[5. Ordinance 5-23, Second Reading, Jupiter Medical Center Zoning District Front Setback Reduction - Zoning text amendment to the Medical Center (MC) Zoning District, Section 27-964, entitled “Area and dimension regulations”, to reduce the front setback through a waiver process.]

SECOND READING POLL BY THE VICE MAYOR.

>> MAYOR, MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED AT JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.

>> DOES ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE 523? SEEING NONE, CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ORDINANCE 523.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND, TOWN ATTORNEY REID, ORDINANCE 523 AND THEN A SHORT TITLE.

>> ORDINANCE 523, AN ORDINANCE TO THE TOWN COUNCIL, THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA AMENDING.

CHAPTER 27, THE TOWN'S CODE OF ORDINANCES PERTAINING THE MEDICAL CENTER DISTRICT SETBACKS.

PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO DIVISION 15 OF ARTICLE 6, AUTHORIZING A WAIVER TO THE FRONT SETBACK FOR BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES WITHIN THE MEDICAL CENTER DISTRICT WHERE CERTAIN CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET.

PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, PROVIDING FOR THE APPEAL OF LOSS AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR CLARIFICATION, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THE MOTION CARRIES 3-0 WITH VICE MAYOR DELANEY ABSTAINING.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11,

[11. Approving the First Amendment to the Employment Agreement for the Town Manager.]

PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAMSTRUM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, MAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> NO QUESTIONS. JUST COMMENTS.

>> NO QUESTIONS. THE SAME COMMENTS, I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE CHANGES.

>> WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THIS AS A COUNCIL EARLIER AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST IS THAT THIS CONTRACT PERFORMANCE REVIEW PERIOD WAS JUNE 1ST, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 1ST, 2023.

THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD.

I DID WRITE OUT A PERFORMANCE REVIEW, I HAD SPOKEN WITH THE TOWN MANAGER BEFORE, BUT THEN I PROVIDED THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RECORD.

WE HAD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED OR SIGNALED THAT A RAISE OF 5% WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT WAS BEING GIVEN TO STAFF AS WELL.

I WANT TO SAY IN MY RESEARCH ON BOTH THE RAISE AND THE POTENTIAL BONUS, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS, BUT OUR LOCAL INFLATION IS MUCH HIGHER THAN OUR NATIONAL INFLATION OR EVEN REGIONAL INFLATION AT 78, 79%.

OUR TOWN MANAGER DID NOT RECEIVE THE SUBSIDY LAST YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, BUT WE GAVE THE INFLATION SUBSIDY ON TO OUR STAFF, WE DID NOT TO OUR TOWN MANAGER.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP IN JUNE AT THE END OF THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD AND GIVEN THE REVIEW, IT WAS DUE JUNE 1ST, 2023.

I HOPE NEXT YEAR I'M GOING TO CERTAINLY TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING IT ON TIME.

I WOULD RECOMMEND DIRECTION TO STAFF TO POTENTIALLY WORK WITH HR, TO JUST BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL IN A TIMELY WAY SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT SO LATE FROM THE TIME THAT THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD ENDS.

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE 5%, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR LOCAL INFLATION RATE, I THINK IN SOME WAYS OUR TOWN MANAGER HAS TAKEN A PAY CUT BECAUSE OF THAT.

I THINK HE WAS, JUST TO BE FAIR WITH WHAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO STAFF, LOOKING AT THAT SUBSIDY, AND GIVEN ALL THAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT PERFORMANCE REVIEW PERIOD.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT HARBOR SIDE, THE FACT THAT WE SETTLED HARBOR SIDE, THE FACT THAT ROGER DEAN NEGOTIATIONS WENT THE WAY THEY DID, PBA, THERE ARE A HOST OF ITEMS IN THAT REVIEW PERIOD THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.

I THINK THAT WARRANTS THE SUBSIDY AT THE VERY MINIMUM, BUT I WOULD DOUBLE IT AND RECOMMEND A BONUS OF 5,600.

IN REGARDS TO SECTION 4C AND 4D, I WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORDING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S TOO OPEN-ENDED FOR ME.

AS FAR AS SECTION 4C GOES, THE CHANGE I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS, INSTEAD OF THE SALARY INCREASE FOR THE MANAGER, INSTEAD OF STRIKING OUT OR STRIKEOUT OF UP TO 2.5%, I THINK IT NEEDS TO SAY NOT TO EXCEED THE ANNUAL RAISES GIVEN TO TEN EMPLOYEES BASED ON HIS PERFORMANCE REVIEW.

THEN SECTION 4D, AS FAR AS THEIR PERFORMANCE BONUS GOES YOU HEAR A LOT FROM THE TOWN MANAGER THAT SAYS HIS JOB WOULDN'T BE CAPABLE ARE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT TOWN STAFF.

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I'D LIKE TO BASE HIS PERFORMANCE BONUS ON BONUSES GIVEN TO STAFF ON ANY GIVEN YEAR.

I KNOW WE AWARDED A INFLATIONARY SUBSIDY LAST YEAR, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE AWARDING BONUSES TO ONE PERSON, WE SHOULD BE AWARDING BONUSES TO EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE TOWN.

I FEEL LIKE ANY PERFORMANCE BONUS THAT HE RECEIVES SHOULD NOT EXCEED A PERFORMANCE BONUS GIVEN TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF.

>> ANY COMMENT ABOUT THAT?

>> I DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A EXECUTIVE POSITION.

HE'S A CEO OF THE TOWN.

IT'S A LARGE BUDGET, IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY.

MY FIRST MEETING WITH MANAGER KETTRO, HE HAD TWO WHITEBOARDS UP WITH HUNDREDS OF AGENDA ITEMS ON IT.

HE ACCOMPLISH MOST OF THEM.

I DISAGREE WITH COUNSELOR SAMSTRON ABOUT NOT DISAGREE, BUT WE SPOKE ABOUT A $10,000 BONUS.

I BASED STRICTLY ON PERFORMANCE BECAUSE HE OVER EXCEEDED WHEREVER I THOUGHT ANY TOWN MANAGED COULD DO WITH ALL THE THINGS WE HAD ON OUR PLATE OR IN HIS PLATE.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO CAP THE 5% PRICE.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT UP TO FUTURE COUNCILS AND FUTURE TOWN MANAGERS AT THEIR DISCRETION.

TO MAINTAIN PROPER, COMPETENT, QUALIFIED MANAGERS, IT'S COMPETITIVE SO YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOURSELF HAMSTRUNG WITH LIMITED SALARY AND BENEFITS.

IT'S A DIFFERENT ECHELON OF PERFORMANCE PAYMENT IN MY OPINION.

>> LITTLE BIT SEPARATE THE ITEMS. FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS BEFORE US IS A MINIMUM TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.

ITEM C, IT SAYS THAT A TOWN MAY AUTHORIZE A SALARY INCREASE.

YOU JUST REMOVE THE TWO-AND-A-HALF PERCENT CAP.

AGAIN, MAKE THE JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL MAJORITY ANNUALLY WHETHER TO GIVE A INCREASE OR NOT OR IN WHAT ONE AMOUNT.

THEN D SAYS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY ELECT TO AWARD A PERFORMANCE BONUS.

IF ANY BONUSES AWARDED, IT SHALL NOT BE ADDED TO THE BASE SALARY.

THAT REALLY JUST ESTABLISHES THE STRUCTURE UNDER WHICH WE USE THE COUNCIL AFTER DOING A PERFORMANCE ROOT VIEW, DECIDE ON WHAT TYPE OF PERFORMANCE REWARD THAT WOULD BE GRANTED.

I LIKEWISE DON'T AGREE WITH CHANGES TO WHAT'S BEFORE US.

>> FOR SECTION 14, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE GO TO HUMAN RESOURCES OR SOMEONE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE'VE GOT THIS IN.

BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT DONE IN JUNE.

AT THAT AND I DO UNDERSTAND JUST THE VARIABILITY WITH INFLATION BEING WAY ABOVE 2.5%.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I DO AGREE THAT AN EXECUTIVE POSITION IS DIFFERENT.

>> CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON PROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT?

>> SECOND.

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

>> AYE.

>> OPPOSED?

>> NO.

>> THE MOTION CARRIES THREE-TO-ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MAY DISSENTING.

MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA,

[12. Ordinance 7-23, First Reading, Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) based Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments – To modify eight comprehensive plan elements related to incorporating statutorily required changes and additional revisions to reflect changes in local conditions and the Town’s strategic priorities.]

ORDINANCE 723, FIRST READING.

TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.

>> YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL? MY NAME IS MARTIN SCHNEIDER.

I'M WITH THE TOWN'S PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, AND I'VE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, THE EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT BASED AMENDMENTS.

EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN FLORIDA IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT OR YEAR IS REQUIRED EVERY SEVEN YEARS AND THE COMP PLAN MUST BE UPDATED TO REFLECT STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THAT TIME.

THOSE ARE MANDATORY AMENDMENTS.

THEN THE IR BASED AMENDMENTS ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN TO UPDATE POLICIES THAT ARE OUTDATED OR BASED ON CHANGING COMMUNITY CONDITIONS OR CHANGING PRIORITIES AND THESE AMENDMENTS ARE NOT MANDATED BY THE STATE.

I WILL NOT GO THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WERE IN THE STAFF REPORT IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC POLICIES.

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IN THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF POLICIES THAT BASICALLY INCREASE THE PROTECTION OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION LANDS.

WE ADDED A REQUIREMENT FOR A SUPER-MAJORITY VOTE TO CHANGE A CONSERVATION OR RECREATION LAND USE TO ANOTHER USE.

USUALLY THOSE USES ARE MORE INTENSE THAN CONSERVATION OR RECREATION.

WE ALSO ADDED WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY CONSERVATION AND RECREATION AREAS OF 10 ACRES OR MORE THAT WERE REQUIRED BY DEVELOPMENT ORDERED FOR VENTRAL.

THESE WOULD BE FOR EVENTUAL CONVERSION TO CONSERVATION OR RECREATIONAL LAND USES DESIGNATED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOT ALL LANDS USE FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND RECREATION PURPOSES HAVE AN UNDERLYING CONSERVATION OR RECREATION LAND USE.

THIS POLICY WOULD DIRECT STAFF TO RESEARCH THESE AREAS AND WE'RE PRACTICAL TO MEN THE LAND USE TO THE CORRESPONDING DESIGNATION.

THIS WOULD THEREBY ADD AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION ON THESE LANDS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMBINE IT WITH THE SUPER MAJORITY TO CHANGE IT TO ANOTHER USE, THAT'S EVEN MORE PROTECTION.

IN THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, WE ADDED A POLICY TO SUPPORT STATE AND NATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEMS, SPECIFICALLY THE EAST COAST GREEN-WAY AND SUN TRAIL, TO PROMOTE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY.

BY MEETING THE STANDARDS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE TOWN WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT MONEY FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY WOULD ALSO MEET THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STRATEGIC PRIORITY.

IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT POLICY 1.2.8 IS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED TO UPDATE THE NON-RESIDENTIAL LINKAGE FEE OF THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM.

THE CURRENT POLICY PREDATES THE ADOPTION OF THE TOWN'S WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM AND THE LEAKAGE FEE THAT IS IN THE LDR.

THIS WOULD JUST BE TO UPDATE THAT SO ITS CURRENT.

THE CURRENT FEE OF ONE DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT AFTER AN EXEMPTION OF THE FIRST 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT, THAT VALUE HAS LOST CONSIDER REAL VALUE SINCE 2015, WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED DUE TO INFLATION AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS TO BUILD HOUSING.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THIS TO TWO DOLLARS PER SQUARE FEET AFTER THE EXEMPTION OF FIRST 10,000 SQUARE FEET.

BUT IT'S UP TO TOWN COUNCIL DECIDE WHETHER TO CHANGE THE FEE, LEAVE IT AS IT IS, OR TO REQUEST STAFF TO DO FURTHER ANALYSIS.

THERE IS ANALYSIS ON THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT.

IN THE CONSERVATION OF COASTAL ELEMENTS, THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERCONNECTED AMENDMENTS RELATED TO INCREASING PROTECTION OF SEA-GRASSES, MARINE HABITAT AND THE SHORELINE, INCLUDING FLOOD PROTECTION, LIVING SHORELINES, SUBMERGED LANDS, AND SURFACE WATERS.

THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS ON MORE NATURE-BASED APPROACHES TO SHORELINE PROTECTION RATHER THAN MAN-MADE HARDENING SOLUTIONS SUCH AS SEAWALLS AND BULKHEADS.

WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME POLICIES ARE BEING AMENDED TO REFLECT THE PREPARATION OF A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES.

THEN THROUGHOUT ALL THE ELEMENTS, WE'VE PROVIDED UPDATES AND HOUSEKEEPING EDITS.

WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. TURN TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> NO QUESTIONS.

>> COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM.

>> I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD FOR NOW.

>> NO QUESTIONS TO THE COMMENT.

THIS IS MORE THAN HOUSEKEEPING IS JUST A GOOD MODERNIZATION AND GOOD UPGRADES TO THE COMPLAINT, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE LIVING SHORELINES AND EVERYTHING WE DO IN THAT ASPECT. SO THANKS.

>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTION. NUMBER 1.

THIS IS, I THINK THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE IN QUITE SOME TIME, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE AND IS ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC GOALS ESTABLISHED BY THE CURRENT TOWN COUNCIL.

THERE'S ONE ITEM I THINK, AND I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF FOR GUIDANCE, BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD DO A CHANGE OR COME BACK TO IT.

IT'S GOT TO DO WITH THE TRANSIT STATION.

SO WHAT OCCURS TO ME,

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NUMBER 1 IS THAT IT REFERS TO A 2035 INTERMODAL MAP, WHICH IS FIGURE 9.

THEN YOU GO TO FIGURE 9.

IT DOES SHOW, AS HAD BEEN THE CASE, THAT THERE WAS TWO POTENTIAL PRIMARY SITES.

I THINK WHEN I READ ON THE MAP, IT SEEMS IN THE LEGEND.

NUMBER 1, IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IN READING IT BECAUSE IT SHOWED A ONE BY THE TONE OPINION, LOCATION, WHICH WAS THE PREFERENCE OF COUNCILS IN THE PAST IN LOGICAL DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE HOSPITAL.

[NOISE] IT SAYS PREFERRED LOCATION.

IF ONLY ONE PRIMARY STATION IS FUNDED, IT IMPLIES MORE THAN ONE COULD BE FUNDED.

THERE'S NO CHANCE OF THAT.

THE REALITY IS THERE'LL BE ONE IF EVEN THAT, AND JUST TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.

FIRST OF ALL, FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, WHAT IS HELD UP A TRY RAIL STATION FOR AT LEAST A DECADE NOW IS THE RULES HAVE CHANGED AND ADD A STATION.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME LOCAL FUNDING OPERATE THAT STATION.

THAT'S UNFAIR TO JUPITER BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER TRY RAIL STATIONS DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE A LOCAL FUNDING MECHANISM.

THAT'S NUMBER 1.

WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE ADVOCATED ON OUR BEHALF, THAT'S NOT FAIR.

THE FUNDING MECHANISM WILL WANT TO COME IS VIEWED BY THE TPA, WOULD RELATE TO IF IN FACT A REFERENDUM WERE TO BE PASSED FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED FUNDING.

THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORTH.

BUT THAT WOULD BE THE PRECURSOR.

THERE HAS TO BE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT.

NUMBER 2, THE REALITIES OF BUDGETING BECAUSE THIS AGAIN, SITTING ON THE TPA FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER, THERE'S A FIVE-YEAR PLAN OF CAPITAL FUNDING.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN ON THE PLAN UNFUNDED EVERY YEAR FOR A DECADE.

EVEN WHEN FUNDING EVER BECOMES AVAILABLE IT'S IN THE OUT YEAR.

WHICH MEANS THAT THE EARLIEST THIS IS LIKELY TO EVER HAPPEN IS 2035.

SECONDLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COME TO GRIPS WITH THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THEN WHAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS.

SEEING THAT IN MY VIEW, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE TOWN.

BUT SEEING THAT IN MY VIEW, WE HAD NEVER APPROACHED THE JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER OF THEIR INTERESTS IN A TRANSIT STATION.

I SCHEDULED A MEETING THAT I ATTENDED WITH THEIR ACCOUNT MANAGER WITH THE LEADERSHIP AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, AND WE WERE ADVISED BASICALLY THAT THEY WERE NEUTRAL.

THEY HADN'T MADE ANY DECISION ABOUT THAT.

WE ASKED THEM TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING.

FIRST OF ALL, THEY BOUGHT A BUNCH OF PROPERTY ALONG ROADWAY THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IF THERE WAS TO BE SOME PUBLIC PARKING THEY'RE BUILDING A PARKING STRUCTURE NOW.

THEY'RE HESITANT. CANDIDLY WAS THE FACT THAT IF THIS IS THE NORTHERN MOST STATION, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM, LET'S SAY MARTIN COUNTY, MIGHT DRIVE IN OR WHATEVER.

BOTTOM LINE, I'M JUST SHARING SOME INFORMATION HERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE REALLY HAVE TO, FIRST AND FOREMOST SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN A COMMITMENT FROM THE MEDICAL CENTER.

WE'VE ASKED THAT TO BEGIN SOME DIALOGUE BECAUSE WE MENTIONED THAT.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY WERE DISINTERESTED, BUT THEY HAD LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

I'LL ALSO STATE AN OPINION THAT I'VE GIVEN FOR YEARS ON TPA.

IF YOU'RE A DEAD END OF RAILROAD LINE, YOU DON'T GET AS MUCH BENEFIT AS IF IT WAS TO CONTINUE NORTH.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW MANY WHAT POPULATION COMES FROM MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY INTO JUPITER AND SOUTH WOULD IDEALLY SHOULD BE EXTENDED.

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I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE WORDING IMPLIES LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANNING TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT THE PRIMARY USER OF THAT TO AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE DONE.

THEN THEY OWN A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE PROPERTY ALONG TOWN OF PINNA.

THAT WASN'T THE CASE WHEN WE HAD PUT THIS IN THE COMP PLAN.

I KNOW I'VE SAID A LOT, AND I KNOW THIS COMES BACK TO US AGAIN, BUT I DO THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO ADDRESS IT.

I DO THINK WE'VE MANAGER AND I BEGAN TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT BY SEEING IF THE HOSPITAL.

BECAUSE TYPICALLY HOSPITAL DOESN'T MAKE A GOOD LOCATION FOR THEIR WORKFORCE, AND WE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

THE STAFF HAVE ANY SUGGESTED CHANGES FOR NOW OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE COULD OR SHOULD COME BACK TO.

I'M JUST UNCOMFORTABLE LEAVING IT IN THERE IMPLYING LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO BE PLANNING THIS WHEN THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING SEEMS TO BE LESS THAN AND LESS THAN LIKELY FROM WHAT IT WAS WHEN THIS COMP PLAN LANGUAGE WAS PUT IN.

>> WHAT THE CHANGE DID IT WAS REMOVED A DATE OF 2023 THAT WE HAD TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR THE PROPERTIES IN THIS TO SUPPORT TRANSIT USE.

IT MAKES IT MORE GENERAL THAT THE TOWN SHALL REQUIRE DEVELOPMENTS LOCATED WITHIN A HALF-MILE OF A PRIMARY TRANSIT STATION TO SUPPORT TRANSIT USE.

IT MAKES IT MORE GENERAL.

AN OPTION COULD BE TO ELIMINATE THE OBJECTIVE COMPLETELY OR TO REQUIRE A STUDY OF THAT AREA.

IN OUR ANALYSIS IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE DO TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO COORDINATE WITH THE JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER TO COORDINATE WITH THEIR MASTER PLAN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ELIMINATED THE DATE.

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>> NO YOU ELIMINATED DATE, AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT IT STILL SAYS WITHOUT THE DATE, THE TOWN SHALL REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN A HALF-MILE OF A PRIMARY STATION IS IMPLIED IS THAT TOWN OF PINNA BECAUSE IT REFERENCES TO MAP WILL SUPPORT TRANSIT USE.

AGAIN, TO THE DEGREE THAT THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS PURCHASED MUCH OF THAT PROPERTY.

IF THIS IS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE, IT'S REALLY SUBJECT TO THEIR BUY-IN TO THIS.

I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M UNCOMFORTABLE.

I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEBODY TO INTERPRET NOW A PROJECT COMING IN AND WE SEEM WE REQUIRE YOU TO DO TRANSIT ORIENTED WHEN THE HOSPITALS AND YET COMMITTED TO IT.

IF YOU SUGGEST ONE OPTION IS TO REMOVE IT.

WE COULD COME BACK, AND ADD IT UP OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH REQUIRING THAT.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR JOHN STICKLER FOR THE RECORD.

THE MEANING OF BEING TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE IS THINGS LIKE HAVING A WALKABLE STREET, AN ENVIRONMENT WITH BLOCKS THAT ARE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN DOING ANYTHING EXTREME AND THE CONTEXT, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S A JUDGMENT CALL THAT CAN BE MADE ANYTIME AN APPLICATION WITHIN THAT HALF-MILE DISTANCE COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL, BUT REALLY IT'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S CONDUCIVE TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD COME AND GO, HAVE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSIT.

IT'S NOT REALLY NECESSARILY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING SO PROFOUND TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE PARKING ON THEIR SITE FOR TRANSIT.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S REALLY JUST TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT'S CONDUCIVE TO WALKABILITY, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THE TOWN OVERALL.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTION WAS WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT JUST, SORRY AS I GO THROUGH ALL THIS, HOW DO YOU DEFINE TRANSIT SUPPORTED USES? YOU'RE SAYING IT'S BROAD AND INCLUDES PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

>> I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IT'S ALSO THE CONTEXT OF YOU'LL HEAR THINGS LIKE 18 HOURS OF ACTIVITY SO THAT THINGS LIKE THESE, NOT JUST OFFICE USES THAT SHUT DOWN AT 05:00 PM YOU MIGHT HAVE EVENING USES.

IT'S JUST A CONTINUOUS TYPE OF ACTIVITY THINGS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN A TOWN CENTER TYPE AREA.

IT'D BE ACCOMMODATION OF OFFICE AND RETAIL USES, RESIDENTIAL.

>> I THINK THE THING THAT I STRUGGLE WITH THOSE, IF YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A TRANSIT STATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PARKING.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE NO PARKING, WHICH IS WHY WITH THE MEDICAL CENTER

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PROCEEDING WITH A PARKING GARAGE, WE THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEN THE TRANSIT STATION IN THEORY WOULD SAVE THEM PARKING SPACES BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR WORKFORCE FROM THE SOUTH WOULD COME IN BUY TRY RAIL, AND THEN THAT WOULD RELIEVE THE NEED FOR SPACE, AND THAT'D BE A BENEFIT TO THEM AND THEY AGREED TO THAT.

WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET A FEELING ON THEIR WILLINGNESS TO EVEN ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, AND/OR WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTY THEY HAVE? I JUST DO BELIEVE AS A GOVERNMENT, WE REALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WHERE LEGITIMATELY COULD PARKING BE? WE CAN'T ALLOW DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE IF WE HAVE THIS IN HERE WITHOUT SOLVING THE PARKING?

>> AS YOU MAY RECALL, WHEN WE PUT THESE POLICIES IN PLACE ORIGINALLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2008, IT WAS TO POSITION OURSELVES FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FUNDING AND GETTING A STATION IN THE TOWN TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.

THE ABSENCE OF THESE TYPES OF POLICIES COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON POTENTIAL FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

DEPENDING ON THE COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE, WE COULD COME BACK AND BRING YOU SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THIS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION YOU PROVIDE US.

WE COULD LEAVE IT AS IS AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OR INTERPRETATIONS AS TO THE LEVEL OF THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE USES AT TIME DEVELOPMENT COMES BEFORE YOU.

THERE'S A LOT OF LATITUDE BECAUSE THERE'S NO SPECIFICS IN THE POLICY AS TO EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.

I JUST THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE OF THE IMPLICATIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT FUNDING IF THAT ASSET OR THAT TYPE OF USE IS DESIRED HERE IN THE FUTURE.

>> UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE AGAIN, PURSUING THAT, BUT THE MEDICAL CENTER WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT.

>> UNDERSTAND THAT. WHY LOSE YOUR PLACE IN QUEUE FOR THE FUNDING? WE DO WANT TO HAVE THEM PULL IT AND REWRITE THE LANGUAGE.

