[1. Florida Water and Pollution Control Operators Association (FWPCOA) for Florida Water Professionals Month - August 2024 - Mr. Jonathan Torres, FWPCOA Publicity Chair.]

BE PRESENTING IT TO JONATHAN TURRIS, THE PUBLICITY CHAIR WITH THE FLORIDA WATER AND POLLUTION CONTROL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION ABOUT THE FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH PROCLAMATION.

I'D ALSO LIKE OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR AMANDA BARNES TO JOIN WHEN I PRESENT THAT AND WHOEVER ELSE.

A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA, DECLARING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024 AS FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH, WHEREAS THE FLORIDA WATER AND POLLUTION CONTROL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED IN 1940 IS A NONPROFIT TRADE ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FLORIDA'S WATER UTILITY INDUSTRY THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF FLORIDA CITIZENS AND TO PRESERVE THE STATE'S WATER RESOURCES.

WHEREAS THIS ORGANIZATION OFFERS WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR AND WATER DISTRIBUTION OPERATOR TRAINING COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S OPERATOR LICENSES, EIGHT VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR OPERATOR LICENSE RENEWAL.

WHEREAS THIS ORGANIZATION IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CODE THAT REGULATE THE WATER INDUSTRY, ACTS AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INDUSTRY PERSONNEL.

WHEREAS THE FLORIDA WATER AND POLLUTION CONTROL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES ALL WHO HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN OPERATING AND MAINTAINING DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER SYSTEMS IN FLORIDA BY CELEBRATING FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH, WHICH APPLAUDS THEIR CONSTANT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.

WHEREAS WATER PROFESSIONALS ARE ESSENTIAL FIRST PROVIDERS AS DEFINED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 403.865B DURING STORMS AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, WORKING TO ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SAFE DISPOSAL OF WASTEWATER FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

NOW THEREFORE, I JIM KURETSKI, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM AUGUST 2024 AS FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER AND EXTEND GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO ALL OBSERVING FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH.

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NOW,

[2. 2024 Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) > 5 MGD Membrane Plant of the Year and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) 2024 Utility of the Future Today (UotFT) Recognition by Mrs. Amanda Barnes, Director of Utilities.]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MS. AMANDA BARNES, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES, WHO WILL BE GIVEN A PRESENTATION ON THE 2024 SOUTHEAST DESALTING ASSOCIATION, GREATER THAN FIVE MILLION GALLON A DAY MEMBRANE PLAN OF THE YEAR IN THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2024 UTILITY OF THE FUTURE TODAY RECOGNITION.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.

I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK JONATHAN TURRIS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

OUR ENTIRE UTILITY STAFF FROM THE BUSINESS OFFICE TO WATER FIELD, TO THE WATER PLANT OPERATORS.

MAINTENANCE STAFF DO ATTEND THE FW PCOA CONTINUE EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AND HAVE DONE SO FOR YEARS, AND IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, AND IT PROVIDES A LOT OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES TO OUR TOWN AND OUR UTILITIES.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK JONATHAN AND THE FW PCOA.

TONIGHT, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO COME TO YOU TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF AGAIN FOR SEVERAL AWARDS THAT THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED.

ON JUNE 4TH, THE SOUTHEAST ASSAULTING ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS SITA, HAD AN ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, AND AT THAT SYMPOSIUM, WE WERE RECOGNIZED AS BEING AWARDED THE MEMBRANE TREATMENT PLANT OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR LARGE MEMBRANE PLANTS, WHICH IS GREATER THAN FIVE MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

IT'S A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

IT'S HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER.

SITA'S REGION EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA UP TO VIRGINIA, ACROSS TO KENTUCKY, AND THEN DOWN TO ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI.

SO IT'S A WELL KNOWN AWARD.

MANY UTILITIES DESIRE TO GET THAT, AND WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED IT.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THAT AWARD POSSIBLE.

OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHRISTOPHER MCKENZIE.

HE'S NOW THE UTILITY SYSTEMS MANAGER.

HE'S WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE TOWN UTILITY STARTING AS A METER READER, I BELIEVE.

HE'S BEEN HERE FOR 34 YEARS.

HE PROVIDES EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP TO HIS STAFF.

ALLISON FELSBURG, IS OUR UTILITIES COMPLIANCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGER.

SHE MAKES SURE THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE.

WE HAVE MANY REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS AND SUBMITTALS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE EVERY MONTH AND ALLISON MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS DONE AND THAT OUR OPERATIONS STAY IN COMPLIANCE.

UNDERNEATH THEM, WE HAVE A DEDICATED HARDWORKING AND RESOURCEFUL MAINTENANCE STAFF.

CONSISTING OF 13 PEOPLE INCLUDING OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRICIANS, PROCESS CONTROL TECHNICIANS, MECHANIC, AND MAINTENANCE OPERATORS AND TECHNICIANS.

WE HAVE 10 LICENSED WATER PLANT OPERATORS, LED BY DANIEL REED, WHO IS THE CHIEF OPERATOR.

WE HAVE THREE CERTIFIED LABORATORY TECHNICIANS.

MATTHEW SMITH IS OUR LAB MANAGER.

WE HAVE AN ASSET MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING SPECIALIST AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND THOSE ARE JUST THE STAFF AT THE WATER PLANT.

THE WATER PLANT WAS THE PLANT THAT WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THIS SITA AWARD.

OUR TREATMENT PLANT HAS A RATED CAPACITY OF 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, 94% OF THAT CAPACITY IS ADVANCED MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY.

WE ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY DRINKING WATER THAT MEETS ALL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND WINS AWARDS.

WE HAVE TWO MEMBRANE TREATMENT FACILITIES, A REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT, WHICH CONSISTS OF NINE TREATMENT TRAINS AND A NANOFILTRATION PLANT, WHICH CONSISTS OF FIVE TREATMENT TRAINS.

WE HAVE PRE TREATMENT FACILITIES, INCLUDING BOOSTER PUMPS, HORIZONTAL SAND FILTERS, MANY PNEUMATIC VALVES, CARTRIDGE FILTERS.

WE HAVE 12 FLORIDAN AQUIFER DEEP WELLS, THAT'S 1,200 TO 1,500 FEET DEEP.

WE HAVE 49 SUFICIAL AQUIFERS, 150-200 FEET DEEP.

WE HAVE POST TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR BOTH MEMBRANE PLANTS WITH ODOR CONTROL EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE 13 DIFFERENT CHEMICAL SYSTEMS. WE HAVE A CONCENTRATE TREATMENT FACILITY.

WE HAVE WELL PUMPS, BOOSTER PUMPS, FEED PUMPS, CHEMICAL PUMPS, TRANSFER PUMPS, HIGH SURFACE PUMPS, LOWERS AND REMOTE PUMPING FACILITIES.

WE HAVE MANY PUMPS.

WE HAVE 12 EMERGENCY GENERATORS.

WE HAVE CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS, FINISHED GROUNDWATER STORAGE TANKS, AND THE ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO DOSE CHEMICALS INTO OUR TREATMENT AS REQUIRED.

