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Commissioner’s Update
A Year In Review the City of Palm Beach Gardens, the Health Care District Construction on Segment III of the North County
and the Department of Health to open a vaccination site Comprehensive Shore Protection Project is now complete,
By Commissioner at the Burns Road Community Center. addressing critical beach erosion along Juno Beach and
Maria Marino Community Services disbursed $32 million in rental the south end of Jupiter. Construction on Segment I, which
Reflecting on my first and utility assistance from the treasury’s Emergency extends from just south of the Jupiter Inlet to the southern
year as your District 1 Rental Assistance Program to more than 5,200 households boundary of Carlin Park, is underway. This project will
Commissioner, the time who experienced financial hardship due to COVID. The fully restore the dune and beach, provide storm protection,
has passed at a dizzying Department of Housing and Economic Development assisted recreational opportunities, and sea turtle nesting habitat.
speed. Through each 5,182 businesses affected by COVID through $78.5 million Construction commenced on the C-51 reservoir located
issue we have considered in grants to help them survive. on Southern Boulevard near 20-mile bend. This storm
together, I feel a great sense Additionally, the county allocated $19.5 million for water storage facility, which is a phased project, will
of gratitude for having the mortgage assistance and emergency home repairs, helping help with water flows during the dry season, enhance
honor to serve you. Your approximately 2,230 households. flood protection and water quality, help combat saltwater
input, participation and The county’s building division processed over intrusion, and assist in the restoration of the Loxahatchee
ideas continuously influence the policies the commission 82,000 permits by Sept. 30, 2021, calculated at almost River and the Lake Worth Lagoon.
approves and the projects undertaken to maintain a high $2.5 billion in permitted value, while conducting 1,000 The commission passed amendments to the Floating
quality of life in Palm Beach County. inspections per day. Current trends will put total permits Structures Ordinance to prohibit the improper anchoring or
Our unwelcome visitor – COVID – has created health issued easily over 90,000 in fiscal year 2022. mooring of floating structures in waters of the county. When
and economic hardships for many individuals, families In conjunction with the League of Cities, the building division people improperly anchor or abandon floating structures, this
and businesses. Despite staff shortages related to the virus, has initiated development and implementation of a program to can create navigational hazards, result in the discharge of
your county government has kept working to provide the evaluate the safety of certain building types in the wake of the harmful releases into the waterways, and negatively affect
services you need, and beyond. collapse of Champlain Towers in Miami-Dade County. nearby residences. Enforcement of the ordinance will apply
We addressed the call for greater access to vaccines We developed a balanced budget for fiscal year 2022, setting to cities and unincorporated areas of the county.
Numerous roadway improvements, traffic-control
in the North County area by forging a partnership with the millage rate at 4.7815 mils for the 11th straight year. device installations, and sidewalk and bike path projects
Northern Notes are in process in District 1, which will enhance driver and
pedestrian safety.
Recently, the commission approved on the first of
Snowbirds migratory birds two public readings, an amendment to the Unified Land
of the feathered Development Code that would allow a hotel or motel as
By Katie Roundtree, species that visit a conditional use within a commercial pod of a planned
Director of Finance and or pass through unit development. Some golf clubs have suffered financial
Administration, Northern south Florida decline, and this use would allow a club owner to maintain
Palm Beach County du ri ng t he the overall golf operations rather than sell off portions of the
Improvement District cooler months. golf course for redevelopment of housing.
Snowbirds (an affectionate Annually Perhaps most rewarding for me in this role is the
name for a subspecies of many bird opportunity to meet constituents and neighborhood groups
Homo sapiens) flock to species migrate to learn about the issues that are important to you. Even if I
Florida each winter from as their food supply disappears, water sources freeze, shelter do not immediately have the answer to your problem, I, and
all around the world; many options lessen, and daylight hours reduce. Migration cannot my staff are dedicated to investigating and working with
can be spotted enjoying begin, however, until the young birds have fledged in their county departments to develop solutions.
Florida’s great outdoors as Please contact me at (561) 355-2201 or by email at
well as shops and restaurants in the area. However, there are true Northern Notes on page 8 mmarino@pbcgov.org, and let me know how I can assist you.
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