ORDER OF BUSINESS

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA

 

 

APRIL 16, 2024

 

 

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 (Pages 1 - 2)

 

 

4.       WORKSHOP SESSION 9:30 A.M.

 

 

A.       Palm Beach County Action Plan for FY 2024-2025 & Housing Update (HED)

          B.       Code Enforcement Comprehensive Inspections/Compliance Initiatives (PZB)

          C.       Overview of Airport’s 5-Year Capital Plan (Airports)

          D.       Governmental Center Renewal/Replacement Project Overview (FDO)

 

 

5.       ADJOURNMENT

 

APRIL 16, 2024

 

 

3.       REGULAR AGENDA

 

 

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.

 

 

 

B.       FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONS

 

1.       Staff recommends motion to authorize:

 

A) the County Administrator or designee, who in this case shall be the Director of the Facilities Development and Operations (FDO) department, to retain professional services to initiate design of a capital improvements project (Project) to effectuate the relocation of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) Traffic Division to the Stockade (located at 673 Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach); and

 

B) the use of $100,000 received under the U.S. Department of the Treasury Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) Grant CFDA 21.032 towards Project implementation.


APRIL 16, 2024

 

 

3.       REGULAR AGENDA

 

 

B.       FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONS (cont’d.)

 

1.       Summary: PBSO’s Traffic Division is currently dispersed throughout multiple countywide PBSO facilities, lacking a central point of operations.  The breathalyzer testing unit (BAT) under the PBSO Traffic Division currently operates from the Main Detention Center (3228 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach) and has outgrown its assigned space.  In late October 2023, PBSO Staff approached County Staff inquiring if an alternate location to site the operations of the Traffic Division could be identified. Review and inspection of available County-owned properties led to buildings U and X at the Stockade being determined as suitable to house the Traffic Division. The Stockade is a detention-grade facility and historically its primary user has been PBSO. The two buildings in question are currently unoccupied. In order to ready the Stockade to be occupied by the operations section of the PBSO Traffic Division, staff will need to complete renewal/replacement work on a portion of building U and the entirety of building X.  Staff believes the extent of the required work to be within its approved budget for countywide renewal/replacement projects and as such, is able to immediately proceed.  In order to ready the Stockade to be occupied by the BAT section of the PBSO Traffic Division, staff will need to retain professional design services to up fit the remaining portion of building U to receive the specialized equipment utilized by the BAT section.  Staff estimates that $4.5M worth of improvements will be required. This project is not currently authorized under the FY24 capital improvements program (CIP). Therefore, staff is recommending it be authorized to proceed with design of the improvements.  If so authorized, staff will submit the project for consideration by the Board as part of the FY25 capital budget approval process.  To fund the design phase, Staff recommends it be authorized to use the $100,000 received under the LATCF Grant CFDA 21.032. As approved by the Board of County Commissioners (Board) on April 4, 2023 (see Attachment 2) said funds were slated to repair the PBSO IT Room at the North County Courthouse. Shortly after approval, PBSO notified staff that it had determined to relocate its IT operations to another location.  As a result, the grant funds remain unspent and staff is requesting it be authorized to utilize them towards Project implementation. Buildings U and X at the Stockade are separate and different from those renovated in 2020 to serve as a temporary homeless resource center (also known as the Lewis Center Annex). The buildings vacated by the Lewis Center Annex will remain unoccupied and unaltered in order to preserve the County’s investment towards its renovation. See attachment 3 for a map depicting current and proposed uses at the Stockade. (FDO Admin) District 6/Countywide (MWJ)

 

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