>> ANYTHING, THE TIME WILL START 6:30 AND I'LL CALL THE ORDER OF
[Call to Order]
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THE TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 10TH.CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS?
>> SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OWN AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE TONIGHT,
[1. Discussion of Operating Budget and the Proposed Community Investment Program (CIP) Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 - 2028.]
DISCUSSION OF THE OPERATING BUDGET AND PROPOSED COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM.IF I MAY, JUST TO AGAIN, FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS IS A WORKSHOP.
EACH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT INDIVIDUALLY MET WITH A TOWN MANAGER AND STAFF TO GO THROUGH THESE ITEMS, SO IN LARGE PART, THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE INPUT FROM US.
I JUST SHARE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS, AND WITH THAT, I'M SORRY, BACK TO YOU STEM. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. SCOTT REYNOLDS, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR THIS EVENING, AS YOU POINTED OUT IS THE FY24-28, CIP PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER FOR FY24.
TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE OPERATING BUDGET, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT THAT WE'LL COVER.
ALSO THE TOTAL COST AND FUNDING SUMMARY FOR THE CIP, THE FUNDING STRATEGY FOR THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
A SNAPSHOT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ITEMS AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE CIP.
I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A DISCUSSION.
TALK ABOUT THE FUNDS THEMSELVES, THE GENERAL FUND, ANY NEW PROJECTS, ANY INCREASE OR DECREASE IN PROJECT FUNDING OVER FY23, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SURTAX FUND, WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE STORMWATER FUND AS WELL AND THEN OF COURSE, ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG AT THE END.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME UPDATES TO THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET.
AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, THE TOWN HAS A 3% REDUCTION IN ITS MILLAGE RATE, THAT'S WHAT THEY SET THE TRIM OUT.
IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I WILL EMPHASIZE SHOULD BE CELEBRATED, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS INDICATED THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE DONE IN THE PUBLIC.
WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME SLIGHT INCREASES IN SOME OF THE REVENUES.
THE STATE HAS STARTED TO SLOWLY REDUCE THEIR ESTIMATES.
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT OUR ESTIMATES WERE PRETTY CLOSE SO FAR, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A COUPLE OF MORE ESTIMATES SUCH AS THE GASOLINE TAX, BUT $27,000 INCREASE IN STATE SHARED REVENUE, WE WERE PRETTY CLOSE ON OUR ESTIMATE THERE.
THE HUDSON SALES TAX, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF $237,000.
THERE WAS SOME USE OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME REDUCTIONS IN THE OPERATING.
THERE WAS A SMALL REDUCTION RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT DUE TO SOME SOFTWARE THAT'S NO LONGER NEEDED, SO THERE WAS A SMALL REDUCTION THERE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR COMMAND BUS, THERE IS SOME NEEDED UPGRADES TO THE ELECTRONICS WITHIN THE BUS, SO THERE WAS $150,000 INCREASE THERE.
THERE WAS ALSO A $200,000 INCREASE FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND ARTWORK.
ONCE THE TOWN CAMPUS IS COMPLETE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME ARTWORK AND SIGNAGE ON THE NEW CAMPUS, SO THERE WAS $200,000 ADDED TO THE OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET, $162,000 WAS ADDED TO CONTINGENCY.
THAT WAS BASED ON PRIMARILY THE INCREASE IN THE REVENUES FOR THE HALF IN SALES TAX.
ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIT ON WAS THE $750,000 THAT EARLIER THIS SPRING, IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT, WE HAD A WORKSHOP IN RELATION TO A DONATION TO ROGER DEAN STADIUM.
IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO PROCEED WITH ANY DONATION, AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL HAD INDICATED THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN A LEVEL OF $750,000 FOR HARDSCAPE OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM, [NOISE] AND THEN ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE CIP FOR UPDATES AT THE QUAD FOR THE QUAD HOUSE AND THE LIGHTING THAT THE TOWN CURRENTLY OWNS AND OPERATES AND MAINTAINS.
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I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONCE WE GET INTO THE CIP.THEN THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN THE TOWN HALL GREEN AND THE DEMO OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
PRIMARILY, WE KNOW WHAT THE COST IS FOR THE DEMO THAT'S REFLECTED IN TO THAT NUMBER.
BUT THE TOWN GREEN, WE REALLY NEED TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND FIND WHAT IS IT THE COUNCIL WAS SPECIFICALLY WANTS.
THAT NUMBER THAT'S SITTING IN THE BUDGET REDUCING FROM $2.4-$1.4 MILLION IS REALLY MORE OF A PLACEHOLDER OUTSIDE OF THE DEMO.
AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
THE INCREASE IN CONTINGENCY OF 162,362.
THE ONLY OTHER FUN THAT WAS AFFECTED FROM OUR JUNE WORKSHOP TO THE WORKSHOP THAT WE'RE HOLDING TODAY IS THE WATER FUND.
THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF $271,000 PRIMARILY DUE TO THE CHEMICAL BIDS THAT ARE COMING BACK.
THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. YES, SIR?
>> JUST QUICKLY AND AGAIN, JUST FOR UNDERSTANDING, NORMALLY WE TAKE AND WE PUT 15% OF THE AD VALOREM REVENUES IN THE CIP PROGRAM, CORRECT?
>> WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PREROGATIVE TO DO MORE OR LESS.
>> EFFECTIVELY, THE FUND BALANCE ASSIGNMENT TO ROGER DEAN STADIUM IS JUST BASICALLY EFFECTIVELY GO INTO THAT.
WE'VE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS FOR MANY YEARS, I'M PROUD OF THAT AND AS YOU AND STAFF SHOULD BE.
THEREFORE, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE HAPPENED IN THE FUND BALANCE, THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SAVING.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
>> YES, SIR. THAT'S WHY DURING THE WORKSHOP WHEN WE DISCUSSED THAT ITEM, WE FELT COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING THAT AS A SOURCE OF REVENUE TO BE RAISED BY THE COUNCIL.
>> BUT SOME PEOPLE WILL TAKE IT FROM FUND BALANCE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AND SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE CHOOSE TO TAP INTO IT. THANK YOU.
>> FOR THE OVERALL PLAN SHOWING ALL OF THE FUNDS ON ONE SUMMARY PAGE TO SHOW WHAT THE TOTAL COST IS ROLLING FORWARD, IT'S JUST OVER $21 MILLION ANTICIPATED IN FY24, JUST OVER $87 MILLION FOR THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW.
I WILL INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A REDUCTION OVER THE FY23 PLAN OF JUST OVER $20 MILLION.
SHOWING THE STRATEGIC ITEMS. AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PUBLISH.
WE WILL BE AMENDING THIS, NOT NECESSARILY TO AMEND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, BUT TO ADD TO.
WE WANT TO ALSO ADD TO THIS SUMMARY PAGE THE OPERATIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE DIFFERENT OPERATING BUDGETS, SO WHEN WE PUBLISH THIS, YOU WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NOT ONLY WHAT'S IN THE CIP, BUT WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
JUMPING INTO THE FUNDS THEMSELVES.
THE GENERAL FUND, THE CASH FLOW, WHAT THIS SLIDE IS THERE TO REPRESENT IS THAT WE HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY CASH FLOW GOING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS.
THIS IS AGAIN, THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW, JUST OVER $6 MILLION BEING AVAILABLE.
THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CASH FLOW.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS GOING FORWARD FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THIS YEAR.
ALSO, WE LIKE TO, AS THE MAYOR JUST POINTED OUT, TALK ABOUT OUR RESERVES AND OUR FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT IS THE MAIN DRIVER OF A LOT OF THE PROJECTS RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND, CIP AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU START OUT AT $48 MILLION AT THE BEGINNING.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ENCUMBRANCES INCLUDING THE $750,000 THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, AND THEN IF WE WERE GOING TO RESERVE AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING EXPENSES, THAT'D BE AN ADDITIONAL $17 MILLION OFF OF THAT.
THEN YOU HAVE OVER $25 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR HURRICANE COVERAGE OR ANY OTHER NATURAL DISASTER THAT MAY COME THE TOWNSWAY.
NOW, DO I EXPECTED ALL THOSE FUNDS TO BE SPENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR? NO, I DO NOT.
WE USUALLY, AS THE MAYOR HAS POINTED OUT PREVIOUSLY, THAT WE DO HAVE SOME SAVINGS AT YEAR-END DUE TO A COST SAVINGS WITHIN DEPARTMENTS OR ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT ARE RECEIVED, SO FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
VERY HEALTHY AND WE'VE MAINTAINED THAT OVER THE YEARS.
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THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION ABOUT THE REVENUE SOURCES THAT WE USE TO FUND THE CIP.THIS IS A GREAT ILLUSTRATION OF THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS RESTRICTED TYPE USES AND UNRESTRICTED TYPE USES.
UNRESTRICTED FOR AD VALOREM TYPE TAXES.
THERE'S A LOAN THAT'S BEING REPAID BY THE CRA.
THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS OF DEBT SERVICE THAT ARE COMING OVER TO REPAY THE CIP FOR PREVIOUS LOANS THAT THEY HAD.
ALSO THE TOWN HALL GREEN AND THE DEMO, THOSE ARE TAX DOLLARS COMING OVER INTO THE FUNDS.
THOSE ARE UNRESTRICTED TYPE REVENUES.
THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR RESTRICTED, WHICH ARE IMPACT FEES, YOUR ESCROW DEPOSITS, GRANT FUNDING, AND OF COURSE THEN THE SURTAX, THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX.
THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE UNRESTRICTED IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ISLAND WAY PROJECT, JUST NOW COMING INTO THE WINDOW.
THIS ISN'T A NEW ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS.
IT'S BEEN ON THE CASH FLOW FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, BUT IT'S JUST NOW COMING INTO THE FUNDING WINDOW.
BUT TOTAL OF $6.9 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED TYPE USE AND $2.7 MILLION IN RESTRICTED TYPE FUNDS.
ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT? CONTINUING ON WITH THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, NEW PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED THIS YEAR.
EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE OR BUILDINGS.
THE WORLD WAR II BARRACKS BUILDING RENOVATION.
WE KNOW THAT CURRENTLY THE BRIDGE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED, AND WHEN THAT IS COMPLETE, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS INDICATED THEY'D LIKE TO DO SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE BARRACKS BUILDING THAT ARE MUCH NEEDED TO FIRM UP THAT FACILITY OUT THERE.
ALSO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT PUBLIC WORKS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE FACILITY, BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, AND THE TOWN MANAGER THAT THE STRUCTURE NEEDS SOME UPDATING SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO THE BATHROOM FACILITIES.
THEN AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS AT THE MARLINS QUAD AT ROGER DEAN STADIUM, THAT IS BEING FUNDED BY INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX AND OUTWARD YEARS TOTAL $1.4 MILLION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THIS PAST SPRING.
THEN THE CIVIC CENTER RENOVATIONS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE CIVIC CENTER, WHICH I THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF US HAVE, OUT ON THE BEACH.
IT'S HEAVILY USED EVERY WEEKEND.
IT'S RENTED AND MAKES A LITTLE MONEY FOR THE TOWN, BUT NOT MUCH.
JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED.
BUT IT'S GETTING OLD AND IT NEEDS SOME UPDATING BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT ON THE BEACH.
>> TWO THINGS. THE DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE OR WHATEVER, THAT'S BEEN FULLY RESTORED?
>> I BELIEVE SO, BUT I'LL LET THOMAS SPEAK TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT AFTER IT OCCURRED, WE ENDED UP GOING OUT AND WE SAVED IT UP FOR THE TIME BEING.
IN SPEAKING WITH SOME OF MY STAFF, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE GONE OUT AND FIXED THEM WITH THE HARDIE BOARD SIDING SINCE THAT TIME, BUT I'LL NEED TO FOLLOW BACK UP TO CONFIRM.
>> FOR THE MOST PART THAT I'M AWARE OF, YES.
>> THANK YOU. THEN IF NOT, YOU LET US KNOW.
>> JUST ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, NO REALLY DISCUSSION.
I'M SHOWING THEM ALL SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
BUT WE FUND THE PROJECT AT CIVIC CENTERS OR GYM.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, IN THE NEXT YEAR COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE MAY WANT TO DECIDE TO ADD TO IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE DOING IT, WHERE AS OPPOSED TO JUST DROP MONEY ADDED.
WE'RE JUST PUTTING MONEY NOW IN '25-'26, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THAT BY NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, WE GET DEFINITION ON WHAT THAT IS.
>> ANY EVENT WE WANT TO INFLUENCED THAT.
>> I SAW SOME DETAIL RELATED TO THE OUTDOOR DECK, WHICH WAS EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DETAIL AS WELL.
WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT MAYOR.
AGAIN, STICKING WITH THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT, THE INCREASES AND DECREASES OF THE THE ADOPTED FY23 BUDGET.
THE FY24 YEAR, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A DECREASE OF $257,000
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BUT THE OVERALL INCREASE TO THE FUND OVER THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW WAS $4.2 MILLION AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.STREET RESURFACING, INCREASE OF $900,000.
THAT IS DUE TO A NUMBER OF THINGS.
IT DOESN'T JUST EQUATE TO MORE ROAD MILES THAT ARE BEING COMPLETED, BUT ALSO THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OF THE WORK BEING DONE.
IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT HERE RECENTLY, THE COUNCIL JUST APPROVED A $2 MILLION CONTRACT FOR ROAD REPAVING.
