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>> [BACKGROUND] WE'RE ALMOST NOW 6:00 PM AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 10TH.
CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KITZEROW
>> DO WE HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS?
>> SEEING NONE. MOVING ON TO THE MINUTES.
[1. May 2, 2023 Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting Minutes.]
I'VE BEEN TOLD WE'VE GOT A COPY OF THESE MINUTES AND THEN PUT A BRIEF.ANY CHANGES OR CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES?
>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
REGULAR AGENDA, A PROVIDENCE CRA MEETING FOR TUESDAY,
[2. Approving a CRA Meeting for Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 6:30PM. #]
SEPTEMBER 5TH AT 6:30, I GUESS WE APPROVE THAT.WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA REVIEW OF THE SIRI
[3. Review of the CRA Operating Budget and Community Investment Program for Fiscal Years 2024 – 2028. ]
OPERATING BUDGET AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 24-28.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE TOWN MANAGER OR STAFF.
>> GOOD EVENING. SCOTT REYNOLDS, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN.
THIS EVENING AS YOU JUST OUTLINED, WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FY24 TO 28 CIP AN OPERATING BUDGET FOR THIS TOWNS CRA.
START OFF. WE'VE GOT A GOOD SUMMARY PAGE HERE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND BEING PROPOSED IN THE UPCOMING CRA BUDGET.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THE CRA INCREMENTS HAVE INCREASED FROM $402 MILLION TO $473 MILLION GOING INTO FY24.
OF THE $71 MILLION IN INCREASES THERE'S $5.7 MILLION THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO NEW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AS I'M SURE, YOU'RE AWARE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER, HAVE BOTH REDUCED THEIR MILLAGE.
THOSE REDUCTIONS EQUATE TO ABOUT $129,000 REDUCTION GOING INTO FY29, AND THE REVENUE SOURCES OF THE AD VALOREM TAXES THAT FUND THE CRA.
OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE CRA PLAN AND LOOKING TO UPDATE THE PLAN, SO THERE'S SOME COSTS THAT'LL BE PARTIALLY CARRIED FORWARD FROM FY23 AND FUNDING GOING INTO FY24, ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION COST.
ONCE THE COMMISSION DECIDES ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THE PLAN.
THERE IS ALSO A PIATT PLACE, THERE'S A JURISDICTIONAL WETLAND DETERMINATION AND SEAGRASS SURVEY THAT'S BUDGETED FOR.
THERE'S ALSO IN RELATION TO THE LOVE STREET SIDEWALK PROJECTS, THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO LANDSCAPING, MINOR COST DUE TO THAT CONSTRUCTION.
ALSO, THERE'S A NEW SIGN PLANNED AT THE LOVE STREET PARKING LOT.
AS THE COMMISSION IS INDICATED, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE CONTINUATION OF HOLIDAY DECORATIONS IN THE INLET VILLAGE.
ALSO, WE'VE PROGRAMMED TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, AS YOU REMEMBER RIGHT SINCE COVID, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN HALTED, SO WE'RE STARTING THAT PROGRAM UP AGAIN.
WE'VE BUDGETED $34,000 FOR THOSE TWO EVENTS.
FOR THE CIP, THERE'S BEEN SOME UPDATES IN THE CIP BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
IF YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR PACKETS THE GRAVITY WALL REPAIRS AT THE RIVERWALK THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE, THOSE REPAIRS ARE ON TIME TO BE COMPLETED.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS SOME FUTURE DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THAT STABILIZATION, AND ALSO TAKING IN NATURE-BASED STRATEGY FOR PROTECTING THE WALL IN THE FUTURE.
THE RIVERWALK LIVING SHORELINE STABILIZATION.
THERE WAS FUNDS THAT WAS BUDGETED LAST YEAR.
WE PLAN ON AND EXPANDING THAT ALONG THE RIVERWALK WITH THE LIVING SHORELINE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE CIP BUDGET, ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITH THE LOVE STREET SIDEWALK PROJECT.
IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT FOR SOME DESIGN WORK.
