1. SNAP SHOT OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT

2. Who we are: PBC is the largest county in size in the State of Florida,2,228 square miles total 38 Municipalities 10 of which are located in District 1 We employ 11,001 people of which 6,316 are controlledby the Board of County Commissioners. Remainder are employed by Constitutional Officers -mostly the Sheriffs Office 3. Discussion Items County Budget Department of Airports Fire Rescue Department Department of Environmental Resources Management Parks and Recreation Department Palm Tran Solid Waste Authority Convention Center Hotel and Garage Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office Water Utilities Department BioScience Issues 4. State of Financial AffairsWhere the Money Comes FromWhere the Money GoesTotal of all Funds $3,884,240,421Total of all Funds $3,884,240,421Non- Internal DepartmentalGeneral Current Services4.8%Government Property 3.4%5.6%FundTaxes Balance22.1% 35.1% Public SafetyReserves21.5% 21.0%Licenses, Permits & Other Taxes5.5% Physical Interfund Environment Transfers8.7% 12.4%InterfundIntergovernTransfersmental10.1% Transportation12.4%Culture & Interest 12.7%Charges forRecreationHuman EconomicEarnings & Services3.9%Services EnvironmentOther Misc. 13.6% 2.7% 3.3% 1.2% 5. Palm Beach County 2013 Major Sources and Expenditures ($ in millions)SourcesExpendituresAd Valorem Taxes $859General Government $219Licenses, permits, fees215 Public Safety830Intergovernmental391 Physical Environment 338Charges for Services530Transportation 495Interest and Misc. 44Economic Environment128Balances Transferred228Human Services105Total $2,267 Culture/Recreation152Total $2,267 6. Department of Airports 2013 Revenues $90.5 million Uses No Ad Valorem taxes or general fund money;100% self sufficient thru user fees and Federal andState grant funding Provides an annual economic impact of over $3.5billion Operates PBIA and three general Aviation Airports:North County, Lantana, and Glades PBIA serves 6 million passengers annually and morethan 80,000 general aviation operations 7. North County Expansion PlansProvides relief to PBIAfor general aviation(private) trafficLength of currentRunway 13-31 is 4,300 feetLength of proposedrunway 6,000 feetWill allow mid-sizecorporate aircraftNo large all-cargo carrierservices such as UPS orFedExNo scheduledcommercial airlineservices 8. Fire Rescue MSTU Ad Valorem $192million including Town of Emergency Call ActivityJupiter PBCFR FY 2012 Area Served:Medical Calls 93,395Unincorporated County + 10MunicipalitiesVehicle/Boating Accidents 7,724 Square Miles: 1,822 Alarms6,788 Population: 864,528 Assists/Investigations4,681 Dispatch For: 10Fires 2,692MunicipalitiesHazardous Conditions819 Positions: 1,490 # of Stations: 49 Others936 # of calls (FY 2012): 117,036 Water Related Injuries117 9. Environmental Resources ManagementNatural AreasSystemOver 31,000 acresof environmentallysensitive land inPalm Beach County.27,000 acres and 15natural areaslocated in NorthernPalm Beach County. Natural areasshown in greenhave public usefacilities. 10. Riverbend Park ImprovementsImprovementsInclude:Information KioskBattlefield OverlookHistorical MarkerAreaRestroomsPark OfficeProject will cost$2 Million, and willbe phasedbased on fundingavailability.Construction willbegin later this year. 11. 31 acre propertyWaterway Parklocated adjacentto Jonathans Landingat base of IndiantownRoad Bridge.Phase One includes:3 boat rampsfloating docks60 boat trailer spaces24 car spacesProject expected tocost $4 million.Construction couldcommence in early 2015,subject to operationalfunds being available. 12. Bert Winters Park Boat Ramp ImprovementsRenovations to existingtwo boat rampsNew staging docks36 new boat trailer spacesNew entrance at north endof parkNew restroom buildingDesign complete in 2013Construction to begin in2014Project expected to becompletedin 2015 13. Burt Reynolds Park West Side Improvements16 Boat trailer spaces10 grass boat trailerspacesPavilion buildingRestroom buildingStaging dock extensionProject cost $1.2 million,with over half fundedthru grants.Docks completed bySeptember 2013 withremainder to becompleted by 2016dependent on funding. 14. Palm Tran, operates 33 fixed route bus routes throughout the Countyoperating approximately 8 million service miles a year; Fixed-route ridership set several records in fiscal year 2012, with a totalannual ridership of 11,579,076. The figure marks a 4% increase compared to2011. Fixed-route weekday ridership averaged 39,288 passengers for thefiscal year, eclipsing 2011s record of 37,708. Average Palm Tran Weekdayridership over the past 10 years has increased by over 15,000 passenger tripsper weekday and 4.6 million annual riders. Palm Tran operates 11 routes that provide service in District 1. They areroutes 1, 2, 3, 10, 20, 21, 30, 31, 33, 41 and 49. Key points served by these routes include: Downtown at the Gardens, TheGardens Mall, Palm Beach State College, FAU, Abacoa, and the Gardens andJupiter Medical Center.14 15. Is the branch of Palm Tran responsible for providing/overseeing demandresponse shared ride para-transit trips for customers qualified for service underADA, TD and Senior programs. Service uses smaller vans and transport vehicles providing door to door service Connection determines eligibility, takes trip requests and schedules paratransittrips that are operated by a contracted Vendor(s) currently Metro Mobility. Currently average approximately 3,000 trips on a Weekdays. Handles customer concerns Responsible for monitoring the performance of the Vendor(s). Currently in District One there are 2153 active Connection customers.15 16. Solid Waste Authority Serves 1,335,415 permanent residents, plus seasonalresidents and visitors. Collects 1,573,026 tons of solid waste, plus 107,894 tonsof recyclables generated by the residents, visitors andbusinesses of Palm Beach County in FY 2012. 