>> WELL, I KNOW WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF CHANGES CORRECT AS WE HAVE BEEN.

I WANT IT TO BE ADDRESSED WHETHER WE [OVERLAPPING]

>> I THINK IT CERTAINLY AN ISSUE THAT IS GOING TO COME FORWARD AGAIN OR NEED FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

THIS IS JUST PROVIDING SOME GENERAL POLICY IN THERE THAT WE CONSIDER THOSE TYPE OF TRANSPORT USES WHEN DEVELOPMENT AND PROXIMITY OCCURS ON THOSE LOCATIONS ON THAT MAP.

>> YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A BLUE DOT DESIGNATION FOR APA CODE DOWN AT WK7, WHICH IS THAT COMPANY STORAGE AND THEN RECENTLY IT CAME UP.

GMC IS THE MOST LIKELY SPOT OR THE MOST FEASIBLE SPOT FOR IT.

I THINK IT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY WE WOULD HAVE IT OR TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE WITH THE PARKING.

I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, SO EXCEPT I'M INTERESTED WITH MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT PULLING IT AND REWRITING IT OR JUST GOING THROUGH THE SAME WITH IT.

>> I AGREE IT'S A LONG SHOT.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DENSITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT PALM BEACH GARDENS IS BUILDING FOR WHAT THEY WANT IN A STATION, THAT VISION IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS.

I DO THINK THE LANGUAGE IS VAGUE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT POTENTIALLY, BUT I LIKE THAT WE'RE FLAGGING IT AND JUST DISCUSSING IT.

>> IT'S BEEN HOVERING OUT THERE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO KEEP HOVERING BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE A DENSITY TO SUPPORT THAT.

>> THAT'S WHY THE ONLY WAY WE'LL ADVANCE IF EVEN THEN IS IF THE MEDICAL CENTER IS INTERESTED IN IT.

THAT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THEM ABOUT THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT STAFF AND THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT THE POPULATION OF WORKERS THEY HAVE FROM THE SOUTH VERSUS FROM THE NORTH, BUT WE HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT YOU CAN'T SPECIFY.

THE GARDENS, HAS THE PROPERTY FOR PARKING.

WE ALMOST HAVE TO LINE UP PARKING FIRST BEFORE YOU CAN SAY YOU CAN HAVE A STATION THERE. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

I GUESS WE COULD HAVE IT WHEN IT COMES BACK AND DEEP, BUT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS LANGUAGE THAT TIES IN THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING TO SEE IF THE MAJOR EMPLOYER HAS INTEREST, AND THIS WOULD BE PREDICATED ON THEIR INTERESTS.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THEY'RE THE PROPERTY OWNER OF PROPERTY WHERE PARKING COULD OCCUR.

>> I'LL JUST GIVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THEN.

I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR RESIDENTS IN THIS.

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I LIKE HOW STAFF SAID IT.

WHAT THESE AMENDMENTS DO IS THEY FURTHER PROTECT EXISTING NATURAL AND RECREATION AREAS, WHICH IS REALLY A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE AND THAT THIS COUNCIL PUT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND SO IT'S GLAD THAT'S COMING FOR US.

IT'S AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR THAT.

IT'S WONDERFUL, AND I'M ALSO GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

I KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT AS WELL AS THE VULNERABILITY STUDY, WHICH IS A REALLY IMPORTANT KEY STEP TO SECURING FUNDING FOR RESILIENCE ESPECIALLY ALONG OUR COASTAL AREAS AND ANYTHING ELSE.

I GUESS I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE'S A MARINE STUDY AS WELL THAT WAS REFERENCED HERE THAT WOULD BE FOLDED INTO THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IS JUST WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE TO KEEP IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.

ARE THEY TWO SEPARATE PLANS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGES? IT'S CALLING FOR A MARINE.

LET ME SEE. MARINE STEWARDSHIP PLAN.

WOULD THAT BE FOLDED INTO THE SUSTAINABLITY PLAN?

>> NO. THAT'S MORE SAYING THAT WHEN SOMEONE GOES TO DEVELOP OR REDEVELOP A PROPERTY ALONG THE WATER, THEY WOULD PROVIDE A MARINE STEWARDSHIP PLAN TO SAY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PROTECT OR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THE WATERFRONT.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> SIDE OF TOWN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> YES, ONE. BRETT LEONI.

>> MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING.

FOR THE RECORD, BRETT LEONI 132 BARBADOS DRIVE.

FROM SOME OF THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT I THINK THAT SEAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED BY SOMEONE WITH A PLANNING BACKGROUND AND UNDERSTANDING ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IN THIS TOWN.

AS SOMEONE WHO SAT ON THE TPA FOR A LONG TIME, I REALLY THOUGHT THAT MOBILITY AND TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, SOMETHING THAT THE TPA HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY UP IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE ACCOUNTING BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO HEAVILY FOCUSED DOWN IN WEST PALM AND EVEN DOWN IN BOCA.

I THINK THE TOWNSHIP FULLY EMBRACE THAT.

I DON T THINK IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO SAY WHETHER A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAS A BLUE DOT ON IT.

I WORKED FOR [NOISE] A LOCAL CONSULTING FIRM WHO REPRESENTED THAT WK7 PROPERTY THAT THE VICE MAYOR BROUGHT UP.

IT HAD A BLUE DOT, AND WE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO DESIGN THAT PROPERTY FOR FUTURE TRAIN STATION.

WE DIDN'T SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO.

IT WAS ON THE MAP AND WE HAD TO.

IF THE JNC SITE IS ONE, WHICH I AGREE THAT THAT'S A GREAT PROPERTY TO DO IT, AND IF JNC IS IN SUPPORT, I THINK THE TOWN SHOULD GET BEHIND THAT AND SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE TOWN AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES, KEEPING TRIPS OFF THE ROAD.

SOMETHING I KNOW YOU MAYOR HAVE A GREAT CONCERN ABOUT IS THE NUMBER OF TRIPS ON THE ROAD.

I THINK PROMOTING TOD ANYWHERE IN THE TOWN IT SHOULD BE AROUND JNC.

IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS AS YOU ALL HAD MENTIONED.

ON ANOTHER NOTE WITH THE YEAR, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER SASTRAM, YOU'VE MENTIONED IT PROTECTING PROPERTY, OPEN SPACE, RECREATION.

ANOTHER ITEM I'LL SPEAK ON LATER TONIGHT IS TOWN HALL AND PROTECTING ALL 2.4 ACRES OF THAT AND NOT JUST HALF OF THAT.

BUT GOING BACK, TOD IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO JUPITER, TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF JUPITER TO ENSURING THAT IT DEVELOPS PROPERLY, SAFELY, AND SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU.

>> THAT WAS THE ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> THAT WAS IT.

>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, WHEN WE APPROACHED THE MEDICAL CENTER, I DON'T BELIEVE IN TAKING PROPERTY.

WE WEREN'T ASKING THEM PER SE TO PROVIDE PARKING.

WE WERE SAYING YOU'VE GOT A GARAGE OR EXTRA SPACES.

YOU HAVE PROPERTY NOW THAT YOU HAVE POTENTIALLY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER THAT IF THE STATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT CAN HAPPEN.

>> IN YOUR RESPONSE, ANY FEEDBACK?

>> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WHICH THEY HAD NEVER ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

WE BASICALLY SAID IN YOUR LONG-TERM PLANNING.

>> NEVER WERE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> DO WE NEED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE LINKAGE FEE? STEPH ASKING FOR GUIDANCE THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT?

>> YES. BASICALLY, IN THE LDR IS NOT IN THE COMP PLAN, BUT IT SAYS IT'S PART OF THE YEAR BASED TO LOOK AT YOUR FEE.

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FEET TO TWO DOLLARS JUST TO MAKE UP EVEN THE DIFFERENCES BASED ON INFLATION AND COSTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN HAVE US DIRECT US TO DO THAT NOW AND WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGE NOW OR YOU CAN WAIT TILL LATER WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT.

WE HAVE A HOUSING ROUNDTABLE THAT HASN'T BEEN SCHEDULED BUT IS OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WANTED TO JUST FOLD IT INTO THAT.

BUT IF WE GET THE MONEY EARLIER, IF WE HAVE A BIG DEVELOPMENT COME IN, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT MONEY.

LIKE I SAID, THE ONE DOLLAR WAS IN 2015 AND TIMES HAVE CHANGED [NOISE]

>> I'D SUPPORT THE TWO DOLLARS.

>> I AGREE.

>> JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT DIRECTION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 723?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION A SECOND AND I ASK THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ AN ORDINANCE 723 ON SHORT TITLE.

>> ORDINANCE 723, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, THE TOWN OF JUPITER FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE 5789 TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE TOWN OF JUPITER PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE TEXTS OF VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RESULTING FROM THE DIRECTORS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE EVALUATION APPRAISAL REPORT, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

>> AYE [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 13,

[13.A. Ordinance 10-23, First Reading, changing the Future Land Use designation on 7.9+/- acres located in the Town from: “Medium Density Residential” to “Conservation” on7.6+/- acres (500 N Delaware Boulevard) “Not designated” to “Conservation” on 0.3+/- acres (Indiantown Road/FL Turnpike intersection) (Second Reading 12/19/23)]

A AND B. TURNOVER TO STEPH.

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN SCHNEIDER WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.

THE SECOND PART OF THE YEAR BASED AMENDMENTS FROM THE EVALUATION APPRAISAL REPORT WAS TO CHANGE A COUPLE OF THE TOWN OWN PROPERTIES TO CONSERVATION BASICALLY.

THE FIRST IS THE 500 NORTH DELAWARE BOULEVARD PROPERTY WHICH WAS PURCHASED THROUGH OPEN SPACE FUNDS.

IT WAS A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

>> I'M SORRY. I'M REALIZING THAT A SECOND ORDINANCE IS QUASI JUDICIAL.

>> THE SECOND ORDINANCES, YES, FOR THE REZONING.

>> [OVERLAPPING] NO. THE ZONING DESIGNATION IS NOT QUASI JUDICIAL.

>> THAT'S IT. STRIKETHROUGH.

>> I'LL ADDRESS THEM BOTH. BASICALLY, THAT WAS A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND WE'RE CHANGING IT TO CONSERVATION.

INITIALLY, WE HAD SUGGESTED RECREATION TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY, BUT BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND ALSO THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT, WHO'S A 20% OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, IT WAS DETERMINED CONSERVATION WAS THE BETTER LAND USE DESIGNATION AND CONSERVATION PRESERVATION, THE BETTER ZONING DISTRICT.

THAT IS THE ONE PROPERTY WHICH IS 7.6 ACRES, SECOND PROPERTY, WHICH IS A 0.3 ACRE.

IT'S BASICALLY A SURPLUS PROPERTY THAT THE TOWN RECEIVED FROM FLORIDA DOT.

THAT'LL BE FROM A NON DESIGNATED DESIGNATION TO CONSERVATION ALSO.

THAT IS BASICALLY WHERE THAT GATEWAY FEATURE IS OUT WHERE THE TURNPIKE COMES ONTO INDIANTOWN ROAD.

BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO CONSERVATION, THOSE ARE LESS INTENSIVE FOR MOST PURPOSES THAN THE EXISTING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RESIDENTIAL.

THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH IMPACTS TO SERVICING THEM.

THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO MEET THOSE CHANGES.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? STEPH? SEE NONE.

WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> NO, MAYOR.

>> NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I TURN IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

I JUST FIRST OF ALL SAY, I APPRECIATE THIS BEING PROCESSED.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE INLET DISTRICT.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO PARTNER WITH ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN EXTRA STEWARD OVER CONSERVATION PROPERTY.

I APPRECIATE THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF THE INLET DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE PUTTING APPROPRIATE LAND USE AND ZONING ON IT.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I GO TO COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS OR MOTION.

>> JUST FROM THE PUBLIC, I HEARD THAT THEY DO OWNERSHIPS, MAN, IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL TO SELL THE PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT, SO IT PRETTY MUCH LOCKS IT UP IN PERPETUITY. THAT'S IT.

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>> MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AN ORDINANCE 1023?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 723, AT A FIRST READING.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND. I'D ASK TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ ORDINANCE 1023 ON SHORT TITLE.

