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Commissioner’s Update Children’s Foundation from page 10

A Year In Review collapse of Champlain Towers in Miami-Dade County. About The Children’s Foundation Of Palm Beach County
We developed a balanced budget for fiscal year 2022, setting The Children’s Foundation of Palm Beach County was
By Commissioner the millage rate at 4.7815 mils for the 11th straight year. initiated in 2010 as a not for profit 501(c)(3) charitable
Maria Marino Construction on Segment III of the North County organization, whose mission is to identify and fund projects in
Reflecting on my first Comprehensive Shore Protection Project is now complete, the Boca Raton and Palm Beach County areas to aid at-risk
year as your District 1 addressing critical beach erosion along Juno Beach and the south children and their families in need.
Commissioner, the time has end of Jupiter. Construction on Segment I, which extends from Since its inception, the foundation has raised more than
passed at a dizzying speed. just south of the Jupiter Inlet to the southern boundary of Carlin $14 million dollars to fund specific programs of more than
Through each issue we have Park, is underway. This project will fully restore the dune and 30 local charitable organizations. All of these monies have
considered together, I feel a beach, provide storm protection, recreational opportunities, and gone to projects and not into general funds. The foundation
great sense of gratitude for sea turtle nesting habitat. has fed, clothed, provided medical and dental services, kept
having the honor to serve you. Construction commenced on the C-51 reservoir located on abuse shelters open, sent at-risk children to summer camp
Your input, participation and Southern Boulevard near 20-mile bend. This storm water storage and much more.
ideas continuously influence facility, which is a phased project, will help with water flows Each year, Children’s Foundation of Palm Beach County
the policies the commission approves and the projects undertaken during the dry season, enhance flood protection and water quality, serves more than 9,000 children and its volunteers give 45,000
to maintain a high quality of life in Palm Beach County. help combat saltwater intrusion, and assist in the restoration of hours of their time each year to the more than 30 charities
Our unwelcome visitor – COVID – has created health the Loxahatchee River and the Lake Worth Lagoon. with which the organization works.
and economic hardships for many individuals, families and The commission passed amendments to the Floating For more information, visit childrensfoundationpbc.
businesses. Despite staff shortages related to the virus, your Structures Ordinance to prohibit the improper anchoring or org, call (561) 488-6980 or email foundation@
county government has kept working to provide the services mooring of floating structures in waters of the county. When childrensfoundationpbc.org.
you need, and beyond. people improperly anchor or abandon floating structures, this
We addressed the call for greater access to vaccines in the can create navigational hazards, result in the discharge of
North County area by forging a partnership with the City of Palm harmful releases into the waterways, and negatively affect nearby
Beach Gardens, the Health Care District and the Department of residences. Enforcement of the ordinance will apply to cities and
Health to open a vaccination site at the Burns Road Community unincorporated areas of the county.
Center. Numerous roadway improvements, traffic-control device
Community Services disbursed $32 million in rental and utility installations, and sidewalk and bike path projects are in process
assistance from the treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance in District 1, which will enhance driver and pedestrian safety.
Program to more than 5,200 households who experienced Recently, the commission approved on the first of two public
financial hardship due to COVID. The Department of Housing readings, an amendment to the Unified Land Development Code
and Economic Development assisted 5,182 businesses affected that would allow a hotel or motel as a conditional use within a
by COVID through $78.5 million in grants to help them survive. commercial pod of a planned unit development. Some golf clubs
Additionally, the county allocated $19.5 million for mortgage have suffered financial decline, and this use would allow a club
assistance and emergency home repairs, helping approximately owner to maintain the overall golf operations rather than sell off Michelle Gluckow and Sharyn Frankel, Walk cochairs
2,230 households. portions of the golf course for redevelopment of housing.
The county’s building division processed over 82,000 permits Perhaps most rewarding for me in this role is the opportunity
by Sept. 30, 2021, calculated at almost $2.5 billion in permitted to meet constituents and neighborhood groups to learn about the
value, while conducting 1,000 inspections per day. Current issues that are important to you. Even if I do not immediately
trends will put total permits issued easily over 90,000 in fiscal have the answer to your problem, I, and my staff are dedicated
year 2022. to investigating and working with county departments to develop
In conjunction with the League of Cities, the building division solutions.
has initiated development and implementation of a program to Please contact me at (561) 355-2201 or by email at mmarino@
evaluate the safety of certain building types in the wake of the pbcgov.org, and let me know how I can assist you.

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