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>> TODAY'S MEETING, TIME IS NOW 6:00 P.M. AND I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER
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THE COUNTY COUNCIL WORKSHOP OF APRIL 26TH AND CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL?>> TOWN MANAGER FRANK KITZEROW?
>> I'M GOING TO JUST MIX THIS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE GOING TO KICK OFF JUST AN OVERVIEW OF
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THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN CALL UP THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS.I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC TO DO IT THAT WAY.
THE ANTENNAS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT TONIGHT IS ABOUT AND WHAT IT'S NOT ABOUT AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH SAYING.
THEN TO MY COLLEAGUES UP ON THE DAIS, YOU'RE CRITIQUING MY PERFORMANCE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, LIKE THIS IS MY THIRD MEETING I THINK WHATEVER, IS DISADVANTAGE IN THE MIDDLE, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY.
I USED TO LIKE THAT SEAT RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I HAD A VIEW OF EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL.
[LAUGHTER] I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT I WASN'T SHY WHEN I WAS IN THAT SEAT TO SPEAK UP AND YOU'LL NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO FEEL LIKE I WASN'T CALLING ON THEM, BUT I HONESTLY DON'T SEE THAT.
I'M GOING TO BE LESS RIGOROUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COLLABORATE, [BACKGROUND] BUT EACH OF YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO SAY, "WELL, JIM, YOU DIDN'T SEE ME AND YOU DIDN'T CALL UPON ME." SO FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN.
I DID THAT RIGHT? TODD NEVER CALLED ME OUT FOR IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SET THOSE RULES HERE SO EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING INPUT.
BUT SOMETIMES WHOEVER GOES FIRST, THEN SOMEBODY ELSE SPEAKS AND YOU WANT TO COMMENT TO THAT, THAT'S THE DILEMMA.
I ALWAYS STRUGGLED WHEN I WAS ON A COUNCIL MEMBER, DO WE GO FIRST OR LAST ADVANTAGE IS TO BOTH.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT GROUND RULES HERE AND THEN WITH THAT, LET'S TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. KATE?
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. KATE MORETTO, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN FOR THE RECORD.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT FOR OUR SECOND ACTUALLY STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP OF THE YEAR, JUST TO GROUND EVERYBODY IN WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE DID HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP ON JANUARY 18TH.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAKEUP OF THE COUNCIL WAS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT THEN.
BUT THAT WORKSHOP WAS OUR TYPICAL INITIAL WORKSHOP WHERE WE DISCUSSED INPUTS TO THE PLAN, GATHERED IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED PLAN.
THEN OUR TYPICAL PROCESS IS TO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A WORKSHOP WHERE WE PRIORITIZE THOSE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT.
TYPICALLY, THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FEBRUARY-MARCH TIME-FRAME.
WE DID MAKE THE DECISION TO PAUSE THE PROCESS FOR A BIT.
I'LL LET THE NEW COUNCIL GET SEATED, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE'S INPUT TO BE COLLECTED, AND THEN ALLOW YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MULL OVER THE LIST TO PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE PRIORITIZATION, AND THEN COME TOGETHER TONIGHT TO REVIEW THAT AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
HOPEFULLY, I'M FINALIZING THE PLAN FOR THE YEAR GOING FORWARD.
WE DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE INPUTS PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND INCORPORATE ANY INVESTMENTS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE MADE THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WITHIN YOUR ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLAN.
THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
THE IDEA FOR TONIGHT IS TO REVIEW ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO WHERE WE STAND WITH THE CURRENT PROGRESS ON THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT, BUT CERTAINLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH A SUMMARY DOCUMENT IN THE MATERIALS SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE STAFF HERE THAT COULD PROVIDE THOSE ANSWERS OR FOLLOW-UP ON ANY ITEMS THAT YOU NEED FOR THAT.
IF YOU HAVE NOTHING THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY OF THE PRIORITIZATION INPUT THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED ON THE CURRENT PROPOSED LIST OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND ACTION PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
THEN AT THE END WE CAN WRAP UP WITH NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF FINALIZING THE PLAN AND BRINGING IT TO AN UPCOMING MEETING FOR YOUR ADOPTION.
THAT'S THE AGENDA AND THE SCHEDULE FOR TONIGHT.
MAYOR DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT?
>> YEAH. I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING THE BEST ALIGNMENT WE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND WITH THE PUBLIC.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THE LONGEST TENURED MEMBER UP HERE AND I SHOULD KNOW THE MOST ABOUT THE PROCESS, AND WE HAVE TONIGHT AN ITEM WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER CHANGING IT,
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WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD ONE TO TALK THROUGH.BUT I,M THE ONE THAT TALKED TO KATE ABOUT, "LET'S MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T." ONE THING IS, WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT ISN'T THE END OF IT.
SOME OF THESE STRATEGIC ITEMS FIT INTO THE FISCAL BUDGET PROCESS THAT COULD BE THE TOWN'S OR THE STATE'S OR COUNTY'S.
QUITE FRANKLY, WE ALREADY LOST TWO MONTHS FROM TYING INTO THAT SO SOME OF THE STRATEGIC ITEMS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT IT'S PART ENOUGH, WE WANT TO HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER SO WE CAN BUDGET IT.
THESE OTHER STRATEGIC ITEMS THAT IT IS A BUDGET AND IT'S ABOUT IMPLEMENTING.
THESE OTHER STRATEGIC ITEMS IS WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.
AS I WAS TALKING WITH KATE ABOUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS REALLY LINKED TO? IT LINKS TO EVERYTHING.
IT'S A CONTINUUM, AND ALSO WE HAVE LIMITED STAFF BY OUR CHOICE.
WHEN WE HAD SEEN THIS IN FEBRUARY, THEY WERE COMING BACK TO US SAYING THERE WAS MORE ON THE LIST THAN THEY COULD DO, AND WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
THIS CREATES WORK FOR STAFF AND IT DOES PRIORITIZE THINGS, BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME ITEMS MAYBE THAT TAKES MORE OF A COUNCIL INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL THING OR WHATEVER.
NOTHING HAS NO IMPACT ON STAFF, BUT THAT'S MORE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO DO.
THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS TONIGHT WE DON'T GET TO AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NEXT MEETING OR A MONTH FROM NOW OR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW SOMETHING COMES UP UNDER COUNCIL COMMENTS AND WE WORK ON IT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT IT IS, SO I WAS JUST SENSING A LOT OF ENERGY.
FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THE ENERGY UP HERE ON THE DAIS COMING OFF WITH A CAMPAIGN, BUT EVEN THE PUBLIC, WE WERE ALL GETTING A BUNCH OF INPUTS AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS KICKOFF MINIMIZES THEM BEING DISAPPOINTED IF THE ITEM DOESN'T GET ON HERE.
BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY HEARING, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET GOING AND WITH THAT.
BUT I THOUGHT NOW WITH THAT AS A PREFERENCE,
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I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FOR WHOEVER WANTED TO SPEAK ON AND PUT COMMENTS.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MB HAGUE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF JUPITER INLET FOUNDATION.
WE'VE ALL LEARNED THAT TO HELP PROTECT MARINE AND BIRD LIFE IN OUR ESTUARY, IT WAS IN HIS CRUCIAL TO FOCUS ON SEAGRASS.
IT IS A SEAGRASS THAT PROVIDES FOOD, HABITAT, NURSERY, AND SANCTUARY TO HUNDREDS OF SPECIES PLUS SERVES CRITICAL FUNCTIONS TO THE HEALTH OF THE WATER AND THE SEA FLOOR.
IT IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE WATER.
SEAGRASSES ALSO AN INDICATOR OF WATER QUALITY.
MANATEES ARE STILL STARVING AND DYING BECAUSE OUR SEAGRASS IS DISAPPEARING.
MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN'T HOPE TO RESTORE OUR SEAGRASS, OYSTER BEDS OR EXPECT OUR MARINE AND BIRD LIFE TO SURVIVE WITHOUT FOCUSING ON THE WATER.
WATER IS THEIR LIFEBLOOD, AND WATER IS ALSO THE LIFEBLOOD OF JUPITER.
EVERYTHING THAT OCCURS UNDER, IN, AND ON THE WATER CONTRIBUTES TO IMPACTS AND ULTIMATELY DETERMINES ITS OVERALL HEALTH.
MARKING VULNERABLE SEAGRASS AREAS, REMOVE IMPULSE MANAGING DERELICT AT-RISK AND ANCHORED VESSELS, FERTILIZER BANDS DEFINITELY ALL HELP AND ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO TREAT SEAGRASS AREAS WITH CARE HELPS.
HOWEVER, MORE EMPHASIS NEEDS TO BE PLACED ON WHAT CHEMICALS ARE GOING INTO THE WATER AND MORE EMPHASIS FOCUSING ON KEEPING OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN.
OUR STATE WATER DISTRICTS CURRENTLY DETERMINE WATER QUALITY BASED ON PHOSPHORUS, NITROGEN, AND CHLOROPHYLL-A, WHICH ARE FACTORS IN MEASURING EXCESS ALGAE AND TURBIDITY, A MEASUREMENT OF WATER CLARITY.
SAVE THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL HOPES TO BROADEN WATER QUALITY TESTING TO OTHER TOXINS AND POLLUTANTS.
STORMWATER RUNOFF, WASTEWATER POLLUTION, HERBICIDES, PESTICIDES, AND HARMFUL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE ALL CONTRIBUTE TO WATER QUALITY.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR TOWN OF JUPITER STORMWATER DEPARTMENT WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO RUNOFF QUALITY.
MANY OF US RELATE STORMWATER ONLY TO MINIMIZE FLOODING, BUT THE DEPARTMENTS DEALING WITH THE POLLUTANTS THAT RAINWATER CARRIES SOME STREETS, LAWNS AND CONCRETE SURFACES IS CRITICAL BECAUSE MUCH OF THAT RUNOFF GOES DIRECTLY INTO OUR CANALS, CREEKS, THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER AND THE INTERCOSTAL.
THE DEPARTMENTS PROJECTS HAVE OVERLAPPED INTO THE TOWNS GREEN-BLUE AND OPEN SPACE INITIATIVES.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS SHOWN ITS ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS BEING A MAJOR PLAYER IN PROTECTING THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR ALL THEY DO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
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PERHAPS, STRATEGIC ITEMS PERTAINING TO OUR WATERWAYS COULD BE COMBINED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH INTO ITS OWN AREA OF ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS WITHIN THE TOWN, ENCOMPASSING ALL THE ACTION ITEMS SINCE HIS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.THANK YOU MAYOR, THANK YOU COUNCIL, JUPITER INLET FOUNDATION IS EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL THE TOWN DOES IN SUPPORT OF OUR WATERWAYS. THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS IT? WAS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE HERE.
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I'D LIKE TO JUST CALL UP DAVID BROWN.JUST IN RESPONSE, I THINK THAT IN THE COURSE OF THE TIME I'VE BEEN IN A TOWN, AT ONE TIME WE HAD A BEST PRACTICE IN THIS AREA IN MANAGING WATER RESOURCES AND IT WAS CALLED THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER PRESERVATION INITIATIVE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE DAVID, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THAT PERIOD OF TIME AND HOW WE GOT THINGS DONE AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REGION.
>> THANK YOU. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER PRESERVATION INITIATIVE, IT STILL EXISTS ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN FLOWING FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN PRETTY MINIMAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE FACTORED INTO IT, BUT THE LRPI WAS CREATED BY MYSELF AND A GROUP OF OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES RELATIVE TO WATER RESOURCES IN THE REGION.
WE WERE BASICALLY FRUSTRATED BY THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT EVERYBODY HAD ON THEIR LIST THAT THEY WANTED TO GET COMPLETED.
BUT THE LACK OF MOVEMENT, THE LACK OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF THE GROUND.
WE BENEFITED FROM A VERY STRONG LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
I CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST 10 YEARS WE HAD KIM PRUETT, WE HAD JOE NIAGRON AND JEFF ATWATER WHO CHAMPIONED THE INITIATIVE RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO.
ON A ROUTINE BASIS, WE PULLED DOWN SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO SERVE AS SEED MONEY FOR THE LOCAL PROJECTS, THE WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS TO GET DONE.
TODAY I THINK THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET IF EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED WITHOUT VETO, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT A 1,000,000, 1,500,000 COMING FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
BUT IN PAST YEARS HAS BEEN MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT.
>> BUT WHAT DID IT ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT TIME PERIOD WAS A REAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN ALL THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT SHARE IN OUR WATER RESOURCES BECAUSE WE WERE HANDING OFF TO THE LEGISLATURE VERY GREAT LEADERS A PRIORITY, CORRECT?
>> JUST EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE IT WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE BETWEEN THEM, THEY DECIDED WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT, THE NUMBER TWO, THE NUMBER THREE, EVERY YEAR?
