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Show Transcript A:AN I SPOKE WITH THE CHAIOFR THE RIVIERA BEACH CITY COUNCIL WHO TELLS ME THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME NOW TO BRING AN AMAZON DELIVERY STATION TO THIS WAREHOUSE IN RIVIERA BEACH. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS PROCESS FOR THE PAST YEAR. ANA: AMAZON ANNOUNCED NEA W DELIVERY STATION WILL OPEN IN RIVIERA BEACH. I AM JUST ECSTATIC WE ARE ABLE TO FINALIZE BRINGING AMAZON TO RIVIERA BEACH. IT’S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SORELY NEEDS AND THE RESIDENTS NEED AS WELL. A:AN CHAIRPERSON LANIER SAYSHE T DELIVERY STATION WILL BE LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF W 13TH STREET AND BARACK OBAMA HIGHWAY. IT IS A FACILITY THAT WE VEHA HAD IN OUR COFFERS FOR THE PTAS TWO OR THREE YEARS THAT WAS BUILT ON THE OLD SWAP SHOP SITE. A:AN AN AMAZON SPOKESPERSON RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, WE ARE EXCITED TO INCREASE OUR
Riviera Beach s aging water treatment plant continues to vex representatives from PepsiCo., an important employer in the city that has had to shut down operations to clean out a filtration system it uses to provide additional treatment to the city s water.
Emails obtained by The Palm Beach Post indicate PepsiCo. has reached out to City Councilman Tradrick McCoy and other city officials in an effort to resolve the problem, which officials stress has not threatened the safety of drinking water for residents.
So far, efforts to solve the problem have not been successful, as PepsiCo. is left with a type of lime sludge after it runs the city s treated water through the company s filtration system, emails show.