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>> GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW 07:00 PM AND ARE CALL TO ORDER THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND THEN THE PLEDGE.
>> DEAR GOD, WE COME TO YOU FOR GUIDANCE, WISDOM, AND SUPPORT, DURING THIS MEETING.
MAY THE DECISIONS BE LED BY YOU TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.
AMEN. NOW LET'S HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE.
[1. Bureau of Land Management by Peter Dewitt, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Manager. #]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FIRST TIME THE AGENDA.I WANT TO WELCOME MR. PETER, DO IT FROM THE JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE, OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA MANAGER, AND HE'S GOING TO BE GIVING US A PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR INVITING ME TO GIVE THIS UPDATE ON THE CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS AT THE JUPITER INLET LIGHTHOUSE AT STANDING NATURAL AREA. EXCUSE ME.
I'M GOING TO TALK FAST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING OUT THERE.
AS YOU MAY WELL KNOW THE STANDING NATURAL AREA WAS DESIGNATED BY CONGRESS IN 2008 FOR THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION, AND ENHANCEMENT OF SEVEN UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT VALUES TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS 15 YEARS AGO SO THAT'S 15 YEARS CELEBRATION THAT WE'LL BE HAVING LATER THIS YEAR.
THOSE VALUES WHERE THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE AND THE RICH MARITIME AND MILITARY HISTORY OF THE SITE.
THE SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL RESOURCES REPRESENTING OVER 8,000 YEARS OF HISTORY ON THE SITE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ON THE SITE INCLUDING 28 SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES, SIX OF WHICH ARE FEDERALLY LISTED AND FOUR INSENSITIVE AND IMPERILED HAM HABITATS ON-SITE.
CONGRESS ALSO CHARGED US WITH BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT SCIENCE TO INSTRUCT MANAGEMENT BOTH HERE AND ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE NATION, AFFORDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SITE AND ALLOWING FOR EDUCATION TO OCCUR.
THEN FINALLY TO PROTECT THE SCENIC QUALITIES OF THE SITE, INCLUDING THE ICONIC LIGHTHOUSE.
LAST YEAR WE SERVED OVER 145,000 VISITORS, WHICH IS THE LARGEST VISITATION EVER TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.
IT'S BOUNCED BACK TO EXTREMELY WELL SINCE THE DOWNTURN IN COVID.
FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE DONE 162 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVED OVER 12,000K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS.
WE HAVE THREE ONGOING SCIENCE STUDIES ON THE SITE, AND THIS IS ALL POSSIBLE THANKS TO PARTNERS WHICH INCLUDE THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT GRANTS OR SYSTEM AGREEMENTS ARE WORKING ON THE SITE, WE'VE GOT MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS, AGAIN, ONE WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE FRIENDS GROUPS MANAGING THE SITE AND ONE CO-OPERATIVE AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS OBVIOUSLY THE US ONE BRIDGE HAS DISRUPTED THE SIGNATURE AND CHARACTERISTIC OF THE LIGHT IT'S BEEN REPLACED WITH A QUITE ANNOYING STROBE LIGHT AND THE LENS IS WRAPPED FOR ITS SAFETY TO PROTECT THOSE PRISMS AND WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH FDOT TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF THIS VERY PRECIOUS FEATURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT WILL BE RETURNED TO FULL OPERATING SERVICE AS SOON AS VIBRATION CREATING ACTIVITIES HAVE STOPPED.
ANOTHER THING PEOPLE MIGHT NOTICE AS THEY TRAVEL AROUND THE SITE IS VEGETATION TREATMENT OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE SITE, THIS INCLUDES THE THINNING OF SCRUB OAKS IT'S NEEDED MEASURE IN PLACE OF PRESCRIBED FIRE.
AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE A KNEE-JERK REACTION TO WHEN THEY SEE IT, IT'S NOT BEING DEVELOPED.
IT'S JUST PART OF THAT RESETTING THE CLOCK ON THOSE SCRUB COMMUNITIES AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SUITABLE HABITATS IN EACH STAGE OF SUCCESSION.
ANOTHER BIG PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING ON SITE IS A TRANSITION FROM THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO A SEWER SYSTEM.
WE'VE REPLACED THE NUMBER OF THE UTILITIES ON-SITE WATER, AND WE ARE UNDERGROUNDING THE ELECTRICITY SERVICES AND GETTING RID OF THE POWER POLES TO IMPROVE THE SCENIC QUALITIES OF THE SITE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE GIVEN FUNDING THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN REMEDIATION AND REMODELING OF A NUMBER OF THE OLD COAST GUARD BUILDING'S ONSITE,
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NEW ROOFS ON MANY OF THE BUILDINGS, AND NEW ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE SITE.THE SITE IS ACTUALLY LOOKING PRETTY GOOD AT THE MOMENT AND THE BLM HAS REALLY STEPPED IN TO INVEST IN THE PROPERTY.
ONE OF THE MAJOR INVESTMENTS TO OPEN THIS YEAR WAS THE SOUTHSIDE PARKING LOT, IT WAS COMPLETED JUST LAST MONTH.
PARKING FOR VISITORS USED TO BE A BIT HAPHAZARD, AS YOU MIGHT SAY, JUST PULLING OFF THE ROAD.
JUST FOUR WEEKS AGO, WE OPENED A PARKING LOT WHICH ACCOMMODATES 22 VEHICLES PLUS TWO ADA ACCESSIBLE SPACES AND PEOPLE ARE USING IT VERY WELL EVERY DAY, SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT, I THINK THE PUBLIC AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS APPRECIATE THAT.
ANOTHER MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT IS THE RESTROOM REMODEL THE SITE ROOMS WITHOUT A RESTROOM FOR VISITORS FOR MANY YEARS AND ONE OF THOSE OLD COAST GUARD BUILDINGS REMODELED INTO FUNCTIONAL RESTROOMS, WHICH WILL BE OPENED VERY SHORTLY.
NOW WE HAVE WATER CONNECTED, AND IT NOW HAS A MEETING SPACE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE CLASSROOMS AND IT'S BEING ACTIVELY USED BY A NUMBER OF OUR PARTNERS TO DELIVER THOSE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAD THAT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESSES IS IN 2001, WE PARTNERED WITH THE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT TO CREATE A SECTION OF DEMONSTRATION LIVING SHORELINE.
IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFULLY WORKING OUT THERE WE'VE GOT SUCCESSFUL MANGROVE RECRUITMENT AS WELL AS PLANTING MANGROVES AND THE ABUNDANCE AND BIODIVERSITY OF LIFE ALONG THIS STRETCH OF SHORELINE HAS QUADRUPLED.
JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF HOW GREAT THAT LOOKS AT THERE IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN OUT THERE IN A WHILE, I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET IT THERE AND SEE THAT WORKING WITH THE SUCCESS OF THAT DEMONSTRATION, LIVING SHORELINE AND CONSTANT EROSIONAL PROBLEM ON THE REST OF THE SHORELINE EFFECT.
IF WE LOOK AT THESE PICTURES, WE CAN SEE THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM SINCE ABOUT THE 1950S, RECORDED AERIAL IMAGERY HAS SHOWN A RETREAT OF THAT SHORELINE AND IT RETREATS IT ABOUT SEVEN FOOT PER YEAR UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS.
IT'S NOT JUST ME SAYING THAT WE HAVE A STUDY FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY WHERE THEY'VE RECORDED THE RATE OF THE LOSS OF THE SHORELINE AND IT DOES PUT ALL OF THE RESOURCES, ALL THOSE VALUES I MENTIONED EARLIER IN DANGER.
THEY PUBLISHED A PAPER ON THAT AND THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN US GETTING BOTH GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT AND BI-PARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURAL ARE ALL FUNDING FROM BOTH THE LAST AND THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH MAKES THIS PROJECT BULLETPROOF WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTIONS.
BUT THAT PROJECT DOES INCLUDE STABILIZING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY SHORELINE WITH LIVING SHORELINE ELEMENTS.
THOSE LIVING SHORELINE ELEMENTS AND NOT JUST ABOUT PROVIDING FOR HABITAT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ABOUT PROVIDING FOR PEOPLE, INCLUDING RETURNING ADOPT TO THE SITE WHERE THE PUBLIC SAFETY VESSEL SLIP, INCLUDING OVER 800 FIT OF BOARDWALK ALLOWING SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE JUPITER INLET AND INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR VETERANS AND YOUTH FISHING PROGRAMS, A NUMBER OF BOATING AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OF BEACHES ALONG THE SHORELINE, INTERSPERSED WITH MANGROVE ISLANDS AND SALT MARSHES, AND THEN UNEXPANDED BEACH UP NEAR THE POPULAR SNORKELING DESTINATION BY SOUTH BEACH ROAD BRIDGE AND THEN SAFE SWIMMING AREAS ALONG THE SHORELINE PROTECTED FOR FAMILIES TO ENJOY A COUPLE OF ARTISTS IMPRESSIONS OF THAT PROJECT.
WE HOPE THAT THAT PROJECT WILL RECEIVE ITS PERMITS BY AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR WITH THE INTENTION ON BREAKING GROUND BY APRIL NEXT YEAR.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS NOT ONLY DID WE RECEIVE THE DESIGN FUNDING, WE RECEIVE A LARGE PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FROM THOSE FUNDING ACTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED.
FINAL PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IS UPDATING THE SITES MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THAT PROJECT IS VERY NEAR THE END IT'S BEEN THROUGH ALL OF ITS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AND WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER THE PROTEST PERIOD WHERE THE PUBLIC GETS TO HAVE A FINAL SAY ON THE DIRECTION FOR MANAGEMENT AND THAT DIRECTION MOSTLY INCLUDES ENHANCING THE RECREATION MANAGEMENT OF THE SITE AND AFFORDING OUR PARTNERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A LARGER SCALE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERPRETIVE AND MUSEUM CENTER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION VERY QUICKLY HERE AND WELCOME YOU ALL TO VISIT THE SITE AT ANYTIME FOR AT ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION, CERTAINLY FOR ME AND I'M SURE THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE?
>> FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO DO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK GOING ON THERE.
I THINK SHORTLY THERE GOING TO BE A LOT OF CHANGES AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS AWARE THAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
>> ONE QUESTION. THE EAST FACING PORTION WITH THE MAJOR EROSION IS IT'S A VERY POPULAR PULL-UP SPOT FOR BOATERS, HOW MANY BOATS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL IN THERE AFTER THEY DO THE RESTORATION.
WHICH IS HALF OF WHAT THE CURRENT CAPACITY IS.
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>> THAT'LL CAUSE SOME CONSTERNATION.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FOR INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT TO BRIEF THEM AND GET THEIR INPUT ON THE PROJECT AND WHILE IT IS A REDUCTION, THOSE EXPERIENCES WILL BE ENHANCED.
>> JUST QUICK QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE E-SITE GOES, ARE YOU GUYS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PROJECT NOW? BECAUSE I'D SEEN THE PIPES AND STUFF THAT ARE THERE.
IS THAT PART OF YOU GUYS OR IS THAT THE BRITISH?
>> THAT'S DREDGING FOR THE KEEPING THE INLET OPEN.
>> AS WE GO ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BEFORE THAT, JUST BY WELCOMING BOYSCOUT TROOP 173.
IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND, WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.
[APPLAUSE] THEN OF COURSE, I LIKE TO TEASE UP HERE, BUT IT'S SERIOUS.
THE GIRL SCOUTS HOLD THE RECORD, A GIRL SCOUT TROOP OF HAVING STAYED HERE THE LONGEST [LAUGHTER] AND LITTLE CHANCE OF BEATING THAT, BUT STAYS LONG AS YOU LIKE, OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON HERE, BUT THEN FEEL FREE TO GET UP AND LEAVE MUCH MORE SCOUTS.
[2. Town of Jupiter’s fiscal year 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) by Marcum CPA Firm. #]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF TOWN COUNCIL, AND MEETING ATTENDEES.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] I'M WITH THE FIRM OF MARCUM.
MY COLLEAGUE, SCOTT MONTGOMERY IS HERE AS WELL.
HE SERVED AS THE AUDIT MANAGER SO DOES THE AUDIT PARTNER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 FINANCIAL AUDIT.
AS PART OF TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ACFR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, WHICH WAS ISSUED AND RELEASED ON MARCH 28.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY AREAS OR SECTIONS OF THE DOCUMENT, FIRST BEING THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT, WHICH MAKES REFERENCE TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE AUDIT.
THE FIRST PARAGRAPH WITHIN THE DOCUMENT AND IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG, IT'S ON PRINTED PAGE 1, IT MAKES REFERENCE TO WHAT WE AUDITED AND OF COURSE, WE AUDITED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE TOWN AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, [NOISE] 2022.
THE SECOND PARAGRAPH MAKES REFERENCE TO THE OPINION AND IT MAKES REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRESENT FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE TOWN, AS WELL AS THE RESPECTIVE CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION OR AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
YOU AS AN ELECTED BODY, THAT'S THE ONLY OPINION YOU WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH.
FOLLOWING THE OPINIONS PARAGRAPH, IT MAKES REFERENCE TO WHAT STANDARDS WE FOLLOW AS YOUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
WE FOLLOW NOT ONLY US GAAS, GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, BUT WE ALSO FOLLOW GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE [NOISE] STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE AUDITOR GENERAL REQUIRES US TO FOLLOW THAT SECOND LAYER OF STANDARDS.
FOLLOWING THE AUDITOR'S REPORT, YOU'LL FIND THE MD&A.
THIS IS PUT TOGETHER BY MANAGEMENT AND IT STARTS ON PAGE 5 AND THROUGH PAGE 14.
IF YOU WANTED TO RECEIVE OR READ A SUMMARY OF CURRENT YEAR ACTIVITY, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU READ THE MD&A.
IT'S ONLY NINE PAGES, AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THE MD&A, NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE A HIGHLIGHT OF CURRENT YEAR TRANSACTIONS AND PROJECTS AND PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, BUT IT PROVIDES A COMPARISON OF CURRENT YEAR ACTIVITY VERSUS PRIOR ACTIVITY.
IT PROVIDES QUANTITATIVE TABULAR FORMAT, A FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS, AND ALSO QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION OF WHAT IS CAUSING THOSE CHANGES OR DRIVING THOSE CHANGES IN REGARDS TO YOUR FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS.
FOLLOWING THE MD&A IS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION.
THE TOWN ENDED WITH A TOTAL OF 531.6 MILLION IN TOTAL NET POSITION.
THAT'S THE NET EFFECT OF ALL THE ASSETS DEFERRED OUTFLOWS MINUS DEFERRED INFLOWS AND LIABILITIES.
NOTING THAT [NOISE] THE TOWN OUTSIDE OF ITS NET PENSION LIABILITY, THE NET PENSION LIABILITY FOR THE FUNDING OF ITS PENSION.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE TOWN HAS MINIMAL DEBT OR BONDS OUTSTANDING, [NOISE] LEADING TO AN UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION OF NEARLY 187 MILLION AS OF YEAR-END.
VERY HEALTHY AND FINANCIAL POSITION FOR THE TOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL AUDIT GENERAL IS WE COMPARE THE TOWN OF JUPITER TO ITS PEERS.
WE COMPARE THEM IN REGARDS TO FINANCIAL INDICATORS, REGARDING FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN.
NOT TO RANK THEM FROM 1-10, BUT TO RANK THEM IN REGARDS TO IF THERE'S ANY UNUSUAL ACTIVITY REGARDING ITS FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AND ITS FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY.
PLEASED TO MENTION THAT THERE WAS NO ITEMS TO REPORT AS OF YEAR-END.
SOMETHING THAT WAS ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE DOCUMENT IS OUR SINGLE AUDIT REPORT.
