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>> GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW 7:00 PM.
[Call to Order]
I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 16TH.WE'LL BEGIN BY THE INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN STANDING.
>> DEAR GOD, HELP US PROVIDE FOR THOSE IN NEED AND PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF ALL PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
AMEN. LET'S HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
>> MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT BUSINESS BEFORE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
WE BEGIN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING,
[1. Resolution 82-24, Approving the Truth in Millage for the preliminary millage rate for fiscal year 2025.]
ITEM NUMBER 1, RESOLUTION 8224.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL, SKY REYNOLDS, FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
THIS EVENING, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE OR THE TRIM FOR THE FY '25 BUDGET AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE.
WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THIS AT OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET MEETING LAST MONTH.
BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO ACTUALLY NOTIFY THE CITIZENS OF WHAT THE ANTICIPATED TRIM RATE WILL BE OR THE MILLAGE RATE AT THE FIRST HEARING, ALONG WITH ANY DEBT RATE THAT WE ANTICIPATE, AND ALSO WHAT'S CALLED THE ROLLBACK RATE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.
BUT FIRST THING WE WANT TO DISCUSS IS THE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES.
WE'VE HAD ABOUT A 9.8% INCREASE OVERALL, JUST OVER $17 BILLION FOR FY '25 IS ESTIMATED.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
NEW CONSTRUCTION IS LESS THAN 1%.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE TOWN IS NEARING BUILDOUT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE IS RELATED TO THE VALUES OF THE HOMES.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL, I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE OPERATIONS BUDGET, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL, YOU'LL SEE YOUR MARKET VALUE IS STILL VERY HIGH.
YOUR TAXABLE VALUE IS NOT THERE YET.
EACH YEAR, THE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR WHAT'S CONSIDERED TO BE A CATCH UP, MEANING THAT THE TAXABLE VALUE WILL INCREASE EVERY YEAR UNTIL IT REACHES THAT MARKET VALUE, AND THAT MAY TAKE A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THERE IS A PORTION OF THIS INCREASE IN THE VALUE THAT'S PART OF THAT RECAPTURE. I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE IS STAYING THE SAME AS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED WITHIN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS 2.3894.
AGAIN, THAT'S NO CHANGE IN THE MILLAGE RATE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR.
HOW DOES THAT RELATE IN RELATION TO THE ROLLBACK RATE THAT'S CALCULATED EVERY YEAR, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE ROLLBACK AT 2.2103 RELATED TO THE PROPOSED MILLAGE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE AVALORUM TAXES AT THE 95% TILE, WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE STATUTORY ROLLBACK RATE.
WOULD BE 41,251,299, AT THE ROLLBACK RATE IT WOULD BE 38,159,265, A DIFFERENCE OVER ROLLBACK OF JUST OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
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I LIKE TO ALWAYS SHOW THIS SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT THE VALUES IN THE TOWN AND THE HISTORICAL TRENDS.IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2006 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE 2008 RECESSION, HOW IT AFFECTS THE OVERALL VALUES AND THE STEADY CLIMB THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THAT TIME, TO CLIMB BACK TO PRE-RECESSION LEVELS, AND WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY DONE THAT OVER TIME.
THE SETTING OF THE TRIM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I KNOW LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE DISCUSSED THIS.
WE INDICATED THAT WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THESE IMPACTS WERE ON FROM JUST A $500,000 HOUSE THAT WE WERE USING AS OUR BENCHMARK TO INCREASE THAT TO $750,000 WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC FOR JUPITER, AND ALSO STILL TO CONTINUE TO SHOW HOW IT ALSO AFFECT THE $500,000 HOUSE GOING INTO FY '25.
THIS DOES NOT REFLECT THE DEBT RATE THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING DOWN NEXT YEAR AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING THE OPERATION WORKSHOP.
BUT YOU CAN SEE A HOMESTEADED PROPERTY WITH THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE WOULD BE A $53.76 INCREASE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE VALUE INCREASE, THAT'S 3% THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
ALSO THE NON HOMESTEADED PROPERTY, $162 ANNUALLY, ON THE $750,000 HOUSE, AND THAT'S A $500,000 HOUSE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT $35.84 AND $180 FOR THE NON HOMESTEADED PROPERTY.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO THROW IN COMMERCIAL JUST TO SHOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
YOU CAN SEE WITH THAT INCREASE IN VALUE, IT'D BE A $216 ANNUAL INCREASE.
WITH THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL OR SEEKING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 82-24, WHICH SETS A FLAT TRIM RATE TO BE NOTICED TO THE CITIZENS, ALONG WITH A DEBT RATE OF 0.855, WHICH IS AGAIN A REDUCTION OVER THE CURRENT YEAR.
JUST A REMINDER NEXT YEAR IS THE LAST YEAR IN RELATION TO THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS FOR THE LAND PURCHASES, AND ALSO SETTING THE DATE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AS SEPTEMBER 3RD 2024.
>> I TURN TO COUNCIL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE JUST MORE AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO GET THE CONVERSATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT, THE ROLLBACK RATE.
THAT TIES TO LEGISLATION HOW LONG AGO?
>> A COUPLE OF DECADES, MAYBE.
>> YOU TAKE TIME TO PRODUCE THOSE CALCULATION BECAUSE IT'S A LEGISLATIVE MANDATE, RIGHT?
>> THE STATE REQUIRES IT, YES.
>> I JUST REALLY WANTED TO HAVE SAID THIS BECAUSE, AND I WAS AROUND, I THINK WHEN IT WAS ENACTED, AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA AT THAT POINT IN TIME, BUT IT JUST HAS BECOME JUST A WORTHLESS CALCULATION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT WE HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ESTEEMED MEMBER OF A STATE LEGISLATOR HERE, AND I JUST THOUGHT IF MAYBE SHE HEARD THIS IF SHE DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THIS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE THINGS THEY'RE AROUND FOREVER, AND WE JUST DO THEM.
BUT IT WAS A CONCEPT PROBABLY TWO DECADES AGO, SEE WHAT IT IS IF YOU DID THIS.
BUT WHEN WE'RE ENACTING THE TRIM, WE'RE REALLY JUST SETTING THE HIGHEST WE CAN GO.
SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THIS IS THE HIGHEST IT WILL BE, CORRECT?
>> WHAT DO WE DO? WE ALWAYS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'RE STILL IN THE THICK OF THE BUDGET, DEALING WITH HOW MUCH STUFF HAS GONE UP AND WHATEVER. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.
TYPICALLY, GOVERNMENTS ENACT THE CURRENT RATE.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS SILLY ROLLBACK RATE, AND IT'D BE NICE IF WE BE RECOGNIZED THAT I DON'T KNOW ANY GOVERNMENT ANYWHERE PAYS ATTENTION TO IT.
BUT WE REPORT IT BECAUSE WE'RE ASKED TO.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE SAID THAT, BECAUSE JUST MAYBE YOU AGREE WITH THAT OPINION, RIGHT?
>> I DO, MAYOR. I'VE BEEN DOING THESE CALCULATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT AREN'T TAKING CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU DO THE ROLLBACK, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONSIDERED.
BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT ARE STILL HANGING OUT THERE AS YOU'VE INDICATED.
ONE OF THEM IS THE STATE SHARED REVENUES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING THE OPERATIONS WORKSHOP IS,
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IT'S GETTING LATER AND LATER WHEN THE STATE ACTUALLY ISSUES THEIR ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR FOR SOME OF THE STATE SHARED REVENUES, WHICH IS OUR NEXT LARGEST REVENUES THAT WE DEPEND ON TO FUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE TOWN.THOSE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE LATER AND LATER IN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
>> WHEN YOU EXPECT TO BE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR?
>> I'M ACTUALLY EXPECTING THE FIRST DRAFT OF THOSE PROBABLY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WHICH COINCIDES WHEN THE TRIM HAS TO BE BROADCAST TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS, AND IT COULD BE AS LATE AS AUGUST.
>> I GUESS THE POINT TO THAT IS AND WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE STATE.
WE REALIZE TO DO A FORECAST, THEY HAVE TO BE ACCURATE AND INFLATION BEING WHAT IT IS, I'D RATHER HAVE THEM TAKE THE TIME TO BE ACCURATE.
BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THIS POINT.
THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE DECISION TO DO AND THAT'S TO SAY WELL AT THIS POINT IN TIME, STICK WITH THE SAME RATE AND WE CAN GO DOWN AS WE HAVE DONE.
YOU JUST CAN'T GO UP. BUT AGAIN, I JUST THOUGHT LET ME GET THIS OUT.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> SORRY, MAYOR. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO FILL OUT THAT CARD AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS.
WAYNE POSNER, 315, CARINA DRIVE.
YEAH, IT DOES GO BACK AND YOU CAN GO BELOW IT, OF COURSE.
THIS ALL COMES BACK TO THE POINT OF WHERE DID THE TAXES COME FROM AND WHERE DO THEY ACTUALLY GET APPLIED.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOTICED ON THE FIRST THING ON THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS ABOUT HOMES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AND THEY DO PAY A FAIR SHARE AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE HOMESTEAD RIGHTS THAT THE TOWN DOES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET A LOT OF OUR INCOME FOR OUR TAXES.
SINCE PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE WAY UP, THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY REALLY COMES INTO EFFECT.
I HOPE THE CURRENT COUNCIL TAKES IN CONSIDERATION TO LOWER THAT MILLAGE RATE ONE MORE TIME WITH A 9.1% INCREASE THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO US, SOMETHING THAT CAN EASE THE PAIN ON THE HOMEOWNERS.
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> BACK TO COUNSEL. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN.
>> MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA,
[2. Parks and Recreation Month - July 2024 - Ms. Kristin George, Director of Parks and Recreation.]
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, WHICH I'LL BE PRESENTED TO KRISTIN GEORGE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.IF YOU'LL BE PREPARED TO COME UP AND ACCEPT THIS.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, DECLARING JULY 2024 AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN JUPITER, FLORIDA, AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROVIDES HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR PARKS, AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES TIME SPENT IN NATURE, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS MENTAL HEALTH BY INCREASING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND WELL BEING.
ALLEVIATING ILLNESSES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ATTENTION, DEFICIT DISORDERS, AND ALHAMUS.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES, WALKING TRAILS, WATERWAYS, OPEN SPACES, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING, SPORTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ARE CRITICAL TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES A COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, AND INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES, AND CRIME REDUCTION, AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION ARE ESSENTIAL IN ADAPTABLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
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PROVIDE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE, AND WHEREAS THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, WHEREAS THE TOWN OF JUPITER RECOGNIZES THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM PARKS AND RECREATION RESOURCES.NOW THEREFORE, I, JIM KURETSKI, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 2024 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, AND MAYOR AND TOWN MANAGER.
I'M KRISTIN GEORGE FOR THE RECORD, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
I'M PLEASED TO HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS WITH US HERE, BOTH REPRESENTING THE RECREATION PROGRAMMING SIDE AND OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD, LITERALLY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS HOT WEATHER, CLEANING BATHROOMS, LINING OUR FIELDS, KEEPING CHILDREN ACTIVE DURING OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS, AND REALLY JUST TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO KEEP THE PUBLIC RECREATING AND LIVING A WORK LIFE BALANCE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A FEW THINGS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO CELEBRATE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME POP UP EVENTS, JUST TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO.
WE HAVE ONE LAST EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT SATURDAY, WHICH I'LL INCLUDE IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE.
IT'S AT URBANA COMMUNITY PARK.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOPEFULLY OUR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT AS WELL TO OFFER A FREE PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS TO COME OUT WITH THEIR BICYCLES, LEARN ABOUT BIKE SAFETY, DO AN OBSTACLE COURSE, AND ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING SAFE AND HYDRATED IN THE HEAT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN CELEBRATING OUR STAFF FRIDAY IS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS DAY.
IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THANK YOU.
THE BEST WAY TO THEIR HEARTS IS THROUGH FOOD.
WE STARTED WITH SOME TACO BAR FOR OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
TODAY, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING ALL OF OUR CAMP COUNSELORS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK THIS WEEK WITH PIZZA PARTIES, AND THEN A FOLLOW UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF ON FRIDAY.
WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL.
WE'VE GOT SOME BIG PROJECTS AHEAD OF US RELATED TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> WE THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR FOR HAVING YOUR STAFF HERE BECAUSE REALLY WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PARKS AND RECS ARE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ALL OF US.
[3. The Honorable Senator Gayle Harrell - Legislative Update.]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE HONORABLE SENATOR GAIL HARRELL.SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE US A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY, AND IT'S SUCH A DELIGHT TO BE HERE WITH THE TOWN COUNCIL, AND MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M JUST DELIGHTED TO BE HERE AND TO DO A VERY BRIEF LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, I COULD SPEND THREE HOURS TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL OF THE DETAILS.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS LAST SESSION WAS.
THIS HAS BEEN, TO ME, ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE SESSIONS WE HAVE HAD IN THE FLORIDA SENATE.
AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK WE DID IN THE HEALTHCARE ARENA IN PARTICULAR, IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL.
ALSO OUR BUDGET WAS AMAZING, IN SPITE OF A FEW VETOES THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN.
I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD AN AMAZING YEAR.
FLORIDA IS A VERY STRONG STATE.
THE FREE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS DONE VERY WELL.
OUR ECONOMY IS BOOMING, AS I JUST HEARD, YOUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE INCREASING.
WE HAVE 1,000 PEOPLE A DAY MOVING TO FLORIDA, AND THEY NEED ROADS, THEY NEED SCHOOLS, THEY NEED PARKS AND RECREATION, THEY NEED FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT.
WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AS THE TOWN COUNCIL, AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED.
IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR WONDERFUL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
IT'S OUR WONDERFUL RESIDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT.
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BEFORE I GET STARTED IN GIVING YOU ANY DETAILS, FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL FACILITIES YOU HAVE HERE AND SHARING THEM WITH ME AS YOUR STATE SENATOR.I SO APPRECIATE HAVING MY OFFICE RIGHT HERE IN THE REC CENTER BUILDING.
I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY THAT COME TO VISIT US THERE.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES, AND THIS IS GORGEOUS WITH US HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE.
I KNOW REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER, SHARES THE SAME VIEW.
AS I SAID, LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY, SINCE THAT'S WHERE YOU STARTED WITH YOUR DISCUSSION ON ROLLBACK RATES AND ALL OF THAT.
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL AND WE MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS.
EVERYTHING FROM REALLY BUILDING OUR INCREDIBLE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
WE PUT HUGE RESOURCES INTO EDUCATION.
WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF $1.2 BILLION IN TEACHER SALARIES, HIGHEST TEACHER SALARIES INCREASES WE'VE HAD AS FAR AS I CAN EVER REMEMBER.
OUR ENVIRONMENT IS SO IMPORTANT TO US, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
YOU LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL LIGHTHOUSE, YOU LOOK AT OUR BEAUTIFUL RIVERS AND OUR BEACHES.
THAT'S WHO WE ARE, WATER ENVIRONMENT.
I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE MADE HUGE INVESTMENTS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.
FOR US, WHO ARE REALLY PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAY, AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE PUTTING INTO REALLY MAKING SURE WE ARE CLEANING UP LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
THAT WE ARE STOPPING THE RELEASES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE, AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE PUTTING INTO THAT, MUCH MORE THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A 50-50 MATCH.
THIS YEAR WE'RE PUTTING $702 MILLION INTO COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION.
OF COURSE OUR BEACHES ARE SO IMPORTANT.
WE'RE PUTTING $50 MILLION INTO BEACH RENOURISHMENT.
I KNOW THAT IS A KEY ISSUE FOR MANY OF US WHO LIVE ALONG THE COAST.
ALSO LAND ACQUISITION, AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE DEDICATING TO REALLY CONTINUING TO ACQUIRE THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF PROPERTY THAT REALLY IS TO PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, SEPTIC TO SEWER CONVERSION, GRANTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES, IT IS TRULY AMAZING.
I WAS SO DELIGHTED THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET SOME REALLY GOOD MONEY BACK INTO THE JUPITER AREA, IN VERY SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
CERTAINLY GETTING DOLLARS FOR LOGGERHEAD CENTER WAS VERY KEY.
I THINK THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.
I WAS JUST THERE THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
WE HAVE MONEY COMING INTO LOCAL DOLLARS.
I WAS DELIGHTED TO GET THE MONEY FOR WESTERN INDIAN TOWN ROAD, THAT WAS FANTASTIC, AND THAT ONE DIDN'T GET VETOED.
UNFORTUNATELY THE OTHER ONE DID, BUT WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR WORKING ON THAT.
BUT I WANT TO JUST DELVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, BECAUSE THAT IS MY NICHE.
I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
THIS IS THE LARGEST SEGMENT OF THE BUDGET.
IT'S 44% OF THE BUDGET, ACTUALLY ABOUT $38 BILLION THAT WE PUT INTO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
FOR ME, IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING YEAR WE HAVE HAD.
WE PASSED MAJOR LEGISLATION CALLED LIVE HEALTHY.
THIS IS CHANGING HOW WE DO HEALTHCARE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THE EMPHASIS IS REALLY ON BUILDING WORKFORCE.
WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH WORKFORCE IN THE HEALTHCARE ARENA.
WE HAVE, AS I SAID, 1,000 PEOPLE A DAY COMING TO FLORIDA, AND THEY'RE NOT BRINGING THEIR DOCTORS, THEIR PSYCHIATRISTS, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS.
THEY ARE NOT BRINGING WITH THEM NECESSARILY.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE ENCOURAGE AND BUILD OUR WORKFORCE IN HEALTHCARE.
THAT WAS THE CONCENTRATION OF WHAT WE DID IN LIVE HEALTHY.
WE ALSO HAVE A MAJOR OPIOID CRISIS, AND FENTANYL CRISIS, AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NOT JUST FLORIDA, BUT ACROSS THE NATION.
WE HAVE DID MAJOR LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THAT FROM THE WORKFORCE POINT OF VIEW IN OPENING UP COMPACTS TO REALLY PARTNER WITH OTHER STATES.
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IF YOU'RE LICENSED IN ANOTHER STATE AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A COMPACT WITH YOU, THOSE PEOPLE CAN COME WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE RIGOR MOROLE OF LICENSURE, YOUR LICENSE IS GOOD IN FLORIDA AS WELL.WE ALSO PUT HUGE RESOURCES INTO THE OPIOID CRISIS AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS ARE HUGE.
PALM BEACH COUNTY IS GETTING, YOU ARE A DESIGNATED COUNTY, AND YOU GET THOSE DOLLARS AND YOUR COUNTY WILL BE DECIDING HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT LOCALLY.
BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL WE ALSO HAVE, I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 19 OR 20 COUNTIES WHO GET DIRECT DOLLARS.
THE REST OF THE MONEY IS GOING THROUGH THE STATE, AND WE DID MAJOR CHANGES AND ARE PUTTING HUGE RESOURCES INTO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE OPIOID CRISIS.
THEN OF COURSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESERVES AND HOW WE ADDRESS DEBT, I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH LARGE RESERVES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WE PUT OVER $10 BILLION INTO RESERVES, THAT HAS BOOSTED OUR RESERVES TREMENDOUSLY.
WE HAVE TO BE READY, WE'RE THE SUNSHINE STATE, BUT WE'RE ALSO THE HURRICANE STATE, SO WE HAVE TO BE READY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ECONOMY IS GOING, SO PUTTING THOSE DOLLARS INTO RESERVE ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THEN OF COURSE WHEN WE LOOK AT, THIS YEAR WE PASSED MAJOR LEGISLATION DEALING WITH A GAMING COMPACT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SEMINOLE TRIBE, WE HAVE HAD A GAMING COMPACT WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEN THERE WERE CHANGES TO IT, AND THIS YEAR WE FINALLY PASSED THE FINAL VERSION OF THE GAMING COMPACT.
WE WILL BE GETTING SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS INTO THE STATE FROM THAT.
96% OF THE DOLLARS THAT WILL BE COMING IN THROUGH THE GAMING COMPACT WILL ACTUALLY GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PURCHASING LAND, AND IN THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR AND OTHER AREAS THAT ADDRESS REALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THIS IS HUGE RESOURCES THAT ARE NOW DESIGNATED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP, FOR PURCHASING OF LAND, AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT FLORIDA IS READY FOR WHATEVER IS COMING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, AND RESILIENCY, AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
IT'S GOING TO GIVE US SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO DO THAT.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR WATERWAYS, AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
THIS YEAR I PASSED A BILL THAT REALLY PUT IN PLACE THE RULES THAT WE STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH THE CLEAN WATER ACT.
THIS YEAR WE NOW HAVE THE RULES IN PLACE.
WE HAD TO RATIFY THOSE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ADDRESS RESILIENCY, AND ADDRESS STORMWATER RUNOFF, AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT ARE CREATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FOR OUR STATE.
THEN I WANT TO GET DOWN TO A COUPLE ISSUES THAT WE CERTAINLY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, AND THAT IS ADDRESSING THE INSURANCE ISSUE.
THAT HAS BEEN A MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS WE HAVE TRIED TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASING RATES THAT WE HAVE IN THE INSURANCE MARKET.
I KNOW I JUST RECENTLY GOT KICKED OUT OF CITIZENS.
I WAS IN CITIZENS BECAUSE MY RATES HAD GONE OUT THE ROOF AND DIDN'T HAVE AN INSURANCE.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GET INSURANCE.
AS LAST RESORT I WAS WOUND UP IN CITIZENS.
NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEPOPULATING THAT.
IF YOU CAN GET RATES THAT ARE COMPARABLE OR NOT GREATER THAN 20%, YOU WILL BE DEPOPULATED FROM CITIZENS.
WE REALLY WANTED TO SAY, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS MAJOR PROBLEM, WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE FRAUD THAT HAS BEEN RAMPANT.
I KNOW MY NEIGHBOR WOUND UP HAVING SOMEBODY COME UP TO HIS HOUSE LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, AND SAY, WE JUST HAD THIS BIG STORM COME THROUGH, A BIG THUNDERSTORM, AND YOU HAVE A LEAKY ROOF.
IF YOU LET ME DO THE INSPECTION, I'LL MAKE SURE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY BUYS YOU A NEW ROOF.