WE HAVE MILES OF RAW WATER MAINS.

EACH OF THESE FACILITIES INCLUDES ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTATION, CONTROL SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, VALVES, PIPE, SECURITY SYSTEMS, AND MANY OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MUST OPERATE PROPERLY,

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BE CONTROLLED PROPERLY, BE MAINTAINED, REPAIRED, REPLACED, AND BE RELIABLE.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO KEEP TRACK OF TO TAKE CARE OF AND TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

THANK YOU TO OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING SPECIALIST AND OUR WATER PLANT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHO HELPS TO KEEP THAT ALL ORGANIZED AND ACCOUNTED FOR.

OUR WATER PLANT IS MANNED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR.

THAT INCLUDES WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

OUR PLANT OPERATORS, WE HAVE TWO OPERATORS ON SHIFT, 247365.

MANY OF OUR PLANT STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT BACK TO WORK AFTER HOURS TO ADDRESS EMERGENCIES, EQUIPMENT FAILURES, AND THEY ALWAYS FAITHFULLY RESPOND.

TAKING CARE OF JUPITER'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PRODUCING AWARD WINNING DRINKING WATER THAT MEETS ALL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS REQUIRES INTELLIGENT, SKILLED, AND DEDICATED PEOPLE, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SUCH PEOPLE HERE AT JUPITER.

I COULD NOT DO WHAT I DO WITHOUT EACH ONE OF THEM, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM, AND I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT.

BUT IF THAT ISN'T ENOUGH, IN ADDITION TO OUR OUTSTANDING WATER PLANT STAFF, WE HAVE AN AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND FIELD REPRESENTATIVES WHO I THINK MOSTLY TAKE PLEASURE IN ANSWERING OUR CUSTOMERS QUESTIONS AND TAKING CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS CONCERNS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF TRAVIS SANDERS.

WE HAVE WATER DISTRIBUTION OPERATORS AND STORMWATER FIELD CREWS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF RODNEY CARROLL, CHRIS KRAFT, AND SHANE CREDLER, WHO TAKE CARE OF 480 MILES A PIPE, 3,870 HYDRANTS, 7,361 VALVES, ONE OF WHICH BROKE TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, AND CAUSED A BOIL WATER ORDER.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THREE STORM WATER PUMP STATIONS, 5,511 TOWN OWNED DRAINAGE STRUCTURES, 171 MILES OF CURB, OUTFALLS, CANALS, DITCHES, SALES, AND MORE.

ALL OF THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED, REPAIRED, REPLACED.

FIELD STAFF REPORT TO WORK TO REPAIR WATER MAIN LEAKS AND BREAKS, ADDRESS AREAS OF FLOODING AND OTHER CONCERNS, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR, INCLUDING HOLIDAYS.

OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM CONSISTS OF ENGINEERS, STEVEN MONTEMAYOR, REBECCA WILDER, FIELD INSPECTORS, MARK MALINA AND CODY CAMP, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, BRITTANY GEORGE, OUR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR, DANA SHELLY, OUR ACCOUNTANT AND OUR BUSINESS ANALYST, RYAN SANSILO.

THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WATER PLANT IN OUR SERVICE AREA AND ALSO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE UTILITY.

WE HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND CONSISTENTLY MEET REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.

WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A COHESIVE TEAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TOWN'S WATER CUSTOMERS AND RESIDENTS AND TO PROVIDE SAFE AND RELIABLE DRINKING WATER, PROVIDE FLOOD CONTROL AND PROTECT JUPITER'S LOCAL NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS THE LOSACHI RIVER, OUR WATER SUPPLY AQUIFERS, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.

OUR TEAM IS FORWARD THINKING. WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES IN ORDER TO HAVE LONG TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY AND BE A LEADER IN THE MUNICIPAL WATER AND STORMWATER INDUSTRIES.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE TOWN'S WATER AND STORMWATER UTILITIES WERE ALSO RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION AS A RECIPIENT OF THE UTILITY OF THE FUTURE TODAY AWARD.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY STAFF THAT IS PRESENT.

SOME OF THEM ARE OUT ON THAT LEAK THAT OCCURRED TODAY SO THEY COULDN'T ALL BE HERE.

SOME ARE OUT ON VACATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE ONES THAT ARE HERE TO COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH COUNCIL IF THAT'S OKAY. [APPLAUSE]

>> CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. [APPLAUSE]

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>> AMANDA, COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE PODIUM? I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU TO SHARE ANOTHER ASSET OF THE TEAM YOU HAVE, WE'RE IN HURRICANE SEASON.

AND WE CERTAINLY LEARNED ON COUNCIL HOW MUCH THERE'S A STATEWIDE TEAM THAT HELPS ONE ANOTHER.

AND IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE THAT PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I KNOW MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE, WENT TO THE WEST COAST LAST YEAR TO HELP OUT.

COULD YOU JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, EXPLAIN THAT THAT'S THE PROCESS?

>> YEAH. THE TOWN OF JUPITER AND MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FLORIDA WARREN.

FLORIDA WARREN THEY COORDINATE ASSISTANCE BETWEEN UTILITIES ACROSS FLORIDA UP NORTH AND SOUTH EAST AND WEST, ACROSS FLORIDA WHENEVER THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.

IT COULD BE STORM RELATED EMERGENCY OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF EMERGENCY.

OUR CREWS THEY WENT DOWN TO KEY WEST AFTER THE HURRICANE THAT HIT THERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, LAST YEAR, I CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF TIME.

WE WENT OVER TO THE WEST COAST AND HELPED THEM RECOVER, AND OUR CREWS BASICALLY GO THERE AND THEY DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED, BECOME ONE OF THE REPAIR WATER MAIN BREAKS.

THAT WAS MOSTLY WHAT THEY DID ON THE WEST COAST WAS TO HELP REPAIR WATER MAIN LEAKS.

OTHER TIMES WE PROVIDED PORTABLE EMERGENCY GENERATORS TO OTHER FACILITIES.

>> WASTEWATER PLANTS SOMETIMES NEED THEM IF THEIR LIFT STATIONS GO OUT.

WE'RE JUST AVAILABLE, AND WE'RE USUALLY THE FIRST TO RESPOND IN FLORIDA WARREN BECAUSE OUR STAFF IS EAGER TO HELP OTHERS, HOPING THAT IF WE EVER NEEDED HELP IN THE FUTURE, THAT THEY WOULD BE THERE TO RESPOND TO US AND HELP.

>> I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THAT BECAUSE WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT IN THE AFTERMATH OF SIGNIFICANT HURRICANES, IT MAY WELL BE THAT IT IS THE CASE THAT SOMETIMES UTILITY STAFF CAN'T HAVE ISSUES AT THEIR HOME OR WHATEVER AND NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE PLANTS.

IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT THERE'S SUCH A NETWORK OF HELPING AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT'LL NEVER BE NEEDED IN JUPITER, BUT IF IT IS, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING OUT AND HELPING OTHER UTILITIES IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

[3. Discover the Palm Beaches Tourism update by Sergio Piedra, Director, Community Engagement and Advocacy.]