IN A SNAPSHOT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING OPERATIONALLY AND WITH
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THE CIP AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE AD VALOREM DOLLARS IN THE CIP BUDGET.TO SUMMARIZE THE PROPOSAL, WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THIS PAGE IS THE TAXABLE $641,000 FOR FY24.
YOU CAN SEE THE BEGINNING BASE YEAR OF $167,000.
FOR THE INCREMENT VALUE OF 473, YOU SEE THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN MILLAGE RATES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND THE TRIM NOTICES ARE GOING TO BE MAILED ANY DAY NOW TO THE RESIDENTS.
JUST OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL IN AD VALOREM DOLLARS TO FUND THE CRA PLAN.
THERE'S A TOTAL INCREASE OF $342,000 IN AD VALOREM TAXES OVER FY23.
WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE COUNTY MILLAGE, THERE'S A REDUCTION OF $96,000 IN AD VALOREM TAXES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN FY20 AND THEN WITH THE TOWN REDUCTION, THERE'S A $33,000, JUST OVER $33,000 REDUCTION GOING FROM 2.4633-2.3894.
>> COUPLE OF THINGS, NUMBER 1, FOR THOSE ANY AUDIENCE.
SERIOUSLY THOSE THAT MAYBE WATCHED ONLINE NOW OR LATER.
WE'VE ALL INDIVIDUALLY MET WITH STAFF ALREADY AND HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS.
I JUST WANT THE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
JUST ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WOULD COME BACK AGAIN.
I MEAN, YOU'D BE USING A VARIATION OF THIS COMING SEPTEMBER.
I DO THINK THAT YOU WENT ON THE FIRST PAGE ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN TAX REVENUE.
BUT ON THIS PAGE YOU TALK ABOUT THE NET INCREASE, SO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MIGHT PUT THAT IN FRONT OF INCREASE, AND MAYBE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, MAKE THAT CLEAR WE DIDN'T LOSE TAX REVENUES, THEY'RE JUST LESS THAN THEY COULD HAVE BEEN.
>> THEN JUST BECAUSE I ASKED THIS QUESTION JUST FOR COUNSEL OR COMMISSION, CONTINGENCY IN THIS CASE, BOTH LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
MANY YEARS BACK ON THE TOWN BUDGET, WE PUT CONTINGENCY AND THE HOLD ONTO.
BUT IN THIS CASE IT'S NOT PER SE FOR THAT REASON.
I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THEM.
>> IT'S A BALANCING TOOL THAT WE'VE USED THIS YEAR.
>> NO, SOMETHING COULD COME UP, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IN THIS CASE, IT WASN'T HOLD ON FOR AN UNKNOWN BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT WITH CRA PLAN, EFFORT THIS COMING YEAR THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BETTER PLAN OUT THINGS.
I THINK TO SOME DEGREE IT'S THEREFORE PREMATURE FOR US TO BE ADDING STUFF BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A COMMISSION LOOKED AT THAT.
JUST WANT TO HAVE SAID THAT, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING YOU DON'T SEE US ASKING QUESTIONS THAT INVOLVE, WE'VE REALLY DONE THAT ALREADY.
>> YEAH. YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT.
I MEAN, WITH THE CONTINGENCY BALANCE, IS MORE OF A BALANCING TOOL THIS YEAR WE'RE COLLECTING MORE REVENUES THAN WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING.
AS YOU GO FORWARD AND YOU START TO MODIFY THE CRA PLAN, OBVIOUSLY, THAT MAY CHANGE GOING FORWARD, BUT YOU DO HAVE CONTINGENCY FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME UNKNOWNS THAT MAY COME UP WITHIN THE CRA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL.
FOR THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PLAN RELATING TO THE CRA, THESE AREN'T NEW PROJECTS.
YOU'VE SEEN THESE PROJECTS BEFORE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED LIKE I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
FOR THE EVENTS PLAZA, THE GRAVITY WALL, THE LIVING SHORELINE STABILIZATION, THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOVE STREET, THE JUPITER BEACH ROAD A1A INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG, AND ALSO THE RIVERWALK CONNECTION.
