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Read. Follow. Verify.City of Palmetto City Commission Meeting Agenda for August 24, 2015
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What This Bill Does
The Palmetto City Commission will consider emergency seawall repairs, adoption of the Manatee County Local Mitigation Strategy, multiple property and ordinances, and an auditing services contract during its August 24, 2015 meeting.
Residents face potential property changes, public safety actions, and municipal expenditure decisions, including a three-year financial auditing contract totaling over $151,500 and municipal boundary adjustments affecting 1.5 acres.
- Shirley Groover Bryant serves as the Mayor of Palmetto, Florida. context
- The Palmetto Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) operates alongside the City Commission to direct urban redevelopment and revitalization projects. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Palmetto residents
Residents are subject to city ordinances, tax expenditures, public infrastructure repairs, and local land use decisions considered by the Commission.
Property owners at 705, 711, 717 and 723 15th Avenue Drive East
Their property is subject to proposed municipal annexation, future land use map amendments, and rezoning actions.
CS&L CPAs
The firm is under consideration to be awarded a multi-year municipal financial auditing contract.
Key Facts
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Expansion of Educational Facility Footprint
Ordinance 2015-14 proposes adding 5.6 acres and nearly 200,000 square feet of educational uses at 700 Haben Boulevard.
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- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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