Dec 20, 2022 Town Council

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GOOD EVENING, THE TIME IS NOW 7:00 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 20TH AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN

[Call to Order]

DEAR GOD, HELP US FIND SOLUTIONS TO OUR CONCERNS AND IMPLEMENT ACTIONS THAT PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AMEN. LET'S HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

IF YOU'LL PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

[1. Sawfish Bay Marine Restoration Environmental Excellence award presented to the Town by Gina Chiello, President-Elect of the Treasure Coast Chapter Florida Association of Environmental Professionals. #]

SO THE FIRST PRESENTATION I WANT TO WELCOME IS GINA, AND I MAY PRONOUNCE THIS WRONG.

THE VICE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE TREASURE COAST CHARTER, FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE TOWN WITH THE SAWFISH BAY MARINE RESTORATION ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD.

WELCOME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS GINA CHIELLO.

I'M A SENIOR DIRECTOR WITH CUMMINS CEDERBERG, A LOCAL COASTAL MARINE ENGINEERING FIRM, AND TONIGHT I'M HERE AS PRESIDENT ELECT REPRESENTING THE TREASURE COAST CHAPTER OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS.

TRY TO SAY THAT FIVE TIMES FAST.

WE ARE A LOCAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PRACTICING WITH INTEGRITY, DEVELOPING STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, PROVIDING A FORUM FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.

WE RECENTLY HOSTED OUR ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET ON DECEMBER 7TH AT THE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESENTATION, AND THIS IS WHERE WE RECOGNIZE THE EXCELLENCE WITHIN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY THROUGH SIX DIFFERENT AWARDS TO LOCAL INDIVIDUALS, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, AND SO I AM THRILLED TO RECOGNIZE THE TOWN OF JUPITER FOR THEIR SAWFISH BAY MARINE RESTORATION PROJECT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR 2022, AND THIS IS AN ONGOING MULTI PHASE PROJECT TO INSTALL LIVING SHORELINE, RESTORE MARINE HABITAT, INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF ARTIFICIAL REEF MODULES, PROMOTE SEAGRASS AND OYSTER GROWTH, CONTRIBUTE TO THE RECOVERY OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND ENHANCE RESILIENCY OF APPROXIMATELY 7000 LINEAR FEET OF SHORELINE SPANNING OVER 30 ACRES OF WATER.

THIS TRANSFORMATIVE, NATURE BASED APPROACH TO THIS PROJECT ACCOUNTS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE AREA DATING BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO THE ORIGINAL HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM IN AN EFFORT TO BRING BALANCE BACK TOWARDS THE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM THROUGH ANALYSIS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HYDRO MORPHOLOGY OF THE AREA. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER FOR THIS FORWARD THINKING, INNOVATIVE PROJECT.

ON BEHALF OF TCCFAP, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU ALL WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD.

YOU WANT TO GET A PHOTO WITH THE WHOLE COUNCIL AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] STAFF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE UP HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

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WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO STEPHANIE AND ALL THE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS.

THIS WAS REALLY HER BRAINCHILD, AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS COMING UP WITH THESE CREATIVE IDEAS AND PURSUING THEM TO MAKE JUPITER A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

HERE HERE. YEAH.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT YOU BRING YOU KNOW, YOU PUSH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE TOWN.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF GETTING THAT DONE, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAD JHS OUT THERE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM HELPING AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU TO THOSE STUDENTS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS PROJECT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHILE OUR COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS, I APPRECIATE FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHO LED US IN THIS FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, OUR RESIDENTS WHO NUDGED US [INAUDIBLE] SEVERAL GROUPS TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING OUR ROLE HERE, OUR STAFF FOR TAKING INITIATIVE TO DO THIS.

SO EXCITING PROJECT, AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE TOWN WHICH WE TAKE IT INCLUDES THE WHOLE TOWN.

THANK YOU. SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

[2. Introduction and update by Andy Dehart, President and Chief Executive Officer, Loggerhead Marine Life Center. [TAB 2]]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M KAREN MARCUS.

I'M ON THE BOARD AT LOGGERHEAD, AND SO IT'S MY PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO, ANDY DEHART, CAME TO US FROM FROST MUSEUM, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON HOW WELL WE'RE DOING.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPEN AT LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER.

AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME UPS AND DOWNS.

WE'RE ON THE UP SIDE OF THE SWELL.

WE'VE COME IN.

THERE'S BEEN A TRANSITION AND TEAM.

THERE WAS CERTAINLY SOME ISSUES AS WE COMMISSIONED OUR NEW BUILDING WHEN WE DO THESE BIG PROJECTS.

MY BACKGROUND HAS BEEN 30 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC AQUARIUM INDUSTRY, HAVE BUILT THREE PUBLIC AQUARIUMS FROM THE GROUND UP.

COMMISSIONING LARGE SYSTEMS, THESE COMPLEX LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS LIKE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER HAS, IS QUITE COMPLICATED.

WE MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN EVERYTHING RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.

WE'RE REALLY ON SOLID FOOTING NOW.

WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO GET THERE, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER LATELY, WE HOPE YOU COME BACK.

WE HOPE YOU ARE REGULARS THERE.

IT'S A FREE FACILITY AND THERE'S NOT MANY FACILITIES OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE FREE ACCESS TO MARINE SCIENCE EDUCATION.

YOU HAVE FREE ACCESS TO EXHIBITS AND INTERACTIVES THAT YOU WOULD FIND AT LARGE SCALE PUBLIC AQUARIUMS AND LARGE SCALE SCIENCE MUSEUMS LIKE THE FROST SCIENCE CENTER WHERE I CAME, WHICH IS 39.99, TO GET IN THE DOOR AND NOT FREE.

SO THIS REALLY IS A LOCAL GEM.

IT'S PART OF WHY I'M HERE.

I JUST LOVE THE HISTORY.

WE TURN 40 YEARS OLD NEXT YEAR.

I LOVE THE HISTORY, KIND OF THE EMBEDDED NATURE OF THAT LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER HAS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT HAS AN INTERNATIONAL REACH THROUGH OUR WORK, THROUGH OUR REACH IN SCHOOLS, BUT THIS IS OUR NEW CAMPUS UP ON THE SCREEN NOW.

WE'VE ESSENTIALLY TRIPLED IN SIZE.

THE WHOLE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CAMPUS IS NEW.

WE'VE GONE FROM 11 TURTLE HOSPITAL TANKS TO 26 TURTLE HOSPITAL TANKS THAT INCLUDE A DEEP DIVE WHICH ALLOWS FOR US TO TAKE PATIENTS THAT HAVE BUOYANCY PROBLEMS. WE HAVE TWO TURTLE HATCHLING TANKS SO WE CAN REHABILITATE THESE BABIES THAT COME OFF THE BEACH.

THEY'VE BEEN BLOWN BACK DURING STORMS, BUT WE'VE ADDED A NUMBER OF OTHER ELEMENTS.

WE'VE ADDED AQUARIUMS, THREE OUTDOOR PUBLIC AQUARIUMS. WE'VE ADDED MORE UTILITY SPACE.

WE HAVE FOUR MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS WHERE WE CAN DO BUSINESS CONFERENCES, WE CAN DO WEDDINGS AND BAR MITZVAHS.

WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] HOTEL, BUT I THINK THE BEST VIEW IN THE COUNTY, YOU'VE GOT THE AQUARIUM FACILITY, THE TURTLE HOSPITAL.

WE HAVE KAREN MARCUS' LAND PRESERVE TO THE NORTH OF US AND THEN WE HAVE THIS AMAZING BEACH VIEW.

SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING CAMPUS AND A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON.

SO WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, THE BOARD GAVE VERY CLEAR DIRECTIVES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD HAD SOME STAFF TURNOVER.

THE WAY FWC WORKS IS THEY PERMIT THE VETERINARY STAFF, THEY DON'T PERMIT THE FACILITY.

SO WE HAD A TURNOVER IN VETERINARY STAFF, SO THE BOARD WAS VERY CLEAR.

WE WANT YOU TO FIX THREE THINGS, WATER, STAFF AND THEN GET TURTLES.

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REALLY THAT WAS, WAS SALINITY ISSUES.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A NATURAL PIPELINE THAT GOES OUT TO THE OCEAN SOUTH OF JUNO BEACH PIER, AND WE HAD A BEACH RE-NOURISHMENT PROJECT THAT HAPPENED THE SAME YEAR, A YEAR BEFORE, OUR WATER INTAKE PIPES WERE FURTHER FROM THE OCEAN THAN THEY NORMALLY WERE IN PRIOR YEARS.

THAT CREATED A SALINITY ISSUE.

FWC DOES WHAT THEY DO, THEY LIMIT THAT CAPACITY AND THEN WE WEREN'T RUNNING OUR SYSTEMS IN THE RIGHT FASHION.

AGAIN, MY BACKGROUND IS 30 YEARS IN THE PUBLIC AQUARIUM INDUSTRY ON THE ANIMAL SIDE AND THE LIFE SUPPORT SIDE.

SO WE CAME IN, MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, GOT THEM OPERATING CORRECTLY, AND MOST OF OUR NEW 26 TURTLE HOSPITAL TANKS ARE ABLE TO RUN IN A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM JUST LIKE SEAWORLD DOES, OR FLORIDA AQUARIUM OR FROST, WHERE THE WATER SYSTEM IS INDEPENDENT.

WE'RE NOT AN OPEN FAUCET WHERE WATER COMES IN AND WATER LEAVES.

WE DO HAVE SIX TANKS THAT ARE THAT WAY.

SO WE CREATED A WATER STORAGE SYSTEM.

SO WATER COMES IN, WE CAN MANIPULATE THE SALINITY THE WAY WE WANT IT AND THEN USE IT IN THESE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS. WE'VE ALSO ONBOARDED A NUMBER OF FANTASTIC STAFF WITH KIND OF JUST SINCE AUGUST WE ADDED OUR CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER AND HEAD VETERINARIAN, DR.

