THIS WEEK IN PALM BEACH
CIVIC ASSOCIATION VIDEO
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Palm Beach Approves New Budget and Tax Hike - Again
The Town Council approved an $82.4 million budget and a 5 percent property tax hike for the budget year that began Oct. 1. Tuesday's public hearing was the second at which the council unanimously gave "final" approval to the 2018-19 budget and tax rate. The hearing was originally held on Sept. 20. But the state required the town to hold it again after a mistake was discovered in a legal advertisement for the hearing.
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Palm Beach Compensation Study Expected to be Completed by March
Julie Araskog ended the meeting with a plea. "I hope you'll stay," the Town Council member told firefighters and police officers who might hear the audio of Tuesday's Town Council meeting. "I hope you'll be patient with us." Before Palm Beach officially approved its town-wide compensation study Tuesday, a debate raged inside the Town Council chambers: Which employees should the study include?
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Palm Beach Studying Ways to Reduce Harmful Pesticides, Fertilizers
We rely on them to keep our plants and lawns green, trees healthy, and to protect hedges and other plantings from pests including the dreaded spiraling whitefly. But pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers are an assault on wildlife and the environment. Palm Beach officials want to educate residents on ways to reduce the use of chemicals and fertilizers, but first they must figure out how best to do that on town property.
Read More (Palm Beach Daily News)
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Palm Beach Says 'Yes' to Adding Steps at Memorial Fountain
Palm Beach is moving forward with a contentious plan to add steps to the south wall of the historic Addison Mizner Memorial Fountain. Mayor Gail Coniglio and a Town Council majority said Wednesday that the steps are needed to unify the fountain with a passive park abutting it to the south and encourage public use.
Read More (Palm Beach Daily News)
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Valet Parking May be Coming to
Worth Avenue in Palm Beach
The town is preparing to test a valet parking program on Worth Avenue in hopes of easing traffic congestion and freeing up parking spaces. Laurel Baker, executive director of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the idea. "Anything to bring business and to cut back on the circling around [looking for parking spaces] is a definite welcome change," Baker said.
Read More (Palm Beach Daily News)
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Port Defers Decision on Peanut Island Maintenance Agreement
By Michele Dargan, special for the Civic Association
The Port of Palm Beach Commissioners Thursday deferred a vote on a temporary agreement that would allow Palm Beach County to take over maintenance of the Peanut Island Coast Guard facilities, which are owned by the port.
The vote was deferred to December's meeting after Executive Director Manuel Almira informed the commission that there are outstanding code enforcement violations.
Read More (Civic Association News)
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Related Cos. Wins Approval to Build 21-Story Apartment Building
at CityPlace in Downtown
West Palm Beach
New York-based Related Companies won city approval to build a 21-story apartment building on the site of a five-story building in downtown West Palm Beach that Macy's formerly occupied. Macy's vacated the five-story building at Related's mixed-use CityPlace property in January 2017. The former Macy's location is now used as a space for art exhibitions.
Read More (The Real Deal)
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Presidential Visit for Thanksgiving
The President will return to Palm Beach to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday at Mar-a-Lago, continuing a family tradition he had before moving to the White House.
Flight restrictions associated with a presidential visit in Palm Beach will be in place next week from Tuesday, November 20 to Monday, November 26th, according to an advisory issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.
That means Ocean Blvd. will be road-blocked around Mar-a-Lago and limited lanes of traffic over the Southern Blvd. bridge.
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Palm Beach Police Seeking $57,000
in Reimbursement for Trump Visits, Protests
Palm Beach is seeking about $57,000 in federal reimbursement from the "financial burden" of having to serve and protect a sitting president, according to a grant application the town is preparing to submit. If granted, the money will be used to cover the "quickly over-expended" overtime budget for the Palm Beach Police Department from October 2017 to Sept. 30, the application said.
Read More (Palm Beach Daily News)
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919 New Floridians Every Day
Average daily growth in Florida has rebounded since the recession but will slow in the coming decades. If you think Florida won't be crowded, however, you're mistaken.