THAT WAS HAPPENING RAMPANTLY ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DRIVING UP INSURANCE RATES TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF FRAUD.
WE THEN HAD A LOT OF LITIGATION WHEN INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD NOT PAY FOR THAT ROOF,
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THAT WAS NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.THAT WAS REALLY UP TO THE HOMEOWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT HE HAD A ROOF THAT REALLY WAS SUFFICIENT.
NOW, THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DID, IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE READY FOR THOSE STORMS. WE HAVE INCREASED, AND WE PUT ANOTHER $200 MILLION INTO MY SAFE FLORIDA HOME IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE GET READY FOR STORMS. TO PUT THOSE STORM WINDOWS IN, TO FIX THAT ROOF, TO GET A NEW ROOF, TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR HOME IS READY FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS, AS WE ARE NOW INTO HURRICANE SEASON.
WE ALSO PUT ANOTHER $500 MILLION INTO INSURANCE RELIEF, IN THAT WE ARE SAYING WHEN YOU BUY THAT INSURANCE POLICY, IF YOUR HOME IS VALUED, IF THAT INSURANCE POLICY IS VALUED UNDER $750,000, YOU WILL NOT PAY SALES TAX ON THAT.
THAT IS FOR PROPERTY INSURANCE AS WELL AS FOR FLOOD INSURANCE.
IT WILL BE A SAVINGS, IT WILL BE MORE THAN $150, SAY, FOR THE AVERAGE ONE.
BUT IT WILL SAVE YOU SOMETHING WHEN YOU BUY YOUR PROPERTY INSURANCE.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVERY SINGLE WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM, AND I KNOW EVERY ONE OF US FACES IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST OPEN IT UP.
THERE'S LOTS OF ISSUES I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
I DO HAVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE HERE, AND IT'S IN THE BACK.
IF PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY, GO AHEAD AND PICK THOSE UP, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCIL, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> JUST A QUICK COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR HARRELL, FOR COMING.
IT WAS WONDERFUL GETTING TO SEE YOU IN TALLAHASSEE, AND WORK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE TOWN AND FOR THE COUNTY IN THIS PART OF THE STATE.
WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY.
I SEE ON THE BACKLIST HERE PROJECTS SPONSORED BY YOU, LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY YOU.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS TO SHARE SOME OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATE.
I KNOW IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE CONTEXT FOR WHAT'S GOING ON EACH YEAR AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK OUR CITY COUNCILS, OUR TOWN COUNCILS ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE REALLY AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL, SO YOUR CONCERNS ARE OUR CONCERNS.
UNLESS WE HEAR THAT DIRECTLY FROM YOU ALL, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AWARE.
I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING TODAY ABOUT THE ISSUE ON PROPERTY TAX AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK THINGS, AND THE ROLLBACK RATE AND ALL THAT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME FURTHER CONVERSATIONS, I'M SURE ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, TRANSPARENCY.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS FURTHER.
>> SENATOR, THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SETTING UP AN OFFICE HERE, AND THAT JUST SHOWS YOUR ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO US.
I THINK THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY.
IN REGARDS TO THE CITIZEN SITUATION, I WAS FORCED ON THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO WE GOT CANCELED.
LAST YEAR COMPETITION CAME IN, SO WE WERE ABLE TO PUMP OFF AND GET ON WITH THE PRIVATE COMPANY.
THE DEPOPULATION I GUESS IS STARTING TO WORK FOR THAT.
GREAT WORK ON THE FUNDING FOR THE EVERGLADES RESTORATION.
KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S AS YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT EVERYBODY.
BUT THANKS, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE THAT HARD WORK ON THE EVERGLADES RESTORATION.
BACK IN 2015, WE PASSED A BILL THAT SET THE PRECEDENT FOR PUTTING THE DOLLARS IN, AND SAID WE WILL PUT AT LEAST 25% OF THE AMENDMENT 1 MONEY INTO EVERGLADES RESTORATION, WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO STOPPING THE RELEASES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
IT STARTED OUT AT 225 MILLION, 250 MILLION, THIS YEAR, $702 MILLION.
>> I WISH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND
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MATCH US TO THE DEGREE THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS DOING IT.IT IMPACTS EVERY ONE OF US WHEN WE ARE WATER-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES.
IT IMPACTS OUR DAILY LIVES, IT IMPACTS OUR ECONOMY, AS WELL AS OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE THE HARD WORK.
>> WE HAVE TO CHASE DOWN THE FEDS A LITTLE HARDER, ALL OF US. WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
>> YES, DEFINITELY. THANK YOU.
>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I'M LOOKING AT MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
WE'VE RECENTLY HAD POLLING OR A SAMPLING OF OUR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON ITEMS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO US, AND YOU'VE OVERLAP SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE ITEMS THAT MANY OF OUR CITIZENS SAID THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, I GUESS, IT'S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP HAVING YOUR OFFICE HERE WITHIN OUR BUILDINGS.
THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S VERY GOOD.
I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR DELANEY THAT EVERGLADES PROJECT, PARTICULARLY PERSONAL TO ME.
MY FAMILY HAD A HOUSE ON LOST MAN'S RIVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVERGLADES, AND WATCHED THE DECLINE OVER FOUR DECADES OF JUST UNCHECKED DISCHARGE INTO THE EVERGLADES AND TO OUR BEACHES OVER HERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT, VERY IMPORTANT.
AGAIN, I LOVE TO SEE HOW YOU'RE OVERLAPPING WITH WHAT OUR CITIZENS HERE LOCALLY TOLD US THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST, TO SEE THAT YOU BROUGHT ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS BACK TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER FOR OUR PROJECTS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW THE RESIDENTS DO TOO TO HELP US KEEP OUR MILEAGE RATE LOW AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND WORKING SO HARD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF JUPITER AND PALM BEACH COUNTY AND MARTIN COUNTY.
I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR CLEAN WATER, SO TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING IN FOR EVERGLADES RESTORATION AND HOPEFULLY STOPPING THE DISCHARGES OR SLOWING THEM DOWN IS HUGE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA.
WHEN YOU SEE THE DISCHARGES START AND THAT BROWN WATER STARTS MAKING ITS WAY SOUTH, IT REALLY AFFECTS A LOT OF THE FISHING AND DIVING AND STUFF IN THE AREA, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S SUCH A DELIGHT TO BE HERE.
ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL OFFICE AND HAVING IT BEING ABLE TO HAVE IT HERE.
I LOVE HAVING ACCESS TO SO MANY PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE STOPPING IN.
>> I JUST WANT TO PRETTY MUCH BUILD UPON WHAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES SAID, AND SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.
FIRST OF ALL, HAVING YOUR OFFICE HERE HAS TURNED IN MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR PUBLIC.
I THINK THIS IS THE TIME THAT I CAN RECALL THAT WE'VE BEEN BEST SERVED ON AWARENESS OF LOCAL ISSUES.
A LOT OF THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE YOU GAVE IS STUFF THAT WHILE IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, IT IS OVER LOCAL.
I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE GRANT THAT YOU WERE HELPFUL IN GETTING US AS THE TOWN'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY.
FDOT'S BUDGETS ARE PRETTY MUCH LOCKED FOR FIVE YEARS.
WHEN YOU FIGHT FOR A PROJECT, THAT GOES IN YEAR 6.
WE WERE SUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE GOOD COLLABORATIONS TO GET A LOCAL INDIANTOWN ROAD RECOGNIZED, AND 2025 BUDGET DOLLARS SET ASIDE, OR IN OTHER PHASE OF IMPROVEMENT.
TO ME, THAT IS PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF A LOT OF TIMES VETOES HAPPEN ON THOSE LOCAL PROJECTS, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP YOU FROM HELPING US TO GET AT LEAST LOCAL PROJECTS IN THERE, NOR FROM HELPING US TO GET THAT ONE THROUGH.
THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AND MAKE SURE WE GET SOME MORE MONEY GOING TO INDIANTOWN ROAD.
I'M ON THAT ROAD A LOT, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
>> NOW, MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS, AND THE PUBLIC IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A CLOCK THAT STARTS WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING.
WE'D ASK YOU TO BEGIN WITH STATING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS?
>> YES, MAYOR. FIRST, WE HAVE LEANNE LABECK.
AFTER LEANNE, IT'S GOING TO BE WAYNE POSNER.
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>> HI, EVERYONE. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN LAWYER ON THE CURRENT PENDING LAWSUIT REGARDING THE BALLOT PETITION.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT RESIDENTS WILL FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BALLOT MAY OR MAY NOT PROPOSE.
HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN BE KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND I BELIEVE, DESIRE TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THINGS, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE TOWN, ESPECIALLY IF SO MANY RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED THAT RIGHT.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE TOWN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO EITHER VOTE ON THE BALLOT AS PROPOSED, OR TO PERHAPS ADJUST THE BALLOT OR SEE IF A COMPROMISE CAN BE DONE TO ALLOW MORE RESIDENTS TO HAVE A SAY IN THE FUTURE OF THE TOWN'S DECISIONS WITH THIS. THANKS.
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNCIL.. WAYNE POSNER, 315 CARINA DRIVE, JUPITER, 33478.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY THE MAYOR FOR ALL THE HARD WORK HE PUT IN TO THE TPA WHEN HE WAS OUR LIAISON WITH INDIANTOWN ROAD AND THE TRAFFIC.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH HIS HARD WORK.
THIS IS NOT A PAT ON THE BACK, THIS IS RECOGNITION OF WHAT HE DID TO HELP US SOLVE OUR TRAFFIC SITUATION HERE IN JUPITER.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, AND THIS IS NOT FOR ME, BUT WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE APPROVED HELPS PAY FOR SOME OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LATER TONIGHT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR TOWN SERVICES.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE ALL THE APPROVALS THAT WE HAD THAT I'M SURE THE TOWN PEOPLE THAT CAME AFTER THESE APPROVALS APPRECIATE, LIKE U-TIKI, AND SQUARE GROUPER, AND BEACON, AND ALL THESE LITTLE DEVELOPMENTS, NONE OF THEM OVER FIVE STORIES THAT HELPED BRING IN THE TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
SMART IMPROVEMENT AND SMART DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS SHOULD LOOK AT.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF FIREMEN COMING TO OUR TOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE GOT TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO HOUSE THE WORKERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY TO THEM TO LIVE IN THE TOWN AS THEY WORK HERE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ALL ABOUT NO TO DEVELOPMENT, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SMART DEVELOPMENT.
IN THIS TOWN, THERE'S STILL A FEW PIECES OF LAND THAT CAN STILL BE DEVELOPED SMARTLY INSTEAD OF LAYING VACANT IN SOME CASES, AND I CAN POINT THEM OUT, THAT ARE NOT PLANTED.
THERE MAY BE GRASS, THE WATERS RUNNING INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WAS WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
WE EITHER SHOULD DEVELOP IT OR PLANT IT AND MAKE SURE THE WATER RUNOFF IS CLEAN, ONE OR THE OTHER.
BUT I THINK AT THIS STAGE OF THE TOWN, A LITTLE MORE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH.
I THINK IT'S LESS THAN 10 ACRES FOR SOME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED SO WE CAN HAVE SOME PLACES FOR SOME OF OUR WORKERS TO COME TO.
THERE HASN'T BEEN VERY MUCH SINCE THEN, AND MAYBE FOR A GOOD REASON, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL HAVE AVAILABILITY TO US TO DO SOME OF THAT FOR THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JEN CLAIRE. AFTER JEN IS KRISTEN HENRY.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. JEN CLAIRE, RIVERSIDE DRIVE PARK.
FOR ALMOST A YEAR, I'VE ATTENDED THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT JUPITER PLANS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS EQUAL OR GREATER SERVICE THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE, AND THAT THEY WILL BE DOING IT FOR LESS.
WHAT YOU HAVEN'T MADE CLEAR TO ME IS HOW.
THE CONSULTANT HIRED BY THE TOWN CLAIMS THAT STARTING THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD COST THE RESIDENTS NOTHING IN 2023, 2024 AND 2025, AND THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE JUPITER FIRE DEPARTMENT UNTIL 2026.
IN 2026, THAT COST WOULD BE $24.5 MILLION.
I BELIEVE THE CONSULTANT'S REPORT IS MISLEADING TO RESIDENTS SIMPLY BECAUSE $2.6
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MILLION HAVE ALREADY BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR TO PAY FOR STAFF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN HIRED.NOT TO MENTION THE UNKNOWN COST TO TAXPAYERS FOR THE TWO FIRE STATIONS YOU PLAN ON BUILDING PRIOR TO 2026.
I HAVE A COPY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE ANNUAL REPORT.
I FOUND THE STATS IN THIS REPORT EYE-OPENING.
DID YOU KNOW THAT PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE SERVICES APPROXIMATELY 60,000 RESIDENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AS THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
IN 2023, PALM BEACH GARDENS RAN 10,867 CALLS WITH FIVE STATIONS.
DURING THAT SAME YEAR, PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED TO 9,017 CALLS WITHIN THE TOWN OF JUPITER LIMITS.
WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT UP, THE FIVE STATIONS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS RESPONDED TO AN AVERAGE OF 21,073 CALLS EACH.
KEEP IN MIND, THEY ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING A SIXTH STATION TO BETTER SERVICE THEIR RESIDENTS.
THANKFULLY, WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WE HAVE IN PLACE, PBCFR HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH AN ARSENAL OF RESOURCES, PROVIDING EXTRA COVERAGE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE WITHOUT DELAY.
IF JUPITER FIRE TAKES OVER WITH ONLY THREE STATIONS, EACH OF THOSE STATIONS WILL BE RUNNING AN AVERAGE OF 3,000 CALLS A YEAR.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT JUPITER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS SAME OR BETTER SERVICE THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY PROVIDED, WHILE RUNNING ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF CALLS AS GARDENS WITH HALF THE AMOUNT OF FIRE STATIONS, AND WITHOUT THE VAST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY PBCFR? THE CONSULTANT YOU HIRED STATED THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET WAS $25.8 MILLION.
THAT SAME YEAR, PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE WAS $38.1 MILLION.
THAT MEANS LAST YEAR IT COST PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE $12.3 MILLION MORE THAN PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES TO NEARLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS.
THAT'S ALSO $13.6 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT JUPITER ESTIMATES ITS COST TO BE IN 2026.
THE NUMBERS PROMISED AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICES JUST DON'T ADD UP TO ME.
RESPECTFULLY, COUNCIL I ASK YOU, WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHEN JUPITER FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RESOURCES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE NEEDED? HOW MUCH WILL IT COST RESIDENTS FOR OTHER AGENCIES TO COME IN AND PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES, AND WHY ISN'T THAT INFORMATION BEING DISCLOSED TO THE RESIDENTS? MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO YOU PLAN AND WHY ARE YOU PROMISING TO PROVIDE SO MUCH MORE WITH SO MUCH LESS? AGAIN, FOR ME, THIS ISN'T ADDING UP, AND I'D REALLY APPRECIATE SOME CLARIFICATION.
>> KRISTEN HENRY AND THEN ERIC WHITE.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR, KRISTEN HENRY, 109 MAJORCA WAY.
I WANTED TO COME UP TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC A TOPIC THAT'S BEEN STRESSED OVER, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.
LAST NIGHT IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT HAPPENED AT THE US 1 BRIDGE, WHICH MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE WORKER AND HIS FAMILY, SPECIAL OPERATIONS ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY UNITS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.
A SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING, WHICH WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE STATIONED RIGHT IN OUR TOWN.
IF COUNTY DECIDES TO MOVE SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION, WHAT DIMINISHED TIME DOES SOMEONE IN THIS SITUATION HAVE WAITING FOR THE CLOSEST TEAM TO ARRIVE? TAKING A LOOK AT THE ALTON FIRE ON DONALD ROSS, NOTHING AGAINST GARDENS, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY WAS FIRST ON SCENE IN GARDEN ZONE, RUNNING MOST OF THE CALL.
THEY HAVE THE MEANS, THE PERSONNEL, THE BRUSH TRUCKS, AND EQUIPMENT TO DO SO.
RIGHT BEHIND US IN THE PASEOS TRAILS, YOU CAN SEE A CLEAR PATH OF A PALM BEACH COUNTY BRUSH TRUCK, WHICH SAVED A HOME FROM A FIRE JUST FEET AWAY FROM THEIR ROOF.
PALM BEACH COUNTY RESPONDS TO SEVERAL OPEN WATER CALLS A YEAR.
WHEN FINGERS ARE POINTED AT THEM FOR NOT HANDING OVER STATION 18, WHO RESPONDS TO THOSE CALLS IF THEY ARE NOT THERE? THEY HAVE THE JET SKIS AND THE MEANS FOR EXTENSIVE TRAINING.
YOU SEE, ADDING THESE SERVICES TO JUPITER FIRE RESCUE MEANS A BIGGER BUDGET, AND THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY CURRENTLY GETTING THREE STATIONS LIKE JUPITER FIRE RESCUE, BUT A TOTAL OF FIVE, WHICH RESPONDS TO OUR AREA.
ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE 50 PLUS FIRE STATIONS, THE COUNTY IS ABLE TO MOVE UP IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE INCIDENT OR THE BUSINESS IN A TOWN OF OVER 60,000 RESIDENTS.
IF GARDENS FEELS THE NEED TO SIZE IN A MIRROR TOWN, WHY WOULD WE SIZE DOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN CALL VOLUME PER YEAR HAS INCREASED NEARLY 1,000 CALLS JUST IN A FEW SHORT YEARS? WHEN PR GOES OUT SAYING THE COUNTY JUST INCREASE COSTS WITHOUT ADDING ANY SERVICE, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ADDED SERVICES WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING ALL ALONG.
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IF YOU TAKE THOSE OUT, I'M SURE THEY TOO CAN DO IT FOR CHEAPER.>> GOOD EVENING. ERIC WHITE, 230 OCEAN GRANDE BOULEVARD IN JUPITER.
THE BAD NEWS IS THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE MORE COVID IN THE AREA.
I GOT PROTECTED AND I'M STILL COVERING UP.
THE GOOD NEWS IS JUPITER BEACH WAS JUST VOTED THE NUMBERED DOG BEACH IN THE COUNTRY.
I HAVE A DOG WHO DOESN'T LIKE THE BEACH, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
ON THIS FIRE STATION ISSUE, THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE THREE STATIONS WORKING RIGHT NOW, AND BEFORE TOO LONG, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE STATIONS, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
THE COUNTY IS NOT WORKING ON IT, AND I'VE BEEN WRITING TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND THEY WANT TO STAY OUT OF THIS.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO EXTRA FIRE STATIONS.
TOTAL OF FIVE, SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR THAT.
THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE SHOVELED AROUND, BUT EITHER WAY, IT'S GOT TO COME OUT OF SOMEBODY'S POCKET.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTY GET INVOLVED AND SETTLE THIS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT A TOWNSHIP HAS OPTED OUT FROM THE COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE.
TEQUESTA HAS DONE THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND THEY'RE OPERATING WELL.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE PART OF THE COUNTY OR PART OF THE CITY, IF THERE'S A NEED, THEY COME TO HELP EACH OTHER AS NEEDED. THANK YOU.
[4. June 18, 2024 Town Council Meeting Minutes and June 20, 2024 Town Council Workshop Meeting Minutes.]
WE HAVE BEFORE US THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 18TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL AS THE JUNE 20TH COUNCIL WORKSHOP, AND WE HAVE SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS ON THE DAIS.IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS, I LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. [OVERLAPPING]
I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT'S ON THE DAIS, BUT ON PAGE 3, PUBLIC HEARING ON OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY, PARAGRAPH 3, COUNCILMAN DELANEY MOVED TO NOT DENY 954.
I BELIEVE NOT SHOULD BE DELETED.
THEY'RE ALSO ALL NUMBERED PAGE 3.
IT WOULD BE PAGE 10, ITEM 11, PARAGRAPH 3. I CAUGHT THAT AS WELL.
>> YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS WE ALL HAD SIGNALED THAT WAS A DENIAL, BUT JUST THERE WAS A WORDING ISSUE. ARE WE CLEAR ON THAT?
>> GIVEN THOSE CHANGES, I MOVE TO ACCEPT WITH THE CHANGES INCORPORATED.
>> MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THIS IS ITEMS 5 THROUGH 13 ON THE AGENDA.IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANTED TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM?
>> YES. WE HAVE ITEM 5 AND ITEM 7.
>> FIVE AND SEVEN. ANY MEMBER OF THE DAIS WANTED TO PULL AN ITEM?
>> FIVE AND SEVEN BEING PULLED, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDED CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF AGENDA ITEMS 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, AND 13.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5,
[5. Ordinance 17-24, Second Reading, Cinquez Park Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Amendment - Application to change the Future Land Use Designation from Recreation to Public Institutional for 3.0+/- acres of property at 2183 W Indiantown Road.]
WHICH IS ORDINANCE 724 ON SECOND READING PULLED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.I'LL ASK THEM TO COME FORTH AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT?
>> THERE'S TWO. FIRST, WE HAVE EARL MALLORY, THEN LEANNE LABECK.
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[NOISE]>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EARL MALLORY.
I'VE BEEN AN ATTORNEY AND A RESIDENT OF TOWN OF JUPITER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
BOTH MY OFFICE AND MY HOME ARE LOCATED WITHIN A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS OF THIS AREA THAT YOU WANT TO REZONE.
THIS TOWN HISTORICALLY FOUGHT LONG AND HARD TO PROTECT THE TOWN FROM OVER-DEVELOPMENT, MAKING INDIANTOWN ROAD, AND THE TERMS USED IN THIS COUNCIL WERE TO PREVENT IT TO LOOK LIKE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.
YOU SUCCESSFULLY KEPT OUT A MASSIVE AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP STRIP ON OUR TOWN.
YOU PREVENTED A ANOTHER BIG BOX STORE FROM BEING BUILT ON THE VERY PROPERTY THAT CINQUEZ PARK IS ON.
CINQUEZ PARK AS A RESULT OF THIS COUNCIL TRYING TO PROTECT THIS AREA AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS AREA.
