed limit maintained rights of way. The ROW Permitting Ordinance
Although they are helping others and rendering aid, they is 20 miles per hour or less, you must slow down to five was updated to address multiple revised practices over the
are also at risk of being injured and killed on our roadways miles per hour. past 11 years, as well as new state laws for communications
by motorists. Help protect them…because if they can’t In the State of Florida, drivers must also move over for companies. The requirement to register with the county
help you in your time of need…who will? sanitation vehicles and utility service vehicles performing prior to applying for approval to install facilities was
Learn the Move Over LAW (FS 316.126) tasks related to their services, and wreckers displaying expanded to all types of communication companies and
Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do amber rotating or flashing lights performing a recovery incorporates changes pursuant to the Advanced Wireless
when you are driving on a local roadway, and you see or loading on the roadside. Infrastructure Deployment Act, which relates to 5G wireless
DRIVING BEHIND YOU a fire truck or other emergency Violating the Move Over Law can result technology deployment.
vehicle with lights flashing and sirens wailing on the in a fine and points on your license; Human trafficking – received an update on expansion
way to an emergency? The Answer is …you must yield and worse, because it puts rescuers, of training to county staff and community partners in an
the right of way. When it is safe to do so, move over as civilians, and other motorists at risk effort to combat human trafficking.
close as reasonable to the closest edge of the curb of the of serious injury and even death. For Racial equity – directed staff to look into mandatory
roadway, clear of any intersection and then stop. When everyone’s safety, share the Move Over racial equity training for managers, supervisors, department
this happens on highways and interstates, rather than Law with others. Help us…help You!  heads, administrators and employees who work in direct
contact with the public. 