THOMAS AND THE ENGINEERING TEAM THEY OUTSOURCED THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
I KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE, FOR ANOTHER ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO PAVE MORE ROAD MILES, BUT WITH THE TREE ROOTS, SOME OF THE CURB AND GUTTER ISSUES THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, IT'S BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE.
ALSO WITH JUST THE MATERIALS THEMSELVES.
SO GOOD ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
JUPITER COMMUNITY PARK RENOVATIONS, THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING THERE THAT'S BEING NEEDED FOR SOME OF THE PARK PROJECTS THAT WE WHERE EXPERIENCING OVER THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH IS ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND REHAB.
THIS PROGRAM IS RELATIVELY NEW FOR THE TOWN.
I MEAN, IT'S ONLY BEEN ON THE BOOKS TWO YEARS.
WE DO HAVE SOME LEGACY MONEY GOING INTO FY24.
WITH THIS ALLOCATION OF FUNDING AND THE $400,000 WE'LL HAVE OVER $1 MILLION AVAILABLE TO BUILD WHAT WE'RE DEEMING AS A FLAGSHIP PLAYGROUND.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AS WELL IS THAT THE NEW STANDARD, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD DISCUSSION ABOUT SHADE STRUCTURES AT PLAYGROUNDS.
SO THE NEW STANDARDS WILL BE TO HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES AT THE PLAYGROUND.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS WITH THE CDBG PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW AT ECU MANNER.
THAT PLAYGROUND WILL BE COMPLETE BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
IT ORIGINALLY DID NOT INCLUDE A SHADE STRUCTURE, BUT THE TOWN EXTENDED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON OUR OWN SO THAT IT WILL NOW HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURE.
SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PLAYGROUNDS BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FLAGSHIP TYPE PLAYGROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING NEXT YEAR. YES, SIR.
>> OKAY. ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I ALWAYS LOOK YEAR-TO-YEAR AND SO I'M REFERRING TO PAGE 39, 40 AND 41, AND THIS YEAR'S CIP.
AND EVERY SINGLE PARK MOVED A YEAR.
EVERY SINGLE UPGRADE MOVED A YEAR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CATCHING UP ON THAT.
SO I'D ASKED FOR THE SCHEDULE TO BE LOOKED AT.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY INITIATIVE WOULD GO FOR ALL PROJECTS, IF SOMETHING SLIPPED FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE WHOLE GROUP OF THEM SHOULD ALL SLIP ONE YEAR.
SO I KNOW THE TWO THAT WERE PLANNED LAST YEAR AS BEING 23 DIDN'T HAPPEN.
BUT, I WANT TO CATCH UP AGAIN.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING FOR STAFF TO RE-EVALUATE THE PLAN TO SEE, CAN WE GET MORE AGGRESSIVE IN GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> TO AGGRESSIVELY INCREASE THE TIMELINE?
>> YES. THAT DISCUSSION HAS HAPPENED THERE.
>> WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US ON PAGE 41 IS EVERYTHING HAS MOVED DOWN AT LEAST A YEAR.
>> AND I WANT TO SECOND THAT AS WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO STAFF FOR LISTENING TO US AND TO THE RESIDENTS WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO INCLUDE SHADE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME BACK-AND-FORTH WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL WITH THEIR PLAYGROUNDS AT DUBOIS AND CARLIN AND MY HOPE IS THAT DOWN THE LINES AT THOSE STRUCTURES WILL GET SHADE.
IT WASN'T BUDGETED BUT AFTER THE PROJECT'S COMPLETION [NOISE] AS PLAYGROUNDS ARE OPEN IN AUGUST, THAT THEY'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
[NOISE] I AM GRATEFUL, I'VE SAW AS WELL INDIAN CREEK BATHROOMS ON PAGE 37 AT INDIAN CREEK PARK.
AND I KNOW THAT IT SAYS HERE AT THE TOP PROJECTED IN SERVICE DATE OF 2024 AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS DICE, JUST GETTING VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND PLAYGROUNDS IN PARTICULAR.
SO THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND I DO WANT TO BE
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AGGRESSIVE AND MAKING THIS A PRIORITY AND GETTING IT DONE.IF WE HAVE TO MOVE SURETIES UP OR INCLUDE THAT PUBLIC INPUT.
THAT SAID, I DO KNOW WE HAVE THAT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE OUT FOR THE CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND START TO INCLUDE THAT.
AND EACH PARK IS DIFFERENT, IT OPERATES IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT, BUT, THAT IS SOMETHING I WANT TO SECOND AND JUST EXPRESS TONIGHT IN TERMS OF DIRECTION AND SAY ALSO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS AND FOR HEARING US.