NOW, YOU WANT TO TAKE THREE ACRES OUT OF THAT GREEN SPACE AND PUT A FIRE STATION THERE, WHICH WE DON'T NEED.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE LOCATION OF THAT PROPOSED FIRE STATION.
AT NOON TODAY, WHICH WAS OFF-SEASON, I CAME OUT OF MY OFFICE.
IT TOOK TWO LIGHT CHANGES TO GET TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT CENTRAL BOULEVARD.
THE FIRE TRUCK CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE ANY FASTER BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS ABSOLUTELY DEAD STOPPED.
PEOPLE STOP COMING FROM CROSS-STREETS.
HOW'S A FIRE TRUCK, WAS IT GOING TO GO THROUGH AND JUST PUSH CARS OUT OF THE WAY? THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET THROUGH FASTER THAN I WENT THROUGH TODAY.
IN SEASON, IT TAKES FOUR OR FIVE LIGHT CHANGES TO GO THAT FAR.
THE FIREFIGHTERS IN THE ROOM WILL TELL YOU THAT IN TRAUMA EVENTS, THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME CALLED THE GOLDEN HOUR, AND IN THAT GOLDEN HOUR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE GET TRANSPORTED WITH CARE TO A TRAUMA CENTER.
THAT INCLUDES TIME IN THE AMBULANCE WITH FIRE RESCUE.
IF IT'S TAKING 10 MINUTES, 15 MINUTES OUT OF THAT GOLDEN HOUR TO EVEN GET TO THE LOCATION, IT'S CARVING VALUABLE TIME OUT.
IT'S A POOR DECISION BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION IN THE AREA, AND BECAUSE OF SHORTNESS OF TIME, I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THE IRONY OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
HERE WE HAVE PROCLAMATION, PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CARVE OUT A PARK AND PUT A FIRE STATION THERE.
THE PRAYER TONIGHT TALKED ABOUT WELFARE OF CITIZENS.
PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT JEOPARDY BECAUSE IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GET TO THEM IS NOT WATCHING OUT FOR THEIR WELFARE.
THE FORMAL AMENDMENT FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, I BELIEVE, REQUIRES THAT THERE BE A PROXIMITY TO THE POPULATION SERVED IF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS GOING TO BE FOR A FIRE STATION.
BASED ON THE CURRENT LOCATIONS MAPPED OUT, IT DOESN'T FALL WITHIN THAT DISTANCE CATEGORY, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAPS THAT I'VE SEEN.
THERE'S ALSO ALREADY PROPERTY THAT COULD BE USED FOR A FIRE STATION OWNED BY LOXAHATCHEE RIVER DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A SPECIAL UPDATE TO REZONING.
I BELIEVE THAT WITH ADDITIONAL MOTIVATION AND A UPDATED LEASE OFFER, THAT WOULD BE A BETTER SPACE TO BE USED, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD BE CONVINCED TO ALLOW US TO LEASE THAT SPACE WITH BETTER NEGOTIATIONS.
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I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT REALLY HURTS PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED THEIR HOMES IN THAT AREA WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FUTURE USE WOULD BE FOR RECREATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE HAVE RELIED ON THAT WHEN CHOOSING A HOME.I KNOW THAT MY FAMILY DID RESEARCH WHAT THE INTENT WAS FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE, AND HAD WE KNOWN THAT IT WOULD BE INSTITUTIONAL OR GOVERNMENTAL, WE LIKELY WOULD HAVE PURCHASED A DIFFERENT HOME DUE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR PARTICULAR FAMILY.
I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO CONSIDER OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE WE DON'T NEED TO REZONE PARKS IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS JUST A LAND USE MAP CHANGE.
WE ALSO HAVE A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH.
BUT IF STAFF CAN SHARE WITH MR. MALLORY, THE PLANS FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT PROGRAM THAT WOULD CHANGE THINGS IN THE FUTURE, AND BEFORE THAT EVEN JUST STATE THAT, BY AND LARGE, THIS STATION WOULD BE SERVICING THE SAME CALLS THAT WERE SERVICED BY PALM BEACH COUNTY ON FROM THE CENTRAL BOULEVARD STATION, AND THESE TRIPS ON INDIANTOWN ROAD TO SERVICE THE PUBLIC ARE THESE VERY SAME TRIPS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD READY.
IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THIS STATION BEING IN THIS VERY SIMILAR LOCATION, BUT NOW WE WOULD BE PROACTIVELY TRYING TO ENHANCE RESPONSE.
I KNOW THE COUNTY WOULD BE DOING THAT PERHAPS AS WELL, BUT THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS DIFFERENT.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT JUST SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT?
>> YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, DARREL DONATTO, YOUR FIRE CHIEF HERE IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
WE WILL BE INSTITUTING A TRAFFIC PREEMPTION SYSTEM.
WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN OUR EARLIER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS SITE.
TRAFFIC PREEMPTION SYSTEMS ARE WIDELY USED BY FIRING MS AGENCIES AROUND THE NATION.
MY PAST EXPERIENCE, WE USED ONE IN THE COMMUNITY I CAME FROM, AND THESE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHERE YOU ARE AT AND WHERE YOU ARE GOING INTO IN ADVANCE OF THE AMBULANCE OR A FIRE ENGINE GETTING THERE, TO TURN THE LIGHTS ALL GREEN IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR TRAVEL, AND THEN CONTROL THE LIGHTS RED IN ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS.
THIS, BECAUSE IT'S DONE IN ADVANCE, WILL ALLOW FOR THE FLUSHING OF TRAFFIC, AND THEY CAN BE PRE-PROGRAMMED OUT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS AHEAD, AND WHICH WOULD BE THE INTENT HERE.
AGAIN, TRAFFIC PREEMPTION SYSTEMS ARE INCREDIBLE DEVICES.
THEY NOT ONLY PROMOTE SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHERE OTHER VEHICLES ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH, BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE ENHANCED SAFETY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, BECAUSE LIKEWISE, THEY'RE NOT HAVING A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION.
YOU HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF THESE INTERSECTIONS IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROGRAM THESE SYSTEMS SO THAT THEY FLUSH IN ADVANCE OF THE TRAVEL.
AS SOON AS YOU PASS, THEN THEY RESET BACK INTO A NORMAL CYCLE.
>> SORRY, CHIEF, I HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
JUST WITH REGARDS TO LRD, I KNOW WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF THE CONSTRAINTS, OF COURSE, IS THAT THEY ARE ANOTHER ELECTED BOARD.
BUT ANOTHER CONSTRAINT WAS THE RESPONSE TIME, AND YOU HAD SPOKEN TO THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION BEING BENEFICIAL IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TIME.
MY MEMORY IN LOOKING AT IT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE 30 SECONDS, A HALF A MINUTE, WHICH IN A TOTAL RESPONSE TIME OF SIX OR SEVEN MINUTES IS MATERIAL.
WAS IT 30 SECONDS, THE DIFFERENCE, MORE OR LESS?
>> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT LIKE YOU, MY RECOLLECTION IS IT'S APPROXIMATELY 30-SECOND IMPROVEMENT IN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIMES IN THE WESTERN AREA AT THE CINQUEZ PARK SITE AS COMPARED TO THE LRD SITE.
>> I HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT TO MAKE ABOUT THE RESPONSE TIMES AS WELL.
COUNCILOR MAY GAVE US SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF HOW SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE JUST BLOCKED AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'VE GOT THAT THESE BLOCKAGES CAN CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT DELAY IN RESPONSE TIME, BUT WE NEED TO REALIZE WE'RE MOVING A FIRE STATION TWO INTERSECTIONS TO THE EAST.
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SO ALL EASTERN RESPONSES WILL BE THAT MUCH QUICKER.THIS IS ONLY AFFECTING WESTERN RESPONSES.
WELL, THEY'LL NOW HAVE TO GO TWO MORE INTERSECTIONS TO THE WEST.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITIZENS LIVE TO THE EAST.
THIS IS A BENEFIT TO THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITIZENS.
IT'S CLEARLY NOT A BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS OF CARVER, AND WE NEED TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME AND THOUGHT AS WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT, BECAUSE THAT IS A REAL AND LEGITIMATE IMPACT.
BUT AS FAR AS OUR OVERALL RESPONSE TIMES, IT'S HELPING OUR RESPONSE TIMES TO THE EAST, MAJORITY OF CITIZENS, HURTING THE RESPONSE TIME TO THE WEST, THE MINORITY OF CITIZENS.
WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE THIS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OVERALL RESPONSE TIME, AN AVERAGE OF 30-SECOND REDUCTION.
NO DOUBT THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE ELIMINATING TWO CROSSING INTERSECTIONS, THAT EASTBOUND RESPONSES WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE THESE RESPONSES ARE GOING AND HOW THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE GOING TO AFFECT THE OVERALL RESPONSE TIME.
>> WE HAD ALSO LOOKED AT THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME WITH RELATION TO STATION 19, AND WE DID SEE AN IMPROVEMENT WITH THE STATION FOR THE OVERALL RESPONSE TIME AS WELL.
THAT HAS BEEN MODELED AND SHOWN IN RECENT MEETINGS OR PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
>> IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ORDINANCE 1724.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1724 IN SECOND READING.
>> I'D ASK THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ ORDINANCE 1724 IN SHORT TITLE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 5789, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR A PROPERTY OF APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF INDIANTOWN ROAD AND CARVER AVENUE, FROM RECREATION TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ON FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[7. Resolution 45-24, Approving a purchase order utilizing state term contract No. 15100000-19-1 to Pro Energy Fleet Fueling, LLC (Pro Energy) for fleet and emergency standby generator fuel in an amount not to exceed $875,000.]
MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 7, RESOLUTION 4524, PULLED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.>> SORRY. IT'S ITEM NUMBER 8, RESOLUTION 77-24 THAT I INTEND TO SPEAK ON.
MY CONCERN HERE IS IN THE DOCUMENTATION.
>> YOU PULLED AGENDA 7 WHICH IS 45-24.
WE'VE ALREADY ACTED UPON RESOLUTION 77-24.
>> I WROTE THE WRONG THING. [LAUGHTER] I HAD A DIFFERENT THING ON MY NOTE.
I MUST HAVE MISSTATED IT ON THE COMMENT.
>> THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE COMMENTS ON 45-24?
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION A SECOND ON RESOLUTION 45-24.
>> MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[14. Resolution 78-24. Jupiter Fire Rescue Department, Cinquez Station - QuasiJudicial - Special Exception and Site Plan applications for a two-story Fire Station and associated improvements on 3.0 acres of property, located at 2197 W. Indiantown Road.]
MOVE IT ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.AGENDA ITEM 14, RESOLUTION 78-24.
COUNCIL, THIS IS A [INAUDIBLE].
ARE THERE ANY EX PARTE DISCLOSURES?
>> I'VE WALKED THE SITE SEVERAL TIMES.
>> I WALKED THE SITE ON OCCASION, AND CERTAINLY I HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE TOWN MANAGER IN OUR BIWEEKLY MEETINGS ABOUT THE SITE PLAN.
I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS OF THE SITE PLAN THAT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT ARE NOW IN THE PACKAGE.
THEN I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF, TODAY, TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SPLITS, THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL TO THE HISTORICAL CALL AREAS.
I HAD A ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF.
I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR TOWN MANAGER.
I MET WITH SOME OF THE DOG PARK USERS IN MARCH OR APRIL.
I HAD A MEETING IN MID MAY WITH FIVE OR SIX RESIDENTS ON CARVER AVENUE WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND TOWN MANAGER,
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AND I'VE MET RESIDENTS IN CINQUEZ PARK AND WALKED TO THE PARK AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, BOTH WEEKEND AND WEEKDAY.>> I'VE JUST RECEIVED A FEW E MAILS FROM THE RESIDENTS ON CARVER AVENUE EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS.
>> WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK FOR MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, AND I GUESS WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR US TO STAND AND BE SWORN IN.
THEY'RE EXPECTED TO GIVE TESTIMONY TO STAND AND BE SWORN IN.
>> DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IN THIS HEARING IS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
>> I TURN IT OVER RIGHT, I THINK.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DARREL DONATTO, YOU'RE FIRE CHIEF HERE IN JUPITER.
LET'S START WITH WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT DISCUSSING THE NEED FOR TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, PALM BEACH COUNTY CAME TO THE TOWN AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT BE RENEWING THEIR CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN UNDER THE EXISTING TERMS AND THAT THEY WOULD BE DOUBLING THE COST OF SERVICE FOR TOWN RESIDENTS.
FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE TOWN HAS PAID THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE, AND THE COUNTY WANTED THE TOWN TO PAY OVER TWICE THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE OR AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER OF $1 BILLION IN NEW TAXES OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, FOR THE SAME SERVICE, SAME FIRE STATIONS, SAME FIRE TRUCKS, SAME FIREFIGHTERS, NOTHING NEW.
THE TOWN COUNCIL WISELY AND BRAVELY CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.
AFTER HIRING A CONSULTANT IN AUGUST OF 2023, THE COUNCIL VOTED TO EXERCISE A THREE-YEAR TERMINATION CLAUSE, FOR THE SERVICE FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY TO START THE TOWN OF JUPITER FIRE RESCUE.
DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE COUNTY HAS DECLINED TO SELL, LEASE OR CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN FOR THE USE OF THE TWO FIRE STATIONS, THAT THE COUNTY OWNS WITHIN THE TOWN.
JUPITER FIRE RESCUE WILL BEGIN PROVIDING FULL FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE TOWN, ON OCTOBER 1 OF 2026.
BUILDING A FIRE STATION TAKES TIME.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT, SEEKING APPROVAL FOR TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS.
THE EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT OF FIRE STATIONS IS ESSENTIAL TO THE TIMELY RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THE LOCATION OF THESE FIRE STATIONS IS INTENTIONAL AND SIGNIFICANT IN OUR EFFORTS TO ALIGN FIRE RESCUE RESOURCES WITH THE GREATEST DEMAND AND OPTIMIZE RESPONSE TIMES.
AS WE BUILD THE JUPITER FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT, THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF JUPITER'S RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS ARE OUR NUMBER 1 CONCERN.
WE'VE EXHAUSTIVELY STUDIED THE PLACEMENT OF FIRE STATIONS WITHIN JUPITER TO PROVIDE THE BEST COVERAGE AND RESPONSE TIMES POSSIBLE.
BASED ON THAT FOCUS, AND CENTERED ON PROVIDING URGENT, SOMETIMES LIFESAVING CARE, THE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT PIATT PLACE, AND CINQUEZ PARK ARE THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR THE TWO FIRE STATIONS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS TONIGHT.
BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING REGARDING SITE LOCATIONS IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN ANY WAY, AND IN FACT, IT IS QUITE NORMAL BOTH LOCALLY AND ACROSS OUR NATION.
FIRE STATIONS ARE A PART OF THE FABRIC OF COMMUNITIES.
FIRE STATIONS ARE MOST OFTEN LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AS THE GREATEST RISK OF FIRE, AND THE MOST FREQUENT CALLS FOR EMS SERVICES, ARE IN RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
AS PART OF THE STUDY AND RESEARCH THAT I PERFORMED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CINQUEZ PARK, I LOOKED AT 64 FIRE STATION SITES WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THESE FIRE STATIONS REPRESENTED EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY FROM SMALLER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS TEQUESTA, TO THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.
OF THE 64 FIRE STATIONS THAT I LOOKED AT, 23 OF THEM, OR MORE THAN A THIRD, ARE LOCATED AS CLOSER TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAN WE ARE PROPOSING.
THOSE 23 STATIONS REPRESENT 11 DIFFERENT FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENTS.
AGAIN, FROM THE LARGEST PALM BEACH COUNTY, TO THE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS TEQUESTA.
WE HAVE LISTENED TO AND CONSIDERED FEEDBACK FROM VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THESE TWO STATION SITES, AND WE HAVE TAKEN PROACTIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED.
OR CINQUEZ PARK, THE TOWN HAS MINIMIZED THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY BEING USED FOR THE FIRE STATION.
THE PROPOSED STATION SITE WAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY ABUTTING THE INDIANTOWN ROAD COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
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THE TOWN HAS ALIGNED THE STATION WITH THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, AND THE INDIANTOWN ROAD COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, AND ALSO SHIFTED THE STATION'S DRIVEWAY TO ALIGN WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.THE TOWN IS ADDING SPACE TO THE WESTERNMOST DOG RUN.
THE TOWN HAS SHIFTED THE PROPOSED PARK ACCESS DRIVEWAY CONNECTION ON CARVER AVENUE TO ALIGN WITH A MULTI FAMILY PARKING LOT DRIVEWAY ACROSS THE STREET.
THE TOWN WILL PRESERVE MORE OF AND ENHANCE THE LARGE FIELD, NORTH OF THE FICUS OR BETTER KNOWN BANYAN TREE, AND THAT BANYAN TREE WILL REMAIN.
THE TOWN WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE ALONG CARVER AVENUE, AROUND THE STATION AND ALONG INDIANTOWN ROAD WITH A BEAUTIFUL NATIVE LANDSCAPE THAT PROVIDES VISUAL APPEAL AND ACTS AS A NATURAL BUFFER FROM ADJACENT USES.
A FIRE STATION MUST SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE AND HERE ABOUT TONIGHT ARE VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT SITE PLANS THAT ADDRESS THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF FIRE RESCUE, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY'S ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE AND MINIMIZE ANY IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY'S RESIDENTS.
WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR TOWN'S CONTRACTED DESIGN ENGINEERS, WGI, TO REVIEW THE TECHNICAL DETAILS BEGINNING WITH CINQUEZ PARK.
>> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DOUG MURRAY WITH WGI.
HERE TO REPRESENT THE JUPITER RESCUE CINQUEZ STATION.
PRESS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A SITE PLAN APPLICATION SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIRE STATION IN CINQUEZ PARK.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION MAP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IT ENCOMPASSES THREE AFFECTED AREAS OF CINQUEZ PARK LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CARVER IN INDIANTOWN ROAD.
THERE YOU HAVE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AS YOU JUST APPROVED THE FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE FROM RECREATIONAL TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL.
ALSO ON THIS MAP, YOU'LL SEE IN PAGE HERE, THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED FIRE STATION LOCATED, AS THE CHIEF SAID, CLOSE TO INDIANTOWN ROAD AND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE COMMERCIAL.
OF THE ZONING MAP, THE SITE IS STAYING THE EXISTING ZONING, WHICH IS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL.
AGAIN, SURROUNDING USES PART OF CINQUEZ PARK, LOCATED AT THE VERY SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE PARK.
HERE IS A CLOSER UP VIEW OF THAT THREE-ACRE AFFECTED AREA.
YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
MY APOLOGIES FOR THE OVERLAP IN THE TEXT HERE, BUT THE EXISTING EAST WEST ROAD IS BEING SHIFTED FURTHER SOUTH WITHIN THE PARK, AND LOCATING THE FIRE STATION.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO STORY JUST UNDER 14,000 SQUARE FEET STATION.
AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS GOING TO BE WITHIN THE INDIANTOWN ROAD MEDIAN.
THERE'S A MEDIAN CUT IN SIGNALIZATION FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THERE.
WE HAVE 23 SPACES FOR THE FIRE STATION LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST OF THE FIRE STATION, WHICH WILL BASICALLY BE BEHIND SIGNAGE INDICATING ITS DEAD END FOR FIRE RESCUE PURPOSES ONLY FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE ADDED THE NEW PARK ACCESS ROAD, WHICH IS GOING TO ALIGN WITH CARVER AVENUE THAT TAKES THE PLACE OF THE EXISTING ACCESS THAT GOES THROUGH THE PARK.
ANOTHER ADDITION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THE PAVED PARKING LOT, JUST NORTH OF THE EXISTING RESTROOMS, WHICH EXIST AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
IT'S A GRASS PARKING LOT THAT I BELIEVE IS ROPED OFF.
WE HAVE THE EXISTING FICUS TREE THAT'S BEING MAINTAINED, AND THE ACCESS WAY IS ACTUALLY BEING SHIFTED FURTHER SOUTH FROM WHERE IT EXISTS TODAY, GIVING MORE ROOM AROUND THAT TREE AND PREVENTING ANY POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE [INAUDIBLE] OR SIDEWALKS IN THAT AREA.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE A VERY MINOR IMPACT TO THE EXISTING DOG PARK.
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PART OF THIS LAYOUT IS TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO MINIMIZE ANY IMPACTS TO THE EXISTING DOG PARKS, AS WELL AS AGAIN, LOCATE THIS BUILDING AS FAR AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AS POSSIBLE, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL EYE CARE CENTER TO THE WEST.DUE TO AGAIN, IT'S A VERY MINOR IMPACT TO THE DOG PARK.
WE ARE EXPANDING THE DOG PARK, AND ACTUALLY INCREASING THE AREA OF THE DOG PARK FROM WHAT EXISTS TODAY.
HERE YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE STATION.
WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO, NOT ONLY MEET THE CODE, BUT TO MAKE SURE IT MET THE VISION OF THE TOWN FOR THESE NEW FIRE STATIONS TO SET A NEW STANDARD.
HERE YOU SEE THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN, BLACK AND WHITE, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, NOT ONLY ALONG CARVER, BUT SURROUNDING THE FIRE STATION.
AS MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO CONSIST OF ALL NATIVE MATERIAL, A NEW ROYAL PALMS, TO BE A LITTLE BIT TROPICAL FEEL.
STAFF [NOISE], THE REQUESTED SITE PLAN AMENDMENT WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOWN CODE, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS IN THE RESOLUTION 78-24.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, CARREY WATSON WITH PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.
REAL QUICK. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE THREE ACRES ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CINQUEZ PARK, OR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND SITE PLAN BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
THIS ALL STARTED WITH STAFF AFTER THE MAY 21ST TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
Y'ALL SELECTED THE WESTERN FIRE STATION SITE, AND WE BEGAN WORKING ON REFINING THE SITE PLAN FURTHER THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
JUNE 18TH, YOU ALL APPROVED THE FLUM FOR THE FIRST READING AND JUST APPROVED IT TONIGHT.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE ALSO BEEN HAVING ONGOING RESIDENT AND PARK USER INPUT, THAT'S IN SMALL GROUPS AND INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE NUMEROUS PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
WE WENT BACK AND LISTENED TO THEM ALL, AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
THEN WE USED THAT INFORMATION TO DESIGN THE SITE PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT INPUT WE RECEIVED.
