At the June 4, 2019, Board of County Commissioners meeting, the board took the following action:
 
In memoriam – observed a moment of silence in honor of the Virginia Beach municipal employees who died in a mass shooting by a co-worker on May 31.
 
Vacation rentals – approved on first reading and to advertise for public hearing on June 18 an amendment to the Tourist Development Ordinance to clarify the county’s regulation of short-term rental units due to current litigation with hosting platform/booking service companies.
 
Tina’s Café – postponed to July 23 a proposed lease extension with Tina’s Café, which operates a breakfast and lunch restaurant in the Palm Beach County Governmental Center parking garage.
 
Kayak-King – approved a second amendment to the concessionaire service agreement with Kayak-King Watersports, Inc. for the continued operation of a water sports and recreational rental concession at Okeeheelee Park on a month-to-month basis, at a rate of $610 per month, until terminated by the board.
 
Data sharing – approved a data sharing agreement with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity that will enable the county to obtain detailed census information on employment and wages at no cost. The Department of Housing and Economic Sustainability uses this information to perform economic impact analyses of job creation and gross domestic product for proposed projects.
 
Child care – approved a tri-party agreement with the Mary Alice Fortin Child Care Foundation and the Palm Beach County Housing Authority for the continued operation of a child care center on the Housing Authority’s New South Bay Villas site located on Harrelle Drive in South Bay.
 
Community Land Trust – adopted a resolution conveying a one-acre vacant parcel on Davis Road in unincorporated Lake Worth to Community Land Trust (CLT) of Palm Beach County, Inc. The appraised value of the land is $220,000. CLT proposes to build not less than four affordable, attached, single-family homes on the site. The homes will be sold to families earning no more than 120 percent of the area median income; the anticipated sale price will not exceed $245,000 per unit.
 
Land conveyance – approved the conveyance of a 303-square-foot strip of land along the south side of Blue Heron Blvd. and east of Phil Foster Park to Singer Island Gateway, LLC for $9,000. Gateway is in the process of developing its property and the three-foot-wide parcel is not required for the right of way.
 
ORBCOMM – approved a cash grant in the amount of $19,200, to be matched by the city of Boca Raton, for ORBCOMM, LLC. Previously referred to as Project Saturn, the company is a single-source provider of multi-network connectivity, devices and applications for a variety of industries. ORBCOMM is required to make a minimum capital investment of $580,000 to lease, renovate and equip an 11,500-square-foot facility, create 32 new jobs over a two-year period at an annualized average wage of $76,000, and maintain the new jobs for three years. The project’s estimated five-year economic impact is $51.7 million.
 
Grandview Prep – adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of up to $5 million in industrial development revenue bonds for Grandview Preparatory School, located on a 7.46-acre campus at 336 Spanish River Blvd. NW in Boca Raton. The private school serves 250 students in grades pre-K through 12. No county funding, taxing power, faith or credit is involved.
 
Brooks Subdivision – conceptually approved an interlocal agreement with the city of Riviera Beach to complete the county’s ownership of the Brooks Subdivision. The single-family, mixed-income affordable housing development was never completed. Palm Beach County owns 18 of the 22 lots in the subdivision. The board approved the purchase of the remaining four lots from Prodigy Capital for $130,000. These are state grant funds that require no local match.
 
Uniform addressing – adopted a resolution amending the uniform addressing system to eliminate duplication and similarity of street names and improve and enhance response times for medical services.
 
Garbage collection – approved on first reading and to advertise for public hearing on June 18 a new garbage and yard waste collection ordinance. Under the new measure, improved methods of collection through automation will be utilized; new, larger garbage carts will be provided to the public; and the amount of time garbage and yard waste can remain at the collection point in public view will be limited.
 
Vaping – directed staff to draft an ordinance banning the use of e-cigarette products on playgrounds.
 
State troopers – asked staff to draft a resolution enshrining two state troopers who died in the line of duty in Palm Beach County. Trooper Herman Morris was killed in an automobile accident in March 1972 when his patrol car was forced into a bridge railing by another motorist. Trooper Fred Groves was shot to death in September 1984 during a traffic stop on the turnpike.
 
Lake Okeechobee – authorized the mayor to sign letters addressed to the US Army Corp of Engineers, the South Florida Water Management District and the Everglades Caucus, following a joint meeting with commissioners of the other four counties surrounding Lake Okeechobee in May.
 
Highridge Family Center – congratulated the Highridge Family Center on being formally certified by the Sanctuary Institute in its Trauma Informed Care Model. The residential treatment and family counseling program is operated by the Youth Services Department. Legislative Affairs staff was directed to include a funding request for Highridge in next year’s legislative priorities agenda.
 
Green building – accepted Silver Level recertification by the Florida Green Building Coalition recognizing Palm Beach County as a green local government.
 
Medical Examiner – ratified the appointment of Dr. Wendolyn Sneed as the county’s new Medical Examiner, upon the retirement of Dr. Michael Bell on September 30. Dr. Sneed will start with the Medical Examiner’s Office on August 18 in an overlap capacity. Dr. Bell has headed the Medical Examiner’s Office since 2005.