>> I'M PLEASED IF IT WASN'T CLEAR [LAUGHTER].
I SAID IT'S INCREASED SCOPE, BUT THEN THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION BECAUSE IT'S MORE MONEY, YOU DON'T, KICK IT OUT.
SO NOW WE'RE SAYING NO, NO, DON'T BE INFLUENCED BY THE MONEY.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE SCHEDULE THAT PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING.
>> WELL, MAYOR, WE'VE HEARD THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
THEY'VE COME AND GIVEN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'VE HEARD IT.
>> THE SURTAX FUND, I REMEMBER WHEN THIS TAX CAME ABOUT, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
ADDITIONAL TAX ON THE RESIDENTS BUT THE TOWN HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A BENEFICIARY OF THE $40 MILLION.
THE FUND WILL BE SUN SETTING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE HAVE PUT THE FUNDS TO GOOD USE, AUGMENTING GENERAL TAX DOLLARS.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN HELPFUL.
WE'VE CONSTRUCTED THE NEW PDB DATA CENTER THE JUPITER COMMUNITY PARK PROJECT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON ALMOST $8 MILLION PROJECT.
NO DEBT SERVICE HAS BEEN ISSUED.
I KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT JUST TO REMEMBER, WE'VE ISSUED NO DEBT SERVICE FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE ITEMS. THAT'S NOT WHAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES CAN SAY.
SO WE'RE IN A GOOD STANDING WITH THAT.
THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF ISLAND WAY TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THAT THE $2 MILLION IS COMING INTO THE FUNDING WINDOW FOR FY 24.
AND THEN THE ROGER DEANS STADIUM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS SPRING.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY IS AT THE END OF LIFE, WE WILL HAVE $6.5 MILLION REMAINING BASED ON THE ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX MONEY, WHICH AGAIN COULD BE SPENT HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL WISHES AS LONG AS THEY STAY IN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE SURTAX FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR.
SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
THE WATER FUND, THERE IS A TOTAL OF $10.6 MILLION BEING REQUESTED FOR FY24.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF 12 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR FUNDING.
WITH 31% OF THAT OR $3.3 MILLION OF THE FUNDING GOING INTO THE DEEP WELL INJECTION.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN LENGTH LAST YEAR IN THE WATER MASTER PLAN.
TOTAL FUNDING MADE REQUESTED OVER THE FIVE-YEAR FUNDING WINDOW IS $42.5 MILLION WITH A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
NEW PROJECTS COMING INTO THE FUNDING WINDOW IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE FUNDING ALL SITTING IN 28, AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S COMING INTO THE FUNDING WINDOW OF THE CIP.
THE STORAGE RESERVOIR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AT $887,000.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A SIX-INCH WATER MAIN VIA RIO THAT'S BEING INSTALLED FOR $344,000.
THERE WILL BE FIRE HYDRANTS INSTALLED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK THERE'S A TOTAL OF 12 RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED THERE.
THEN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, A LIQUID CHLORINE CONVERSION OF $1.9 MILLION.
WE'RE BEING HOPEFUL THAT ONCE THAT CONVERSION IS COMPLETE, THAT THERE'LL BE SOME ACTUAL OPERATING SAVINGS GOING FORWARD AT THE WATER PLANT.
INCREASES AND DECREASES FROM FY24 TO FY28, RELATING TO THE WATER MASTER PLAN AND HOW IT LINES UP WITH THE CIP.
THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL PROPOSED INCREASE OF $1.6 MILLION IN FY24 AND THEN FOR THE OVERALL, THERE'S A $40,370 DECREASE AND I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THIS IS IN RELATION TO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, RELATED TO NOT ONLY THE CIP,
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BUT THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AND ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL.ONE OF THE THINGS RELATING TO THE WELL PRODUCTION, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AMANDA AND HER TEAM AT THE WATER UTILITY AND THEY'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND UPFRONT EFFORT INTO MAINTAINING THEIR WELL SYSTEMS, THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH OUT SOME WELLS IN FUNDING.
THERE WERE TWO WELLS THAT WERE PUSHED OUT OF THE PROPOSED FUNDING WINDOW OF 2029 AND FOUR WELLS WERE PUSHED OUT TO 2030.
THIS WAS DUE TO THE THESE WELLS TESTING AND RESPONDING FAVORABLY TO THE REHABILITATION EFFORTS.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND POINT TOWARDS THAT, THAT IT'S A CONSTANT MAINTENANCE EFFORT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WATER UTILITY, AND THE WELL REHABS ARE BEEN ABLE TO PUSH SOME OF THE FUNDING OUT I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING AWAY, BUT IT'S PUSHED OUTSIDE THE PROJECTED FUNDING WINDOWS.