REAL QUICK, WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE LEFT IS THE MAY 21ST PLAN.
THAT WAS WHEN YOU DECIDED THAT THIS WAS THE WESTERN STATION, AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSED PLAN.
AT THE NIGHT OF THE 21ST, WE HEARD A FEW THINGS FROM RESIDENTS THAT NIGHT.
ONE WAS A DESIRE TO MAINTAIN THE TREE.
WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR, DESIRE FOR OPEN SPACE AND TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCED OPEN SPACE IN THE PARK.
THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC, SAFETY ON INDIANTOWN ROAD, NOISE FROM THE STATION OPERATIONS, CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS, ITS PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE DOG PARK, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY IMPACTS TO THE DOG PARK SIZE.
WE HEARD ALL THOSE THINGS, WE GOT TO WORK INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE SITE PLAN.
REAL QUICK, JUST TO COVER THAT LIST OF WHAT CAME OUT OF ALL OF THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE IDEA WAS TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF FOOTPRINT USED IN THAT THREE ACRES FOR THE FIRE STATION, AND EXPAND THE WESTERN DOG RUN.
WE WANTED TO ALIGN THE STATION AND EXIT DRIVEWAY WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE, SO THAT TRUCKS WERE GOING OUT OF THE STATION AT THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND NOT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
BY MOVING IT TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF THE NOISE IMPACTS IN ITS PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTIAL DOG PARK.
WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR PARKING ON THE EXIT DRIVEWAY, WHICH WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THE TRUCKS LEAVING THE STATION.
WE ALIGNED THE NEW PARK ACCESS DRIVE THAT RUNS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TREE NOW, WITH THE MULTIFAMILY PARKING LOT THERE.
IT CREATES AN INTERSECTION WHERE CARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE.
WE PRESERVED MORE AND ENHANCED THE LARGE FIELD NORTH OF THE FICUS TREE, THAT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS, AND WE CREATED SOME MORE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE USE OF THE FIRE STATION AND THE USE OF THE PARK.
>> REAL QUICK, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WEREN'T COVERED THERE.
WE'VE HEARD SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD TO THE NORTH.
THERE'S CURRENTLY A SANITARY SEWER LINE.
WE'RE WORKING ON INCORPORATING ALL OF THAT STUFF IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE,
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SO WE'RE AWARE OF THAT.WE'RE ALREADY INCORPORATING THOSE THINGS INTO THAT CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE.
WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS A TABLE OF THE PARKING SPACES PROVIDED IN THE PARK.
IN TOTALITY, THE EXISTING PARK HAS 67 PARKING SPACES THAT INCLUDES THE ON STREET SPACES ON CARVER AND YANCEY, AS WELL AS THE ON STREET SPACES THAT ARE WITHIN THE PARK.
THERE'S ALSO 11 SPACES THAT IS CURRENTLY A GRASS LOT JUST NORTH OF THE BATHROOM BUILDING.
THOSE 11 SPACES HAVE BEEN CHAINED OFF AND HAVE NOT BEEN OPENED.
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PARK.
THE EXISTING CONDITIONS WOULD NOT HAVE VEHICLES IN THAT AREA.
WE'VE MADE NUMEROUS OBSERVATIONS.
STAFF HAS MADE NUMEROUS OBSERVATIONS DRIVING THROUGH THE PARK COUNTING VEHICLES.
WE'VE OBSERVED HISTORICAL AERIALS, WHICH WERE TYPICALLY IN THE NOVEMBER TO JANUARY TIME FRAME, ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
THE HIGHEST DEMAND THAT WE FOUND THROUGH ALL OF THAT RESEARCH WAS 32 SPACES, WHICH WAS ABOUT 56% OF THE AMOUNT OF SPACES PROPOSED ON SITE, AND THE AVERAGE DEMAND WAS CLOSER TO 19, AND THAT'S ONLY 34% OF WHAT'S PROPOSED ON SITE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TABLE, WE HAVE 67 EXISTING AND 57 PROPOSED, BUT WHILE IT'S GOING DOWN BY 10, OUR ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT IT'S ADEQUATE FOR WHAT'S THERE.
BEFORE I MOVE ON FROM PARKING, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN THAT GRASS PARKING LOT, AS THE APPLICANT NOTED JUST PREVIOUS TO ME, THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO PAVE THAT PARKING LOT, THOSE 11 SPACES.
BUT GIVEN THE PARK'S EXISTING USE AND EXISTING NEED THAT MAY NOT BE NEEDED RIGHT AWAY, AND THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD ALWAYS PRESENT ITSELF IN THE FUTURE TO PAVE THOSE IF IT BECAME NECESSARY.
BUT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LEAVING THOSE SPACES AS GRASS FOR NOW AND WANTED YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THAT TONIGHT AS WELL.
GETTING INTO SOME CONDITIONS REALLY BRIEFLY.
WE HAVE SOME ARCHITECTURAL CONDITIONS.
YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER I'LL BRING SOME RENDERINGS.
THEY'VE WORKED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ENTRY FEATURES AND MAKE THEM MORE PROMINENT.
WATER IS A STANDARD CONDITION.
IT'S A NEW BUILDING. WE'RE ADDING A WATER CONNECTION.
IN TERMS OF THE SITE PLAN, THERE'S A FEW THINGS WE CAN TWEAK TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH OF THAT NORTH FIELD AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE A CONDITION TO FLIP FLOP THE LOCATION OF THE 10 OR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT PARALLEL SPACES TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THAT PROVIDES PARKING AND PROXIMITY TO THE TREE AS WELL AS LEAVES AS MUCH SPACE AS POSSIBLE FOR THAT FIELD.
THERE'S SOME REALIGNMENT OF THE INTERSECTION TO HELP THE EAST WEST FLOW FUNCTION A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND ALSO SOME PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES TO BE LOCATED AT THE STATION.
THERE'S PLENTY THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
BUT TO HAVE SOME NEAR THE STATION WHERE THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME WOULD BE ALSO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.
WE ALSO HAVE A TRAFFIC CONDITION.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED PERMIT COUNTY TRAFFIC APPROVAL YESTERDAY.
WE HAVE THAT APPROVAL LETTER IN HAND AND IT MEETS THE STANDARDS.
WE HAVE A MINOR SIGNAGE CONDITION THAT LIMITS SIGNAGE ON SITE TO SEVEN FEET.
THERE'S NOTHING CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF FREE STANDING SIGNAGE PROPOSED FOR THE STATION.
HOWEVER, IF IT'S EVER PROPOSED IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD BE IN SCALE WITH WHAT'S ON INDIANTOWN ROAD, UNLESS IT WAS PUT AS PART OF A PUBLIC, PEDESTRIAN AMENITY.
YOU CAN SEE JUST BEHIND THE SIGN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS THE EXISTING GAZEBO.
THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO REBUILD SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT WOULD SERVE THAT COMMUNITY PURPOSE, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SOME SIGNAGE FOR THE STATION OR FOR THE PARK OR FOR BOTH.
REAL QUICKLY, AS THE APPLICANT NOTED, THE SITE PLAN IS GOING TO MEET THE CRITERIA WITH THE CONDITIONS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IN THE RESOLUTION, AND STAFF FINDS THAT THE APPLICANT SATISFIED ALL THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
JUST TO COVER THOSE REAL BRIEFLY, THE STATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND THE TOWN CODE.
IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND SURROUNDING USES.
FIRE STATIONS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY SERVE AND THEY'RE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.
THE BUILDING, AS IT'S BEEN REDESIGNED, IS NOW LOCATED FRONTING THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S COMMON FOR FIRE STATIONS TO BE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND ALSO ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY SHARED WITH OTHER USES SUCH AS PARKS OR OTHER MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.
THE PROPOSED FIRE STATION WAS DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF PARK AREA THAT WAS LEFT OVER FOR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO PLAN IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF PARK AMENITIES ON THAT SITE.
LASTLY, I WANT TO COVER THE P&Z RECOMMENDATION.
THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, A 70 APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT.
THE COMMISSION HAD SOME INPUT AND SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE
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SENT TO YOU ON WEDNESDAY, I BELIEVE AFTERNOON.BUT TO COVER THOSE COMMENTS REAL BRIEFLY, THERE WAS A RESIDENT EMAIL THAT WAS FORWARDED TO EVERYBODY RELATED TO SWAPPING OUT SOME OAK TREES ON CARVER FOR PALM TREES.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WANTED YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TONIGHT.
THEY CONCURRED, AS I NOTED EARLIER, ABOUT LEAVING THE 11 PARKING SPACES NORTH OF THE RESTAURANT BUILDING AS NOT PAVED FOR NOW AS GRASS AND PAVING THEM IN THE FUTURE, IF NECESSARY.
THEY WANTED YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.
THEN THERE WAS ALSO SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR SIGNAGE TO BE ORIENTED TO INDIANTOWN ROAD.
SIGNAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS THE BUILDING CONCEPT DEVELOPS.
WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU SUPPORT THAT, YOU CAN LET US KNOW TONIGHT AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH JUST A FEW RENDERINGS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME LAST MINUTE RENDERINGS IN.
THIS IS ONE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN.
IT'S THE VIEW FROM THE DOG PARK LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARDS THE CORNER OF CARVER AND INDIANTOWN ROAD.
THIS NEXT ONE IS IF YOU WERE STANDING ON CARVER AND YOU WERE LOOKING EAST TOWARDS THE BUILDING, THIS IS ROUGHLY THE LOCATION OF THE ENTRY DRIVE OF WHERE THE EYEGLASS DOCTOR IS NOW.
THEN THIS IS A VIEW FROM AN INTERNAL SIDEWALK.
JUST OFF TO THE LEFT IS THE SIDEWALK FOR INDIANTOWN ROAD.
THIS IS THE INTERNAL SIDEWALK THAT LEADS TO THAT EXISTING GAZEBO, AND IT'S THE VIEW LOOKING WEST ALONG THAT SIDEWALK.
I WILL LEAVE YOU HERE WITH THIS PICTURE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
REMEMBER, THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING.
WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE AGENDA OR THE PROTOCOL LISTED. THIS IS THE TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE WITNESSES, I'LL START WITH QUESTIONS ONLY. COUNCILOR 4.
SORRY. THE FIRST QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, IT'S REALLY AT THE LANDSCAPING.
WE DID RECEIVE OR PLANNING AND ZONING, DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT WITH THESE QUESTIONS.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO CHECK, YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB PROVIDING A BUFFER ALONG THE STATION ALONG CARVER AVENUE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE.
BUT FIRST, WITH REGARDS TO TRAFFIC, IF I'M ON CARVER AND GIVEN THE LANDSCAPING BUFFER, WILL THERE BE A LINE OF SIGHT TO THE STATION? TO VEHICLES PULLING OUT, IN TERMS OF THE DENSITY OF LANDSCAPING IN THAT AREA, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY AND TURNING INTO CARVER AVENUE?
>> DOUG MURRAY WITH THE RG AGAIN.
THERE IS NO LAND, THERE IS A SAFE SITE CORNER CLIP AT THAT INTERSECTION AND THERE IS NO LANDSCAPE WITHIN THE CORNER CLIP ITSELF.
>> THAT I KNOW OF. THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO SABLE PALMS THAT ARE IN THERE, BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH STAFF AND THOSE CAN DEFINITELY BE REMOVED IF THEY'RE EXISTING, BUT WE'RE WELL OUTSIDE OF THAT SAFE SITE TRIANGLE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
>> IS THE PLAN NOW FOR ANY TREES THAT ARE MOVED, THE PLAN CURRENTLY IS TO MOVE THEM WITHIN THE PARK?
>> LINE OF SIGHT ISSUES AND THEN I GUESS I'LL JUST PROVIDE COMMENTS LATER ON LANDSCAPING. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
>> FIRST STAFF, WAS IT LOOKED INTO OR MAYBE THE APPLICANT TO ALIGN THE STATION SO THAT WHEN THE CARS EXIT THEY'RE NOT EXITING ONTO CARVER AVENUE, THEY'RE EXITING DIRECTLY ONTO INDIANTOWN ROAD.
>> GOOD EVENING. THOMAS HERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
IT WAS ENTERTAINED IN THE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL OF IT EXITING DIRECTLY ONTO INDIANTOWN ROAD.
THE CONCERN ABOUT THAT WITH THE EAST WEST ALIGNMENT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR A FIRE TRUCK TO COME OUT ONTO INDIANTOWN ROAD AND THEN BE ABLE TO ALSO MAKE THAT TURN GOING DOWN BUSH ROAD, WHICH IS A HOT SPOT, AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF CALLS THAT WOULD BE DOWN THAT LOCATION.
INITIALLY, WE DID LOOK AT IT, BUT GIVEN THE INABILITY TO MAKE THAT TURN AND THE DIFFICULTY THAT THE VEHICLES WOULD NEED TO MAKE DOWN THAT TURN, IT WAS MOVED FURTHER TO CARVER AVENUE.
>> BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT HOW BUSH ROAD WHEN IT EXITS OUT,
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WAS IT LOOKED AT TO ALIGN IT SO THAT THE DRIVEWAY WOULD BE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO BUSH ROAD SO THAT WHEN THE TRUCKS CAME OUT, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY GO STRAIGHT ACROSS INDIANTOWN ROAD AND GO DOWN BUSH ROAD.>> WHEN WE SAT WITH THE FDOT, BUSH ROAD CARVER AVENUE FOR ONE THING, OFCOURSE, MEDIAN OPENINGS AND LARGE INTERSECTIONS AND LARGE ROADWAYS.
THERE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, NOT SOMETHING THEY ALWAYS WANT TO ALLOW OTHER THAN IN EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
BUSH ROAD WAS NOT ONE THAT FDOT WAS IN FAVOR OF.
WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM, THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THOSE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF BUSH ROAD WHEN WE HAD GONE THROUGH SOME OF THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS THAT WE HAD EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT INITIALLY, BUSH ROAD WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS FAVORED BY THE FDOT.
>> I JUST KNOW THAT CURRENTLY, LIKE MY STATION THAT I WORK AT, I EXIT DIRECTLY ONTO MILITARY TRAIL, I CAN GO NORTH AND SOUTH.
I FEEL BETTER ALIGNED THAN HAVING TO COME OUT OF THE STATION, MAKE A LEFT TURN ON THE CARVER AND THEN MAKE A RIGHT TURN OR A LEFT TURN ONTO AN TURN ROAD, IT'S A LOT OF TURNS.
POTENTIALLY, IF THE LATER TRUCK IS GOING TO BE AT THAT STATION, THAT'S A PRETTY TIGHT CORNER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TO MAKE IN WITH THAT TRUCK TO COME OUT.
I WOULD HONESTLY PREFER IF WE COULD REALLY LOOK INTO HAVING THESE TRUCKS EXIT DIRECTLY ONTO ANY TURN ROAD, WHICH WOULD AGAIN ALSO ALLOW THEM TO POTENTIALLY START UTILIZING THEIR SIRENS A LITTLE SOONER AND NOT DIRECTING THE SIREN NOISE DIRECTLY AT THE RESIDENTS ON CARVER AVENUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SERIOUSLY CONSIDER.
>> AGAIN, THE FDOT, WHEN WE SAT WITH THEM, THEY PRETTY MUCH QUASHED THAT IDEA.
THEY DID NOT LIKE MOVING THE MEDIAN OPENING CLOSER TO.
WE CAN GO BACK AND ASK THEM, BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT THEY WILL APPROVE THAT.
>> IF I WAS RESPONDING, I WOULD PREFER, ESPECIALLY IF I'M GOING TO BE JUMPING UP BUSH ROAD, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY TO GO TO A NURSING HOME.
THAT'S WHY THE HEAT MAP LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE A LOT QUICKER.
JUST BY SHOOTING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE STATION, STRAIGHT DOWN BUSH ROAD, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN INQUIRE ABOUT AGAIN.
BUT IF I WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER TO DO.
>> JUST A QUESTION FROM FIRE CHIEF, IS SHE STILL TO HERE? YEAH. JUST I THINK I UNDERSTAND CONFIRM WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING TO PUT THE LADDER TRUCK? IT'S NOT AT THIS LOCATION.
>> YEAH. NO, SIR. RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT.
>> IT'S PLANED TO GO TO THE PIERRE POLICE STATION.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MORE OF THE HIGH RISES BUILDINGS ARE.
>> FITS WITH OUR MODEL. YES, SIR.
>> THEN SECONDLY, THIS SITE I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT WAS MADE TO CONSIDER GOING DOWN TO BUSH ROAD AS ONE OF THE MANY HOT SPOTS.
THAT'S CERTAINLY AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE CURRENT DIFFICULTY FROM STATION 19 TO GET THERE.
YOU WERE INVOLVED, WERE YOU NOT WITH THE SIGHTING INCLUSIVE OF THE ROUTING OF VEHICLES, AND ARE YOU CONFIDENT WITH THIS END OUTCOME AS BEING THE BEST THAT COULD BE PROVIDED?
>> YES, I AM. THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE PUT UPON DOING WORK ALONG INDIANTOWN ROAD.
FDOT IS HIGHLY INVOLVED IN THAT.
WE APPROACHED A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
THIS IS THE BEST OPTION AND THE OPTION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY FDOT.
WE HAVE A DIRECTIONAL MEDIAN CUT THROUGH AND NOT A DIRECT RIGHT ACROSS INTERSECTION.
IF WE WERE TO PUT AN OPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF BUSH ROAD, THE CONCERN OF FDOT IS FOLKS MISUSING THAT.
AGAIN, WE'VE OPTED FOR THIS DIRECTIONAL CUT THROUGH THAT PROHIBITS THAT MISUSE.
>> WITH THAT, I TURN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> YES. FIRST WE HAVE EARL MALLORY IN KELLY LABACK.
>> AGAIN, EARL MALLORY, RESIDENT OF JUPITER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
I KEEP HEARING STAFF COMMENTS ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON CARVER AVENUE.
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I'VE LIVED ON CARVER AVENUE A LONG TIME.NOBODY HAS EVER ASKED MY OPINION.
NOBODY'S EVER COME DOWN THE STREET AND SAY WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
NOBODY'S EVER PUT A PLACARD IN MY MAILBOX.
NOBODY'S EVER PUT POSTING ON MY DOOR.
I'M IN THE DOG PARK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
NO STAFF MEMBER HAS EVER TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS STUFF.
BEFORE I WAS A LAWYER, I WAS IN CONSTRUCTION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF ROAD ISSUES, A LOT OF PARKING ISSUES.
I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO MOVE A BIG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AROUND A ROAD.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRE TRUCKS COMING OUT ONTO CARVER, HAVING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND THEN GET OUT ON INDIANTOWN ROAD AND MAKE ANOTHER LEFT HAND TURN OR MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.
THAT'S JUST TOO MANY TURNS TO GO TO RESPOND TO A CALL.
IF YOU GO STRAIGHT OUT ONTO INDIANTOWN ROAD, THEY TURN RIGHT, THEY TURN LEFT, IT CUTS A TURN OUT OF THE PROCESS.
THE TIME INVOLVED AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION AFTER I SPOKE BEFORE AND THE FIRE CHIEF CAME UP AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THE TIME DIFFERENCE ISN'T THAT WASN'T GERMANE.
THE ISSUE IS WHICH STREET IT'S ON THE CURRENT FIRE STATION 19 IS ON CENTRAL BOULEVARD.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC THAT'S ON THE INDIANTOWN ROAD UP TO CENTRAL BOULEVARD.
COMING OUT AND TRAFFIC, EXCEPT IN THE MORNINGS IS NEVER AN ISSUE GOING EAST ON INDIANTOWN ROAD.
THE ISSUE ABOUT TRAVEL TIME TO THE EAST OF CURRENT LOCATION OF STATION 19 AND THIS NEW STATION IS A RED HERRING.
THIS FIRE STATION DOESN'T BELONG IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT DOESN'T BELONG IN GREEN SPACE THIS TOWN FOUGHT LONG AND HARD TO GET. THANK YOU.
>> HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS KAYLA AND I'M SEVEN-YEARS-OLD.
OF COURSE WITH MY MOM AND DAD, AND MY BROTHER, JACK.
MY BROTHER IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
HE HAS AUTISM, WHICH MEANS HE IS VERY SENSITIVE TO LOUD NOISES.
I LOVE HER, AND BECAUSE IT IS QUIET AND PEACEFUL AND WE HAVE A DOG PARKED NEARBY WHERE WE RIDE OUR BIKES, AND THE BIG TREE IS MY FAVORITE TREE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO BUILD A LITTLE FIRE STATION CLOSE TO OUR HOME.
FIRE STATIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO HELP KEEP US SAFE BUT THE ROAD SILENCE AND THE NOISES FROM THE FIRE TRUCK WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR MY BROTHER.
WHEN HE HEARS NOISES HE GETS UPSET, MAKES HIM CRY SOMETIMES AND KEEP CALMING DOWN FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T WANT MY BROTHER TO BE SCARED ALL THE TIME.
I WANT HIM TO FEEL SAFE AND HAPPY AT HOME JUST LIKE I DO.
PLEASE CAN YOU THINK ABOUT OPENING THE FIRE STATION IN A DIFFERENT PLACE MAYBE SOMEWHERE WHERE IT WON'T BE NOISY FOR KIDS LIKE MY BROTHER.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME, AND FOR THINKING ABOUT MY BROTHER AND OTHER KIDS WHO NEED QUIET PLACE TO LIVE.
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>> IS THIS THING ON? HELLO. THE FIRE STATION HERE THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT WILL SCARE ME, SOME NEIGHBORS AND A LOT OF DOGS, AND IT WILL ALSO SCARE ONE OF OUR FOSTER KITTENS WHO CAN'T HEAR AND IS REALLY SCARED OF STUFF.
IF HE GETS TO HEAR THE LOUD NOISES, IT WILL MAKE HIM SAD AND MAD.
>> LEANNE LABECK. AFTER LIAM IT'S KRISTEN HENRY.