>> NEXT, I'M GOING TO ASK WE PLEASE WELCOME MR. SERGIO PIEDRA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON DISCOVERY THE PALM BEACHES TOURISM.

>> IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE. SERGIO PIEDRA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVOCACY FOR DISCOVERY THE PALM BEACHES.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR 24 YEARS, AND I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE ADDRESSED THE TOWN COUNCIL HERE, SO IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE.

PROBABLY LONG OVERDUE.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TOURISM, NOT JUST IN THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO IN JUPITER, BASALLY A COUPLE MORE THINGS ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.

FIRST OF ALL, DISCOVER THE PALM BEACHES.

WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH PALMACH COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

WE REPORT TO 24 MEMBER BOARD, SEVEN OF WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, WHICH IS A FULL COUNTY DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES ALSO THE PALMACH COUNTY SPORTS COMMISSION, THE PALMACH COUNTY CULTURAL COUNCIL, FILM AND TV COMMISSION, ALSO, WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS LIKE PALMACH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, THE AIRPORT, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND SO FORTH.

ALL OF OUR FUNDING, ALMOST A LITTLE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF IT ALL COMES FROM THE BED TAXES THAT ARE PAID ON HOTEL ROOMS, 6% BED TAX.

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IT IS A PUBLIC AGENCY, BUT QUITE A BIT OF PRIVATE INVOLVED WITH IT.

THE GOOD NEWS IS I'LL START WITH THE GOOD NEWS.

WE ARE ALWAYS IN A GOOD NEWS BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO TOURISM THAT 2023 WAS OUR BEST YEAR EVER FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

NOW, LOOK AT IT THIS WAY FROM JUPITER, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BOCA, ALL THE WAY OUT WEST TO THE GLADES.

WE HAD NINE HALF MILLION VISITORS COME TO SEE US AND ENJOY THE THINGS TO DO.

WE'RE ON PACE FOR A SIMILAR TYPE OF YEAR.

BUT MAYBE A YEAR FROM NOW, I'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT A BETTER NUMBER.

LET ME JUST FIRST SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE HERE IS THAT JUPITER IS VITAL TO WHAT WE DO.

YES, WE ARE PART OF PALMACH COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BUT WE REPRESENT ALL THE CITIES, ALL 39 CITIES AND ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES, UNINCORPORATED AREAS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.

JUPITER, WELL, WHAT'S TO SAY? THE LIGHTHOUSE HAS BECOME A SYMBOL OF OUR COUNTY AND WE USE IT WHEREVER WE GO.

YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR WEBSITE, TO OUR VISITORS GUIDE, TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, JUPITER IS PART OF THE STORY, AND IT'S A GREAT STORY TO TELL.

ST. LOUIS CARDINAL FAN, WELL, YOU'LL FIND ME AT ROGER DEAN DURING THE SPRINGTIME.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE A MARKETING AGENCY, IT DOES PROMOTE TOURISM, BUT WE'RE ALSO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND EVOLVING TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF AGENCY.

YES, MARKETING IS PART OF THAT REDUCED SELL TO LEISURE TRAVELS, TRAVELERS AND TO THE BUSINESS TRAVELERS AND TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO START CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES OUT THERE, OUR CITIES, OUR LEADERSHIP OUT THERE, AND ALSO TO THE RESIDENTS WHO WE ULTIMATELY FEEL RESERVE IS THE RESIDENTS OF PALMACH COUNTY AND BRINGING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION.

WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE DO HERE.

WHEN I SAY COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST MARKETING THE COUNTY, MARKETING HOTEL ROOMS AND BEACHES, YOU CAN DO THAT ALL DAY LONG, IS WE DO PROMOTE JOB FAIRS.

WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN CLEANUP OPPORTUNITIES.

WE ALSO ARE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT EVENTS GOING ON DIFFERENT CITIES. WE WANT TO BE THERE.

WE WANT TO BE A FUN FACING ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST PROMOTING TOURISM, BUT PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN EVERY CITY AND EVERY PART OF THE COUNTY.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU BEFORE WE GET INTO SOME OF THE DEEPER STATUS WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHO'S GOING TO JOIN ME HERE IN A SECOND, IS THAT DISCOVER THE PALM BEACH AS IT WORKS FOR YOU.

WE TRY TO REITERATE THE POINT, LIKE I SAID, SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK, WELL, YOU'RE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT AS A REMINDER, LIKE I SAID, WE WORK FOR YOU, RE REPRESENT EVERYONE, INCLUDING JUPITER INCLUDIMG BOCA, INCLUDING WEST PALM BEACH AND SO FORTH, DOWN THE LINE, THAT HAVE EVOLVED AS AN AGENCY.

LET ME BRING UP MY COLLEAGUE WHO'S GOING TO GET INTO SOME MORE THE DEEPER NUMBERS.

>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS GUSTAV WABLE.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH FOR DISCOVERY THE PALM BEACHES.

I'M GOING TO DIVE INTO SOME SPECIFIC STATS THAT WE HAVE ON TOURISM TO JUPITER IN PARTICULAR.

FIRST, I'M GOING TO SHOW HOW WE GET DATA HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES THAT WE SUBSCRIBE TO.

WE HAVE PRIMARY RESEARCH THAT WE DO IN HOUSE.

WE USE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF DATA TO DERIVE ALL OF OUR STATISTICS, IF YOU WILL.

SOME OF THE SOURCES HAVE THE ABILITY THAT WE CAN DIVE INTO CITIES AND REGIONS VERY SPECIFICALLY.

THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO TODAY.

SOME OF THOSE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO FURTHER INTO THERE.

IF THERE'S INTEREST IN DIVING MORE INTO CERTAIN STATISTICS, I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN DO THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR JUPITER.

FIRST OF ALL, OFF VISITATION INTO JUPITER, WHICH SERGIO JUST MENTIONED THAT 9.5 MILLION VISITORS TO PALM BEACH COUNTY, WE USE GEO TRACKING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT CITIES AND REGIONS, WHICH IS LOOKING AT HOW DEVICES ARE MOVING, HOW CELL PHONES ARE MOVING, WHERE THEY'RE ORIGINATING FROM.

ISOLATING JUST JUPITER, WE HAVE 480,000 VISITORS TO JUPITER, 400430000 ARE FROM OUTSIDE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

SO YOU HAVE 50,000 PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO JUPITER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND THEN ABOUT 5% OF TOTAL VISITATION INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY IS COMING INTO JUPITER.

ON THE CHART HERE,

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YOU HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT MARKETS IN THERE.

NEW YORK IS BY FAR BIGGEST MARKET INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY, ALSO INTO JUPITER AND THERE.

YOU NOTICE THAT ST. LOUIS THERE IS AT ONLY 1%.

WE'RE ONLY TRACKING WHAT WE CALL A VISITOR BEING TEMPORARY.

SO SNOW BIRDS AND SEASONAL RESIDENTS AREN'T COUNTED IN THERE.I KNOW THERE'S DATA OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THERE ARE A LOT OF SECOND HOMEOWNERS THAT RESIDE, I GUESS, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE YEAR IN ST. LOUIS AND COME HERE FOR SPRING TRAINING.