HEATHER BARRON. SHE CAME FROM THE CROW FACILITY IN SANIBEL ISLAND.

SHE MOVED OUT OF SANIBEL, FORTUNATELY JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME, BUT HER HOUSE, SHE HADN'T SOLD HER HOUSE IN SANIBEL YET, BUT SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING ON A WHOLE NEW VETERINARY TEAM. SO SHE HAS A HOSPITAL MANAGER SHE BROUGHT FROM SANIBEL ISLAND AT CROW TO TECHNICIANS, ONE FROM THE PALM BEACH ZOO.

WE'VE BROUGHT IN A DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES LIFE SUPPORT.

AGAIN, MY BACKGROUND IS THAT WORLD.

WE WANT TO BE IN A WORLD WHERE WE'RE NOT SENDING PUMPS OUT FOR REPAIRS.

WE CAN DO ALL THAT WORK IN-HOUSE, HAVE THAT EXPERTISE, HAVE THAT WORLD CLASS STAFF ONSITE SO WE CAN REPAIR OUR SYSTEM IN A DAY'S NOTICE, WE BROUGHT IN A CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. WE'VE STOLEN A FEW STAFF FROM FROST SCIENCE.

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER IS ONE OF THEM I WORKED WITH HIM FOR SEVEN YEARS AT FROST SCIENCE, A GREAT PERSON IN TERMS OF KIND OF OPERATIONAL, GETTING THAT CAPACITY BACK, LOOKING AT GRAPHICS, LOOKING AT NEW EXHIBITS.

WE WANT TO BE A FACILITY THAT IS IS WOWING OUR GUESTS FROM THE MINUTE THEY COME IN THE DOOR TO THE MINUTE THEY LEAVE THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP BUYING LOTS OF T-SHIRTS.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED AN AMAZING VP OF FINANCE.

A LOCAL PERSON, HAS A GREAT FINANCE BACKGROUND, IS A GREAT CULTURE FIT.

SO WE'VE ADDED SOME REALLY AMAZING ALL STARS TO WHAT I SAY WAS AN ALL STAR ROSTER TO BEGIN WITH.

WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF THAT WEATHERED THE STORM.

I'M A HOCKEY PERSON, SO WE WERE READY FOR A STANLEY CUP RUN, BUT WE JUST NEEDED A FEW PLAYERS AND I THINK WE NOW HAVE THAT.

SO WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.

IT'S AN EXCITING PLACE TO WORK.

SO WE FINISHED WATER, WE GOT STAFF, THEN IT WAS TURTLES.

SO WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH OF MY STARTING WE WENT BACK TO FWC.

WE HAD CORRECTED ALL THE ISSUES THAT THEY WANTED RESOLVED ANYWHERE FROM HOW THE SYSTEMS RAN WATER PARAMETERS, THE STAFFING.

DR. HEATHER BARRON HAS BEEN A TURTLE VETERINARIAN FOR TEN YEARS IN THE STATE, SO SHE'S BEEN A TURTLE PERMIT HOLDER FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SHE'S ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE ONLY FACILITY IN THE WORLD, THE CAYMAN TURTLE FARM TURTLE HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY HAVE CAPTIVE BRED SEA TURTLES, IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT'S DONE IT. SO SHE HAS A GREAT TURTLE BACKGROUND WHICH ALLOWED US TO OPEN THE FLOODGATES FOR GETTING OUR PERMITS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD, WE KEPT OUR EDUCATION PERMITS AND WE KEPT OUR INCREDIBLY VALUABLE RESEARCH PERMITS.

SO WE'RE STILL DOING NESTING RESEARCH.

WE'RE STILL DOING HATCHLING RELEASES.

ALL THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THIS TRANSITION.

WE NEVER LOST THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT.

WE NEVER CLOSED OUR DOORS.

SO WE WERE OPEN, JUST LIMITED IN OUR PATIENTS.

SO THESE ARE THREE OF OUR PATIENTS.

WE HAVE TEN PATIENTS RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE BRACING FOR A COLD SNAP THIS WEEKEND.

THE STATE PREDICTS POTENTIALLY UP TO 100 TO 300 TURTLE PATIENTS THAT WILL FLOOD ALL OF THE FLORIDA TURTLE HOSPITALS IN THE COMING WEEKEND.

SO WE'RE ON GUARD FOR THAT.

WE'RE READY FOR ANY COLD SUN TURTLES THAT COME IN, BUT WE HAVE TEN PATIENTS RIGHT NOW, MOSTLY GREEN SEA TURTLES, BUT A FEW LOGGERHEADS AS WELL.

ONE OF THE OTHER AMAZING THINGS IS THAT HAPPENED DURING OUR EXPANSION.

PRIOR TO THE EXPANSION, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP THESE TURTLES THAT HAVE THIS FIBER PAPILLOMAVIRUS.

IT'S A VIRUS THAT SEA TURTLES GET, GET THESE GROSS TUMORS ALL OVER THEM.

ONLY HALF THE TURTLE REHAB FACILITIES IN THE STATE CAN HOUSE THESE TURTLES WITH THIS CONDITION, AND WE CAN DO THAT NOW.

SO THAT'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION.

KIND OF WHERE ARE WE GETTING BACK ON TRACK, LOOKING AT PRIOR YEAR NUMBERS.

YOU KNOW, THIS THIS WAS THROUGH OUR DROUGHT.

KIND OF THE WORST PERIOD FOR US WAS JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST.

CLEARLY, THERE WAS A DIP THERE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT NOT AS BAD AS SOME MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT, BUT WE DO, IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HERE, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO GET BACK TO.

OUR HISTORIC HIGH WAS 2019, 360,000 VISITORS.

MY BACKGROUND, I'M AN ATTRACTIONS PERSON.

I LOVE ANIMALS. MY BACKGROUND IS ANIMALS, BUT TO ME, THE ROLE THAT LOGGERHEAD FILLS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TWOFOLD.

IT'S AN ATTRACTION AND IT'S A CONSERVATION CENTER.

SO HOW DO WE BOOST THOSE ATTRACTION NUMBERS USING GRANTS FROM CULTURAL COUNCIL AND OTHER TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL?

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WE WANT THIS TO BE ONE OF THE STOPS THE GUESTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

IT'S A MUST SEE EXPERIENCE AND WE THINK WE CAN GET THERE WITH THE RIGHT TEAM AND THE RIGHT MARKETING.

SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS.

WE HAVE BEACH CLEANUPS WEEKLY EVERY SATURDAY.

I THINK JUNO BEACH MIGHT BE ONE OF THE CLEANEST, BUT WE HAVE OUTREACH THAT GOES TO JUPITER, PAUL MITCH GARDEN, WE KIND OF NEIGHBOR WITH ALL THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SO WE CAN WORK ON BEACH CLEANUPS.

WE'VE JUST STARTED A BY THE SEA LECTURE SERIES.

AS I'VE BEEN WELCOMED INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM BROWARD, I GO TO LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND EVERYTHING I HEAR IS, OH, I TOOK MY KID THERE, I TOOK MY GRANDKIDS THERE.

I'M LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A KID ATTACHED TO COME TO LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER.

HOW DO WE GET THOSE THOSE IN-BETWEENS THE PEOPLE PRE KIDS OR BETWEEN KIDS AND GRANDKIDS? SO WE STARTED AN ADULTS BY THE SEA LECTURE SERIES 21 AND UP.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH LOCAL BREWERIES.

THEY PROVIDE A BEER AND THEN AN HOUR LECTURE ON EITHER UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY, CONSERVATION, MARINE SCIENCE.

THAT'S THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH TOMORROW NIGHT, IF YOU GUYS ARE FREE.

OUR HEAD VETERINARIAN, DR.

HEATHER BARRON, IS GOING TO BE THE SPEAKER.

SHE IS AN ABSOLUTELY DYNAMIC POWERHOUSE.

SO IF YOU GUYS ARE FREE TOMORROW NIGHT, STOP BY LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER.

ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS IS DEAF.

WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY IN ALL FORMS. WE HAVE AN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE DAYS EVERY MONTH, AND THEN OUR BIG, BIG EVENT IS TURTLE FEST.

THAT'LL HAPPEN ON MARCH 18TH.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS UPCOMING AND ONGOING.

SOME OF THE NEW EXHIBITS I MENTIONED ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT'S ONE OF OUR OUTDOOR AQUARIUM HABITATS.

WE HAVE THREE HABITATS, THE MANGROVE FORESTS, THE CORAL REEF AND THE GULF STREAM.

ALL OF THESE ARE INTERPRETED EVENTS.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT TO ME IS FRANKLY AMAZING.

WE HAVE 260 VOLUNTEERS.

THAT IN AND OF ITSELF MAKES US VERY DIFFERENT AT FROST SCIENCE WE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH.

HOW DO YOU GET THAT GUEST ENGAGEMENT? HOW DO YOU HAVE THOSE FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS? GRAPHIC CONTENT IS GREAT.

BEING ABLE TO READ A PLAQUE THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT THIS FISH IS, IS OK, BUT HAVING THAT ONE ON ONE GUEST ENGAGEMENT WITH 260 VOLUNTEERS REALLY I THINK MAKES LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I'M HERE, AND THEN THOSE BOTTOM TWO IMAGES ARE OF OUR DIGITAL INTERACTIVE BUILD A REEF.

KIDS CAN BUILD ANIMALS LIKE GOLIATH GROUPERS THAT ARE PINK WITH EYE SPOTS TO TALK ABOUT COUNTER SHADING, COLORING, CAMOUFLAGE AND DIFFERENT ADAPTATIONS, AND THEY CAN THROW THEM OUT ON THE REEF.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR NEW EXHIBITS AND OUR ONE OCEAN HALL, AND THAT IS IT.

SO HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.

WHERE ARE WE AT? WHERE ARE WE HEADED? OUR BUDGETS ARE SOLID.

OUR OUR VISITATION IS INCREASING.

WE'RE SEEING A NICE UPTICK IN OUR GIFT SHOP DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.

