County to reimburse Toll Brothers

Published March 16th, 2008

By John Johnston
Managing Editor

As part of an original development agreement, Palm Beach County Commissioners have agreed to reimburse Tolls Brothers $48,714 for remediation of some environmental issues at the old “Bushel Stop” site on Lyons Road in west Boca Raton.

Toll is the developer of a project known as Mizner Country Club located on the east side of Lyons Road, south of Linton Boulevard.  At the same time, the county is widening and improving Lyons Road from Linton Boulevard to West Atlantic Avenue.

As part of the development order, the county is responsible for mediation of environmental issues at the old Bushel Stop site in the area. The reimbursement will fund Toll Brothers removing, disposing of, and replacing with clean fill some contaminated soil discovered by a county environmental survey in 2007.  Toll Brothers will also have the area retested, commissioners said.

Other Business

In other recent business commissioners:

• Approved a $565,076 Minority AIDS Initiative continuation grant application with the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. The contract will provide enhanced and increased core medical and other support services to AIDS infected/affected individuals and families in targeted areas throughout Palm Beach County. No county funds are required, said commissioners.

• Approval a renewal of appraiser agreements with the following appraisal firms: Ames Appraisal Services; Anderson and Carr, Inc.; Appraisal and Acquisition Consultants, Inc.; Callaway and Price, Inc.; M.R. Ford and Associates, Inc.; S. F. Holden, Inc.; Jenkins Appraisal Services, Inc.; RE Analysts, Inc.; and The Spivey Group, Inc.  Commissioners said the firms provide services for right-of-way acquisition purposes.

• Amended a $50,000 Joint Participation Agreement with the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), recognizing FDOT’s additional $50,000 grant for work on the SR-704/Okeechobee Boulevard from Clear Lake Bridge to east of the Australian Avenue overpass.

• Amended a $25,000 financial assistance agreement with Northtree Community Association (Association) for an extension of the completion date for improvements in and along Hagen Ranch Road to Dec. 31, 2008.  The agreement also establishes that the irrigation pump station may be located outside of the Hagen Ranch Road right-of-way (within 25 feet and visible from the right-of-way) on association property, said commissioners.

• Amended the County Incentive Grant Program (CIGP) agreement with FDOT, modifying the limits of the Okeechobee Boulevard widening project, and extending the expiration date to June 30, 2010.

• Approved a task order agreement with Arcadis U.S., Inc, to provide professional services for intersection improvement projects. At the county’s option the agreement can be renewed annually for a period of one year, with a maximum of two renewals, said commissioners.

• Approved the renewal of the civil engineering annual agreements with the following firms: Corzo, Castella, Carballo, Thompson, Salman, P.A.; Keshavarz and Associates, Inc; and Last Devenport, Inc. These agreements are for one-year, on a task order basis.