>> YES. WE DID SERVE AS A TEMPLATE FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE AFTER IT WAS CREATED BECAUSE OF THAT STRONG LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION THAT PLAYED UP OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WHICH WE BASICALLY TOOK THE WHOLE MENU OF PROJECTS, WHAT ARE CALLED ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN PRIORITIZED ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
THEN SUBMITTED THAT TO THE LEGISLATURE, BASICALLY GIVING THEM THE CONFIDENCE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE FUNDED BY THEM WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN TANGIBLE TURN DIRT PROJECTS THAT THEY COULD POINT TO AS BEING COMPLETED AND ACTUALLY SERVING A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE AREA.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO REALIZE HOW THAT'S THE WAY WE REALLY WERE GETTING THINGS DONE AND THEY WERE PRIORITIZED WITH THE BEST PROJECTS WORK EMERGING AND IT WAS COLLABORATIVE. KATE, BACK TO YOU.
JUST GOING BACK TO OUR AGENDA, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH THE COUNCIL FOR US TO OFTEN FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY OF THE EXISTING STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND THE STATUS THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU THAT ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON.
I DON'T WANT TO GO ASK TOO QUICKLY OVER THAT.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH EACH PAGE OF IT EITHER IF THERE WAS ANY NEED, SO IF ANYBODY HAS A NEED FOR ANY UPDATES ON ANY OF THOSE.
>> I WAS GOING THROUGH IT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ON THE INITIATIVE FOR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT MINE GOT MARKED DOWN AS A ZERO.
EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER TWO FOLLOWING WERE UP AT A FIVE, SO FIVE FOR THAT.
THEN AS THE LOCAL ARTS AND MUSIC, I DON'T KNOW HOW ALSO THEY GOT MARKED DOWN ON ZERO, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON RECORD THAT I MARKED THAT AS A FIVE.
>> ON YOUR GO FORWARD PRIORITIZATION FOR THE PROPOSED.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPTION, I GUESS IF YOU DIDN'T CLICK IT THOUGH.
>> YEAH, THEY JUST CAME UP AS [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
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>> ANY QUESTIONS ON EXISTING INITIATIVES BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE PROPOSED. EVERYBODY GOOD TO MOVE ON? PERFECT. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AN UPDATED PRESENTATION IN DECK THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE PROPOSED INITIATIVES WHICH YOU'VE ALL SEEN BEFORE.
THE COPY THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THOUGH, HAS ADDED TO IT SOME HIGHLIGHTING AND SOME STRIKEOUTS TO NOTE WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES THAT YOU GAVE TO STAFF IN ADVANCE WOULD END UP AS. YES, RON.
>> I WAS PLANNING ONE IN MY COLUMN FOR THE MANAGED GROWTH ACTION PLAN THREE ROUTE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS AND THRESHOLDS, THAT WAS A FIVE.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT GREEN AND WHITE STRIPED DOCUMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, THE SUMMARY OF EVERYBODY'S RANKING OF EACH ITEM.
THAT IS REALLY JUST BACKUP DATA FOR YOU TO REFER TO SHOULD YOU NEED TO REFERENCE IT.
>> I JUST WANT TO, THIS IS NICE TO HAVE IT UP HERE, BUT JUST SOME OF THESE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT ITEM WAS.
JUST TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT THAT THAT IS ABOUT, I FIGURED THAT WHOEVER MIGHT'VE BEEN THE ADVOCATE FOR IT, WE WOULD TALK THROUGH IT.
BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, WE CAN SEE WHERE THINGS ARE.
DON'T READ TOO MUCH INTO MY SCORES EITHER BECAUSE I MAY HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT IT IS.
>> GREAT. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, AND I REALIZED THAT AS WE GO THROUGH, WE MAY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THAT ENDED UP AS I SUMMARIZED ALL OF YOUR PRIORITIZATION INPUT.
YOU ALL RATED THEM EACH ON A SCALE OF 1-5.
THE INITIATIVES AND THE ACTION PLANS, AS YOU KNOW.
WE STARTED OUT WITH 37 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY 73 ACTION PLANS IN THE INITIAL LIST OF PROPOSED ITEMS, WHICH IS A LOT TYPICALLY STAFF END UP BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE A PLAN THAT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE LOW 20S IN TERMS OF WHAT NUMBER OF INITIATIVES, NOW THAT IS AN ESTIMATE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT AND SCOPE.
BUT THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE WE END UP WITH A DOABLE PLAN, IF YOU WILL.
USING AN AVERAGE OF FOUR OR GREATER ON A 1-5 SCALE THAT YOU ALL RATED EVERYTHING ON, THAT ACTUALLY YIELDED, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 24 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY 49 ACTION PLANS.
I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT THAT OUTCOME, THAT IT CAME OUT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE NUMBER THAT WE WANT TO BE AT.
WHAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO IS WE COULD WALK THROUGH BY STRATEGIC PLAN RESULTS AREA GO THROUGH THE INITIATIVES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT TRANSLATES INTO, INTO WHICH ONES IN THAT SCENARIO WOULD REMAIN ON THE PLAN AND WHICH ONES MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AS BEING DROPPED OFF OF THE PLAN FROM A TOTAL SCOPE PERSPECTIVE.
THEN ALONG THE WAY, ANY DISCUSSION THAT'S NEEDED FOR ADJUSTMENTS OBVIOUSLY, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AND DISCUSS OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION OF AN ITEM AS WELL.
STARTING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, WE HAD THREE INITIATIVES ON ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE IDENTIFIED.
AGAIN, USING THAT BENCHMARK AS GETTING AN AVERAGE SCORE OF FOUR OR HIGHER, WE END UP WITH ESSENTIALLY TWO, THE NEW TOWN HALL.
IT HAS ONE ACTION PLAN AND THEN STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHICH HAS A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS. WE DIDN'T RATE AS HIGHLY IN THIS CATEGORY WHERE THE OPERATIONAL UPDATES AND THE EMPLOYEE LEAVES STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE?
>> I DIDN'T KNOW ON THE OPERATIONAL UPDATES, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST A STAFF ITEM.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, STAFF IS GOING TO DO IT RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS, BUT WE CAN MOVE.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT WAS POTENTIALLY INITIALLY DEFINED AS UPDATES AT COUNCIL MEETINGS BY DEPARTMENT, IF YOU WILL, ON THE DEPARTMENTS OPERATIONAL STATUS AND GOINGS ON AND ANY KIND OF ISSUES THAT ARE CONCERNS.
>> THAT THERE WAS MINE IT WAS TO KEEP DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN TOUCH WITH US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT TOWN HALL EVERYDAY, MORE OF A VOLUNTARY THING.
IF THEY WANTED TO COME UP AND PRESENT WHAT THEY'VE DONE LAST SIX MONTHS, WHERE THEY ARE GOALS OR WHATEVER, JUST KEEP US UP TO DATE ON THINGS.
JUST SO WE HAVE A BETTER FEEL WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? PUT THE STUFF THAT'S HELPFUL.
>> I WANT TO SAY FOR COUNSEL IN THE READINGS, I'VE PUT A ONE IF I DIDN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING GENERALLY, THREE, IF I HAD QUESTIONS ON IT, AND FIVE IF I SUPPORTED IT.
ON THIS ITEM, I JUST HAD ONE NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT IT.
I DO THINK THAT WE NEED UPDATES, BUT MY THOUGHT WAS THAT WITH OUR PREVIOUS TOWN MANAGER,
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WE DIDN'T REGULARLY RECEIVE WEEKLY UPDATES THAT WE HAD REPORTS AT THE END OF EACH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.BUT WE NEVER GOT ITEMS FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THAT COULD BE TUCKED INTO A TOWN MANAGERS REPORT AT THE END OF COUNCIL MEETINGS AND NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING TO BE A STRATEGIC ITEM FOR THE YEAR.
THAT WAS JUST MY THOUGHT WITH IT.
BUT I DO IN THEORY, SUPPORT IT ABSOLUTELY, JUST HOW IT'S DONE IS MY QUESTIONING.
>> NO, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SO THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON THAT WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, WE CAN ELEVATE IT.
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT JUST UNTIL AN ITEM ACTUALLY COMES BEFORE US, JUST HAVING A BETTER IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> THE SPIRIT BEHIND IT WAS JUST TO TRY TO CLOSE THE VOID BETWEEN US AND THE STAFF, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE MONTHS OR A YEAR AGO BY WHERE WE HAVE NO CONTACT OR EVEN NO OTHER DEPARTMENTS DOING.
BUT IF THEY WANT TO COME TELL US GREAT, BUT TRY TO KEEP US MORE ENGAGED I GUESS.
>> NOT COMMON IN THE PAST THAT I TALKED OF THE WEEKLY REPORT WE GET IS PHENOMENAL AND I WAS THRILLED TO LEARN THAT STACEY HAD THE INDEX TO IT.
I CAN FIND STUFF, BUT I LOOKED AT THAT AS A STAFF.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY LINING NOT DOING IT.
STAFF DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THAT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN BECAUSE THAT COULD BE IN A WEEKLY REPORT THAT I LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY.
>> I THINK ALSO, THIS IS PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE TOWN COUNCIL ON A REGULAR BASIS TO INFORM ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
BUT I LIKE ABOUT THE TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT AT THE END OF A COUNCIL MEETING IS IT'S ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE'RE ALL BENEFITING FROM THAT INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENTS ARE HIGHLIGHTS AS YOU SEE FIT.
>> I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT'S OKAY NOT TO HAVE IT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THAT CONTINUING WITH THE UPDATES THROUGH THE TOWN MANAGERS WEEKLY AND THE TOWN MANAGER REPORT IS THE GOOD THING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE? THERE WAS ONLY REALLY ONE SLIDE FOR THIS CATEGORY.
BEFORE I LEAVE IT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
GREAT. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY.
THERE WERE THREE IN THIS CATEGORY.
WHILE THE INITIATIVE FOR CYPRUS DRIVE, DIDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THE RATING, THE MATCHING GRANT ACTION PLAN DID.
JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT STAFF IS INTERPRETING THAT CORRECTLY, THAT IS STILL A VALUABLE INITIATIVE.
BUT THAT THE MATCHING GRANT ASPECT OF THAT IS REALLY THE IMPORTANT THING TO FOCUS ON.
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT INITIATIVE, LIKEWISE, DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET RATED HIGH AS AN INITIATIVE, BUT BOTH OF ITS ACTION PLANS DID, SO WE'RE INTERPRETING THAT AS IMPORTANT TO KEEP ON.
THEN THE UF AND SCRIPPS ITEM IS THE ONE HERE THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET A VERY HIGH RATING.
I THINK ON THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, CREATED THE POINT OF CONTACT OUR TOWN MANAGER IS ALREADY DONE THAT WHICH WAS GREAT.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF FOUR MONTHS, THAT ONE'S ALREADY COMPLETED.
ON THE SECOND ONE, I THOUGHT I WAS RELUCTANCE ABOUT THIS ONE.
I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ON ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK TO THE TOWN.
WHAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, I'D FEEL A LOT MORE BETTER ABOUT IT IF THERE WAS A COUNSELOR LIAISON TO THAT GROUP.
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE FOR FORMING A COMMITTEE THAT STARTS TELLING US WHAT THEY WANT.
THAT DOESN'T THE RISK OF NOT FEEDING INTO WHAT WE THINK THE PUBLIC WANTS.
THIS MAY COME UP A FEW TIMES TONIGHT, BUT I'D ASK THAT WE ALL CONSIDER FOR THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBER APPOINTMENTS, BUT ALSO WHAT OUR ROLE IS ON THE COUNCIL IN EACH ONE OF US THINKS ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP AND DO THAT ONE, I THINK WE WOULD CAPTURE IT THAT WAY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE IF I CAN.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PUBLIC SURVEY COMMENTS.
THE FACT THAT SOME OF US HAS BEEN AN ODD SOMETIMES WITH ONE ARM OF WORTH PACK OF THE CHAMBER TELLING US WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR BUSINESSES AND SO ON.
DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT ON RESIDENT RATE, VARIETY OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
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THEY RATE US COMPARED TO ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WERE TOP IN FLORIDA, FROM THOSE THAT DID IT IN 10 OUT OF 128.I THINK THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING BUSINESS AND OUR RESIDENCE ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT.
LET TRY DOING SALES PITCH UP HERE, BUT TO THE DEGREE, SOME OF US HAVE ALWAYS PERCEIVED THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE TELLING US WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING FOR BUSINESS, AND OUR RESIDENT ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT I'D FEEL BETTER IF SOMEBODY UP HERE WAS WORKING WITH THAT GROUP.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON IT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS CATEGORY STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY.
>> JUST ONE COMMENT. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT BUSINESS COMMUNITIES IS THAT WE HAD AN ITEM IN THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IT WAS TO SURVEY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
OUT OF THAT CAME, I THINK, SOMETHING LIKE EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHAT I LOVE IS THAT THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP, IT CONTINUES ON WITH THIS AND IT TAKES SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PUTS IT IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE CREATION OF A BUSINESS LIAISON.
THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS A RECOMMENDATION AS WELL, SO WE WELCOME THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT IT WITH UF AND SCRIPPS, I THOUGHT, AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING I SUPPORT IN THEORY AND I THINK I WASN'T TOO CLEAR ON THE SURVEY HERE.
BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A STRATEGIC ITEM.
I AM THINKING BACK TO THE BUSINESS INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, THERE WAS FAU THAT CAME FORWARD RECENTLY, SO WE NOW HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH FAU.
IT CAME FROM AN EMAIL THAT CAME TO COUNCIL.
STAFF MET WITH THEM, SAW THAT IT WAS A GOOD FIT FOR THE BUSINESS LIAISON, AND SO NOW THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
THAT NEVER MADE IT TO THE LEVEL OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVE EITHER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN.
I MEAN, WILL SPEAK LATER ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND HOW IT MIGHT BE CHANGED TO BE MORE STRATEGIC.
BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK LONGER-TERM AND THESE ITEMS AGAIN, WELL I SUPPORT THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN BE RAISED TO THE LEVEL OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVE.
>> JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OVER EACH ITEM AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS IT.
>> I THINK THE PLAN WAS, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, WE'RE DONE WITH IT.
>> LIKE ON THAT ONE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE DIALOGUE ABOUT IT BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS, I'LL WAIT THEN.
>> ON THAT ONE, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE DEGREE I HAD WORN ON IT.
I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT WE WOULD DO.
OTHER THAN HEARING ABOUT IT, SCRIPPS HAS BEEN THERE FOR LONG TIME AND WE PARTNER WITH SOURCE, WE HELP FUND ITS EXISTENCE.
BUT THE ROLE OF OUR GOVERNMENT IN THAT, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW OF IT, BUT ANY TIME SOMEONE WAS TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA ON THE DIETS AND SAYING, HEY, HERE IS WHAT WE COULD DO.
I'M JUST NOT SUPPORTIVE AND CREATING THINGS IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO.
>> YEAH, AND THAT WAS ONE OF MINE BECAUSE WHEN I HEARD THAT UF HAD PURCHASED SCRIPPS, POTENTIALLY THEY COULD HAVE BETTER FUNDING.
AS WE LOOK AT OUR LIVE WORK HERE IN AMOCO AND THAT'S I FOUR OVERLAY.
JUST KEEP A RELATIONSHIP WITH SCRIPPS TO SEE, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT TO BRING IN THE HIGHER PAYING JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THE PHARMACEUTICALS JUST BE IN TUNE WITH THAT AND DON'T MISS ANY OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE AT THIS LEVEL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW IT IN THERE, AND JUST HELP THE STAFF DILIGENT.
NOW THAT WE HAVE INDEED THE NEW BUSINESS LIAISON THERE COULD BE PART OF ALSO.
>> I THINK WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THIS.
I THINK WE REALLY HAVE ALIGNMENT, BUT THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> DUE DILIGENCE CATEGORY, I GUESS.
>> BUT THAT COULD ALSO BE A COUNSEL ITEM.
ANY ONE OF US COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING OURSELVES THEN BRING IT BACK.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE STAFF LOOKING AT IT.
>> EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH HOW THIS IS LAID OUT HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S INCLUDED?
THERE WERE SEVERAL SLIDES ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS A LONG LIST, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM.
TRAFFIC MITIGATION IS A CONTINUING INITIATIVE WE'VE HAD ON PREVIOUS PLANS, THAT ONE RANKED HIGH.
SOUTH ISLAND WAY AS WELL, IS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT A CONTINUING INITIATIVE, ALTHOUGH IN VARIOUS PREVIOUS PLANS IT'S EVOLVED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE US1 BRIDGE IS ALSO A CONTINUING INITIATIVE.
THE ONE THAT GOT THE STRIKE-THROUGH ON THIS PAGE IS THE DRAWBRIDGE OPENINGS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS.
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>> ON THAT ONE, CHRISTA FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAD RATED THAT HIGHER.
I'M ON THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, SO THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT I WOULD BE IN THE MOST AND TO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I WOULDN'T BE THRILLED IF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY ANY ONE OF YOU COULD OVERCOME.
BUT WE'VE HEARD ACTUALLY IN PRESENTATIONS HERE THAT THE GAME THAT WE'VE GOT AT DONALD ROSS AND INDIANTOWN ROAD WAS A CONCESSION SOME YEARS AGO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIMED, LIMITED TO THE HALF-HOUR AND THAT'S THE GAIN.
SOMETIMES I NOTICE MYSELF THEY SEEM TO NOT FOLLOW THAT, BUT THAT IS THAT.
IF ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE IF YOU CAN'T MOVE THAT ORGANIZATION TO BE OPEN-MINDED, WE CAN TAKE IT ON, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THIS LIST.
I WOULD'VE GIVEN IT A FIVE OF WHY IT WOULD BE A NICE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
I PUT IT DOWN AS A TWO, BASED ON THE FACT THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
BUT I WOULD CHALLENGE THE TWO OF YOU THAT WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF MY STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
THE REASONING BEHIND IT WAS, WE DEAL WITH TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY IN THE RUSH HOUR TIMES OF THE DAY, MORNING, AFTERNOON.
A BRIDGE OPENING FOR A SINGLE LEISURE VEHICLE OR VESSEL THAT'S TRAVELING UP AND DOWN, YOU'RE LIMITING AND STOPPING THE MOBILITY OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GO TO AND FROM WORK WHEREVER THEY MAY BE GOING.
IT ALSO TO ME CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE, WHERE YOU HAVE FIRE RESCUE POLICE TRYING TO GET TO EITHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE IN THOSE TIMES OF DAY WHEN CAR ACCIDENTS ARE HIGHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I LOOKED AT IT AS LOOKING AT PEAK RUSH HOUR TIME.
IF WE COULD LIMIT THE BRIDGE OPENINGS IN THOSE TIMES FROM A SAFETY AND TRAFFIC STANDPOINT AND GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE THE US1 BRIDGE GOING TO BE CLOSED, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH LARGER VOLUME OF TRAFFIC TRAVERSING OVER THE BRIDGES, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE TIMES OF DAY.
TO ME, I LOOKED AT IT AS IT CAN CREATE EVEN MORE OF TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK IN THE MORNINGS AND THE AFTERNOONS WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING WHEREVER THEY MAY BE GOING.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM HAD ONE ATTACHED TO IT.
THAT MEANT THAT SUCCESS IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE A COUNCIL INITIATIVE.
THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD STEP UP.
YOU WANT TO STEP UP, GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
I MEAN IT, YOU'D BE A HERO TO RESONANCE, YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
BUT IT DOESN'T BELONG ON YOU ONLY BECAUSE IT CAN'T.
BUT I WOULD SUGGEST SERIOUSLY, TAKE THAT PASSION AND TRY TO BRING IT BACK.
>> NOW I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH A CONVERSATION WITH THE COAT GUARD TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT.
IT MIGHT BE WITH SOME PRETTY HEAVY LIFT.
NOT THAT IT'S NOT WORTH DOING, BUT THERE'S SOME LEGAL ROOM THERE FOR THEM, AND THEN GREAT.
I THINK WE CAN DO MORE WITH IT.
>> IT WAS MORE OR LESS IF WE CAN LIMIT THE BRIDGE OPENINGS EVEN IF WE CAN ELIMINATE ONE OR TWO.
>> IT HAS COME UP. PUBLIC SAYS THAT ALL THE TIME.
LIKE I SAID, GO FOR IT. START WITH THE COAST GUARD.
>> WAS SOME OF THAT COMPLAINT DRIVEN?
>> YEAH. JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING INTERCOASTAL, THEY MIGHT BE COMING FROM STATE TO STATE.
THEY'LL TIME THEIR ROOTS SO WHEN THEY GET TO A CERTAIN BRIDGE, THEY KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE OPENING WITHIN ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES, OR CLOSE.
SOME CAPTAINS ARE VERY GOOD THEY BREEZE RIGHT THROUGH.
USUALLY THAT BRIDGE OPENS FOR LARGE SAILBOATS, AND IF THEY'RE IN A FOLLOWING CURRENT, AND THEN THE BRIDGE IS DOWN AND THEY HAVE TO STEM THAT CURRENT AND GO INTO REVERSE, THEY'RE NOT VERY MANEUVERABLE INTRACOASTAL.
THERE'S PROBABLY AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ON THAT COULD BE A HEAVY LIFT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES INVOLVED IN THAT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] ASK. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS ABOUT, IS MORE OR LESS APPROACHING THEM AND SAYING, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT WAY SO.
>> THAT ONE DOESN'T MAKE IT ON HERE, BUT WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S GOING TO BREAK THROUGH SOMETHING WHERE DECADES HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
>> YOU CAN EVEN ADD ENVIRONMENTAL INTO THAT.
A LOT OF CARS JUST IDLING, CREATING A LOT OF EMISSIONS WAITING FOR THE BRIDGE.
>> NEXT IS, WE'RE STILL IN THE MOBILITY CATEGORY.
ON THIS PAGE WE HAD TWO STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT RATED VERY HIGH.
WEST INDIANTOWN ROAD AND IT'S A COUPLE OF ACTION PLANS AS WELL AS A CONTINUING INITIATIVE WHICH HAS BEEN VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ISSUES WITH SOME NEW ACTION PLANS FOR THIS YEAR, BUT A CONTINUING INITIATIVE NONETHELESS.
THEN DOLPHIN DRIVE DID NOT RECEIVE IN THIS CATEGORY THE HIGHER RATINGS.
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ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS OR WHETHER THEY BELONG ON YOUR FINAL PLAN OR NOT? NO.GREAT. NEXT CATEGORY IS SAFETY.
THERE'S ONE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IN THIS CATEGORY, AND IT IS OUR HIGH-SPEED RAIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS BRIGHT LINE.
THIS IS A CONTINUED INITIATIVE FROM LAST YEAR'S PLAN AS WELL, AND IT INVOLVES SOME CONTINUING ACTION PLANS AS WELL AND EVERYBODY RATED THIS ONE VERY HIGHLY.
WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE?
>> JUST WANTED TO ADD TO MY COLLEAGUES' IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I RATED THE TWO ACTIONS DIFFERENTLY, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT.
BECAUSE REALLY THIS IS ONE I'M ACCOUNTABLE TO BE CHAMPIONING SINCE I'M ON THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY.
FIRST ONE IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO GET DONE THIS YEAR.
PUT IT A FIVE. SECOND ONE, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY WE CAN GET DONE THIS YEAR UNTIL IT GOES OPERATIONAL.
IT BELONGS ON THE LIST, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT PERSPECTIVE TO GET A QUIET ZONE DESIGNATION.
THE SYSTEM HAS TO BE UP AND RUNNING AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR.
>> WHEN YOU APPLY, IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS OUT?
>> YEAH. WHILE THEY'VE DONE SOME TEMPORARY OPERATIONS, IT HASN'T BEEN AT FULL SPEED, SO IT DOESN'T QUALIFY.
BUT IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE TPA, THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IS ASSIGNED, AND AS SOON AS WE GET TO THE POINT THAT IT CAN QUALIFY.
BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR.
NEXT CATEGORY IS UNIQUE, SMALL-TOWN FEEL.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW INITIATIVES IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY.
[NOISE] WE HAD ON THIS PARTICULAR PAGE, THERE ARE THREE INITIATIVES LISTED.
ONE OF WHICH IN PART MADE THE LIST FROM A RANKING PERSPECTIVE, [NOISE] SO COMMUNITY WEBCAMS DID NOT, MEDICAL MARIJUANA DID NOT.
BUT THE ASPECT OF EXPLORING WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY OTHER USES AND OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE WEST JUPITER COMMUNITY CENTER WAS THE ASPECT THEY RATED HIGHLY IN THIS ONE FOR INDOOR RECREATION AND EMERGENCY FACILITIES.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT? [NOISE]
>> I VOTED FIVE IN THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA BECAUSE THAT WAS A VALID INITIATIVE AND I THINK THAT'D BE PAST 82 PERCENT, SO THAT'S JUST OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE VOTERS THAT ONE OF THAT PAST.
THAT'S WHY I KEPT THAT ON THERE.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S ISSUES WITH THE LOCATIONS OF PHARMACIES AND THE ZONING AND ALL THAT.
DID WE EVER LOOK INTO WHETHER WE COULD TWEAK THAT?
>> IT WAS OFFERED UP LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN THE FINAL VOTE CAME IN THROUGH BECAUSE THERE WAS A MORE OR LESS A HYBRID APPROACH TO GRANDFATHER IN THE CURRENT PHARMACIES THAT ARE IN TOWN FOR EXPANSION, WHATEVER IT MAY BE TO NOT KEEP THEM FROM EXPANDING.
THEN TRY TO MAKE SURE THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES ARE WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL ZONES OF JUPITER AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GO INTO ESSENTIALLY THE LIVE WORK UNITS THAT ARE IN ALCOA.