EVEN ONLINE, FOLKS THAT KNOW LOGGERHEAD AND HAVE MOVED AWAY, THEY WANT THEIR TURTLE SWAG AND THEY ORDER IT REMOTELY SO.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE MET I THINK IT WAS A COUNCIL CONNECT.

WE INVITED YOU AT THAT TIME TO COME IN AND SHARE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO YOU HIT THE MARK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INFORMING US AND THE PUBLIC THAT WATCHES THESE MEETINGS.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU.

SO THE THIRD AND LAST PRESENTATION, I WANT TO WELCOME CHIEF PATRICK KENNEDY, WHO WILL BE GIVEN US A PRESENTATION REGARDING PALM BEACH

[3. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue presentation by Chief Patrick Kennedy. # (continued from 12/6/22)]

AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO HAVE A FEW OTHERS PARTICIPATE TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND HOW INTERESTED YOU ARE IN JUPITER RESIDENTS. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MANAGER KITZEROW AND STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

I MUST SAY WE ARE ANXIOUS TO REACH A RESOLUTION IN AGREEMENT THAT REPRESENTS THE VALUE AND PERFORMANCE FAIRLY FOR THE TOWN AND THE SERVICE.

PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE CONTINUES TO DELIVER TO THIS COMMUNITY.

I ASSURE YOU, PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AND WILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO REACHING AN AGREEMENT.

ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DARREN IS HERE TONIGHT AS HE HAS BEEN ALONG THE WAY.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF WHO HAS PROVEN TO BE RESPONSIVE AND PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

MANAGER KITZEROW. CHIEF KITZEROW.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING TRUE TO YOUR WORD.

BEING EVER COGNIZANT OF THE EFFECT THIS PROCESS CAN HAVE ON THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO REPRESENT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.

FOR THAT, I THANK YOU.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONSTANT PRAISE WE RECEIVE ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FAITHFULLY SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

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WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND THERE WAS A HEAVY WEIGHT UPON US TO KEEP THE TRUST WE HAVE ALREADY ATTAINED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AS MANAGER KITZEROW HAS MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER SINCE JANUARY ON THIS, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

I HAVE LEARNED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND FOR THAT I WILL USE THAT AS WELL.

I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CONSULTANT, CHIEF POZO.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS WHISKED AWAY BEFORE HURRICANE IAN, SO HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO COME VISIT OUR DEPARTMENT PERSONALLY.

HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO CHASE HIM DOWN IN ORLANDO AND DISCUSS THE PROCESS OF HIS RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE FIFTH AND SIX FIRE CHIEFS FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE SINCE 1984. THE FORMER CHIEF [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS HERE TONIGHT, AS I MENTIONED, AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED TO TRANSFER INFORMATION TO THE NEXT GROUP OF LEADERS TO BE AWARE OF THIS PROCESS AND THE LEARNING POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR AND THE DOZEN OR SO MEETINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN US THIS FAR.

LIKE ANY LEADERSHIP TEAMS, WE HAVE NEWER AND YOUNGER MEMBERS WHO PLAN ON BEING HERE IN THE NEXT DECADE.

I BROUGHT SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS HERE TODAY, SO THEY'RE FULLY AWARE OF THIS PROCESS.

WITH HOPE THEY WILL BE PREPARED AND FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS IN THE FUTURE.

WHEN I REQUESTED THIS PRESENTATION, WE HAD NOT SPOKEN TO EACH OF YOU DIRECTLY.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH US.

WE HEARD AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS FOR YOUR FOR THE COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO COST AND THE FUTURE OF OUR AGREEMENT.

I HOPE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND THE TOWN OF JUPITER . IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES I REALIZE WE WILL NOT FULLY DESCRIBE WHAT THIS 40 YEAR RELATIONSHIP REPRESENTS FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, NOR THE DEPTHS OF SERVICE AFFORDED TO YOU AS A PARTNER IN A LARGER SYSTEM, NOR THE TRADITION OF SERVICE BUILT INTO THE FIBER OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO SUPPORT THE CONTINUOUS MISSION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COUNTER THE CONSULTANTS ONE HOUR FOR PRESENTATION.

I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THIS BODY, KEEPING THE CURRENT METHODOLOGY FORMULA STRATIFYING THOSE COSTS IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BASED ON THE PRESENT METHODOLOGY AND THE INTRODUCTION OF COSTS NOT FULLY REALIZED IN THE 2012 AGREEMENT.

ALSO, EXPLAIN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE'S PLAN AND RESPONSE TO GROWTH IN THIS REGION, AND EXPLAINING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE REPRESENTS TODAY VERSUS THE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE TEN YEARS FROM NOW.

TONIGHT, WE WILL PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE VALUE, SERVICES AND RESOURCES CURRENTLY PROVIDED TO THE JUPITER COMMUNITY BY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.

WE HAVE BEEN SERVING TOGETHER SINCE 1984.

SINCE THAT TIME, THE TEN FIRE DISTRICTS WERE CONSOLIDATED IN 1984.

WE HAVE PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE TOWN.

IT'S NEARLY A 40 YEAR HISTORY, AS I MENTIONED, AND THAT SERVICE VALUE PERFORMANCE DELIVERY TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.

IF I SAY NOTHING ELSE TONIGHT THAT RESONATES WITH THIS BOARD, I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.

THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US TO CARE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT TRULY MEANS A LOT TO BE UP HERE TO REPRESENT THE 1700 ON THE GROUND BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE RETIREES THAT HAVE BUILT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.

THANK YOU. A LOOK AT HISTORY.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IS, IS WHAT, CHIEF, WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE TEN YEARS FROM NOW? AND WE HAVE TO LOOK BACK TO LOOK FORWARD.

CHIEF RICE ONCE SAID WE WANTED TO CREATE A GOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY TO WORK AND ALWAYS HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.

OUR VISION FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS IS TO BUILD ON OUR REPUTATION AS A LEADER IN THE FIRE RESCUE INDUSTRY.

REMAIN AS A DESTINATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE JUST PROVED ON OUR LAST PROCESS WITH 800 FIREFIGHTERS COMING THROUGH THE DOOR, MOST OF WHICH CAME WITH EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS REGARDLESS OF THEIR EMERGENCY OR CHALLENGE.

BEFORE YOU SEE A GRAPH OF THE CALLS FROM 1998 AND THE JUST BELOW 3000 CALLS IN 1998 TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN 2022, WHICH IS OVER 8000 CALLS IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER.

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WITH THAT, I HAVE CHIEF CHARLES COYLE, WHICH IS OUR MEDICAL SERVICES CHIEF, AND ALSO FIRE MARSHAL DAVE DI RITA, WHICH IS OUR FIRE MARSHAL AND OUR DIVISION CHIEF THAT HANDLES COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION EXPLAINED ABOUT THOSE SERVICES AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, CHIEF KENNEDY, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO EVOLUTION OF SERVICES, RESPONSE TO OUTBREAKS AND PANDEMICS.

I KNOW EVERYONE HERE WAS IMPACTED IN SOME WAY OR FORM WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT THE INTERESTING PART FOR US AT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE WAS WE CREATED MOBILE TESTING, VACCINATIONS, DISPATCH SCREENING, MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SCENE, MAKING SURE THAT WE UTILIZE TELEMEDICINE TO NOT SEND PATIENTS AND UNNECESSARILY NEEDED TO GO TO OVERCROWDED ERS TO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY ARE WE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN THE COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROCEDURES, WE ALSO HELP TEACH THE OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS LOCALLY IN THIS AREA, AND THOSE PRACTICES WERE ADOPTED STATEWIDE IN RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID CRISIS.

AS EVERYONE IS AWARE, THIS IS A NATION WIDE ENDEMIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE OPIOID CRISIS.

WHAT DO WE DO DIFFERENT THAN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE IS WE USE OUR MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE TEAM.

WE USE ONE OF OUR FOUR LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR PARAMEDICS THAT ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH EACH ONE OF OUR OVERDOSE PATIENTS AND MAKE SURE THEY LINK THEM UP WITH RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THEY GET CONTINUUM CARE.

WE PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE HEALTH CARE DISTRICT TO DO THIS EMERGENCY TRIAGE.

THIS GETS A LITTLE TONGUE TWISTER, TRIAGE, TREAT AND TRANSPORT.

ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE CMS. IT'S A FIVE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO INCREASE THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE BUT DECREASE THE HEALTH CARE COSTS.

THIS ALLOWS EMS TO BREAK THE BOUNDARIES OF 50 YEARS OF PICKING A PATIENT UP, DROPPING THEM OFF AT AN E.R., EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM.

THIS ALLOWS US TO TREAT PEOPLE AT THEIR HOMES USING TELEMEDICINE.

IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO TAKE THEM TO ALTERNATE DESTINATIONS THAT'S BETTER FIT TO THEIR ACTUAL ILLNESS.

WHOLE BLOOD, ULTRASOUND AND FINGER THORACOTOMY.

I GIVE AN HOUR LONG TALK AT THIS AT EMS [INAUDIBLE] TOLD ME I HAVE 20 SECONDS TONIGHT, SO I'LL DO MY BEST.

PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

THIS ALLOWS US TO TAKE THE TRAUMA SURGEONS TO TEACH OUR PARAMEDICS, TO TEACH OUR EMS SUPERVISORS, AND WE TAKE THE TRAUMA SERVICES AND WE BRING THEM TO THE POINT OF INJURY.

FOR MANY YEARS WE THOUGHT THE RIGHT THING WAS TO DO IS GRAB THE TRAUMA PATIENT AND TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL.

TURNS OUT THAT'S INCORRECT.

WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE SERVICES BY USING ULTRASOUND LIKE YOU SEE IN THE HOSPITAL OR MANY OF US HAVE PERFORMED ON US BEFORE.

WE TEACH OUR SUPERVISORS HOW TO DO THAT.

