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Riviera Beach debate over new police headquarters centers on Barracuda Bay agreement and possible $1.5M buyout
Summary
City staff told the Riviera Beach City Council that the proposed police headquarters at the Barracuda Bay/City Hall campus site is entangled with a Palm Beach County interlocal agreement that county staff says could require repayment of about $1.5 million if the city exits the agreement.
City Manager Jonathan Evans and capital projects staff described a City Hall campus plan that would include a new police headquarters on the Barracuda Bay site, and they told council members the Barracuda Bay interlocal agreement with Palm Beach County contains bond proceeds of about $1.5 million that the county says would be repayable if the city exits the agreement.
Evans told the council county staff had described two possible pathways staff had seen with other municipalities: (1) pay the full bond amount (county staff said $1.5 million) to terminate or exit the Barracuda Bay agreement, or (2) obtain a county‑approved arrangement in which the county holds the agreement in abeyance while the city constructs a new pool, after which the remaining term would be tacked…
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