TERMS OF SALES IN THE WISOME INDUSTRY HERE.

FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, WE GET THIS BASED ON DIFFERENT SECTORS.

I HAVE THE TWO JUPITER ZIP CODES IN HERE, SO THEY GIVE US ZIP CODE LEVEL DATA.

F33 458 AND 33477, HERE'S '22 VERSUS '23 SPENDING IN THERE ON RESTAURANTS, $304 MILLION.

THIS IS SPENT BY EVERYONE.

THIS IS LOCALS AND RESIDENTS, ALL TOTAL SPENDING AT RESTAURANTS IN JUPITER.

COUNTY WIDE INFORMATION, WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 40% OF ALL SALES IN THE RESTAURANT SECTOR ARE COMING FROM VISITORS.

IF THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR JUPITER, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $120 MILLION OR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING DIRECTLY TO RESTAURANTS FROM SOMEONE THAT LIVES OUTSIDE OF JUPITER.

RECREATION SIDE, $180 MILLION, ABOUT 60%, COUNTY WIDE OF ALL RECREATION SALES ARE COMING FROM VISITORS.

THAT WOULD BE LIKE 110 MILLION, AND THEN LODGING, THAT'S ALL THAT'S VISITOR SPENDING IN THERE.

NEXT, ON TERMS OF HOTEL PERFORMANCE, WE DO ISOLATE DIFFERENT PARTS.

WE DO HAVE SOME CITY DATA, BUT WITH JUPITER HAVING ONLY EIGHT HOTELS, WHICH IS ABOUT 927 ROOMS. WE HAVE A NORTH COUNTY COMPARISON IN HERE, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE EVERYTHING NORTH OF BLUE HERN BOULEVARD IS WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING NORTH COUNTY IN HERE.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE OCCUPANCY SIDE.

NORTH COUNTY IS PERFORMING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE COUNTY OVERALL.

ON THE RATE SIDE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER IN THERE.

IF WE GO BACK TO THIS 72 MILLION AND SPEND THERE.

THIS IS TOTAL ON PROPERTY SPENDING IN THERE, NOT JUST A HOTEL SPEND.

EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE SPENDING AT THE JUPITER BEACH RESORT OR THE WYNDHAM GRAND ON FOOD AND BEVERAGE, PARKING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT 72 MILLION.

EVERY YEAR, WE DO A RESIDENT SENTIMENT STUDY.

WE GO OUT TO ALL PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTS AND WE ASK THEM A SLEW OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT TOURISM AND WE ASK THEM WHERE THEY LIVE.

ALL THE RESPONDENTS THAT SAY THEY LIVE IN JUPITER, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS RIGHT HERE, WHICH THE BIG NUMBER THAT WE ASK IS, DO YOU FEEL THAT TOURISM IS A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE? NOW, 67% OF JUPITER RESIDENTS SAY TOURISM IS A POSITIVE THING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, 92% IN 2023, COMPARED TO IN '22, 78% SAYING THAT HORSM CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTERTAINMENT SUCH AS RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING.

ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE SIDE, DO YOU SEE HERE THAT IT WAS A BIG JUMP FROM THE 30% RANGE TO HALF OF RESIDENTS FEELING THAT HOSM ENHANCES THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT THEY GET LOT.

WE MEASURE ALL OF OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, ALL OF OUR ADVERTISING, WE HAVE SALES, CONVENTION SALES, WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH ALL THOSE GROUPS THAT COME IN, AND WE DO ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALL OF OUR ADVERTISING IN THERE.

IN 2023, WE'VE ATTRIBUTED ABOUT 40% OF ALL THE ROOM NIGHTS THAT ARE CONSUMED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS A RESULT OF EITHER ONE OF OUR SALES EFFORTS OR A MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT WE DID.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE WERE ABLE TO GENERATE $31 MILLION IN BED TAXES, AND THAT 31 MILLION TURNS INTO EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPENT ON ADVERTISING, RETURNED $1.60 IN TERMS OF BED TAXES.

NOW, THEY'RE NOT JUST SPENDING MONEY AT HOTELS, AS YOU SAW, THEY'RE SPENDING IT ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY.

EVERY DOLLAR WE SPEND ACTUALLY ENDS UP BEING $109 IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INTO THE COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS IF WE DID NOT EXIST, IF WE DID NOT DO WHAT WE DID, WE WOULD HAVE THOSE DROPS OVER.

I WOULD BE ABOUT A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

THERE'S LONGEVITY IN ALL THE ADVERTISING.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO YEARS TO GET SOMEONE TO SEE THAT FIRST AD AND THEN COME INTO THE PALM BEACH AREA.

BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT IF WE CLOSE CHOP, THE ECONOMY WOULD SHRINK ABOUT 5% WITHOUT OUR EFFORTS OUT THERE IN THE MARKETPLACE.

WITH THAT I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO SERGIO TO WRAP UP.

>> THANK YOU, GUSTAV.

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I'LL GIVE YOU THESE FINAL LAST SLIDES TO THINK ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, LIKE I SAID, IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WAY.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TRANSFORM THE ENTIRE VISITOR EXPERIENCE, AND WE'RE DOING THAT BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

THE QUICK THING ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, THE WAY WE SEE WHAT WE DO FOR TOURISM FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN PALMACH COUNTY, IT BEGINS LIKE A VISIT.

SOMEONE COMES TO CARLIN PARK, SOMEONE GOES AND CLIMBS A LIGHTHOUSE.

THEY SEE JUPITER IS A FANTASTIC AREA.

THEY MAY TRY TO LIVE HERE.

PART OF THE YEAR, FULL TIME OF THE YEAR DEPENDS ON THE DAY.

THAT LEADS TO AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY SAY THEY MOVE HERE.

THEY MAY BE WORKING NOWADAYS OUT OF A CONDO, OR THEY MIGHT BE WORKING FOR THEIR HOUSE OR THEY MIGHT BE GOING TO AN OFFICE BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE INVESTING IN THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS JUPITER HERE.

WAY THE LOOK AT IT IS YOU VISIT, YOU LIVE, YOU WORK, AND YOU INVEST.

BUT IT ALL BEGINS WITH ONE VISIT.

IT JUST TAKES ONE VISIT OF ONE PERSON TO SPEND AND SEE SUNRISE JUPITER BEACH, AND THEY'RE CONVINCED.

I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE REASONS WHY.

ALSO, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH EVERY DETAIL IT'S ON THIS THING.

IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMPLICATED SLIDE, BUT SUFFICE TO SAY THAT OUR ORGANIZATION HAS SOME PILLARS FOR THE FUTURE.

SOME OF THAT IS REVENUE OPTIMIZATION, SOME OF THAT IS INTERNAL THINGS WE ARE DOING, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THE MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO COLLABORATION WITH OUR TDC AGENCIES OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

THIS IS ADVOCACY AND ACTION.

BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR 2025 AND TO 2026 IS ACCESSIBILITY TRAVEL AND ALSO LOOK AT OUR ENVIRONMENT.