THOSE ARE ENCUMBERED FUNDS THAT WAS BUDGETED EITHER PRIOR TO FY23 OR IN '23.
THIS IS A THEME THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT
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EVEN THE TOWNS CIP IS THAT WE'VE TRIED ON ALL OF THE SUMMARY PAGES TO INCLUDE THE CARRY FORWARD DOLLARS THAT WERE AT THAT TIME WHEN WE PRODUCED THE DOCUMENT, WHAT THOSE CARRY-FORWARD DOLLARS ARE.YOU CAN SEE LIKE IN THE JUPITER BEACH ROAD AND A1A INTERSECTIONS, $1.1 MILLION ARE STILL SITTING THERE AND AVAILABLE.
THOMAS AND HIS CREW HAVE MOST LIKELY TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MONEY SINCE THIS DOCUMENT WAS APPROVED.
BUT LOOKING AT THE CIP IN TOTAL FOR FY24, WE'RE REQUESTING $270,000 IN FUNDING OVER THE FIVE YEAR WINDOW, $1.5 MILLION AND OBVIOUSLY, AS THE COMMISSION MORE FORMALIZES THEIR CRA PLAN, THIS BUDGET COULD BE AMENDED DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU DO THAT? YES, SIR.
>> JUST ON THIS PAGE, AND IT APPLIES TO THE TOWN STUFF AS WELL.
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE MONEY SET ASIDE BEFORE YOU CAN ENTER INTO A NEW CONTRACT.
>> IN OUR PROCESS AND CARRY FORWARD PROJECTS, MANY TIMES HAVE NOT STARTED AND YOU LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT THE IN-SERVICE DATE PLAN WAS.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT EXTRA WORK, BUT TO READ THOSE PAGES TAKE THIS JUPITER BEACH ROAD A1A INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT THERE'S BEEN KEEN INTEREST ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
I DID THINK THERE'D BE SOME VALUE ON THE PROJECTS TO JUST ADD A COLUMN IN-SERVICE DATE JUST WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ALL DRIVING TO HAPPEN.
I REALIZED, BY THE WAY, SOME PROJECTS HAVE A MULTITUDE OF PIECES THAT ARE IN SERVICE, AND THOSE YOU WOULD JUST PUT THE YEAR RANGE, IF YOU WILL, FOR THAT BUT ON THAT ONE, I'M SURE THERE'S MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE GOING TO BE REALLY CURIOUS ON THE IN SERVICE DATE.
>> WELL, EACH ONE OF THE CIP SHEETS THEMSELVES HAS THAT DATA ON THERE.
>> NO, I KNOW THEY DO, BUT TO CARRY FORTH ONES DISAPPEAR FROM THE REPORT.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE CASH FLOW, SPECIFICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOWN SIDE, EVEN THE LEGACY PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THERE WILL HAVE AN IN-SERVICE DATE ON THE CASH FLOW.
THOSE DATES ARE ON THERE, BUT WE CAN ADD IT TO THE SUMMARY.
>> I'LL LOOK AT THAT. I EITHER I MISSED THAT OR IN SOME CASES, I THINK DATES ARE NO LONGER VALID, BUT OKAY.
>> WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IT ON THE TOWN SIDE ON THE CASH FLOW SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE THE IN-SERVICE DATE ON THERE, AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE REQUESTS OF THE COUNCIL YEARS AGO, BUT THOSE DATES WE MODIFY EVERY YEAR BASED ON WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE AT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD IT HERE AS WELL FOR CLARIFICATION.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WOULD IT BE OKAY TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE JUPITER BEACH ROAD IN A1A INTERSECTION AT SOME POINT? IT COULD BE AFTER, SORRY, JUST BECAUSE THAT IS AN ITEM OF INTEREST JUST QUICKLY. [LAUGHTER].