FY24, JUST OVER $1 MILLION IS BEING PROPOSED WITH A TOTAL OF 10 PROJECTS, WITH THE LARGEST BEING THE STORMWATER ASSET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
ONE NEW PROJECT IS BEING PROPOSED AS CENTER STREET, JONES, AND SIMS CREEK.
ALSO, THE ONLY REAL INCREASE IN FUNDING IS BEING REQUESTED BASED ON THE ADOPTED CASH-FLOW MODEL OF THE UTILITIES, THE CURB REPLACEMENT PROGRAM OF $294,000.
ONE THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS HERE IS THAT WE'RE WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER WITH THE ROAD REPAVING PROGRAM, THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING OVERLAP IN COST FOR THE CURB AND GUTTER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE STORM WATER UTILITY.
WITH THAT, THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
AT THIS POINT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL?
>> NO. NO QUESTIONS. IT'S ALL STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE'VE ALL MET AND DISCUSSED IT A FEW TIMES, SO I'M GOOD WITH EVERYTHING. THANK YOU.
>> REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
I AM VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED, YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO THIS AND KEEPING IT EASY FOR US.
>> I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE.
FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T APPROVE THE FIVE-YEAR CIP LAST YEAR, I OPPOSED IT.
I SHARE THAT BECAUSE I'M STILL GOING TO BE WORKING WITH STAFF BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST MEETING TO GO THROUGH SOME PROJECTS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT, CARRY OVER FROM ITEMS I HAD LAST YEAR AND SOME ADDITIONAL ONES, BUT I'M EMPHASIZING THAT SO THERE'S NO SURPRISE BECAUSE NOW THAT WE'RE FULL IN THE COUNCIL 3:2 IS ALL IT TAKES, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN THREE OR FOUR TO SUPPORT IT.
NOW, ALL THREE FOUGHT TO GO THROUGH.
SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT WITH THE DYNAMICS OF A FOUR-MEMBER COUNCIL UNTIL THAT'S CHANGED.
SO JUST A FEW ITEMS I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE ITEM WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, WHICH IS ALAN WAY SOUTH.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE THAT PROJECT ALONG FOR YEARS.
JUST A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THE ALIGNMENT FOR ALAN WAY SOUTH WAS ESTABLISHED A GOOD DECADE AGO.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE INTEREST OF ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN MIND. LITTLE TRIVIA.
MOST OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE NEED FOR THE ROAD WAS PURCHASED BY A GROUP CALLED SMALL RIDGE PROPERTY, LLC IN 2003.
WHEN THEY KNEW THERE MIGHT BE A SOUTH ISLAND WAY, A DECADE LATER IN DECEMBER OF 2012, ANOTHER GROUP PURCHASED ALL THOSE PROPERTIES.
THE NAME OF THAT GROUP IS ALAN WAY LAND HOLDINGS, LLC.
THE IRONY OF THAT IS THAT ROAD IS NOT CALLED ALAN WAY SOUTH.
IT'S A DIFFERENT NAME AND I JUST POINT OUT THAT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE IT'S BEEN HELD BY A GROUP KNOWING AND HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN ALAN WAY SOUTH BEING CONSTRUCTED.
SO INTERESTINGLY, THE TOWN NEVER EVER HAVING PROCEEDED ON EMINENT DOMAIN.
I MADE SEVERAL EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE IT, THAT AGREEMENT FELL APART BUT WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS THAT SO
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OUR PREVIOUS ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR COMING FROM FDOT KNEW THAT YOU WOULDN'T PROCEED WITH ENGINEERING UNTIL YOU'VE LOCKED UP PROPERTY.AND SO I'VE ADVOCATED TO THIS COUNCIL DOING THESE MEETINGS IN THE PAST.
PROCEED AT RISK AND ENGINEERING DONE BECAUSE ENGINEERING IS A YEAR, TWO YEARS PROCESS.
SO THAT IF WE EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE NOW IT'S NOT STARTING FROM POINT ZERO, SO I NEVER GOT OTHERS TO REALLY CHIME IN ABOUT THAT BUT I'M GOING TO AGAIN ASK BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR YEARS NOW.
I'VE ASKED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH ENGINEERING.