>> ORDINANCE 1023, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 5789, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF TOWN OF JUPITER, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT OF FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION, THE TOWN OWN PROPERTY OF APPROXIMATELY 7.6 ACRES, LOCATED AT 500 NORTH DELAWARE BOULEVARD, FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO CONSERVATION, PROVIDING FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF A TOWN OWN PROPERTY OF CONSERVATION TO AN APPROXIMATELY 0.3 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANTOWN ROAD ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ORDINANCE, 1023, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

>> AYE [OVERLAPPING]

>> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

TAKE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 1123, FIRST READING.

[13.B. Ordinance 11-23, First Reading, -Quasi-judicial - changing the Zoning designation on 7.9+/- acres located in the Town from: “Residential, Single-family” to “Conservation Preservation” on 7.6+/- acres (500 N Delaware Boulevard); “Not zoned” to “Conservation Preservation” on 0.3+/- acres (Indiantown Road/FL Turnpike intersection) (Second Reading 12/19/23)]

>> MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1123.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND AND I ASK FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ ORDINANCE 1123 ON SHORT TITLE.

>> ORDINANCE 1123, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA AMENDING THE TOWN'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO BE ZONED, APPROXIMATELY 7.6 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED 500 DELAWARE BOULEVARD FROM R1 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO CONSERVATION PRESERVATION.

PROVIDING FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE CONSERVATION PRESERVATION ZONING DISTRICT TO AN APPROXIMATELY 0.3 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANTOWN ROAD, ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

>> AYE [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 14,

[14. Resolution 49-23, 1000 Town Hall Avenue (Old Town Hall) – Quasi-Judicial – Requesting a Town-initiated Local Historic Designation for a property located at 1000 Town Hall Avenue.]

RESOLUTION 423, THE TOWN HALL PROPERTY.

>> MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS QUASI-JUDICIAL.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND FORWARD?

>> OH YES. THANK YOU. FIRST, I'D ASK THIS COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY EX PARTY IN DISCLOSURES.

>> YES I HAD SOME PHONE CALLS WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND I'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS.

>> FROM ME.

>> I'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH STAFF.

>> JUST SOME EMAILS AND THAT'S IT.

>> YES, PLEASE. PHYLLIS WE'RE IN.

ANYBODY THAT WILL BE GIVEN TESTIMONY.

>> DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IN HIS HEARING IS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?

>> FOR THE RECORD, STEPHEN MAYER.

I AM SENIOR PLANNER, ATTENDED JUPITER IN HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD LIAISON.

THIS ITEM COMING BACK BEFORE YOU IS A LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR 1000 TOWN HALL AVENUE.

WE ARE THE APPLICANT.

THE TOWN OF JUPITER IS THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

PROPERTY IS TOTALING 2.4 ACRES IN SIZE LOCATED THERE IN PENNANT PLACE.

THIS IS THE CLOSE-UP OF THE PROPERTY.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS A LINE BIFURCATING THE PROPERTY IN HALF.

ON THE EAST WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE WHERE THERE IS NO KNOWN HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OTHER THAN THE PROXIMITY TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS SITE AT 1.2 ACRES.

THAT IS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THIS OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1911 AND THE OLD TOWN HALL BUILT IN 1952.

THE LAST TIME I WAS BEFORE YOU, I SPOKE A STORY ABOUT THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPERTY THAT THE PENNOCK SCHOOL HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1911.

THAT THE OLD TOWN HALL WAS THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT TOWN HALL FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AND THAT WAS BUILT IN 1952.

IT WAS LATER TO BECOME THE FIRST BRANCH COUNTY LIBRARY IN 1982.

I ALSO MENTIONED THE CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION THAT THAT INCLUDES THAT IT HAS POLITICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, COMMUNITY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.

IN ALL THOSE CASES, THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE SITE AND AS WELL AS THE BUILDING, THE TOWN HALL BUILDING.

WE ALSO MENTIONED STAFF COMMENTS ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE ENTIRE SITE 2.4 ACRES, THAT SOME IMPROVEMENTS WOULD REQUIRE WHAT IS CALLED A

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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS OR COA IF THE WESTERN PART OF THE SITE WAS EITHER SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SITE WOULD REQUIRE A COA.

STAFF IDENTIFIED FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS OR TEMPORARY USES THAT MAY REQUIRE A COAS, WHICH INCLUDE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLAYGROUND, THE SEMINAL BASIN IN THE STORMWATER PROJECTS ITSELF ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AS A TEMPORARY LAY DOWN AREA AND I STRESS TEMPORARY IN SUPPORT OF FUTURE UTILITY IN RESTORATION PROJECTS AS NECESSARY.

THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HRB BOARD ON MAY 15TH, AND THEN ON JULY 17TH, WAS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ENTIRE SITE TO BE DESIGNATED.

ON AUGUST 15TH, WE CAME BEFORE YOU AND YOU VOTED TO CONTINUE THE ITEM AND HALF-STAFF ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF DESIGNATING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.

NOW, FOR THE UPDATE TO THOSE COMMENTS, THE WESTERN PORTION AS STAFF NOTES DOES NOT HAVE AN UNKNOWN HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OTHER THAN BEING ADJACENT TO THE EASTERN PORTION.

ON THAT WESTERN PORTION, IT IS ADJACENT TO THE SEMINOLE BASIN, THE ACTUAL WATER BODY.

THERE ARE STORMWATER UTILITY MASTER PLAN'S PROJECTS THAT ARE SLATED FOR THE STORMWATER BASIN AREA.

TWO IN PARTICULAR, THAT WILL IMPROVE WATER QUALITY CAPACITY AS WELL AS WATER QUALITY INTO THE BOX THAT YOU RIVER.

THERE IS ALSO PROPERTY THAT WE OWN TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE ALMOST PLAYS, WHICH MAY HAVE PROJECTS THAT WILL RESTORE THE PROPERTY TO NATURAL HABITAT AND MAY INCLUDE THEN OUR PROPERTY IN THAT RESTORATION PROCESS.

HISTORIC DESIGNATION ON THE WESTERN PORTION WOULD REQUIRE COAS, ADDING STAFF TIME, AND ADDING COMPLETION TIME FOR STORMWATER AND RESILIENCY PROJECTS THAT MAY REQUIRE EMERGENCY ATTENTION OR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

THE STAFF HAS OFFERED A POTENTIAL TO DESIGNATE THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY TO ENCOMPASS THE OLD TOWN HALL, AND THE SCHOOLHOUSE LOCATION.

THAT IS OFFERED TO YOU AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WHICH WAS THE HRB RECOMMENDATION.

BOTH OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE IN THE PACKET BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THAT END STAFF'S PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

>> YES. FIRST, YOU HAVE DANA ANDERSON.

>> HELLO, DANA ANDERSON, 144, FLORIDA AVENUE.

AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE YOU'LL HEAR AFTER ME, I'M A NATIVE OF THIS AREA.

I GREW UP THERE. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO START WITH IS WHERE WE STARTED TONIGHT. THAT WAS THE PRAYER.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE RELIGIOUS, BELIEVE IN GOD? I DO. BUT SHE'S SPOKEN THE PRAYER FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.

HOPE SOME OF YOU HEARD IT.

I KNOW PEOPLE HERE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVERYTHING ELSE OR ABOUT ALL THAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME THINGS, YOU SPOKE ABOUT WORKING WITH JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER IN APPROACHING THEM IN DISCUSSION.

I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST AS YOU CHOOSE.

[APPLAUSE] THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS A LAYDOWN AREA WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING.

THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION WASTE SITE, TEMPORARY.

IF A YEAR-AND-A-HALF OR MORE IS GOING TO BE TEMPORARY, LET'S CONSIDER WHAT TEMPORARY IS, BUT WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS PARK.

PICNIC TABLES, PEOPLE USE THEM ALL THE TIME.

USE THEM FROM THE CHURCH.

THIS DOWN THE CORNER, WE USE THIS AREA, GETS USED ALL THE TIME.

PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR SOUTHERN BELL AND SURVEYORS, THEY COME OVER THERE, PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR BUSINESSES FOR LUNCH JUST TO COME OVER AND PARK, WHAT USED TO BE AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE COULD PARK UNDERNEATH TREES IS NOW THIS CONSTRUCTION SITE.

THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THIS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

GOES BEYOND BELIEF.

THE HISTORIC COMMITTEE SAW OUT THERE THAT YOU SAID ABOUT DESIGNATE THE WHOLE THING.

YOU DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE WITH THAT.

PEOPLE HAVE PLAYED IN THAT PARK FROM LITTLE KIDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR 70 YEARS, PROBABLY. PEOPLE USE IT.

BESIDES FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

HE SPOKE ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

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THERE'S COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH IT USES THAT AREA.

BUT CALLING A CONSTRUCTION SITE A TEMPORARY LAY DOWN SITE SURE IS A BEAUTIFUL TERM.

SOMEONE DID THEIR JOB COMING UP WITH A GOOD TERM.

COUPLE OF VEHICLES CAME BY THERE THE DAY AFTER THE LAST MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE WILLING TO TELL ME WHO YOU ARE IN YOUR VEHICLES.

I HAVE YOU ON MY RING DOORBELL, BUT I HAVEN'T LOOKED TO SEE, BUT PEOPLE CAME BY.

WE WERE TOLD THAT ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, EVERYTHING WOULD BE GONE OVER THERE.

SOMEBODY WAS FAIRLY DISGUSTED WITH IT.

I DON T KNOW WHO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THAT LATER THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MICHAEL COLE PEPPER, THEN SUSAN BRANDT.

>> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MICHAEL CULPEPER, 18937, 129TH TER NORTH JUPITER, FLORIDA.

AT YOUR SEPTEMBER FIFTH MEETING, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE OLD TOWN HALL.

YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AGAIN FROM A NUMBER OF FOLKS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE TOWN MANAGER FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN GETTING THIS INDUSTRIAL DUMPSITE REMOVED FROM A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE GONE BY THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 22ND.

WE HOPE THIS WILL HAPPEN AND THAT THE AREA WILL BE RESTORED WITH GRASPING BACK TO ITS PRISTINE CONDITION.

THE PROPERTY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL R1 ZONING CLASSIFICATION.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT WANT AN INDUSTRIAL OPERATION AT THIS LOCATION EVER AGAIN.

YOU'RE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD, MS. DEBI MURRAY, WHO IS ALSO THE CHIEF CURATOR FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, WAS QUOTED IN THE PALM BEACH POST IS SAYING, THE BIGGEST THING WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THAT THE SITE BE PROTECTED AND REMAIN AS IT IS TODAY.

AS I READ THROUGH THE BACKUP FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT STAFF HAS NOT BEEN DIRECTED TO NEVER USE THIS SITE FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.

IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE STAFF UPDATED REFERENCES INPUT FROM THE STORMWATER UTILITY DIVISION WHICH STATES THERE IS A NEED FOR CONTINUED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND UNENCUMBERED ACCESS TO THE SEMINOLE BASIN ADJACENT TO THE WEST OF THE SITE.

FOLKS, THE SEMINOLE BASIN HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS AND DIRECT ACCESS CONTINUES TO BE PROVIDED FROM BOTH SEMINOLE AVENUE AND FLORIDA AVENUE.

THIS IS EASILY ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT ACCESS FROM THE OLD TOWN HALL SITE.

YOU'VE HEARD ME AND ALL THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD REFER TO THE INDUSTRIAL DUMPSITE THAT'S BEEN ON THE PROPERTY FOREVER A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AND ALL THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

HOWEVER, THE STAFF UPDATE PROVIDED TONIGHT REFERS TO THIS SAME INDUSTRIAL DUMPSITE AS THE EXISTING TEMPORARY LAY DOWN STAGING AREA.

THE STAFF UPDATE IN FRONT OF YOU ALSO GOES ON TO STATE THAT STAFF WANTS TO EXPAND ON THIS INDUSTRIAL DUMPSITE, EXCEPT THEY DON'T CALL IT AN INDUSTRIAL DUMPSITE LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE DO, THEY REFER TO IT AS A TEMPORARY LAY DOWN SITE.

I THINK GEORGE ORWELL CALLED THAT DOUBLESPEAK.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SAW THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE THE AREA IN ITS PRISTINE CONDITION, ALLOWING CONTINUED AND ONGOING USES AN INDUSTRIAL SITE IS CONTRARY TO THE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE PEACE AND QUIET OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE RESPECT OUR NEIGHBORS.