IN MY MIND, THEY WOULDN'T WANT BE LIVING IN A TOWN HOUSE NEXT TO A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY.
IT WAS OFFERED UP AS AN IDEA TO TWEET THAT PLAN, BUT IT WAS NEVER VOTED ON.
>> I THINK WHEN THERE WAS A VOTE ON IT, IT WAS TO HAVE IT OR NOT HAVE IT AND VOTERS CHOSE TO HAVE IT AS AN OPTION.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE DELIVERY OPTIONS.
IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER, I THINK IT COULD GO ANYWHERE WHERE A PHARMACY WAS ALLOWED.
THAT WAS THE QUESTION OF IN THIS LARGELY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WHERE IT WOULD GO AS A QUESTION OF ZONING, AND AS IT WAS VOTED ON RECENTLY.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A NEED TO REVISIT THAT.
>> I REMEMBER THIS COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST IT.
I THINK IT WAS THREE TO TWO BECAUSE THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT IT.
IT COULD GO WHERE ANY PHARMACIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ALLOWED IN JUPITER, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE STATE-LEVEL, THEY OFFERED UP A HYBRID?
>> NO, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT LAST YEAR, THE OPTIONS WE WERE GIVEN WERE EITHER VOTE FOR [NOISE] REVERSING THE BAN ALTOGETHER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW IT FOR IT TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER THAT A PHARMACY IS ALLOWED.
A MORE OR LESS HYBRID APPROACH THAT WOULD LIMIT THEM TO CERTAIN AREAS OF THE TOWNS, SPECIFICALLY PROBABLY COMMERCIAL, OR KEEP THE BAN IN PLACE.
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THE MOTION THAT WAS OFFERED UP LAST YEAR WAS TO REVERSE THE BAN ALTOGETHER WITH NO LIMITATIONS AND IF THE VOTE FAILED.>> YEAH, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT THE ZONING AT SOME POINT, BUT IT'S A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES FOR ME IN TERMS OF OTHER LARGER STRATEGIC ITEMS, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT AND SORTING THROUGH AT SOME POINT WHAT ARE THE RIGHT ZONING CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO GET IT IN THE AREAS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
>> ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WEBCAM TO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT A LOT OF THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, OR GOING FORWARD SO ISN'T THAT A [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE SHORTLY GOING OUT FOR RFP, FOR A CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH PRICING AND SCHEDULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
TAKING IT OFF HERE WOULD INDICATE PROBABLY TO STAFF THAT WE WOULDN'T CONTINUE WITH THAT.
I GUESS WE WOULD NEED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THAT.
>> WHAT I VOTED ON WASN'T INTERPRETING IT THAT WAY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THE OUTCOME HERE TO THE DEGREE THAT IT WAS POTENTIALLY IN THE PROCESS ALREADY.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS STRATEGIC TO PUT ON HERE.
>> THAT'S HOW I TOOK MY UNDERSTANDING WAS [OVERLAPPING] ALREADY.
>> I'M OKAY WITH IT CONTINUING.
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY THOSE AND THEN THE VERY NEXT ONE YOU'RE GOING TO PULL UP.
WHEN SOMETHING FITS INTO A BUDGET, REALLY JUST A DECISION.
DOES IT GET BUDGETED OR NOT? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME ON HERE, PEOPLE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THAT.
IS THAT STRATEGIC OR NOT? I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND I'M OKAY WITH IT CONTINUING.
I JUST DIDN'T THINK IT WAS STRATEGIC TO BELONG ON HERE.
THAT DOESN'T DIMINISH THAT IT COULD BE A BENEFIT.
I DON'T WANT STAFF [OVERLAPPING] TO GET THE WRONG MESSAGE FROM THAT, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY. I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER IT IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? [OVERLAPPING] OKAY.
>> DOES THIS STAY ON HERE OR WILL COME UP, BUT IT GETS CONTINUED.
>> IT WOULD JUST BE COME UP DURING YOUR BUDGET PROCESS, [OVERLAPPING] SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER I THINK IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
>> BUT YOU WERE SAYING IT WAS GOING OUT TO BID.
DOES THAT MEAN WE ALREADY HAVE A BUDGET FOR IT?
>> WELL, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE, BUT.
>> IS IT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN?
>> IT WAS IN LAST YEAR'S, YES.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ALREADY IN THE PLAN.
WE'RE NOT TAKING AN ACTION TO TAKE IT OUT UNTIL IT WAS APPROVED.
YOU COULD PROCEED WITH THE RFP AND COME BACK.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ALREADY IN PROCESS.
I DID AGREE TO KEEPING IN HERE JUST I THINK THAT WAS A FOREIGN LAYERS, ONE OF THESE INITIATIVES IS OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE FORMER MAYORS, FINISHING UP.
>> REAL QUICK ON JUST ON THE LAST THING IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO A NEW FACILITY WORK WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY.
I THINK WE CAN ADD IN THERE TOO AND APPROACH WHERE IT WAS LINED OUT.
IF WE WORK WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY TO ADD TO THEIR SPACE AT WEST JUPITER, THAT COULD ALSO BE ANOTHER OPTION TO EXPLORE GRANT FUNDING [NOISE] FOR MAKING IT AN EMERGENCY SHELTER THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY HELP, I GUESS, SELL THE IDEA TO PALM BEACH COUNTY TO EXPAND UPON THEIR FOOTPRINT AT WEST JUPITER AND PUT A FACILITY THERE AND ALSO MAKE AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.
>> IT JUST SEEMED TO ME THAT WE HAVE THAT LARGE FACILITY THERE, LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE UTILIZED TO ME TO THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT FIRST BEFORE WE GO DOWN THE ROAD OF TRYING TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GYM.
>> BASICALLY, IT'S LARGE ENOUGH FOR TWO FULL-SIZE VOLLEYBALL COURTS THAT ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PERIPHERY SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO RUN OUT OF BALANCE AND ALL THAT.
BUT IF THEY CAN EXPAND THAT, THAT'S A PERFECT LOCATION FOR AN EXPANSION AND TO ADD A LARGER FOOTPRINT OR AN EMERGENCY SHELTER, SO I'LL GO FOR THAT.
>> WE CAN REWARD THIS A BIT TO EXPAND ON THE IDEA OF RE-IMAGINING THE PROPERTY?
>> I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THAT FACILITY IS USED.
YOU MAY SAY IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH, THEN AGREE WITH THAT.
THE LOT ITSELF [OVERLAPPING] A LOT OF SPACE ON THERE.
>> BUT THE COUNTY HAS GOT A LOT OF THINGS ON THAT SITE.
IF THEY ARE OPEN TO UTILIZE THEIR SITE, IT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE IT IS AN AMENITY THAT WE USE.
GREAT. THANK YOU. NEXT, IN THE SAME CATEGORY, UNIQUE SMALL-TOWN FEEL, WE HAD HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, ATHLETIC FACILITY USAGE, AND ABACOA PARKING.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE ONE THAT DID RANK THE HIGHEST WAS
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ATHLETIC FACILITY USAGE AND DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THAT, AND POLICIES AND A MASTER PLAN.ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SLIDE?
>> YEAH. I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO COUNSELOR MAY ON THE ADUMANT HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT MY HOBBY, MR. HOLIDAY HERE.
>> THAT WAS AN OTE, YOU MEAN. [LAUGHTER]
>> MAYBE THIS IS A CONFLICT COUNCIL INITIATIVE.
>> LET'S CONSIDER IT AS A BUDGET ITEM.
>> THE LIGHTS FIXTURES SOME YEARS AGO, WE HAD BATTERIES AND STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON AND WHATEVER.
I THINK, ABACOA USED TO DO IT MORE AND WHATEVER.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.
LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT. I THINK WE'VE SCALED BACK WHAT LITTLE WE DID.
>> YEAH. A COUPLE OF TIMES, I'VE GONE DOWN TO WEST PALM AND THEY DO THE SANDY TREE THING.
THE CROWD THAT THAT TREE LIGHTING EVENT DRAWS IS HUGE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, TO ME, A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT FOR THE HOLIDAY TIME IF WE COULD IDENTIFY A LOCATION THAT WOULD DRAW PEOPLE TO IT, COULD IN TURN SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THOSE BUSINESSES AND STUFF IN THE AREA.
THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM WAS TO CREATE A GOOD [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME ABOUT IT, BUT [LAUGHTER] IT'S A BUDGET, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR IT.
I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO CONSIDER SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND WE'D HAVE TO GET A BUDGET TO CONSIDER IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
>> I VIEWED IT MORE AS A BUDGET ITEM AND NOT ALWAYS JUST TAKE ONE.
NICE THING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT REALLY PART OF STRATEGIC.
>> AGREED. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
THIS DIDN'T RATE, IT DIDN'T GET TO FOUR-PLUS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL CLEARLY SUPPORTS.
THE QUESTION THEN GOES BACK TO ONE OF THOSE FIRST ITEMS THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY DISCUSS AT LENGTH AND SHOULD PROBABLY REVISIT WHEN WE'RE FINISHED GOING THROUGH EACH OF THESE IS THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PAGE? STILL ON UNIQUE SMALL-TOWN FEEL.
>> I'M SORRY. COULD YOU JUST GO BACK?
>> I JUST WANTED A PAGE. MAYBE A PAGE BACK.
ON ABACOA PARKING, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ON THAT ONE.
NUMBER 1, THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF SPRING TRAINING THAT TO A DEGREE, THE OPEN FIELD WAS A REVENUE SOURCE FOR BASEBALL THAT WE COMMITTED THAT THEY WOULD GET GET THE REVENUE FOR ONE LARGE PARKING GARAGE.
ONCE AGAIN, THE REASON I HAD A ONE ON THERE WAS BECAUSE THAT THERE IS NO OPTION TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM BASEBALL BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE REVENUE PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY, THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN TOWN KNOW THERE'S OTHER GARAGE YOU CAN PARK IN.
BUT I HAD A PARADIGM ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN.
THIS ONE DOESN'T MAKE IT FOR THAT REASON.
BUT ALSO, I SUSPECT IT COULD COME BACK UP WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TO SOME DEGREE.
I JUST WANT TO JUST GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
>> TO ME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S A DISCUSSION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALSO BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FREE PARKING IS.
>> THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW THE PACKING IS SUPPOSED TO BE UTILIZED.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET TAKEN CARE OF MORE ON THE STAFF LEVEL.
IT'S NOT REALLY A STRATEGIC ITEM, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE, MAYBE IT'S NOT BEING FOLLOWED OR MAYBE THE PLAN NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED FOR THE PARKING.
BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF PARKING THERE, THERE SHOULD BE PARKING FOR PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
>> WELL, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS GIVEN SOME INSIGHT TO THE DEGREE THAT BASEBALL HAD A REVENUE SOURCE.
BASEBALL IS ENTITLED AND DOES SIGNAGE DIRECTING EVERYBODY TO THE PAID GARAGE.
THERE'S A DILEMMA THERE THAT WE COULD WHISPER AND MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND, JUST DON'T PARK IN THAT ONE GARAGE.
>> WELL, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNAGE THAT DIRECTS PEOPLE TO THE FREE PARKING.
THE SIGN HASN'T BEEN GETTING PUT UP.
>> WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT, BUT GOOD IF IT DOES.
ANYWAY, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC, THAT THERE'S OTHER GARAGES.
>> NEXT IN THE CATEGORY OF UNIQUE SMALL-TOWN FEEL, WE HAD OUTDOOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES WHICH DID RATE VERY HIGH IN YOUR REVIEW.
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INLET VILLAGE MARINA AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE, WHICH DID NOT RATE VERY HIGH.THEN COMBO ON THE NEW TOWN GREEN ITEM WHERE THE DEMOLITION PLAN AND EXPLORING A PLAN FOR AN EVENT SPACE ON THE DANIEL'S WAY PROPERTY DID RATE HIGH.
BUT THE EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF A TOWN GREEN ON THE MILITARY TRAIL SIDE WITH A PASSIVE SPLASH PAD DID NOT.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT SPLASH PAD COULD GO WHERE THE EVENT SPACE IS.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHERE YOU PUT THE EVENT SPACE, AND WHAT THAT DESIGN LOOKS LIKE, AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A NO ON THAT, IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHAT THE WHOLE PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
>> THAT'S BEEN PUSHED OUT INTO TIME ANYWAY.
WE PUT THAT ON HOLD WITH THE DESIGN.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TILL LATER TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THE OPEN SPACE AND THE TIME [INAUDIBLE]
>> I THINK THE SITE PLAN FOR THE TOWN GREEN PARK IS GOING TO COME BACK.
>> JUST ONE ITEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT'S THE LAST ITEM ON THE PAGE.
THEY'RE EXPLORING A PLAN FOR EVENTS SPACE IN THE VACANT DANIEL'S WAY PROPERTY.