>> HI. I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT I ALSO LIVE ON CARVER AVENUE, AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A FIRE STATION IN THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NOISE SENSITIVITY THAT MY SON HAS, AND THE FACT THAT WE MOVED FROM ABACOA TO CINQUEZ PARK BECAUSE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF ABACOA WERE TOO NOISY FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO RELAX AND TO SLEEP, AND TO PLAY OUTSIDE.
IN THE CURRENT SPACE THAT WE ARE, THE SECTION THAT WE ARE IS VERY QUIET.
HAVING THE DEAD END IS VERY PEACEFUL FOR US, AND HOWEVER, EVEN FROM OUR HOME ON THE INSIDE, WE CAN HEAR FIRE SIRENS ON THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ON INDIANTOWN ROAD, SO HAVING ONES THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO OUR HOME WOULD VERY MUCH ASSURE THAT WE WOULD HEAR EVERY SINGLE FIRE SIREN FOR EVERY SINGLE EMERGENCY IN THIS AREA.
WHEREAS NOW WE ONLY HEAR A FRACTION OF THEM, THE ONES THAT NEED TO PASS BY US OFF OF INDIANTOWN ROAD.
THE WAY THAT THE TRAFFIC FLOWS ON INDIANTOWN REALLY CREATES AN ISSUE FOR THOSE GOING WESTBOUND.
THERE IS TRAFFIC THAT BACKS UP FOR SEVERAL LIGHTS, AND [LAUGHTER] I DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT, BUT I ACTUALLY TOOK A PICTURE WHEN I WAS STOPPED THREE LIGHTS IN.
ALL LIGHTS WERE GREEN, BUT NO ONE COULD MOVE.
HAVING THE TRAFFIC PREEMPTION, I DON'T BELIEVE WILL BE AS MUCH OF A SAVING GRACE AS AS THE SOFTWARE HAS PREDICTED, JUST GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THAT TRAFFIC FLOW, AND GIVEN THE WAY THAT CARS REACT ON THAT ROAD.
THEY'RE NOT QUICK TO MOVE, EVEN WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE GREEN, AND THE TRAFFIC BACKUP IS SUCH THAT EVEN WITH THE LIGHTS TURNING GREEN, THEY DON'T REALLY CLEAR IN A QUICK TIME, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THOSE IN RESPONSES.
THE OTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE, IS FOR ACTUALLY SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT, BUT WHO DO LIVE CLOSER TO WHERE THIS DRIVEWAY WILL BE.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THE NEW PROPOSED LOCATION WILL BE LESS DESIRABLE FOR THEM.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S SLIGHTLY FURTHER AWAY FROM MY HOUSE, I DO HAVE CONCERN FOR MY NEIGHBORS IN THAT REGARD.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EITHER BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE ANOTHER SITE, USE A DIFFERENT SITE, OR REUSE WHAT PALM BEACH COUNTY IS CURRENTLY USING.
I HAVE REALIZED THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT TOUGH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S WORTH THE OUTCOME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.
>> KRISTEN HENRY, THEN WAYNE POSNER.
>> KRISTEN HENRY, JUPITER RESIDENT.
CHIEF DONATO AND STAFF, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE CONSIDERED THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATION BUILDS.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT THE STATION AT RIVER BEACH WAS TOO LARGE AND WASTEFUL.
THE TWO RENDERINGS SHOW TWO-STOREY BUILDINGS.
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I'M WONDERING WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE USE IS FOR THE TWO-STOREY BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED.WHERE IS THE HEADQUARTERS WHERE MANY OTHER [NOISE] TRUCKS WILL BE IN AND OUT OF PLAN FOR? ALSO, REGARDING THE COMMUNITY ROOM, IT'S A NICE CONSIDERATION, BUT I AM ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON HOW THAT WILL WORK WHEN EVERYONE AT THE STATION IS CALLED OUT? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE ROOM AND HOW WILL THAT AFFECT INSURANCE COSTS OF THE BUILDING, WITH RESIDENTS USING A FIRE STATION? HOW WILL YOU ASSURE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE FIRE PERSONNEL USING A SHARED SPACE? I ALSO WANT TO SNEAK IN.
I WILL ASK MR. MAYOR DIRECTLY.
IN 2023, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RECOGNIZED OUR VERY STATION 16 FOR THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF COMPLETE RECOVERIES AFTER CARDIAC ARREST FOR ANY COUNTY STATIONS.
THE TOWN DOES A GREAT JOB OF RECOGNIZING ALL OUR MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS.
I'M WONDERING, WILL YOU BE RECOGNIZING OUR OWN STATION FOR THAT ACHIEVEMENT. THANK YOU.
>> WAYNE POSNER, AND THEN ERIC.
>> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. COUNCIL.
WAYNE POSNER 315, CARINA DRIVE, JUPITER, FLORIDA.
FIRST COMMENT WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK THE PALM BEACH COUNTY FR WOULD NEGOTIATE GIVING US THE ONE THEY ALREADY HAVE ON CENTRAL BOULEVARD AND IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE OF WHERE TO PUT THIS THING.
I THINK THEY DECIDED TO PUT THIS FIRE STATION IN THE BEST POSSIBLE PLACE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE HOMES HAVE HURRICANE GLASS, BUT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP THE SOUND MITIGATION, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE FIRE TRUCKS DO PASS INDIANTOWN ROAD A LOT WITH THE SIRENS GO BLASTING ALL THE TIME.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TOWER HEIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW HIGH THAT TOWER IS ON THE END OF THE BUILDING? ALSO, I DO LOVE THE ARCHITECTURE.
I WAS A BUILDER FOR 42 YEARS, AND I CAN COMMENT FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THE BUILDING FITS INTO THE TOWN'S STYLE VERY WELL.
IT MIMICS A LITTLE BIT THE A NEOCLASSICAL STYLE THAT THE TOWN HALL HAS AND THE POLICE STATION, WHICH WHEN I WAS ON A COUNCIL, I APPROVED BOTH OF THOSE BUILDINGS, AND I WOULD DEFINITELY APPROVE THIS BUILDING AS WELL.
I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE AND TALK ABOUT HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
WELL, SOME OF THE NEW RESIDENTS AS WELL HAVE THEIR SAY, THEY PUT THEIR INVESTMENT HERE, THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES HERE, AND TELLING PEOPLE HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE DOESN'T REALLY ADD CREDENCE TO YOUR POSITION.
WE'RE ALL CITIZENS. I'VE BEEN HERE 34 YEARS ALMOST AS LONG AS CAM HAS BEEN ALIVE.
I SEE TOWN OF JUPITER PROGRESSING VERY NICELY.
I'M GLAD IT'S NOT A GRANITE BEHEMOTH, LIKE WE HAVE IN ON BLUE HORN, THE FIRE STATION.
THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF DESIGNING THIS.
AS FAR AS THE LIGHTS ARE CONCERNED AND CLEARING THE TRAFFIC, I SO HAPPEN TO SEE SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK WHERE IN GERMANY WHEN A FIRE TRUCK OR RESCUE VEHICLE GOES, ALL THE TRAFFIC PULLS OVER AND MAKES A CENTER LANE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN'T DO THAT IN AMERICA.
I THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE DESIGN CREW, AND ESPECIALLY THE NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE CHIEF CREW CAME FROM A VERY WELL-KNOWN PLACE.
I THINK THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND I GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND AS FAR AS THE COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IS INDIANTOWN ROAD, IS A COUNTY ROAD, WE ARE STUCK WITH SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY MAKE US HAVE WHEN WE BUILD BUILDINGS AND CAMPS RESPECT.
I MIGHT BELIEVE HE IS CORRECT, BUT WE MAY BE RESTRICTED BECAUSE OF IT'S A COUNTY ROAD AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR RULES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
>> ERIC, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE RICHARD DUNNING.
>> ERIC WHITE, 230 OCEAN GRANDE BOULEVARD, JUPITER.
A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS HERE FROM PEOPLE TONIGHT, AND THEY DON'T WANT THE FIRE STATION THERE AND THEY DON'T WANT [INAUDIBLE] PLACE.
THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS TO ANOTHER'S FIRE STATION.
I WANT TO ASK, I WISH THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE HERE FROM THE TOWNSHIP.
THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO CONTACT IS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WRITE TO THEM, CALL THEM, DO WHATEVER YOU CAN.
[NOISE] THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE NEED TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON THESE FIRE STATIONS, BUT IF WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO.
BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY ALSO NEEDS TO GET AHOLD OF
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THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KEEP STATIONS, SO WE HAVE FIVE STATIONS IN THE TOWN.I'M ASKING THE PUBLIC OUT HERE.
SEND EMAILS, GET ON THE PHONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES HERE NEARBY, BUT WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR AREA.
WRITE TO THEM, CONTACT THEM, AND TELL THEM TO GET THEIR ACT GOING.
THEY'RE BEING VERY SILENT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
I SENT THE EMAILS AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE TO THE LAST ONE.
PLEASE FOLKS SPEAK UP. THANK YOU.
>> [NOISE] GOOD EVENING. MR. MAYOR, VICE-MAYOR.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RICHARD DUNNING.
I LIVE AT 1648 JUPITER COVE DRIVE.
FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE CHIEF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PLAN FOR CINQUEZ STATION.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO ARGUE IF WE NEED A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR NOT.
[LAUGHTER] AS THEY SAY THAT THE TRAIN HAS ALREADY LEFT THE STATION, WELL, THE FIRE TRUCK HAS ALREADY LEFT THE STATION.
WE WERE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
THE JUPITER FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO STAND UP BY 2026 IN OCTOBER, IF I'M NOT CORRECT.
A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS SAY THAT THEY WEREN'T INFORMED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PRETTY CAREFULLY AND I KNOW THAT, THE CHIEF HAS BEEN OUT AND TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS.
I KNOW THAT MELISA HAS BEEN TALKING TO HIM, AND I KNOW CAM HAS BEEN TALKING AND THE TOWN HAS TAKEN ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEY PUT IT INTO THE PLAN FOR CINQUEZ STATION, TO MAKE IT BETTER.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE, BUT I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB, THE TOWN DID A GOOD JOB OF IMPLEMENTING AND PUTTING ALL THAT INTO PLACE.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR, AND AS FAR AS A DIFFERENT LOCATION, I DON'T LIKE IT IN PARKS EITHER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE NOW.
I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO THE CHIEF AND I'VE TALKED TO VARIOUS OTHER FOLKS.
THERE IS NO OTHER LOCATION THAT WILL MEET THE TIME CRITERIA THAT WE NEED AND FILL IT.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE BUT AS MR. COUNCILMAN D LANEY SAID, PALM BEACH HADN'T DONE WHAT THEY HAD.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE, SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THE PEOPLE.
LET'S KEEP MOVING ON IT, AND LET'S GO ABOUT IT, AND LET'S QUIT ARGUING WHETHER WE NEED A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR NOT.
LET'S MOVE ON AND ALL WORK TOGETHER AND TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
LET'S USE SOME OF THAT THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHY WE DON'T WANT ONE AND PUT IT TOGETHER TO MAKE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WE CAN.
I KNOW WE HAVE FREE SPEECH IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THIS COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT, BUT LET'S MOVE ON.
LET'S JUST LOCK OUR ARMS TOGETHER AND MOVE ON WITH THIS STATION, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN.
A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK NEED TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT, AND THANK YOU FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF TO PUT FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE THIS ALL COME TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE TOWN. THANK YOU.
I ASK FIRST OF THE STAFF IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP AND, WHICH IS THE APPLICANT, NO FOLLOW UP COMMENTS OR ANYTHING.
>> RETURNING TO THE COUNSEL FOR DELIBERATION.
I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE ROW AND ASK, IS THERE ANY FOLLOW UP COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A MOTION. COUNCILOR MAY?
>> I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD.
OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN IN FAVOR OF A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
I HAVE MY OPINIONS BECAUSE OF REAL-LIFE ENCOUNTERS.
BECAUSE I ACTUALLY RUN EMERGENCY CALLS IN THIS TOWN, SPECIFICALLY FIRE RESCUE.
THE REASON I BRING THE THINGS UP IS BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO EXPERIENCE REAL-LIFE RUNNING CALLS IN THIS AREA AND ALL THROUGHOUT TOWN.
I'M JUST BRINGING MY CONCERNS THERE, AND I'M HOPING THAT I GET PROVEN WRONG WITH MY CONCERNS.
SPECIFICALLY WESTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM THE FIRE STATION, TO OUR WESTERN COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY, JUPITER COUNTRY CLUBS AND OMA AISLES, RIALTO, THOSE AREAS.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PREEMPTING TRAFFIC,
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TRYING TO PREEMPT FOUR LIGHTS AT ONCE TO MOVE TRAFFIC, SO IT DOESN'T SLOW THE APPARATUS DOWN.LIKE I SAID, THE LIGHTS COULD ALL BE GREEN, THE TRAFFIC COULD STILL BE SITTING THERE, DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS.
I STILL HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
I WISH THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADJUST THIS STATION AND STILL HAVE A DIRECTIONAL MEDIAN CUT SO THAT THEY COULD STILL COME OUT DIRECTIONALLY, PREVENTS TRAFFIC FROM MAKING THAT U-TURN, BUT GIVES MORE DIRECT ACCESS TO GO SOUTH DIRECTLY ONTO BUSH ROAD.
IF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS CAN BE LOOKED INTO, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
HOPEFULLY MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION HAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ON THIS.
AS IT WAS SAID, THE FIRE TRUCK HAS LEFT THE STATION ON THIS, SO I WOULD AT THIS POINT, JUST SO MY CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND, I DON'T WANT TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES FOR THIS, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO HELP TO, HOPEFULLY, BUILD SOMETHING REALLY GOOD UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS STOP.
BUT AT THIS POINT I'LL SUPPORT THIS ITEM TONIGHT, BUT I REALLY WANT STAFF TO PLEASE TAKE ME SERIOUSLY WHEN I ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER THE LOCATION, OR HOW THE STATION IS SITUATED, AND DOING THAT MEDIAN CUT SO THAT THE TRUCKS CAN EXIT DIRECTLY ONTO INDIANTOWN ROAD, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING ONTO CARVER AVENUE, AND THEN TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN GET SOME LIVE TRAFFIC STUDY OR SOMETHING WITH TRAFFIC BEING GRIDLOCKED AND THEN PREEMPTING THOSE FOUR LIGHTS AT ONCE TO SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR TRAFFIC TO START MOVING. THAT'S MY COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK FOR A NUMBER OF US THAT'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, WE WATCHED THIS GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS.
I'VE BEEN SO GRATEFUL, AND I WANT TO CLARIFY TOO.
WHEN I MET WITH THE RESIDENTS ON CARVER AVENUE, I WAS INVITED WITH THE TOWN MANAGER AND THE FIRE CHIEF.
WHEREVER I AM INVITED I WILL CERTAINLY GO.
I DID SPEAK, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TEXTED ME, CALLED ME.
I TRIED TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS I COULD TO ALL OF THEIR QUESTIONS AND FOR INFORMATION.
I THINK A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THE SITE PLAN, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE, HONESTLY.
TO SEE PLANNING AND ZONING HAVE THE MEETING IT DID THE FIRST GO AROUND AND GET TO A UNANIMOUS DECISION, WAS TRULY INCREDIBLE.
JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT COMMENTS THAT CAME TO OUR MEETINGS, TO PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS, AND JUST THE RESPONSE THAT WE SAW.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVES ACROSS FROM THE PARK ON CARVER AVENUE.
HE HAD COPIED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 PEOPLE ON THAT, THAT ALSO LIVE ON CARVER AVENUE.
HE WORKED TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON THAT STREET FACING THAT PARK, AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED A VIEW.
I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HIM, AND THEIR FOCUS IS ON THE LANDSCAPING.
THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BEING PRESERVED.
LANDSCAPING IS SOMETHING THEY REALLY LATCHED ONTO.
THEY WERE ALSO THE ONES THAT BROUGHT UP THE PIPE THAT COMES OUT OF THE GROUND AND PREVENTS PLAY ON THAT SOCCER FIELD.
IT'S ACTUALLY A TRIPPING HAZARD THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, AND THEY BROUGHT TO US.
I'M SO GRATEFUL JUST FOR ALL THE COMMENTS THAT THEY BROUGHT THAT YOU STAFF HAVE ACTED ON. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WITH THIS, I WANT TO SAY, WHAT I LEARNED MOST RECENTLY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS IS THAT, HALF OF CARVER AVENUE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LANDSCAPING PLAN THAT ADDRESSES CARVER AVENUE, THOSE HOMES THAT FACE THE PARK, AND YOU WANT IT TO BE CONSISTENT, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT PART OF THAT STREET IS OPEN SPACE, THE NORTHERN PART, AND THE OTHER HALF OF CARVER AVENUE IS THE LAND THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING NATIVE TREES, AND I DID TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO BALANCE ALL OF THESE PRIORITIES.
THERE IS SOME RECEPTION TO, I KNOW THEY WANTED PALM TREES, BUT LIKE A ROYAL PALM.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT AND SHARE THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THAT IT IS CONTINUING TO EVOLVE, BUT THEY CERTAINLY WANT THE OAK TREES REMOVED.
I KNOW PLANNING AND ZONING SPOKE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT UP AND SAY I WOULD SUPPORT THAT,
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THAT THEY WOULD BE MOVED WITHIN THE PARK, AND THAT'S TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE ON THE PARK.THAT'S ONE THING. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS, [LAUGHTER] I'M TRYING TO CATCH THEM ALL.
LET'S SEE. I AGREE WITH THE ELEVATIONS.
I LOVE THE WAY THAT LOOKS. LET'S SEE.
IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF SIRENS OR THE RESPONSES ON INDIANTOWN ROAD, OR GOING BY INDIANTOWN ROAD.
I REMEMBER, AND WATCHING THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, ACTUALLY ABOUT PYATT PARK, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER.
THE QUESTION WAS, WELL, HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE PULLING OUT OF WHICH STATIONS, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A REDUNDANT [LAUGHTER] STATION OR TWO STATIONS.
THE FIRE CHIEF IN THAT MEETING SAID, "WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE HOWEVER MANY CALLS, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE SPLIT DIFFERENTLY AMONG THE STATIONS." YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF TRUCKS RESPONDING TO ITEMS ON INDIANTOWN ROAD, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TRUCKS, BUT IT'S THE SAME NUMBER OF CALLS.
I WANT TO SAY I LIKE THAT THE PARKING WAS FLIPPED TO THE SOUTH SIDE.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT CHILDREN PLAYING SOCCER ON THAT FIELD, SO FLATTENING THAT RIDGE IS GOING TO PROVIDE MORE PLAY SPACE, AND MOVING THE PARKING SOUTH I THINK WILL DO THAT AS WELL.
I AGREE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING ON THE GRASS PARKING.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PAVE IT, I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT AS GRASS PARKING AND WE'LL FOLLOW THE PARKING DEMAND STUDIES OVER TIME.
BUT ONE COMMISSIONER HAD TALKED ABOUT, MAYBE JUST LEAVE IT AS PARK SPACE IF IT'S NOT EVEN BEING USED.
WELL, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH AND IF WE NEED IT, IT'S THERE, BUT TRY TO MAINTAIN THE PARK SPACE AS BEST WE CAN, SO I AGREE WITH THAT.
PART OF THE ROAD BEING MOVED SOUTH, I UNDERSTOOD THERE'S MULTIFAMILY THERE WITH A PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF IT.
THAT ACTUALLY HELPS WITH ANY HEADLIGHTS THAT COULD COME, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE FACING ANY RESIDENCES.
THE TURNING. THAT WAS THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERATE. THANK YOU.
LET'S SEE. WHAT ELSE WAS THERE? THE DOG PARK IS BEING EXPANDED. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
THAT WAS THE NUMBER 1 CONCERN I HAD IN THE MEETING IN SPRING WITH RESIDENTS.
ONE EVENING THAT WE WERE AT THE DOG PARK, THEY WERE WORRIED THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY.
WHAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IS IT WOULD BE ADDED.
THANK YOU FOR MEETING THAT REQUEST AS WELL. LET SEE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS MOMENT.
BUT OVERALL, GRASS PARKING TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND TAKE AWAY THE OAK TREES.
REPLACE THEM WITH MAYBE A ROYAL PALM, SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK ON BOTH SECTIONS, AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THOSE RESIDENTS.
I KNOW SOME HAD TALKED ABOUT VIEWS OF THE PARK VERSUS OTHERS ON THE [INAUDIBLE] HEDGE.
THAT WAS MENTIONED AT PLANNING AND ZONING.
JUST MAYBE SOME DIRECTION TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET REGARDING BUFFERING AND ALL OF THAT.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THE COMMENTS YOU'VE LISTENED TO AND RESPONDED TO. THANK YOU.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN APPROVAL THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT.
DOING THAT IN NORMAL PRESENTATION STAFF WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT OTHER RELATED PROJECTS, BUT PARTICULARLY TO THE POINT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON INDIANTOWN ROAD TRAFFIC FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THE PUBLIC THAT, FIRST OF ALL, COUNCILOR POSNER WAS ON THE COUNCIL, AND BEFORE THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
THAT'S A BIGGER PICTURE SOLUTION OUTSIDE OF THE SITE PLAN OF JUST THE STATION.
I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THE TRIPS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE SAME TRIPS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW SERVED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY.
STATION 19 STILL HAS TO GET ACROSS CENTRAL BOULEVARD, GO EAST, GO WEST.
SAME GRIDLOCK CONDITIONS THAT EXIST AT TIMES.
CERTAINLY TRAFFIC PREEMPTION WILL HELP.
I UNDERSTAND SKEPTICAL PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THAT, FROM WHAT YOU'VE OBSERVED, BUT THAT PREEMPTION WOULD CLEAR THE CORRIDOR,
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SO IT WOULD GO MORE THAN ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT.OFTENTIMES TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP EITHER WESTBOUND BECAUSE TO GET OUT OF THE TOWN AND TO GET TO 95.