WE DO A FINGER THORACOTOMY WHICH ALLOWS WHEN THERE'S AIR TRAPPED INTO THE LUNG AND IT'S DAMAGING YOUR LUNG, WE ALLOW OUR EMS SUPERVISORS TO PROVIDE AN INCISION AND DECREASE THE AIR TO COME OUT OF THE CHEST OR THE BLOOD, AND THEN WE REFUEL THE TANK WITH BLOOD.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE BLEEDING BLOOD, THEY NEED BLOOD.

THEY DON'T MEAN NORMAL SALINE, WHICH HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL CARE FOR MANY YEARS, AND PEDIATRIC AND CARDIAC ARREST.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME DATA SPECIFICALLY TO ADULT CARDIAC ARREST, BUT PEDIATRIC CARDIAC ARREST IS SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT FOR US.

WE TAKE TIME AND REACH OUT TO OUR NUMBER ONE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THE CALL THROUGH OUR PEDIATRIC MEDICAL DIRECTOR.

NUMBER TWO, WE REACH OUT TO THE FAMILIES NO MATTER WHETHER THE CHILD MAKES IT OR NOT, THROUGH OUR LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND MADE SURE THEY HAVE A VERY SOFT PLACE TO LAND BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF THEM, WHETHER THE CHILD MEETS IT OR NOT.

SO CARDIAC ARREST. WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT DATA.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A FEW STATISTICS, AND I WON'T GET TOO DEEP BECAUSE TONIGHT IT'S NOT ABOUT STATISTICS, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE, BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU LOOK AT THE STATE, A STATEWIDE [INAUDIBLE] RATE, AND ESSENTIALLY THAT MEANS THAT THE PATIENTS FOUND PULSELESS AND THEY REGAIN A PULSE AFTER EMS ARRIVES.

IT HOVERS AROUND 21 TO 23% IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, LOCALLY WORTH 36% FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER, PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, NEUROLOGICAL STATUS. SO THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STATISTIC THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT.

NATIONALLY, WE HOVER BETWEEN SIX AND 8% THROUGH THE CARES DATABASE.

LOCALLY IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER, WE'RE ROUGHLY AT 19%, WHICH IS EXCEPTIONAL, BUT IT'S NOT JUST EIGHT LIVES SAVED, IT'S EIGHT FAMILIES SAVED, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE FAMILIES WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE HOLIDAYS AND WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL PERSON SITTING AT YOUR TABLE.

THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION COINED SOMETHING IN 1989 CALLED THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL.

IN 2020, THEY ADDED ONE LINK IN THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL, AND THAT LINK WAS RECOVERY.

SO IT'S NOT JUST RECOVERY FOR THE ACTUAL PATIENT, IT'S FOR THE PATIENT'S FAMILY.

IT'S FOR THE PROVIDERS THAT RENDERED THE CARE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO HOW DO WE BRIDGE THAT GAP AND WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE? WELL, FIRST WE USE A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER OR MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE TEAM TO REACH OUT TO THE SURVIVOR INTO THE FAMILY.

NEXT THING IS, WE REACH OUT TO OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.

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THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB PROVIDING CPR AND DEPLOYMENT.

THEN WE BRING THE FAMILY INTO THE FIRE STATION.

WE WANT THEM TO BE REUNITED WITH OUR CREWS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THIS DOES FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO BRING THE FAMILIES BACK.

THEN WE BRING THE WHOEVER PROVIDED THE CPR TO THE SURVIVOR AND WE BRING WE GIVE THEM AN AWARD.

WE WANT THEM TO FEEL WHAT THEY DID MADE A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THEIR LOVED ONE BACK, BUT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A STRANGER.

WE PROVIDE THEM RECOGNITION AS WELL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PICTURES OF THE GROUP TOGETHER AND THIS IS OUR LATEST ONE, AND WE HAD COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM ATTEND ONE OF THESE, AND ONE OF THE COMPLIMENTS THAT WAS PAID TO US AT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST COMPLIMENTS THAT I'VE EVER GOT TO HEAR AT A FIRE STATION WAS THEY SAID THAT IT WAS LIKE A SYMPHONY WATCHING OUR CREWS WORK TOGETHER.

IT WAS LIKE A BALLET BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS SO WELL ORGANIZED AND EVERYONE SPECIFICALLY KNEW THEIR JOBS AND ROLES, WHICH LEAD ME, WHICH LEADS ME INTO MY LAST SLIDE, AND THAT'S GROWTH OF OUR PEOPLE.

WE SAID EVOLUTION OF SERVICE, BUT THE EVOLUTION OF SERVICE ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH OF OUR PEOPLE.

BECAUSE WITHOUT OUR PEOPLE AND WITHOUT OUR TRAINING, WE CAN NEVER EVOLVE AS AN ORGANIZATION AND PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL START WITH THE NATIONAL OR STATE PARAMEDIC.

WHEN A PARAMEDIC STARTS WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, THEY DON'T PRACTICE AS A PARAMEDIC IMMEDIATELY.

THEY HAVE AN 80 HOUR IN-HOUSE COURSE.

THEY GO THROUGH RIGOROUS TESTING.

DURING THAT PROCESS.

WHEN THEY COMPLETE THAT PROCESS, THEY THEN LEAVE WITH A TASK BOOK AND A MONITORING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO THE STANDARDS NOT OF THE STATE, NOT OF THE NATION, BUT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.

THEN AFTER THAT, THREE YEARS PASS BY, IN THAT CAPACITY, THEY THEN TAKE THE LIEUTENANT'S TEST, VERY EXTENSIVE TESTING PROCESS, ADDITIONAL CLASSES, AND THEN WE PULL THEM FROM THE TRUCK AND PUT THEM IN ANOTHER 80 HOUR COURSE IN HOUSE WITH A TASKBOOK AND A MONITORING PROCESS.

THEN IF THEY DECIDE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT RANK OF CAPTAIN, AGAIN, VERY RIGOROUS TESTING PROCESS, ADDITIONAL CLASSES, ANOTHER 80 HOUR TRAINING COURSE WHERE THEY GET TAUGHT ALL OF THE LATEST AND GREATEST TECHNIQUES IN THAT ROLE OR FUNCTION, ANOTHER TEXTBOOK WITH A MONITORING PROCESS, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AT LEAST IN THE EMS PERSPECTIVE, IF THEY WANT TO BECOME AN EMS CAPTAIN, ANOTHER RIGOROUS TESTING PROCESS, ANOTHER 80 HOUR COURSE TASK MONITORING, BUT THERE'S A UNIQUE FEATURE ABOUT THIS GROUP.

WE HAVE NINE MEDICAL DIRECTORS, DOCTORS THAT WORK FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

ONCE A WEEK THEY DO RIDE TIMES WITH OUR EMS SUPERVISORS.

SO NOT ONLY DO OUR DOCTORS PROVIDE CARE ONCE A WEEK OUT IN THE STREETS OF THE AREA PALM BEACH COUNTY SERVES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO RIDING WITH OUR EMS SUPERVISORS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING EVERY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING.

AND THEY HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST INFORMATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD EVENING. AS CHIEF COYLE SO ELOQUENTLY PUT, WHAT YOU JUST HEARD WAS THE BOOTS ON THE STREET, AND I AM YOUR FIRE MARSHAL.

TOWN OF JUPITERS FIRE MARSHAL DAVE DORETTA.

I WORK EVERY DAY BEHIND THE SCENES.

THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE US.

WE'RE NOT IN THE RED TRUCKS COMING TO YOUR EMERGENCY CALL.

WE'RE WORKING ON YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

I WORK DAILY WITH YOUR BUILDING OFFICIAL ROGER HELD AND HIS DEPUTY, JIM BROWN, AND THAT'S THE FORTUNATE ABILITY I HAVE.

WE ALSO HAVE A FIRE INSPECTOR HERE DAILY THAT WORKS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

LOVED TO SEE HIS TRUCK PARKED RIGHT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.

IT WAS A WELCOMING SIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND WHAT CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS I REPRESENT THE PREVENTION BUREAU, SO WE'RE TRYING TO STOP EVERYTHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS ON THE FIRE SIDE, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE MODERN CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD, THE LEGACY FIRES VERSUS FIRES TODAY.

FIRES TODAY IN A MODERN HOME BURNED EIGHT TIMES FASTER THAN THEY DID 50 YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S THE EVOLUTION OF CHANGE.

YOU'LL SEE THE VEHICLES OUTSIDE THAT ARE NOW ELECTRIC WITH LITHIUM BATTERIES AND THE HYBRID VEHICLES THAT ARE MADE OUT OF PLASTICS AND NOT THE HEAVY METALS THAT THEY HAD THE FURNITURE IN YOUR HOMES.

IT'S THE HEAD THAT USED TO BE THE HEAVY WOODS OF THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES IS NOW ALL PLASTIC WITH POLYESTER FIBERS.

SO THESE FIRES BURN WITH SUCH GREAT INTENSITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WAS ON A TYPICAL 1200 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT FIRE, THREE STORIES, NFPA 1710.

THAT'S THE GUIDEBOOK THAT SAYS WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO A FIRE.

THAT'S WHAT IS NEEDED ON THAT LEVEL OF A FIRE, SAYS 28 FIREFIGHTERS ARE NEEDED.

WHEN WE POP THAT INTO A HIGH RISE STRUCTURE FIRE OF 75 FEET OR GREATER, WHICH IS MANY BUILDINGS IN THIS TOWN, YOU'LL SEE THAT 43 FIREFIGHTERS ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT.

PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE ON A HIGH RISE FIRE BRINGS 46 THREE ABOVE WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED AVERAGE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS HIGHLY TOUTED AND WHAT WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF, TO BRING YOU THE EXCELLENCE TODAY AND IMPROVING TOMORROW, OUR MONIKER, OUR BADGE OF PRIDE, IS THE FACT THAT WE GOT AN ISO OF RATING OF A ONE RECENTLY THAT CAME ON ON A LOT OF BACKS AND HARD WORK AND SWEAT.

OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AN ISO STANDARD, ALBEIT SOME SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES DON'T DON'T RECOGNIZE THE ISO STANDARD.

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ISO IS A STANDARD USED INDUSTRY WIDE.

IN FACT, WE HAVE A WATER COMPLIANCE OFFICER THAT WORKS AT THE OUT OF MY OFFICE THAT ALMOST DAILY RECEIVES CALLS FROM EVERY INSURANCE COMPANY STATE FARM, ALLSTATE, CHUBB, LIBERTY MUTUAL, ALL THE RECOGNIZED AND THE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

AND THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE HYDRANT LOCATIONS, THE MINIMUM 1000 FEET FROM YOUR HOME.

HOW CLOSE IS THE FIRE STATION? ALL THESE HAVE TO BE PUT IN A LETTER TO THE HOMEOWNER THAT CALLS US FOR THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY.

THAT'S WHAT DETERMINES THE RATE YOU PAY AS A HOMEOWNER.

THAT'S WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE EITHER EXPENDED OR SAVED BASED ON YOUR ISO RATING.

YOU CAN CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THE STANDARD IS ISO.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ISO ALSO DOES FOR US IS IT BRINGS IN SEVERAL FACTORS UNDER THE TRAINING.

WE HAVE THE BUILDING FAMILIARIZATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO ANNUALLY WITH OUR ANNUAL INSPECTION PROCESS AND OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

YOU WON'T ALWAYS SEE US, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

THE EMPLOYEES WHOSE VEHICLES OUT IN THE PARKING LOT THAT WORKS WITH YOUR BUILDING OFFICIAL WE'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER, INSPECTING YOUR BUILDINGS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE COMPLIANT TO THE MINIMUM FIRE CODES AND THE FIRE CODES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, WHICH GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, SORRY.

GETTING AHEAD MYSELF, PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY, OUR PREPARATION RESPONSE TO PROTECT TARGET HAZARDS.

THERE ARE UNFORTUNATELY BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND YOU CAN DO ALL THE TRAINING IN THE WORLD, BUT YOU WANT TO BE PREVENTATIVE TO THAT, AND WHAT WE DO TO HELP PREVENT AND HELP LIMIT THE ACTIVE SHOOTER AND THE COMPLEX COORDINATED ATTACKS.

ALL OF OUR VEHICLES CARRY THE SAME STANDARDIZED EQUIPMENT, BALLISTIC GEAR.

THERE'S ANNUAL TRAINING, LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL TRAINING, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU'VE GOT TARGET HAZARDS THROUGHOUT.

WE DIDN'T JUST LOOK AT THEM.

WE GO TO THEM. WE INSPECT THOSE ANNUALLY WHERE THEY'RE AT EVERY TARGET HAZARD.

WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE YOUR JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL, YOU HAVE THE AUDITORIUM, YOU HAVE THE FOOD TRUCK EXTRAVAGANZA.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A VERY BAD IF ANYBODY'S LOOKED IN THE NEWS.

THERE WAS A VERY BAD EXPLOSION IN NORTHERN FLORIDA FROM AN UNINSPECTED FOOD TRUCK.

YOU HAVE THESE EVERY WEEKEND.

WE'RE THERE EVERY WEEK, AND NOT ONLY DO WE REVIEW THE PERMIT PROCESS FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS AND LOOK AT HOW MANY FOOD TRUCKS YOU'LL HAVE, THE SPACING, HOW SAFE THEY ARE, WE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GO AND INSPECT THESE FOOD TRUCKS BECAUSE WE WANT THIS TO BE AN EXTRAVAGANZA, NOT AN EXPLOSION.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE MAINTAIN THE SAFETY AND IT'S WHAT JUPITER IS KNOWN FOR IN DOWNTOWN [INAUDIBLE], YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE AND NOT SEE A FOOD TRUCK.

YOU HAVE FEC RAILWAY GOING THROUGH THIS TOWN, TRANS VERSUS NORTH AND SOUTH [INAUDIBLE].

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WATER TREATMENT FACILITY IS A VERY SEVERE TARGET HAZARD.

WE'RE INSPECTING THAT ANNUALLY.

YOU HAVE BOTH THE INTERSTATE AND THE TURNPIKE TRAVELING THROUGH.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AND THAT'S A LOT YOU WANT US TO INSPECT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

LET ME EXPLAIN THE MOVE UPS.

WHENEVER DEMANDS ARE CREATED IN THE SYSTEM DUE TO CALL VOLUME OR SEVERITY OF AN INCIDENT, THE ALARM OFFICE MOVES THE UNITS INTO A HIGH DEMAND AREAS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT CALL. THE PRE MOVE IS SIMULTANEOUS.

IT HAPPENS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.

WE HAVE A FIRE OPERATIONS OFFICER COMMONLY CALLED THE [INAUDIBLE], WHICH WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAD SYSTEM THAT'S AT DISPATCH, AND WHEN WE HAVE A VEHICLE THAT'S CALLED OUT ON A CALL IN A HIGH VOLUME AREA, THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY MOVES UP THE STANDARDIZED UNIT.

WHEN I SAY STANDARDIZE, WHAT DO WE STANDARDIZE? NO MATTER WHICH ENGINE YOU'RE GETTING FROM ANOTHER STATION TO BE ON THE MOVE UP, IT HAS THE SAME STANDARD EQUIPMENT, THE TRAINING OF THE PERSONNEL AND THE PERSONNEL ALL TO THE SAME LEVEL. EVERY TIME WE DO THAT, EVERY SINGLE TIME WE DO A MOVE UP.

IN THE MOVE UP FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER, THERE WERE 612 TIMES ANOTHER PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE UNIT WAS MOVED UP TO A JUPITER STATION.

OF THOSE 612, 233 TIMES, ANOTHER CALL OCCURRED.

PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE UNIT WAS MOVED UP, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE RECOGNITION RECOGNIZED BY OUR PEERS.

CHIEF. THANK YOU, CHIEFS.

OTHER FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT.

THEY'RE PROUD TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROFESSION.

THEY'RE SELDOM LIKE THE RECOGNITION THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE TERRITORY.

ONE THING THAT IS JUST UNDESCRIBABLE AND YOU JUST IT'S SOMETHING FOR US THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

THIS YEAR, OUR EXTRA EXTRICATION TEAM WAS THE ONLY TEAM FROM THE UNITED STATES THAT WAS REPRESENTED IN EUROPE, AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK UP HERE AND YOU SEE FROM THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE YEAR, CHIEF DERN, FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL OF THE YEAR, FIRE INSPECTOR OF THE YEAR, OUR ALS COMPETITION, WHICH IS REALLY REFLECTIVE OF THE CARE THAT GOES INTO OUR COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS.

EVERYONE, TWO YEARS RUNNING, WE LOOK AT OUR FIREFIGHTER COMBAT CHALLENGE, WHICH REALLY LEADS THE WAY IN FITNESS FROM SAFETY COUNCIL

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THERE'S MANY WAYS THAT I CAN SAY THAT WE'RE INDUSTRY LEADERS, BUT THIS IS ONE WAY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE WHAT THAT RECOGNITION MEANS TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT I ASK FOR GOING FORWARD IS REALLY WHERE OUR GUIDE FOR THE FUTURE, RATHER, IS REALLY TO BUILD ON OUR FOUNDATION.

WHAT CHIEF PRICE WANTED WAS GOOD, AND TODAY WE ARE EXCELLENT AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO IMPROVE TOMORROW.

WE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE COMMUNITY, THE STATE AND THE NATION INTERNATIONALLY LIKE WE ARE.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND WE WERE GOING TO BUILD ON OUR CORE VALUES COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, UNITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEDICATION.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BRING TO EVERY PATIENT, EVERY HOUSE, EVERY CONTACT AND EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE, AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH WE REVISED THIS YEAR, AS IS PRETTY SIMPLY PUT, WE'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITIES BY MITIGATING ALL HAZARDS THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WILL GUIDE US ALONG THE WAY.

FINANCIAL STABILITY.

CULTURE OF COMPETENCE.

COMMUNICATIONS PLANS.

COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND THEN HEALTH.

ENHANCE OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM.

WHAT I ASK FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER DEVELOP THIS METHODOLOGY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH YOUR STAFF TO FAIRLY REPRESENT THE VALUE TO THE TOWN AND THE SERVICE DELIVERY THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO TO TODAY AND HOPEFULLY INTO THE FUTURE.

THERE'S FOUR ELEMENTS OF THAT COST METHODOLOGY WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT.

ONE IS TO DEVELOP THE COST FORMULA, ACCOUNTING FOR THE COVERAGE IN OUR DYNAMIC SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE MOVE UPS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

DEVELOP A COST FORMULA TO ADDRESS THE CAPITAL AND STATION UPKEEP COST OF TODAY.

IN 2012, THE NUMBER WAS 200,000 OVER 200,000.

THE COUNTY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE INCUR WITH STATION 19.

ALSO, WHEN WHEN THERE WAS AN INSURANCE ACCIDENT, BUT WE HAD TO INCUR ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS BECAUSE OF FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND JUST GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, THEY WENT WELL ABOVE THOSE COSTS.

ALSO ADDRESSING THE RISING COST OF CONSTRUCTION SINCE 2012 AS WELL, ALSO DEVELOP A COST, METHODOLOGY AND LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS UNFUNDED SITUATIONS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HURRICANE UP STAFFING.

THERE'S TIMES WHERE WE'RE PREPARING UNITS AND UP STAFFING THEM, UNBEKNOWNST TO ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER COVERAGE, AS WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AND THE NATION WHERE THEY WERE NOT PREPARED.

WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING THOSE MOVES REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE BUDGET WAS SET AT.

ADDITIONALLY, PANDEMICS, AS WAS MENTIONED BY CHIEF COYLE, THE ABSORPTION OF OVERTIME AND COST TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT FORESEEN OR BUDGETED, AND THEN LASTLY, THE JUPITER BRIDGE PROJECT, WHICH IS A COST THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE WILL INCUR FOR HOUSING AND PERSONNEL COSTS TO ENSURE COVERAGE.