I'M HOPING BY MY EXPLANATION, PEOPLE REALIZE AND WE PURSUE THAT WITH THE BIGGER PERSPECTIVE.
I DON'T THINK I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF IT WHEN IT WAS, BUT THE CLAIM WAS IT WAS FOR TRAFFIC TO ALIGN UP.
I AGREE WITH THAT, THAT YOU COULD LINE UP THE ROAD.
IT THEN REALLY CUTS THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO, I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I SUGGEST BE PURSUED, IS THAT IF DANIEL'S WAY IS RELOCATED, THEN WE OUGHT TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BY RELOCATING IT TO THEN GET THE DANIEL'S WAY RIGHT AWAY.
THERE MAY BE SOME WORD LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT.
TO ME, I THINK THAT'S THE REAL FIRST STEP.
WE OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS UNDERUTILIZED.
CERTAINLY, ALL OF US WOULD WANT TO BE UTILIZING IT.
BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS IF IT'S GOING TO BE SPLIT BY A ROAD GOING THROUGH IT, THEN IT'S TOUGH WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT.
YOU CAN USE IT FOR PARKING, BUT YOU CAN'T USE IT FOR THESE OTHER THINGS.
BUT IF ON THE OTHER HAND, PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT AT ONE TIME, WE HAD WENDY'S THAT WANTED TO REDEVELOP, AND THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE OVER.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT SITUATION AS THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO MOVE OVER WITH DANIEL'S WAY NOW IS WE HAVE A BIGGER PROPERTY.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT IT'D BE IN COMPLICATED MEANS THAT WE SHOULDN'T TACKLE IT, BUT WE WANT TO STRATEGICALLY TACKLE IT.
THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED.
WE NEED TO GET THAT PROPERTY WHERE THE ROAD USED TO BE.
THEN WE HAVE A USABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY, WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
>> I THOUGHT I REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME UP BEFORE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM ABOUT REALIGNING THE ROADWAY AT A TURN LANE, OR MAYBE IT WILL TURN LEFT AT [INAUDIBLE] TOWN ROAD.
THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF ISSUES AND PROBLEMS WITH TRYING TO GET THAT TO WORK EFFICIENTLY FOR STUDENTS COMING OUT OF JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SAT THERE AND NOTHING'S REALLY HAPPENED.
>> NO. I THOUGHT WE HAD AN ENGINEERING PLAN FORWARD.
IF THIS THING IS GOING TO SURVIVE, SO THEN THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE STAFF COMING BACK TO US AND TELLING US WHETHER THAT IS OR ISN'T THE CASE.
I DON'T RECOLLECT IT, BUT IT COULD BE.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.
BUT WE'D NEED TO MASTER PLAN IT TO REALLY GET THE MOST USABLE SPACE TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
I JUST KNOW IT'S PRETTY COMPLICATED.
>> WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE NEW POLICE STATION, WE APPROACHED WENDY'S TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO RELOCATE.
AT THAT POINT, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO.
THAT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THAT LIGHT SYSTEM, THE SIGNALING THERE.
>> I THINK SO. BUT ALSO, THE TIMING WAS PERFECT, THEY WERE REALLY REDOING THEIR BUILDING.
THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT, BUT THEN THEY BACKED OFF OF THAT.
BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT WOULD BE A BETTER LOCATION TO THEM AS AN INTERSECTION.
>> BUT THEY REALLY BACKED OFF OF REDOING THE WHOLE BUILDING.
>> WELL, I THINK IT WAS LIKE A REMOTE LANDLORD.
BUT WE NEED TO MASTER PLAN IT, IT'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST LIKE HANGING OFF TO THE SIDE.
>> ADDING TO THIS ACTION PLAN, ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO MASTER PLAN AND REVIEW THE ROADWAY DESIGN?
>> WELL, I'VE TRIED TO COMMENT BEFORE, WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THE TOWN HALL SITE PLAN,
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THAT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DESIGNATING THAT ROAD IN THERE.BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS WE HAVEN'T TRIED TO PURSUE AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IF WE PUT THE ROAD IN THERE, WE'LL GET THE RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S SOME DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD CLAIM THEM RIGHT AWAY REVERTS TO THEM.
BUT I SUBMIT TO YOU, IF WE REALIGN IT, WE OUGHT TO GET IT.
I MEAN, THAT SHOULD BE OURS TO DO IT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT SHOULD BE PURSUED.
BUT IT STARTS WITH STAFF PRESENTING DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS TO WORK.
WE ALL SEE IN OUR MEETING ROUNDTABLE WHAT IT DOES.
THEN WE NEXT STEP IS TO GET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO AGREE THAT IF WE WERE TO REALIGN THE ROAD, WE GET THE FORMER RIGHT AWAY FOR DANIEL'S WAY.
BUT THEY OWN IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE RIGHTS TO IT. I UNDERSTAND.
>> I WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY SAY THAT DURING THE CAMPAIGN SEASON, I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED SO MANY COMMENTS AS I HAVE FOR OUTDOOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AND THE ATHLETIC FACILITY USAGE AS WELL.
THEN LOOKING ALSO AT OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR JUPITER, AND YOU LOOK AT IMPORTANT FOCUS AREAS AND THE OVERALL QUALITY OF PARKS AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES IS CLEARLY AN ITEM OF FOCUS.
I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THE PUBLIC OUT THERE BECAUSE WE DO HEAR YOU, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FREQUENTLY.
SORRY, WITH THE TOWN GREEN AS WELL, LET ME SEE.
WHAT DID I WRITE FOR TOWN GREEN? LOST IN ALL THESE NUMBERS.
I HAD A FIVE, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL OF THE POTENTIAL THAT'S THERE, THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
WE HAVE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMING UP FOR JUPITER IN A FEW YEARS, AND WE HAVE A NEW TOWN HALL BUILDING AND A TOWN GREEN AND SO TO SEE IT AS JUST A GREEN, I THINK IS TO MISS SOME OPPORTUNITIES BE IT FOR NATURE TRAILS, FOR PUBLIC ART.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS JUST FOR WANTING TO GET MORE FROM THAT PROPERTY, FROM THAT SPACE.
THAT'S JUST ONE COMMENT I HAVE IS I LOOK AT THIS.
>> WHAT I WAS THINKING ALSO IS THAT WE HAVE, ONCE YOU DEMOLISH THE OLD BUILDINGS, THERE'S ROOM THERE FOR WALKING PATHS AND GREEN AND SHADE AND SOME OTHER PASSIVE USE NEXT TO THE MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING THAT COULD ALSO BE LOOKED AT, RETHINKING AROUND THE WHOLE COMPLEX, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE SEE STAFF ALL THE TIME GOING ON LONG WALKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY THROUGH THE PARKING LOT [LAUGHTER] AND WOULDN'T IT BE NICER IF THEY COULD WALK THROUGH IT ON A NICE PATHWAY.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT A SCHEDULE OF WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IT'S COUPLE OF YEARS OFF, SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE AT '22.
WASN'T AN URGENCY FOR 2022 TO PLANET BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT UNTIL THE NEW BUILDING IS DONE, YOU DEMOLISH THE OTHER ONE, THAT'S WHY WOULD EVENTUALLY LOWER ONE FOR 2022.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT, WE NEED TO BENEFIT FROM IT, BUT NEXT YEAR.
>> I THINK I'M HEARING THAT THAT'S STAYING IN, BUT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO CAPTURE THE REQUEST FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK FOR DISCUSSION THE ROADWAY ALIGNMENT?
>> BUT ALSO THE TWO THAT GOT DELETED.
I'M JUST PUTTING SOME ADD TO IT GOT DELETED BECAUSE IT'S A NEXT YEAR ITEM.
IF THE COUNCIL WISHES, NEXT YEAR.
>> LAST ITEM WITHIN UNIQUE SMALL-TOWN FIELD WAS A NUMBER OF ACTION PLANS AROUND THE ARTS AND PROMOTING MUSIC AND THE ARTS.
PROMOTING AND PARTNERING RATHER WITH PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER ON A PLAN TO RETIRE ARTIGRAS TO JUPITER, RATED VERY HIGH AS DID EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR THE TOWN'S INVOLVEMENT IN AND POSSIBLE SPONSORSHIP OF JUPITER MUSIC FESTIVAL.
>> JUST WANT TO BRING UP AN ITEM HERE AND THIS REALLY APPLIES TO A NUMBER OF OUR COMMITTEES, BUT WE HAVE COMMITTEES WE ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR ACTIONS, MY ACTIONS CAN LEAD TO DEMOTIVATING THE COMMITTEE.
ON THE ART COMMITTEE I JUST WANT TO SHARE AT NUMBER 1 IS, QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD ACTUALLY PUT IN A BUDGET FOR SCULPTURE AND IT WAS IN THE BUDGET AND WE NEVER ACTUALLY DID IT.
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THEN SOME YEARS LATER, WE WERE EXPLORING DOING IN UNDER THE BRIDGE MURAL AND I THINK ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL ASKED TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHAT IT LIKES AND DOESN'T LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE DID ACCEPT IT.I THINK THAT SEND A MESSAGE THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO SEND AND COULD BE A DEMOTIVATING FOR THE COMMITTEE.
I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, PUTTING THIS PROCESS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE COULD DECIDE TO FUND A PIECE OF ART WITH A KNOWN LOCATION.
THAT'S ALWAYS OUR PREROGATIVE, BUT I HAVEN'T SUPPORTED A ROUND TABLE BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS PROPOSAL OUT THERE THAT I THINK WAS A PRETTY BIG STRETCH.
I WOULD HOPE THAT NEXT WEEK OR THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMITTEES AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBERS STEPPING UP ALONG WITH THE STAFF REP TO TAKE ON THE ART COMMITTEE IN A MUDDY OR TRIED TO LOBBY ANYBODY, I THINK, BUT THERE'S A FEW OF THEM LIKE THAT.
IF WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THERE, WE WERE COLLABORATING THERE.
IT MAY BE A MORE ART COMMITTEE WITH THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THAT WOULD HAVE A BETTER TIME.
>> I'M FINE WITH HAVING THAT DISCUSSION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, I THINK THE COMMITTEES NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
BUT THEIR SCOPE IS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE INTRODUCED STRATEGIC ITEM, BUT I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION AND WE DEFINITELY NEED THE HAND.
>> AGREED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK FOR THE FACT THAT I KEEP REJECTING BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THAT I ASKED A NUMBER OF TIMES AND I JUST WANTED TO FOR THE RECORD SAY I'VE REJECTED THAT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ARTS AND I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT ON THE RECORD.
>> THIS ITEM, I WILL SAY THAT I SPOKE WITH A MEMBER OF THE ART COMMITTEE.
I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE STAFF LIAISON AND WHAT I'M LEARNING IS, IN THERE ARE A FEW COMMITTEES THAT WOULD BE GOOD AND HELPFUL TO PROVIDE DIRECTION AND LOOK AT THE SCOPE.
THEY'RE ALL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND THE ARTS IS DIFFERENT IN THAT IT HAS A BUDGET AND THEY ARE ALL ADVISORY COMMITTEES, I BELIEVE, FOR COMMISSIONS THEY SERVE TO ADVISE COUNCIL, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO NOTE.
BUT ALSO THE ARTS COMMITTEE PLAN EVENTS.
THEY HAVE THESE ART, THEY HAVE FOUR TO FIVE EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT'S UNUSUAL COMPARED TO THE OTHER COMMITTEES IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
LOOKING AT THEIR SCOPE, IT IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ADVISE MUCH.
IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON THESE EVENTS AND LOOKING AT THAT AND MAYBE GETTING A FEW ITEMS BEFORE THEM TO ADVISE ON COULD BE USEFUL.
THEN WITH THE ARTIGRAS, JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND STILL AM PASSIONATE ABOUT.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT MADE IT.
ARTIGRAS LEFT AROUND THE TIME THAT WE WERE DOING OUR LOVELY ROUND ABOUT THAT WE ALL LOVE HERE IN THE TOWN, JUPITER, SO MUCH.
>> [LAUGHTER] MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND DOWNTOWN ARTIGRAS POTENTIALLY AND IT DID FOR SOME TIME, AND I ALSO LOVE JUST THE SMALL TOWN CHARM THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT EVENT, THE SHADE TREES, ESPECIALLY AS A PARENT WITH CHILDREN WHO WOULD GO TO THAT EVENT.
IT'S ALSO NICE TO HAVE THE DIFFERENT DINING AND THERE'S JUST A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE CHAMBER AND BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP TO TRY TO GET IT BACK.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S MADE IT, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
>> THE MUSIC FESTIVAL ACTUALLY WAS SUGGESTED BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS.
I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC SCENE HERE WAY TO HAVE JUPITER PROMOTE LIVE MUSIC.
I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING TO BRING THAT TOGETHER AND EVALUATE THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT PEOPLE HAVE MISSED WITH [INAUDIBLE] BEING SILENT.
TO ME, THAT'S SOMETHING AT LEAST WORTH EXPLORING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE COULD DO.