NUMBER 1, THERE'S AN INDIANTOWN ROAD PROJECT UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW THAT WAS PLANNED BY FDOT, AND I'LL CALL THAT PHASE 1 OF INDIANTOWN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU NOTICE THEY'RE WIDENING THE BRIDGE TO ADD ANOTHER WESTBOUND LANE, IN ADDITION TO OR CONNECTING TURN LANES TO THROUGH LANES, WHICH IMPROVES INTERSECTION PERFORMANCE.
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS GOING TO IMPROVE.
IS IT THE END [INAUDIBLE]? NO, BUT IT IS A FIRST PHASE OF IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF SITE PLANNING ANY PROJECT, IN THIS CASE, A FIRE STATION.
SECONDLY, WE TALKED EARLIER TODAY.
I THANKED SENATOR HARRELL, FOR HELPING US TO GET FUNDING IN 2025.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE PROJECT WILL HAPPEN IN '25, BUT IT'S ANOTHER PHASE OF INDIANTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO HELP EAST-WEST MOVEMENT.
WE'VE ADVOCATED AND WORK TOWARDS AN ALLANWAY SOUTH ROADWAY FOR 15-20 YEARS.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT WOULD TAKE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM CENTRAL BOULEVARD, IMPROVING MOVEMENT.
REALLY ALL DELAYS HAPPEN AT INTERSECTIONS.
THEN LASTLY, THERE WILL BE AN INDIANTOWN ROAD PHASE 1 IMPROVEMENT BETWEEN CENTRAL AND CENTER STREET, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING FUNDING FOR.
TONIGHT WE HAVE BEFORE US A SITE PLAN APPROVAL, OR JUST THAT WHICH IS WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE SITE PLAN.
BUT WE KNOW AS THE TOWN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO ENABLE FIRE RESCUE VEHICLES, WHETHER THEY'RE DRIVEN BY THE TOWNS FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE COUNTIES, TO HAVE GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE QUICKER TO MEET THE PUBLIC.
I WANTED TO JUST GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE TOPIC, BUT YET IT IS I THINK PRETTY RELEVANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS.
SECONDLY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONE THING I WANTED TO OBSERVE THAT WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS SITE PLANNING IS THERE'S NO DEVELOPER WITH ANY PROFIT MOTIVE.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING DEVELOPERS ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS BEFORE US ON JUNE 18TH, AND NOW, IT'S A RADICALLY DIFFERENT SITE PLAN.
BECAUSE THE TOWN LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC.
I WANT TO THANK A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ALSO SAY, WE UNDERSTAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS A TEAM.
I TOOK GREAT COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE WHEN I KNEW THAT VICE MAYOR SUNDSTROM WAS ACCOMPANYING THE TOWN MANAGER AND FIRE CHIEF IN MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC.
YOU COULD SEE THAT BY THE CHANGE FROM WHAT WE KNEW ON JUNE 18TH TIL NOW.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR VICE MAYOR, THE TOWN MANAGER, THE FIRE CHIEF, ALL OF STAFF WORKING ON THIS, THE CONSULTANT, BECAUSE THIS IS RADICAL.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW CRITIQUE.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH IMPROVEMENTS IN SUCH SHORT ORDER ON SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY DIRECTED TO BE ABLE TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC, AND WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON RESIDENTS IN THE CARVER AVENUE AREA.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EXTEND THAT THANKS.
WITH THAT, I MOVE DOWN TO COUNCILOR DELANEY.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE SUCH A DRASTIC CHANGE IN, WELL, NOT DRASTIC, BUT THE CHANGE IN THE LOCATION OF THE STATION.
I WASN'T SHOCKED, BUT I WAS SURPRISED AND THE MORE I JUST KIND OF ANALYZED AND LOOKED AT IT.
IT TAKES THE STATION FURTHER FROM THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE PARK.
IT MOVES IT AWAY FROM MOST OF THE RESIDENTS ON THE STREET.
I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR REALLY LISTENING TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER ADJUSTMENTS WE'VE MADE OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN.
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JUST ACTUALLY FANTASTIC.I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN A LIST RANDOM.
I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT THE ITRI95 IMPROVEMENT WILL OBVIOUSLY HELP INDIANTOWN ROAD EAST WEST TO WHAT PERCENTAGE WE DON'T KNOW YET, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S THE FIRST STEP.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THE BANYAN TREE WAS NEVER AT RISK, IN MY OPINION, THAT WAS SACRED.
THAT WASN'T NEVER GOING TO BE HARM TO GO ANYWHERE.
I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK AROUND THAT AND KEEP THAT AS ICON OF THE PROPERTY DOWN THERE.
I WAS DOWN THERE TODAY JUST LIKE IT'S PERFECTLY, IT'S JUST HEALTHY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I ALSO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
THEY WANT TO SWAP OUT THE OAK TREES FOR PALMS. I'M GOOD WITH THAT AND I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT ON PAVING THE PARKING SPACE ALSO BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED TO PAVE IT.
I GO DOWN THERE ALL DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.
THERE'S NEVER PARKING ISSUES, BUT IT'S AN OPTION.
WE COULD ALWAYS DO FORTIFIED GRASS OR WE'VE DONE THOSE THINGS BEFORE.
OTHER COMMENTS MADE IN TERMS OF THE LRD PROJECT OR REQUEST.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT AROUND FOR THAT.
WE'RE CONSTRAINED BY TIME, SO THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
ALSO, STATION 16, PALM BEACH COUNTY NEEDS THAT STATION.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF UNINCORPORATED POCKETS.
I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAND THAT OVER TO US IF WE WANTED TO TAKE THAT ON.
I THINK THAT WAS NEVER A CONSIDERATION.
I THINK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KEEP WORKING WITH THEM ON THE LANDSCAPING, I WANT TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY AS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TO EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THAT ROAD.
I THINK WE JUST KEEP WORKING ON THAT AND KEEP TAKING INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS DOWN THERE.
ALSO, I AGREE WITH THE FORMER COUNCILOR PAUS IS A GREAT LOOKING BUILDING IT GIES WITH THESE STRUCTURES THAT WE'VE APPROVED FOR TOWN HALL AND THE POLICE STATION.
SPENDING SOME TIME IN THAT DOG PARK IS A GEM.
IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE HARMED.
I'M GLAD WE'RE EXPANDING IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PATTER OURSELF IN FACT.
THAT IS A NICE AMENITY OF THIS TOWN. IT'S BEAUTIFUL DOWN THERE.
ALSO, THERE WAS SOMETHING MENTIONED DEEP IN THE DETAILS.
WITH THE CURRENT ZONING THAT WAS AVAILABLE ON THE THREE ACRES, THIS REMOVED SOME DAILY TRIPS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IF IT WAS LIKE A COFFEE SHOP OR SOME RETAIL SPACE SO THAT'S OFF THE BOARD.
A MINOR POINT, BUT THOUGHT I'D THROW IT OUT THERE.
SIGNAGE ON THE ON INDIANTOWN ROAD IS A TRADITION FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE IT ON THE BUILDING, COUNCILOR, IS THAT TRUE?
>> USUALLY THEY'LL HAVE IT ON THE BUILDING AND THEY'LL HAVE A SIGN OUT FRONT TO INDICATE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THERE'S A FIRE STATION THERE.
THAT'S UP TO THE CHIEF OR WHATEVER COUNCILOR OF THE PUBLIC WANTS.
I HAVE NO REAL OPINION ON THAT.
ALL SAID, I'M HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING.
THANKS AGAIN TO STAFF TO REALLY LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU.
>> FIRST, I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD BOTH PUBLIC AND FROM COUNCILOR MAY THAT A DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE.
WE'VE MADE THE DECISION TO CREATE OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NOW, LET'S PUT ALL OF OUR ENERGY INTO MAKING THIS A WORLD CLASS FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WAS VERY HAPPY.
COUNCILOR MAY CLEARLY HAS A SKILL SET THAT SHOULD BE BENEFICIAL AND EXPLOITED BY THE TOWN.
HE HAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT NONE OF THE REST OF US DO.
I'VE GOT A CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING BACKGROUND, BUT HE'S GOT AN IDEAL BACKGROUND FOR PARTS OF THIS AND THAT SHOULD BE UTILIZED AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE STILL STILL SOME MEMBERS OF CARVER THAT HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS OR HAD NOT BEEN REACHED OUT.
I'VE READ THE E MAIL THAT WAS SENT TO US BY THE RESIDENTS THERE WHO WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW FANTASTIC THE OUTREACH WAS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE FUTURE, ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE REACHING EVERYBODY ON THE STREET IN A FUTURE SETTING, MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT MAYBE PUTTING FLYERS IN MAILBOXES OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
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THE COMMENT WAS HE NEVER RECEIVED A FLYER IN A MAILBOX, SO MAYBE WE COULD THINK OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE.BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE OUTREACH TO THE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET WAS FANTASTIC.
YOU WERE GIVEN, COUNCILOR ARMSTRONG, YOU WERE GIVEN VERY GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR OUTREACH AND THAT OUTREACH ACTUALLY RADICALLY CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE STATION AND FOR THE BETTER, I'M WITH YOU, COUNCILOR DELANEY, THE CHANGES ARE GREAT, AND IT JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF PUSH TO MAKE EVERYBODY LOOK AT IT A SECOND TIME, TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT IT, AND IT'S A MUCH BETTER DESIGN, MUCH BETTER LOCATION, MUCH BETTER FLOW.
WE'LL HAVE TO DELAY THE FEARS THAT COUNCILOR MAY HAS ON SOME OF THE TURNING, BUT I THINK THE CHIEF POINTED OUT THAT THEY WILL NOT HAVE A LADDER THERE, AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS YOU WERE MAKING.
I THINK IN THAT REGARD, LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS ON THE STREET WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO US.
SEVERAL OF US WERE IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBLE CUT THROUGH FOR BUSH ROAD, NOT FOR THE FIRE STATION, BUT TO ALLEV THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ON BUSH ROAD AND FDOT SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THAT WAS A NON STARTER FROM THE BEGINNING.
THEY WERE NOT GOING TO LET US PUT ANY CUT THROUGH SO THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF OUR HANDS.
THAT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL SUGGESTED.
LET'S PUT A CUT THROUGH FOR BUSH ROAD. NOT A CHANCE.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF LUCK TRYING TO DO THAT.
BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, COUNCILOR MAY ON TRYING TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.
WE NEED TO ALL BE PUTTING OUR ENERGIES NOW INTO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THIS WORLD CLASS? NOT, DOES IT STILL HAVE TO HAPPEN OR HOW CAN WE STOP THIS OR HOW CAN WE IMPEDE THIS? WHAT CAN WE ALL DO TO MAKE THIS A WORLD CLASS FIRE DEPARTMENT? WE'VE GOTTEN A TON OF GREAT ENERGY FROM THE PUBLIC THROUGH THIS, NOT NECESSARILY POSITIVE PUBLIC ENERGY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S PUBLIC ENERGY, AND WE NEED THE PUBLIC ENERGY AND WE WELCOME INPUT, AND WE NEED TO KEEP GETTING THIS PUBLIC INPUT.
NOW LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THIS WORLD CLASS? WHAT CAN WE ALL DO TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A WORLD CLASS FIRE DEPARTMENT? I THINK WE ALL WANT I CERTAINLY DO, AND I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE DOES.
GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ONE OF THEM WAS CHANGING THE TREES.
I'M OLD TIME FLORIDIAN, OAK TREES ARE A PART OF FLORIDA.
I'M LOATHED TO SEE OAK TREES REMOVED, BUT I'M FOR IT IF IT HELPS THE RESIDENTS OF CARVER OUT.
THEY'RE PUTTING UP WITH A LOT FROM US.
I DON'T THINK IT'S MUCH FOR US TO GIVE BACK TO THEM.
TAKE SOME OF MY BELOVED OAK TREES DOWN, PUT SOME PALM TREES UP.
TO BE FAIR, I'VE GOT NO OAK TREES IN MY YARD.
I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF PALM TREES IN MY YARD SO I'M FOR THAT.
>> JUST I WANT TO QUICKLY CLARIFY THAT THEY'LL BE MOVED.
>> OAK TREES DON'T TRANSPLANT VERY WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT, BUT THAT'S STILL A CONCESSION I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO MAKE.
PUT WHATEVER TREES THERE THEY WANT.
I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR COCONUT PALMS AND IT'S BEING SUGGESTED INSTEAD OF PUTTING COCONUTS THERE, WE PUT ROYALS THERE.
I CAN ASSURE YOU EVERY MAY, I HAVE 18 COCONUT PALMS IN MY YARD.
ALL OF MY COCONUTS ARE STRIPPED, ALL THE FRUIT STRIPPED BECAUSE A COCONUT AT 120 MILES PER HOUR IS A CANON BALL.
LITERALLY. IT WILL GO THROUGH A HOUSE.
IF WE CAN ELIMINATE COCONUTS AND GO WITH MAYBE A ROYAL PALM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE CARVER RESIDENTS IF THEY WOULD ACCEPT ROYAL PALMS.
>> THEY'RE OKAY WITH ROYAL PALMS. I'M FULLY BEHIND THAT THEN.
MOVED OAK TREES, LET'S PUT WHATEVER TREES THEY WOULD LIKE IN THERE THAT ARE SAFE TREES.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF COME OFF OF THEM AND STORMS, PALMS ARE MUCH EASIER TO DEAL WITH IN A LOT OF WAYS.
IN THE LONG RUN, THEY'LL BE CHEAPER TO MAINTAIN AN OAK TREES, SO I'M ALL FOR THAT.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THAT BANYAN TREE, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I THINK EACH ONE OF US MADE CLEAR FROM BEGINNING.
SOMEHOW WE'VE ALL SYNCED ON THAT.
THE BANYAN TREE IS NOT TO BE TOUCHED.
THE GRASS PARKING, I'M FOR KEEPING IT GRASS FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
LET'S NOT SPEND MONEY IF WE DON'T NEED TO.
CAUSES HEAT PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY, LET'S KEEP IT GRASS, LET'S KEEP IT NATURAL.
THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT KEEPING IT GRASS.
NOBODY'S ASKING FOR IT TO BE PAVED SO LET'S NOT SPEND MONEY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO.
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MAYBE HAVE A NEED TO PUT SOME PAVED PARKING IN THERE.BUT FOR NOW, I'M GOOD WITH KEEPING IT GRASS.
THE APPEARANCE OF THE DESIGN IS FANTASTIC.
I LOVE THESE DESIGNS, AND IT DOES MATCH THE BASIC MOTIF OF OUR TOWN BUILDINGS, VERY GOOD JOB ON THAT.
IT OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WATMAN, OR WGI HAS WORKED WITH YOU GUYS CAREFULLY TO CYCLE THROUGH SOME VIABLE DESIGNS.
IT LOOKS GOOD. LOOKS VERY GOOD.
AGAIN, THE LOCATION CHANGE IS FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU. GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB FOR EVERYBODY.
>> I TURNED TO THE VICE MAYOR FOR MOTION SINCE YOU CHAMPIONED A LOT OF THE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS.
NOT THAT WE ALL DIDN'T HAVE SOME, BUT YOU WERE THE PRIMARY LEADER.
THANK YOU. WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, BUT CONTINGENT ON CONTINUED STAFF CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS ON THE LANDSCAPING PIECE WITH GRASS PARKING.
WHAT WAS THE LAST ITEM? IS THERE OTHER.
>> THE ROYAL PALMS AND OAK TREES PER THE REQUEST OF THOSE RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.
>> THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[15. Resolution 79-24, Jupiter Fire Rescue Department, Piatt Station - QuasiJudicial- Special Exception and Site Plan applications for a two-story Fire Station and associated improvements, on a 4.7± acre property, located at 500 US Highway 1.]
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 15, RESOLUTION 7924.THIS IS ALSO A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER.
DOES COUNSEL HAVE ANY EX PARTE DISCLOSURES STARTING WITH COUNCILOR FOUR?
>> DRIVEN BY THERE MANY TIMES, BUT NOTHING ELSE.
>> DRIVEN BY IT AND LIKE ON THE PRIOR ONE, I HAD SEEN SOME EARLIER SIDE PLANS FROM MY BIWEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THE TOWN MANAGER, VICE MAYOR?
>> I HAVE DRIVEN BY THE SITE A NUMBER OF TIMES AND I HAVE HAD INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND TOWN MANAGER AND PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF.
>> JUST DRIVEN BY THE SITE SEVERAL TIMES.
>> I'D ASK THAT THOSE MEMBERS EXPERTS FOR THE TOWN AND CONSULTANT THAT COULD PROVIDE TESTIMONY AT THIS MEETING TO PLEASE STAND UP AND BE SWORN IN.
>> DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IN THIS HEARING IS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
>> I GUESS I TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT OR THE CHIEF.
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
DOUG MURRAY WITH WGI, REPRESENTING THE JUPITER FIRE STATION DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION.
APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS FOR A SITE PLAN APPLICATION, AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIRE STATION.
PROJECT LOCATION IS LOCATED ON US 1, NORTH OF INDIANTOWN ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE, JUST NORTH OF THE HARBORSIDE PLACE DEVELOPMENT.
A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, ZOOMED IN VIEW OF THE FUTURE LAND USE, THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE OF THIS PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL AND ALSO WITHIN THE US 1 INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY DISTRICT AND WATERWAY COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR.
YOU'LL SEE JUST TO THE SOUTH, THERE'S A VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO THE EAST AND TO THE NORTH IS BURT REYNOLDS PARK, RECREATION, FUTURE LAND USE, AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL DIRECTLY TO THE EAT FOR THE EXISTING PALMACH COUNTY FIRE STATION.
FOR THE ZONING, IT'S IN THE US 1 INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY CORRIDOR DISTRICT AND ALSO WATERWAY COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WE'VE DEPICTED THE FIRE STATION.
AGAIN, SURROUNDING USES DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM BURNS PARK TO THE NORTH AND THE WEST, TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST WITH THE EXISTING PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE STATION, DIRECTLY TO THE EAST.
AGAIN, WE'VE DEPICTED THE FIRE STATION AND ALSO, IF YOU CAN NOTE BELOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S AN EXIT THE REMAINS OF AN EXISTING PARKING GARAGE FROM A PRIOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS ABANDONED.
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YOU'LL SEE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE THAT THE ONLY IMPACT TO THIS PROPERTY IS BASICALLY WHERE THAT EXISTING ABANDONED GARAGE IS.THE TOTAL SITE AREA IS 4.73 ACRES.
HOWEVER, WE'RE ONLY DEVELOPING ON A SMALL PORTION OF THAT, AND THERE WILL BE NO WETLAND IMPACTS AT ALL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT WILL ONLY BE BUILT ON THE ALREADY IMPACTED AREA.
A PROPOSED FIRE STATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S A TWO STORY 13,800 SQUARE FOOT FIRE STATION.
JUST EAST OF THE FIRE STATION, WE HAVE A PROPOSED RAIN GARDEN, WHICH STAFF WILL DISCUSS, THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
TO THE SOUTH, WE HAVE THE OLD JUPITER BEACH ROAD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED ROAD THAT WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO BE USED FOR EGRESS ONLY.
THERE WILL BE AN EMERGENCY ONLY MEDIAN BREAK WITHIN THE US 1 MEDIAN OR NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC.
ALSO FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY, WE HAVE A LEFT TURN LANE INTO THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE US ONE MEDIAN.
YOU'LL NOTE TO THE NORTH, WE HAVE AN UNDEVELOPED AREA FOR A POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARK WITH SOME PARK AMENITIES THAT STAFF WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL FOLLOWING MY PRESENTATION.
ON SITE, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 26 PARKING SPACES.
>> HERE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
YOU'LL SEE WHEN STAFF DISPLAYS THE RENDERINGS THAT IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIRE STATION THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO YOU.
SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN ORIENTATION.
HERE YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.
WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPE PROPOSED FOR THE US 1 CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING THE FIRE STATION.
THEN CURRENTLY THE AREA, YOU'LL SEE TO THE NORTH HERE IS JUST GOING TO BE LEFT UNDEVELOPED FOR THE TIME BEING, JUST AN OPEN FIELD.
STAFF ASSESSMENT IS THAT THE REQUESTED SITE PLAN AMENDMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TOWN CODE, AND CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN RESOLUTION 79-24 TO ADDRESS SOME MINOR DETAILS OF THE PLANS AND FUTURE SIGNAGE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
FOR THE RECORD, GARRET WATSON WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
MUCH LIKE THE PREVIOUS SITE PLAN THAT JUST CAME BEFORE YOU FOR CINQUEZ PARK, THE GOAL WITH DEVELOPING A SITE PLAN FOR PIET WAS TO LEAVE AS MUCH OF THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR FUTURE USE.
YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKETS BEHIND SP1, WHICH IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE FIRE STATION, THERE'S AN SP2.
THAT OUTLINES WHAT'S A POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PHASE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH YOUR ADOPTED STRATEGIC PRIORITY TO INVESTIGATE OR EXPLORE OPTIONAL USES FOR THE PIET PLACE PROPERTY.
WE WANTED TO LEAVE AS MUCH OF THAT PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FUTURE PLANNING EFFORTS.
THE INTENT OF SP2 TONIGHT BEING INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE SOME VERY GENERAL ENTITLEMENTS FOR A LOT OF THOSE ELEMENTS ON THAT PROPERTY.
THOSE ELEMENTS INCLUDE RIVERWALK CONNECTOR LOOP TO CONNECT TO THE RIVERWALK AND PLAN SUN TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ALONG US 1, A POTENTIAL KAYAK LAUNCH, AND MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT AREAS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU TO PRODUCE THOSE GENERAL ENTITLEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS IN MORE DETAIL, IF YOU'D LIKE AT A FUTURE ROUNDTABLE, OR IT CAN BE DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE RECREATIONAL MASTER PLAN THAT'S COMING UP IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE ACTIVE IN MIND FOR THAT SITE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKETS TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A FEW VERY MINOR CONDITIONS WITH THIS SITE PLAN.
THE FIRST, WE'RE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RAIN GARDEN THAT WILL CAPTURE SOME ROOF RAINWATER AND PROVIDE SOME RAIN GARDEN ALONG US HIGHWAY 1, SOME LANDSCAPE BUFFERING.
WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT CREATES A PROPER RAIN GARDEN, HAS APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPE MATERIALS.
