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BCC Briefs for April 2, 2019

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BCC Briefs for April 2, 2019

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At the April 2, 2019, Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board took the following action:
 
Property – approved a corrective county deed in favor of the city of West Palm Beach to correct the legal description of a .04 acre of surplus land located near 9th Street and North Tamarind Avenue that was conveyed to the city in 2000.
 
Boys & Girls Club – approved a modified deed restriction for the Boys & Girls Club property located at Belvedere Road and Drexel Road to broaden the allowable uses of the clubhouse. Doing so will increase the property’s market value, enabling the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County to obtain financing to expand a teen facility in Belle Glade.
 
Westgate/Belvedere Homes CRA – approved the sale of five Westgate/Belvedere Homes Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)-owned properties to Danza Group, LLC for $400,000. The properties consist of three vacant parcels, one home and one garage apartment representing 1.47 acres of land located at the corners of Westgate Avenue, Seminole Boulevard and Nokomis Avenue. Danza proposes to build 10,000 square feet of commercial space and 60 workforce housing units. The firm has projected that the development will create 60 full-time jobs, 356 indirect jobs and will have a five-year economic impact of more than $85 million to the local and the regional economy.
 
Economic development – approved an economic incentive agreement in the amount of $40,000 over four years for Gulfstream Product Support Corp., previously referred to as Project Blue Heron. The company provides aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services. The $40,000 is the county’s required match for a $200,000 state Qualified Target Industry tax refund. Gulfstream is required to make a minimum capital investment of $25 million to lease, renovate, and equip a 115,000-square-foot facility, creating 50 new jobs over a two-year period and retaining 114 existing full time jobs. Excluding benefits, the new jobs must have an annualized average wage of $73,685 and a median wage of $65,000 and be maintained for five years. The project’s five-year economic impact is estimated at $127.6 million.
 
Loxahatchee Groves – directed staff to prepare a resolution supporting two grant applications by the town of Loxahatchee Groves to the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency seeking funding for equestrian trail projects.
 
Lake Okeechobee – authorized staff to move forward with organizing a joint commission meeting with the other four counties surrounding Lake Okeechobee.
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