IT'S AT RISK IF WE WANTED TO GET THE PROPERTY THAT THIS ALIGNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED ON, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT RISK IS NECESSARY FOR US TO TAKE BECAUSE INDIAN TOWN ROAD IS A VERY CONGESTED ROADWAY AND MORE TO SHARE IN FUTURE MEETINGS BUT FDOT WE RECENTLY LEARNED, STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR FDOT TO GET MOVING ON SOME SOLUTIONS LIKE IN INDIAN TOWN ROAD AND CENTRAL.
WE WERE A BIT STUNNED TO FIND OUT MORE PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE THAN I HAD UNDERSTOOD.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING DESPITE THE FACT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE BUDGET MONEY.
I GOT 150 PAGE REPORT THAT WE GOT ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND BASICALLY THEY KICKED OFF A PROJECT WHEN INDIANTOWN ROAD SEGMENT WAS IDENTIFIED BY FDOT AS BEING THE WORST CONGESTED ROADWAY IN THE COUNTY.
THEN THEY PROCEEDED IN THEY CAME UP WITH A EVALUATION ON THE THINGS YOU COULD DO TO CORRECT IT, AND IT THEN ALSO INCLUDED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT CENTRAL AND INDIANTOWN ROAD, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A SINGLE NORTHBOUND LEFT TURN FLYING OVER.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SOLUTIONS HERE, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAD IDENTIFIED THE COST OF THIS PROJECT WITH SOME OTHER SCOPE THAT THEY WANTED.
INTERESTINGLY, ISLAND WAY SOUTH WOULD RELIEVE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC SO THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR YEARS, SO SUFFICE TO SAY STAFF ALSO, BY THE WAY, HAD INFLUENCED FDOT TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
THEY DID LOOK AT IT AND WE HAVE SOME EVALUATION ON IT, IT WAS REPORTED TO BE FAVORABLE.
IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST SIGNALING FLY OVER, BUT ISLAND WAY SHOULD ALREADY BE CONSTRUCTED AND SHOULD REALLY BE DOING ITS JOB TO TAKE THE POOR TRAFFIC OVER THERE.
I'M JUST PLEADING, I GUESS, I'D HAVE TO GET TWO OTHERS TO SAY CLEARLY DIRECT STAFF TO GET GOING ON ENGINEERING THAT PROJECT SO WE'RE FURTHER ALONG WHEN WE FINALLY CAN WORK OUT WITH PROPERTY AND WANTS TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY.
THE RISK IS THE COST OF ENGINEERING, THE GAIN IS MOVING UP THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WHEN WE GET A HOLD OF THAT PROPERTY, SO I'M ON RECORD SAYING THAT.
I'D ALSO ASK THAT PARTICULARLY ON STRATEGIC PROJECTS, I WOULD ASK THAT STAFF PAY A CLOSER LOOK TO PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE SOMEWHAT OUTDATED AND SO CERTAINLY ITEMS THAT ARE STRATEGIC OUGHT TO BE WORDED THE BEST AND SHOULD BE UPDATED EVERY YEAR.
ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE IN MY READ, IT'S REALLY OUTDATED WHAT THE STATUS IS, AND SO I WOULD LIKE STAFF AS A GENERAL ITEM BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT AND WHEN WE SEE THIS AGAIN, TO REFRESH THE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS TO REFLECT WHERE WE ARE IN TIME BETTER.
THAT'S THAT ON ISLAND WAY SOUTH.
THEN ON THE POLICE MEMORIAL, WE HAVE FUNDS.
I KEEP HEARING THERE'S A CONSENSUS EMERGING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
I'M HAPPY THERE'S A CONSENSUS EMERGING.
I DON'T WANT SOMETHING SHOE HORNED IN, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO HONOR EVERY POLICE OFFICER THAT HAS EVER SERVED THE TOWN.
I'LL FEEL BETTER IF I KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO BE LIMITED BY BUDGET.
I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT AS AN EYE OPEN ITEM.
BECAUSE NOW IT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN, AND IS IT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SOMETHING, IS THAT THE PLAN?
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>> MAYOR, I DON'T THINK WE SETTLED ON THAT YET.
>> OKAY. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY FUNDING ISSUE HERE.
IF THERE HAS BEEN A CONSENSUS, THEN LET'S KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE IS, SO WE CAN ON COUNSEL CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT SCOPE AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ENOUGH FUNDING TO DO IT PROPERLY.
THEN, ON A NUMBER OF THE WATER UTILITY PROJECTS THAT I'VE ADVOCATED IN THE PAST, I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE NOT TO BE DISCUSSING THIS HERE AND TO MEET WITH THE WATER UTILITY DIRECTOR AND STAFF AND GO THROUGH MY CRITIQUE ON THAT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO ARRANGE SOMETHING NEXT WEEK, SO IF IT'S MEANT TO BE SOME CHANGES BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO US, SO THAT'S HOW I WILL DO MY EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THE OVERALL CIP INTO A CONDITION THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
I'M JUST WANT TO GIVE THAT IN STATUS, SO THERE'S NO SURPRISE THAT FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.
