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Public speakers urge West Palm Beach to find solution for JetRide after city attorney cites state lease limits
Summary
Multiple residents and JetRide representatives urged the city to allow JetRide boat club use at downtown public docks; City Attorney said the city's submerged‑lands lease with the state requires free, first‑come, first‑served dockage and that a membership program occupying slips would violate the lease.
Scores of residents and JetRide representatives used the Community Redevelopment Agency meeting on May 12 to ask the city to let JetRide continue operating from downtown public docks, saying the membership boat‑club expands public access to the water.
Founder and CEO Travis Zalesco and employees told the CRA and commissioners that JetRide — founded in West Palm Beach in 2017 — has provided thousands of trips and made boating more accessible for teachers, nurses and retirees who otherwise would not own boats. Several speakers, including members and employees, described JetRide as a community…
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