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IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THE DOCUMENT TO PRIOR YEAR, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SECTION WAS NOT INCLUDED LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE TOWN [NOISE] WAS NOT SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT.A FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT, IT OCCURS WHEN THE TOWN EXCEEDS OVER $750,000 IN FEDERAL AWARD EXPENDITURES.
FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, TOTAL FEDERAL AWARD EXPENDITURES WERE NEARLY 3.4 MILLION.
THAT'S NOTATED ON PRINTED PAGE 139.
THE LARGEST FEDERAL GRANT THAT WAS EXPENDED WAS THE ARPA OR CORONAVIRUS, NORTH OF 2.8 MILLION.THAT PROGRAM WAS TESTED FOR COMPLIANCE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES US AN AUDIT PROGRAM WHICH REQUIRES US TO FOLLOW AND COMPARE THE TRANSACTIONS THAT THE ARPA FUNDS ARE BEING USED, TO [NOISE] ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR ALLOWABLE ACTIVITY.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE ARPA FUNDS OR CORONAVIRUS FUNDING AS YOU PLEASE, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO USE IT FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.
THAT ACTIVITY WAS TESTED TO ENSURE NOT ONLY FOR PROPER COMPLIANCE BUT PROPER REPORTING OF SUCH ITEMS. OUR REPORT TO THE FEDERAL AGENCY WAS SUBMITTED.
IT RECEIVED A PASSING RATING AS WELL FROM THE DATA COLLECTION FORM.
SEPARATE AND APART, ON THAT DAY, WE ALSO ISSUED A [NOISE] CONVOCATION LETTER JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT THIS YEAR.
THE TOWN FOLLOWS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
THIS YEAR THERE WAS THE ISSUANCE OF GASB STATEMENT 87.
THAT IS A REVAMP OF HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR LEASES.
PRIOR TO GASB 87, LEASES WERE [NOISE] ACCOUNTING IN AN OPERATING WAY, MEANING THERE WAS OPERATING LEASES WHERE THE FLOW THROUGH YOUR PENAL.
NOW WITH THIS REQUIREMENT, THE LEASES OR THOSE CONTRACTS ARE AMORTIZED THROUGH A RECOGNITION OF A PRESENT VALUE CALCULATION OF THE ASSET WITH A CORRESPONDING LIABILITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY HIGHLIGHT I WANTED TO SHARE REGARDING TO THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE DOCUMENT, JUST SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS EXCEEDED THE DEFERRED INFLOWS AND LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN BY NEARLY 531.6 MILLION.
TOTAL OPERATIONS INCREASED FROM NET POSITION OF 21.6 MILLION AFTER YEAR-END, WHICH IS A POSITIVE TREND OVER THE FIVE-YEAR HISTORY THAT WE INCLUDED AS PART OF A DOCUMENT.
ALSO TO MENTION THAT OVERALL THE TOWN RECEIVED 7.5 MILLION OF ARPA FUNDS.
WE DID TAX 2.8 OF THE ENTIRE ALLOCATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
THE REMAINING BALANCE IS DEFERRED OR NOT RECOGNIZED FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES.
YOU HAVE AN ASSET ON THE BOOKS, BUT YOU HAVE A CORRESPONDING LIABILITY THAT IS REDUCED AS YOU EXPAND THE FUNDS.
[NOISE] FOR FURTHER DETAIL, WITHIN THE DOCUMENT, THE ARPA FUND IS SEGREGATED, SEPARATED APART FROM THE GENERAL FUND JUST FOR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY TO SEE WHAT THE FINANCIAL USAGE OF THE ARPA FUNDS ARE.
THE HIGHLIGHTS OR PRESENTATION OF THE ACFR, ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS RELEASED IN LATE MARCH.
THE FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIREMENT REQUIRES A TOWN TO ISSUE ITS REPORT PRIOR TO JUNE 30TH.
THE REASON THAT THE TOWN ISSUES THIS PRIOR TO MARCH 31ST IS BECAUSE IT PARTICIPATES AS PART OF THE GFA EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM BUT THE TOWN OF JUPITER DOES PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, AND THEREFORE THE DEADLINE WAS MARCH 31ST.
THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR A COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT HERE.
I DO ENJOY READING THESE BOOKS.
THEREFORE, I DO HAVE A FULL APPRECIATION OF HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THEM.
I CONSIDER THIS AS THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES DO.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO AS A GOVERNMENT IS TO CONFIRM WE'RE FISCALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS ANNUALLY GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT BEFORE THEN, I WANT TO HAVE STAFF ONCE AGAIN.
WE THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND WE ALWAYS FOR THE RECORD, GET AN UPDATE FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS IN LIAISON WITH THAT COMMITTEE AND I TURN IT OVER TO HER FOR ANY COMMENTS HERE.
>> SURE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE THE COUNCIL LIAISON FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
THESE ARE ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONALS AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT'S THEIR BUSY SEASON.
WE'RE FINISHING TAX SEASON SO, FOR THEM TO TAKE ON OUR AUDIT AND TO CONTINUE TO PROBE AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THE TOWN.
NOT ALL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE OR ASK RESIDENTS TO COME AND LOOK INTO THESE DOCUMENTS AND ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE WELCOME THEM.
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I LOVE WHAT THAT COMMITTEE DOES, WHAT IT REPRESENTS.THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR [NOISE] UP TO JUST SPEAK ON THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING EARLIER TODAY, ACTUALLY.
>> AS STATED EARLIER, YES, WE DID MEET THIS AFTERNOON AS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
MARCUM CAME AND PRESENTED THE AUDIT FINDINGS JUST AS THEY DID.
JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE HAD A DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THEY ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME RIGHT HERE AT THE TAIL END OF THE TAX SEASON.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT IS STILL TAX SEASON UP TO I THINK SEVEN O'CLOCK TODAY.
BUT EITHER WAY, THEY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND THEY'RE ALL CPAS AND THEY ALL HAVE VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.
[NOISE] WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING FOR APPOINTMENTS THIS EVENING.
[NOISE] BUT A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION OF THIS AFTERNOON IS CENTERED AROUND THE PENSIONS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PENSIONS.
THEY USUALLY ALWAYS DO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE POLICE PENSION.
ALSO, THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE FLORIDA STATE RETIREMENT, AND HOW THOSE ARE ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE BOOKS, THOSE LIABILITIES.
MODE AND HIS GROUP DID A VERY GOOD JOB DISCUSSING THOSE AND EXPLAINING [NOISE] IT TO THE COMMITTEE.
[NOISE] IN ADDITION TO JUST LISTENING TO THE AUDIT, THEY ALSO SERVE AS YOUR SURTAX COMMITTEE AS WELL.
[NOISE] THEY REVIEW THOSE EXPENDITURES EVERY YEAR, RELATING TO THE SURTAX AS REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY ORDINANCE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIALOGUE IN RELATION TO THE SURTAX MONEY AS WELL.
BUT A GOOD DISCUSSION, GOOD GROUP.
THE CHAIRPERSON, SHE HAS INDICATED IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE HER TO COME, SHE'S MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME BEFORE THE CRA COMMISSION AND ALSO THE COUNCIL, IF YOU WISH. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM YOU SAID IT, BUT JUST TO HAVE IT BEING REPEATED.
THIS WAS A CLEAN OPINION AND THERE WAS NO ITEMS FINDINGS TO REPORT?
>> CORRECT. WE BOUGHT IT IN JUST IN SOUTH FLORIDA, 47 MUNICIPALITIES AND 250 ACROSS THE US, AND WE HAVE NO PLEASURE OF REPORTING FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS, BUT IT'S OUR JOB AND WE DO SO, AND IT IS NOT COMMON NOT TO HAVE ANY FINDINGS OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S NOT COMMONLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND RELEASING HERE TODAY, WE HAVE SEVERAL CURRENT CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS, AND WE ALSO HAVE CLIENTS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE KING OPINIONS, THAT RECEIVE QUALIFIED OPINION.
AGAIN, PLEASE TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE NO ITEMS TO REPORT AT THIS MOMENT.
>> I WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK WHAT GOES INTO SUPPORT BOTH TO PRODUCE IT AND TO AUDIT IT, I KNOW THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, SO I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND THANK THEM.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL WANT TO COMMENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SCOTT AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
THIS IS A FULL-TIME JOB IN AND OF ITSELF.
WE HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS IN ADDITION TO THIS, SO REALLY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
>> MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS?
LINDA SMITH, JUPITER, FLORIDA.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING WITH THE OPEN HOUSES.
SORRY, I'M GOING TO MISS TOMORROW'S, BUT I HAVE ATTENDED THEM AND I THINK THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
ALSO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THE JUPITER OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA AND ALL OF JUPITER'S NATURAL AREAS, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
I HAVE PERSONALLY VOLUNTEERED WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY ERM WITH TRASH PICKUP AT THE JUPITER NATURAL AREA.
THE RECENT FLOODING OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT BRINGS CONCERNS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
I KNOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THERE IS PURCHASE OF TWO VEHICLES FOR UTILITIES AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR 57,508, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND IT'S PROBABLY A DONE DEAL AND I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT TRYING TO GET ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES EVEN INTO THE JUPITER CHORALE.
ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WAS A LACK OF AVAILABLE VEHICLES AND COSTS.
THE QIA HAS THE NIRO, WHICH IS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR 26,590 AND THEN THERE'S TEXT TAG AND ALL THAT STUFF. I GET IT.
QIA SPORT, WHICH IS A HYBRID, ELECTRIC,
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AND THAT'S 27,000 AND AS MORE AND MORE VEHICLES BECOME AVAILABLE, I HOPE JUPITER WILL PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES.AFTER ALL, YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO CHARGING STATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ASK YOU TO PLEASE WORK ON REDUCING SINGLE USE PLASTIC, BOTH INTERNALLY WITHIN YOUR FACILITIES AND ALSO ON JUPITER PROPERTIES, OUTSIDE CONTRACTS COMING IN.
POSSIBLY EXPAND THE EXISTING PURE PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU ABOUT YOUR WORK ON PRESERVING SEAGRASSES AND CREATING LIVABLE SEA WALLS.
THE REDUCTION OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC WILL HELP KEEP THESE AREAS PRISTINE.
I OFTEN CLEAN OUT THE ROCKS AND MANGROVES AT EACH OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE C18 BRIDGE ON LOXAHATCHEE RIVER ROAD.
I INVITE ANYONE TO JUST STOP BY THEIR ON LOXAHATCHEE RIVER ROAD, THERE'S A NICE LITTLE PULL OFF AREA FOR PEOPLE TO PARK, TO GO FISHING, TAKE A SMALL WALK AND SEE BETWEEN THE ROCKS AND THE MANGROVES HOW MUCH STUFF GETS TRAPPED THERE WITH EACH TIDE.
PLEASE KEEP UP AND STRENGTHEN YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES.
[3. April 4, 2023 Town Council Meeting Minutes.]
COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEFORE US, THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 4TH MEETING AND SOME MINOR REVISIONS ON THE DIAS.ANY OTHER CHANGES OR CAN HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THESE ARE ITEMS 4 THROUGH SEVEN ON THE CONSENT.DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANT TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM?
>> MAYOR, I WANT TO PULL NUMBER 4 AS REGULAR.
>> NUMBER 4. ANYBODY ELSE? I REMEMBER FOUR IS PULLED.
ITEM NUMBER 5, IT IS A QUASI JUDICIAL.
DOES ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY EXPERTEE DISCLOSURES ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 5?
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE AMENDED CONSENT AGENDA 5, 6 AND 7.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING BACK TO THE FIRST ITEM WHICH WAS PULLED ORDINANCE 6-23.
[4. Ordinance 6-23, First Reading, Zoning text amendment to modify Sections 27-3359 and 27-3362 regarding signage and area regulations for the Medical Center zoning district, and to add regulations for parking structures and directory signs. (continued from 4/4/23, second reading 5/2/23)]
>> IT CONCERNS JUPITER MEDICAL REALLY NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THOSE VOTES.
MY WIFE'S AND EMPLOYEE, JUPITER MEDICAL, SIR.
>> OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ITEMS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I SUPPORTED ON THE FIRST READING.
I DID BRING UP LAST MEETING UNDER COUNCIL COMMENTS ABOUT THE OFF-SITE SIGNAGE AT JUPITER LAKES BOULEVARD AND IN MILITARY TRAIL.
I APPRECIATE STAFF FOLLOWING UP VERY MUCH SO TO PURSUE ADDING SOME OF THE UNIVERSAL H SIGNS WHICH WILL GO ALONG WAY.
BUT I WOULD ASK BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, IF THE STAFF WOULD BELIEVE THAT SIGN COULD BE INCREASED MORE THAN FIVE FEET IN HEIGHT, THEN I'D ASKED THAT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SECOND READING AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER EVER WANTS TO DO IT OR NOT, BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE TWO REASONS I WAS BRINGING UP LAST TIME.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEFORE US.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION APPROVING ORDINANCE 623 ON THE FIRST READING?
I'D ASK TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ IT ON SHORT TITLE.
>> ORDINANCE 623 AND ORDINANCE OF THE TEST ACCOUNTS FOR LIEUTENANT JUPITER, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE TOWN CODE, ADDING AND MODIFYING SAME LOCATION AND AREA REGULATIONS FOR HOSPITAL BY DESIGN, FREESTANDING SIGNS, DIRECTORY SIGNS, AND FOR PARKING GARAGE SIGNS AND
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THE MEDICAL CENTER ZONING DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS AND CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES 4:0 WITH THE VICE MAYOR PLANNING.
MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
[8. Resolution 29-23, Jupiter Medical Center - Quasi-judicial – Site plan amendment application for a major expansion to add a five-story addition and construct a five-level parking garage on the east side of the existing hospital building, on a 27.3± acre property, located at 1210 Old Dixie Highway. (continued from 4/4/23)]
FIRST ITEM UP IS RESOLUTION 29-23.DOES ANYBODY ON THE DIAS HAVE ANY EXPERTEE DISCLOSURES?
>> YES. I MET WITH THE APPLICANT AT HIS OFFICE WITH MR. HARAN.
>> I MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE STAFF.
>> I MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND MR. HARAN AT THEIR OFFICE.
>> I COMMUNICATED ON APRIL 2ND AND 4TH WITH THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES ABOUT THE WATER MAIN EXTENSION AND LOOP IN THE ESTIMATED IMPACT FEE ASSESSMENTS.
YOU WERE, FOR THE RECORD, ABSTAINING.
>> TURNOVER STAFF. WHERE ARE THE APPLICANT, EXCUSE ME.
>> I THINK WE NEED A SWEARING.
>> YEAH. WILL ANYBODY PLANNING TO GIVE TESTIMONY DURING THIS HEARING, PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN IN?
>> DO YOU SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS GEORGE MIDSUMMER WITH KOTLER AND HEARING, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW BED TOWER EXPANSION PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR TEAM HERE TONIGHT, INCLUDING STEVE SEALY AND TONY ROBINSON TO ANSWER ANY POTENTIAL QUESTIONS.
THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR THE APPROVAL OF A MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS, SO RESOLUTION 29-23 FOR A NEW BED TOWER EXPANSION TO THE HOSPITAL.