WE HAVE SOME CAMPAIGNS OF THAT.

BUT LIKE I SAID, OUR MAIN GOAL HERE IS QUALITY OF PLACE AND QUALITY OF LIFE, IMPROVING THAT.

INTERNALLY, LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THOSE SIMPLE THINGS MIGHT BE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN A VERY GOOD WAY, INCREASING OUR DIAL PLATFORMS. ALSO OUR NEW PALM BEACHES COLLECTION, WHICH INCLUDES JUPITER AND SOME OF THE OTHER MAIN CITIES YOU MIGHT SEE THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY.

THIS CAMPAIGN IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL PROBABLY GO FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO TWO.

YOU CAN FIND THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, THE PALM BEACHES.COM, WHERE YOU CAN CLICK ON JUPITER AND WE'LL TAKE YOU TO A PAGE TO FURTHER EXPLAIN THINGS TO DO HERE AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THERE IS TO DO HERE AND BRING MORE VISITORS AND BRING MORE DOLLARS INTO THIS AREA.

WE ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, STARTED DEVELOPING A CAMPAIGN CALLED LOVE THE PALM BEACHES, WHICH IS DEDICATED TOWARD RESIDENTS.

WE WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS THAT WHEN THE VISITORS ARE HERE, THAT'S GREAT, BUT YOU'RE HERE ALL YEAR ROUND.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN DRIVEN TO SOCIAL MEDIA, OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVEAWAYS, BUT ALSO TO BE AMBASSADORS.

THE BEST SALES PEOPLE REHAB OUT THERE ARE OUR RESIDENTS, INVITING FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR A VISIT, PREFERABLY IN A HOTEL TO HELP PAY OUR SALARIES.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS TO BE THOSE AMBASSADORS FOR US AND CITIES AS WELL TO SHARE THE LOVE FOR THE PALM BEACHES.

ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS WE ARE DOING, I'M SORRY, MISSED THE SLIDE THERE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE'RE DOING IS OUR SEA TO PRESERVE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS GOING ALSO INTO ITS SECOND YEAR IS PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT BEACHES ARE THE NUMBER 1 REASON PEOPLE COME HERE STILL.

THOSE BEACHES IN OUR NATURAL AREAS LIKE THE LOSAACH RIVER, AND ALSO THE PALMA COUNTY NATURAL AREAS I MIGHT FIND UP HERE IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY NEED TO BE PROTECTED.

BUT ONE WAY TO PROTECT THEM IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SEE THEM, VISIT THEM.

HAVE AN ADVENTURE OUT THERE THAT'S THE C TO PRESERVE CAMPAIGN.

IT'S GEARED TOWARD RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE, BUT IT'S ALSO TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN WHAT WE DO.

FINISHING UP HERE AS A COUPLE OF LAST SLIDES HERE.

NUMBER 1, WE'RE BEGINNING A CERTIFIED TOURISM AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO OUR CITIES, CHAMBERS, AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS TO BECOME CERTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO WELCOME VISITORS AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW THE INDUSTRY WORKS.

MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

LIKE I SAID, EVERYONE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING QUITE A BIT OF

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THE CHAMBERS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE WANT TO BRING THIS ALSO TO THE CITIES.

>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR 24 YEARS.

THE BIGGEST UNDERTAKING IN THOSE 24 YEARS IS THE CREATION OF A TOURISM MASTER PLAN.

MY COLLEAGUE GUSTAV HAS BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THIS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT THE TOURISM MASTER PLAN WILL HELP US REALLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR TOURISM IN THIS COUNTY, JUPITER HERE, AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS OR EVEN LONGER THAN THAT.

ARE WE REACHING A STATUS OF OVER-TOURISM? ARE WE STRETCHING OUT OUR ASSETS? DO WE NEED MORE BUILDINGS? DO WE NEED MORE ATTRACTIONS? DO WE NEED MORE HOTEL SPACE? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT THE TOURISM MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO ANSWER.

BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS TO FIND SUPPORT FROM OUR PARTNERS OUT THERE.

NOT JUST YOU HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL AND THE COUNTY LEVEL AND SO FORTH, BUT ALSO OUR RESIDENTS.

WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.

WE CAN LEAVE YOU IF A FEW OF THESE, A SIMPLE QR CODE THAT ANYONE CAN PICK UP TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

IT'S GOING TO BE OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE THIS IS FULLY REALIZED.

THEN, OF COURSE, IMPLEMENTED THE PLAN.

LIKE WE SAY AT THE OFFICE, THIS CAN BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOOK IT'S ON YOUR DESK, OR IT CAN BE A STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE THAT WILL PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM OVER-TOURISM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE AND ALSO A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

LIKE I SAID, THE TOURISM MASTER PLAN, MORE TO COME ON THAT, WE'LL REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT FOLKS AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST 6-8 MONTHS IS GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING ABOUT THIS PLAN.

IT'S GOOD TO BRING THAT NEWS HERE.

AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF DISCOVER THE PALM BEACHES.

I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE MASTER PLAN AND CONTINUING TO PROMOTE JUPITER IS THAT BRIGHT SHINING STAR IN NORTH COUNTY LED BY THE LIGHTHOUSE.

HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IF NOT, THANK YOU.

>> WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

PRESENTATION WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE HERE SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW YOU.

I THOUGHT I'D JUST SHARE SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE TOWN SO YOU GET TO KNOW US.

BECAUSE ON THE LAST SLIDE, YOU TALKED ABOUT PRIORITIZING FUNDING FOR TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT WE OR PARTNERS WITH MANY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH ROGER DEAN STADIUM GETTING A MAJOR RENOVATION SO IT CAN CONTINUE TO BRING IN THE TOURISM THAT IT HAS.

WE THE TOWN RECOGNIZED, AT LEAST FROM DATA THAT WE WERE GIVEN, THAT ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SOURCES OF BED TAX REVENUES WAS THE BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT ENABLED BY THE AMOUNT OF BASEBALL FIELDS THAT EXIST TO CONDUCT A TOURNAMENT.

THIS COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO INVEST IN IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE'S A QUARTA FIELDS THAT WE PROVIDE AND WE LITERALLY DID PRIORITIZE THAT INVESTMENT.

IT IS ALSO UPGRADED TO LAST ANOTHER 20 YEARS.

INTERESTINGLY, THAT'S TO JUST EVEN MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

I JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT THAT PERSPECTIVE OUT.

WE ARE MINDFUL OF DOING OUR PART AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE I WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH.

>> THAT'S A TERRIFIC EXAMPLE.

IN SPORTS TRAVEL, LIKE I SAID, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS AS A SPORTS COMMISSION WE WORK VERY CLOSELY.

THEY'RE ONE FLOOR ABOVE US.

WE APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE THAT GOING, NOT JUST IN SPRING TRAINING, BUT YEAR-ROUND.

YOU CAN THESE FAMILIES WILL BRING THEIR FOLKS AND BRING THEIR KIDS TO PLAY BASEBALL ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THEN NEXT, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME THE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT,

[4. Update by Jupiter Inlet District by Mr. Joe Chaison, Executive Director.]