AS THE OWNER OF THE OLD TOWN HALL PROPERTY, ALL WE'RE ASKING FROM YOU IS A LITTLE RESPECT AND TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING JUPITER A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

[APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

SUSAN PEARL, I LIVE AT 148 FLORIDA AVENUE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PARK.

AS THOSE BEFORE ME WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT THAT PARK.

THE WILDLIFE THAT GOES IN THERE, THE BIRDS.

I'VE SEEN AUSPICE ALL THE TIME, AND EVER SINCE WE'VE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION SITE THERE, THE AUSPICE ARE NOT COMING LIKE THEY DO EVERY DAY AT 4 O'CLOCK, EATING FISH OFF THE LOONS OF THE PINE TREES.

THE CHILDREN THAT PLAY IN THE PARK, THERE ARE ALWAYS EASTER EGG CONES, THEY'RE ALWAYS BIRTHDAY PARTIES.

THEY'RE STORMING FRISBEES.

THEY USE THE BACKSIDE, THE WEST PART OF THAT PARK ALL THE TIME.

PEOPLE COME IN HERE AS DAVID WAS SAYING FOR LUNCH, THEY'RE COMING THERE AFTER THE WORKDAY JUST TO SIT UNDERNEATH THE TREES AND RELAX AND ENJOY THE SOLIDARITY AND THE COMFORT OF THAT AREA BECAUSE IT HAS OLD GROWTH PINES IN THERE,

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PINES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.

I'VE LIVED IN JUPITER SINCE '68 AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PARK, ON MORELAND DRIVE IN MORELAND CIRCLE.

I'VE ALWAYS GONE OVER THE PARK BECAUSE MY DAD, OF COURSE, WAS A BUILDING INSPECTOR IN 1973 FOR 22 YEARS FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.

WE LOVE THAT PARK.

SO MANY PEOPLE GO OVER THAT PARK THAT YOU WOULD NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND IT UNLESS YOU LIVED IN THAT AREA AND SAW THEM REGULARLY.

LIKE HE SAID, AT&T PEOPLE COME AND STAY IN THAT PARK AND EAT THEIR LUNCH, EPS GUYS STOP IN THAT PARK AND EAT THEIR LUNCH.

THEY COME IN AFTERWARDS AND CHILDREN COME AFTER SCHOOL AND PLAY IN THAT PARK AND USE THAT BACK SECTION ALSO TO PRACTICE SOCCER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

YOU SEE THE KIDS FROM THE CHURCH.

THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDER HISTORIC AREAS IN THE TOWN.

YOU WILL NOT FIND THESE OLD HOUSES AS OLD THEY ARE ANYWHERE ELSE IN JUPITER, BUT ON THAT PROPERTY THAT'S STILL RESIDENTS ARE LIVING IN.

THE CULPEPERS, DOWN DIXIE, YOU JUST SEE THESE OLD HOUSES ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT WAS ON DANA'S PROPERTY, THAT'S ALL FROM SAUSAGE PAY.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THIS AS A HISTORIC AREA FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.

PEOPLE WILL COME, PEOPLE WILL GO TO THIS LITTLE MUSEUM, PEOPLE WILL SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS LITTLE PRISTINE AREA IS BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY LIKE OLD JUPITER.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE BIG LIGHTHOUSE THERE TO EITHER DRAW, BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THERE AND ENJOY SEEING A LITTLE OLD CHURCH THAT'S THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE ALL THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION AND DO NOT LET THEM PUT ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION SITE, TEMPORARY OR WHATEVER IN THAT AREA BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE USAGE OF THAT PROPERTY THAT SHOULD BE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.

[APPLAUSE]

>> LEONI, THEN CARLTON CASTLE.

>> MAYOR, COUNCIL. AGAIN, [INAUDIBLE] LEONI 132 BARBADOS DRIVE.

JUST WANT TO START OFF MY TONE, ANYTHING I SAY I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL TO ANY OF YOU.

IT IS MY PASSION.

I'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO GET THIS SITE MOVED UP ON THE PRIORITY LIST FOR THE HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD SINCE 2020 AND WE'RE FINALLY AT THAT NIGHT.

I HOPE TONIGHT IT DOESN'T GET MESSED UP AND THE ENTIRE 2.4 ACRES THAT WE KNOW IS OLD TOWN HALL PARK GETS DESIGNATED HISTORIC.

IT'S ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

IT'S NOT TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY.

THE HISTORY ON THIS SITE GOES BACK OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.

THE EARLIEST PLOT THAT I'M ABLE TO FIND WAS RECORDED IN 1912.

THAT'S ACTUALLY 111 YEARS OF HISTORY ON THIS SITE AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ALSO DESIGNATED AS OPEN WORKSPACE.

IT'S BEEN MENTIONED. THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY ON THIS SITE, LOT OF CIVIC HISTORY.

THE FIRST LOCATION FOR A PERMANENT SCHOOL STRUCTURE.

THE FIRST VOTES IN 1925 TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF JUPITER, THAT'S ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO.

THE FIRST TOWN HALL, THE FIRST POLICE STATION WHERE CHIEF MAYOR, WHO WE JUST NAMED THE JUPITER POLICE STATION AFTER, WORKED OUT OF THERE.

THE HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD.

IT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED TO JUST DESIGNATE THE OLD TOWN HALL BUILDING AND TOOK IT UPON THEIR PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO RECOMMEND DESIGNATING ALL 2.4 ACRES, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL LISTEN TO THEM AS AN ADVISORY BOARD AND THEIR EDUCATION EXPERIENCE, AND EXPERTISE AGAIN, TO DESIGNATE ALL 2.4 ACRES.

NOT REALLY SURE WHY THE WESTERN SIDE WOULD BE LEFT OUT OF THAT, AS MENTIONED BY A COUPLE OF OTHER SPEAKERS, THAT WESTERN HALF IS AS MUCH PART OF THE EASTERN 1.2 ACRES TO MAKE IT AN ENTIRE 2.4 ACRES WORTH DESIGNATING HISTORIC.

I'VE BEEN TAKING MY CHILDREN THERE SINCE I COULD GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE.

I HAVE TWIN BOYS AND NOT THAT EASY TO TAKE TWO LITTLE ONES OUT OF THE HOUSE, BUT WE'D GO TO JUPITER DONUTS, WE GO TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.

WE GO SIT THERE, I THINK SOME OF THE FIRST TIMES RUNNING AROUND OUTSIDE OF OUR BACKYARD WE'RE IN THAT PARK, KICKING A FOOTBALL OR EXCUSE ME, KICKING A SOCCER BALL, CATCHING FOOTBALL, GOING DOWN THE SLIDES, MEETING GRANDPARENTS THERE.

I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS HERE THAT CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

THAT GO WAY FURTHER BACK IN HISTORY THAN I DO.

SO I URGE YOU GUYS TO PLEASE DESIGNATE ALL 2.4 ACRES.

I THINK ANY ADDITIONAL TIME OR CONSTRAINTS THAT COULD BE PUT ONTO ANY PROJECTS THAT GO ON IN SEMINOLE BASIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT COULD BE WORKED INTO THE TIMELINE, CAN BE WORKED WITH THAT CONTRACTOR.

ANY PROJECTS FOR THE TOWN THAT REQUIRES COA, IT COMES BEFORE YOU ALL, IT COMES BEFORE YOUR STAFF WHO ARE VERY COMPETENT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO PROTECT HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN THIS TOWN.

[01:35:01]

SO PLEASE PROTECT ALL 2.4 ACRES.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> CARLTON.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CARLTON CASTLE.

I LIVE AT 957 TOWN HALL AVENUE, CANDY CORN TO THE PARK.

I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR THIS ENTIRE PARK TO GET DESIGNATED, NOT JUST HALF OF IT.

COMPARATIVELY SMALL PORTION THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR CONSTRUCTION, STORAGE IS ALREADY TOO MUCH SPACE THAT'S BEING TAKEN UP 30-FOOT TRACTORS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, TAKING UP MORE SPACE THAN NORMAL CAR, ALL THE WASTE THAT'S BEING LEFTOVER, THE FENCES FALLING OVER, THE MOUNTAINS OF ROCK AND DIRT THAT ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETELY CLEANED UP BY, HOPEFULLY, THE 22ND, BUT WHATEVER DATE THAT DOES HAPPEN.

TO THINK THAT YOU WOULD ONLY DESIGNATE HALF OF THIS PARK AS HISTORICAL SEEM SILLY.

JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO STRUCTURES OR MAN-MADE OBJECTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS PART DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IF YOU'RE HOLDING A TOWN COUNCIL IN THAT OLD BUILDING AS THEY USED TO, THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THEY WOULD NEED TO GO OUT, HAVE A QUIET PLACE TO THINK, HAVE A PLACE TO EAT LUNCH.

UNDOUBTEDLY, THEY WERE WALKING THROUGH THAT SAME PARK JUST AS PEOPLE DO TODAY.

AS OTHERS HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THAT PARK GETS USED ALL DAY LONG, EVERY DAY.

I'M IN THAT PARK EVERY DAY.

I WORK REMOTELY FROM HOME.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO AND FIND SOME QUIET TO OR AT LEAST IT WAS BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION STORAGE WAS HAPPENING.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE THAT ENTIRE PARK AS HISTORICAL.

I KNOW THE LAST TIME SUNSTROKE YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT FLOODING AND THAT'S WHY THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN PUT OFF FOR TWO TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS.

LIKE I SAID, I'M THERE EVERY DAY EVEN AFTER IF IT'S RAINED BEFORE, IF HURRICANES HAVE COME THROUGH, IT'S NOT CRAZY LEVEL OF FLOODING THAT'S HAPPENED.

IF WE HAVE TO PUT A COA ON THIS PLACE AND IF SOMETHING DOES NEED TO HAPPEN, I SEE THAT AS A GOOD THING.

WHY SHOULD WE LET THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND GET TARNISHED WITH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, TRASH THAT ACCUMULATES? SO THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> [BACKGROUND].

>> OKAY.

AS WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR DELIBERATIONS, FIRST I WANT TOE PUBLIC RECORD. YOUR LAST MEETING.

TOWN MANAGER HEARD YOU AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

WE ASKED THE TOWN MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THE CONTRACT TO SEE WHAT RIGHTS WE HAD TO GET THE CONTRACT OFF THE SITE.

SO IT WAS A CONTRACT.

I'M GOING TO ASK THE TOWN MANAGER TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, BUT THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL.

SO THE NEXT DAY IT WAS THE TOWN MANAGER AND STAFF THAT WENT.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO LIFT THE TOWN MANAGER SPEAK, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANTED THE EQUIPMENT OFF THE SITE.

SO THAT WAS THE DIRECTION.

HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HAPPEN BY 09:22.

THEY WERE DIRECTED GET THE EQUIPMENT OUT OF THERE.

OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE CLEAN-UPS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, BUT AGAIN OUR TOWN MANAGER IS WORKING ON THAT.

SO WE DID HEAR THAT MESSAGE.

SO WITH THAT, LET ME JUST FIRST TURN IT OVER TO THE TOWN MANAGER TO SPEAK TO THAT.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT WAS ALL SHE SAW DRIVING AROUND ON YOUR RING DOORBELL, THE SAME CAR A COUPLE OF TIMES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID GO TO THE VERY NEXT DAY, HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR WHAT WAS BEING SAID.

I WENT WITH ROGER HELD OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, AMANDA BARNES, THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES KATE MORADO, THE ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER AND MYSELF.

WE DROVE DOWN THERE AND I SAW EXACTLY WHAT THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

BASED ON THAT, WE'VE DONE IT SEVERAL THINGS.

NUMBER 1 IS WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND INFORM THE CONTRACTOR THAT HE HAS TO HAVE ALL OF THAT MATERIAL OFF THE PROPERTY BY FRIDAY.

SO WE'RE HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.

THEN I ALSO HAVE OUR OWN TOWN STAFF STANDING BY IN CASE AFTER THAT PROPERTY IS REMOVED, THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS TO CLEAN UP THAT SITE WE USE TOWN RESOURCES TO DO THAT CLEANUP PIECE.

I DID GO DOWN OLD FLORIDA AVENUE AND SAW ALL THE DUST AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT PIECE FIXED AS WELL.

THEN WE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE SITE WHERE THE ACTUAL WORK IS DONE.