BRIEFLY, LOOKING AT THE LOCATION OF SOME RECENT APPROVALS AND COMPLETED EXPANSION PROJECTS IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, SO THERE ARE 100% OF THEIR EFFORTS GO TO REINVEST BACK INTO THEIR FACILITIES TO PROVIDE THE BEST PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND PATIENT CARE POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THE NOTABLE RECENT COMPLETIONS WAS THE ANDERSON FAMILY CANCER INSTITUTE, THE NEONATAL UNIT, THE SURGICAL INSTITUTE EXPANSION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER EXPANSIONS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND A EXPANSION TO THE CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT, WHICH IS ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A LOT OF EFFORTS GOING INTO MAKING SURE THAT THE CAMPUS IS PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SERVICES PROVIDED ON CAMPUS, MAKING IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR JUPITER RESIDENTS.
THE EXPANSION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF CAMPUS, PROPOSED EXPANSION FOR THE NEW BED TOWER AND THE PARKING GARAGE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO THE BED TOWER WAS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THIS AREA DUE TO ITS CONNECTIVITY INTO THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THE HOSPITALS, MOST EFFICIENT LOCATION FOR IT, AS WELL AS THE BEST LOCATION FOR EXTERIOR CIRCULATION.
THE EXPANSION IS ABOUT 135,000 SQUARE FEET AND WE'LL INTRODUCE 92 NEW PATIENT BEDS, NEW PATIENT SUPPORT FACILITIES, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, AND THE NEW PARKING GARAGE BRINGS IN 845 PARKING SPACES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ADVANCED SEVERAL YEARS IN THE TIMELINE AS PART OF THE MASTER PLANNING FOR THE CAMPUS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUTURE EXPANSION POTENTIAL FOR THE CAMPUS, AND THIS WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED FOR 2026.
BUT DUE TO THE CONSTANT DEMAND ON A HOSPITAL BEING AT CAPACITY IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT HAVE IN THE PATIENTS THAT THEY SEE, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE TOWN AND FOR THE HOSPITAL TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST PATIENT CARE THAT THEY CAN.
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THE NEW BED TOWER DOES REQUIRE THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.IT IS AN OLDER BUILDING, THE ALBAN BUILDING, AS IT'S CALLED, AND AS WELL AS THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING HEALING.
HOWEVER, WE ARE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE AND CREATE A NEW ENHANCED HEALING GARDEN JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE NEW BED TOWER.
IT'S FAR MORE EFFICIENT LOCATION, EASIER ACCESS FOR ANY PATIENTS OF THE CANCER CENTER AS WELL AS THE MAIN HOSPITAL, AND THERE'S NOT AS MANY SECURITY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PREVIOUS HEALING GARDEN.
MOVING ON TO THE ACCESS, THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE MAIN VISITOR ENTRANCE, AND INPATIENT FACILITY ENTRANCE IS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF CAMPUS.
PROVIDING EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT ACCESS ALSO CREATES A ISOLATED, OR A MORE ORGANIZED PARKING PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
THE PARKING FIELD AND THE NEW PARKING GARAGE IS INTENDED TO BE MAINLY FOR INPATIENT AS WELL AS VISITOR PARKING, AS WELL AS A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE PHYSICIAN PARKING.
AS WE'LL GET TO THE SOUTH OF JUPITER LAKES BOULEVARD, WE HAVE SEVERAL ENTRANCES CREATING A PARKING FIELD, MAINLY FOR THE CANCER CENTER AND OUTPATIENT FACILITIES.
THEN, IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER, WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY ACCESS CONVENIENT QUICK WITH LIMITED CONFLICT AREAS, WITH DEDICATED EMERGENCY ROOM PARKING AREA.
LOOKING CLOSER AT THE NUMBERS, THE EXISTING APPROVED MASTER PLAN FOR THE HOSPITAL HAS ABOUT 1,251 PARKING SPACES, AND WE'RE INCREASING THAT BY A NET OF A LITTLE MORE THAN 500 PARKING SPACES DUE TO THE REMOVAL OF SOME GREAT PARKING FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE, WE DON'T GAIN ALL 845, IT'S A NET INCREASE OF A LITTLE OVER 500 SPACES.
THE PARKING GARAGE WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED WITH THREE BAYS, ITS MOST EFFICIENT PARKING GARAGE DESIGN WITH THE RAMP IN THE MIDDLE.
WE ARE PROPOSING SOME SECURED ACCESS PHYSICIAN PARKING ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE ENTRANCES TO THE GARAGE REALLY CREATING AN EFFICIENT, AND EASY INGRESS AND EGRESS.
THERE'S NO SPEED RAMPS, THERE'S NO TIGHT CORNERS, THERE'S NO NARROW DRIVE AISLES, OR COMPACT PARKING SPACES AS A VERY COMFORTABLE DESIGN FOR A PARKING STRUCTURE.
AS I SAID, THERE ARE MULTIPLE ENTRANCES TO THE GARAGE, THOSE ENTRANCES ARE ARCHITECTURALLY ENHANCED IN THE EXTERIOR FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION FOR THOSE COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL.
HERE'S A QUICK MASSING DIAGRAM SHOWING THE NEW ADDITIONS IN COMPARISON TO THE EXISTING HOSPITAL.
THE NEW BED TOWER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING CAMPUS.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WITH THE INVESTMENT INTO THE PARKING STRUCTURE, IT IS A CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENT ANYWHERE.
ESTIMATES THESE DAYS FROM 25,000-$30,000 A SPACE, PURE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AND THAT GENERATES NO REVENUE FOR THE HOSPITALS.
AGAIN, JUST A VERY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, AND BEING A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE HOSPITAL RELIES HEAVILY ON THE COMMUNITY FOR FUNDING OF THESE EXPANSION PROJECTS, AND THEY'RE VERY LUCKY FOR ALL OF THE DONATIONS THAT THEY RECEIVE FOR THEIR EXPANSION PROJECTS.
LOOKING AT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EXPANSION, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING, AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION PORTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL WITH ENHANCED ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING, THE NATURAL STONE FINISHES AS WELL AS THE GLASS ENHANCEMENTS PROVIDING FOR REALLY FIRST-CLASS MEDICAL INSTITUTION, AND THAT IS CARRIED OVER INTO THE GARAGE DESIGN AS WELL, JUST TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
THE LANDSCAPE. THIS IS A LANDSCAPE RENDERING SHOWING AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THAT BOTH EXISTING BUFFER AND THE BACKFIELD NATIVE LANDSCAPING THAT'S PROPOSED BEHIND THAT BUFFER, SO VERY ENHANCED LANDSCAPING ON OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY.
HERE'S A QUICK LOOK BACK AT THE SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OUT OF THE CAMPUS, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED.
THESE SIGNS REALLY IMPROVED THE WAYFINDING ON THE SITE AS WELL AS ENHANCE, I THINK EVERYONE'S SEEN AND HAD TROUBLE WITH THE SIGNAGE OUT ON CAMPUS, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THOSE SIGNS ARE BEING INSTALLED.
HERE ARE A FEW RENDERINGS OF THAT HEALING GARDEN, AS I SAID BEFORE, MUCH LARGER, MORE CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THAT HEALING GARDEN WITH SEATING AREAS AND SHADED BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS IT JUST PROVIDES, SAY, A WONDERFUL ENHANCEMENT TO THE CAMPUS.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE PATIENT TOWER ITSELF.
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LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF ABOUT TWO YEARS TO CONSTRUCT THE PARKING GARAGE IS ABOUT A YEAR.IN TERMS OF TIMING, THE GARAGE OR THE PATIENT BED TOWER, WHICH START SOONER, AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR END WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GARAGE WOULD BEGIN, AND THAT IS AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE THAT NORTH PARKING FIELD FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT WOULD ALL BE TIMED WITH THE OPENING OF THE SURGERY CENTER AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE PARKING SPACES TO THE SOUTH.
THAT CONCLUDES REALLY THE PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL POLICY DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL.
THE SITE PLAN BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR THE PARKING INCLUDING THE PARKING GARAGE INCLUDES A 50-FOOT SETBACK, THAT IT MEETS ALL CODE STANDARDS.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS OR VARIANTS, BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO COME BACK WITH A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE SETBACK FOR THE GARAGE TO GO FROM 50 FEET TO 40 FEET IN AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE A ROW OF PARKING ON THE GROUND FLOOR SINCE PARKING IS A CONCERN, WE JUST WANTED TO BRING IT FOR YOU TO GET SOME DISCUSSION.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN ITEM THAT YOU'D BE VOTING ON TONIGHT, JUST TO GET SOME FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK WITH OUR TEAM, AND REGROUP WITH STAFF FOR POTENTIALLY MODIFYING THAT SETBACK REQUIREMENT.
WE ARE UNIQUELY LOCATED NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS WITH SEVERAL RIGHT-OF-WAYS IN BETWEEN US AND THE NEAREST PROPERTY WITH LOTS OF LANDSCAPING.
WE ARE ENHANCING THAT LANDSCAPING AGAIN UP AGAINST THAT GARAGE, PROVIDING FOR A CONSIDERABLE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT BEFORE YOU FOR ANY POTENTIAL DISCUSSION.
THAT WOULD CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD EVENING, TOWN COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, PETER MYERS, SENIOR PLANNER WITH STAFF.
THE APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCT A MAJOR EXPANSION 25-STOREY HIGHER 35,016 SQUARE-FOOT ADDITION TO THE PATIENT TOWER AND A FIVE-LEVEL OF PARKING GARAGE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS.
I LOOK OVER ALL THE DETAILS OF THE APPLICATION AS GEORGE ALREADY PRESENTED THAT.
WELL, FIRST I WANT TO START OUT WITH, GEORGIA HAD MENTIONED REGARDS TO THE REDUCTION OF THE FRONT BUILDING SETBACK FOR THE GARAGE.
AGAIN, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT STAFF'S NOT SUPPORTIVE OF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT'D BE BURSTY.
THE APPLICATION WITH NOT THIS NOT A REDUCTION TO THE FRONT SETBACK IS HOW I CAME FORWARD WITH THE MEETING CODE.
WE HAVE A CONDITION THAT REQUIRES LANDSCAPING BE PROVIDED BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND OLD DIXIE TO HELP BRING DOWN A SCALE OF THAT PARKING GARAGE.
THAT'S REQUESTING THAT TAX LIMIT TO THAT EYE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S DISCRETION, WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD WITH THE MEETING CODE FOR 50-FOOT.
I WALK OVER SOMETHING CONDITIONS THAT WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL UP CONDITION FOR WHICH MODIFIES CONDITIONS HAVE NB RESOLUTION 4-21 TO EXTEND A TIMEFRAME TO THE REMOVAL OF THE TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION PARKING LOT LOCATED ON 20 PENN DRIVE.
SINCE THIS PARKING LOT WILL BE NEEDED FOR CONSTRUCTION PARKING FOR THE PATIENT TOWER, EXPANSION, AND GARAGE.
CONDITION 5 MODIFIES CONDITION 8 OF THE RESOLUTION FOR S21 TO NOT REQUIRE TWO PARKING STUDIES TO BE DONE IF THE PARKING GARAGE IS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN TWO YEARS AND SIX MONTHS FROM TOWN COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION.
TO BE CLEAR, IF THE GARAGE IS CONSTRUCTED, THE NARRATIVE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DO ANY PARKING STUDIES.
CONDITIONS 6, WOULD REQUIRE THE OWNER TO CONSTRUCT THE FUTURE VEHICLE CONNECTIONS WITH ACCESS ROADWAYS CONNECTING THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS TO 20 PENN DRIVE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY FUTURE CEO'S FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES AND CHEAPER MEDICAL PARK OWNED BY EACH PARTICULAR CENTER AS SHOWN IN THE ATTACHMENT, BE PROVIDED WITH A SECOND BOARD CONDITION 7A REQUIRES CONTEXTS PLAN TO BE RESTORED BY THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE FUTURE.
VEHICLE CONNECTIONS ARE SHOWN ON ATTACHMENT B, THOSE PROVIDED IN THE REPORT.
CONDITION 8B REQUIRES THAT THE AREA BETWEEN THE EAST SIDE OF THE GARAGE, AND THE SIDEWALK ALONG WITH DIXIE BE PLANTED WITH A BILE SWELL WITH NATIVE PLANTINGS OF ADEQUATE HEIGHT, ADEPT TWO-DIMENSIONAL MASSIVE IN SCALE, THE GARAGE.
CONDITION 11A REQUIRES THE PARKING GARAGE BE CONSTRUCTED AND ISSUED A CEO BEFORE THE PATIENT TOWER CAN BE ISSUED TO CEO.
ALSO, CONDITION 11D REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTING A WATER MAINS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED EXPANSIONS WILL NOT IMPACT EXISTING LEVEL OF WATER SERVICE TO THE HOSPITAL.
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THE PLAYER ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION WITH A DELETION OF A CONDITION THAT REQUIRED LANDSCAPING TO BE ADDED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF OLD DIXIE, WHICH WAS ABOUT 200 FEET IN LENGTH.THEN STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS AND RESOLUTION 29-23, AND RESERVES THE INITIAL TIME FOR REBUTTAL. THANK YOU.
>> I TURN OVER TO COUNSEL IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS.
>> I JUST ONE QUESTION, ACTUALLY, OR MAYBE TWO.
FOR THE APPLICANT, SO I'VE HEARD FROM STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL AND OTHERS THAT WANT TO BIKE THERE, IS THERE IN THE PARKING GARAGE OR IS THERE ANY ACCOMMODATION ON THE PROPERTY FOR BICYCLE PARKING OR RACKS? I ALSO SAW RECENTLY IN ANOTHER STATE BIKE LOCKERS AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EVER CONSIDERED FOR SECURITY PURPOSES OR.
>> WE HAVE LOOKED INTO IT AND EVEN PROVIDING COVERED PARKING FOR BICYCLES IN INTERIOR OF THE GARAGE, THERE ARE FEW LOCATIONS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THAT AND THE HOSPITAL GMC WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO ADD THAT INTO THE FACILITIES.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING THIS MORE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE FRIENDLY.
THE SECOND IS REGARDING THE WAY-FINDING SIGNAGE, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN THE OTHER ITEM, BUT JUST WANTING TO ASK, IT SEEMS INTUITIVE PARKING WITH THE NEW SITE PLAN, WITH EACH SECTION OF PARKING RESERVED FOR A DIFFERENT SECTION, PERHAPS EMERGENCY MIGHT BE A BIT MORE CONVOLUTED, BUT WILL THERE BE SIGNAGE FOR PARKING, CLEARLY MARKING PARKING FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR IT? I SAW DIFFERENT BUILDINGS LISTED ON THE WAY-FINDING SIGNS, BUT WILL IT BE CLEARLY MARKED?
>> THERE ARE SMALLER WAY-FINDING SIGNAGE.
WE'LL PRIMARILY HAVE THOSE LABELS FOR THE DIRECTIONALITY FOR DIFFERENT PARKING AREAS, BUT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SIGNS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT LANDSCAPING ON OLD DIXIE.
I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT SLIDE ADDED, SO THANK YOU.
>> IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
>> SEEING NONE, I GO BACK TO ASK STAFF OR APPLICANT, IS THERE ANY FINAL ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT IN STAFF, WE TURN IT OVER DELIBERATIONS IN, COUNCILOR SCHNEIDER?
>> WELL, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED OVER THE YEARS AS THE HOSPITAL EXPANDED.
I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ITEM AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
>> I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS APPLICATION.
I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE LANDSCAPING ON OLD DIXIE WANTING TO MAKE THAT FRIENDLIER SPACE.
I ACTUALLY WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR A HOSPITAL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AT MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BOSTON AND THEY HAD ONE AS WELL.
WE HAD SPOKEN IN OUR MEETING ABOUT JUST WATCHING SIGHTS, SMELLS, LIGHT, ALL OF THAT.
I THINK IT'S AN ASSET FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE.
I DID HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE SETBACK AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS ON COUNCIL.
THE PARKING ON JUPITER LAKES BOULEVARD IS ALWAYS FULL.
IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SPOT THAT'S EMPTY AND I IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE THE SAME FOR THAT ROW OF PARKING SPACES.
THERE ARE BALANCES TO BE MADE, BUT I DO LIKE THE INVESTMENTS GOING INTO OLD DIXIE.
I'M SOMEWHAT HESITANT TO TAKE FROM OLD DIXIE AND WHAT IT COULD BECOME FOR THAT PARKING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE, YEAH, I'M SUPPORTIVE.
>> I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT ALTOGETHER, BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR REQUESTS FOR THE SETBACK IS SOMETHING TO COME BACK AS A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT.
ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL ROW PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE WILL DEFINITELY HELP, ESPECIALLY FOR ADA COMPLIANCE AND A LOT OF THE PATIENTS THAT VISIT THE HOSPITAL OBVIOUSLY FOR TREATMENT AND STUFF TYPICALLY ARE WHEELCHAIR BOUND.
THE MORE PARKING THEY CAN PUT ON STREET-LEVEL, THE BETTER.
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PULLING BACK 10 FEET TO ME, IT'S NOT A HUGE THING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADDITION OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT THEY'RE OFFERING TO PUT IT IN. I'M GOOD WITH THAT.THE OVERALL SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT IN GENERAL, IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED A NICE, APPRECIATE JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FAST TRACKING THE PROJECT.
THERE'S PLENTY OF TIMES WHERE YOUR WAIT TIMES IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM ARE INCREASED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BEDS IN THE HOSPITAL TO MOVE PATIENTS THROUGH THE EMERGENCY UP.
DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FAST TRACKING WITH THE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>> I ALSO WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT EXTRA ROW OF PARKING STREET LEVEL.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT.
MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL ACCOUNT THE TOWN AND I'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF OUR NON-PROFIT HOSPITAL, HOW WELL THEY'VE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S TREMENDOUS. I APPRECIATE THE VISION.
I HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY TO GET TO THIS POINT THAT IT NOW CAN DO THE GARAGE, WHICH I THINK IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE FOR THE RECORD, WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT NON-PROFIT, LAST YEAR, THE MARKET VALUE OF THE HOSPITAL WAS 123 MILLION DOLLARS, THE TAXABLE VALUE WAS 111, AND THE TECH EXEMPTION VALUE WAS 109 MILLION.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T SAY THAT THE COMPLAINT, BUT THE AD VALOREM TAX BASIS OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE MEDICAL CENTER IS 2 MILLION DOLLARS.
WHEN YOU SUPPORT A NON-PROFIT IT WORKS TWO WAYS.
YOU GET A LOT LESS IN HELP, IF YOU WILL, ON THE COST OF GOVERNMENT.
I DID LOOK INTO THE IMPACT FEE REQUEST AND BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND HELPED OUT THERE AND I'M NOT COME TO THE CONCLUSION, NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BECAUSE REALLY THOSE IMPACT FEES REALLY WEREN'T FOR THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BY ENLARGE THERE FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
I DID LOOK INTO THAT MINE, SO I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I WOULD SUPPORT WILL NOT TAKE AN ACTION TONIGHT, BUT AT THIS POINT ON THE AGENDA, WE DON'T ASK ANYMORE COMMENTS OF STAFF OR QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT I'D SUPPORT THE SETBACK STAFF, I THOUGHT IN THE WRITE-UP WHICH CONCERNED ABOUT A PRECEDENT BEYOND THAT AREA, AND I LIKEWISE WOULD BID ALL THAT.
MY SUPPORT IS CONTINGENT UPON LIMITING IT TO JUST THIS, HOWEVER THAT'S DONE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT REALLY A TOPIC HERE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I APPRECIATE STAFF EMPHASIZING THE CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS THAT COULD MEAN TO ON OTHER PROPERTIES AND THAT WOULD BE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
MAKE THAT CLEAR. WITH THAT, LIKE EVERYBODY HAS COMMENTED, I'D ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 10 ON THE AGENDA,
[9. Approving the 2023 appointments to the Town’s Boards, Committees, and Countywide Organizations. (continued from 4/4/23)]
PUBLIC BUSINESS APPROVING THE 2023 APPOINTMENTS TO TOWN BOARDS COMMITTEES.FIRST, THE ART COMMITTEE, WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, I WANT TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, UNLESS ANYBODY DOESN'T AGREE.
I SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANY COMMENTS THERE TO OUR MOTION? FOR OUR COMMITTEE?
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>> MOTION IS SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. AUDIT COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH I SUPPORT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR WE CAN HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION IN A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THE BEACH COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
I SUPPORT THAT, ANY COMMENTS OR YOUR MOTION?
>> MOTION IN A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOVE IT ONTO THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEAL.
THERE AGAIN, WE HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH I SUPPORT.
ANY COMMENTS OR CAN I HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION IS SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NOW WE HAVE ONE THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE.
I KNOW WE HAVE ONE VACANCY FROM COUNCILOR MAY.
>> THEN I APPOINT MS. ANN SCHNEIDER.
>> THEN I GUESS WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS TO FILL.
>> I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND PAUL KAPLAN AND MR. KIM HAINES AS ALTERNATES
>> PAUL KAPLAN, WHO'S THE OTHER ONE?
>> MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPOINT KIM HAINES AND PAUL KAPLAN AS ALTERNATES.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION WHICH I SUPPORT.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
I DID APPOINT MINE FOR THOSE TWO THAT WEREN'T HERE LAST MEETING, I DID MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO A POLICE MB HAGUE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL IN THIS, AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY MEMBERS THAT THEIR TERM EXPIRED.
WE REALLY HAVE FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE.
>> FIRST I'D LIKE TO MOVE RICHARD DUNNING UP TO AT-LARGE.
>> I'D LIKE TO RETURN ANDY FOURIE TO AT-LARGE.
>> WHAT WAS, WHO THAT WENT UP?
>> ANDY FOURIE AT-LARGE, SO TO RETAIN HIM AS AT-LARGE.
THEN I SUPPORT MOVING RICHARD DUNNING FROM ALTERNATE TO AT-LARGE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THAT.
I WENT THROUGH THE APPLICANTS.
>> I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST CYNTHIA BLUM AND PAUL KENAN AS ALTERNATES.
>> I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THAT? PAUL KENAN.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE FOR CONSIDERATION GIVEN THE TECHNICAL NATURE, MR. MESHACK KOBEL.
HE HAS STUDIED THE BLOG ON PLANNING AROUND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
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AND IS INTERESTED AS COUNSELORS WITH CENTER STREET AND SMALL-TOWN FEEL.>> ANY OTHER PROPOSALS FOR ALTERNATE?
>> WAS THAT A SHOCKER. THAT'S FINE.
>> SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION.
>> WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
[OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE I SUGGESTED TWO ALTERNATIVES AND COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM SUGGESTED A DIFFERENT ALTERNATE.
>> I DO AGREE ON PAUL KENAN WITH EXPERIENCE WITH THE RAILROAD.
I ALSO SUPPORT CYNTHIA BLUM IT IS DECISION AND I WOULD JUST SAY, GIVEN THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF THIS BOARD AND SOME OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT'S MY ONLY CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT.
>> WELL, I WASN'T CERTAIN ON CYNTHIA BLUM BECAUSE OF BEING A LONGTIME RESIDENT AND I'M JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING THE RESIDENTS DESIRE FOR THE SMALL TOWN FEEL.
BEYOND THE TECHNICAL, BUT JUST HAVING THAT TOUCH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
>> I'M SORRY. I WAS TRYING TO TAKE NOTES TO KEEP UP HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO THAT HERE.
>> PAUL KENAN AND THEN KOBEL, AND WHO IS THE OTHER ONE?
>> I THINK WE'RE AGREED ON PAUL KENAN [OVERLAPPING] I LIKE BOTH TO BE HONEST.
BUT IS CYNTHIA BLUM OR MESHACK KOBEL.
MY ARGUMENT FOR MESHACK WOULD BE JUST THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF THE BOARD, HE IS SOMEONE THAT GOES INTO DETAIL AND IS VERY PROBING.
IN HIS SPARE TIME HE'S A SURGEON AS HIS DAY JOB.
IN HIS SPARE TIME HE'S CREATED A BLOG TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND CENTER STREET AND SMALL TOWN FEEL.
HE ACTUALLY SPENT A LONG TIME IN A SMALL TOWN IN MARYLAND.
>> I RESPECT THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF IT, BUT AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE, I DO APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL VALUE THAT SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME CAN BRING.
I THINK CYNTHIA BEING IN THE TOWN FOR A LONG TIME, I THINK THAT MAY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSPECTIVE.
>> I'VE AGREED WITH THAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE'S A MAJORITY ON CYNTHIA, IS IT BOMBER BLUM.
[OVERLAPPING] I'M IN PAUL KENAN?
>> GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT.
>> MOTION IN A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
POLICE PENSION BOARD, WE HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION WHICH I SUPPORT.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO COUNTYWIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
[NOISE] DOES ANYBODY WISH TO CHANGE WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNATED AS UP HERE OR SHOULD I GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE?
>> YEAH. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE
[10.Selection of Town of Jupiter Vice-Mayor 2023-2024. (continued from 4/4/23)]
SELECTION OF VICE MAYOR FOR THE NEXT COMING YEAR.>> I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCILOR SCHNEIDER.
>> [OVERLAPPING] FOR THAT ONCE.
>> MAYOR KURETSKI NEVER MISUSE A MEETING, THAT SOUNDS FUN.
>> THAT'S VERY EASY, VICE MAYORSHIP THIS YEAR.
>> WELL, THIS APPEARS TO BE UNANIMOUS, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
>> MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 ON THE AGENDA, RESOLUTION 40-23.
[11.Resolution 40-23, Considering an Interlocal Agreement with Palm Beach County for the Delivery of Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.]
TURN IT OVER STAFF.>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR. SCARBOROUGH'S FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
YOU WOULD ASK THAT WE BRING THIS BACK BEFORE THE TOWN COUNCIL.
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YOU GAVE US TIMEFRAME OF ONE MONTH.I BELIEVE WE'VE MET THE TIMELINE THAT WAS REQUESTED.
WE'RE BRINGING A RESOLUTION BACK TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR WE'RE REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICES BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023.
WE TOOK THE COMMENTS FROM THE TOWN COUNCIL, INCORPORATED IN THOSE COMMENTS.
THERE WAS ONE ITEM RELATING TO PROGRAM COSTS, RELATING TO STAFFING LEVELS AND EQUIPMENT LEVELS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE TOWN COUNCIL WAS RELATED TO GUARDRAILS.
AS FAR AS THE TOWN HAD INSERTED WAS THE USE OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
THE AMENDMENT PROCESS IS CURRENTLY ALREADY OUTLINED IN THE ILA TO BE USED IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGES IN RECRUITMENT OF PERSONNEL.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HAD SENT US AN EMAIL WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
THEY REQUESTED LANGUAGE BE INSERTED PRIMARILY GOING BACK TO THE LEVELS AS INDICATED IN THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REMOVING THOSE AMENDMENT SECTIONS.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE ILA HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS YOU'VE REQUESTED.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES BASED ON THE EMAIL AS BEEN RECEIVED WITHIN YOUR PACKET, THAT CAN BE DONE.
THAT'S BASICALLY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.
>> ANYBODY ON THE DAIS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL WAIT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO MAKE COMMENTS.
>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PER SE, MORE IS COMMENTS.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT I WENT BACK AND I READ THE MINUTES AND I WATCHED THE MEETING AGAIN JUST TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, AND FROM WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT, WE WERE FINE WITH NOT HAVING AN AMENDMENT PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE LEVELS OF SERVICE PROVIDED ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY.
FOR WHEN UNITS MOVE INTO THE AREA TO COVER INCREASE IN COST AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WANTED TO HAVE THE SAME STAFFING LEVELS, THE SAME TYPES OF EQUIPMENT, THE SAME TYPES OF TRUCKS.
IT WAS A CONSISTENT THING AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR SCHNEIDER HAD SAID TOO WE'RE PENDING INTO A SERVICE AND WE'RE PROVIDING A CERTAIN TYPE OF SERVICE AND IT [NOISE] HAS TO BE CONSISTENT.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE AMENDMENT PROCESS TO BE REQUESTED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY LEVEL OF SERVICE.
>> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
THE WAY I READ THIS IS THAT YOU HAVE THE MINIMUM ON PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT, AND OF COURSE THERE'S A CHANGE FOR THAT, THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE TO CONTRACT AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT.
BUT IN TERMS OF ANY INCREASES TO KEEP UP THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT DID NOT REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE DOCUMENT BECAUSE THE STANDARD WAS THAT WE WERE TO RECEIVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS BEING PROVIDED AROUND THE COUNTY.
ANY INCREASES WOULD HAVE TO COME ALONG IN CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE COUNTY WAS DOING OVERALL.
COUNCILOR MAY STATES IF OBVIOUSLY I UNDERSTOOD IT.
YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT.
>> I'D USE GUARDRAILS AND I DID SAY THAT IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE OF THERE BEING A GUARDRAIL OF HAVING IT BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
BUT I ALSO SAID THAT IT IS A DEPARTURE FROM OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT AND IN THE REDUCTION IN TERMS OF LOCAL CONTROL BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT DID NOT HAVE A MINIMUM, IT HAD A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND IT LISTED SPECIFICALLY THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT OR VEHICLES.
THE MINIMUM IS THE DEPARTURE BECAUSE IT COULD CHANGE AND THAT WOULD NOT JUST BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE BUT A BUDGET IMPACT AS WELL.
WHAT HELPS MANAGE THAT CONCERN IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
I DO THINK THAT IT IS THE DIFFERENT SYSTEM, THE COUNTY SYSTEM, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE JUPITER POLICE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE.
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WE HAVE OUR POLICE CHIEF HERE IN THIS MEETING, EVERY MEETING.[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE, THERE IS MORE DISTANCE NOT RECENTLY, OF COURSE, AND WE'VE LOVED GETTING TO KNOW THEM BETTER.
IT IS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, THEY CANNOT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT.
THEY HAVE TO BE TRUE TO THEIR SYSTEM.
I THINK THIS AGREEMENT HAS MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN RECOGNIZING THAT FACT AND TRYING TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE WORKING IN.
BUT IT IS A DEPARTURE ON LOCAL CONTROL. THAT IS CLEAR.
>> I RECALL IN MONETARY AMOUNT OF $4,500,000 INCREASES, WE WOULD HAVE SOME INPUT ON ANY.
>> THERE WAS SOME CAPS PLACED ON THE ITEMS RELATING TO PROGRAM COSTS THAT WERE REQUESTED FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE WAS A CAP MOVE UP FROM $200,000 TO $400,000 THAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON THEM.
>>ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THAT?
>> A NUMBER OF COMMENTS, NUMBER 1.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN EVER ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVIDED TO THE TOWN BY THE PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.
HAVE TO SAY THOUGH I'M STILL STUNNED BY THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE NEW AGREEMENT.
WHEN CONTRACT RENEWAL WAS STARTED, I HAD EXPECTATIONS FOR COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS ON VALID COSTS AND THEN CHANGES TO REFLECT WHICH PARTIES AGREED TO.
MY DAY JOB, I DO QUITE A BIT OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND ONE OF THE THING IS IF YOU TRY TO LISTEN TO BOTH PARTIES AND UNDERSTAND.
WHEN I FEEL WE HAVE HERE IS WE'VE ALLOWED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CHANGES TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT THE OTHER PARTY HAD.
I FEEL THAT ISSUES THAT I RAISED WERE IGNORED.