>> GOOD EVENING. THOMAS FERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR NEXT WEEK, ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT WITH SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED TO THE CURB, SO THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE COULD BE USED AS A MOUNTABLE CURVE AND DRIVING OVER THAT ONE ISLAND GOING INTO THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE SHOULD ANYBODY EVER HAVE TO OR DECIDE MAKE THAT TURN.
THAT WAS SENT BACK TO THE COUNTY.
IT TOOK SOME PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE COUNTY TO GO BACK THROUGH.
WE HAD A NEW REVIEWER, SO IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER TO GET THROUGH PERMITTING.
THAT WAS COMPLETED AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC BUT EXPECT THE NOTICE SPECIFIC FOR THAT PROJECT TO BE ISSUED BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THEN GET THE CONTRACTOR WORKING ON THAT JOB FAIRLY SOON AFTER THAT TIME.
>> WE WILL DEFINITELY ADD THE IN-SERVICE DATES TO THE CRA SO THOSE CAN BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AS WELL.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. TO JUST SUMMARIZE THE EVENTS PLAZA RIVERWALK GRAVITY WALL REPAIR.
AGAIN, THIS ISN'T A NEW PROJECT.
IT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR, BUT THE FUTURE FUNDING IS TO INSTALL RIP RAP AND OTHER NATURE-BASED STRATEGIES THAT PROVIDE MARINE HABITAT AND STABILIZES THE STRUCTURE EITHER AT THE EDGE OF THE WALL OR BREAK WATER IN FRONT TO PROTECT THE WALL FROM WAVE ACTION AND EROSION.
IF YOU KNOW THE AREA, IT'S HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA BY BOATS.
THIS APPROACH MAY HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE EROSION ISSUES THAT ARE BEING FACED THERE ALONG THAT WALL.
THE RIVERWALK SHORELINES STABILIZATION.
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AGAIN, THIS IS A LEGACY PROJECT, IT'S LOOKING TO BE EXPANDED WHICH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BEING REQUESTED FOR A PHASE-IN FOR THE LIVING SHORELINE INSTALLATION, INCREASED COSTS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.EACH YEAR STAFF WILL ILLUSTRATE THE AREAS NEEDING STABILIZATION FOR THE WORK PLAN.
AGAIN, SAME ISSUE, HEAVILY TRAFFICKED BY BOAT TRAFFIC ALONG THOSE AREAS AND THEN YOU'RE HAVING EROSION.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO MITIGATE THAT EROSION.
THE LOVE STREET SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION.
AGAIN, THIS IS A LEGACY PROJECT.
WE JUST NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS RELATING TO DO SOME DESIGN WORK FOR THAT PROJECT ON THE EAST SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS ONCE THE NEW PLAN COMES INTO PLACE, YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS FILL IN IN FUTURE YEARS BASED ON THAT PLAN, BUT THE FUNDING IS VERY HEALTHY GOING FORWARD.
IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UPDATING THE CRA PLAN, ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAD JUST OVER $30 MILLION AT THE END OF LIFE.
THAT HAS NOW BEEN REDUCED TO JUST AROUND $28 MILLION.
THAT'S IN PART OF SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN ADDED BUT ALSO THE REDUCTION IN THE MILLAGE FROM THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT, IT COMPOUNDS OVER TIME BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO POINT THAT OUT.
AS WE GO ALONG, WE'LL BE UPDATING THE CASH FLOW TO REFLECT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE CRA PLAN AS WELL.
>> WHAT'S YOUR ASSUMPTION ON INCREASE PER YEAR?
>> YEAH, WE'RE STICKING WITH OUR AVERAGES.
WE'VE SEEN LARGER INCREASES IN THE PAST BASED ON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
>> THAT'S THE POINT I WAS MAKING, IS SO WE'D FORECAST IT BASED ON THE 3% INCREASE.
>> THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, GOING ALONG AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE CASH FLOW WILL BE UPDATED.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT AT THIS POINT UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRA. NO.
>> SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.
>> TURN TO REPORTS, COMMISSION ATTORNEY.
>> COMMISSIONER OF COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.
THE TIME IS NOW 06:17 AND WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.