Page 20 - Boca ViewPointe - November '19

Page 20, Viewpointe November 2019

From The Desk Of from page 19 Sidewalks – approved the Fiscal Year 2020 sidewalk Assessments section of the Municipal Service Taxing Unit
program. This will allow construction of several proposed (MSTU) Special Assessment Ordinance. The amendment
The county has many legislative priorities that require projects that have been compiled in response to requests allows for assessing payments beyond the original 20-
a partnership with our federal legislative delegation. The from the Palm Beach County School District, the Palm year term.
48-hour period was spent on Capitol Hill meeting with Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the Board of County Airport noise - In an effort to address community
U.S. Senators Rubio and Scott and members of the Palm Commissioners, and residents of Palm Beach County. The concerns with the noise impacts of aircraft overflights,
Beach County Congressional delegation including Ted proposed projects include 14 new construction projects particularly helicopters, the board approved a budget
Deutch, Alcee Hastings, Brian Mast and Lois Frankel. and 11 major maintenance projects. amendment of $709,056 in the Airport’s Improvement
The County has a long list of issues we have asked Artificial reef – approved an agreement transferring and Development Fund and approved a contract with
our representatives to address including, of course, Lake funds to reimburse the county for the placement of 645 Harris Miller Miller & Hanson, Inc. for the preparation
Okeechobee and the Water Resources Development Act; tons of limestone boulders at the Palm Beach Mid-Depth of a Noise Compatibility Study at Palm Beach County
funding for infrastructure (including highways and the Artificial Reef Site. The dollars were transferred from the Park Airport in Lantana.
public transportation system); and veteran’s services, to Saltwater Vessel Registration Fee Trust Fund. Bond refinance – adopted a resolution to refinance
name just a few. Water Utilities – adopted an amendment to the Liens certain Public Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds
of Assessment section of the Potable Water, Wastewater, and Taxable Public Improvement Revenue Bonds after
Nonprofit Spotlight: KidSafe and Reclaimed Water Special Assessment Ordinance. the determination that these bonds can be refunded

Foundation The amendment allows for assessing payments beyond for savings. Based on current market conditions, the
the original 20-year term.
estimated savings on the Public Improvement Revenue
MSTU – adopted an amendment to the Priority Refunding Bonds is 10.27% and the estimated savings
KidSafe is a non-profit located in Boca Raton and of Lien, Interest, and Method of Payment of Special on the Taxable Public Improvement Bonds is 13.73%. 
their mission is to teach personal safety to children and
their grown-ups to build strong, resilient families and
safer communities. Their vision provides that all children Move Over LAW (FS 316.126)
and their families live in a society where children are
protected from child sexual abuse and trauma.
KidSafe has been educating children, families and By Elyse Weintraub move over so that the emergency vehicle can pass.
child-serving professionals since 2009. Since then, they Brown, Community Are you unsure about what you are supposed to
have taught over 60,000 children that they have the right Education Specialist, do when you are driving on a roadway with multiple
to be safe and provided assistance to over 35,000 adults Palm Beach County Fire lanes, and you see a fire truck or rescue truck working
as they are the first line of defense for children. Rescue an emergency ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD? The
Some of their programs include an 8 week curriculum (561) 616-7051 or Answer is….When it is safe to do, merge away from a
designed for children in grades Pre-K4 through second ewbrown@pbcgov.org vehicle working on the side of the roadway to provide
grade, parent and educator training. For more information, an empty travel lane for the emergency worker. If you
please visit their website or call 855-844-SAFE. This message is are not able to safely move over, you must slow down
brought to you by your to a speed of 20 MPH below the posted speed limit
BCC Briefs friendly Firefighters unless directed otherwise by a law enforcement officer.
from Palm Beach County On a two-lane roadway…Where there is NO lane of
Jerome Golden Center – received an update from Fire Rescue…. travel in the same direction to merge over to, you are
Ann Berner, Chief Executive of the Southeast Behavioral Every day firefighters and other emergency REQUIRED to slow down to a speed that is 20 miles
Network, and partners, on the status of the closing of responders drive to emergencies. What’s more, per hour less than the posted speed limit. If the speed
Jerome Golden Center for Behavioral Health. The Jerome oftentimes the emergency they are driving to is actually limit is 20 miles per hour or less, you must slow down
Golden Center was abruptly closed leaving other agencies in the roadway. Although they are helping others and to five miles per hour.
to care for its many patients. County staff was directed to rendering aid, they are also at risk of being injured In the State of Florida, drivers must also move
meet with the Health Care District of Palm Beach County and killed on our roadways by motorists. Help protect over for sanitation vehicles and utility service vehicles
and others in an effort to ensure the continued care of them…because if they can’t help you in your time of performing tasks related to their services, and wreckers
residents receiving treatment from the now closed center. need…who will? displaying amber rotating or flashing lights performing
Beach park – directed staff to execute a letter Learn the Move Over LAW (FS 316.126) a recovery or loading on the roadside.
requesting a 5-year extension for development of the Cam Are you unsure about what you are supposed to do Violating the Move Over Law
D, Milani Park in Highland Beach. Staff was directed to when you are driving on a local roadway, and you can result in a fine and points
come back to the board with a plan to include the park in see DRIVING BEHIND YOU a fire truck or other on your license; and worse,
the 5-year Capital Improvements Plan and the inclusion’s emergency vehicle with lights flashing and sirens because it puts rescuers,
effect on other projects countywide. wailing on the way to an emergency? The Answer is … civilians, and other
Convention Center hotel – directed staff to continue you must yield the right of way. When it is safe to do motorists at risk of serious
with a planned study on the number of hotel rooms so, move over as close as reasonable to the closest edge injury and even death. For
required to support the existing Convention Center of the curb of the roadway, clear of any intersection everyone’s safety, share the
and future expansion, parking spaces required for the and then stop. When this happens on highways and Move Over Law with others.
Convention Center, existing hotel and additional rooms interstates, rather than stop, slow down and then safely Help us…help You! 
to be constructed, and the level of financial assistance
required to support development of additional hotel rooms
and other related items. The board plans to discuss the topic
at a workshop after the study is completed.
PREM – adopted an ordinance repealing and replacing the
Real Property Acquisition, Disposition and Leasing Ordinance,
commonly known as PREM, to allow for workforce housing
units under the guidelines of the Workforce Housing Program
to be sold directly to qualified buyers without a competitive
process, without an additional appraisal beyond that obtained
by the county in connection with acquiring the unit, and
without review by the Property Review Committee (PRC).
Acquisitions involving eminent domain and/or inverse
condemnation will be exempt from PRC review.
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