I THINK THE AGREEMENT IS STILL ONE-SIDED, INSUFFICIENT GUARDRAILS IN ANY FISCAL YEAR.
IN MY OPINION, IT STILL LIKE TO ASKING THE TOWN TO SIGN A BLANK CHECK.
MY INQUIRIES EARLY ON ABOUT, HEY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF THESE ITEMS IN THE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN OVERHEAD COSTS.
I ASKED MY EXAMPLE ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? I JUST COMPARING IT TO TOWN HUMAN RESOURCES.
WHEN WE MET, I WAS EXPECTING AND WAS TOLD THEY'RE GOING TO GET BACK WITH ME.
NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT GET BACK TO ME, BUT THE HUMAN RESOURCES LINE ITEM WENT UP $100,000.
BUT I GET WHILE WE CAN'T CONSTRAIN THE IMPACT FEE COLLECTIONS.
I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER TAXPAYERS.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR ANY NEW IMPACT FEE ELIGIBLE ITEMS UNTIL THE IMPACT FEE COLLECTIONS FROM THE JUPITER MST YOU ARE CONCERNED.
WHAT EFFECTIVELY HAPPEN IS $1.3 MILLION OF BEING SWEPT AWAY.
I ASKED AND WAS CONCERNED AND WAS NOT ADDRESSED IN THIS INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT ABOUT THE RETENTION OF HISTORICAL UNSPENT BUT ALLOCATED FUNDS YEAR TO YEAR.
WHERE IS THAT IN HERE? I ASKED ABOUT THE RETENTION OF SURPLUS AD VALOREM TAX COLLECTIONS FROM JUPITER MST TAXPAYERS TO OFFSET FUTURE MST COST.
IT'S NOT IN EXHIBIT A, IT'S NOT IN THIS AGREEMENT.
I THOUGHT THOSE WERE VERY LOGICAL QUESTIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN MINUTES.
IF FIRE RESCUE HAD THE SAME PROCESS THAT I THOUGHT ALL DUMPING SAID THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET FISCAL YEAR ACTUALS.
THEY COME IN JANUARY, YOU DON'T HAVE THEM WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT.
BUT I WAS NEVER PROVIDED ANY INFORMATION TO KNOW THAT THE OVERALL COLLECTION OF AD VALOREM TAXES, WHICH IS A FACT, GOES INTO A POOL, IT GETS CREDITED IN THE NEXT YEAR, NOR DID I GET ANY EVIDENCE THAT ANY UNSPENT ALLOCATED FUNDS GETS CREDITED.
I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN, BUT THE FACT THAT NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE TO GIVE ME THAT ANSWER, I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE PLAN ISN'T A SWEEP THAT JUST LIKE THE SWEEPING FIRE RESCUE IMPACT FEES THAT HAD BEEN COLLECTED FROM JUPITER TAXPAYERS.
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I JUST SEE THAT AS UNFAIR TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS TONIGHT.WITH THAT, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS COMMENTED. IS THERE A MOTION?
>> I HAD SOME COMMENTS. I AGREE IN GENERAL WITH THE MAYOR.
THE SO-CALLED NEGOTIATIONS HAS GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR HAS BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTING PROCESS TO ME.
I ASKED FOR FINANCIALS TO TRACK WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING, HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY FIRST TRIPLING, THEN OVER DOUBLING THE RATE FOR THE JUPITER TAXPAYERS? BY SIGNING ONTO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO RESTRICT OUR FUTURE BUDGETS.
WE HAVE A $10 MILLION CAP THAT WE CAN'T GO OVER.
THE WAY THIS BUILT-IN INCREASES IT'S JUST GOING TO TIE OUR HANDS DOWN THE ROAD.
THIS IS ONLY THE REASONS WHY THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT REPRESENT THE JUPITER TAXPAYERS.
PEOPLE'S MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ARE GOING TO GO UP DRASTICALLY.
IT'S ALREADY IT'S UPTOWN TO BUY A HOUSE SO YOU'RE ELIMINATING A CERTAIN SECTION OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO LIVE FOR NOW, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
WE JUST HAD TWO PRESENTATIONS FROM MARCUM THAT EXPOSES HOW FINANCIALLY CONSERVING AND RESPONSIBLE WE ALL HAVE BEEN AT JUPITER FURTHER BACK SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
IT'S JUST IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT JUST GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS AND LONGER SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS.
>> I GUESS I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BY SOME OF THAT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE BEING CHARGED FOR IS ACTUAL CALLS.
IT'S CALCULATED BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS BEFORE.
IF IT'S CALCULATED BASED ON ACTUAL CALLS, THEN HOW CAN THERE BE AN OVERCHARGE AND HOW COULD IT BE.
MAYBE WE CAN CONTROL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON THE ROADWAY AS THERE AREN'T SO MANY ACCIDENTS.
BUT IF IT'S BASED ON ACTUAL DATA AND THE ACTUAL DATA HAS SHOWN THAT THE COSTS HAVE BEEN GOING UP OVER TIME, THAT'S AN OBJECTIVE FACT.
>> I DIDN'T SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT ANYWHERE. I DIDN'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT.
>> THAT'S WAS WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO US BY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE, WAS THAT IT'S BASED ON ACTUAL NUMBERS FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
THEN HISTORICALLY, THE CALL VOLUME HAS BEEN GOING UP A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE EVERY YEAR, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE BULK OF A FEES COME FROM.
I GUESS I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THAT.
WE'RE ABOUT 20 MILLION RIGHT NOW.
I DIDN'T SEE AN INCREASE FOR INFLATION, INCREASES IN SERVICE OR A LITANY OF THINGS, BUT TO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OVER DOUBLE OUR FEES.
I LOOK AT IT AS YOU WANT TO HIRE A VENDOR TO DO A JOB AND THEY THROW A PRICE AT YOU THAT'S JUST SO OUTRAGEOUS.
IT ALMOST APPEARS TO ME THAT THEY DON'T WANT OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I'VE NEVER GONE THROUGH A NEGOTIATION LIKE THIS WHERE THEY JUST DON'T LISTEN.
I'M JUST PUTTING THIS IN PLAIN TERMS. I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED ALL YEAR.
I HAVEN'T BEEN SATISFIED WITH ANY OF MY ASK FOR DOCUMENTATIONS OR I CAN'T JUSTIFY THIS TO THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT SO I CAN'T SUPPORT IT.
>> I WILL SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I THINK THE JOB TONIGHT IS TO COME UP WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
THE WAY I'VE SEEN IT IS THAT WE CAN'T ASK THEM TO BE SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT.
THEY ARE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND THEY HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES THEY WORK WITH.
IT IS A BUSINESS DECISION AND AS A BUSINESS CASE AND IT WORKS FOR A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY.
IT IS A SEPARATE QUESTION ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE SUPPORT DOWN THE LINE.
BUT WITHIN THAT SYSTEM, I SEE THEY HAVE ALWAYS PROVIDED AN INCREDIBLE SERVICE.
I SEE NOTHING BUT HEROES ACROSS THE BOARD.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M DOING HERE.
>> THIS IS A BUSINESS DECISION AT THIS POINT.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN SATISFIED WITH ANYTHING.
>> I'VE HAD A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE TALKING TO PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE.
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I SPENT HALF A DAY WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE ON FIRE OPS 101.THAT SAID, I ALSO SPENT HALF-A-DAY WITH A MUNICIPAL FIRE SERVICE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS MODELS THAT ARE OPERATING.
I THINK THE COST IS A CONCERN.
I ABSOLUTELY DO THINK THAT'S A CONCERN IN THE SYSTEM AND THE INABILITY TO CONTROL IT.
I ALSO THINK THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND THE EASE WITH WHICH THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PASSED AND THE LOCAL CONTROL IS TO ME ALMOST OF EQUAL WEIGHT.
I DIDN'T FULLY EXPECT THAT TO BE THE CASE, BUT THAT IS.
I THINK WE NEED TO SUPPORT THIS AGREEMENT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
I THINK THE REASON IT'S TAKEN SO LONG AND HAS POTENTIALLY CAUSED SO MUCH STRESS IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ASK THEM TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, BUSINESS MODELS, AND THAT IS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION, BUT WHAT THIS TOWN OR MUNICIPALITY NEEDS TO GO FORWARD WITH.
I DO HAVE CONCERNS, AND I SHARE CONCERNS WITH THE MAYOR AND WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER REGARDING COST AND CONTROL.
BUT FOR THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT, I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB NEGOTIATING TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE PASSABLE CONTRACT THAT WE CAN GET.
>> I AGREE. I THINK FROM WHERE WE STARTED, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD AGREEMENT.
WE WENT FROM A FLAT AND STU TO THE FULL COST METHODOLOGY, WHICH IS WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT WHAT OTHERS IN THE COUNTY SYSTEM NORMALLY DO.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GETS EVERYBODY WHAT THEY NEED.
I REALLY DON'T SEE THE CONCERN ABOUT RUNAWAY COSTS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SERVICE BASED ON ACTUAL COST.
I DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD AGREEMENT AND I SUPPORT IT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION THAT IT'S A GOOD AGREEMENT, BUT IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
AS THE BEST WE COULD DO IN THIS NEGOTIATION, I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH COST AND WITH LOCAL CONTROL.
>> I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE'S CONCERNS AS FAR AS COST GO, BUT WE HAD A FLAT MILLAGE RATE THAT WAS ADJUSTABLE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE GET A FULL COST METHODOLOGY BREAK DOWN.
WELL, WHEN YOU REQUEST THAT, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO COST METHODOLOGY AND THERE WERE FOUR THINGS THAT WEREN'T BEING CAPTURED IN PRIOR CONTRACTS.
WE REQUESTED IT, THEY PROVIDED IT.
TO GET UPSET THAT THE COSTS ARE GOING UP, I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE IT WAS REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL, WE DID IT TO OURSELVES.
THE COST METHODOLOGY BREAKDOWN PROVIDED EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF INFORMATION.
THERE WAS THINGS NOT BEING CAPTURED IN THE PAST SO NOW IT'S BEING CAPTURED.
IT'S A TWO-YEAR LOOK BACK OBVIOUSLY, IT'S BASED ON CALL VOLUME, CALL VOLUME HAS GONE UP BY THE THOUSANDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
THE COST IS JUST GOING TO GO UP, IT'S INEVITABLE.
OBVIOUSLY I SUPPORT THE AGREEMENT.
IN THIS LINE OF WORK I UNDERSTAND HOW BUSY IT IS AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE AND THE COSTS OF EVERYTHING GOING UP, BETWEEN FUEL, THE DEAD FLUID FOR THE TRUCKS, THAT COST HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.
COST OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, ALL THOSE THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, COST IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CONCERN.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE PAYING INTO A SERVICE AND YOU'RE PAYING INTO A SERVICE THAT IS AWARD-WINNING AND CAN PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE WHICH I FEEL BAD FOR THE RESONANCE TO OUR SELF BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE RECEIVE.
THEY JUST DON'T. THAT'S WHY THEIR COSTS ARE LOWER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY PROVIDES.
I OBVIOUSLY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOVE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO DEBATE MY COMMENTS ON A RECORD.
AS A MAJORITY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY'S UPDATED EMAIL LANGUAGE.
>> ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE?
>> SORRY. CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR ME THE UPDATED EMAIL LANGUAGE OR WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME BACK-AND-FORTH?
>> THERE WAS SOME EMAIL LANGUAGE THAT WAS REQUESTED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY RELATING TO EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL LEVELS,
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BASICALLY REMOVING THE AMENDMENT SECTION.>> COUNCILOR, IT'S ON THE EMAIL WHICH IS ON BACK OF THE RESOLUTION.
>> JUST SUBSTITUTE THAT LANGUAGE FOR 4A AND 5 THEN YOU'RE THERE.
>> TO BE CLEAR. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES 3-2, WITH MAYOR AND COUNCILOR DELANEY DISSENTING.
[12.Strategic Planning Prioritization. (Materials to be distributed)]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO WE HAVE A ROUND TABLE ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.KATE MORETTO, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER.
FOR THE RECORD, I'LL JUST LET THEM SETTLE ONE SECOND.
COUNCIL, TONIGHT'S ROUNDTABLE HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF RUNNING THROUGH THE SUMMARY OF PRIORITIZATION OF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN IN AN EFFORT TO END UP WITH A FINAL LIST OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND ACTION PLANS SO THAT WE CAN THEN BRING BACK TO A CLEANED UP STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2023/2024 THAT YOU CAN ADOPT AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
WITH THE AGENDA YOU WERE PROVIDED THE PROPOSED FULL STRATEGIC PLAN WITH ALL OF THE INITIATIVES AND ASKED TO PROVIDE YOUR INDIVIDUAL INPUT THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC FORM, WHICH WE THEN SUMMARIZED FOR YOU FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE ROUNDTABLE A BIT MORE EFFICIENT AND RUN THROUGH THE SUMMARY OF YOUR PRIORITIZATION.
AGAIN, TONIGHT'S OBJECTIVES ARE TO REVIEW THAT SUMMARY AND REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NEW ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO THE 2023/2024 STRATEGIC PLAN AND TO REACH CONSENSUS ON THAT FINAL LIST.
WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO IS I THOUGHT I WOULD GO THROUGH THE SUMMARY OF YOUR AGGREGATE SCORES ON THE PRIORITIZED NEW PROPOSED ITEMS AND THEN AT THE END, IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGES OR ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED, CLARIFIED, ETC.
WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
BY WAY OF AN OVERVIEW, THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TONIGHT HAS OUR LIST OF PROPOSED STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND THEIR ACTION PLANS.
IF YOU RECALL, DURING OUR LAST WORKSHOP, WE HAD A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT I'LL CALL CARRYOVER THAT HAD WORK STILL TO BE DONE ON THEM.
MANY OF THEM WERE MULTIYEAR ITEMS THAT YOU-ALL WANTED TO SEE REMAIN ON THE PLAN SO THAT STAFF COULD FINISH AND CONTINUE WORK ON THOSE ITEMS, AND THEN THERE WAS A LIST OF NEW PROPOSED ITEMS THAT YOU ALL HAD SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION IN AN EFFORT TO COME TO CONSENSUS ON WHICH OF THOSE NEW PROPOSED ITEM SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF ITEMS.
>> I WANTED TO PAUSE HERE TO EITHER ADD OR CONFIRM WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
IN YEARS PAST, STAFF JUDGES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE OVERWHELMED WITH WHAT THEY CAN REASONABLY HANDLE OR NOT.
WE'VE ALWAYS USED THIS PROCESS OF DOING CUT LINE AND SO STAFF HAS PROPOSED THAT CUT LINE IS SUDDENLY FEEL THEY CAN SUPPORT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE GO THROUGH THESE ON EACH PAGE, WE ACCEPT THAT COMMENT IF WE HAVE, IF THERE IS ANYONE THAT YOU'RE PARTICULARLY FOUND OF THAT GOT CUT, I JUST ASK CAN WE HOLD THOSE TO THE END OF THE CONVERSATION SO WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH, SO I'M NOT DEPRIVING ANYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT I THINK I'M ACCEPTING FOR GOING THROUGH THAT WILL ACCEPT, BUT STILL COMMENT ON WHAT'S STILL ON THERE IF THERE IS SOME WORD CHANGES OR WHATEVER.
>> OF COURSE. TO BUILD ON WHAT THE MAYOR WAS JUST SAYING, AS WE GO THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE WE'VE NOTED THE ITEMS IN RED THAT WERE NEWER PROPOSED THAT WE HAD YOU INDIVIDUALLY PRIORITIZE ON A SCALE OF 1-5, FIVE BEING THE HIGHEST IN PRIORITY.