>> MAYOR GOING BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS ON SOUTH ISLAND WAY, ARE WE CURRENTLY AT LIKE 30% OR 60% ENGINEERING.
>> I THOUGHT I HEARD LAST YEAR WE WERE GOING TO PROCEED WITH ENGINEERING, BUT NOTHING'S HAPPENED.
>> THE PLANES ARE CURRENTLY AT 60%.
>> SIXTY? I'D BE IN FAVOR [NOISE] IF YOU WANTED TO GO THE WHOLE HUNDRED PERCENT IN ENGINEERING, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IN QUEUE BEFORE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND WOULD THE COST OF THAT BE AMISS, I'M WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK ON THE COST [OVERLAPPING]
>> WELL, THE COSTS ARE IN THERE, THE RISK IS IF WE HAD TO REWORK IT.
>> I MEAN, I WOULD SAY FULL BOARD AHEAD IN THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE JUST NOT COMPLETING THE ENGINEERING JUST BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND DIFFERENT ELEMENTS HAVE DEVELOPED THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN DOWN THERE, SO IS THIS BEEN IN FLUX FOR YEARS.
THE MAYOR GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND, PREVIOUSLY, IT DIDN'T PROCEED FORWARD BECAUSE ALL OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ALIGNMENT HAS NOT BEEN.
WELL, THE ALIGNMENT HAD BEEN CONCEPTUALIZED AND WE'VE COME UP WITH THAT ALIGNMENT.
BUT IT HADN'T BEEN FUNDED, THE PLANS DID NOT GO ON 100% BECAUSE ALL OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WOULD CURRENTLY WAS NOT IN TOWN POSSESSION.
GOING FROM 60-100%, I MEAN, IT'S JUST TYPICALLY WE WOULDN'T TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE END.
AS MAYOR SAID, WE WOULD BE TAKING A RISK AND THE ALIGNMENT NEEDING TO CHANGE BASED ON WHATEVER LAND THAT IS THERE.
>> I UNDERSTAND WHY IT WASN'T DONE, BUT I'M IN FAVOR JUST TO GETTING IT DONE, SO WE HAVE IT AND WE HAVE A BLUEPRINT. IT'S FINE.
>> I'M GOING TO GET BACK WITH YOU AND SPEAK ABOUT THAT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
>> I THINK ON ISLAND WAY, I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SAID ALL ALONG, LET'S GO.
EVEN IF I KNOW THE WORDS THE MINUTE IT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I MEAN, DON'T THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS NEED THAT ROADWAY TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP ANYTHING IN THE FIRST PLACE?
>> WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST PROCEED WITH THE ENGINEERING AND MAKE, TO ME, A LITTLE BIT MORE ENTICING FOR WHATEVER PROJECTS THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING.
I'VE BEEN THE SUPPORT OF THAT THE WHOLE TIME.
>> IT SHOWS OUR DETERMINATION TO GET IT DONE, SO IT'S GOING TO BE SORT OF A TEAMWORK EFFORT SO IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
IN YEARS PAST, I WASN'T OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT, BUT JUST KEEP ON PULLING.
>> FROM THE BIGGEST STANDPOINT AND WE ALWAYS WE SAW BECAUSE, REGRET THAT THAT AREA IS GREATER THAN A LEVEL OF SERVICE F. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE GENERAL RESPOND, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CAR ACCIDENTS OUT THERE.
IN THE MORNINGS AND THE EVENINGS, IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH, SO I THINK FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> I HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THAT PROJECT, ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS THE WORST QUADRANT IN TOWN FOR TRAFFIC AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, AND WE DO WANT TO IMPROVE CIRCULATION.
I JUST SIMPLY WANT TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS RELATED TO COST ALIGNMENT, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, ALL OF THAT BEFOREHAND, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THAT ROAD NEEDS TO GET BUILT.
>> WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SO IT'S BUDGETED, BUT THE MONEY JUST SITS THERE AND THERE'S NO PROGRESS.
BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY GET INFORMED, MEET WITH STAFF, AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS IT AT ANOTHER MEETING TO GIVE THE CLEAR DIRECTION.
GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION THAT THERE'S A MAJORITY TO PROCEED WITH ENGINEERING.
WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
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WITH THAT, THE TIME IS NOW 7:09, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.