WE'VE BEEN SERVING TOGETHER SINCE 1984, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

I KNOW CHIEF ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DERN FORMER CHIEF DERN WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN I'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, TOWN COUNCIL, CHIEF KITZEROW.

IT IS INDEED A PLEASURE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY.

I CAN TELL YOU THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THE CHAMBERS AND WE HAD THE CONSULTANT HERE.

IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR US.

DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH WE WANTED TO SAY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOUND ON THE NARRATIVE THAT WE FELT WASN'T QUITE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT REALLY WOULD BE HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I CAN TELL YOU, THIS COMMUNITY MEANS SO MUCH TO US.

IT'S NEARLY A 40 YEAR COMMITMENT, A COMMITMENT WE HOPE TO HAVE VERY FAR INTO THE FUTURE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU HAVE THAT COMMITMENT FROM US THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THIS COMMUNITY, THE SERVICES THAT IS ACCUSTOMED TO, THAT IT'S DEMANDING AND IT DESERVES.

WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET.

SO YOU KNOW HOW PASSIONATE I CAN BE ABOUT THIS FIRE RESCUE ORGANIZATION.

PROBABLY ALSO RECALL THAT THIS IS THE THIRD ORGANIZATION I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO BE A PART OF.

I CAN TELL YOU ALSO, I'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF FIRE RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

I WAS ACTUALLY PRESIDENT OF THE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

I WAS THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

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I ACTUALLY TRAVELED THE COUNTRY PROVIDING TRAINING IN FIRE SERVICE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND ACTS OF TERRORISM AND PREVENTION SOON AFTER 911.

I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH THE IFF AND TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS DEPARTMENT IS SPECIAL.

THIS DEPARTMENT IS UNIQUE.

I HAVE NEVER SAT IN THE POSITION THAT YOU SIT IN TODAY, BUT AS I LOOK AT IT AND TALKING TO YOU, I THINK CLEARLY YOUR DECISIONS, IT IS THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE VALUE THAT IT BRINGS.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AT THE CONFLUENCE OF SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND PROPERTY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I TURN TO COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS VERY, VERY THOROUGH.

ANY COMMENTS? NO. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING TO OUR REQUEST TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS MORE OF A COST AND A COST BASED MANNER.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF DOLLARS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS.

THANKS FOR SPENDING THE TIME TO MEET WITH EACH OF US ONE ON ONE.

I HAVE TO SAY I DO FEEL PERSONALLY BONDED WITH STATION 16 SINCE A FEW INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST MONTH AND JUST GRATEFUL TO YOU AND FOR ALL YOU DO.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

NUMBER ONE. CERTAINLY NOT THAT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE HAS CERTAINLY DEMONSTRATED THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE, THAT HOW MUCH THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING THE PEOPLE OF JUPITER.

SO WE HAD NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, VERY INFORMATIVE.

I YOU KNOW, I'M BONDED TO STATION 19.

I THINK PROBABLY EVERY RESIDENT IS SOMEWHAT BONDED TO THE STATION THAT IS NEAREST TO HOME.

AS EVERY YEAR IN RECENT YEARS, STATION 19 ESCORTED SANTA CLAUS TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON SUNDAY.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT, GREAT EVENT.

EXCITES THE KIDS, THE PARENTS, THE GRANDPARENTS.

I JUST WANT TO JUST ON ONE NOTE ABOUT THE NARRATIVE AT THE LAST MEETING MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO HEAR IT, BUT JUST FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT MAYBE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MEETING AND WHY WE'RE EVEN AT THIS POINT IS AND I STILL REMAIN STUNNED WITH THE REQUEST FOR 234% COST INCREASE OVER THE HISTORICAL TREND OVER FIVE YEARS, 21 AND ONE HALF PERCENT INCREASE PER YEAR.

I MEAN, LET'S JUST BE CLEAR.

IT NEVER WAS ABOUT DISSATISFACTION WITH FIRE RESCUE.

THAT JUST IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.

WHEN WE LOOK AROUND AND MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US HAVE LOCAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT DOWN THIS PATH.

MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THAT.

I ALSO THINK I JUST WANTED TO JUST PERSONAL.

IT WAS COINCIDENTAL, NOT COINCIDENTAL I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT APPEARED THAT INCREASE WAS WAS AN EFFORT TO NORMALIZE TAX RATES. SO LET ME JUST SAY IT ON THE RECORD.

IF YOU REALLY COMPARE LAKE WORTH, [INAUDIBLE] BEACH, LAKE PARK AND HOW MUCH THEY PAY PER RESIDENT, I THINK THAT'S A SOMEWHAT NORMALIZED YEAR. WE ALREADY PAY MORE.

I LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, SO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A HIGH TAX BASE AND THEREIN YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE AND SAY, IS IT A FAIR AMOUNT? I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT I DON'T THINK YOU ARE INCREASING LAKE WORTH BEACH OR PALM BEACH LAKE PARK, YOU KNOW, 234% ABOVE HISTORICAL TREND OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU.

I WAS KIND OF HOPING YOU MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED ON THAT, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME FORMULA YOU'RE GOING TO WORK UP.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT.

SO PLEASE DO THAT.

YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT COMING BACK IN THE END OF JANUARY, I BELIEVE, AND YOU KNOW, DOLLARS AND CENTS IS ONLY ONE PORTION OF IT.

WE JUST COULDN'T AFFORD THAT.

WE WOULDN'T BE SERVING OUR RESIDENTS IN BUSINESSES LOOKING AT THAT TYPE OF INCREASE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT AGAIN, ALL OF US, OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY SATISFIED.

THEY'D BE THRILLED TO CONTINUE WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE SERVICES.

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SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW ONLINE.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT ANY OF US HAD ANY DISSATISFACTION.

NONE, ZERO OTHER THAN LOOKING AT SUCH A STEEP INCREASE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW. DID YOU WANT TO? I'LL JUST GIVE YOU. IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS.

NOT TO EXTEND THIS, BUT.

SO MAYOR WE GOT THE CHANCE.

YOU KNOW, I WAS INSTALLED AS THE FIRE CHIEF IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, SO WE GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS METHODOLOGY, AND WE DID TALK ABOUT STRATEGY, STRATIFYING THOSE COSTS AND CATEGORIZING THOSE OUT, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO.

I DO BELIEVE THAT PUBLICLY SPEAKING, THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WERE BROUGHT FORWARD A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE, BUT WE DID HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY.

I THINK WE'VE WORKED PAST THAT ON OUR END AND WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR TOWN MANAGERS OFFICE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS FOR THOSE THAT PRESENT, YOU DON'T FEEL COMPELLED TO STICK AROUND THROUGH THE REST OF THE MEETING, SO FEEL FREE TO GET UP.

WE LIKE THE AUDIENCE, BUT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NORMALLY DOES HAPPEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

DO WE HAVE ANY RESIDENT COMMENTS? CITIZEN COMMENTS? YES.

ONE AND BEHAVE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD AND BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF JUPITER INLET FOUNDATION.

MY WORDS ARE COMING OUT A LITTLE SLOWLY TONIGHT, DOING TO A PROCEDURE THAT I HAD THIS MORNING.

SO I ASK FOR A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING WITH MY TIME LIMIT.

THIS PAST SUNDAY, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PALM BEACH POST TITLED JUPITER POLICE WORKING TO LIMIT DERELICT VESSELS.

IT IS EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT THAT 21 VESSELS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND ALSO STATED THAT THE BIGGEST DISCUSSION IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN OVER THE BLUE MOON, WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS UGLY BUT NOT DERELICT.

CONTINUING THAT THE PERSON WHO LIVES ABOARD HAS BEEN ISSUED 16 CITATIONS OVER THE PAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AND HAS PAID THEM ALL AND EVEN SURVIVED THE STORM THAT JUST CAME THROUGH JUPITER.

HOWEVER, THOSE CLAIMS ARE DEFINITELY NOT TRUE AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE RECORD BE STRAIGHTENED FOR COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AS OF TODAY VERIFIED ON THE CLERK OF COURT WEBSITE.

THERE ARE 28 MARINE INFRACTION CASES ON RECORD SINCE 2019, INCLUDING TWO MISDEMEANORS FOR LACK OF TITLE OR LICENSE, WITH 25 NOT PAID BY THE DEFENDANT FOR A TOTAL OF $4,147.

IN ADDITION OF THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN CASES ON RECORD, INCLUDING SIX MISDEMEANORS FOR TRESPASSING IN DUBOIS PARK, NONE HAVE BEEN PAID BY THE DEFENDANT FOR AN ADDITIONAL $2,321.50.

A FEW CASES WERE SENT DIRECTLY TO COLLECTIONS FOLLOWING SIX MONTHS OF NONPAYMENT.

HOWEVER, FOR MOST CASES, AFTER THE LATE FEE WENT UNPAID, A HEARING WAS REQUIRED, ALL RESULTING IN THE SAME SCENARIO.

ANY NOTICE MAILED TO THE ADDRESS ON THE CITATION WAS RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE.

THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT PRESENT IN COURT.

ALL FINES AND FEES REMAINED OUTSTANDING AND SIX MONTHS LATER THEY WERE ALL SENT TO COLLECTIONS.

FOUR TIMES.

THERE WAS ADDITIONAL COURT ACTION TO SUSPEND HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT WHAT GOOD DID THAT DO? PERHAPS IT'S OKAY TO BE UGLY, BUT RULES NEED TO BE FOLLOWED.

THE PRESENT SYSTEM IS ONLY WORKING FOR THE GUY WHO LIVES ON THE BLUE MOON DOES NOTHING FOR HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATIONS PERTAINING TO HIS VESSEL.

HE IS A REPEATED OFFENDER FOR LACKING SAFETY, LIGHTS, DECALS, DERELICT AT RISK PARK AND GROUND INFRACTIONS.