[01:40:02]

EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEYS FIRM TO ADVISE THE CONTRACTOR WITH FORMAL NOTICE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THE DECLARATION OF HIM BEING IN DEFAULT AND THAT HAS VERY BIG FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THEM IN THE BONDING COMPANY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PURSUING THEM PRETTY HARD.

I'M LOOKING AT THE COPY OF THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT TO THEM ON THE 15TH.

WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT AS WELL.

UTILITIES DIRECTOR AMANDA BARNES'S HERE AND SHE'D BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING THIS EVEN BEFORE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

SHE'S BEEN ON TOP OF IT.

SO WE DO HERE YOU WERE MOVING FORWARD WITH THINGS AND WE'LL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY FOR FRIDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IS OFF OF THERE.

IF IT'S NOT, WE'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET IT OFF OF THERE.

>> THANK YOU. ONE MORE POINT I WANT TO MAKE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL IS THAT CERTAINLY THIS PROJECT REALLY TURNED NEGATIVE BASED ON, QUITE FRANKLY, CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES.

THAT'S WHAT CAUSED IT.

THE BONDING COMPANY WAS INVOLVED WAS INSANE, CORRECT? IT LANGUISHED A LOT LONGER THAN ANYBODY WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, SOMETIMES THESE SITUATIONS ARE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE COUNCIL GUIDANCE.

BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THAT COUNCIL THAT STAFF NEVER CONSIDER USE OF ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY.

I KNOW THIS IS GOING DIRECTIVE, BUT NEVER CONSIDER USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR LAY DOWN AREA WITHOUT FIRST COME INTO THE COUNCIL AND ASKING FOR CONCURRENCE ABOUT THAT.

I'D GIVE YOU THINK BASED ON WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT ANY NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO THROUGH THIS THAT SETS THE FRAMEWORK THAT THERE MAY BE BY EXCEPTION WE ALLOW SOMETHING BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE.

I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL DIRECTIONS.

>> RIGHT.

>> NEIGHBORHOOD SERVINGS OR?

>> YEAH.

>> WITH THAT, I RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL FOR DELIBERATIONS ON THIS ITEM RESOLUTION BEFORE US.

ANYBODY WANT TO TALK?

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE TOWN AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE 2.4 ACRE SHOULD BE PRESERVED.

I LOOK AT IT AS CONTRACTORS, THEY BID A JOB, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND THE STAGING AREA UNLESS LIKE EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE NEED.

SOME ASSISTANCE FROM THE TOWN, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT TO BE USED AS A STAGING AREA.

JUST APPROXIMATELY THE OLDER HOMES.

IT'S JUST THAT WHOLE PROPERTY HAS JUST SO MUCH HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE INVOLVED IN IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, SO I'M GOING TO PRESERVE THE WHOLE PROPERTY.

>> YEAH, I AGREE. IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.

MY MOM REMINDED ME THE OTHER DAY SHE SAID, WE USED TO GO TO THAT PARK, SHE CALLED IT BYE BYE BIRDIE PARK. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.

BUT WHEN I WAS LIKE 2-3 YEARS OLD, 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE PARK MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I TAKE MY KIDS THERE NOW TOO, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE PRESERVE IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

I'M ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THAT IN A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT ACTION.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE DIVIDING IT UP.

>> I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THIS BECAUSE OF THE STORM WATER ISSUES AND I UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIP WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS CONTRACTOR.

THAT SAID, I ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE SITE.

I GO THERE EVERY WEEKEND AS WELL.

PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT I ACTUALLY GOT ENGAGED TO THE SWING SET.

IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A POINT IN MY CHILDHOOD AND MY LIFE.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IN WAYS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW.

I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL HAS BROADER PRIORITIES WITH PROTECTING PROPERTY.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT STOPPING WORK, IT'S GIVING IT A FEW EXTRA HURDLES JUST TO FOCUS ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M OKAY WITH IT.

>> I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL, BUT ALSO TO THE PUBLIC A COMMENT ABOUT LAY DOWN AREA.

[01:45:01]

THERE ARE SOME TIMES THAT IT'S APPROPRIATELY WE HAVE PROPERTY PIKE PLACE, WHICH IS A LONG US ONE AND WE OFFER THAT UP FOR LAY DOWN FOR THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH THAT WOULD EXPECT EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE TO, BUT TO DO SO, IT'S NOT THAT THE COUNCIL WON'T AGREE ON OCCASION.

WE JUST WANT TO AVOID SOMETHING AND I DON'T FAULT THE STAFF PER SE.

IN THEIR JUDGMENT, THEY THOUGHT HAD BEEN OVER AND DONE QUICKLY.

BUT THESE THINGS ARE TOO IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE GIVEN THAT POLICY GUIDANCE.

>> WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT MAYOR.

THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.

THEY REALLY WERE ATTEMPTING TO SPEED THAT PROJECT UP IN THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WOUND UP IN THIS DILEMMA.

>> UNDERSTAND.

>> WE GOT IT.

>> OKAY. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE RESOLUTION?

>> JUST REAL QUICK CLARIFICATION.

THE RESOLUTION, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN UPDATE ON THERE.

IF WE APPROVED THE ORIGINAL LARGE RESOLUTION OF 4923, DOES THAT PRESERVE THE ENTIRE 2.4 ACRES?

>> THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU SAW AT THE PRIOR MEETING, HERE'S ATTACHMENT E IN YOUR PACKET.

SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT VERSION, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT'S THE VERSION THAT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.

>> NO, I THINK THIS WAS A COUNSELOR ASSUMPTIONS PROJECT, SO I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO HER FOR THE MOTION.

>> SURE.

>> THANK YOU, COUNSELOR. MOTION TO APPROVE ATTACH ME.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY [APPLAUSE].

>> WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN A WHILE [LAUGHTER].

>> THAT FOR GOOD.

>> MOVE IT ON THE PUBLIC BUSINESS DISCUSSION

[15. Discussion regarding filling the Town Council vacancy.]

REGARDING FILLING THE TOWN COUNCIL VACANCY AND I'D ASK OUR TOWN ATTORNEY TO SHARE THE OPINION YOU PROVIDED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDES FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES.

>> WELL, THE CHARTER PROVIDES THAT YOU HAVE TWO MEETINGS TO DISCUSS FILLING THE VACANCY.

IF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE TWO MEETINGS YOU HAVE NOT SELECTED AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL THAT VACANCY, A SPECIAL ELECTION HAS TO BE CALLED.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST DISCUSSION YOU WILL HAVE ON FILLING THAT VACANCY.

>> THANK YOU AND I GUESS JUST TO KICK THIS OFF, NUMBER 1, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS A SUDDEN RESIGNATION THAT CAUGHT MANY OF US OFF GUARD.

I KNOW MYSELF.

IT WASN'T ANY ACTION.

WE HAD TO GET TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT IT, WHICH WAS THE VERY NEXT MEETING.

AND WE TALKED PROCESS AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO GO OUT AND ASK THE PUBLIC TO APPLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY ON THIS OPEN SEAT AND I THINK TO THE DEGREE THAT WE GOT 35 MEMBERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED THAN APPLIED.

THINK THAT ATTESTS TO THE FACT THAT WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GIVEN FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE TO FOR THE SOAP AND SEEDS.

TONIGHT IS THE FIRST NIGHT AND HOPEFULLY WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT TONIGHT.

IF NOT, AS YOU HEARD FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY, WOULD HAVE TO BE WRAPPED UP BY THE NEXT MEETING.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE COUNCIL AND NOT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT, BUT STARTING AT THE END, COUNSELOR MADE DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS REGARD?

>> FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED THAT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT TRULY CARE ABOUT OUR TOWN AND WANTED TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION TO SERVE.

I TOOK MY TIME, I LOOKED THERE WERE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS TO SEE, WHO WAS APPLYING TYPES OF BACKGROUND THAT THEY HAD, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE NAME THAT RELIGIOUS STICKS OUT TO ME FOR THIS IS TERI GROOMS. SHE HAS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD.

SHE'S THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SHE HAS THAT EXPERIENCE THAT SHE CAN BRING TO THIS DIETS AND ALSO LIVING IN DISTRICT WON HER ENTIRE LIFE AS THEIR TRUE JUPITER LOCAL REALLY SPEAKS TO ME AS SOMEONE WHO'S ALSO FROM HERE.

[01:50:02]

I'D TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPOINT TERI GROOMS.

>> COUNCIL SUNDSTORM.

>> I JUST WANTED TO START WITH WHAT I WAS THINKING IN TERMS OF CRITERIA FOR THIS.

I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAD PEOPLE APPLY IN THE BEGINNING FROM OUTSIDE OF THAT ERA AND WE HAD TO COME UP WITH CRITERIA FOR THE APPLICATION, BUT I THINK SOME EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR DISTRICT ONE.

I DO WANT TO SAY MY CRITERIA AND LOOKING AT THESE APPLICATIONS, AND I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP.

I MEAN, THEY ARE ONE MEETING AWAY FROM BEING UP HERE.

TO PUT YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION WITH ALL THAT IS INVOLVED IS REALLY SOMETHING, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO DID THAT AND PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT.

BUT MY CRITERIA WOULD BE FIRST A DISTRICT ONE PREFERENCE, THIS SITA'S DISTRICT ONE COUNSELOR SCHNEIDER, DISTRICT ONE.

IT'S A UNIQUE POINT OF VIEW.

IT'S THE COASTAL JUPITER OR OFF OF ROUTE 1, IT'S NORTHERN JUPITER.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THAT PREFERENCE.

A LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WERE IN DISTRICT 1, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES.

I THINK A SECOND PIECE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IS HISTORY OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

NOT JUST GETTING INVOLVED NOW, BUT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED, ARE WANTING TO GET INVOLVED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

I DID LOOK AT WORK ON DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND VOLUNTEERING OR PREVIOUS SERVICE ON COUNCIL.

JUST ANY HISTORY OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROCESS ARE PROCESSES WHICH ARE DISTINCT FROM OTHER OUR CODES ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.

ALL OF THAT COUNCIL ISSUES JUST FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN ATTENDING MEETINGS, WATCHING MEETINGS ARE SHOWING KNOWLEDGE OF MEETINGS.

I THINK ANOTHER THING IS JUST PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND.

WE EACH HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THAT CAN COME TO BEAR ON DECISION-MAKING.

ALSO JUST AN AFFECTION FOR THE TOWN.

I AGREE THAT LOCAL THAT JUST A LONG TIME IN THIS TOWN, THE AFFECTION FOR THE TOWN, NOT JUST KNOWLEDGE OF A TOWN, BUT AFFECTION FOR IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

ALSO JUST ON A YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MAJOR ISSUES THAN OUR TOWN AND I KNOW COUNSELORS SCHNEIDER WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT JUST MANAGING GROWTH AND FOCUSING ON THAT.

I WOULD WANT THERE TO BE SOME RECORD WHERE RESIDENTS COULD UNDERSTAND AND KNOW OR SOMEONE STANDS ON SOME OF THE BIGGER ITEMS IN THE TOWN.

LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA, WHAT CAME TO ME WAS ACTUALLY FRANK FORCE SO HE'S ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE.

HE'S BEEN HERE FOR 38 YEARS.

HE LIVES IN DISTRICT 1 ON THE WATER.

HE BOATS REGULARLY AS A SCUBA LICENSE I BELIEVE.

I SERVED WITH HIM ON PLANNING AND ZONING, VERY CALM PRESENCE, VERY CONSTRUCTIVE, STRONG, KNOWLEDGEABLE ON ZONING AND PLANNING AND ZONING ISSUES.

THAT WOULD BE MY TOP CHOICE.

THAT SAID, I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T NEGOTIATION OR A DISCUSSION AND I HAVE A LIST.

I THINK WE ALL DO OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

AS WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS,.

>> COUNSELOR DELANEY.

>> SQUISH,.

>> VICE MAYOR, EXCUSE ME. [LAUGHTER].

>> I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SHE SAID, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT IT.

I DIDN'T ELIMINATE EVERYBODY FROM DISTRICT SHOE, BUT I REALLY DISTRICT 1, IS THIS SPECIFIC DISTRICT.

I'M ALL ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, SO I REALLY THINK SHOULD BE A DISTRICT ONE REP.

I HAVE AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR THROWING YOUR HAT IN THE RING AS OUR OLD MAYOR USED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT CHALLENGE, WHAT A JUST I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS.

