A reminder.

There is a Special City Commission meeting tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 30th) in this City of Lake Worth. Meeting begins at 6:00. Open to the public.


PLEASE NOTE: Public Comment is encouraged but you must follow the rules. In the blog post following this one is a primer (including two instructional videos) demonstrating how and how not to give Public Comment.


Now back to our regularly scheduled program:

Two items of major interest tomorrow at City Hall:

Item 9A. Public Hearing: Ordinance 2018-17. First Reading & Quasi-Judicial Hearing – The MID – the creation of a Mixed Use Urban Planned Development Ordinance, approval of a Sustainable Bonus Incentive Program application, and approval of a Master Development Plan.

Item 11A. New Business: Resolution No. 70-2018 – Creating the Economic Investment Incentive Program.

Information certainly “Worth Noting”.

To look over the entire agenda for this public City Commission meeting click on this link and scroll down for “October 30 Special Meeting” to download full version, site plans, and staff reports.

And another interesting item on
the agenda tonight.

Because Vice Mayor Pro Tem Scott Maxwell was absent at the Work Session on Oct. 18th regarding the municipal elections on March 12th, 2019 and possible questions on the ballot for the public to decide, here is an Executive Brief from City Manager Michael Bornstein.


Summary: Get information from Commissioner Maxwell as to his desire to see the following issues on the March ballot:

• Sale of the former Chamber Building located at 501 Lake Avenue.
• Name change to “Lake Worth Beach” [see below].
• Sale of the 12-acre parcel in the north end of the City by I-95.

Background and Justification: At the October 18, 2018 Work Session, the Mayor and Commissioners spoke about their individual desires to place three items on the March 2019 ballot for a vote of the residents.
     Commissioner Maxwell was unable to attend this meeting and his decision is important to move forward on these issues. Commissioner Maxwell will issue his desire about these issues.


For more information about “Making the case for changing the name of our City to ‘Lake Worth Beach’ ” and why it’s time to finally have the voters decide this question once and for all click on this link.

And also making the case is this excerpt from a Willy Howard article published in The Palm Beach Post in 2012:


“Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell is suggesting changing the city’s name to Lake Worth Beach to help distinguish Lake Worth from parts of unincorporated Palm Beach County that have Lake Worth mailing addresses. According to postal officials, places as far west as Wellington can use Lake Worth mailing addresses. [emphasis added]
     In a memo to the commission about the name change, Maxwell notes that crimes committed west of the city in unincorporated parts of Palm Beach County are sometimes reported by the media as happening in Lake Worth. Residents with Lake Worth mailing addresses who live west of the city mistakenly come to city hall seeking solutions to their problems.
     Maxwell said Lake Worth is distinctive, with its walkable downtown and beach, and that the new name would create an ‘instantly recognizable brand for the city.’
     With the 100-year anniversary of the city next year and the opening of the renovated beach site and casino scheduled for this fall, he said, this is a good time to change the city’s name.
     ‘The timing is just about right,’ Maxwell said. ‘It kind of gives us a renewed since of pride for the next 100 years.’ ”


Causing so much confusion for so many years is this oft-asked question:

“Where exactly is Lake Worth?” 

Click on this link to learn why changing the name of our City to “Lake Worth Beach” would clear up so much of the confusion for investors, Realtors, and the press and news media too.