>> COMMENT ON THE ART COMMITTEE ROUND TABLE.
I WAS HERE FOR THE REHAB EARLY AND HAS BEEN A PAIN CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE THE PROPOSAL OF THE MURAL OF THE BRIDGE.
OUR COMMITTEE, I MET WITH THEM,
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THEY SHOWED ME IT WAS THE WHOLE PROGRAM AND IT HIT US WITH A THUD, I MEAN, IT WAS WAY OVER BUDGET, IT WOULD REQUIRE YEARLY MAINTENANCE, IT WAS OUT IN THE WEATHER.WHAT IT SHOWED ME, THERE WAS JUST A CHASM BETWEEN WHAT COUNCIL EXPECTED AND WHAT OUR COMMITTEE WANTED TO DO AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF RESIGNATIONS, THERE WERE HURT FEELINGS.
I THINK THE ROUND TABLE'S GOOD IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS SOME NEW ART COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M IN FAVOR OF ROUND TABLE WITH THIS GROUP [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT WAS NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
>> I THINK IN OUR REPORTS AND SEVERAL MEETINGS, I'VE SAID CAN WE ADD A ROUND TABLE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY PRUDENT TO DO IT AFTER WE GET OUR BOARDS COMMITTEE'S SELECTION WAS DONE.
BUT JUST TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO, GET FEEDBACK FROM US, I KNOW SOMETHING HAS BEEN MENTIONED OF WRAPPING THE UTILITY BOXES IN THE TOWN TO MAKE THEM LOOK NICER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DISCUSS AND GET OUR FEEDBACK ON.
>> WELL, I UNDERSTAND KNOW THAT THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T HAVE A CONSENSUS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SO BEFORE WE HAVE A ROUND CABLE INVEST IN THAT AND APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE GETTING BETTER ALIGNMENT, THEN IT'D BE APPROPRIATE, WHICH IS WHY I WAS SUGGESTING POTENTIALLY SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL MAY SIT IN A FEW OF THE MEETINGS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN ALIGNMENT BEFORE WE TAKE IT ON HERE.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO SEND THE MESSAGE WAS TAKEN OFF HERE.
THERE'S NO ROUND TABLE IN THE FUTURE.
>> NO. DID I? WHICH IS WHY ON EACH DAY WE TAKE OFF WE TRY TO SEND A MESSAGE.
YEAH, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE, BUT HERE'S WHERE YOU ARE GET IT TO GO.
>> I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS SCOPE AND WITH A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES, NOT JUST THE ARTS [INAUDIBLE] NECESSARILY AND SO, I AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSENSUS.
>> NEXT CATEGORY IS GREEN, BLUE AND OPEN SPACES.
HERE WE HAD A COUPLE OF SLIDES WORTH OF INITIATIVES ON THIS SLIDE.
[NOISE] THE TWO INITIATIVES THAT ROSE TO THE TOP IN TERMS OF RATING, WERE PROTECTING LOCAL SEAGRASS AND IT'S THREE ACTION PLANS LISTED HERE, AS WELL AS AN INITIATIVE AROUND THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER, AND IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY.
WATER STATIONS AND WORK ON A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN OR THE PANDORA SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR DID NOT NECESSARILY RANK AS HIGH.
>> REAL QUICK ON THE MULTI-USE SHOWER STATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I COULD PROBABLY SEE THAT MORE BEING A BUDGET ITEM THAN NECESSARILY A STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT LOOKS LIKE MOST PEOPLE ARE FAIRLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
FOR THOSE THAT MAYBE WATCHING AND NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS.
THE SHOWERS THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE BEACH, THEY'RE THE OLD WOODEN SHOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S OPTIONS OUT THERE TO ADD A SHOWER THAT IS POWDER COATED STAINLESS STEEL LAST FOREVER.
I THINK TAMPA CLEARWATER HAS BEEN USING THEM FOR YEARS, BUT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD ON AND WHATEVER YOU WANT.
YOU CAN HAVE A DOG BOWL AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.
YOU CAN HAVE WATER, YOU CAN WASH YOUR FEET OFF A WATER FOUNTAIN, AND THEN THE OPTION TO FILL A WATER BOTTLE FROM THE SAME SHOWER HEAD.
JUST RUNS ON REGULAR WATER PRESSURE JUST LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE THERE DO NOW.
LIKE I SAID, THEY LAST FOR YEARS.
LIKE I SAID, PROBABLY MORE OF A BUDGET ITEM THAN ANYTHING.
PUT A COUPLE OF MEN, SEE HOW IT'S RECEIVED, AND THEN GO FROM THERE WITH THOSE.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY, WELL, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM?
>> ON THAT I DO. THE SHOWERS AT THE BEACH WERE GREAT AMENITY AND IF WE CAN IMPROVE THEM, THEY'D BE FANTASTIC.
THERE'S SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES WITH SOME, I KNOW WE'VE TRIED TO CLEAR SOME OF THAT UP, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE THOSE FACILITIES DOWN THERE, I'M ALL OVER IT.
WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE IN HERE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS THAT'S UP TO THE STAFF, BUT I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR IMPROVING THOSE.
>> AN EXAMPLE ON THAT ONE, TO PILOT AN INSTALLATION, STAFF WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME IDEA ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
REALLY THE BALL IS IN THEIR COURT TO BRING IT BACK.
[INAUDIBLE] SUCH ENGINEERING, TO BRING BACK WHAT COULD WORK,
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AND THEN WE COULD CONSIDER IT AS A BUDGET ITEM BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE AFTER SOME PILOT, THEY WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT WE WOULDN'T.IS IT STRATEGIC? GOING BACK TO THAT ITEM VERSUS THE BUDGET ITEM THAT I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT.
ONE THING I WANT TO SPEAK TO IS JUST THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I LOOKED INTO AND WHEN IT WAS FIRST BROUGHT UP, IT WAS A PLAN AND SOMETHING I NOTED WAS THAT IT WAS A PLAN THAT BECAME A PERSON IN A WAY.
IT BECAME A FULL TIME STAFFER.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO A DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY RECENTLY AND LOOKING AT THIS, AND THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATORS AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
LOOKING AT OTHERS AND HOW THEY BROUGHT THEM, THERE WAS CONSENSUS, AGREEMENT, A PLAN.
I DO THINK THERE IS SOME VALUE AND WHAT I'VE HEARD IN TALKING TO OTHERS AND STAFF AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE HAVE THE COMPONENTS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL OR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN DOCUMENTS.
IT'S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF PULLING THEM TOGETHER INTO A COHESIVE VISION SO THAT WE CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS TOGETHER.
WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN DO OR THAT A CONSULTANT CAN DO, I'M UNSURE OF.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS SOME VALUE IN THAT. I'M GOING FORWARD.
WE ALSO HAVE, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT COMMITTEES AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT COMMITTEES IN THE NEXT MEETING, BUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE DOES NOT MEET VERY FREQUENTLY, IT MEETS ONCE A QUARTER.
THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW IT CAN ENHANCE WHAT IT DOES TO FIND VALUE FOR TALENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH SCOPE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, I WOULD FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BRINGING SOMEONE ON WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH SCOPE AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE YET.
BUT FIRST WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE, IS MY THOUGHT ON IT.
BUT I DO THINK THERE IS SOME VALUE IN BRINGING TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT PARTS THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN DOCUMENTS TO SEE HOW THIS TOWN APPROACHES SUSTAINABILITY.
>> MY THOUGHT ON THAT WAS SAID.
I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE TOWN.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO TOWN MANAGER ABOUT THIS, LOOKING AT REVAMPING HOW WE DO THIS.
PERHAPS WE NEED OUR OWN MINI-ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ISSUES RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AND MANAGEMENT OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
MAYBE THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT NEED TO BE PULLED TOGETHER COULD BE PULLED TOGETHER THERE.
BUT I THINK IT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE RATHER THAN JUST ONE PERSON OR A COUPLE OF POLICIES BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE ENVIRONMENT IT IS TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.
IT'S UNDERPINNING OF EVERYTHING THAT ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT MAKES JUPITER WONDERFUL AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US, AS STRATEGIC MATTER, FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE AN ADDRESS AND ALL THOSE.
>> YEAH. I DO VIEW THIS AS STRATEGIC.
>> THIS IS A GOOD ONE WHEN YOU REFLECT UPON IT BECAUSE IT'S COME UP BEFORE AND WAS IN OUR PLAN BEFORE, AND OUR PRIOR TOWN MANAGER ADMITTED CAME TO US AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ASK WAS.
HE SAID THIS, "I GUESS I'LL HIRE SOMEBODY." WE ALL, OKAY.
BUT THAT NEVER SAT RIGHT WITH ME AND I THINK A NUMBER OF US THAT KNOW WE DIDN'T WANT TO GROW GOVERNMENT FOR A POSITION.
IT SEEMED LIKE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THAT ISN'T ALREADY BEING HANDLED IN LARGE PART AND IT'S AN ORGANIZATIONAL THING SO WHAT COUNSELOR SCHNEIDER SAID MAKES SENSE TO ME.
BUT IT'S A LESSON LEARNED TO US, IF WE CAN'T DEFINE SOMETHING CLEAR ENOUGH, IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE PROGRESS.
AGAIN, ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES, SOME YEARS AGO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD WHAT THE COMMITTEES WERE WORKING ON WAS MORE DISGUST THAN A COUNCIL.
FOR EXAMPLE, [INAUDIBLE] WAS GAY WHO HAD THE PAGE COMMITTEE.
HE WOULD USE THE [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES WE WERE DEALING WITH.
HE WOULD TAKE ISSUES, ENGAGES A COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE WERE USING THEM TO GIVE US RECOMMENDATION.
I DO THINK THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN LACKING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE.
LIKEWISE, I THOUGHT MAYBE IF SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL WANTED TO BE THE LIAISON, WE MAY GET TO SOME BETTER DEFINITION USING THERE.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO JUST OPEN-ENDED HAVE THEM COME BACK AND TELLING US, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S A WAY TO MAYBE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> IT WAS MY LOCAL REFORM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE THAT THEY WOULD
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PURSUE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WE HAD PUT FORWARD; SEAGRASS, OYSTER BEDS, TURBIDITY, BECAUSE THERE'S ALL GROUPS AROUND FLORIDA DOING RESEARCH, PLANTING GRASSES, ALL THINGS.I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THEY WERE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, PLASTICS AND THINGS.
I THINK THEY SHOULD TAKE THE BALL AND RESEARCH OR COME BACK WITH US.
BUT OPTIONS ARE TRY THIS, TRY THAT.
PEOPLE IN THE SAME LANE AS THE COUNCILS' OBJECTIVES ARE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
>> YEAH. I THINK WE NEED TO [OVERLAPPING].
>> THEY TOURED MEANDERING AROUND OUT THERE.
>> YEAH. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEIR MANDATE IS, WHAT THEIR CHARTER IS.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO? LOOK AT DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT STAFF ALIGNMENT WITH THEM WHO'S SUPPORTING THEM? I THINK THAT ALSO HOLDS TRUE TO A LOT OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES AS WELL.
JUST TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AS WE'RE DOING THE APPOINTMENTS, PERHAPS THE NEXT MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITTEES CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT THEY'RE GIVING EVERYBODY WHAT IT IS WE EXPECT.
>> BUT IF IT'S COUNCIL-SUPPORTIVE I WOULD LOVE IF THERE'S A WAY STAFF COULD REVIEW OR ASSESS OUR PLANS OR DOCUMENTS OR JUST UNDERSTAND, TAKE A LOOK WITH THAT LENS, AND PULL TOGETHER WHAT WE HAVE.
>> NICE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY [OVERLAPPING].
>> SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT THE NEXT YEAR.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ON PROTECTING THE LOCAL SEAGRASS AS AN EXAMPLE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT STAFF HAD THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE EARMARKED MONEY WAS PART OF THE GRANT PROGRAM, IT WAS NOT.
THIS IS ONE THAT WHEN WE PUT IT ON HERE, IT'S BEEN ON FOR A FEW YEARS.
WE RECOGNIZE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME FUNDING OF IT.
I STILL FEEL THAT WAY, HOPEFULLY IS THE MAJORITY THAT DOES.
THE FACT THAT THE FOUNDATION WITHDREW THE APPLICATION FOR FUNDING, I'M EXPECTING WE'RE STILL GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT.
FURTHER, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN YOU READ THE THREE ITEMS 1, 2, AND 3, ON MY PROCESS SAY WEIGHTED THEM DIFFERENTLY, BUT I WEIGHTED ON OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE TAKE ENGAGING THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER DISTRICT AND THE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES, [INAUDIBLE] WENT AND SPOKE TO BOTH BOARDS AND IT CAME AWAKE.
OUT OF THAT LINE OF GETTING A PARTNER TO BUY TAYLOR PROPERTIES, BUT I FOUND THEY WERE REALLY READY TO BE ALIGNED, BUT WE HAD TO HAVE PROJECTS.