A PIECE OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU GAVE UP DOING THIS AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, TIME, VACATIONS, ALL THAT'S A LOT, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF YOU FOLKS WANTED TO BE ON THIS COUNCIL.

I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY MAYBE A NEW FACE, SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOME MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE TOWN AND I CAME UP, I HAVE THREE FAVORITES.

I HAVE DAVID THOMPSON, WHO'S ON OUR HISTORIC COMMISSION, AND HE'S ON THE LUXE HACE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I ALSO HAVE FRANK FORCE WHO'S ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHO I'VE WATCHED HIM THROUGH MANY MEETINGS AND I AGREE HE HAS A GREAT RESUME ENGINEER.

A LOT OF THESE A CAPTAIN, HE JUST FITS IN WITH THE COMMUNITY HERE.

ALSO JIM DAVIS WHO SERVES ON THE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT.

HE HAS THE SAME RESUME AND GOVERNMENT CHOPS.

I GUESS I'D LISTEN TO THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK OF MY LIST.

[01:55:04]

>> I'M SOMEWHAT DIDOT, WHICH BEEN SHED BEFORE ME.

PARTICULARLY THE MORE DETAIL THAT COUNTS FOR SON'S DRUM PROVIDED.

FIRST OF ALL, THE DISTRICTS, WHETHER YOU'RE IN DISTRICT 1, OR YOU'RE IN DISTRICT 2, WE ALL REPRESENT THE ENTIRE TOWN.

I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC MISUNDERSTANDS THAT SOMETIME THEY SHOW YOU OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.

THE INTENT OF THE CODE ON RESIDENCY FOR DISTRICTS IS THAT AT LEAST THERE'S A PERCEPTION ON THE PUBLIC THAT NOT EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL IS FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OR ONE AREA.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M SO ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, THIS IS A DISTRICT 1 SEAT AND I HAD A PREFERENCE FOR SOMEBODY FROM DISTRICT 1, DOES IT MEAN THAT I DIDN'T LOOK AT CANDIDATES AND THEY WERE SOME GOOD CANDIDATES, YOU KNOW, AS WELL FROM DISTRICT 2.

BUT JUST TO BE SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT, IF YOU WILL LOVE THIS APPOINTMENT THAT WOULD BE MADE IS ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF OF TIME.

MY INCLINATION THEREFORE WAS DESPITE SOME GOOD CANDIDATES AND DISTRICT 2, WAS TO SEE WHO WON DISTRICT 1 WOULD BE THE BEST FIT AND SO AGAIN, I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

IT'S INCREDIBLE THE DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE AND PASSION THAT CAME FORTH TO US IN THESE APPLICATIONS.

IN THE END, I THINK WE EACH HAVE A JUDGMENT TO PICK.

WE EACH HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY TO PICK SOMEBODY WE THINK COULD STEP IN AND FILL THAT SEAT AND IN BEST SERVE THE PUBLIC.

I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO COME DOWN TO SOME DISCUSSIONS HERE.

LIKEWISE, PER SE, COME DOWN TO THIS ONE OR THAT ONE, BUT RATHER TRIED TO USE SOME PRIORITIZATION.

I DO BELIEVE, BASED ON FRANK FORCE, EXPERIENCED SOME PLANNING AND ZONING THAT HE HAS EXHIBITED IN HAS A TRACK RECORD ON.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO YOU AREN'T OTHERS, BUT IT SAYS BACKGROUND.

I DO THINK HE WOULD MAKE A GOOD CANDIDATE.

LIKEWISE, I THOUGHT THAT DAVID THOMPSON WAS PERSPECTIVELY ANOTHER GOOD CANDIDATE, IF YOU WILL, ON COUNCIL AND DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO JUST STOP BECAUSE I COULD ADD A NUMBER, BUT I THINK I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE'RE COMING DOWN TO SOME CONSENSUS BEING 3,3,4,3 OR MORE FOUR SELECTION.

>> I HAD I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF PRIORITIZATION.

I DO HAVE FRANK FORCE AS MY TOP CHOICE FOR MR. DAVIS, MIKE, I'M GRATEFUL HE APPLIED.

I THINK HE'S A WONDERFUL THAT.

I JUST MY CONCERN THERE WAS THAT HE'S ALREADY ON INTELLECT IS AN ELECTED POSITION WITH ANOTHER ENTITY ELECTED TO THAT POSITION SO I WOULD HESITATE TO REMOVE HIM FROM AN ELECTED POSITION.

THEN DAVID THOMPSON DID REACH OUT IN A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES REACHED OUT AND WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THEIR STORY AND BACKGROUND.

HE DOES SERVE ON A BOARD.

HE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, BUT I THINK I WOULD JUST FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GIVEN AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES, BUT I THINK THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ISSUE IN TIME.

RECORD ON THAT ISSUE GIVEN COUNSELOR SCHNEIDER'S BACKGROUND AND HER EFFORTS WOULD MAKE ME MORE COMFORTABLE WITH FRANK FORCE BUT HE IS ALSO AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE.

I AGREE THE PRIORITIZATION I WOULD SAY MY FIRST CHOICE WOULD BE FRANK FORCE MAYBE MY SECOND, DAVID THOMPSON.

>> I AGREE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON MR. DAVIS.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO PULL HIM OFF ANOTHER BOARD.

YES, SO I'M DOWN WITH DAVID AND FRANK.

WE DECIDED TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO CHEW ON IT UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

[02:00:03]

>> I THINK WE SHOULD DECIDE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MAY DO YOU WANT ANYTHING?

>> YEAH, I SAT WITH MR. FOREIGN ON PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN I WAS THERE.

I DO THINK HE'S A GREAT CANDIDATE TOO, BUT IT'S A BIG DECISION.

I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT IF WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN TO A TOP COUPLE, THREE OR FOUR OR WHATEVER AND JUST CHEW ON IT THAT WAY IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE MEET WITH A FEW OF THESE GUYS, THESE PEOPLE IN PERSON.

I KNOW I HAVE A VERY BUSY LIFE, BUT I'LL MAKE THE TIME TO REACH OUT AND HAVE A MEETING WITH EACH OF THEM TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

>> WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> YES. FIRST, WE HAVE DAVID BIHAR, THEN WE HAVE M.B HAIRE.

>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DAVID BIHAR.

I APPLIED TO FILL THE VACANCY AND FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT MET WITH ME AND COMMITTED THEIR TIME TO ME AND THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

I UNDERSTAND I HEARD THE DISCUSSION, BUT I STILL WANT TO AT LEAST COMMUNICATE WHAT I THINK I CAN BRING TO THIS COUNCIL.

I THINK THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR STABILITY, COMPETENCE IN DIVERSITY, EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK I CAN OFFER THAT.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT 1.

PERSONALLY, I WAS BORN IN VENEZUELA.

I WAS RAISED IN MIAMI GARDENS IN A TURF NEIGHBORHOOD.

SURROUNDED BY POVERTY.

I WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT WHEN I WAS A KID.

THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, I LEARNED HOW TO EMPATHIZE WITH THE POOR, WHILE ALSO BALANCE LAW AND ORDER.

THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM THAT EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTINGLY, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AT A HIGH SCHOOL THAT PULLED FROM A RICH COMMUNITY.

I BECAME FRIENDS WITH VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE AND IN THAT SITUATION, I LEARNED EMPATHY FOR THE POOR WHILE STILL HAVING EMPATHY FOR THE RICH, WHICH I THINK FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE SOMETIMES.

AS A PROFESSIONAL, I WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE AND MY FAMILY, I WAITED TABLES AND BAR TENDED TO PAY FOR THAT.

MY DREAM CAME TRUE WHEN I GOT ACCEPTED TO LAW SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, WHERE I GRADUATED SECOND IN MY CLASS.

I WORKED FOR THE LARGEST FIRM IN THE COUNTRY REPRESENTING FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES.

AGAIN, INVALUABLE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE SO I LEARNED INDUSTRY THERE.

THEN I WORKED FOR A FEDERAL JUDGE WHERE I EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE MOST EMPATHETIC DECISION-MAKERS ON THE PLANET AND HE HAS PASSED AWAY.

BUT I LEARNED TREMENDOUSLY FROM JUDGE BRANNON AND NOW I WORK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY.

I UNDERSTAND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL MAKE.

THROUGH ALL THAT, ON THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SIDE, I CAN OFFER YOU BALANCE, I CAN OFFER YOU DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

NOW, I GAVE YOU A LOT OF MIAMI INFORMATION.

WHY DO I LIVE IN JUPITER? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY SON TO BE ROBBED.

THAT'S WHY I MOVED TO JUPITER.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD PROTECT EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS PROTECT, AND THAT WHAT EVERYONE HERE WANTS, WHICH IS A SAFE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD EMPHASIZE IS MENTAL HEALTH.

I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE DEAL WITH STEM FROM LACK OF KINDNESS AND EMPATHY, WHICH ALL INVOLVE SOME MENTAL HEALTH.

HOW DO YOU BOLSTER THAT? NUMBER 1, IN MY VIEW IS PHYSICAL FITNESS.

I USED TO WEIGH 240 POUNDS.

I'M 80 POUNDS LIGHTER AND I WILL TELL YOU MY MENTAL HEALTH HAS IMPROVED.

IF THERE'S ANY PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT WILL IMPROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

FINANCIAL STABILITY THAT ALSO IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH, WHETHER IT'S CONSERVATIVE, FISCAL POLICIES OR MAKING PROPER DECISIONS WITH THE TREASURY, THAT'S ALL IMPORTANT TO MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.

THEN ROLE MODELS.

I COACH YOUTH SOCCER NOW, I'VE COACHED YOUTH BASKETBALL, AND WE NEED ROLE MODELS, ESPECIALLY MALE ROLE MODELS.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.

[APPLAUSE]

>> M. B HAIRE.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

FOR THE RECORD, M. B HAIRE, TWO WEEKS AGO I MOVED INTO 11886 SOUTHWEST BRISTOL BAY INPUT SENTENCING.

YOU CAN TAKE ME OUT OF JUPITER, BUT FOR 30 YEARS YOU CAN'T TAKE JUPITER OUT OF ME.

YOU'RE ALL MY FRIENDS AND WE SHARE A LOT OF HISTORY TOGETHER.

THIS ISN'T A TOUGH CHOICE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY APPLICATIONS YOU'VE RECEIVED.

YOU ALL KNOW IN YOUR HEARTS AND IN YOUR MINDS.

THAT TERI GROOMS IS A PERSON WHO IS THE MOST QUALIFIED, WORTHY AND WHICH SHE'LL BE AND SHOULD BE APPOINTED.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE WITH THAT CALIBER AND EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU TO CHOOSE? SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COUNCIL, GROOMS WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF JUPITER RESIDENTS, TOWN STAFF, AND BEYOND.

SOME OF THE OTHER RESUMES DESCRIBE STELLAR PERSONAL CAREERS.

[02:05:02]

BUT NONE OF THEM, INCLUDING ANDY FOE, WHO I WORKED WITH ON PLANNING AND ZONING, CAN HIGHLIGHT AND THE PREPARATION AND QUALIFICATIONS THAT TERRY ALREADY HAS AND WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE JOB OF TODAY'S TOWN COUNCIL.

THE WEEK AFTER COUNSELOR SLIDER RESIGNED I CONTACTED EACH OF YOU IN ORDER TO LIST A FEW OF THE MANY REASONS WHY TERRY SHOULD FILL THE SEAT.

WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES ON THE RECORD.

HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THEM SO EVERYONE ELSE CAN HEAR.

HER KNOWLEDGE OF TOWN GOVERNMENT, ATTENDING YEARS AND YEARS OF NUMEROUS COUNCIL AND OTHER MEETINGS, STUDYING AGENDAS, INVESTIGATING ITEMS, MAKING COMMENTS, STEPPING UP TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, REGULARLY CONVERSING WITH ALL OF YOU AND WITH PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS.

KNOWING THE CURRENT CODE, COMPREHENSIVE AND STRATEGIC PLANS, PRESSING ISSUES, CHALLENGES, DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF READY ON DAY 1.

NO LEARNING CURVE REQUIRED.

FOR LIVING HISTORY GETS LEGACY AND NEWER RESIDENCE, THE VOICE OF A TRUE LOCAL, ALONG WITH THAT RARE PERSPECTIVE, A SOLID DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT.

