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Terrence Bailey, the city engineer, told the council the authorization is a request to issue a work order to an owners’ representative on the city’s continuing services list and explained the not-to-exceed figure is based on monthly invoice averages from prior station projects. Bailey said prior owner’s-rep billing averaged roughly $24,000 per month, and given the projected project durations — including design and multiple phases of construction, demolition and commissioning — staff recommended a not-to-exceed amount in the $1,000,000 range to avoid delaying the projects.

Council members pressed staff on the size of the cap and asked whether the city should use a monthly billing structure or re-solicit the owners’-rep pool. Dr. Glenn Spiritus proposed an amendment to cap the authorization at $400,000 with monthly fees for extensions; the motion received no second and did not proceed. Other council members said the city’s prior projects had similar costs and that delaying the project for re-solicitation could push back demolition and construction milestones.

Representatives for at least one proposers, AllSite Construction, spoke to the council about local staff capacity and continuity; AllSite emphasized local staffing and experience on similar municipal projects. Procurement staff said a new solicitation for owners’-rep services was being prepared and would run about 30 days, but council members noted that project timing — including GMP (guaranteed maximum price) decisions and phased demolition — means the city needs representation in the near term to keep schedules on track.

After discussion the council approved both authorizations by roll call votes. Council members requested that staff provide monthly owners’-rep reports and suggested posting those reports for public transparency. Several council members also urged procurement to shorten solicitation cycles in future to refresh the pool of firms used for these services.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Council Meeting January 15, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City Council authorized two owner’s-representative work orders — up to $1,000,000 each — for the Fire Station 86 and the Riviera Beach Police Headquarters after extended discussion about procurement, monthly invoicing and whether the city should re-solicit the owners’-rep pool.","taxTitle","Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida","taxId",68132,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6386292,"Council directs $150,000 donation from fire-station contract to Youth Recreation Association after debate",1041,2757000,3798000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2118372-262155ba4807935afe65b6ff78239e21&start=2757&end=3798","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2118372-262155ba4807935afe65b6ff78239e21/thumbnail_2757000.jpg","/articles/6386292/Riviera-Beach/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Council-directs-150000-donation-from-fire-station-contract-to-Youth-Recreation-Association-after-debate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6386292-c680d4c290992f3c1acafce2577e8cd6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171232&Signature=LmsFk-aMwBVcd6Slw2K8zwuAVlrasC3zyAhFYcjbqXz5LbqV8pXlLdqy6upfXF8m3Ub5xbtwLLRA-fM3QPidvxQlL~WZZ572lntc1xoxAxxqmvdPTDley4wS89ZAn4DSAABhPzNYCQlXS1KgcVzRDP-YkX7VlF3gDaaSl3rE07S6qYNnpTwajL4UcUiCul-FyqXF5rH5PD0Hp9cVs650J101sX1lQIyCgZDukkfrRJ094Tbb7z8Y7IXO95zJfkjaexGjPfuoQDajs1q1eaA9aumonUEeTKOHQHvanLWYTsIVgmWtHSWP7WMQ5QdHOzda-kowdAScPKFkb9-5ZMSrYw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The City Council voted Jan. 15 to direct contractor Kaufman Lynn to award a $150,000 educational grant tied to the Fire Station 87 contract to the Youth Recreation Association, concluding a contentious debate about process, oversight and whether the funds should be opened to other nonprofit applicants.

The contract provision requiring the donation was discussed as item 11b (Resolution 008-25). City staff said the contract for Fire Station 87 provides that the council may direct where the donation should be distributed. The council spent more than an hour debating whether the funds should be given to a single organization named in earlier work or be distributed through a competitive or truncated application process. Several council members urged a short solicitation and write-up to set measurable deliverables; others said the contract already named an intended recipient and that changing that arrangement would be inappropriate.

Mister Bailey, the city engineer, and city manager Jonathan Evans described the original intent: earlier project documentation and the first fire station contract had contemplated educational or apprenticeship programming tied to the work. The council heard from the Executive Director of Youth Recreation Association, Arty Williams, who said the contract named Youth Rec and asked the council to honor the award: “This is not the city's money,” Williams said, stressing the funds come from the contractor contract and not the general fund.

After robust debate about transparency and performance measures, a motion to direct Kaufman Lynn to award the funds to Youth Recreation Association passed. The roll call recorded the item as approved with Chairperson/Representative Tim Roderick McCoy and Councilperson Casheva Miller Anderson recorded as dissenting; Councilperson Shirley Lanier, Councilperson Glenn Spiritus and Chairperson Douglas Lawson voted in favor.

During discussion several council members asked staff to craft clearer criteria for future community-benefits or program disbursements and to present a regrant or reprogram plan at a subsequent meeting. Staff said they would bring a streamlined process for board consideration and that requests for proposals had already generated unsolicited proposals from community groups.