6.90 pounds per person per day generated in FY 2012. 107,894 tons of recyclables received from residentialand commercial programs with $10.8 million in grossrevenues from the sale of recyclables. 17. Solid Waste AuthorityRenewable Energy Facility Reduces the volume of waste delivered to the facility by 80% byvolume. Without this facility, the landfill would already be full. 386,000 megawatt hours sold to FPL in FY 2012. $17.2 million in revenue from sale of energy to FPL in FY 2012. New Renewable Energy Facility currently under constructionand will extend the life of the landfill until 2046. Projected Cost is $700 Million. Bond Financed: S&P AA+ rating Moodys Aa2 rating 18. Convention Center Hotel400 room first class hoteloperated by Hilton Hotels.500 space parking garageConventionCenterCounty will provide $27Conventionmillion which will not beCenter Hotelprovided before GarageOctober 1, 2013.Developer agreementCity Placeprovides for thedesign, construction, equipping and furnishing of thehotel and garage.Developer bears all risksand is responsible for costoverruns.Hotel opening anticipatedto be summer of 2015. 19. Sheriffs Office FY 2013 Budget - $486Million, primarily fundedby ad valorem taxes Employees 3,912 Maintains law and order,Corrections andDetention facilities andCourt Services & Bailiffs Problem Areas: Gangs,pill mills, and crimesagainst the elderly andchildren 20. Water Utilities -WUD 2013 Revenues $165 million Provides potable water, wastewater and reclaimed waterservices to approximately 529,000 people in unincorporatedPBC Provides services to Royal PalmBeach, Greenacres, Haverhill, Palm Springs, Lake ClarkeShores, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach and Atlantis and indirectlyto Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay through the GladesUtility Authority WUD is AAA rated and has approximately $190 million ofrevenue bonds outstanding Net Capital Assets are approximately $900 million FY 2013 Budget of $60 million, with 560 employees 21. BioScience FY 2012 - added $39,336,411 to Jupiter is the sole Max PlanckFloridas gross domestic product Institute in the United States Employs 474 people Employs 90 people FY 2012 - awarded 52 research Nine research groupsgrants totaling $49,553,238 focusing on brain function Since inception, Scripps Florida and neural circuitshas been awarded $305 millionfrom non-State funds Anticipate growing to 135 FY 2012 - 22 foreign and employees by 2015domestic patent applicationswere filed 22. Issues Beach Erosion Palm Tran Connection Glades Utility Authority 23. Beach ErosionBeach program is focused on: Long-term maintenance of public beaches inpartnership with municipalities, taxingdistricts, State and Federal governments. Sand bypassing at inlets, the major cause ofdowndrift erosion. Nine major renourishment projects, adjacent topublic access points, act as feeder beaches. Other areas periodically restored with dune sand. 24. JupiterBeach Park Some dune work is anticipated to begin next month in Jupiter Beach Park. 25. Dune restoration inCoral Cove Park inTequesta is nowcomplete. 26. 11/29/2012Water Glades Singer Island8/16/2012 Work continues until Februaryon Singer Island.12/12/2012 27. Funding for Beach Erosion ProjectsState AssistanceFederal Assistance Recent budget shortfalls have Historically, earmarks were usedlimited funding.to help fund four County beachrenourishment projects. A proposed emergency fundingbill and a recovery of funding With earmarks no longer anthrough real estate documentary option, the requiredstamp revenue may help theappropriations need to be partState to meet its commitments.of the Army Corps of Engineersannual budget. The Legislative Delegation andcounty lobbyists are workingtowards shepherding suchlanguage into law. 28. Long Term SolutionRecognize our beaches as essential infrastructurethat supports the local economy and quality oflife for our residents. That infrastructurerequires an annual investment of $15 million tomaintain. Some Facts: In 2011, 86.5 million visitors to Florida spent $67.2 billion dollars. 58% of those visits were primarily for the beach. Beaches are the #2 activity (behind shopping) activity for tourists. 29. Contract Fixwith MetroMobility 14 new vehicles put into service this month 50 additional new vehicles put into service by March 1st New office and maintenance facility to consolidate all Florida operations GPS and Mobile Data Terminals to be installed and activated in coming week 30. Glades Utilities AuthorityFacing many challenges: GUA was established in 2009 Provides water and wastewater utility service toresidents of Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay andsurrounding areas Decline in utility revenue due to unemployment,housing unit vacancies and reduced business activity Fragile infrastructure due to inability of GUA to makecapital investments Significant Rate Increase needed to remain financiallyviable 31. Proposed Plan to Absorb GUA Upon absorption, maintain the GUA Base Facility Fee andCommodity Fee as of May 1, 2012 for eight (8) years. After eight (8)years the rates will equal the Countywide Base Facility Fee andCommodity Fee plus 7%. WUD will assume to GUAs eleven (11) current debt obligationswhich total approximately $28.6 Million. Of this amount, WUD willpay-off five (5) of the debt obligations totaling approximately $2.2Million. The County agrees to continue to pay an annual entity transfer toeach of the three (3) cities totaling 7% of gross receipts for eachmunicipal entity service area. The County will retain the current GUA employees. The County will make a $25 Million capital contribution to thesystem in the first five (5) years. 32. The Best of Everything.Questions/Comments