AS MR. MURRAY NOTED DURING HIS PRESENTATION, THE PROPERTY MANGROVE FOREST, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES, IS NOT BEING IMPACTED WITH THIS SITE PLAN.
THERE IS A TRANSITIONAL WETLAND BUFFER THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THIS.
IT'S PART OF ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT ABUTS A WETLAND,
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AND THAT'S PARTS OF THE UPLAND THAT ARE TAKEN TO CREATE A TRANSITIONAL BUFFER FOR THE WETLAND TO FURTHER BUFFER THOSE IMPACTS.WE HAVE A MINOR CONDITION HERE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT WHAT'S BEING DONE AS PART OF PHASE 1 WITH THE FIRE STATION AND THAT WILL BE MOST LIKELY THE AREA IMMEDIATELY ABUTTING THE FIRE STATION, AND THEN WHAT WILL BE LEFT OVER FOR PHASE 2 PLANNING EFFORTS AS PART OF WHAT YOU ALL DECIDE FOR THE PLANS FOR SP2.
LASTLY, WE HAVE THE SAME MINOR SIGNAGE CONDITION AS BEFORE, A MAX OF SEVEN FEET.
THERE'S NO SIGNAGE PROPOSED YET, BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE EVER WANTED TO, WE WANTED IT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN THE AREA, SEVEN FEET IS THAT, AND ALSO WANTED TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A PEDESTRIAN AMENITY SHOULD YOUR FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT PROPERTY INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USEFUL IN THAT.
REAL QUICK. BEFORE I CONCLUDE HERE, THE PROJECT MEETS THE SITE PLAN CRITERIA AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE TOWN CODE, AND IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND SURROUNDING USES.
IT'S LOCATED FRONTING THE COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE CORRIDOR, AND IT'S BEEN DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE THE REMAINDER OF THAT PROPERTY FOR WHATEVER USE YOU DECIDE IN THE FUTURE.
I'LL CONCLUDE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MAY.
>> AS FAR AS THE SITE GOES, ONCE YOU DEMOLISH THE UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE, WHAT TYPE OF SOIL IS THERE ON THAT PROPERTY? AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO MITIGATE THE AREA, DRIVE PILINGS INTO THE GROUND TO SECURE THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS FIRE STATION SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO OUT IN [INAUDIBLE]
>> EVENING. AGAIN, THOMAS HERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR GEOTECHNICAL, ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS TO ACTUALLY GET SOME PRELIMINARY BORINGS.
CURRENTLY, IT IS PLANNED THAT WE WILL BE DRIVING PILE TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BUILDING.
JUST KNOWING THE LOCATION, GIVEN THAT WE'RE NEAR MANGROVES AND AREAS NEAR THE WATER, WE'RE ALREADY JUST TELLING DESIGN BUILDERS PREPARE FOR PILES TO BE DRIVEN.
>> IS THAT AN ADDED COST TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE?
>> THOSE COSTS ARE INCLUDED IN OUR CURRENT.
>> THERE. MY OTHER THING, I GUESS, SINCE YOU'RE STILL UP HERE.
WAS IT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TO LEAVE WORK AND THEY WANT TO GO NORTH ON US 1, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO DO SO WHEN THEY LEAVE THAT PARKING LOT? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE FIRE STATION AND THEN UTILIZE AN EMERGENCY ON THE EGRESS POINT.
THEY WANT TO LEAVE THIS PARKING LOT ON THE NORTH SIDE AND GO NORTH ON US 1, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED?
SIMILAR TO WHAT THE LAST ONE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
A LOT OF THIS IS ALSO AN FDOT CONTROLLED ROAD.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND PUT FORWARD VARIOUS CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS THROUGH THE FDOT'S APPROVAL PROCESS.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS, VERY SIMILAR, WE WERE ALLOWED IN THIS SITUATION TO MEDIAN OPENINGS, BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS ONLY TO BE ALLOWED FOR THE EMERGENCY EGRESS GOING NORTH.
FDOT DIDN'T REALLY ENTERTAIN TURNOUT FOR ANY OF THE PUBLIC FOR FUTURE PHASES AS WELL AS OUR OWN STAFF TO TURN AROUND AND GO NORTH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO SOUTH AND THEN MAKE TURN AT THE, I GUESS, IT WOULD BE THE HARBOR SIDE SIGNAL IN ORDER TO TURN AROUND.
I DON'T REMEMBER US HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THAT, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY SEE WHAT THE FDOT WOULD BE WILLING TO ALLOW.
IT'S MINOR, BUT IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE.
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE IF WE HAVE ANY FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE WORKING FOR THE TOWN THAT LIVE NORTH, SPECIFICALLY, STEWART AREA AND STUFF, IT WOULD BE A LOT QUICKER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL DOWN US 1 AND GET TO WORK AND GO BACK THE SAME WAY.
I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT LOOKED INTO IF POSSIBLE.
REST I HAVE ARE JUST COMMENTS, SO YIELD.
>> JUST ONE QUESTION AND THAT IS, WHAT THE REQUEST IS IN TERMS OF THE ELEVATION OF THE STATION, GIVEN WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND PREPARATION FOR STORMS, ALL OF THAT.
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>> THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION IS CURRENTLY BEING SET, IT'S 10 NAVD.
I'VE SEEN SOME EMAILS FROM THE FIRE CHIEF OF POTENTIALLY WANTING TO GO A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT, SO I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH HIM AND IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT, I'LL LIKELY JUST PUT THAT OUT IN AN ADDENDUM FOR SOME OF OUR PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT TO BID.
>> YES. MR. HERNANDEZ, I'VE GOT, I GUESS, A COUPLE FOR YOU.
IS THERE GOING TO BE RUNOFF PROTECTION? I HEARD GARRET DISCUSSED THE TRANSITIONAL ZONE, THE BUFFER.
BUT IS THERE ANYTHING DIRECT CONSIDERATION FOR ANY RUNOFF WHEN THEY CLEAN THE TRUCKS? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREVENT THE RUNOFF FROM GOING INTO THE MANGROVES?
>> THERE IS BOTH ON THE APRONS THAT ARE JUST OUTSIDE, TO BE CONNECTED TO A SAND-OIL SEPARATOR, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY RUNOFF GOING DIRECTLY INTO WHAT WOULD BE OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM FOR THAT.
IT WILL BE CAUGHT, SEPARATED, AND IT CAN BE PICKED UP LATER. THE PART OF THAT SYSTEM.
I'M NOT OVERLY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE, BUT THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT, IS TO CATCH THE DISCHARGE OF THE RUNOFF THAT WOULD BE POLLUTANT, ALLOW ANY OF THE WATER TO PASS THROUGH.
BUT ANYTHING THAT'S OIL OR CONTAMINANTS THAT THAT WOULD BE COLLECTED WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND THAT COULD BE PICKED UP LATER.
>> PERFECT. THE CONSIDERATION FOR PILINGS, I'VE BUILT A LOT OF HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES IN FLOODWAYS AND MANGROVE AREAS.
WE GENERALLY GO WITH AUGER CAST.
YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU THROW OUT PILINGS, YOU SAY DRIVING PILES, IT'S WHAT THE GEOTECH GUY IS GOING TO RECOMMEND, I GUESS.
>> CORRECT. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH A GEOTECHNICAL FIRM TO GET TWO INITIAL BORINGS.
SINCE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ADVERTISEMENT PROCESS, WE WENT AHEAD AND TOLD THE DESIGN BUILDERS, YOU SHOULD PLAN FOR DRIVEN PILE BECAUSE IT IS A DESIGN BUILD.
IT WILL BE BASED OFF OF WHAT COMES BACK FROM THE GEOTECHNICAL FIRMS. THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS THE DESIGN BUILDERS THEMSELVES, WILL HAVE THEIR OWN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, AS WELL AS GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THEM TWO INITIAL BORINGS, SPT STYLE BORINGS.
I THINK WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME EXFILTRATION TEST, BUT BEYOND THAT, THE DESIGN BUILDERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THEIR OWN ADDITIONAL BORINGS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SOIL CONDITIONS THEY HAVE IN THE AREA.
>> I PREDICTED BORINGS WILL BE PRETTY CRAPPY.
JUST MY EXPERIENCE. IS THAT A FLOOD A AREA?
>> I'M SWORN TO OATH, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> ALMOST CERTAIN, IT'S FLOOD A AND THAT'S THE 10-FOOT DRIVER, AND THE 10-FOOT, IS THAT A 100-YEAR STORM ELEVATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
>> NO, ACTUALLY IT IS HIGHER THAN THAT, WHAT WE'RE SETTING IT FOR.
THE WAY THE CHIEF IS THOROUGHLY EMPHASIZED IS HE WANTS TO ENSURE THAT THE FACILITY IS SET ABOVE A CATEGORY FIVE STORM, SO WHILE YOU WOULDN'T GET DIRECT EFFECTS FROM STORM SURGE, YOU WOULD HAVE SOME INLAND FLOODING THAT GETS PUSHED IN BEYOND THAT.
HE WANTS TO ENSURE THAT IT STAYS ABOVE THAT ELEVATION.
>> I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THERE WILL BE FLOODING.
I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 10 FEET, AT LEAST 10.
THE RIVERWALK, YOU SAID THERE WAS GOING TO BE PROVISIONS FOR RIVERWALK.
WHERE WOULD THAT ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THERE?
>> CURRENTLY, IT'S STILL A SECOND PHASE AS GARRET HAD ALLUDED TO EARLIER.
BUT THE RIVERWALK PORTION JUST CONCEPTUALLY, BEEN LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY WOULD BE TO RUN ON REALLY THE WEST SIDE OF THE FACILITY BETWEEN THE WETLAND BUFFER AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE FOR A LOT OF REASONS, SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS. THE PRETTIER VIEW.
THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS TO DO THAT.
WELL, I GUESS WE COULD DO COMMENTS.
I'LL DO COMMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL WAIT TILL COMMENTS.
>> JUST A QUESTION THAT COUNCILOR FORE KIND OF TOUCHED ON.
THE EXISTING SUB FOUNDATION WAS PROBABLY PILES, WAS IT NOT?
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>> THAT WAS FOR A HIGH RISE BUILDING.
I ALWAYS WONDERED IF, IN FACT, THOSE PILES WOULD BE ADEQUATE.
I GET IT AND I ACCEPT THE FACT YOU'VE GOT A GEO LOOKING AT THIS, BUT IF IN FACT, WE DO ADDITIONAL PILES, YOU'RE NOT REMOVING EXISTING PILES.
>> PROBABLY NOT REMOVING EXISTING PILES.
I'D IMAGINE THAT WHICHEVER FIRM WE END UP CHOOSING AND WHATEVER STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, THEY'RE NOT LIKELY GOING TO REUSE THAT BECAUSE WHOEVER IS ACTUALLY INSTALLING THE BUILDING, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE TIME, AND THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE MUCH WHAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE TIME.
YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THE PDA, BUT IT'S LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO JUST CUT OFF THE PILES BELOW GRADE INSTEAD OF REMOVING THE ENTIRE THING.
>> BUT, AGAIN, I'M COMFORTED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOUNDATION TO THE DEGREE THAT THERE WAS I'M SURE MANY PILES IN THE MAD FOUNDATION THAT I DON'T SEE US REMOVING.
I'M COMFORTABLE IN THAT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT END OF QUESTIONS, I TURN TO PUBLIC.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
>> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
WAYNE POSNER 315 CARINA DRIVE.
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT GETTING TIRED OF SEEING ME TONIGHT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN QUITE A WHILE, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO SAY.
I'M IN FULL SUPPORT AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS, AND MY NEIGHBORS, AND MY COMMUNITY ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING CREATED, AND THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS GO FORWARD AND THEY HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF YOU MAKING THE DECISION TO DO THIS.
I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FIRST.
SECOND, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THE ASSISTANT CHIEF SHAW.
HE'S PUT TOGETHER SOME GOOD MEETINGS TOGETHER FOR SOME RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK, AND HOPEFULLY THAT HELPED YOU, ASSISTANT CHIEF SHAW.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE.
ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SEE NATIVE LANDSCAPE COCONUTS, OF COURSE, I'VE HEARD KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN LIGHTNING, POSSIBLY, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE REGULAR LANDSCAPING, NATIVE LANDSCAPING.
I'M NOT REAL HAPPY WITH SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING I'VE SEEN RECENTLY OF THE RED TREES, THE AUSTRALIAN TREES, THEY BLOOM RED ONLY IN THE SUMMER AND MOST OF THE TIME, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE HALF DEAD.
I'D LIKE TO STAY WITH THE PALMS, AND THE OAKS, AND THE THINGS THAT ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THIS AREA ON BOTH SIDES.
I HEARD ONE OF THE PEOPLE SPEAK EARLIER TONIGHT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL TWO FIRE STATIONS.
WE HAVE THE SAME THREE FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, AND THEY'VE BEEN SUFFICIENT AS FAR AS I KNOW, BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE COUNTY BUILDINGS, AND MAYBE IT'S A BLESSING IN DISGUISE THAT WE HAVE THE COUNTY BUILDINGS.
I THINK THE COUNTY WILL STILL SERVE PARTS OF JUPITER THAT ARE IN JUPITER.
I'M PRETTY SURE AND I'M NOT POSITIVE, BUT I THINK THE FIRE STATION OUT WEST ON INDIANTOWN ROAD HAS COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THE OTHER FIRE STATION IS TIED UP.
I THINK THERE'S INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, SO WE DO HAVE EXTRA SUPPORT FROM THESE STATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO REMAIN IN THE TOWN.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE HELPFUL.
THE ONE ACROSS FROM PIET PLACE WILL PROBABLY SERVICE JONATHAN'S LANDING NOW IN A BETTER WAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO SERVICE THE TOWN OF JUPITER ON THE FIRST CALL.
JONATHAN'S LANDING IS GOING TO GET A BIG BONUS FROM THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE ANCILLARY HELP THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH REGARDS TO THIS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH RIVERWALK, I HOPE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AS FAR AS GRADE BEAMS ARE CONCERNED AND PILINGS, I DID A LOT OF THAT WHEN I WAS A CONTRACTOR.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE EXISTING PILINGS, YOU COULD PUT GRADE BEAMS ON THEM, WHICH IS JUST A STRETCH OF CONCRETE BETWEEN THE PILINGS AND BUILD UP FROM THERE.
BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY GIVE US THE UNDERGROUND GEOTECHNICAL SPLIT SPOON TESTING. THANK YOU.
>> TURNING TO COUNSEL FOR COMMENTS.
I'LL START THE OTHER END, COUNCILOR FORE, ANY COMMENTS?
>> YEAH. I THINK WE JUST SAW A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW COUNCILOR MAY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US.
THAT WAS A GREAT POINT YOU MADE.
PEOPLE LEAVING WORK, NEEDING TO TRAVEL NORTH.
NOT A THING I THOUGHT OF AT ALL.
I WOULD TEND TO BET THAT EMPLOYEES
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ARE GOING TO DO THAT WHETHER THEY'RE ALLOWED TO OR NOT.I HEARD WORDS LIKE EMERGENCY USE ONLY, BUT PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE.
IF IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I ALSO HEARD WHAT MR. HERNANDEZ SAID, UNLIKELY FDOT IS GOING TO BEND ON THAT.
BUT IF THEY DID, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO ADD NORTH HURN FOR EMPLOYEES.
THAT'D BE VERY USEFUL. THERE'S NOBODY ELSE BACK THERE TO USE THAT.
THERE IS ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS TO THE SOUTH.
WHO I THINK ARE TRYING TO USE OLD INDIANTOWN ROAD AS PART OF THEIR EXIT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY PULL THAT OFF AND I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER WHEN WE DISCUSSED THAT EARLIER, BUT THEIR PLANS WERE FOR NORTH TURNING TRAFFIC EXITING THAT DEVELOPMENT.
WE WERE LOOKING AT A RESIDENTIAL CHANGING THAT TO A RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL MIXED USE.
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE BECAUSE IF THEY SOMEHOW COULD HAVE SOME CROSS PATHWAY THERE, MAYBE EMPLOYEES COULD USE THEIR EXIT TO GET OUT OF THERE TO GO NORTH.
BUT WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET THERE.
THE IDEA OF USING RAINWATER IS EXCELLENT. IT'S A CISTERN.
I GREW UP WITH CISTERN BEING AN OLD FLORIDIAN.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID EVERYWHERE.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF USING ALL NATURAL VEGETATION WHERE POSSIBLE.
THERE'S NO REASON TO USE EXOTICS.
THERE'S NO REASON TO USE ANYTHING THAT TAKES A LOT OF WATERING.
THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS THAT GROW IN FLORIDA THAT DON'T NEED ANY ADDITIONAL WATER.
WE SHOULD REALLY CONCENTRATE ON USING THOSE NATIVES THE ZERO SCAPING, AS THEY CALL IT LEAST AMOUNT OF IRRIGATION AS POSSIBLE.
BUT OTHERWISE, I THINK THIS LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
AGAIN, THE DESIGN LOOKS FANTASTIC.
IT FITS IN REALLY WELL, GOOD JOB.
I WOULD ENJOY AND ENTERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO TO TWEAK IT.
BUT IT LOOKS GOOD. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT I SEE.
>> I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS.
YOU JUST HEARD, THE CISTERN IS ALWAYS GREAT FOR JUST PRESERVING WATER AND USING WHAT COMES NATURALLY.
I LIKE THE RIVERWALK CONNECTION IN THE FUTURE.
I'M OPEN TO ANY CONVERSATION OVER A FUTURE PARK, PASSIVE PARK KAYAK LAUNCH.
THE STATION ITSELF, GREAT DESIGN.
I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE WHEN WE START DEMOLISHING THE UNDERGROUND, THE GARAGE STRUCTURE THERE, WITH WHAT IT ENTAILS THE SOIL.
COUNCILOR MAY'S COMMENTS ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE TO BRING IN FOR THAT, THE PILINGS AND ALL THAT.
LET'S JUST WAIT AND SEE, BUT LET'S JUST GET AT IT, SO READY TO GO.
ONE IS MR. POSNER WE HAD MADE AN EFFORT TO APPROACH THE COUNTY AND NUMBER OF US TO ACQUIRE RENTAL STATION.
I STILL THINK THAT'S A MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR ALL OF GOVERNMENTS.
WE OFFERED TO SERVE JONATHAN'S LANDING FOR THEM, 90% OF THE SERVICE CALLS FROM BOTH RENTAL STATION ARE WITHIN THE TOWN THAT LEAVES ABOUT ONE CALL A DAY OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN BOUNDARIES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE JONATHAN'S LANDING.
AN EARLIER PLAN THAT WE HAD HERE FOR THE SITE JUST SIMPLISTICALLY, MORE SHOWED WHAT COULD HAPPEN AS A PARK EXPANSION TO BURT REYNOLDS PARK, AND WE HAD THE STATION JUST PICTORIALLY LIKE TUCK TO THE FAR SOUTH.
AGAIN, OUR TOWN MANAGER, OUR FIRE CHIEF, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE ABOUT THAT.
I THOUGHT COMMISSIONER MARINO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT INTERESTED, AND I KNOW WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A COUNSEL, BUT WE HAVE IN OUR CRA PLAN UPDATE.
WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE A PIT PLACE OTHER THAN A FIRE STATION, IF WE DIDN'T GET BURT REYNOLDS PARK STATION THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR KAYAK LAUNCHES AND SOME PARK USE.
IT MADE COMMON SENSE TO US THAT IT COULD BE AN EXPANSION FOR WHAT EXISTS ON WITH THE COUNTY.
IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THEN AT LEAST THAT PLAN AT LEAST CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONNECTION WITH REYNOLDS PARK ON THE WEST SIDE, AND THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A ROAD CONNECTION, IF YOU WILL, PERHAPS.
WE DON'T KNOW AS WE SIT HERE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WHO KNOWS?
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MAYBE THE COUNTY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EXPANDING IN GETTING THAT PROPERTY.I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT DECISION TO KEEP THE BURT REYNOLDS STATION OPEN FOR ONE CALL OF DAYS, THE COUNTIES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'LL DO IT BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE COST EFFECTIVE.
BUT TONIGHT, THIS IS THE STATION GIVEN THE FACT THAT WHAT THE COUNTIES DECIDED, AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF IT.
>> JUST A NUMBER OF ITEMS. ACTUALLY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO A COMMENT THAT WAS SAID EARLIER ON THE OTHER ITEM AS IT COMES TO MEMORY HERE.
WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY ROOMS, IT'S FUNNY I ACTUALLY REMEMBER GOING TO STATION 18 FOR A RADIO ENTHUSIAST GATHERING WHERE THEY STAY UP OVERNIGHT TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ON RADIOS.
THAT WAS FASCINATING. BUT THOSE STATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ROOMS AND IT'S VERY COMMON FOR STATIONS TO HAVE GATHERINGS.
I'VE GONE TO STATION 16 FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING TO HONOR A LIFE THAT WAS SAVED.
IT'S VERY COMMON TO HAVE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS TO RECOGNIZE FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE WORK THEY DO, MAYBE HAVE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE WORK THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS DO, AS WELL AS THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT QUICKLY.
ALSO, AS YOU KNOW FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, COMMISSIONER FOR COUNCILOR FOR, WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR SITE PLANS, PROPOSED SITE PLANS THAT COME BEFORE US HAVE A SIGN POSTED OR MULTIPLE SIGNS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT RESIDENTS THAT LIVE NEARBY IT, THAT DRIVE BY IT, THAT SEE IT, THERE'S CONTACT INFORMATION GIVEN, SITE PLAN INFORMATION GIVEN THAT MATCHES THE PUBLIC NOTICES GIVEN.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WE ARE PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THERE SO THAT RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND I'VE SEEN THEM AND SOME OF THE RESPONSES TO THEM ON CARVER, AS WELL AS THIS PROPERTY.
I DO WANT TO SAY, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SCENIC CORRIDOR.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE RIVER WALK CONNECTION.
I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE WORKED ON AND TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.
I'M JUST MAINTAINING THE BEAUTY OF THAT AREA.
IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL AREA FOR THOSE THAT BIKE AND THE WORK BEING DONE IN PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL, SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO SUPPORT THAT.