The council’s action completes the direction required by the Fire Station 87 contract for the recipient of the contractor’s $150,000 educational donation. Staff also noted other city-funded nonprofit program allocations remain pending and said they would return with tighter program guidelines for council review.","After debate over process and oversight, the council directed Kaufman Lynn to award a $150,000 educational grant tied to the Fire Station 87 contract to the Youth Recreation Association, with two council members recorded in dissent.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6386296,"Council OKs site-plan amendment allowing outdoor boat display at Viking sales center",344,2402000,2746000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2118372-262155ba4807935afe65b6ff78239e21&start=2402&end=2746","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2118372-262155ba4807935afe65b6ff78239e21/thumbnail_2402000.jpg","/articles/6386296/Riviera-Beach/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Council-OKs-site-plan-amendment-allowing-outdoor-boat-display-at-Viking-sales-center","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6386296-8952b6f72ea2dc6f28ac4f2b84d7c45f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171232&Signature=ZlMn-SJf39QRY-32CLj9gmLl3J0s9gYlb4M~V-~UMgTS6kBcJ0XGYe6l4YP3z1TBDPFxWKoCAGAlC0xDjLpVJRc8EFADRatGV52jcbT41zQbxuv0HQoiNei49myHwl0ho3nplvZKqJ2DoJu6f62O5YGqfxHbC-izcFjJ9ha6rc3Z-3eYFWfqi3biT4acwTdoMl-QIaIibCGdqFjJ45W4Kwy-i0AbTRMvdLxwL8zjM364IsKcuiO4~hTtpCTRS8a5LHt8biZjNuKdPvkKcHc1wohf9VdYyYgf8lzBFhyvkIPHZ3m1VtVpCHqaxRZHdyaiyLBK6FNJUP92NfrK8N4Qjg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — City Council voted unanimously Jan. 15 to approve an amendment to an existing site plan for the Viking sales and service center in the downtown core that replaces a previously approved warehouse structure with an outdoor display area for boats.

The resolution (13-25) approves site-plan amendment SP-24-0024 for a roughly 3.32-acre property bounded by East 16th Street, East 14th Street, Avenue C and North Broadway. Clarence Sermons, director of development services, and Curtis Thompson, principal planner, told the council the applicant is no longer proposing the previously approved roughly 9,000-square-foot warehouse and instead will use that footprint as an outdoor display area for boats, similar to a car dealership’s outdoor display.

Thompson told the council the change reduces overall building coverage from about 37% to 31% of the site and that staff determined the amendment met the six site-plan criteria. The applicant’s representatives were present and showed landscaping, fencing and a single one-way gate that will secure the display area outside of business hours.

The council asked a few clarifying questions about the percentage change and whether the reduction required council review; staff replied the difference placed the change outside staff’s 5% administrative approval threshold and thus required council approval. No public comment was submitted on the item.

The council approved the resolution by roll call vote; all members present voted in favor. Staff indicated the amendment reduces the project’s building footprint and that no other changes to the previously approved site plan were requested at the meeting.

The decision keeps the site in the downtown mixed-use land-use designation and the DC (downtown core) zoning district while allowing the changed use and modified plans to proceed under the amended site plan.","The City Council approved an amendment to an approved site plan that reduces building coverage and allows an outdoor display area for boats in the downtown core; staff said the amendment reduces overall building impact from about 37% to 31% of the site area.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6386302,"Riviera Beach council adopts utility district amendments to comprehensive plan",73,2324000,2397000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2118372-262155ba4807935afe65b6ff78239e21&start=2324&end=2397","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2118372-262155ba4807935afe65b6ff78239e21/thumbnail_2324000.jpg","/articles/6386302/Riviera-Beach/Palm-Beach-County/Florida/Riviera-Beach-council-adopts-utility-district-amendments-to-comprehensive-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6386302-6545bf5035df589a05fcf6c4a5103d7a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771171232&Signature=UXcVIjPSayWMWqHSIcmLEAXEgPweb6JkOpsEJFamqla4LNDvDDPBtDb1pmYfXSR-am0f7po6xbVLu91f70RadVTblWPqB~yCs4AI5JsvWWwpRfK0RlEpQSIvx3rTvAHhmCRXfc690zzVQpRDerYFrlMI42VmR0OFH2H902G6qpUbUSmLd~D4XTi1gp8u909-r9FQkeNJuddqtsFqNLPhdPM~W2MhxaRqIAFSi5NHGwYYVdFPvk0ze6-wP-8K1ZEk4ooLBJQpLEMYKfpzlHJKejg3b9rD8VcOQVY4w3Dk9sMyzAIxqKik6BPByljadJjJ7HKKbo5svP4~I8EJr8a8NQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The Riviera Beach City Council unanimously adopted an amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan on Jan. 15 that staff said is required to align city policy with a new water-supply plan adopted by the Riviera Beach Utility Special District.

The council approved ordinance No. 4275 on second reading, amending multiple infrastructure and intergovernmental coordination policies to reflect the utility district’s water-supply plan. Clarence Sermons, the city’s director of development services, told the council this meeting was the “second or adoption hearing for this proposed comprehensive plan amendment.”

City staff said the amendment was circulated to state and regional review agencies and that, other than addressing review comments, no changes were made since the ordinance’s first reading. The amendment updates policies in the infrastructure element (including policies 1.2.5, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.8, 1.8.1 and 1.8.2) and the intergovernmental coordination element policy 1.3.1.

The measures effect how city land-use planning and intergovernmental coordination account for the water-supply work carried out by the Riviera Beach Utility Special District, a separate local entity that the city and staff have worked with while planning long-term water infrastructure. Sermons said staff and utility district personnel who helped draft the plan were available to answer questions but that none were raised during the hearing. The council approved the ordinance by roll call vote; all members present voted yes.

The vote clears a key local planning step needed before state and regional agencies complete their reviews. Staff said the changes are administrative updates tied specifically to the water-supply plan and are not changes to zoning or parcel-level entitlements.

Councilmembers who voted in favor included Councilperson Shirley Lanier, Councilperson Glenn Spiritus, Councilperson Casheva Miller Anderson, Chairperson Douglas Lawson and Chairperson/Representative Tim Roderick McCoy. The ordinance takes effect per the dates required by state review and adoption procedures.

Sermons noted the item had been routed to the state and referred to regional review agencies and that staff, including utility district staff, remained available for follow-up. The council did not request additional hearings or amendments at the meeting.","City Council unanimously adopted a comprehensive plan amendment tied to the Riviera Beach Utility Special District’s water-supply plan, a step staff said is needed to align the city plan with the utility district’s adopted water-supply plan and move the project through state and regional review.","actionData","errors"]

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