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Page 2, PGA C.A.N.! October 2020 October 2020

Commissioner’s Update from page 1

Fullerton Island, on the Intracoastal Waterway just south A major goal of mine as your District 1 Commissioner has along 73.4 miles of track connecting Miami-Dade, Broward
of the Loxahatchee River and completed in 2015, created been to support economic development and provide new jobs in and Palm Beach counties, this is a vital public transportation
mangrove and seagrass habitat, and preserved over five diverse industries for our residents. It was exciting to work with option with an average weekday ridership of 15,000.
acres of mangroves. Its amenities include boat docks and state and local partners to land the new headquarters for United The TPA, tasked with forecasting needs and planning
kayak access, and a picnicking area. Technologies Corporation’s Center for Intelligent Buildings, transportation projects to major roads funded by state
Another jewel of North County is Riverbend/ now the home of Carrier Corporation, on a site along Donald and federal dollars, prioritizes improvements needed
Loxahatchee Battlefield Park. Riverbend has received Ross Road within the high technology overlay across from to enhance safety and create additional road capacity,
facility enhancements and an exciting plan on the drawing Scripps Research Institute and Max Planck facilities. United as well as recommends and funds projects that offer
board is an interpretive center for the site of the Loxahatchee Technologies’ presence in the county has spanned over 50 transportation alternatives. As an avid cyclist, I have
River Battlefield. years and since 2012 they have undertaken large expansions supported improvements related to nonmotorized means
The Gardens/North County District Park came to fruition in engine testing and aviation manufacturing operations. of travel, focusing on pathways for walking and bicycling.
through a partnership of the county with the City of Palm Together, these projects account for the addition of more than An upcoming project approved through the TPA will install
Beach Gardens. The two governments developed a master 750 new jobs. flashers at pedestrian crosswalks along A1A at the beach,
plan and the city built the park on county land. The park offers We have continued to recruit biotech companies to our which is a heavily used recreation corridor in Juno Beach
much-needed multiuse fields to the area, along with walking county, including plans for Beacon Pharmaceuticals to and Jupiter.
trails, playgrounds, and a water play area. Phase two of the house operations within Jupiter’s biotech overlay at the I-95/ While the county strives to provide a high level of service
district park will include an indoor sports complex. Turnpike interchanges on Indiantown Road. Meanwhile, to the public, a key consideration is a balanced budget.
We celebrated the completion of renovations at the exciting developments continue at the Palm Beach Park of I am gratified to report that throughout my tenure on the
DuBois Pioneer Home Museum in DuBois Park, which Commerce on the Beeline Highway north of PGA Boulevard. commission, and for the past ten years, we have held our
is located on top of one of the best-studied ancient Native After locating to the park two years ago, Niagara Bottling has millage rate steady at 4.7815 mils, despite the increasing
American sites in Florida, with artifacts located dating back expanded its manufacturing and distribution facility with an costs to provide services. With a professional background in
at least 6,000 years. additional $38 million investment. investment banking and finance, I have enjoyed serving as
In August of this year, Amazon announced plans to launch chair for the county’s Investment Policy Committee, which
a new one million-square-foot state-of-the-art fulfillment center works with our Clerk and Comptroller to help guide the wise
Editorial Board at the Park of Commerce, which will create hundreds of full- investment of county funds, which is also key to maintaining
time jobs. The county worked with the Business Development
our AAA bond rating by the country’s major rating agencies.

Serving as your county commissioner has allowed me to
Board to expedite permitting and I am thrilled that we were
able to attract this major company to enhance our growing work with our legislative delegation to support appropriations
Editor: James A. Cioffi logistics industry. for county interests as well as quell proposed legislation
james@jcclaw.com Economic development requires efficient transportation that could thwart our home rule, or that could create
Feature Writers: Dawn Levinstein, POA options, and it has been my honor to serve as chair of the unfunded mandates. I have enjoyed keeping an open line of
Commissioner Hal R. Valeche South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which runs communication with our municipal partners in District 1, and
O’Neal Bardin Jr. Tri-Rail, as well as past chair and current member of the helping to support citizen initiatives such as recognition of

Contributing Transportation Planning Agency (TPA), f/k/a the Metropolitan our local Gold Star families and their loved ones who gave
Reporter: Don Kiselewski Planning Organization. Throughout the pandemic, Tri-Rail the ultimate sacrifice.
has offered a reduced schedule with an emphasis on rush Thank you for allowing me the privilege of working with
Your editors strongly believe that the number hour trains, with a total cessation of fares in order to help our you for the betterment of our community. I wish you good
of people who do become involved with any essential workers commute to and from jobs. With 18 stations health and prosperity.
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viewpoints contained in this paper are welcome. approved drainage designs, some water is meant to be temporarily stored in public recreational
Articles do not necessarily represent the viewpoint areas, yard swale and streets. The excess surface water slowly drains to community lakes or on-site
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