I WANT TO SAY, I AGREE WITH THE PASSIVE PARK USES.
JUST AN OPEN QUESTION, DO WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE RECREATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS NEARING COMPLETION? THERE'S A DRAFT BEING COMPLETED NOW, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE THE COMPLETE PICTURE OF ALL OF OUR RECREATION NEEDS BEFORE GOING FORWARD.
I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY PLANS TO CHANGE ANY OF THE KAYAK LAUNCH, THE MARINE USE THAT, I THINK THAT'S ALL WONDERFUL.
BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ACROSS THE WHOLE TOWN, ACROSS ALL RECREATION, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE ELEVATION WITH STORMS SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
NATIVE LANDSCAPING, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE ALWAYS REMOVING EXOTICS.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY INVASIVE SPECIES THAT THE TOWN HAS NEVER SOUGHT TO USE. LET'S SEE.
THAT'S IT THERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
BUT OVERALL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILOR MAY. I DON'T WANT TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE STATION 18 AND THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
STATION 18 RIGHT NOW PROVIDES BACK UP TO STATION 15 IN JUNO BEACH, STATION 19 HERE IN TOWN, AND OFTEN STATION 14 WHENEVER THEY HAVE A HOUSE FIRE IF THEY NEED RESOURCES OUT THERE.
THE IDEA THAT THE COUNTY WOULD KEEP IT OPEN JUST FOR ONE CALL A DAY, THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THE EQUATION.
THEY STILL NEED TO PROVIDE ASSETS TO THEIR OTHER STATIONS IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY 15 AND 19.
AND THEY ALSO RUN THEIR WATER RESCUE RESOURCES OUT OF THAT STATION THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR JUPITER LIT AND FOR THE COUNTY BEACHES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHOLE ONE CALL A DAY THING, BUT THEY STILL NEED TO PROVIDE BACKUP TO THEIR OTHER COUNTY STATIONS.
ALSO, RIGHT NOW, JONATHAN'S LANDING IS ACTUALLY CUT IN HALF.
AS FAR AS WHAT STATION 18 RESPONDS TO.
STATION 16 ACTUALLY RESPONDS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF JONATHAN'S LANDING, STATION 18 RESPONSE TO THE NORTH.
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ONCE THIS GOES INTO PLAY, STATION 18 IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RESPONDING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE THING.IT COULD BE MORE THAN ONE CALL A DAY, BUT OFTEN THEY ARE RESPONDING TO OTHER STATIONS 19 AND 15 EVERY SINGLE DAY, THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THOSE ZONES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST EIGHTEEN'S RESPONSE ZONE PRIMARILY.
THEY'RE RESPONDING TO OTHER ZONES AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS YOU KNOW, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WHY THE COUNTY IS GOING TO REMAIN AT STATION 18.
JUST YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT OUR PERSPECTIVE ON STATION EIGHT IN THE COUNTY HAS BEEN PROVIDING US WITH AS PART OF THE THE THE DETERMINATION HOW MUCH THE TOWN PAYS, WHAT PERCENT OF CALLS ARE IN TOWN VERSUS.
I'VE USED ONE CALL A DAY FROM WHAT HISTORIC HAD BEEN.
I GET IT. YOU KNOW, IT INCLUDES MUTUAL AID TO BEYOND AREAS AS ALL FIRE STATION DOES.
BUT AGAIN, WE WERE JUST OFFERING IN LIEU OF THE COUNTY KEEPING IT UP THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THE MUTUAL AID FOR A LOT OF WHAT IS OUT OF THAT STATION IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE THE COUNTY MONEY.
BUT I GOT THAT. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 7924.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO REPORTS, TOWN ATTORNEY.
[TOWN MANAGER]
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A FEW THINGS ON MY LIST.
WE START OFF TONIGHT ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK OF THE PARKS AND REC STAFF.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT AGAIN.
THESE PEOPLE WORK EXTREMELY HARD.
WE GO TO EVENTS HERE AND THERE.
THEY'RE AT EVENTS EVERY DAY AND KEEPING THOSE FIELDS UP TO SPEED AND JUST A REMARKABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE STOP BY THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU'LL SEE SUMMER CAMP IN FULL SWING OVER THERE AND THEY'RE DOING A REMARKABLE JOB WITH THAT.
I THINK MOST OF THEM LEFT BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY EXHAUSTED AND HAVE TO REST UP FOR TOMORROW MORNING.
I ALSO WANT TO REMIND COUNSEL WE HAVE CONNECT WITH COUNSEL ON THE 26TH FRIDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS REAL QUICK.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT QUIET ZONES.
I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THOMAS HERNANDEZ AND HIS TEAM.
WE SENT THE OFFICIAL NOTICE TO THE FRA ON JULY 5.
OR THE QUIET ZONES, AND WE'LL BE MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT.
SOMETIME BETWEEN JULY 26 AND AUGUST 1, WE'LL LEAVE A FEW DAYS IN THERE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
WE SHOULD BE MOVING TO THE QUIET ZONE AROUND THAT TIME.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS IS WORKING ON AN OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PLAN TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE QUIET ZONES AND EDUCATE THEM ON THE SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS.
LIKEWISE, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN, THOMAS AND THE ENGINEERING TEAM FOR THE A1A ROUNDABOUT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE RECENTLY, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IT'S LOOKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
THEY'RE FINISHING UP SOME LAST MINUTE THINGS AND WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT.
WE'LL HAVE THAT COMPLETED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY HERE VERY SOON.
THEN WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE LIGHTS, WHICH COME IN AUGUST.
BUT WE CAN'T SPEED UP THAT DELIVERY.
THE FINAL PHASE WILL BE THE LIGHTS DELIVERED IN AUGUST, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO ON THAT ONE.
KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR THAT, THOMAS, THANK YOU.
THE DEEP INJECTION WELL, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS.
THE CONTRACTOR IS READY TO COMPLETE THE FINAL EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS ON SAFETY CHECKS TEST AND WE'LL BEGIN DRILLING.
THE DRILLING IS GOING TO COMMENCE ON THE 23RD A WEEK FROM TODAY.
WE ARE MAINTAINING A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOLKS OVER THERE, CHASE WOOD DEPARTMENTS, THE POA, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING WHATEVER ISSUES AND CONCERNS COME UP FROM THAT.
WE'LL BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL.
THEY'RE CONTINUING WITH THE RENOVATIONS.
WE RECEIVE FIVE PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE RENOVATION OF ROGER DEAN STADIUM, NEW MARLANS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT BUILDING, NEW CARDINALS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT BUILDING,
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NEW CARDINALS BATTING TUNNELS, AND A NEW MAINTENANCE STORAGE BUILDING.WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND BE EXPECTING TO ISSUE THE PERMITS FOR THEIR WORK IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
WE'RE GETTING PRETTY BIG TURNAROUND, QUICK TURNAROUND ON THAT.
THEN FINALLY, AS I ALWAYS DO, I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR LONG TERM EMPLOYEES, ALYSA MADDEN FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CELEBRATED 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN, REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE.
I'M SURPRISED SHE'S LASTED THAT LONG.
SHE SAT OUTSIDE MY DOOR WHEN I WAS THE POLICE CHIEF FOR 13 YEARS, AND SHE STILL STAYED.
GOOD FOR HER, AND I JUST WANT TO PASS ALONG, CONGRATULATIONS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD YEARS THAT SHE'LL STILL BE HERE AS WELL.
[TOWN COUNCIL - LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMENTS]
>> EXCELLENT NEWS ABOUT THE QUIET ZONES.
I WANT TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE.
THAT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU.
I FAILED TO GIVE APPROPRIATE FEEDBACK WHEN THE PARKS AND RECS WERE HERE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST POSITIVE FEEDBACKS WE GOT FROM THE SURVEY WAS HOW MUCH EVERYBODY LOVES OUR PARKS.
THEY'RE CLEARLY DOING A GOOD JOB AND DESERVED ACCOLADES WE JUST GAVE, SO KUDOS TO THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
I'M GLAD THEY GOT THEIR FIRMNESS ON.
I HEARD THEM MENTION THEY WERE HAVING A BICYCLE SAFETY COURSE OR GATHERING.
WERE THEY GOING TO INCLUDE ANYTHING ABOUT E-BIKES DURING THAT?
>> I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I CAN DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
>> WHY NOT WHILE WE'RE AT IT? LET'S SEE IF WE CAN THROW SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THE E-BIKE SITUATION.
>> THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
AS FAR AS THE PILINGS GO, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING ABOUT THAT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYBODY TO OWN THOSE PILINGS.
AS A PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD ACCEPT OWNERSHIP OF EXISTING PILINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR 30 YEARS.
IT'S UNLIKELY ANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE REUSABLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY AS BEST THEY CAN AND PRESS ON.
I'VE BEEN HERE 40 YEARS NOW AND YOU'VE USED THE BOAT LIFTS THERE FOR 40 YEARS.
TWICE, I'VE SEEN SOMEBODY BEING GIVEN MOUTH-TO-MOUTH RESUSCITATION ACTIVE CPR ON THE LOW RAMPS.
I WAS WONDERING IF WE WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING AN EMERGENCY CALL BUTTON ON THE RAMPS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FACILITY RIGHT NEXT TO THEM THAT CAN PROVIDE IMMEDIATE LIFE SAVING.
HELP. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE HAVE AMPUTATIONS AND NEAR AMPUTATIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE INSTANT HELP.
WHEN PEOPLE COME UP TO THESE BOAT RAMPS IN A PANIC, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO AND WE'RE RIGHT THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE CLOSE ENOUGH OR SOMEBODY COULD HIT A BUTTON, WE COULD GET SOMEBODY OVER THERE QUICKLY.
I WAS JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE TO SEE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER.
PROBABLY BOTH FIRE STATIONS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE BOX FOR THE PARK [INAUDIBLE] AND THE BOAT RAMPS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
>> THANKS, FRANK. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.
>> STAFF, GREAT NEWS ON THE QUIET ZONES.
GOOD TO HEAR THAT'S UNDERWAY AND ARE COMING, AND IT'S LATE, SO THAT'S IT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> JUST A FEW ITEMS NUMBER 1 ON THE QUIET ZONES IN THE NEXT WEEKLY REPORT.
A STAFF CAN FIND OUT THE STATUS OF QUIET ZONES IN THE GARDENS AND IN TEQUESTA.
THIS CERTAINLY OCCURS TO ME, WHAT'S SO ANNOYING ABOUT THE HORNS, IS THAT THEY'RE ALMOST CONTINUOUS BECAUSE THE SPEED THEY'RE GOING FROM ONE CROSSING TO THE NEXT.
WE'LL BE TAKING CARE OF THAT WITHIN THE TOWN, BUT CLEARLY IF THE GARDENS HASN'T DONE THEIRS, THEN NORTHBOUND, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HEAR IT.
THEN THE QUEST IF THEY HAVEN'T THEIRS DONE THEIRS, THEN SOUTHBOUND, SO JUST TO GET A STATUS ON THAT.
>> A QUICK THING, A WORD OF WARNING TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S STILL UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE ENGINEER TO BLOW THAT HORN.
>> WITH REGARDING THE SUGGESTION ABOUT PUTTING SOME TYPE OF CALL OR BUTTON OR PHONE OR WHATEVER AT THE PARK, THAT WOULD REALLY BE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY SINCE IT'S THEIR PARK.
WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE REALLY THEIRS TO DO NOT A BAD SUGGESTION,
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BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT.JUST LASTLY, FROM MY REPORT OUT, I HAD ASKED LAST MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GOT AS YOU SAW FIT WITH THE TOWN MANAGER ON HIS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WHO OBLIGATED AS A COUNCIL TO HAVE COMPLETED THAT.
I KNOW THAT VICE MAYOR SUNDSTROM HAD PROTO US AS SHE HAD GOTTEN HERS DONE FIRST, AND THEN THAT PROMPTED ME AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH IS A MONTH AGO NOW, SAYING, HEY, DO IT AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
I GUESS WHAT I'LL SAY IS I DID GET WITH THE TOWN MANAGER, AND I DID PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS.
WASN'T DIFFICULT TO REALLY START TO LIST MANY ACHIEVEMENTS THAT COUNCIL WITH THE TOWN MANAGERS LEADERSHIP AND STAFF HAS ACHIEVED.
I FOUND ONCE AGAIN THAT HE MEETS OR EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS, SO I'M JUST THRILLED THAT HE'S OUR TOWN MANAGER AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF STUFF DONE, AND HE CONTINUES TO EFFECTIVELY RUN TOWN GOVERNMENT WELL FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE WHILE ALSO HELPING TO DELIVER, AGAIN, A LONG LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS.
THE MOST NOTEWORTHY AND COMMENDABLE WAS WAS, IN FACT, EACH YEAR WHEN WE DO THIS, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT JUST THAT YEAR'S PERIOD, SO THIS REVIEW WENT FROM JUNE 1 OF 2023 TO MAY 31ST OF 2024 IS THE CONTRACT PERIOD OF REVIEW.
WITH REGARD TO FIRE RESCUE SERVICES COST CONTAINMENT, HE PROVIDED THE VALID COST BASIS OPINIONS FOR TWO VIABLE SERVICE PROVIDER OPTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENTS OR JUPITER FIRE RESCUE STATION OPTION.
WITHOUT THOSE INFORMATION, THAT INFORMATION WAS CRUCIAL FOR THE COUNCIL TO EVEN HAVE CONSIDERED MAKING A POLICY DETERMINATION, WHICH WE DID.
THAT MITIGATES, AGAIN, COUNTY FIRE RESCUE'S ULTIMATE GOAL OF A $250 MILLION AD VALOREM TAX BURDEN INCREASE OVER 10-YEAR PERIOD.
WE ALL CAN SAY THAT AVOIDANCE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY AD VALOREM ON TAX HIKE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP EFFORTS OF THE TOWN MANAGER AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THIS STAFF.
THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT WERE NEXT YEAR'S REVIEW.
I REMEMBER WELL WHEN HE GAVE US THE IMPLEMENTATION FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT, AND I JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND HE EXPRESSED THE CONFIDENCE THAT OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, WE'RE GOING TO BE READY.
HE'S WORKED HARD AND ACHIEVED A LOT TO MAKE SURE WE'LL BE READY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I'M READY TO MOVE TO DISCUSSION ABOUT APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION RECOGNITION FOR THAT EFFORT OVER THE LAST YEAR, BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL MAKE SURE OTHERS ARE READY FOR THAT DISCUSSION, BUT IT WOULD BE RETROACTIVE.
IF WE'RE NOT READY TONIGHT, THEN I WOULD SAY, BE READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WITH THAT, I TURN IT OVER TO THE VICE MAYOR FOR HER COMMENTS.
>> WE'LL BE READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO DISCUSS, AND I'VE SAID THAT AT THE BUDGET MEETING AND BEFORE, AND IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE PERIOD, SO JUNE OF LAST YEAR TO JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
JUST QUICKLY, THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS MEETING.
IT HAS ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AUGUST 15TH THROUGH 17TH.
ON THE 17TH, THEY HAVE A BUSINESS MEETING: THEY'RE TAKING A VOTE.
MUNICIPALITIES TYPICALLY DESIGNATED DELEGATE TO VOTE IN THOSE MEETINGS.
I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE BOARD OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THIS BODY HAVE APPROVAL OR DIRECTION THAT I BE THE DELEGATE JUST SO THAT STAFF CAN COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK AND FILE THAT WITH THEM.
>> THAT'LL JUST SAVE TIME AS THAT'S COMING UP. LET'S SEE.
I WANT TO SAY I'M GLAD WE TALKED ABOUT EMERGENCY CALLS ON BOAT RAMPS OR GENERALLY, BUT ONE THING I'VE BEEN SO PLEASED WITH IS JUST ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT FIRE RESCUE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS THROUGH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TONIGHT AND BEYOND.
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ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS I LOVE ABOUT JUPITER FIRE RESCUE IS THEIR ABILITY TO WORK WITH OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS REGULARLY IN THE BUILDING, ALL THE TIME, AND ALL THAT CROSS POLLINATION OF IDEAS.FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE AEDS IN THE PARKS THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT WITH RECREATION, OR IT'S JUST THIS BEGINNING OF A NUMBER OF SMALL AND BIG THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE USE OF TOWN RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS.
THAT IMPRESSED ME WHEN I VISITED THE GARDENS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL STATIONS AND IT CONTINUES TO IMPRESS ME.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT HOW THERE'S A DISCONNECT WITH COUNTY FIRE, BECAUSE WE HAVE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE THAT WORK WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION.
THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM US, AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATION IN A HALF OF A COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEIR AREA IS JUPITER.
WHEREAS HERE, IT'S ALL FIVE OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE AND HAVE TO ANSWER TO RESIDENTS, BUT THERE IS THAT REMOVAL.
THERE ISN'T AS MUCH COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWN.
ALL I SEE TYPICALLY IS A ONE-PAGE PIE CHART, AND THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION WHEN WE GET THE EXPENSES, AND THAT'S REALLY IT.
I LOVE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING MORE REGULAR CONVERSATION WITH OUR FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL AND THAT WE CAN CROSS-POLLINATE ACROSS ALL OF THIS, THAT OUR POLICE AND FIRE COULD TRAIN TOGETHER EMERGENCIES IS GREAT.
I NEVER THOUGHT ON FIRE RESCUE THAT WE WOULD GET TO UNANIMOUS VOTE, LET ALONE TO TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO COUNCILOR MAY FOR UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL'S OBLIGATION TO BE READY FOR OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.
I WANT TO THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A GREAT MEETING AND I THINK YOU'VE ADDED A LOT OF VALUE. THANK YOU.
>> ABOUT TOPIC OF SAFETY, I NEED TO ASK IF WE CAN RESEARCH ADDING LIGHTNING ALARMS TO EVERY PARK WITHIN THE TOWN OF JUPITER THAT HAS SPORTS IN IT.
IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION MY COACH'S MEETING FOR JDA BECAUSE I DECIDED TO BECOME A FOOTBALL COACH FOR MY KIDS TEAM THAT THE ONLY PARK IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER OR MAYBE TWO THAT HAVE LIGHTNING ALARMS IS JUPITER COMMUNITY PARK, AND I THINK MAYBE LIGHTHOUSE, BUT I'M NOT 100%.
I KNOW IT WAS LOOKED IN ABACOA.
IF WE CAN ADD THEM TO ALL THE OTHER PARKS THAT HAVE SPORTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOME OF OUR SPORTS ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE LATE FALL.
WHEN WE STILL HAVE THOSE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK INTO THAT.
THE COST I WAS TOLD IS TO ME NOMINAL, AND IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY IMPORTANT WE LOOK INTO THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE COMING INTO BUDGET.
THE OTHER THING, TOO, AS THAT I FOUND OUT, WHICH MADE ME UPSET AND ALSO LOOKED AT IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY WAS THAT 550 BUSH ROAD IS UP FOR SALE.
THE ONE WE WORKED SO HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO THERE AND GIVE THESE APPROVALS AND IT GAVE US ALL PROBABLY A LOT OF HEARTBURN AND HEADACHES.
WITH IT BEING UP FOR SALE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF TO INVESTIGATE THE PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY USING OPEN SPACE BOND MONEY FOR PRESERVATION, WHICH WILL CALM THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AND ADD MORE GREEN SPACE TO OUR TOWN.
WE CAN GET THAT RESEARCHED. THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD ON THAT ITEM BECAUSE I CERTAINLY HEARD ABOUT THAT.
REGRETTABLY, I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY HOW MUCH THAT APPLICANT PAID FOR THE PROPERTY, WHICH MADE IT CLEAR TO ME HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN YOU PAY THAT MUCH FOR PROPERTY.
THEY NOW HAVE PUT IT ON THE MARKET INCLUSIVE OF THE PROFIT THAT ONE WOULD GET BASED ON THE APPROVAL THAT WE GRANTED FOR THE PROJECT.
AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN PAYING SUCH AN INFLATED PRICE FOR THAT.
I MIGHT HAVE BEEN OPEN TO IT, BUT THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A REALISTIC EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE PROPERTY IS WORTH BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY WANT TO GET THE BENEFIT OF LIKE, HEY, YOU CAN BUILD THIS AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE THIS MONEY ON THE PROJECT.
>> MANY TIMES WE SEE APPLICATIONS WHERE PROPERTY OWNER SET APPROVAL FOR AN APPLICATION.
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THE NEXT DAY THEY FLIP, THEY SELL IT.>> THEY GOT THE ENTITLEMENTS, AND THEN NOW THEY WANT TO SELL IT FOR AN INFLATED PRICE.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIX THAT WITH OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN COMING UP.
>> HOW MANY MONTHS AGO WAS THAT?
>> DESPITE THEIR CLAIM, WHICH IS WHY YOU ALWAYS KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GRANT A DEVELOPMENT ORDER, THEY CAN LEAVE BECAUSE THEY SURE CLAIM LIKE THAT WAS THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
>> HE SAID IT MANY TIMES, AND HE'S BAILING ON IT.
I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, IS YOU CAN NEVER RELY UPON THAT BECAUSE THINGS COULD HAPPEN AND IT HAPPENED HERE.
>> THAT WAS A YOUNG GUY FROM BOCA, RIGHT?
>> BRING IN A LOCAL DEVELOPER TO GET IT THROUGH.
I'M NOT TOO PLEASED ABOUT THAT WHOLE SITUATION.
THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO BUY IT AND PRESERVE IT ALMOST OUT OF SPITE.
>> WHAT TOOK HIM SO LONG TO THROW IT ON THE MARKET? THAT'S ODD.
>> IT'S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I THINK.
I JUST NOTICED IT LIKE A MONTH OR SO AGO THAT I SAW IT GET POPPED UP.
>> I THINK THAT PROPERTY BOTHERED ALL OF US, AND I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY EVIDENT, BUT I DO WANT TO STATE THAT BECAUSE IT COULD BE PURCHASED WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RATES ARE REASONABLE AND WE LOOK AT THAT GOING FORWARD, BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND.
>> WITH THAT, THE TIME IS NOW 10:21 AND I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.