
Accomplishments
Learn about the many successes that you and I have achieved together!
Economic Revitalization takes many forms:
- Art - Benzaiton Center - Conveyance of the building
- Tourism and Leisure Activities:
-New Boat Ramps at Bryant Park
-Domino Park - new facility opening soon
-Fought for and assured funding of expansion of Osborne gymnasium
-New Pavilion and Playground at Osborne Community Center
-Prevented previous Commission defunding of future 4th of July Fireworks
-Brought back and funded Veterans Day parade and ceremony
- New Business Development and Investment:
-Was the deciding vote to approve new Publix project go ahead
-$100 -200 M in new investment past two years
- Increased tax base:
-Property value increases / outpaced most Palm Beach County municipalities
Infrastructure:
- New Roads and Greenways:
-7th Avenue North, repaved, new sidewalks
-5th Avenue North Greenway
-9th and 10th Avenue South Greenways
- Seimans Performance contract:
-New citywide LED street lighting / Dark Skies compliant / Installation begin in weeks
-New solar energy generation of 3 Megawatt
-City building energy efficiency
-All at no additional cost to taxpayers or utility customers
- Park of Commerce:
– Acquired necessary Rights of Way to facilitate road reconstruction and infrastructure improvements that will lead to new business development and the creation of 1000's of jobs!
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- Capital improvement projects:
- New Water Lines
- Additional Fire Hydrants
Lake Worth Electric Utility:
- Initiated ordinance & City policy to attain rate parity with FP&L by 2017
- Revamped utility deposit policy & reduced utility bill defaults
- Reduced overall electric rates for residential and commercial customers over last 5 years
- Of the 39 electric providers in Florida, we are now the 4th lowest in the state
...One budget cycle away from potentially having the lowest rates in Florida!
Quality of Life:
- Code Compliance:
# of board ups / demos
new ordinances for code enforcement/compliance
- HERO Homeowners Emergency Rehabilitation Ordinance
- Aggressive panhandling ordinance
- Working on Sober House legislation reform at State and Federal level.
Public Safety:
- Initiated Bike Registration and Education Program
- COP program
- Crime Stats reduction
- Regular reports to the Commission from PBSO
Strengthened Valued Partnerships:
- Repaired strained relationships with local, county, state and federal agencies and officials
- Brought LW issues to League of Cities
- Lake Worth Neighborhoods
-Attends multiple Neighborhood Association meetings monthly
-Initiated and Supported Neighborhood Association reports to the Commission
-Supported Neighborhoods REAP projects (Am a former REAP graduate myself)
-Volunteers at Neighborhood Clean-ups and Crime walks
Environmental Issues:
- Worked with PBC and ERM to install Water planters at Bryant Park
- Introduced Snook Islands, projects I and II
City Governmental, Policy and Procedure Improvements:
- Finalized Land Development Regulations (LDR’s) to assure the all property owners were being treated with a consistant set of building and construction standards
- Streamlined Permitting and Licensing processes to facilitate projects and save money
- Vastly improved Utility Customer Service