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VOL. 31 NO. 11 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com NOVEMBER 2021
Commissioner’s Update
• Repair/replacement of sidewalk sections in the Roan
Public Input Improves Our county in excess of 2,300 square miles in area, county Lane neighborhood in unincorporated Lake Park
staff cannot possibly provide enough coverage to drive up
Community and down every street to note items needing correction. To • Bike lanes, funded under a transportation grant
complement our regular maintenance of facilities under program are in the planning stage for future installation
By County Commissioner our purview, your participation helps direct our crews along Prosperity Farms Road, between Northlake
Maria Marino and field representatives to locations needing immediate Boulevard and Donald Ross Road.
I f y o u h a v e e v e r attention. • Enhanced pedestrian crossings at 25 locations along
wondered whether your To give you an idea of how resident input matters, A1A/Ocean Drive in Jupiter and Juno Beach will include
voice matters, let me respond the following District 1 projects are progressing or in the pedestrian-activated flashing lights for safer crossing and
with an emphatic yes. Many process of completion, thanks to information received to better to alert drivers. Installation will commence in
of our public projects begin from the public: 2022.
through resident input. • Traffic counts taken at the urging of neighboring • Neighborhood organizations in Jupiter Farms and
Your phone calls, emails residents indicated the need to install a traffic signal at the Palm Beach Country Estates participated extensively in
and letters about issues intersection of Toney Penna Drive and Central Boulevard the process to develop Unified Land Development Code
you are experiencing in in Jupiter. amendments related to community residences for the
the community initiate • A traffic study performed on Beach Road in the area disabled.
research, and many times result in recommendations for of Coral Cove Park resulted in a recommendation to lower • The North County Neighborhood Coalition is working
improvements. the speed limit and install marked pedestrian crossings. closely with government and transportation officials on
As engaged members of the community, you serve as After further discussions I held with Parks and Engineering future improvements along the Beeline Highway and
the eyes and ears that help alert your county officials to staff, we agreed to move forward with additional parallel Northlake Boulevard corridors.
matters needing attention. Whether it is a traffic problem, parking improvements. Thank you for helping your county government
uncollected trash, missing street signs, or a blocked • The installation of a traffic signal at Northlake improve our quality of life, and as always, please contact
drainage culvert, we appreciate the assistance residents Boulevard and Ancient Tree Drive/Bay Hill Drive in the me if I can be of assistance to you by calling (561) 355-
provide in reporting these types of conditions. With a city of Palm Beach Gardens 2201, or by email to mmarino@pbcgov.org.
Northern Notes
Fall And Winter In Florida During the fall, particularly
in the month of October,
By Katie Roundtree, Finance it produces fluffy pink and
Director, Northern Palm purple flower stalks that can
Beach County Improvement reach up to 5 feet tall and
District give the plant a distinctive and
Many people come to attractive appearance. A large
Florida to enjoy its mild amount of them can be seen in
fall and winter but miss the the dry detention areas within
changing seasons and seasonal Abacoa. When in bloom, a
plant changes that the northern carpet of pink unfolds and
regions offer. Here in Florida, greets residents and visitors
we have our own kinds of with beautiful colors. Muhly
plants that bloom during the grass looks good in the garden
fall and winter that give our area a feeling of the cooler even after the flower stalks
seasons up north. During October and November, muhly fade, thanks to its slender,
grass blooms with beautiful pink, red or purple blooms, dark green foliage. (Source:
creating vistas of color in our landscaped areas, dry detention University of Florida IFAS) Florida pusley (Richardia scabra)
areas and road medians. During the drier winter months, Florida pusley (Richardia Photo by The Palm Beach Post, Kimberly Miller
pusley (also known as “Florida snow”) blooms with white scabra), on the other hand, is a native plant that is beloved by
or light purple flowers that blanket lawns and sides of roads some and hated by others. With funnel-shaped flowers of white, Northern Notes on page 2
creating the look of “snow.” pink or light purple, pusley,
Muhly grass is a native landscape plant that has found favor nicknamed Florida snow,
with landscapers for its ease of growth and large clusters of tall, can be a burden or beauty
grass-like appearance. Known scientifically as Muhlenbergia depending on perspective.
capillaris, this easy-to-grow ornamental grass produces clumps It’s drought tolerant and
that can reach 2 to 3 feet tall and up to 3 feet wide when mature. attracts butterflies, but turf