I DON'T KNOW IF, IS GEORGE HERE.

WELL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GEORGE CHAISON WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE.

WE'RE DELIGHTED BECAUSE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT IS

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SUCH A PHENOMENAL PARTNER WITH THE TOWN AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THINGS THAT YOU DO, AND WE APPRECIATE GETTING THE UPDATE FOR US AND OUR RESIDENTS.

>> WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING.

IT'S LITERALLY MY FIRST TIME IN THIS ROOM, AND IT'S STUNNING.

MY NAME IS JOE CHAISON AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT, AND I'M GOING TO BE GIVING A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE ARE AND AN UPDATE ON OUR MOST RECENT INLET DREDGING PROJECT.

THERE WE GO. JUST AS A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE JUPITER INLET DISTRICT IS.

WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1921, WHICH MEANS WE JUST HAD OUR CENTENNIAL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, JUST LIKE THE TOWN IS GOING TO BE HAVING THEIR CENTENNIAL HERE.

>> CAN YOU BE CLOSE TO THE MIC?

>> SURE. YEAH, I GET THAT A LOT [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A 92 SQUARE MILE DISTRICT BOUNDARY INSIDE WHICH WE LEVY AN ADVELORM TAX.

THAT DISTRICT BOUNDARY INCLUDES THE ENTIRETY OF JUPITER, THE ENTIRETY OF TEQUESTA, JUPITER INLET COLONY, ALL OF JUNO BEACH, A LITTLE PIECE OF GARDENS AND A LOT OF UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY.

WE'RE GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ONE OF WHOM IS WITH US HERE TONIGHT.

COMMISSIONER GAIL WHIPPLE.

WE FOCUS ON MANAGING AND MAINTAINING THE JUPITER INLET AND PORTIONS OF THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER.

BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO BE PRIMARILY DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS OUR MOST RECENT INLET DREDGING SAND TRAP BYPASSING PROJECT.

WE OPERATE UNDER A STATE-APPROVED INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THIS INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN LAYS OUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INLET FROM A SEDIMENT FROM A SAND STANDPOINT.

IN OUR AREA, SAND PRIMARILY MOVES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, LONGSHORE TRANSPORT IS NOT 100% OF THE TIME, ABOUT 80-20% OF THE TIME SAND IS MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

WHAT THE INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN ATTEMPTS TO DO IS ENSURE THAT OUR INLET IS NOT CAPTURING ANY OF THAT SAND AND NOT HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT SHORELINE.

HOW DOES IT DO THAT? BY ESTABLISHING A BYPASSING GOAL OF 75,000 CUBIC YARDS AVERAGE PER YEAR TO BE DREDGED FROM OUR SAND TRAP AND PLACED ON THE DOWN DRIFT BEACH.

WHEN I SAY SAND TRAP, IT'S NOT SO MUCH A THING OR A STRUCTURE AS IT IS A SHAPE.

IT'S THAT VAGUELY RECTANGULAR SHAPE INSIDE THE INLET, WHICH IS DESIGNED AND OPTIMIZED TO CAPTURE SAND COMING INTO THE INLET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WHAT WE DO IS EVERY YEAR OR PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR, 2019 OF THE PAST 23 YEARS.

WE TRY TO DREDGE IT EVERY YEAR.

WE PUT OUT A SEALED COMPETITIVE BID.

WE CONTRACT WITH THE DREDGER TO COME IN AND DIG THAT SHAPE DOWN TO -22, 22 FEET DEEP, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND PLACE THAT MATERIAL BY SUCTION CUTTER HEAD DREDGE.

IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HAS A ROTATING CUTTER HEAD, SUCTIONS THE SAND OFF OF THE BOTTOM, PUMPS THAT SAND WATER SLURRY DOWN THE BEACH AND IS GRADED INTO A PLACEMENT TEMPLATE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR TIMELINE FOR THIS MOST RECENT PROJECT, BUT WE TYPICALLY DREDGE IN THE SPRING.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO BEACH OPERATIONS OR PLACEMENT DURING SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR PROJECT IS COMMUNICATION.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S HARD AS A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

WE POST ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE SET THESE SIGNS UP, WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ALL OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES, AND WE LOOK TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR WEBSITE AND WHERE THOSE QR CODES WILL TAKE YOU.

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THEN EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING ACCESS TO THE BEACH AND TO THE JETTY.

THAT SAND AND WATER SLURRY I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS PUMPED THROUGH THIS 20-INCH HDPE PLASTIC PIPE THERE FROM THE INLET DOWN THE BEACH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR WEBCAM SHOT IN THE LOWER CORNER.

WE REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO INSTALL THIS ACCESS RAMP OVER THE PIPELINE TO ENSURE ACCESS TO THE JETTY, AND ALSO INSTALL THESE SAND RAMPS AT EVERY WALKOVER, AT EVERY LIFEGUARD.

I THINK EVERY 200 FEET DOWN THE BEACH TO MAKE SURE PEDESTRIANS CAN STILL ACCESS THE SHORELINE.

A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT IS COMPLIANCE, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF COMPLIANCE FOR US IS WATER QUALITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO SEA TURTLE NESTING.

WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER AS A PARTNER FOR THESE PROJECTS.

THEY BEGIN HOURLY NIGHTTIME MONITORING AHEAD OF THE PROJECT AND ARE PERFORMING THAT THROUGHOUT.

EVERY NIGHT, THEY COORDINATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND CLEAR ANY SECTION BEFORE THEY CAN ADVANCE AND RELOCATE AS NECESSARY.

WE TRY TO AVOID REQUIRING RELOCATION, BUT THEY ARE THE PERMIT HOLDER FOR RELOCATING SEA TURTLE NESTS.

THEN POST CONSTRUCTION, THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HERE IS A TILLER.

WE TILL THE PLACED MATERIAL TO A DEPTH OF 36 " TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T CEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR SEA TURTLE NESTING.

IT'S NOT A VERY GLAMOROUS PROJECT, BUT HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE BEACH SIDE, THAT SAND AND WATER IS PUMPED THROUGH THAT PIPELINE ONTO THE BEACH INTO AN APPROVED PLACEMENT TEMPLATE, AND IT'S GRADED TO PRE-SPECIFIED LINES AND GRADES.

AN IMPORTANT THING ABOUT OUR PROJECT THAT'S REALLY TRICKY TO CONVEY IS THAT LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE BEACH NOURISHMENT, BUT IT'S NOT A BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT PER SE.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BYPASSING THAT SAND THAT MAKES IT INTO THE INLET.

IT HELPS THE LONGEVITY OF THE COUNTY AND THE CORES CARLA UP CARLIN PROJECT, AND IT CERTAINLY HELPS TO STABILIZE THAT SHORELINE DOWN DRIFT OF IT.

BUT UNLIKE A BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT WHERE THE GOAL IS THE FILL ON THE BEACH AND THE PAYMENT IS CALCULATED ON THE BEACH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE EXCAVATING THAT SAND TRAP.