AND THE SUMMARY SCORES, I SHOULD SAY, ARE SHOWN IN THE YELLOW BOX BESIDE EACH ITEM AS WE GO THROUGH.
FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION AND AS A STARTING POINT, STAFF HAS USED THE SCORE OF FOUR OR HIGHER
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AS A BENCHMARK TO KEEP THE ITEM ON THE PROPOSED PLAN.AS THE MAYOR SAID AT THE END, IF WE HAVE ITEMS THAT HAVE ''FALLEN OFF THE LIST'' THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
AND GIVEN THE VOLUME OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND ACTION PLANS, COUNCIL MAY WISH TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND COME TO CONSENSUS ON REMOVAL OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS IF THEY SEE FIT.
AS WE GO THROUGH THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS. JUST BY WAY OF A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW SUMMARY, AFTER THAT RULE, SO TO SPEAK, OF FOUR OR HIGHER WAS APPLIED TO THE LIST, WE ENDED UP WITH A TOTAL OF 22 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND 54 ACTION PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE 22 INITIATIVES.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD FIVE CARRY-OVER OPERATIONAL ITEMS AS WE'VE CALLED THEM, THAT WE STILL HAVE IN THE PLAN AND WE STILL ARE WORKING ON EXECUTING.
YOU SEE THIS BROKEN DOWN BY WHICH ONES ARE CARRYOVER, WHICH ONES ARE NEW, AND IT JUST GIVES YOU A SUMMARY OF THE VOLUME OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE WORK INVOLVED.
GOING THROUGH EACH OF THE STRATEGIC RESULTS AND JUST POINTING OUT AND HIGHLIGHTING HOW THE SCORING IMPACTED THE LIST AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING RECEIVED A FOUR OR HIGHER EXCEPT FOR ONE ACTION PLAN ITEM, WHICH WAS THE INVESTIGATION INTO POTENTIAL PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS ON THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.
I SHOULD ALSO NOTE HERE THAT WE CLEANED THINGS UP, IF YOU WILL, FROM A LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVE AND CONSOLIDATED THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT DEALT WITH THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.
IT JUST SEEMED TO BE MORE READABLE TO PUT THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE OKAY WITH THAT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK I GOT.
>> JUST ONE ITEM ON THIS PAGE BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE CONSENSUS TONIGHT, THIS IS COMING BACK TO US.
I'D COMMENT ON THE NEW TOWN HALL, THE PREVIOUS ACTION PLAN THAT INDICATED COMPLETED BY 2023 PEAK SEASON, SO I COMMENTED THAT THAT'S GOT TO BE 2024, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL A WORD CHANGE OR TWO BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH IT BY THE START OF 2024 STORM SEASON.
I'D LIKE TO GET THAT TO CHANGE.
FURTHER I UNDERSTAND FROM TALKING WITH THE TOWN MANAGER, THAT HE AND THE PROJECT MANAGER ARE PRUDENTLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING IS ENCLOSED, INCAPABLE BEFORE 2023 PEAK STORM SEASON.
I DO THINK THAT'S A VALID, IT MEANS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE THE INTERIOR, BUT CAN YOU AMEND IT TO STAY THOSE TWO VALID REQUIREMENTS AND I'M THRILLED.
THANK YOU TO THE TOWN MANAGER AND THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL BECAUSE THEN THAT MEANS THAT PEAK SEASON WILL BE SAFE WHERE WE'D HAVE A UNDESIRABLE STORM?
>> AND I SHOULD POINT OUT AS WELL ON THE LAST ACTION PLAN THAT'S LISTED ON THIS PAGE NUMBER 6, THERE WAS A WORDING CHANGE PROPOSED.
IT WAS FAIRLY SLIGHT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND THERE WAS CONSENSUS ON THAT.
>> GREAT. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S SCROLLING DOWN NOW.
AND THEN MOVING TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THERE WERE FOUR NEW ITEMS IN THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGIC RESULTS ON TWO OF WHICH MET THE CRITERIA BEING RATED FOR ABOVE.
WHERE THIS WOULD END UP IS PRIORITIZING ON THE PLAN, THE FIRE RESCUE STRATEGY, STRATEGIC INITIATIVE AND ITS ACTION PLANS AND THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, STRATEGIC INITIATIVE AND IT'S ACTION PLANS.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE LAST INITIATIVE PROPOSED ON THIS PAGE, THE RAW WATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE, DID GET SLIGHTLY ABOVE A FOUR ON THE INITIATIVE, BUT THEN THE ACTION PLAN DIDN'T RANK THAT HIGH, SO HAVING AN EMPTY INITIATIVE DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE TO STUFF, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THAT AT THE END OF AND HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THAT ONE.
QUESTIONS HERE? IN MOBILITY, WE DID DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORDSMITHING AND CONSOLIDATION HERE TOO, AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE FINE WITH THAT.
THERE SEEMED TO BE CONSENSUS FOR THAT.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES UNDER MOBILITY IN LAST YEAR'S PLAN THAT DEALT WITH DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY, SO THOSE WERE COMBINED.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT DIFFERENCE AND THEN JUST A SMALL CHANGE IN WORDING FOR
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THE LAST ACTION PLAN THERE TO INSERT THE WORDS AT LEAST 2-3 LOCATIONS FOR PILOTING THE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED CROSSWALK SIGNALS.NUMBER 1, LET CLARIFY, PARTICULARLY WHEN THESE THINGS GO YEAR-TO-YEAR, UNLESS STAFF TELLS ME OTHERWISE, I THINK THE F.GLARE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN DONE.
SOME STAFF INITIATED WHO'S DONE AN INDIAN TOWN ROAD AND THEREFORE, UNLESS STAFF KNOWS THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE ON THAT, SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE DELETED FROM THE ACTION PLAN AND ALSO FROM THE STATUS GOING FORWARD, SO I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO STAFF TO COME BACK.
IF THERE'S MORE TO DO, THEN FINE, LEAVE IT IN THERE, BUT IT'S NOT, THEN IT'S BEEN PLEADED.
>> AND THEN ON ACTION PLAN NUMBER 4, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REWARDED AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST LEAVE THAT AS AN ACCIDENT REWARDED BECAUSE AS IT'S WRITTEN, STAFF COVERED IT WELL IN THE STATUS AND TIMING BECAUSE THERE IS MUCH TO ENGAGE WITH THE TPA.
THE TPA'S MADE IT A PRIORITY PROJECT.
F DOT HAS HAS NOT YET FUNDED IT, SO IT'S A JUST PARTICULARLY SINCE ON THE TPA REPRESENTATIVE.
WE'VE MADE IT A PRIORITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REWARDED, GET F DOT TO MOVE ON THAT OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO OBJECT TO THAT.
THAT'S NOT REALLY THE ACTION PLAN.
[OVERLAPPING] THE STATUS AND TIMING TPA STUDY WAS NOT FUNDED AS PART OF THE COORDINATE WITH F DOT TO TALK WITH STAFF AFTERWARDS, IF I CAN HELP THEM IN ANY WAY ON THAT BECAUSE I'M CERTAINLY TRYING TO PROD THEM.
BUT ANYWAY, YOU GET THE POINT ON THAT ONE.
>> OKAY. QUESTIONS ON THAT OR ANY DISCUSSION? CONTINUING ONTO MOBILITY, THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THE US 1 BRIDGE.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE REMAINS ON THERE AS THERE'S OBVIOUSLY STILL WORK TO BE DONE IN THAT PROJECT AND FOLLOWING IT.
>> ON THAT ONE. I'M SORRY, BUT THIS ONE, ITEM NUMBER 3 ON THAT PAGE IN ACTION PLANS COACT.
WE PUT THIS ON HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED TO JUPITER COVE, THAT LANDSCAPING THAT WAS RIPPED OUT, IS GOING TO BE REPLACED.
I THINK WE SIGNED UP AS A TOWN AND WE HEARD FDOT SAY, YEAH, THEY BUDGETED TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT'S BEST MISLEADING ON THE ACTION, THE STATUS AND TIMING TO SAY TOWN OF JUPITER CONTRIBUTION TO BE DETERMINED.
ALL APPROACHES TO MAKE SURE FDOT DOES IT ALL, PERIOD.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SET A FALSE EXPECTATION AND OR ACTION ITEM IS TO DECIDE HOW MUCH WE'RE FUNDING.
>> THERE WERE CONCERNS WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE CONDOMINIUMS NEXT TO THE BRIDGE, AND THEY DID AGREE THAT THEY WOULD RESTORE TO BEST OF THE CAPABILITY WOULDN'T BE THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE.
THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING AT THEIR EXPENSE.
I DON'T RECALL ANY TOWN KICKING IN.
>> THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DELETE THAT. YOU GET THAT?
>> REAL QUICK. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY SHOULD GO HERE OR IN ANOTHER PART OF MOBILITY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WAS THE CLOSING OF INDIAN TOWN ROAD BRIDGE FROM THE SPANS FROM OPENING DURING PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS? I KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND I BROUGHT IT UP.
I THINK LAST YEAR I TRIED TO DO THAT EVEN BEFORE THIS WAS MENTIONED.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN MONITOR THE IMPACTS AND SEE HOW IT'S AFFECTING MARINE TRAFFIC AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY MAKE THAT A MORE PERMANENT THING.
WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WE CAN ADD INTO THIS? SINCE IT'S DEALS WITH THE US 1 BRIDGE.
>> I'D LEAVE THAT UP TO THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL IF THEY WANT TO ADD THAT AS ANOTHER ACTION.
>> THAT'S A COAST GUARD DECISION, IS IT?
>> THAT WOULDN'T BE A DECISION FOR THE COMING YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY MAKING THAT CHANGE DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
>> I THINK IT EXPIRES THOUGH BY LIKE SUMMER OR SOMETHING.
THEY'RE ONLY DOING IT FOR A FEW MONTHS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
>> YOU'RE SUGGESTING AT IT AS SOMETHING THAT STAFF ACTIVELY MONITORS TO SEE THE IMPACT [OVERLAPPING].
>> WELL, I GUESS, TO GET FEEDBACK FROM COAST GUARD AND POTENTIALLY SEE IF THEY'RE SEEING ANY IMPACTS ON MARINE TRAFFIC OR COMPLAINTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURSUE GOING FORWARD TO MAKE THAT A MORE PERMANENT THING FOR PEAK TRAVEL TIMES IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
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>> I WOULD SUGGEST NOT THE ADDED THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT STILL WORKING ON THAT.
BECAUSE AS AN EXAMPLE, SOMEWHAT AT THE US 1 BRIDGE DURING THE LAST OPEN HOUSE THAT THEY HAD, THEY CONFIRMED FOR RESIDENT WHO I SENT OVER TO ASK THEM.
THEY CONFIRM THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WHEN THE BRIDGE IS DONE NOW I'M TELLING IT TO US 1 BRIDGE, THAT THEY COULD CHANGE IT TO BEING A BRIDGE THAT IS ONLY OPEN UP ON CERTAIN TIME.
THEY DO THAT NOW BECAUSE OF UNSAFE CONDITIONS WITH AS MANY BOATS AS THERE ARE.
THERE'S OTHER ISSUES WITH THE COAST GUARD TO BE FOLLOWED, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THOSE GET KICKED DOWN SO THAT BE WORKED ON.
>> THE INCREASED HEIGHT, WILL HELP [NOISE] DETERMINE BEING NEW FACTOR IN HOW MANY TIMES THAT PARTICULAR [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE FDOT CONSULTANT, ACKNOWLEDGE AND INDICATED IT WAS ALREADY THEIR INTENT.
TO ASK THAT QUESTION WHEN THE PROJECT IS DONE BECAUSE AGAIN, WATCH UNSAFE NOW WITH AS MANY BOATS TALLER TO BE LESS, BUT TO THE POINT OF GETTING COAST GUARD, I THINK THAT'S NOT HERE BUT IMPORTANT TO KEEP FOLLOWING UP ON.
WE SHOULDN'T BE ADDING ANY ITEMS.
>> I JUST FIGURED IT COULD GO UP BECAUSE IT'S A MONITOR CONSTRUCTION AND IMPACTS OF US 1 BRIDGE.
>> THE OPENINGS OF INDIAN TOWN ROAD BRIDGE ARE IMPACTED HERE.
>> THAT'S WHY I FIGURED IF WE COULD JUST MAKE IT A MONITORING THING.
>> WELL, YOU BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO END THAT DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS.
>> I THOUGHT I'D SEEN THAT THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO DO IT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND IT WAS ONLY FOR LIKE TILL JUNE OR JULY OF THIS YEAR OR SOMETHING I THOUGHT.
>> YEAH. WE CAN FOLLOW UP. I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DATE, BUT THERE WAS A TIMEFRAME INITIALLY PUT ON IT, WHETHER THAT'S WHAT THEIR PERMIT WAS GRANTED FOR.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE IS THEIR COUNSEL CONSENSUS TO ADD A ACTION PLAN FOR STAFF TO REPORT BACK ON AND CONTINUOUSLY FOLLOW UP ON?
>> WELL, WE COULD DO THAT WITHOUT BEING ON HERE. [NOISE].
>> YES. ADDITIONALLY, IN MOBILITY, [NOISE] WE HAD WEST INDIAN TOWN IN SOUTH ISLAND WAY.
THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOT CHANGED, THEIR ACTION PLANS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
WE CONTINUE TO REPORT ON THOSE AND FOLLOW UP ON THOSE ONGOING PROJECTS AND THEIR STATUS.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SAFETY.
WE DID HAVE ONE NEW PROPOSED ITEM IN THE CATEGORY OF SAFETY AND ONE CARRYOVER ITEM.
HIGH-SPEED RAIL IS AN ONGOING INITIATIVE AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK BRIGHT LINES PROGRESS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY INITIATIVE ADDED THAT DID NOT MEET THAT 4.0 CRITERIA.
THAT IS SHOWN HERE IN STRIKETHROUGH FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
UNDER THAT GUIDELINE THAT WE WOULD NOT MOVE THAT FORWARD AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL PLAN.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T RANK HIGH, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT THING AS SOMETHING I BROUGHT FORWARD OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR POLICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, BUT I STILL RANK THAT AS FIVE.
>> WE JUST STAY ON AGENDA AND I HAVE ITEMS I WANT TO COME BACK TO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT THE END IF THAT'S OKAY.
I PASS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO.
>> I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED, I APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR REFERENCE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S HARD TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS IN YOUR HEAD.
LAURA HAD PASSED OUT TO YOU YOUR INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS IF YOU DO NEED TO REFER BACK TO ANYTHING.
YOU HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DID IT ELECTRONICALLY.
IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER EVERY NUMBER.
>> ON UNIQUE, SMALL TOWN FEEL.
WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF INITIATIVES AND ACTION PLANS ON THIS ONE.
HERE WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE CONSOLIDATED A BIT.
THERE WERE SEVERAL INITIATIVES AND ACTION PLANS SURROUNDING OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
IT SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE TO ALL OF YOU THAT WE COMBINE THOSE LISTS, THEIR ACTION PLANS UNDER THE SAME INITIATIVE.
YOU CAN SEE AS PROPOSED THE INITIATIVE FOR RECREATION FACILITY MASTER PLAN HAD SEVEN ACTION PLAN ITEMS RELATED TO IT.
HOWEVER, TWO DID NOT RANK ABOVE THAT 4.0 MARK.
DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING A SKATE PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IDENTIFYING THE TOWN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE AQUATIC CENTER WOULD BE TO THAT UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES, WOULD FALL OFF OF THE PLAN.