LACKING A PROJECT IS NOT AS MUCH TO DO THERE, WHICH IS WHY I PUT IT THREE, BUT IF A PROJECT WERE TO COME UP IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, BINGO, NUMBER 3, ENGAGING THEM COMES UP, BUT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME.
THAT'S WHY DAVID WAS SHARING HOW SOME YEARS AGO WE HAD A PROCESS.
THE PROCESS WAS IDENTIFYING PROJECTS, AND THAT PARTNERING WAS HAPPENING.
AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT ONE.
AGAIN, THIS ONE BEING WATER RESOURCES CAME OUT NUMBER 1, WAS OUR RESIDENCE BOTH FROM A STATE LEVEL AND A NATIONAL LEVEL, SO THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME AND APPLY FOR A GRANT, DO WE BELIEVE IT OR NOT? [NOISE] WE'RE FUNDING PROJECTS THERE. [INAUDIBLE]
JUST TO CIRCLE BACK THOUGH ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND COMPILING WHAT ALREADY EXISTS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE CONSENSUS ON WANTING TO SEE IN THIS PLAN AS AN ASSIGNMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE?
>> I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMITTEES AT THE LAST MEETING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
ALSO WITHIN GREEN, BLUE AND OPEN SPACES, WE HAD PROTECT OPEN SPACES, ENHANCEMENT OF JONES CREEK AND DERELICT VESSELS [NOISE] AS [NOISE] VERY HIGHLY RATED STRATEGIC INITIATIVES BY EVERYBODY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? THEY ALL SEEM TO GAIN SOME GOOD CONSENSUS.
>> I'M SORRY. THERE'S A LOT HERE AND I KNOW EVERYBODY SUPPORTS IT.
THAT THE INTENT TO BUT JUST IN COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC.
I'M BLESSED TO BE MAYOR WITH A COUNCIL THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE PUBLIC. THIS IS FUN.
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WE'VE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO DISRESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND DERELICT VESSELS SO WE CAN'T TOLERATE THAT ANYMORE.I WILL USE A PERSON I HOLD IN HIGH REGARD WORDS, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT MY MISSION TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A BOAT THAT IS DESTROYING SEAGRASS KNOWS THAT DOESN'T BELONG IN INLET IF THEY'RE DISRESPECTING THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC WOULD EXPECT WE ARE DOING.
>> I KNOW THAT IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED WITH THE DERELICT VOTES WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND ALSO THE FACT THAT MARITIME LAW ITSELF IS VERY COMPLICATED SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO, WHETHER WE NEED TO GET A PRIMER ON SOME OF THEM MARITIME LAW ISSUES AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AND WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR US TO ACTUALLY MAKE AN IMPACT.
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED AREA AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED BY IT.
BUT PART OF THE REASON IT'S HARD TO DO IS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS AND THE LAW ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
I THINK IT'S WORTH EVALUATING WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> BUT FOR YEARS AND I'M GUILTY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DIDN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION SO BIGGEST GUILTY PERSON RIGHT HERE.
WE NOW REALIZE IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY.
>> NEXT CATEGORY IS MANAGED GROWTH.
THERE WERE TWO INITIATIVES [NOISE] IN HERE.
BOTH RECEIVE VERY HIGH RATINGS, PRETTY MUCH A CONSENSUS.
THE ONLY ACTION PLAN THAT DIDN'T [NOISE] WAS REVIEWING THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL THRESHOLDS FOR COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, OTHERWISE, WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS AND LOOKING IT AS OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE BOTH RANKED VERY HIGH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT?
>> WELL, ACKNOWLEDGED THE ONES THAT ARE ON HERE.
SOMEBODY IDENTIFIED THE LAST ONE AND THAT WAS SINCE WE HAD CONVERSATION.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS, WHEN I GO THROUGH THE FULL STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, IS WE HEAR FROM OUR COLLEAGUES WHAT THEY HAD IN MIND.
I DON'T KNOW IF WHOEVER SPONSORED THAT ONE OF SORTS WANTS TO EXPLAIN IT.
IT WOULD HELP TO ME UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS BECAUSE.
>> JUST ONE SECOND, THIS IS THE REVIEW ADMINISTRATION APPROVAL.
MINE WAS NOT A ZERO, SHOULD'VE BEEN CHANGED TO FIVE. DID THAT GET CHANGED?
>> THE LAST ITEM ON CREATING THE DISTRICTS AND AREAS OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE.
THERE ARE MANY AREAS IN TOWN THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE RESIDENTS.
CENTER STREET AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A SUSTAINED CHARACTER.
I THINK IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO FIND A WAY FORWARD JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CURRENT ZONING RESTRICTIONS ON THESE AREAS, A LOT OF PROPERTIES ARE NONCONFORMING AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD.
MY THOUGHT WAS, WELL, IF WE LOOK AT THESE AREAS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS, NOT NECESSARILY HISTORIC, SOMETHING CAN BE IMPORTANT BUT ALSO NOT HISTORIC BUT IT CAN BE IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC.
THE PROBLEM WITH HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS, IS YOU GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND THEN YOU END UP NOT BEING ABLE TO DO VERY MUCH.
MY THOUGHT HERE WAS PATTERNED OFF OF WHAT HAPPENS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, ACTUALLY.
THEY HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
EACH AREA HAS A DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTIC AND A DIFFERENT FEEL AND THEIR VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ARE COMMITTEES THAT WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO PRESERVE THE DISTINCT CHARACTER OF EACH AREA.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A POSSIBLE WAY OF PERHAPS KEEPING SOME OF THE SMALL-TOWN FEEL AND MANAGING GROWTH IN AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS REALLY HAD AN ATTACHMENT.
MY THOUGHT WAS JUST TO KICK THE TIRES, THINK ABOUT IT.
MAYBE WE COME UP WITH A HYBRID OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT INSTEAD OF A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, LET'S LOOK AT THESE DIFFERENT AREAS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PRESERVE THEIR CHARACTER AND COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT FITS THAT AREA.
>> NEIGHBORS TO BE ON BOARD WHICH PRESERVE THE UNIQUENESS OF THEIR AREA AND TREE ENHANCEMENTS SIDE, WHATEVER.
BUT THEY WERE MORE OF A VOLUNTARY OF THE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> A LOT OF IT IS VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA GET AGREEMENT ON WHAT THE CHARACTERISTICS WE WANT TO PRESERVE ARE, AND THEN COME UP WITH WAYS TO DO THAT, A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
BUT MY CONCERN WAS ALWAYS LOOKING AT THINGS TO PRESERVE THEM IF THEY'RE HISTORIC,
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REALLY LIMITS US BECAUSE JUPITER ISN'T THAT OLD.BUT THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
IF WE CAN KEEP THE CHARACTER OF A PARTICULAR AREA, I THINK I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT.
>> HERE'S A NET ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.
WAY THESE ACTION PLANS NORMALLY GO IS STAFF TAKES IT AND DOES SOMETHING WITH IT.
THEN TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU WERE THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED IT BE THE CONTACT FOR STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS YOU HAD IN MIND?
>> I MADE THIS A LAW BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR WHAT THE AREAS ARE.
I WAS OPEN TO IT, I DIDN'T GIVE IT A ONE BUT JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR HERE.
BUT I WANT TO BE MINDFUL, KATE AND MR. KITZEROW THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION.
THAT'S ONE. THAT'S WHY I WANTED IT EXPLAINED.
>> YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH STAFF AND I'VE ALREADY HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS IN THERE.
>> BUT MAYBE YOU HAD BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR IT ON THE DAIS HERE. THAT'S WHY.
>> I'M SURE YOU'VE TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT IT ALREADY, HAD NO DOUBT. [LAUGHTER]
>> I HAVE MARKED IT AS A THREE JUST BECAUSE I WASN'T CLEAR.
AS I SAID BEFORE, ONE WAS SOMETHING I WASN'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT ABOVE THREE, I HAD QUESTIONS OR IT WAS UNCLEAR ON, AND THEN IN FIVE, I SUPPORTED.
I REALLY LIKE HEARING THAT I THINK SUPPORT THAT AND LOOKING AT THE CYPRUS DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS EVEN.
THAT'S A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR BUT THEY MET WITH THE BUSINESSES, THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE, AND YOU COULD DO THE SAME IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE TO LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SO MUCH OF IT IS YOU THINK OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUT NOT THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IT.
I LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF ITS SMALL-TOWN FEELING, ALMOST A COMMUNITY-BUILDING ASPECT TOO TO CHALLENGE NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES THAT WAY AND TO MAYBE PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
>> YES, CYPRUS DRIVE COULD ALSO BE ANOTHER AREA.
IT HAS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS.
IT'S THE SMALL BUSINESS FOR THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AND IT COULD BE BROUGHT UP TO SNUFF A LITTLE MORE, SOME IMPROVEMENTS, AND GET SOME AGREEMENT ON HOW THAT WOULD GO.
WE ALREADY STARTED DOWN THAT ROAD BUT THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN AREA OF IMPORTANCE THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON BUT IT WOULD BE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM ANOTHER AREA SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EACH AREA AND COME UP WITH A WAY TO KEEP WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL.
>> A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WAS APPROACHED BY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT PITCHED ME ON SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
RIGHT NOW, WE ALL HOUSE. YOU MAY HAVE ALSO, I WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES BUT I LIKE THE IDEA.
I THINK IT'S GAINING TRACTIONS.
LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST TOWN COMMUNICATION.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES PROPOSED.
THESE WOULD FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF THOSE THAT WERE PROPOSED AS SOMEWHAT NEW SINCE OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
ONE WAS AROUND COUNCIL RESIDENT INTERACTION AND SUPPORTING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT.
THE OTHER WAS AROUND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH AND THEN PROVIDE THEM SERVICES AS A RESULT OF LIVING HERE IN THE TOWN, BUT NOT NECESSARILY GETTING THE SERVICES FROM US.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ON EITHER OF THOSE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES?
>> JUST AGAIN, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT WE REALLY HADN'T TALKED AROUND TOGETHER AND PARTICULARLY SINCE WE'VE SCORED WITH THE ABSENCE OF THAT.
I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE COUNCIL THAT HAS A DAY JOB WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT TO GO TO DAYTIME MEETINGS.
>> THAT'S WHY I PUT ONE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW [LAUGHTER] FOR THE RECORD.
[LAUGHTER] I DO GO IN THE DAYTIME, BUT I TAKE VACATION TIME WHEN IT HAPPENS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF WE HAD AN EVENT I DON'T TRY TO MAKE IT, FOR THE RECORD.
BUT THEN ALSO IT'S INTERESTING WHEN I GOT TO THIS ONE.
COMMUNICATION REALLY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
IN LARGE PART YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES THIS.
YOU MAY BE DOING SOMETHING EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
YOU MAY HAVE IDEAS YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THAT YOU WOULDN'T EVEN COME TO US ASKING US ABOUT AND SO I JUST CERTAINLY WANTED TO GIVE THE MESSAGE THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT AND LIKE I THOUGHT [OVERLAPPING] THE WAY I GAVE YOU THE FEEDBACK, THE WAY SHE WAS KICKING OFF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, FACEBOOK PAGES, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS GOOD AND WAS HELPING TO GET THE COMMUNICATION GOING WITH US ON THE COUNCIL.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR STAFF FOR THAT.
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>> YEAH. I'LL CREDIT TO THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM ON THAT.
>> NO, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT IS ENABLING THIS TO HAPPEN.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I LOVE TOWN COMMUNICATION.
I'VE SAID THAT STUFF A BUNCH LATELY, BUT I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND COMPARED THEIR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, ITEMS UNDER THEM.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR POSSIBLE DISCUSSION, RETHINKING STRATEGIC PLANNING A LITTLE BIT, BUT TOWN COMMUNICATION HAS ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS UNDER IT OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
IT'S NOT ONE THAT TYPICALLY GETS A LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS. WITH THE COUNCIL RESIDENT INTERACTION, THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE BUSINESS SURVEY THAT CAME OUT.
ONE OF THEIR ITEMS WAS COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR, INFORMAL GATHERINGS.
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE HEARD ABOUT FROM RESIDENTS A LOT.
I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE COLLEAGUES, BUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, I HEARD THAT THEY WANT THEIR COUNCIL TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND I'M THRILLED AT THESE ITEMS, TO BE HONEST.
ANOTHER THING IS I BROUGHT FORWARD THE OTHER AGENCY INFORMATION.
ALSO LEARNING FROM RESIDENTS, THINKING ABOUT THE TOWN OF JUPITER, THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION OR AN UNDERSTANDING THAT MANY BELIEVE THAT WE CONTROL EVERYTHING WITHIN THESE BOUNDARIES, ALL OF JUPITER AND IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
IT'S A PATCHWORK AND THAT'S HOW I DESCRIBE IT TO RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE TOWN ROADS, STATE ROADS, COUNTY ROADS.
