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West Palm Beach CRA adopts 2025–26 budgets, adds $560,000 for Northwest security
Summary
The West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency unanimously approved strategic finance plan amendments and final budgets for the Downtown City Center and Northwood–Pleasant City districts, reallocating funds to bolster security in the Historic Northwest and Nora/Brelsford Park areas.
The West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency on Sept. 2 unanimously adopted amendments to the Downtown City Center and Northwood–Pleasant City strategic finance plans and the final revenue and expenditure estimates for fiscal year 2025–26. The board approved Resolution Nos. 25-36, 25-37F, 25-38 and 25-39F, keeping overall budget totals unchanged while reallocating line items to increase security funding.
The agency increased security services funding by $280,000 for the Historic Northwest target area and by $280,000 in a security grant line for the Nora/Brelsford Park target area. Deputy Director Jade Green told the board those increases will be covered by reducing the Banyan Streetscape line by $560,000 so the overall Downtown City Center budget of about $117.47 million and the Northwood–Pleasant City budget of about $8.8 million remain balanced.
The change responds to board direction and recent community requests for more cameras and patrols. Commissioner Fox said the additional dollars were "very meaningful to the Historic Northwest," and explained the Banyan Streetscape reduction is a timing adjustment, not a permanent elimination. Board discussion clarified the Nora security allocation will be distributed as a grant so recipients can select providers; staff said the specific grant agreement and deployment details will return to the board before funds are spent.
Green described the CRA’s authority under Florida Statutes Chapter 163 and said the strategic finance plan is the controlling document: activities not in the plan cannot be undertaken by the CRA. She noted staff will reconcile Hyperion records to match the adopted budget before Oct. 1.
The motions to adopt the strategic finance plan amendments and the FY2025–26 revenue and expenditure estimates were moved, seconded and carried unanimously with no recorded dissents.
Board members said they will refine grant agreements to require documentation and reimbursements and will return to the board with the agreements and monitoring approach so the board can review how security dollars are deployed and evaluated.