WE START AT THE NORTH END OR WE START AT A LOCATION ON THE BEACH AND THEY GO SOUTH UNTIL THEY RUN OUT OF SAND IN THAT TRAP.

ANOTHER NICE THING ABOUT OUR PROJECT IS OUR MATERIAL IS ALWAYS VERY GOOD.

IT'S ALWAYS VERY COARSE, LIGHT-COLORED SAND BECAUSE IT IS ACTIVE MATERIAL FROM THE BEACH SLOPE.

THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COLORS COMING AT YOU SOON, BUT THIS IS MEANT TO SHOW HOW OUR PROCESS WORKS.

SINCE WE PUT IT OUT FOR A SEALED COMPETITIVE BID, OF COURSE, THERE'S A PROCESS.

YOU GOT TO PUT YOUR PLANS AND SPECS TOGETHER, YOU GOT TO ADVERTISE THEM, REVIEW, AND, AND SO FORTH.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING THIS WORK IN THE SPRING, WE HAVE TO DO OUR INITIAL SURVEY IN SEPTEMBER.

FOR THIS LAST YEAR, YOU'LL SEE WE HAD QUITE A DRAMATIC YEAR WITH SAND IN THE INLET.

IN SEPTEMBER, WE MEASURED 50,000 CUBIC YARDS IN OUR SAND TRAP.

YOU CAN SEE ON THIS IMAGE THAT'S BOYS TO THE SOUTH AND JUPITER INLET COLONY TO THE NORTH OF EAST.

THE THROAT OF THE INLET IS OVER THERE.

THE TRAP ALWAYS FILLS FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK.

I'M USED TO LOOKING AT THIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT SAND WAVE ADVANCING INTO THE TRAP THERE FROM THE THROAT OF THE INLET.

THE BACK OF IT IS STILL -22 OR DEEPER, THOSE BLUE COLORS.

BUT THEN FROM THERE TO CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS QUITE A DRAMATIC YEAR WHERE WHEN WE CAME IN TO DO OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SURVEY, WE SAID THAT 50,000 CUBIC YARDS HAD NEARLY TRIPLED.

WE HAD 139,000 CUBIC YARDS IN THE TRAP JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER.

YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER THERE WAS THAT SHOAL THAT HAD POPPED UP AND IT WAS VERY DRAMATIC RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INLET THERE AND WE WERE COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY WITH WITH THE COAST GUARD AND THE MARINE ENFORCEMENT UNITS AND WE MOBILIZED DREDGE AS FAST AS WE COULD.

BUT THIS IS IMMEDIATELY PRE-CONSTRUCTION AND YOU CAN SEE HOW FAST THIS WORK GOES.

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IT'S JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER, THAT SHOAL HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.

JUST LIKE AMANDA WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, OUR OPERATIONS ONCE THEY START, IT'S 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNTIL COMPLETED.

THIS IS A PROGRESS SURVEY IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

JUPITER INLETS GOT A LOT OF CURRENT, SO THEY HAVE TO FACE IT INTO THAT INCOMING CURRENT.

THEY TEND TO WORK WEST TO EAST AND A COUPLE OF PASSES ACROSS THE SAND TRAP THERE.

THEN LOTS OF COLORS HERE, BUT THAT'S OUR POST-CONSTRUCTION SURVEY.

THIS YEAR, WE REMOVED 120,000 CUBIC YARDS FROM THE TRAP, ROUGHLY DOUBLE OUR TYPICAL YEAR.

ANNUAL BASIS.

I'M SO USED TO LOOKING AT THESE, I CAN SEE IT.

YOU SEE ON THE EAST END THAT LITTLE SHAPE THERE, IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO COME BACK IN EVEN AS THEY'RE COMPLETING AND SURVEYING THE COMPLETED PROJECT.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW, WHATEVER THE REASON MAY BE, WE'RE STUDYING THAT ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW IS AN INCREASE IN THE VOLUMES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING IN OUR TRAP AND WE'RE SEEING ANNUALLY.

THIS PLOT HERE IS THE LAST 20 YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE MOST YEARS WE'RE PERFORMING THESE DREDGING OPERATIONS AND THAT TREND IS INCREASING.

YOU SEE IN THESE THREE YEARS, DRAMATICALLY IN 2019, WE HAD 27,000 CUBIC YARDS AND THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD 128,000.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STATE ON STUDYING AND MONITORING.

A COUPLE MORE SLIDES HERE THAT THIS IS FROM OUR WEBCAM, WHICH IS MOUNTED ON THE OCEAN TRAIL BUILDING NUMBER 400.

I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT.

IT'S A GREAT SERVICE.

THE SHORELINE IS DOING VERY WELL.

I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU CAN REMEMBER NOT THAT LONG AGO WHERE THIS PARKING LOT HAD, WHAT WAS THAT.

A THANKSGIVING STORM OF NINETY-SOMETHING THAT PARKING LOT WAS FALLING INTO THE OCEAN.

YOU CAN SEE THIS SHORELINE IS DOWN DRIFT OF THE INLET AND IT IS STABLE.

>> THIS NEXT ONE IS REALLY HOT OFF THE PRESS.

I JUST GOT THIS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

THIS IS A RECENT SURVEY OF ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SAND COMING INTO THE TRAP, MAYBE I NEED TO EXPLAIN THIS.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE INLET AND NORTH AND SOUTH.

THAT ORANGE AND YELLOW COLORS ARE WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE EBB SHOAL COMPLEX, THAT'S THE BAR OUTSIDE OF THE INLET.

A LOT OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW RIGHT NOW FOR NAVIGATION, VESSELS ARE HAVING TO TUCK THAT SOUTH JETTY, COME DOWN THE SHORE LINE, AND THEN POP OUT OVER BY THE CONDOS, BECAUSE OF THAT VERY ROBUST SHOAL THERE.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE STATE TO LOOK INTO INCORPORATING SOME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES HAVING TO DO WITH THAT EBB SHOAL.

THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

HERE IS THE SAND TRAP ALSO FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LITTLE MORE VOLUME THAN WE WOULD TYPICALLY EXPECT TO SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND AS WE SAID EARLIER, YOU SEE IT BILLING FROM FRONT TO BACK THERE.

OF NOTE, THERE'S THE ACTUAL FEDERAL CHANNEL OF THE INTERCOASTAL THERE.

I FEEL I REALLY RACED THROUGH THAT, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

>> WELL, I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION, VERY INFORMATIVE AND I JUST WANT TO EXTEND GRATITUDE FOR.

IT'S INTERESTING. I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT THE WAY YOU SAID IT.

WHAT YOU DESCRIBED IS, YOU'RE REALLY JUST MOVING THE STUFF THAT GOES BUT, SIGNIFICANT TO BE DILIGENTLY DOING THAT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, BECAUSE THAT KEEPS THE CONTINUUM OF SAND TO BE ABLE TO MIGRATE FURTHER DOWN.

THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK AND BEING SO DILIGENT ABOUT IT.

IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE REGION.

>> ONE OF THE IMAGES IN OUR BOARD ROOM IS AN AERIAL FROM 1945, WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME THE INLET WAS CLOSED.