WE HAVE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THERE ARE PARTS THAT ARE NOT INCORPORATED THAT ARE SURPRISING TO RESIDENTS AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION OUT THERE ON WHO OUR PARTNERS ARE IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, BE IT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
MANY THINK WE HAVE A LOT MORE AUTHORITY AND CONTROL IN SCHOOLS THAN WE DO.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW WAYS THAT STAFF IS INTERESTED IN NEW SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL, RATE OF CHANGE IN THAT WORLD IS FAST.
I ALREADY FEEL QUITE OLD [LAUGHTER] WITH REGARD TO THAT.
BUT VIDEO IS A NEW FORM THAT'S BEING USED ALL THE TIME AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE, HUMANIZE IT, SHOW THE PEOPLE BEHIND THESE ORGANIZATIONS, MEET WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OR WHATNOT AND MAKE A VIDEO OF IT.
THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO NECESSARILY REINVENT THE WHEEL.
YOU COULD UPDATE THAT VIDEO IF NEEDED, BUT IT JUST GIVES RESIDENTS A SENSE OF WHO DOES WHAT AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT, THE PERSONALITIES BEHIND IT.
THAT'S PART OF MAKING GOVERNMENT ACCESSIBLE TOO.
THAT WAS MY THOUGHT IN TALKING TO SO MANY DURING THE ELECTION SEASON.
>> I LOVE THE PASSION OF A NEW MEMBER.
>> THE CLASS THAT WE CONDUCT EVERY YEAR FOR CITIZENS THAT WAS CREATED FOR THAT VERY REASON, SO THAT IF SOMEONE REALLY WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE TOWN DOES, THAT THEY COME AND VISIT WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE ALWAYS GET TREMENDOUS FEEDBACK ON THAT.
THEN I GUESS NEXT MEETING WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
I WOULD SUBMIT THAT'S THE BEST WAY, BUT THE PRIMARY PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT WE HAVE.
I HAVE A JUPITER UNIVERSITY CUP HERE.
[LAUGHTER] I JUST THINK AS MOM WITH KIDS, I CAN'T ALWAYS GO TO THE TOURS.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IS IT CAN MAKE A LOT OF ITEMS VERY ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS.
IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DO BOTH, IT JUST REACHES MORE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T NECESSARILY.
THERE COULD BE BARRIERS TO ENTRY PER SE FOR SOME TO SUPPORT DURING UNIVERSITY HOURS.
>> IF WE HAVEN'T DONE IT ALREADY WE CAN MAKE SURE NEXT TIME AROUND WE FILM IN SOMETHING AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE.
>> OKAY. IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS FINAL SLIDE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S INCLUDED? GREAT. THAT WAS OUR LAST CATEGORY IN OUR LAST LIST OF INITIATIVES.
IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, THIS PLAN WILL GET REVISED TO REFLECT THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD HERE TONIGHT.
THERE ARE SOME ADD-BACKS THAT WE DISCUSSED, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE WON'T SMITH AND ADD BACK SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU INDICATED.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT YOU HAD A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT YOU WANTED, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT LISTED IN THE BUDGET.
I MADE A NOTE TO BE ABLE TO, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, CALL THOSE OUT FOR YOU SO THAT THEY'RE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THOSE BUDGET DECISIONS.
THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD PLACE WHAT COULD END UP AS YOUR FINAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON THE SECOND AGENDA IN MAY FOR ADOPTION.
TYPICALLY WE'LL DO THAT AS CONSENT UNLESS COUNCIL DESIRES SOME DISCUSSION.
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BUT SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION HERE AND WE'VE PRETTY MUCH CAPTURED WHAT I THINK YOU-ALL ARE LOOKING FOR, WE CAN PROBABLY DO IT ON CONSENT UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION.THEN TYPICALLY WHAT STAFF WILL DO IS DO SOME OUTREACH BY PUBLISHING THE PLAN, CREATING SOME COLLATERAL TO MAKE RESIDENTS AWARE OF WHAT YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS AND MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES SO THAT THERE IS COMMUNICATION AND ALSO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR US TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT PLANE.
>> JUST TO ADD SOME FEEDBACK, NOT DELAYED, I APPRECIATE STAFF REPS BEING HERE TONIGHT AS THEY ALWAYS ARE.
WHEN YOU GIVE IT BACK TO US, CAN YOU ALSO SHARE A PERSPECTIVE FROM HEARING FROM STAFF? ARE THERE ANY OF THEM THAT YOU'RE NOT CLEAR ABOUT?
>> OR MAYBE WE HADN'T ASKED THAT IN YEARS PAST.
IN FACT, WE WANT TO CLEAR UP HERE, SO WE TRY TO HAVE, I THINK WE'VE HAD THE MOST ENGAGED DIALOGUE.
I KNOW AT LEAST IN MY RECOLLECTION, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WEIGHING IN.
HOPEFULLY, THAT BENEFITS WITH BETTER UNDERSTANDING, BUT I'M NOT NAIVE ENOUGH TO THINK THAT THERE'S STILL MAYBE SOME LACK OF UNDERSTANDING IN WHICH CASE I'D RATHER HAVE STAFF REACH OUT TO US RIGHT WHEN WE'RE ADOPTING IT OR BEFORE SO WE CAN REACH ALL THE RESULTS.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS JUST BRIEFLY? I'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE THOUGHTS ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE I REFERENCED THE NUMBER OF TIMES AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TALKED ABOUT.
IN LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF YEARS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, I NOTICED THAT IN AROUND 2017, 2018, WE HAD ABOUT 15 OR 18 INITIATIVES.
IT THEN WENT INTO THE 20S AND THEN TONIGHT WE STARTED AT 37TH [LAUGHTER] WITH THE ELECTION IT WAS DIVIDED.
I SEE THE NUMBER OF INITIATIVES GO UP YEAR AFTER YEAR.
I'M LOOKING AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
THERE ARE SOME SIMILAR IN SIZE TO US THAT DO ONE YEAR, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT CONSIDER 3-5 YEARS OUT OR JUST TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN COMING UP WITH IT.
MANY LOOK AT THIS PROCESS WHEN I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS DICE, I WOULD THINK, WELL, HOW COULD YOU GET SOME OF THE SMALLER ITEMS IN FRONT OF STAFF PER SE? MAYBE THEY'RE NOT STRATEGIC, BUT HOW WOULD YOU MAKE SURE? MAYBE THERE'S THE THOUGHT THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE SURE IT GETS ON THE CHECKLIST.
WELL, IT MAY NOT BE THE ONLY WAY.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS COUNCIL LAWYERS KNOW THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO GET AN ITEM ADDRESSED, MUCH LIKE THE FAU ITEM THAT NEVER BECAME A STRATEGIC ITEM BUT DID COME UP.
A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES WILL COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEY NEVER WERE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE SHOULD CERTAINLY CEASE ON THEM BASED ON THE TIMING.
IT'S A THOUGHT OF WHAT STRATEGIC? WHAT'S NOT? HOW TO GET THINGS IN IF THEY'RE SMALLER? OUR TIME HORIZON, I KNOW THAT THIS PROCESS ALSO WORKS TOGETHER SOMEWHAT WITH THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND THAT COULD AFFECT THE TIMELINE AS WELL.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'D WANT TO RESEARCH.
WE TALK ABOUT STAFF INPUT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT LOOK TO STAFF FOR INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD BE DONE OR INFORMALLY AND THERE ARE SOME THAT EVEN DO RESIDENT INPUT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CUSTOMER RESPONSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMING IN AS I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT, CRM I THINK WAS THE ACRONYM.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'LL BE VIEWED AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD PLAY A ROLE AS WELL.
BUT WE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS TODAY FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING ITEMS, BUT WE HAD ALREADY HAD THEM ON HERE.
IF THEY ADD NEW ITEMS OR THEY WANTED US TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY TALKED TO WORK WITH YOU ON IT AND THIS WAS JUST FINALIZING IT.
IT MIGHT BE NICE TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE NOTICE OR SOMEHOW INCLUDE RESIDENTS IN SOME INFORMAL POLLING JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THEY STAND AND BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
HOW MANY YEARS BACK DID YOU LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN?
>> I LOOKED AT 10, BUT REALLY AT FIVE, DEEPLY AT FIVE. [LAUGHTER]
>> BECAUSE TWO OR THREE YEARS BACK, WE HAD A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, AND WE'VE HAD A CONSULTANT.
>> [LAUGHTER] I SAW THAT. TREE ANIMATION OR SOMETHING?
>> IT WAS VERY, I WON'T SAY IT WAS MILITANT, BUT WE WERE ACROSS THE STREET.
I HAD THE BOARDS UP AND WE'VE SCORE IT AND SHE WOULD ASK US, "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT ONE?" SHE WOULD LOOK AT COUNCILLOR MAY SAYING, "COUNCILLOR MAY, ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT ONE?" SHE'D ASK HIM FIVE TIMES AND HE'D LIKE, "YES." WE'RE PROBABLY FAR,
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FEWER INITIATIVES ACTUALLY TO GET ON THE BOARDS TO GIVE THE STAFF, CORRECT? AFTER THAT, IT BALLOONED A BIT.IT'S PROBABLY WHY THERE'S SOME THINGS ON HERE THAT MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE, BUT I LIKE THIS APPROACH BETTER, IT'S MORE RELAXED.
>> WELL, THAT WAS MY ITEM THAT I PUT ON HERE BECAUSE FOR ME ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT WE CHANGE THE FOCUS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN OUTCOMES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SHIFT TO, WHAT OUTCOME ARE WE ARE LOOKING FOR? HOW DO WE MEASURE THE OUTCOME? WHAT'S THE METRIC? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED IT? ONE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT'S MISSING IS THAT THE COST-BENEFIT OF ALL OF THIS.
HOW MUCH ARE WE INVESTING AND WHAT RETURN ARE WE GETTING? THE WHOLE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT IS MISSING.
I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW MUCH SOMETHING IS GOING TO COST OR IMPACT THE BUDGET WHEN YOU HAVE AN IDEA.
THE OTHER THOUGHT I HAD WAS A WAY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH PRIORITIES.
PERHAPS IT'S LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC RESULTS AND PICKING THE TOP TWO OR THREE FOR A PARTICULAR YEAR OR PICK YOUR TO-GO SETUP YEARS AND HAVE THE ITEMS ALL SUPPORT THOSE STRATEGIC RESULTS OR IT'S DRIVEN BY THE CITIZENS SURVEY.
WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS AND THEN HAVE THE ITEMS FALL OUT FROM THAT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ITEMS UNDER EACH CATEGORY, BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING? I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ANSWER.
THEN FOCUS ALL THE ACTIVITIES ON WHERE IT IS WE WANT TO GO AND HAVE THOSE ACTIVITIES OR THOSE ACTION PLANS.
THEN BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE OUTCOME.
THAT'S THE WAY I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT.
>> JUST TO HAVE FUN UP HERE, I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE MOST FUN.
[LAUGHTER] ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, ACTION PLAN NUMBER ONE THAT WE VOTED ON WAS ALL THE ROUNDTABLE TO CONSIDER COUNCIL'S INPUTS AND DESIRED PROCESS CHANGES.
THE RECORD SHOW THAT MORRIS, RON AND CHERYL ALREADY STARTED.
WHEN WE HAVE THE ROUNDTABLE, KEN YOU GET TO GO FIRST. [LAUGHTER]
>> NO. IT'S GOOD. I LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY [LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHERE WE [INAUDIBLE] A ROUNDTABLE, RIGHT?
>> I FIGURE GIVING SUNSHINE OR JUST PREVIEW MY THOUGHTS ON IT.
>> I LOVE IT. I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT ITEMS TOO, SO I'M GLAD YOU SPOKE UP, PARTICULARLY SINCE THAT WAS A NEW ONE THAT WENT ON HERE.
>> YOU ALL ALREADY GAVE ME SOME BULLET POINTS FOR MY ROUNDTABLE PRESENTATION, SO I'M THANKFUL. [LAUGHTER].
>> IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH NEXT STEPS AND BRING YOU BACK A FINAL PLAN TO ADOPT IN YOUR SECOND MAIN MEETING.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
>> MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF KATE AND THE TEAM.
I KNOW SHE PUTS A LOT OF HOURS INTO THIS THING AND A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT GOES ON BEHIND IT AND PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.
>> THANK YOU. YES, NO PROBLEM.
>> WELL, I THINK COUNCILLOR DELANEY WAS REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WE HIRED A CONSULTANT TO DO THIS.
I THOUGHT HE SAID, AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE, THIS IS A BETTER PROCESS.
EFFECTIVELY WE'RE GOING THROUGH MAYBE SUBJECT TO IMPROVEMENTS IN WHATEVER.
BUT THIS IS A MUCH MORE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BECAUSE OF STAFF LEADING US THROUGH IT. THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO [OVERLAPPING].
>> TO BE PAID FOR THE OTHER WAY.
>> LIKE THIS JUST BEING A WORKSHOP, THOSE ITEMS WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.