JPD COULD PROBABLY GIVE HIM A CITATION EVERY DAY FOR SOMETHING IF THEY WEREN'T THERE.

AS FAR AS SURVIVING THE LAST STORM, THE BLUE MOON BROKE LOOSE AND ENDED UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INLET HELD BY JUPITER AND THE COLONY CHIEF TO SECURE TO A PRIVATE DOCK WHERE

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AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF POWERBOAT, TOWED IT BACK TO JUPITER'S MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA, WHERE HE HAS ANCHORED AND POTENTIALLY SCOURED SEAGRASS FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS, ISN'T HE REQUIRED TO HAVE HIS OWN PROPULSION? YES. THERE HAS BEEN A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BLUE MOON AND ALL THERE WILL BE IS TALK UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THE RECORD ON THAT.

I WONDERED ABOUT THAT WHEN I READ THAT MISINFORMATION.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER CITIZENS COMMENTS? THAT WAS IT. SEEING NONE.

I MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES.

[4. December 1, 2022 Town Council Special Meeting Minutes and December 6, 2022 Town Council Special Meeting Minutes. [TAB 4]]

MINOR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES.

ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

DOES ANYBODY AT TOWN MANAGER WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM.

I JUST WANT TO PULL ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE FOR MINOR COMMENTS.

SO THE CONSENT WILL BE ITEMS FIVE, SIX, SIX AND SEVEN.

MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE UNDER CONSENT ITEM FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[8. Resolution 111-22, Authorizing a Notice of Intent to Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for Quiet Zone Establishment. [TAB 8]]

I DO SUPPORT THAT, BUT I WANTED TO AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT AND THIS IS A PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE STEPS.

SO AGAIN, I DO SUPPORT THIS, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUIET ZONE BEING FULLY ESTABLISHED BEFORE WE GET FENCING INSTALLED THAT I'M STILL WORKING WITH BRIGHT LINE TO HAVE DONE SO.

I'VE HAD COMMITMENTS ON IT.

I WAS EXPECTING BY NOW TO HAVE SEEN SOME FENCE GOING UP AND I HAVEN'T.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GET ON THE RECORD TO MY COLLEAGUES RIGHT THEN.

YEAH, WE MOVE THIS ALONG AND IT STILL HAS TO COME BACK TO US, BUT I'M STILL WORKING WITH BRIGHT LINE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE FENCING THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO PUT IN.

REMINDER, THEY'VE COMMITTED IN TWO PHASES.

ONE PHASE THEY WERE FUNDING THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE DONE BY YEAR END, AND THE OTHER PHASE IS COVERED.

ABOUT HALF OF THE FENCING WAS COVERED BY A FEDERAL GRANT THAT THEY GOT TO RAISE GRANT.

I KNEW THAT WAS IN 2023, BUT THAT FIRST PHASE WAS COVERING THE MOST HEAVILY TRAVELED PEDESTRIAN CORRIDORS ACROSS THE TRACK. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 111-22.

MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 111-22.

SECOND.

MOTION AND THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY ON RESOLUTION 112-22.

[9. Resolution 112-22, Approving the award of RFP TM2022-001 Selection of Lobbyist services to Greenberg Traurig for one year. [TAB 9]]

UP HERE AND WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL AND IT WAS AN OBSERVATION, HEY, WE DON'T USE A LOBBYIST.

WE WERE THERE ONCE BEFORE WE HIRED A LOBBYIST.

WE HAD A LOBBYIST FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

WE NEVER GOT ANYTHING OUT OF IT.

WE CANCELED THE LOBBYISTS.

SO YOU NEVER KNOW, BUT I'M FOR TRYING IT AGAIN.

MAYBE IT WAS THE LOBBYISTS.

IT ALSO IS HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS THESE DAYS, WHETHER THEY PAY ATTENTION OR NOT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY LET'S DO IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING TO SEE IF WE'RE GETTING SOME KIND OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS A PRACTICE.

I JUST AGAIN.

NEWER MEMBERS, PROBABLY NONE OF THE MEMBERS UP HERE REMEMBER HAVING DONE THAT BEFORE.

SO I JUST KIND OF OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD, AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY, WITH RESPECT TO A LOBBYIST, I MEAN, YOU GET OUT OF IT, THE WORK

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WE REALLY HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY WHAT OUR STRATEGY IS, WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE NEED TO DO THE WORK ALSO TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE SO THAT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE KNOW WHO WE ARE, UNDERSTAND WHO JUPITER IS.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO GET OUR PRIORITIES TO THE TOP OF THE LIST, AND SO BUT WE NEED THAT LOBBYIST TO HELP US.

SO THIS IS NOT A CASE, IN MY VIEW, WHERE YOU JUST HANDED OVER THE LOBBYIST AND EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK ON OUR PART WITH THE LOBBYISTS TO GET A RESULT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THAT WAS SORT OF THE ISSUE BEFORE WAS THAT WE DIDN'T STEP UP TO DO OUR HALF OF THE WORK, AND HAVING WORKED WITH LOBBYISTS BEFORE, I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO.

SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT INTERNALLY IN THE TOWN MANAGER HOW WE POSITION OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK WITH THE LOBBYIST TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE DID.

OUR STAFF HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT GETTING GRANTS.

QUITE FRANKLY, AGAIN, THE WORLD'S CHANGED.

IT USED TO BE THAT WE HAD A GOOD, GOOD ADVOCATES IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR WATER UTILITY DIRECTOR WAS CONNECTED WITH AND WE WOULD GET LINE ITEMS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT WERE PRIORITIZED, AND THEN THERE'S NOW THE LINE ITEM VETO.

SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT YOU THINK YOU GET GETS LINE ITEMS OUT OF THERE ANYWAY.

I'M NOT DEBATING IT, I'M SUPPORTING IT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY IN THE END IT HAS TO PAY A DIVIDEND AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

SO SO I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT.

I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS AT FIRST I WAS SKEPTICAL ABOUT IT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN AND I'VE READ OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES LOCALLY THAT HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THERE NOT BEING RESULTS FROM IT, IT ESSENTIALLY BECOMES LIKE AN EXPENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT POTENTIALLY.

BUT I ACTUALLY THINK I'VE REALLY COME AROUND TO IT AND NOW I'M ACTUALLY QUITE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE TOWN.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT WORKS.

I'M ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD LIKE MANY THINGS TO DO, MAYBE THIS TRIAL RUN AND SEE HOW IT WORKS AND HOW WE LIKE IT, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS IS MY IN MY VIEW, AND THE TIMING MAY BE VERY GOOD FOR US AS A TOWN BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN THE TOWN.

I KNOW WE TALKED WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT DERELICT BOATS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OPTIONS IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION OR SOMETHING.

MAYBE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TURN SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES AROUND A LITTLE BIT POTENTIALLY.

YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD EXPLORE IT.

SO I'VE REALLY COME AROUND ON THIS ISSUE, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO COUNCILOR SCHNEIDER FOR HAVING BROUGHT IT UP, AND I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE TOWN AND I SUPPORT IT.

AGAIN, I SUPPORT IT.

I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, THEN, GEE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME RESULTS AT SOME POINT IN TIME HERE THAT WE SEE THAT.

SO. WITH THAT, TAKE A MOTION ON RESOLUTION 112-22.

MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 112-22.

SECOND.

MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UNDER REPORTS TOWN ATTORNEY.

[TOWN ATTORNEY]

IT'S A FOLLOW UP TO YOUR LAST MEETING.

I SUPPORT. I SUPPORT THAT, AND CAN I GET A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION FOR A ATTORNEY CLIENT SESSION AS REQUESTED.

SECOND.

MOTION AND THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANYTHING ELSE? MERRY CHRISTMAS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUSICAL TIE.

YOU'RE GOING TO NORMALLY NO THE LAST ONE OF THE SEASON AND IT DOESN'T HAVE MUSIC.

OKAY, WOW, THAT'S UNCHARACTERISTIC.

COUNCILOR MAY.

[TOWN MANAGER]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE THE TOWN ATTORNEY WAS GOING TO SING, AND I WAS GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS.

MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, SINCE WE'RE APPROACHING THE END OF THE YEAR, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STAFF, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A YEAR, AND I WAS JUST SITTING HERE AS I WAS MAKING MY NOTES ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND I THOUGHT, OH, YEAH, ONE MORE THING AND ONE MORE THING AND ONE MORE THING, AND IF YOU

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AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK DOWN THIS LIST AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTINGS AND COUNCIL ELECTIONS AND ONBOARDING NEW COUNCILS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AND PBA CONTRACT, AND WORKING THROUGH THE MCU WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, [INAUDIBLE], STRATEGIC PLANNING PRIORITIES.

WE DEVELOPED BUDGETS, APPROVED THE BUDGET, WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, HURRICANES RESPONDING TO ASSIST OTHER COMMUNITIES.

UTILITY MASTER PLANS ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER LET'S SEE, WE BROKE GROUND ON THE NEW BUILDING.

WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR EMPLOYEES TREMENDOUSLY.

YOU KNOW, WE ACHIEVED EXCEPTIONAL MARKS IN THE CITIZENS SURVEYS.

STEPHANIE THORNBURG RECEIVED THIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR HER PASSIONATE WORK THAT SHE DOES IN ADDITION TO AS A MAYOR SAYS HER DAY JOB BUT REALLY DOES TREMENDOUS WORK THERE.

WE STARTED THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY WITH FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS.

WE LET'S SEE, WE ENHANCED OUR VOLUNTEERS.

WE DID ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT I'VE GOT A LIST A MILE LONG I'M NOT GOING TO GO DOWN ANYMORE.

THE ONLY THING I WILL TELL YOU IS, IS I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS STAFF AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND, YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL, AND WE'RE TRULY BLESSED AS A COMMUNITY, AND SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

THE BAD NEWS IS WE TAKE A WEEK OFF, PUT OUR FEET UP AND THEN TURN AROUND AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE WITHOUT THEM.

