Page 12 - Boca Club News - December '19

Page 12, Boca Club News

From the Desk of Commissioner from page 11 Transportation – approved FTA FY2019 Section 5307 and shelters. No county funds are required.
Section 5339 grant allocations for the continued operations of Opiate litigation – opted out as a class member of the
Commissioner Mack Bernard secretary. the Palm Tran system the following amounts: $5,912,630 to negotiation class in the case of “In re: National Prescription
Bond proposal – agreed to hold a workshop on a proposed replace buses and relief vehicles that have reached their useful Opiate Litigation,” case number MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio)
$150 million bond issue for environmental programs. life; $174,299 for the one-percent project security requirement; and “Palm Beach County v. Purdue Pharma, et al.,” case
Bond ratings – announced that Palm Beach County has $2,419,965 for facility improvements; $1.511 million for number: 1:18-op-46121-DAP (N.D. Ohio).
maintained AAA bond ratings from Moody’s, Fitch and Standard shop maintenance equipment; $500,000 for general planning Facilities – approved priority ranking of special projects
& Poor’s for its general obligation bonds and its revenue bonds consulting; $500,000 for South County Expansion furniture assigned to the Facilities Development and Operations
earned a AAA rating from S&P. Revenue bonds issued by the and $8.5 million for preventive maintenance; $50,000 for bus Department.
Water Utilities Department also earned AAA ratings.
with Gulfstream Goodwill Industries, Inc. for the period Council Corner: A Year in Review
Goodwill – approved a contract for provision of services

December 1st, 2019, through September 30th, 2022, in an
amount not to exceed $559,501. Of this amount, $164,559 is By Andrea Levine O’Rourke, - Rutherford/Lake Wyman Park site plan (hopefully 2020
budgeted for FY 2020 with an anticipated annual allocation Boca Raton City Council Member, completion).
of $197,471 in each subsequent fiscal year. This is contingent CRA Chairperson - Helped finance the Boca Raton Bowl, the Festival of
upon a budget appropriation by the board for housing services As we head toward the end of the Arts, the Boca Raton Golf Championship.
for homeless individuals with behavioral health needs in nine 2019, I thought it would be a perfect - Great community partnerships with PB County School
county-funded housing units. time to share some of the City’s District, FAU, Lynn University, Palm Beach State, FPL,
Mallards Landing – approved the issuance of Housing accomplishments and interesting Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, Boca Raton
Finance Authority multifamily housing revenue bonds to statistics of the year. Thanks to the Regional Hospital (Baptist), Boca Raton Airport.
finance the costs of acquiring, constructing, renovating and efforts of our hard-working city staff, - Created an Office of Sustainability.
equipping Mallards Landing, a 163-unit multifamily rental many of the visions and goals set by City Council were met. - Created an Office of Innovation.
housing facility located at 1598 Quail Drive in unincorporated Here is a snapshot of just some of your city’s specific - Supported the STEM STEAM programs through the
West Palm Beach. Units will be rented to qualified persons and accomplishments…and your tax dollars at work. public schools and libraries.
families whose household incomes do not exceed 60 percent - Five extensive sidewalk repair projects completed. - Oversee numerous youth sports programs.
of area median income. No county funds, its taxing power, - Six roadway resurfacing projects completed (nine Little Known Facts About Boca Raton:
faith or credit are involved. additional in the works). - Almost 2,000 employees.
Roads – approved on first reading and to advertise for public - Multi millions on the ISIP innovative sustainable - AAA Bond rating.
hearing on December 17th the required annual update of the infrastructure program. - 30 Sq. miles of land.
county’s Five Year Road Program. - Streamlined the over-the-counter permitting process - 46 parks.
Vehicles for hire – approved on first reading and to advertise and the Individual Development Approvals (IDA’s). - 500 miles of streets and lanes maintained.
for public hearing on December 17th an amendment to the -Added a downtown Parking Availability Program. - 88 miles of bike paths.
Palm Beach County Vehicles for Hire Ordinance expanding the - Rewrote the sign code. - 138 signalized intersections and 1,450 traffic lights.
regulatory framework by creating a special event reciprocity - Implementing Downtown way-finding signage, all new -1,048 vehicles maintained.
provision. The amendment is necessary to ensure adequate street lights and safety lit crosswalks. -1,300 miles of water/sewer lines.
processes are in place to accommodate anticipated regulatory - Since 2010 we recruited 43 new companies, created -Approx. 60,000 calls to 911 in 2018.
demands in the tri-county region during special events such 10,139 new jobs. -15,407 building permits issued.
as Super Bowl LIV in Miami. - Initiated Art in Public Places. -13,130 business tax receipts.
Brownfield – adopted a resolution designating the - Numerous beautification projects. I look forward to reporting all the great things we
property located at 22866-22508 SW 65th Avenue in - Ongoing “free” events at Mizner Park. accomplish in 2020.
unincorporated Boca Raton as a Brownfield area to be - Hillsboro El Rio Park underway (hopefully 2020 The Holidays Are Upon Us! It’s hard to believe that
known as the Residences at Boca Dunes Green Reuse Area completion). Christmas and Hanukkah are around the corner. Wishing you
for the purpose of rehabilitation, job creation and promoting - Wildflower Park site plan underway (hopefully 2020 all a wonderful season. Take a moment to visit some of the
economic development. No county funds are required for completion). great happenings going on in dowtownboca.org.
implementation. Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year.

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