CONTINUING ON WITH UNIQUE SMALL TOWN FEEL, WE STILL HAVE INITIATIVES FOR OUR ATHLETIC FACILITY USAGE,
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POLICIES AND MASTER PLAN AND THEN AN INITIATIVE UNDER THE ARTS, THOSE REMAIN ON THE PLAN AS THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE [NOISE] DONE ON THOSE.THEN A COUPLE OF NEW PROPOSED ITEMS WERE ALSO ADDED TO THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGIC RESULT ON INITIATIVE AND A COUPLE OF ACTION PLANS ON PIATT PLACE AND AN INITIATIVE ON OUR JTAA PARTNERSHIP.
ON PIATT PLACE, ONE OF THE ACTION PLANS DID NOT RANK ABOVE THAT 4.0 MARK JUST TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU.
IN TERMS OF A PLAN FOR USE IN FACILITY OPTIONS FOR RECREATION ON THAT SITE.
HOWEVER, THE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF OPTIONS AND SEAGRASS BEDS DID RANK ABOVE FOUR.
THEN AS I SAID, THE JTAA PARTNERSHIP ITEM DID, RANK ABOVE FOUR.
THOSE WOULD BE TWO NEW STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED ACTION PLANS THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THIS STRATEGIC RESULT.
UNDER GREEN, BLUE, AND OPEN SPACES, WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF PROTECTING LOCAL SEAGRASS AND IMPROVING THE WATER QUALITY AND THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER, NO CHANGES THERE.
THOSE WOULD REMAIN ON AS THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
BUT UNDER THIS RESULT, WE DID HAVE A REVISION OR WE HAVE PROTECT OPEN SPACES WHICH ALSO HAD NO CHANGE AS A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE WITH ITS ASSOCIATED ACTION PLAN.
THEN WE DID HAVE A NEW ACTION PLAN ADDED TO THE DERELICT VESSELS ITEM, WHICH DID RANK AT THAT 4.0 MARK, TO ENGAGE WITH A MARITIME EXPERT. MAYOR.
>> CHECK ON THIS ONE. I'VE HEARD A GOOD COMMENT FROM SOMEBODY I HOLD IN HIGH REGARD DIPPED.
WHY DON'T WE CHANGE DERELICT ANCHORED? BECAUSE AUTOMATICALLY WE GET INTO A DEBATE ABOUT DERELICT OR WHATEVER WASN'T MY THOUGHT BY THE WAY SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CHANGE TO CALL IT ANCHORED VESSELS, WHICH IS STILL GOING TO DEAL WITH WHICH THOSE THAT MAY BE DERELICT BUTTON.
>> GREAT IT'S A BROADER CATEGORY TOO.
>> IS COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT?
>> YEAH. THAT'S AN EASY WORDING CHANGE TO MAKE.
MOVING INTO MANAGE GROWTH, OUR NEXT STRATEGIC RESULT.
WE HAVE TWO ON THIS PAGE TWO STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ACTION PLANS THAT REMAIN DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS AND AREAS OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE WILL CONTINUE TO OUR WORK ON THOSE.
THEN ONE NEW PROPOSED WHICH HAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVISION ITEM THAT HAD A COUPLE OF ACTION PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THAT BOTH, BUT ALL RANKED ABOVE 4.0.
UNDER THAT GUIDELINE, THOSE WOULD REMAIN ON AS WELL.
THEN FINALLY, ON MANAGE GROWTH AND OTHER PROPOSED NEW ITEM WOULD BE TO UPDATE AND REVISE THE CRA PLAN THAT SEEMED TO GET A HIGH RANKING BY MOST WITH ITS ASSOCIATED ACTION PLAN AS WELL.
JUST FOR SAKE OF THOROUGHNESS, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THERE ARE FIVE REMAINING OPERATIONAL ITEMS, AS YOU RECALL LAST YEAR WE HAD A LIST OF 10 OR 11 OPERATIONAL ITEMS THAT WE DIDN'T CLASSIFY A STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, BUT THAT YOU ALL ASKED THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON AND REPORT ON REGULARLY, THERE FIVE REMAINING OF THAT.
THE WORK WILL CONTINUE ON THOSE AS WELL.
THOSE CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF OUR WORK PLAN.
JUST BEFORE YOU GET INTO YOUR DISCUSSION, JUST SO THAT WE BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND.
BASED ON TONIGHT'S FEEDBACK, STAFF WILL PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH A "CLEAN COPY" OF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YOU ALL TO FORMALLY ADOPT, HOPEFULLY AT YOUR NEXT MEETING THAT CAN BE FAIRLY QUICK AND EASY AND HANDLED ON CONSENT IF YOU WISH.
THEN WE WILL POST THAT ON THE WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AT A GLANCE SO THAT IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC.
THEN THERE WAS A SUGGESTION AS WELL.
I INCLUDED THIS HERE ON FUTURE STEPS THAT PERHAPS IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLANNING CYCLE, WE DO A SUMMER WORKSHOP FOCUSING JUST ON THE VISION, MISSION, AND STRATEGIC RESULTS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOME THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK ON WHAT CHANGES, IF ANY, YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OR TWEAKS MAYBE TO THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN ADVANCE OF DEFINING WHAT YOUR FUTURE INITIATIVES AND ACTION PLANS MIGHT BE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THAT TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT.
>> I'M PLEASED TO SHARE ON THAT LAST ITEM, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER ABOUT THAT ITEM BECAUSE IT WAS ON MY MIND, HEY, I KNOW WHAT THOSE DEFINITIONS ARE.
I DIDN'T GO LOOK AT THEM AND I WAS EXPECTED POTENTIALLY THE NEW MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT.
I WENT BACK AND THEN I REALIZED GOSH THERE IS SOME DEFINITION CHANGES THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
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WHILE WE MISSED IT THIS TIME BECAUSE NOBODY HAD COMMENTS AND THEN ESPERANTO SUGGESTED, WELL, WE CAN DO IT RATHER THAN WAIT ALL FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT SOME MONTHS DOWN THE LINE, WE CAN START WITH MAKING SURE THAT WHAT EACH ITEM MEANS, WE HAVE A CONSENSUS BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S DIFFERENT MAKEUP ON THIS COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT IT SAYS IT MEANS DOESN'T MEAN THAT TO THE MAJORITY HERE.BUT WE CAN DO THAT AFTERWARDS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE STRATEGIC ITEMS THAT WE PROCEED WITH.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> IT'S ADDRESSING THE PROCESS CHANGED IT HAD BEEN ASKED TO BE LOOKED AT HERE.
INTERESTING, YOU END WITH OPERATIONAL ITEMS SO I GO BACK IF WE CAN JUST TO TALK ABOUT I WAS ACCEPTING THEM AS THEY WERE, BUT ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY UNDER SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
THIS ONE GOT PROPOSED AND BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL, WHICH IS A FEW DECADES AGO, IT WAS REPRESENTED WHEN WE FORMED A STORM WATER UTILITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS, WHICH I ADVOCATED FOR YEARS AND NEVER COULD GET ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL TO GO ALONG WITH THAT AS A MAJORITY.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OR TWO, SO COUNCIL FINANCE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT WHAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
FIRST TIME EVER WITH THE CANAL, CLEAN VEGETATION, WHICH WE ALL OBVIOUSLY THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND SUPPORTED IT.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A STRATEGIC ITEM, BUT I SUBMIT.
I HOPE IT ENDS UP A TOWN COUNCIL POLICY.
THEN IF IT WAS A TOWN COUNCIL POLICY, I THINK WHAT THIS WOULD HAVE DONE IS THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AT THEIR LEISURE WOULD'VE WORKED ON PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT THEN CAN BECOME THE POLICY RATE.
IN A WAY, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED IT BUT AN OPERATIONAL ITEM BECAUSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR SEEING THE IMPORTANCE IN CHAMPIONING THE FIRST-TIME EVER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHWHILE I WANTED TO BRING UP.
>> I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT TOO.
I BELIEVE IT IS A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE GOING FORWARD AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE ONE THAT HAS GONE FORWARD.
MY THOUGHT, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS MAYOR, AS YOU'VE WORKED ON THIS FOR YEARS, IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO RUSH.
I MAY WANT TO JUST SEE HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAYS OUT OF THIS FIRST ONE AND LEARN FROM IT, AND MOVE FROM THERE.
IT WAS MORE A QUESTION OF TIMING THAN ANYTHING ELSE THEN GIVEN THE VOLUME.
MY OWN, THE 1-5 IS TRICKY MAYBE FOR ALL OF US.
I HAD SO MANY FIVES, I ACTUALLY CALLED CATE BACK AND SAID, MAYBE I WANT TO REDO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN ANY HELP.
BUT WHAT I DID WAS AND I HAD ONLY A COUPLE OF ONE ONE BUT I HAD A THREE IF I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
I DID A ONE IF IT'S A NO, THREE IF I HAD QUESTIONS AND FIVE IF IT'S A YES.
I KNOW WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN PROCESS, SO IT MAKES THE WRITING PROCESS DIFFERENT.
THAT WAS ONE WHERE I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT THINKING ABOUT IT, IT'S STRANGE TO SAY, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO RUSH.
I WANT TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THIS CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT.
BUT I DO WANT TO GET TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT ONE DAY BECOMES A TOOL FOR THE TOWN IN FINANCING THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S A BENEFIT TO RESIDENTS DOWN THE LINE.
>> COULD I CLARIFY, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THERE MAY BE A CATEGORY OF ITEMS THAT DON'T GET ADOPTED IN THIS YEAR'S PLAN, BUT WE PUT IN A PARKING LOT TO RECONSIDER AS TIMING PROGRESSES AND OTHER THINGS FALL OFF?
>> I FEEL LIKE OUR PARKING LOT IS FULL.
[LAUGHTER] IT MIGHT BE OVERFLOWING.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE IT FROM MY END.
I MEAN, AND THIS WOULD NEED MAJORITY, BUT I TOOK AN ITEM THAT I HAD WANTED WITH ABA COLA AND RD GROW OFF.
IT DOESN'T MEAN I WON'T COME BACK AND TRY AND PUT IT ON ANOTHER YEAR, MAYBE I WILL.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO PARK IT NECESSARILY, BUT THAT'S MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
NOT NECESSARILY THE WILL OF COUNSEL.
>> NO, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT EITHER.
I WOULD JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT LOOK, I'VE ADVOCATED THAT FOR YEARS SO THE COUNT AND THE STAFF KNOWS, JIM WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
I THINK THE COUNSEL FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD A MAJORITY OF IT. THIS GETS DELETED.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE SAID FOR THE RECORD,
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IT TAKES TOWN COUNCIL DECISION FOR THAT EVER TO HAPPEN.IT MAY NOT COME UP AGAIN FOR A YEAR OR TWO, WHATEVER SO I'VE NOT BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE LESSONS LEARNED, BUT WE ARE EXPERIENCING AS WE GO.
I DON'T DISAGREE. I WASN'T ADVOCATING TO GET IT ON THE STRATEGIC ITEM LIST.
IF ANYTHING, I JUST WANTED STRATEGIC AWARENESS.
IF THERE'S NOT A MAJORITY THAT WANT TO MAKE IT A POLICY, BUT EVEN IF YOU MADE A POLICY IT WON'T DEFINE WHAT IS THAT POLICY.
I CAN CREDIT IT, MAYBE PREMATURE POLICY IS MOST JUST FUNDAMENTAL AND I WAS PROPOSING, WE HAVE IT.
THERE WILL BE SOMETIMES IT'LL APPLY WHERE WE CAN FUND IT AS A TALENT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
THAT'S IT. CAN'T DEFINE IT, BUT I'M OKAY.
I WASN'T ADVOCATING FOR IT TO COME ON.
I WANTED TO STATE, HEY, WE'RE CLOSER TO A POLICY WE EVER HAD BEEN.
BUT FRANKLY, I WAS TOLD THAT DECADES AGO, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU DON'T DO IT FOR DECADES, WAS IT YOUR POLICY?
>> MAYOR, DO YOU ENVISION A POLICY WHERE THERE'D BE MORE INVOLVEMENT BY STAFF IN COMPARISON TO HOW THE JONES CREEK? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO DO THIS, SO WE KNOW IT EXISTS ON STAFF.
IT'LL JUST BE ON OUR MIND WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING PROJECTS PERIOD. YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
>> YOU SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING, IF THEY WANT TO DO THIS AT THEIR PLEASURE, IF YOU WANT TO RESURRECT IT, I'D BE INTERESTED IN BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE.
THESE THINGS POP UP AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A ROAD MAP FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW IN A TOWN.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'VE BEEN ADVOCATING THIS FOR YEARS AND WE HAVE THE MAJORITY, SO I MEAN, I'D BE WILLING TO PUT IT BACK UP THERE THIS YEAR.
>> WE BROUGHT IT UP, I THINK WE PROBABLY HAD ENOUGH CONVERSATION THAT'S ABOUT READY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS A POLICY.
>> I'M ALSO COGNIZANT OF NOT OVERWHELMING THE STAFF.
THAT'S WHY I COMMEND LATELY WITH VERY FEW [LAUGHTER]
>> I JUST DIDN'T WANT STAFF TO THINK WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS ONE [LAUGHTER] GOT THAT?
>> ARE THERE OTHER ITEMS THAT FELL BELOW THAT THRESHOLD THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS?
>> WELL, IN THE RURAL WATER SUPPLY ONE WHICH YOU SAID WAS AN ANOMALY AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORK WITH THE INITIATIVE, DIFFERENT FROM THE ACTION PLAN, BUT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE.
I'M FINE, BUT I INTEND TO COMPLETE AN EVALUATION, SO I JUST WANTED MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT.
>> ON THE TRAINING CENTER, SOMEHOW MY ANSWER DIDN'T GET RECORDED OR I SAID I HAD SKIPPED THAT ITEM, BUT I DID SUPPORT THAT. THE TRAINING CENTER.
>> WHAT'D YOU SAY ABOUT IT? I'M SORRY?
>> THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE RESULTS, IT SAYS I DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, SO SOMEHOW IT GOT SKIPPED, BUT I DID SUPPORT IT.
>> THAT WOULD LIKELY CHANGE HIS SCORE.
I HAD IT AS A THREE, WHICH MEANT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, AND KNOWING JUST THAT WE HADN'T HAD TOO MUCH DISCUSSION ON IT.
I HAVE GOTTEN TO OTHER EVENTS.
IT IS IN THE CONVERSATION I'M LEARNING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
I THINK ON THE WHOLE, I COULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND LOCATION.
I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF PLANNING.
BUT MINE WAS A THREE, MEANING I HAD QUESTIONS IN MY MIND WHILE I WAS READING THIS.
>> I'M LOOKING AT WHAT THIS INDICATES I SCORED ON IT.
IN MY MIND, KNOWING A GROSS ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE COME UP WITH THE FUNDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND IT'S REALLY ON THAT BASIS THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BELONGED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
>> I PULL BOTH THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT YOU BOTH HAD.
I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT WHAT STAFF AND FUNDING AND WILL LOOK AT IT.
I'M STABLE, FISCAL TIMES COMING UP.
>> WE ALSO RECEIVE AND AGAIN, I REALLY DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT IS SO EARLY STAGE AND I SHOULD SPEAK WITH STAFF ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
BUT WE DO HAVE TRAININGS AND PALM BEACH GARDENS, I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE TO ME.