HER LEADERSHIP, ELECTED AS CHAIR BY HER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COLLEAGUES FOR THE LAST TWO ELECTION CYCLES, COMPLEMENTED BY THE TOWN ATTORNEY FOR COMPETENCY AND DEMEANOR, MANAGING MEANINGS.

HER TENACITY, STRONG BELIEF THAT JUPITER ISSUES ARE TO BE WORKED THROUGH TOGETHER.

POLITICAL AFFILIATION OR AUDIOLOGY SHOULD HAVE NO PLACE IN THE PROCESS ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY BS PLUS GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH ANYONE PRESENTING IT.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITIZEN ADVOCATE, WORKING TIRELESSLY TO KEEP JUPITER A CONDUIT OF TOWN INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS, AND EVEN MORE, TERRY HAS FIERCELY WHO SUPPORTED EACH ONE OF YOU IN MANY WAYS, ALONG WITH BEING A CONSULTANT AND CONFIDENT.

IF YOU DON'T SELECT TERRY, IT COULD ONLY BE BECAUSE YOU'RE DELIBERATELY OVERLOOKING HER QUALIFICATIONS.

WHY WOULD YOU NOT CHOOSE THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS IN THE TRENCHES NOW, EVERY DAY.

WHILE WE'VE BEEN HERE MOTIVATION.

MANY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY RECENT MAJORITY DECISIONS, INCLUDING SUNNY SANDS AND A SURPRISE ERUPTION CONCERNING THE CONTRACT WITH PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE.

OVERLOOKING TERRY WE'RE ONLY FURTHER QUESTION THE MAJORITY'S ACTIONS.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPOINT TERRY.

IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, I PLUS MANY OTHERS WILL BE LEFT KNOWING THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND THEN WONDERING WHY SHE IS NOT.

[APPLAUSE].

>> LAST WE HAVE SENECA PRETTY MUCKY.

>> GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SENECA PRETTY MUCKY OF WEST RIVER DRIVE JUPITER.

RESIDENT OF JUPITER FOR 32 YEARS.

AS FAR AS THE VACANT SEAT, I'M JUST HOPING THAT THE SEAT WILL BE FILLED WITH SOMEONE WHO SHARES THE VALUES THAT COUNSELOR SCHNEIDER WAS ELECTED ON.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHAT COUNSELOR SAMSTRON WAS REFERRING TO.

SHE DEFINITELY ALWAYS SHOWED A LOT OF AFFECTION AND LOVE FOR THIS TOWN, AND I HOPE THAT WHOEVER YOU ELECT HAS ATTENDED LOTS OF MEETINGS, AND HAS BEEN PART OF ALL OF THIS, AND KNOWS HOW IT ALL WORKS.

MAYBE IT IS SOMEBODY FROM PLANNING AND ZONING OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN IN A LOT OF COMMITTEES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT THAT'S BASICALLY IT.

THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU.

>> BRADLEY ONEY.

>> ISN'T HERE TONIGHT. BRADLEY ONEY, 132 BARBADOS DRIVE AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.

I THREW MY OTHER RING, I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING, THE FIRST ONE TO COME AND ADDRESS YOU ALL PERSONALLY.

NO HARD FEELINGS, IT'S POLITICS.

THIS IS A DEMOCRACY, RESPECT THE PROCESS, RESPECT TO WHATEVER DECISION YOU ALL WILL MAKE.

I WILL JUST MENTION A FEW THINGS.

WHAT I THINK A GOOD CANDIDATE IS SOMEONE WHO'S ATTENDED TOWN MEETINGS, AND HAS COME OUT, AND SPOKE ON THE RECORD, AND UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING.

THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE OF SERVING ON AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND SERVING ON COUNCIL.

ADVISORY BOARDS DO NOT MAKE POLICY, THEY MAKE ADVISORY DECISIONS THAT COME TO YOU ALL.

SOMEONE WHO SITS ON COUNCIL MAKES POLICY DECISIONS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHOEVER SITS UP THERE UNDERSTANDS AT LEAST THE ROLE THAT THEY WILL BE SERVING HERE.

ALSO, SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AS I HAVE.

I WAS RAISED HERE, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, I RESPECT WHAT OUR COUNCILOR MAKE, FIGHTS FOR THE RESIDENTS OUR TOWN.

THERE ARE SOME OTHERS ON THE BOARD THAT, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES FACING OUR TOWN RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW, AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT THERE'S CERTAIN LITTLE TOPICS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GET THE TRUE LOCALS TO COME OUT AND TO FIGHT FOR WHAT'S JUPITER.

[02:10:03]

BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS THAT COME LIKE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SIX MONTHS, A YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, COME OUT AND TRY FIGHT TO PROTECT THAT.

THEY ARE THE REASON JUPITER KEEPS GROWING. PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE.

THERE'S A RIGHT WAY AND THERE'S A WRONG WAY TO PROTECT THE GROWTH AND THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AND I URGE YOU THAT WHOEVER YOU PICK, FIGHTS TO PROTECT JUPITER THE RIGHT WAY, TO ALLOW FOR GROWTH AND A SUSTAINABLE AND SMART WAY, AND NOT AN IRRATIONAL OUT-OF-CONTROL WAY.

JUPITER TURNS 100 YEARS OLD, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IN JUST LESS THAN TWO YEARS, AND CELEBRATING, AND HONORING THE 100 YEAR HISTORY OF THIS TOWN, I THINK SHOULD BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT PERSON THAT SITS IN THAT SEAT AS WELL, AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU.

THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY TO BE PROUD OF, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO MAKE MOVING FORWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING THAT DECISION HOPEFULLY TONIGHT ON FILLING THAT SEAT, AND WHOEVER FILLS THAT SEAT, I WILL SUPPORT THAT DECISION, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL IN EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER. THANK YOU.

>> THAT WAS IT.

>> THAT WAS IT? RETURNING TO COUNCIL, I GUESS WE HAD ONE SUGGESTION ON THE DIAS HERE TO CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING OR ALTERNATIVELY, TO REACH A DECISION TONIGHT AND MOVE FORTH.

>> IF CONTINUING TO THE NEXT MEETING BROUGHT US TO A UNANIMOUS DECISION, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

BUT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ON TOP THREE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHERS OR WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FOLKS THAT WE BROUGHT UP? COUNCIL MAYOR.

>> IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A POST ANYBODY BECAUSE THE BIGGEST SELECTED YOU GOT TO SIT UP HERE AND WORK WITH THEM AND IT SUCKS.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THAT'S WHY WE WANT YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION.

[LAUGHTER]

>> MY BIGGEST THING IS LIKE I SAID IT'S, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

I TRULY THINK WE NEED ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN BORN AND RAISED HERE.

YOU SEE THAT A LOT IN THE ELECTIONS WHEN PEOPLE COME OUT AND LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY FROM? IF YOU TELL THEM THEY WERE BORN AND RAISED JUPITER LOCAL, IT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I ALWAYS TAKE THAT TO HEART AND THAT'S TO ME, IT'S A DISTRICT ONE PERSON WHO NOT ONLY THAT IS THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE CHARTER NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT IS SO RARE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SOMEONE WHO SITS ON COUNCIL THAT LIVES IN OUR CHARTER NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT REALLY BRINGS A MUCH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THIS COUNCIL.

WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, WE HAD THAT HUGE FLOODING EVENT RIGHT AFTER I GOT ELECTED BACK IN MAY OF 2020, AND THE RESIDENTS OF PLAIN GARDENS NORTH CAME TO ME BECAUSE I WAS THE NEWEST ONE ON COUNCIL.

BUT LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO, OUR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD'S FLOODED? I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT I WAS ABLE TO GO THERE AND VISIT WITH THEM, AND THEY WERE SO PLEASED, AND HAVING SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THAT AREA TO REALLY BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE COUNCIL I FEEL IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

SHE'S BEEN TO PROBABLY MORE MEETINGS THAT I'VE EVER BEEN TO.

BUT SHE'S BEEN COMING HERE FOR A LONG TIME, SHE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, SO THAT'S JUST SOMEONE I TRULY FEEL IN MY HEART THAT NEEDS TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF JUPITER.

LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND, ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, I MEAN EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THEM, AND I HOPE THEY KNOW THAT WHICHEVER WAY WE GO WITH WHAT WE SELECT THIS, BUT MY NUMBER 1 PICK IS GOING TO BE TERRY.

>> WE'RE STICKING TO IT. IT'S LIKE WE'RE DOWN TO TWO PEOPLE.

MAYOR WHAT WAS YOUR PREFERENCE ON THE TWO?

>> I NAMED THE TWO THAT I HAD AT THE TOP OF MY LIST I LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER.

HEAR WHAT YOU AND COUNSELOR SAMSTRON MIGHT.

>> I THINK WE'RE HEARING THAT ROOTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I SEE AFFECTION FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER AND I SEE ROOTS AND FRANK FORD WHO THEY'RE THREE HERE THAT HAVE [OVERLAPPING].

SOME APPRECIATION FOR HIM, 38 YEARS.

>> IT'S A LONG TIME.

>> HE'S A BUSINESS OWNER WHO LIVES ON THE WATER, HE BOATS.

THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN ALL THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ON PRESERVATION AND MARINE ACTIVITIES.

[02:15:01]

HIS MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S FAMILY HAVE LIVED IN FLORIDA SINCE 1843 WHEN FLORIDA WAS STILL A SPANISH TERRITORY.

HER GRANDFATHER WOULD TRADE WITH NOBLE SEMINOLE INDIANS IN WHAT IS NOW WINTER HAVEN, VERY DEEP ROOTED.

I'VE WORKED WITH THEM, I KNOW JUST THE STRONG, CALM APPROACH TO EVERYTHING THAT HE WORKS WITH.

>> HE HAS 110 MASTERS CAPTAIN'S LICENSE ALSO.

I'M IMPRESSED WITH THAT. I AGREE.

EITHER ONE, BUT I THINK MAYBE THE LENGTH OF TIME OF BEING A RESIDENT IN JUPITER, THEY WOULD PUT HIM OVER THE TOP FOR ME.

HE'S TOTALLY QUALIFIED, HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THE TOWN AND P&Z, AND WE'LL AGREE A LOT OF ISSUES COMING UP, SO I'LL BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT.

I GUESS WE SHOULD MAKE A MOTION.

>> MOTION TO APPOINT, FRANK FORD?

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION ON A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE.

>> OPPOSED?

>> NO.

>> MOTION CARRIES 3-1 WITH COUNCILOR MAY DISSENTING.

>> I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CHERYL SENARIO THE OTHER DAY AND SHE REALLY LIKES FRANK AND I CAN SPEAK WITH HIM NOW BECAUSE HE'S NOT ON THE COUNCIL, SIR.

>> THERE'S NOTHING AGAINST FRANK.

[OVERLAPPING] I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH HIM.

>> I KNOW.

>> WE ALL KNOW.

>> YES.

[16. Property Owner’s Unilateral proposal to amend the Development Agreement between the Town and Crossroads 6106 LLC as successor in interest to Developer Diversified Realty (DDR) Jupiter Falls LLC also referred to as Santé Circle.]

>> MOVING ON TO ROUND-TABLE. ITEM NUMBER 16.

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

FOR THE RECORD, GARY WATSON WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.

YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT A ROUNDTABLE.

THAT'S TO A REQUEST BY THE OWNER TO AMEND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OF WHICH THE TOWN COUNCIL IS THE OTHER PARTY TO THAT AGREEMENT.

IT IS THE SANTE CIRCLE PROJECT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS DDR.

THE OWNER HAS SUBMITTED THE DESIRED AGREEMENTS WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OPENING THAT AGREEMENT.

TONIGHT IS NOT THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT TO THAT AGREEMENT IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT OPENING IT UP POTENTIALLY FOR SOME DESIRED AMENDMENTS THAT THE OWNER HAS.

IN ORDER TO ASSIST YOU IN THAT DECISION-MAKING, WE PROVIDED A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AS WELL AS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY THROUGH ALL THE ATTACHMENTS.

THE CURRENT REQUEST OF THE OWNER IS TO AMEND THAT AGREEMENT TO ADD THE USE OF 520 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 104 OF THOSE BEING WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR YOU ALL TO DELIBERATE TONIGHT, POTENTIALLY OPENING THAT AGREEMENT.

IF YOU DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION YOU WANT STAFF TO BRING BACK, PLEASE ARTICULATE THOSE.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.