THANK YOU. FOR ME, JUST TO KIND OF ECHO, FRANK, TAKE YOU TO THE STAFF FOR GETTING US THROUGH THIS.

[TOWN COUNCIL – LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMENTS]

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, FRANK STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE AND AND REALLY LEADING US AND BUILDING US BACK UP.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

JUST ONE MORE THING.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE LOBBYISTS.

I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO PURSUE GRANT FUNDING FOR JONES CREEK.

I SAW SOMETHING FROM A RESIDENT THAT THEY HAD POSTED.

THE BIDS CAME BACK FOR IT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

I HAD A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO ME REGARDING IT.

THE EXPENSE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY ANNUALLY FOR THEIR ASSESSMENTS.

NOT SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

THEY WERE JUST KIND OF SURPRISED BY THE INCREASE IN COSTS, AND ONE RESIDENT DID MAKE A COMMENT.

THEY ASKED, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS THE MAINTENANCE EVERY YEAR? CAN IT BE DONE EVERY TWO YEARS? IF IT'S IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE IT'S NOT GROWING AS THE MANGROVES AREN'T GROWING AS FAST AS THEY WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF DECREASE THE COST FOR THE RESIDENTS.

MOST OF THEM ARE ON BOARD WITH IT.

THEY UNDERSTAND IT. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.

BUT THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG THAT AREA THAT AREN'T AS FINANCIALLY WELL OFF AS OTHERS, AND IT'S KIND OF A BIG HIT TO THEM.

SO I'D LIKE TO PURSUE GRANT FUNDING FOR JONES CREEK.

I KNOW IT WAS PURSUED AT ONE POINT.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS LINE ITEM VETOED DURING COVID.

SO I'D LIKE TO TRY TO PURSUE THAT AGAIN.

THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT HAD A VERY GOOD CALL THIS AFTERNOON WITH OUR LOBBYIST AND ANTICIPATION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, AND NOW THAT WE'VE APPROVED THE GOT THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, THEY'RE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND WE'VE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION ON A FEW MAJOR TOPICS AND IMPRESSIVE GROUP, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THEY'RE VERY WELL ESTABLISHED AND HAVE A REMARKABLE REPUTATION.

SO I WILL MAKE SURE TO KEEP THIS ON THE LIST.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I KNOW WE HAD OUR GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.

THAT WAS TRULY EXCITING.

I WAS GOING TO REPORT ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.

WE HAD OUR MEETING THAT MORNING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE GROUNDBREAKING.

I ACTUALLY TOOK THE CALL IN MY CAR AND TRIED TO GIVE THE REPORT AND A BIT OF A CLUMSY WAY, BUT WE HAD TPA SPEAK THAT TIME, AND I YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WAS SO EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TPA AND IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL.

I ATTENDED ALSO THE THE TPA MEETING HERE IN JUPITER WITH JUNO BEACH.

THE MAYOR WAS ALSO THERE AND STUFF, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE MULTIMODAL PROJECT AND JUST KIND OF STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE AREN'T AD VALOREM DOLLARS FROM THE TOWN.

THEY COULD RELIEVE A1A THESE OTHER OPTIONS ON ROUTE ONE, BUT ALSO JUST HAVING TO SPEAK TO THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

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YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED IN THAT QUICK UPDATE BEFORE DASHING OFF TO THE GROUNDBREAKING WAS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT A PILOT PROJECT POTENTIALLY IN JUPITER AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF AREAS AND THEY LISTED JUPITER'S ONES.

THAT'S ONE ITEM I THINK I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON, AND I JUST FOUND THAT TO BE VERY INTERESTING, AND AGAIN, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL YEAR. YOU KNOW, CHALLENGING FOR ME AS A NEW MEMBER IS QUITE IT'S BEEN QUITE THE EXPERIENCE, BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR IT.

ABSOLUTELY, AND FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCILOR SCHNEIDER.

I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING THAT COUNCILOR MAY WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF FOR THE LOBBYIST.

RESIDENTS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CARUSO IS WORKING WITH JUNO BEACH TO GET FUNDING FOR UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WANT TO TALK TO THE LOBBYIST ABOUT IN TERMS OF MAYBE ATTACHING ON TO THAT AND GETTING MONEY FOR FOR JUPITER FOR THAT PROJECT.

I ALSO WANTED TO TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK STEPHANIE THOBURN, WHO'S STILL HERE FORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF HER HARD WORK WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD.

IT WAS A REALLY HEAVY LIFT, VERY COMPLICATED, AND I THINK STEPHANIE AND THE TEAM DID A GREAT JOB IN PRESENTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ARCHEOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PARCEL KNOWN AS SUNNY SANDS.

THE HRB HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS THEY SORT OF CAME TO A I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD CALL IT A PARTIAL DECISION OR A DECISION, BUT TO LOOK AT PRESERVING THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE PARCEL, AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I COMMEND STEPHANIE FOR GETTING THEM THAT FAR, AND THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS NOW ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE TOWN AND WHETHER WE'RE GOING HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE LANDOWNER ON THAT SINCE THE ARB HAS DECIDED THAT THE ENTIRE SITE IS ARCHEOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND WORTH PRESERVING, BUT IT WAS A LOT TO A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND I THINK I WANT TO COMMEND STEPHANIE AND THE TEAM FOR BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THAT IN A WAY THAT WAS DIGESTIBLE FOR FOR HRB AND FOR THE REST OF US.

SO THANK YOU.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, WANTED TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH TPA AND THAT GO GLADES INITIATIVE.

THE YEARS AGO, THE TOWN TRIED TO UTILIZE A LOCAL TROLLEY SYSTEM IN THE TOWN AND COMMISSIONER MARCUS ENABLED US TO GET A GRANT OR I THINK THE COUNTY FUNDED IT AND WE MIGHT HAVE PUT SOME FUNDS IN AND WE DID IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL, IT WAS KIND OF WAY EARLIER IN [INAUDIBLE] EVOLUTION AND YOU KNOW, THE [INAUDIBLE] GOT ADJUSTED AND NEVER TOOK OFF, AND SO WE WOUND UP CANCELING THE TROLLEY, AND YOU COME AWAY WITH A PERCEPTION LIKE THIS IS NEVER GOING TO WORK IN OUR TOWN.

SO JUST DUE TO THE WAY WE ARE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DENSITY STANDPOINT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE GAVE IT A VERY GOOD TRY.

SO WHEN I HEARD THE PRESENTATION ON GO GLADES AT A TPA MEETING AND IT WAS JUST PRESENTED ON HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT WAS, AN INITIATIVE TO DO SOMETHING OUT IN THE GLADES THAT HAS NO NOTHING, AND IT WAS, IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, AND SO I HAD COMMENTED THAT, WOW, I WAS INTRIGUED TO GET THAT REPORT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE GOLD IN IT, AND I ALWAYS USE THAT LANGUAGE, AND ONE OF THE WELL, I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY IN, IN A TRANSPORTATION AREA, AND ONE OF THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS WERE THERE WAS THERE GOT WITH ME IMMEDIATELY AFTER AND SAID, YEAH, THERE IS REALLY GOLD IN THERE AND WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT THAT.

SO AT THE LAST TPA MEETING, YOU KNOW, HE APPROACHED ME ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER WITH HIM AND THE PALM TREE AND THE HEAD OF THE PALM TREE AND, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

IT'S KIND OF A FOLLOW UP SINCE I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD KIND OF EXPRESSED THAT KIND OF INTEREST.

SO JUST JUST INTUITION THAT THERE'S GOLD IN THERE, THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY AND AND MAYBE DECIDE HOW THAT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WORK IN OUR IN OUR FUTURE.

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I'M GLAD YOU'RE PICKING UP ON IT.

THEN IT'D BE NICE THAT MULTIPLE COULD ATTEND.

RIGHT? SO WHETHER WE SO I THINK I'LL TRY TO GO DOWN THAT PATH SO THAT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE TO NOTICE IT OR WHATEVER.

I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON IT FOR SURE BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK VERY ATTRACTIVE.

SO THEY ALREADY WERE PREPARING SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH ME.

SO I'LL SEE HOW WE CAN SET IT UP WHERE YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO NOTICE THAT, BUT TO ME, YOU KNOW, LOOK, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT WITH IT, YOU KNOW, A A TRANSIT OR THIS PROPOSED A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, SOME TYPE OF TRANSIT BOND REFERENCE.

BUT WHATEVER, AND I'VE TOLD THEM THAT FOR MUNICIPALITIES LIKE THE TOWN AND OUT WEST AND WHATEVER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THERE COULD BE SOMETHING IN IT FOR YOU, FOR US, IF THEY'RE REALLY EXPECTING TO GET, YOU KNOW, VOTER SUPPORT FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNTY WIDE.

SO ANY EVENT.

SO I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT, AND AND THROUGH THE TOWN MANAGER, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT GETS SET UP.

THANK YOU. SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE EXPRESSED THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE REALIZED THAT.

I DID WANT TO AS THIS IS YEAR END.

SO I REALLY LIKE THAT APPROACH MR. KITZEROW ON EMPHASIZING ABOUT STAFF EFFORTS IN 22.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GOOD YEAR AND CELEBRATION.

GREAT. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO DITTO THANK YOU FOR STAFF EFFORTS IN 22, AND I WANT TO THANK THE TOWN COUNCIL TEAM.

I THINK YOU KNOW, WE'VE WERE WORKING TOGETHER AND DOING WHAT THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESS WOULD EXPECT US TO DO, AND THEN JUST LASTLY, I NEVER HAVE A MUSIC ONE AND I DID WANT TO USE THE ONE FROM LAST TIME, BUT TOM AND I, WE HAVE THIS TRADITION, SO MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T SEE, IT'S SANTA CLAUS AND REINDEERS FLYING THROUGH ACROSS THE SKY ON MY TIE WITH THAT IT'S TIME IS NOW 8:17 AND WE'LL ADJOURN THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR 2022.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.