>> I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT AND TALKING ABOUT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP RIGHT TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND IT AND BUILD IT, IT'S A CONCEPT, I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S WORTH A CONVERSATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
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THIS IT MAKES SENSE TO ME, THAT'S HOW I VIEW THE ITEM AT THIS POINT IS LET'S DIG IN AND EVALUATE IT AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE OR NOT.>> AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES AND IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT THERE'S A POTENTIAL THERE FOR SOME OUTSIDE FUNDING THAT IS BEING SPOKEN ABOUT AND WORKED ON, SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT FUNDING BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE CAN GET THAT FUNDED FAIRLY EASILY FROM DONATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN FACT, I'VE BEEN CONTACTED, DID NOT WANT TO RESPOND BACK UNTIL I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE COUNCIL'S POSITION WAS ON THAT BECAUSE I DO RESPECT AS MAYOR, I NEED TO REFLECT THE COUNCIL'S WILL NOT MY OWN.
>> I DON'T HAVE 100% OF THE INFORMATION THERE, IT'S JUST BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT.
IT'S MORE SOMETHING I WANTED TO [OVERLAPPING]
>> LOOK INTO AND TRY TO PROCEED THAT.
>> BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'D EVER FIND THAT AT THIS TIME.
WHICH MEANS IF IT WASN'T ON HERE, WE COULD TELL THE PUBLIC, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, BUT IF YOU COULD FUND IT.
>> OH, AND THAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT THE ENGAGED THE LOBBYISTS FIRM, TO REPRESENTS THE TOWN'S INTERESTS BECAUSE THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE STATE FUNDING THAT WE CAN GET. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST LOBBYISTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO DO THAT.
>> I THINK TO ME IT'S WORTH COMING FROM THE PLAN AND THEN GOING FROM THERE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT FUNDED.
>> I KNOW IT'S IN THE CONVERSATION AND I'VE SEEN OTHERS CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT OUTSIDE THE TOWN, SO I WOULD LIKE A PLAN.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A PLAN AND CONCEPTUAL.
>> I GUESS THERE AT LEAST THREE WANTING A PLAN.
>> WE'LL NOTE THAT AS STAYING ON THE PLAN.
OTHER RED LINE ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF MY STRATEGIC ITEMS WERE RED-LINED, BUT IF IT'S NOT OF THE WILL THE COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THEM, THEN HERE'S WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT.
BUT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR PIATT PLACE, I HAD ASKED THAT AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE DERELICT NOW ANCHORED VESSELS TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THOSE AREAS AND GIVE US SOME TEETH TO ENFORCE LAWS.
AT LEAST LIKE I SAID, IT WAS JUST TO CREATE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT PROPERTY BE CLEARED UP FROM THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT FINANCIALLY EITHER, JUST TO FIGURE OUT, WHAT ARE WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY IN TWO YEARS.
>> I THINK THE ISSUE WAS FOR ME AND JUST BY THE WAY, I PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY USED THE FULL RANGE OF PRIORITIZATION.
I PRIORITIZED ALL OF THEM INCLUDING THE ONES THAT WERE EXISTING.
I HAVE A NUMBER THAT HE DIDN'T REPORT KNOWING THAT THERE'S LIMITED STAFF CAN DO.
I HEARD ON THE DIE IS CLEARLY THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO THAT WERE SUPPORTIVE OF A PLAN FOR RECREATION USE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PREMATURE FOR ME TO DEFINE THE USE AS BEING RECREATION.
NOT THAT I MAY NOT COME AROUND TO THAT, BUT I WANT TO HAVE MORE COMPLETE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WAIT THAT ONE FOR THAT REASON JUST SO YOU KNOW.
EFFECTIVELY IN MY MIND, IT'S ON THERE.
I JUST HAVEN'T AGREED WITH, IT'S GOING TO BE JUST RECREATION.
THE ONE THAT GOT DELETED, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
I JUST WANTED THAT TO BE CLEAR.
>> I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT PIATT PLACE FOR YEARS AND WE'VE HAD OFFERS TO BUY ITSELF WHATEVER, I'M LOOKING AT THAT IS A CHIP FOR THE TOWN.
WAIT FOR THE PERFECT SCENARIO.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT INITIATES A LITTLE PREMATURE AND LET'S JUST WAIT A LITTLE BIT.
>> YEAH. IT WAS JUST MORE OR LESS TO SUPPORT THE DERELICT VESSEL THING, AS A WAY TO GIVE US MORE OPTIONS TO ENFORCE THAT ANCHORING OF VESSELS IN THE AREA.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THIS WILL SUPPORT THAT IS, WHAT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH IT.
>> I THINK THE POINT IS, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE HEARING WE DIDN'T DELETE YOUR ITEM.
THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT THERE'S INITIATIVE ON THAT, BUT LET'S REALLY HAVE SOME CONVERSATION AT A COUNCIL LEVEL ON WHAT THE USAGE COULD BE AND NARROW IT DOWN.
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>> SHOULD THIS BE REWARDED AS A MORE GENERAL DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL USES?
>> THAT COULD BE, THAT WAS THE INTENT BECAUSE IT DOES.
IT IS LACKING IS AN ACTION PLAN.
>> YEAH, THE INITIATIVE IS FINE, AND I VIEW THIS AS COUNSELOR MAZE INITIATIVE ENTIRELY.
IT'S THE QUESTION OF THE ACTION PLAN, A SMALLER LEVEL ITEM, AND I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT, WHICH IS I MAY VERY WELL END UP BEING THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TIRE HANDS AT THIS POINT.
>> IS IT AS SIMPLE AS EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR USE?
>> THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING IT, SO I DIDN'T VIEW IT IN A MONTH SAYING THAT FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
WE NEED TO FIND A USE BUT I SAID THAT IN A CRA PLAN, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO PIATT PLACE BEFORE THE COA FUNDS ARE GONE.
BUT I'VE JUST NEVER COME UP WITH IN MY MIND.
>> WITH THE BROADER ACTION PLAN.
>> THE BROADER ONES PROBABLY APPROPRIATE.
>> UNDERSTOOD. I FEEL A BIT LIKE AN AUCTIONEER.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? [LAUGHTER] GOING.
>> MS. MIRANDA, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB LEADING US THROUGH THAT YEARS ON A STRATEGIC EFFORT.
>> WELL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THE HOMEWORK BECAUSE THAT REALLY DOES HELP US TO NARROW THINGS DOWN AND BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH YOUR TIME HERE.
>> I DO JUST WANT TO SHARE A NOTE ON MANAGED GROWTH, THE LAST ONE, WHICH I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONSENSUS ON THIS COUNCIL OR GENERALLY.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT CONSENSUS, IT CAN LEAD TO A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR STAFF, A LOT OF ACTION PLANS, A LOT OF VERY SERIOUS INITIATIVES.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND ARE GRATEFUL.
>> SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS TO THAT MAY BE SPREADING THINGS OUT OVER TIME A BIT.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO GET YOU A CLEAN COPY REFLECTING THE CHANGES WE JUST DISCUSSED SO THAT YOU CAN FORMALLY ADOPT IT AND WE CAN GET TO WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THESE INITIATIVES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO REPORTS. TOWN ATTORNEY.
[TOWN ATTORNEY]
>> JUST TO REITERATE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE COUNCIL SIDE OF THINGS.
THE STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL OF [INAUDIBLE] WAS FILED TODAY AND WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE FINAL RELEASE DOCUMENTS AND RELEASE OF FUNDS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
[TOWN MANAGER]
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW VICE MAYOR ON YOUR ELECTION.
JUST A REMINDER THAT THE NEXT CONNECT WITH COUNCIL OPEN HOUSE IS TOMORROW FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 PM AT THE JUPITER COMMUNITY CENTER.
I'M HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF SPENDING THE NEXT FEW DAYS INSTRUCTING FUTURE POLICE CHIEFS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT TRAINING ONCE AGAIN, SO I WILL NOT BE THERE.
ALSO AS A FOLLOW-UP TO WHAT COUNCILOR MAY BROUGHT UP A LITTLE WHILE AGO, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLOSURES FOR THE BRIDGE WILL TAKE PLACE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 AM AND 4:30 TO 6:30 FROM MARCH 13TH UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TRACK AND SEE IF THEY CAN GIVE US ANY INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN A POTENTIAL FOR ANY EXTENSIONS ON THAT.
>> LET'S SEE. WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE?
>> I DO WANT TO TAKE ONE QUICK MINUTE IF I COULD, I KNOW WE DID IT BEFORE, BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT SCOTT AND THE TEAM DID TO GET THE AUDIT RESULTS THAT THEY DID.
JUST FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU GET SUCH GLOWING REMARKS AND YOU ACHIEVE AN AUDIT RESULTS THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY ACHIEVED, TO ME THAT SPELLS TRUSTWORTHINESS AND THAT'S A BIG THING IN OUR WORLD.
ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS.
I WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO LAURA AND NICKI, WE PUT TOGETHER FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEE NEW MEMBERS.
AS THEY COME ON BOARD THEY GET A LETTER, KEY INFORMATION, CONTACTS, ALL OF THOSE FOLKS, ALL THAT INFORMATION.
WE WILL BE GETTING THAT OUT PRETTY SOON. I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP.
I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT A REPORT THAT WAS DONE ON A PLACE A WHILE AGO IF THAT IS IN THERE.
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>> IT WAS SOMEWHERE, I'LL FIND IT.
THEN WE CAN UPDATE IT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> I'LL GET YOU THE DATE OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS PUBLISHED.
WE HAD ASKED ABOUT THAT JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
>> THEN THE FINAL THING THAT I HAD, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING UNDER COUNCIL COMMENTS, YOU ALL HAD ASKED ME TO LOOK INTO DOLPHIN DRIVE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR UTILITIES DIRECTOR AND SHE'S GONE AHEAD AND FACTORED IN SOME INFORMATION AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UTILITIES' PROJECT THERE.
WE'LL GO OVER THAT INFORMATION, BASICALLY LOOKING AT COST, SCOPE, IMPACTS.
I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL.
THEN IF APPROPRIATE, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE FIND OUT, WE'LL BRING IT OUT, SO WHAT DIRECTION YOU GIVE, MAYBE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
IT SEEMS TO ME JUST BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, SO I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT. THAT'S MY REPORT, MAYOR.
[TOWN COUNCIL – LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMENTS]
>> IT COULD BE VICE MAYOR. COUNCILOR.
>> HE DID IT AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR VICE MAYOR AND ALSO SAY IT MIGHT BE TIMELY BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES TO SAY THAT I HAVE TAKEN ON A SMALL PROJECT WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT EVERY BOARD AND COMMITTEE THAT THIS TOWN HAS FOR ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS.
I HAVE STARTED TO GO TO THESE MEETINGS.
I WENT TO THE ART COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.
I WILL BE GOING TO THE BEACH COMMITTEE LATER.
I'M INTERESTED IN HOW INFORMATION FLOWS FROM THOSE COMMITTEES UP TO US.
I THOUGHT POTENTIALLY THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OR INFORMATION IN A WEEKLY REPORT OCCASIONALLY.
BUT JUST TO TRY TO MANAGE THOSE INFORMATION FLOWS AND JUST GET TO KNOW THE COMMITTEES BETTER, THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR MY OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE INFORMATION FLOWS IN THE COMMITTEES.
>> ONE QUICK THING. OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FUEL SPILL THAT HAPPENED.
I KNOW THEY'RE STILL LOOKING INTO IT AND REALLY LIKE THAT.
BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THOMAS CAN REACH OUT TO FDOT AND THE ENGINEERING FIRM TO POTENTIALLY EXPLORE THE OPTION OF PUTTING CONTAINMENT ROOMS IN THE AREA AROUND THE BARGES TO COLLECT ANY HYDRAULIC FLUID, DIESEL FUEL, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT MAY RUN OFF FROM THE BARGES, ESPECIALLY DURING POTENTIALLY MAYBE BECAUSE OF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT WE EXPERIENCE.
JUST SOMETHING TO HELP MITIGATE THAT ISSUE SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
>> IF IT HAPPENED FROM CONSTRUCTION, I'M SURE THE REGULATORS WOULD HAVE TO DEMAND THAT TO BE DONE.
HOPEFULLY, THERE'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
>> IT WAS A BLOWN HYDRAULIC HOSE BUT NOT THAT MANY GALLONS GOT OUT.
IT WAS UNDER 25 GALLONS, CORRECT?
>> I WAS NEVER GIVEN FOLLOW UP.
>> ONE ITEM IN ORDER TO BE CAREFUL EVEN BRINGING THIS UP.
BUT I HAD COMMENTED IN THE PAST ABOUT DELIGHTED BY THE DEPARTMENT METRICS.
[NOISE] THERE'S ONE THAT JUST CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, NOT THAT I WANT TO DAB WHEN THE METRICS WHICH WE DID MANY YEARS AGO, BUT UNDER JUPITER CONNECT, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW.
I LOOK AT IT IN THE METRIC AS A PERCENT OF REQUESTS CLOSED ON TIME.
IT JUST STRIKES ME THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD INDICATOR.
BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A PROCESS DEALING WITH IT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE, THEN I LOOK AND IN FACT, IT'S WHAT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE.
I SEE HERE THAT COURT COMPLAINTS, LEAN SEARCH, AND UTILITIES LEAN SEARCHES, LEAN SEARCHES BY THEMSELVES WAS 381 OF THE 614, SO IT'S 62%.
THAT'S A CERTAIN TYPE, IF YOU WILL.
IT MAY BE THAT HAVING JUPITER CONNECT HAS NOW GOT US A LOT OF BUSINESS AND LEAN SEARCHES, I'D SUSPECT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE DONE BEFORE.
BUT ANY EVENT, JUST THAT'S JUST AN OBSERVATION.
I'D ASK STAFF TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST CLOSED ON TIME.
THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S THE QUALITY OF THE CLOSURE.
EARLY ON IN THE FIRST MONTH OR TWO, PUBLIC WAS REACTANT TO SOME THAT WERE CLOSED OUT BECAUSE THEY WOULD DUPLICATE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE CASE.
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I HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAYING, WELL, IT'S CLOSED OUT, IT'S NOT RESOLVED AND COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS KNOWN THE DUPLICATES WERE CLOSED DOWN, SO THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON IT.THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SOME THAT TAKE LONGER.
I MEAN, THIS COULD BE SOME REALLY HUGE ONES IN HERE.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD ONE TO HAVE STARTED WITH AND IT'S SHOWING THE PROCESS IS WORKING AND YOU'RE BEING PROCESSED, BUT MAYBE SOME STRATIFICATION I'LL LEAVE IT TO STAFF WHAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT CERTAINLY, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE EASY TO DO AND SOME TAKE A LOT, LIKE MAYBE THE COURT COMPLIANCE CONCERNS.
OH MY GOSH. THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR YEARS.
JUST KEEP THAT AS A THOUGHT TO SEE IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU LOOK AT THIS AND OH, 92.7 IT'S GONE DOWN.
I'M LOOKING AT THE ONE THAT WE HAD.
THAT'S NOT A FAIR ASSESSMENT TO EVEN THINK, BUT IT COULD LEAD PEOPLE TO JUDGE LIKE IT'S GONE DOWN AND WE COULD BE, WE JUST HAVE MORE COMPLICATED ONES AND THE END RESULT IS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IS ARE WE GETTING TO RESOLVING THE ISSUE TO THE SATISFACTION? I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D DO ANY FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS, IF YOU WILL.
SOMETIMES THESE TYPE OF SYSTEMS HAVE A FOLLOW-UP TO THE CUSTOMER OF WERE YOU HAPPY WITH THE DISPOSITION, IF YOU WILL.
I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING HERE, BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE REALLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THAT'S WHAT THE SYSTEM HAS DONE.
IT'S PROBABLY ENHANCED SIGNIFICANTLY.
OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IS FEELING LIKE, HEY, THEY CAN ASK A QUESTION AND THEY GET AN ANSWER. THINK ABOUT THAT.
I'D APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE GOOD WORK ON THIS.
THAT'S ALL I HAD. THE TIME IS 9:17 AND WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.