June 21, 2022
9:30AM
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Banyan Boulevard,
between Australian Avenue and Tamarind Avenue, to close for road reconstruction
from June 6-July 3, 2022. Please allow
additional time to arrive for meetings.
For additional information, visit following link. https://www.wpb.org/Home/Components/News/News/2703/16
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BOARD MEETING
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
ADDITIONS,
DELETIONS, & SUBSTITUTIONS
JUNE 21, 2022
PAGE ITEM
1 9:300am RESCHEDULED TO 11:00AM (SOE)
1 10:30AM RESCHEDULED TO 3:00PM (Comm Svs)
1 3:00PM DELETED
2 3B-1 ADD-ON:
Staff seeks Board direction regarding the issuance of a General Obligation Bond
for Environmental/Water purposes and/or a General Obligation Bond for
Workforce/Affordable Housing purposes and pursuant to direction recommends
motion to: A) adopt a resolution
calling for a bond referendum to be held on November 8, 2022 seeking
authorization of the issuance of Environmental/Water General Obligation (GO)
Bonds; B) adopt a resolution calling
for a bond referendum to be held on November 8, 2022 seeking authorization of
the issuance of Workforce/Affordable Housing General Obligation (GO) Bonds; and
C) authorize the transmittal of
correspondence to the Supervisor of Elections (SOE) specifying the order in
which each GO Bond shall appear on the ballot and specifying that the GO Bond
question(s) shall appear immediately following any statewide ballot questions
and before any questions that originate from any other local governments,
including, but not limited to, any questions originating from or concerning the
School District of Palm Beach County, any municipality, and/or any special
district. SUMMARY:
At the February 1, 2022 Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners (BCC)
Meeting, staff was directed to provide a presentation on the impact of
Environmental/Water and Workforce/Affordable Housing GO Bonds. At subsequent
BCC meetings and workshops on March 29 and April 12, further direction was provided to staff to continue exploring options. This
item seeks Board direction on the potential of issuing GO Bonds. This item
contains all of the necessary resolutions and authorization for the Board to
implement one or both as directed. Staff requests BCC consideration of a
$100,000,000 Environmental/ Water Bond and the required resolution, which is provided as attachment 1 to this agenda item. The draft
ballot language for the Environmental/Water Bond is included as attachment 2 to
this agenda item. Staff requests BCC consideration of a $200,000,000
Workforce/Affordable Housing Bond, along with the required resolution, provided
as attachment 3 to this agenda item. The draft ballot language for the
Workforce/Affordable Housing Bond is included as attachment 4 to this agenda
item. Staff will continue working with the Housing Steering Committee, Housing
Leadership Council and municipal partners to finalize the countywide housing
plan. The projected debt service on a
$300,000,000 GO Bond is provided as attachment 5 to this agenda item. The SOE
requires ballot language to be submitted to their
office 95 days prior to a scheduled election. For 2022, ballot language for the
General Election (Tuesday, November 8, 2022) must be
submitted to the SOE by Friday, August 5, 2022. Countywide (DB)
NOTE: Items that were revised, added, deleted, or
backup submitted and were not listed on the
addition/deletion sheet distributed to the Board the prior day are noted with
an asterisk (*).
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
JUNE 21, 2022
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 (Page 2)
A. 11:00 A.M. Special Presentation by Supervisor of Elections (SOE)
B. 2:00 P.M. Advisory Commission on Women Annual Report (Equal Opportunity)
C. 3:00 P.M. Farmworker Program Advisory Board Update (Community Svs)
5. ADJOURNMENT
JUNE 21, 2022
A. CLERK AND COMPTROLLER
1. Staff
recommends motion to receive and file: Warrant List – Backup
information can be viewed in the Clerk & Comptroller’s Office.
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. ADMINISTRATION
1. Staff seeks Board direction
regarding the issuance of a General Obligation Bond for Environmental/Water
purposes and/or a General Obligation Bond for Workforce/Affordable Housing
purposes and pursuant to direction recommends motion to:
A) adopt a resolution calling for a bond referendum
to be held on November 8, 2022 seeking authorization of the issuance of
Environmental/Water General Obligation (GO) Bonds;
B) adopt a resolution calling for a bond
referendum to be held on November 8, 2022 seeking authorization of the issuance
of Workforce/Affordable Housing General Obligation (GO) Bonds; and
C) authorize the transmittal of correspondence to
the Supervisor of Elections (SOE) specifying the order in which each GO Bond
shall appear on the ballot and specifying that the GO Bond question(s) shall
appear immediately following any statewide ballot questions and before any
questions that originate from any other local governments, including, but not
limited to, any questions originating from or concerning the School District of
Palm Beach County, any municipality, and/or any special district.
SUMMARY: At the February 1, 2022 Palm Beach County Board of
County Commissioners (BCC) Meeting, staff was directed to provide a
presentation on the impact of Environmental/Water and Workforce/Affordable
Housing GO Bonds. At subsequent BCC meetings and workshops on March 29 and
April 12, further direction was provided to staff to
continue exploring options. This item seeks Board direction on the potential of
issuing GO Bonds. This item contains all of the necessary resolutions and
authorization for the Board to implement one or both as directed. Staff
requests BCC consideration of a $100,000,000 Environmental/ Water Bond and the
required resolution, which is provided as attachment 1
to this agenda item. The draft ballot language for the Environmental/Water Bond
is included as attachment 2 to this agenda item. Staff requests BCC
consideration of a $200,000,000 Workforce/Affordable Housing Bond, along with
the required resolution, provided as attachment 3 to this agenda item. The
draft ballot language for the Workforce/Affordable Housing Bond is included as
attachment 4 to this agenda item. Staff will continue working with the Housing
Steering Committee, Housing Leadership Council and municipal partners to
finalize the countywide housing plan. The
projected debt service on a $300,000,000 GO Bond is provided as attachment 5 to
this agenda item. The SOE requires ballot language to be
submitted to their office 95 days prior to a scheduled election. For
2022, ballot language for the General Election (Tuesday, November 8, 2022) must be submitted to the SOE by Friday, August 5, 2022. Countywide
(DB)
* * * * * * * * * * * *