Read More (Florida Trend)
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CIVIC ASSOCIATION
DIRECTORS IN THE NEWS
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Bob Wright on the Fight Against
Pancreatic Cancer
Bob Wright, Civic Association Chairman and CEO, was a guest on Fox Business, Good Day New York, and NBC today to talk about pancreatic cancer and HARPA on National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day.
See More (Fox Business)
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If Builders Have Money, They're Gonna Build: Stephen Ross
Steve Ross, a Civic Association Director, talks about the building industry and rental market across the country and New York.
See More (CNBC)
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Thursday - Friday, November 23-24
Thanksgiving
Town Hall & Civic Association Closed
Monday, November 26, 6:00 PM
Holiday Tree Lighting-Bradley Park
Bradley Park
Tuesday, November 27, 9:30 AM
Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
Town Council Chambers
Tuesday, November 27, 5:30 PM
Holiday Tree Lighting-Memorial Park
Memorial Park
Tuesday, November 27, 6:29 PM
Holiday Tree Lighting-Worth Avenue
Worth Avenue
Architectural Commission Meeting
Wednesday, November 28, 9:00 AM
Town Council Chambers
Thursday, November 29, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Townwide Utility Undergrounding
Community Meeting
Town Council Chambers
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Janne Rumbough
US Dressage Finals Grand Prix Freestyle Adult Amateur Champion
for Second Year
Despite the low temperatures that stayed under 36-degrees the entire day at the Kentucky Horse Park, Florida-resident, Janne Rumbough bundled up to ride away with the Grand Prix Freestyle Adult Amateur championship ribbon. The 74-year-old rider scored 64.467 percent with her Mary Poppins-themed music aboard her 15-year-old PRE gelding Armas Zumbel.
Read More (PS Dressage)
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VIDEO VERSIONS
THIS WEEK IN
PALM BEACH
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Garden Club Christmas Boutique Dec. 5 - 6
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Rachel Leitao with Alison Sieving and Sugar Thebaut, Garden Club
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The Garden Club of Palm Beach's Annual Christmas Boutique will take place Dec. 5th and 6th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Dixon Building's Johnson Hall at The Society of the Four Arts. There will be 21 vendors with art, ornaments, clothing, handbags, jewelry and accessories, stocking stuffers, and more!
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Brightline Clears First Hurdle in Orlando-to-Tampa Expansion: No Competition
Brightline will have no competition in its effort to extend its passenger railroad from Orlando to Tampa on state property along Interstate 4.
Read More (TCPalm)
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Friends of
Palm Beach
Keeping Our
Beaches Clean
Date:
November 17
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location:
2505 S. Ocean Blvd.
The President's Condominium Overflow Lot
Everyone Welcome.
All supplies will be there. Iced water and snacks too.
CONTACT
Diane Buhler
561-507-0345
diane@friendsofpalmbeach.com |
2 Community
Meetings Planned
Steven Stern
Underground Utilities Project Manager
Town Staff, Consultants and Contractors will discuss the overall program, current status, upcoming construction areas and answer your questions.
When: Thursday Nov 29, 2018 &
Tuesday Jan 29, 2019
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Where: Town Hall, 360 S County Road, Palm Beach, FL 33480
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Groundbreaking for $1.4 Billion Lake O Reservoir
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Photo: Allen Eyestone
Palm Beach Post
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Bulldozers dug into the moist soil of western Palm Beach County this week, scraping sugarcane and 6 inches of black muck from land slated for the billion-dollar Lake Okeechobee reservoir. It was a groundbreaking celebrated under blue skies by South Florida Water Management District officials, who orchestrated the reservoir's rapid planning from an idea proposed by former Senate President Joe Negron two years ago to the first shovel of dirt Monday.
Read More (Palm Beach Post)
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GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER
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Urologist Dr. Rubinowicz Performs First Ever HIFU Procedure to Treat Prostate Cancer in PBC
According to board certified urologist Dr. Diego Rubinowicz and founder of the Urology Center of Palm Beach, there has been more innovation in the field of prostate cancer over the past five years than in other areas of urology.
Read More (MenaFN)
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Palm Beach Recreation Department
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