BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

TUESDAY COMMISSION CHAMBERS

9:30 A.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER

A. Roll Call

B. Invocation

C. Pledge of Allegiance

2. AGENDA APPROVAL

A. Additions, Deletions, Substitutions

B. Adoption

3. REGULAR AGENDA

WORKSHOP SESSION

4. 9:30 A.M. 2014/2015 Federal Legislative Program (Admin/Legislative Affairs)

5. 9:45 A.M. Considerations for the Request for Proposals for Palm Tran Connection Paratransit Services (Palm Tran Connection)

6. ADJOURNMENT
FEBRUARY 25, 2014

3. REGULAR AGENDA

A. CLERK AND COMPTROLLER

1. Staff recommends motion to approve: Warrant List.

2. Staff recommends motion to approve: Contracts (regular) and claim settlements list as submitted by various departments to the Clerk & Comptroller=s Office. Countywide

B. WATER UTILITIES

1. Staff recommends motion to:

A) adopt a Joint Funding Agreement Related to a Third-Party Assessment of C-51 Reservoir Costs; and

B) approve Consultant Services Authorization (CSA) No. 14 to MWH Americas, Inc. (R2011-0632) for a C-51 Reservoir Project Independent Technical and Financial Analysis in the amount of $150,000.

SUMMARY: The BCC has been kept up to date by staff on the C-51 project and has given staff direction to monitor the C-51 project and bring back to the BCC any additional tasks for which expenditures are required. Several months ago the Joint Palm Beach/Broward County C-51 Reservoir Finance and Governance Committee was formed. Its first task is to conduct an independent cost estimate of the C-51 Reservoir Project, including land and construction costs. In order to expedite the cost evaluation Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department (WUD) was selected as the entity to manage the project. WUD already has an engineer, MWH Americas, Inc, (MWH), under contract (R2011-0632) to perform engineering water resources tasks. This Joint Funding Agreement, between five Palm Beach County (PBC) parties and four Broward County parties is the vehicle under which the $150,000 cost of the study will be divided. This CSA with MWH will provide for and independent assessment of the C-51 Reservoir including review of existing design, development of construction costs for the reservoir, land valuation and life cycle cost. Under the terms of the Joint Funding Agreement, the County will pay $28,125 of the total CSA cost while the other nine participating entities will pay the remaining $121,875. The contract with MWH Americas, Inc. provides for SBE participation of 26% overall. This Authorization includes 12.66% overall participation. The cumulative SBE participation, including this Consultant Services Authorization, is 23.21% overall. MWH Americas, Inc. is a local company. One of the participating entities, the Lake Worth Drainage District (LWDD), has stricken the County’s standard language relating to the Inspector General’s audit authority. However, as a party doing business with the County, LWDD is still subject to the Inspector General’s audit authority pursuant to Section 2-423 of the Palm Beach County Code. (WUD Project No. 14-029) District 6 (MJ)

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

3. REGULAR AGENDA

C. WESTGATE/BELVEDERE HOMES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

1. Staff recommends motion to approve: the sale of one Westgate/Belvedere Homes Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)-owned property to Danza Group of Westgate, LLC (Danza) for Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) and other considerations subject to the terms of the CRA’s Option Agreement with Danza. Summary: Pursuant to Ordinance No. 89-6, Board of County Commissioner’s (BCC) approval is required for disposition of any real property owned by the CRA. The property is a vacant 2,691 square foot triplex which was built in 1958 and located at 1348 Loxahatchee Drive. The property borders an adjacent privately owned 1.65 acre parcel. Danza proposes to acquire the two parcels and redevelop them into a mixed use mixed income project in accordance with the Westgate Community Redevelopment Plan and the Unified Land Development Code. The property was recently appraised for Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000). The Danza Group offered to buy the property for Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). In return, the group will acquire the adjacent 1.65 acre vacant parcel, build at least 50,000 square feet of mixed use space and bring a quality anchor tenant to occupy the building. Danza will have a maximum of four years to design, permit, build and complete the project. It is estimated that the project will create 261 jobs and have an economic impact of approximately $36.3 Million over five years. If for any reason, the group fails to complete the project in accordance with the terms of the Option Agreement, the property will revert back to the CRA. Funds received from the sale of the property will be put back in the CRA’s general fund for future redevelopment activities. The CRA Board approved the sale at their November 4, 2013 meeting. Districts 2 & 7 (RB)

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