WE KNOW THAT THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR BYPASSING AND SHORELINES, BUT FOR KEEPING THE INLET OPEN.

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>> ONE QUICK QUESTION. THE SHOALING LEAVING THE INLET HEADING EAST, IS THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT YOU'VE SEEN IT?

>> IT'S PRETTY ROBUST. IT'S GROWN A LOT.

>> YES.

>> I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE, THAT'S THE WORST EVER.

YOU COULD ON DAYS WALK OUT THERE, IT'S ANKLE DEEP.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

>> I'VE NEVER SEEN IT SO SHALLOW.

I KNOW FOR YEARS THE SHOAL, YOU HOOK RIGHT HEAD, SO YOU HAVE TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER NOW.

THERE'S ONE SHOAL ON THERE. THIS DRIP IS GOING OVER.

>> YOU GOT TO RUN THE OCEAN RAIL AND THEN SHOOT OUT.

I SPENT THE DAY THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO TEACHING, AND WE WATCHED AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR BOATS PUT THEMSELVES ON THAT SHOAL.

JUST UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, RENTAL BOAT OR WHATEVER IT WAS, AND WE'RE JUST WATCHING THEM COME IN AND THEY JUST RUN AND STOP.

THEN THEY GOT TO BACK THEMSELVES OFF AND STUFF BECAUSE IT'S JUST LOW TIDE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CROSS THAT SHOAL THERE.

>> WOULD THE COAST GUARD EVER THINK OF PUTTING DAY MARKERS THERE?

>> I HAD MEANT TO BRING THIS UP EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION.

THE JUPITER INLET IS WHAT'S CATEGORIZED AS A NON-NAVIGABLE INLET.

IT'S NOT A VERY COMPLIMENTARY TERM, BUT WHAT IT MEANS IS THERE'S NOT A FEDERAL CHANNEL ESTABLISHED, AS YOU'D SEE AT PORT EVERGLADES OR LAKE WORTH INLET.

IT'S VERY COMMON, MOST INLETS IN FLORIDA IN THAT CATEGORY, YOUR SEBASTIAN INLET, BOCA INLET, HILLSBOROUGH.

>> THEY WOULD PUT A SAFE WATER BUOY OUT HALF MILE OUT OR SO BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL OCEAN?

>> YEAH. THEY'LL HAVE THE BUOYS AND IT WELL-MARKED AND THEY'LL BE DREDGED -36 FOR THE WHOLE CHANNEL.

WE'RE IN THAT OTHER CATEGORY WHERE SAFE PASSAGE REQUIRES LOCAL KNOWLEDGE.

IT'S A VERY TRICKY THING IN 2020 WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THAT SHOAL POPPING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INLET.

IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED QUESTION THAT WE COORDINATE REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE COAST GUARD ON THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS MORE HAZARDOUS, HAVING THE SHOAL IN THAT LOCATION OR PLACING MARKERS, WHICH CAN COULD BE HAZARDOUS IN AND OF THEMSELVES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> HELLO. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF MANAGEMENT FOR THIS, YOUR SCOPE SEEMS NARROW.

IT'S FOCUSED ON THE SAND TRAP IN THE INLET, IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT MANAGEMENT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE?

>> WELL, IT'S EASY TO THINK IT'S JUST THE SAND TRAP, BUT THE JETTIES ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM, AND THEY'VE BEEN MODIFIED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE DECADES.

MOST RECENTLY, THAT SOUTH JETTY WAS EXTENDED IN '97 WITH THAT RE-CURVE AS A FUNCTION TO ANCHOR THAT SHORELINE AND PREVENT THE NORTHERN MIGRATION OF SAND BACK INTO IT.

THERE'S NO CURRENT PLANS TO MODIFY THE JETTIES THEMSELVES, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH THE STATE RIGHT NOW, IS TRYING TO SEE WHAT STRATEGIES COULD ALSO BE ADDED INTO THE INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN TO ALLOW FOR OTHER MANAGEMENT OPTIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, VERY USEFUL, VERY POWERFUL.

I'VE GOT VERY SIMILAR CONCERNS THAT MY FELLOW COUNCILORS DO.

THAT SHOALING, I'VE HAD A MASTER VESSEL COMMERCIAL CAPTAIN'S LICENSE FOR 37 YEARS HERE.

IT IS THE WORST IT'S EVER BEEN IN 37 YEARS.

YOU DESCRIBED THE NEED FOR CAPTAINS TO GO OUT THE INLET AND TUCK IN AND RUN SOUTH.

THE PROBLEM OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS YOU RUN THE RISK OF BROACHING A VESSEL SOON AS YOU TURN AGAINST THE WAVES.

THAT'S A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE.

IT'S NOT JUST AN INCONVENIENCE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBABLY A LOSS OF LIFE BEFORE LONG.

KAREN, YOU DESCRIBE BOATS RUNNING AROUND, WE'VE SEEN IT TOO, FLAT OUT, FLY ALONG, STOPS.

THAT'S IN ITSELF DANGEROUS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT CAN BE REALLY DANGEROUS.

ANY FOLLOWING SEAS OR BREAKING SEAS ON A BOAT CAN ROLL A BOAT.

WE'VE HAD FATALITIES IN THE INLET BEFORE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS INLET.

YOU DESCRIBED SOME TYPE OF MARKERS THAT MIGHT BE MORE PROBLEMATIC THAN BENEFICIAL.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHY WE SHOULD NOT PUT MARKERS OUT THERE? ARE YOU WORRIED IT MIGHT ATTRACT PEOPLE THAT WILL THINK THAT IT'S NAVIGABLE?

>> NO, THAT SITUATION WAS WHEN WE HAD THAT SHOAL AND I DON'T HAVE A POINTER, BUT INSIDE HERE.

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>> THAT WAS CRAZY.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT WAS A WEIRD STRANGE THING.

>> SURE, IT WAS.

>> BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PUTTING MARKERS ON THE SHOAL OUT THE INLET?

>> IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

IT WOULDN'T BE OUR DECISION.

WE'D HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THE COAST GUARD.

THAT SHOAL, THOUGH IT LOOKS STATIC, MOVES A LOT.

ACTUALLY WE CALCULATE THAT IT'S TRANSPORTING 180,000 CUBIC YARDS A YEAR ACROSS IT, SO IT'S FOREVER MOVING.

BUT I AGREE, IT'S A HAZARD AND MARKING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

>> I WOULD URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE THAT, PLEASE.

IT'S A VERY POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM.

>> IT'S A HAZARDOUS INLET.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> IF YOU MARK AN INLET LIKE THAT, I USED TO BOAT OUT AT CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, AND HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION.

THE COAST GUARD WOULD DAILY MOVE THE DAY MARKERS AND IT WAS ALUMINUM BALL WITH A STICK WITH A RADAR REFLECTOR ON IT.

WE'D GO TO AN EFFICIENT COME IN AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING AND YOU'RE WAITING TO FIND THE CHANNEL ON YOUR RADAR IT'S GONE.

IT'S A QUARTER MILE TO THE SOUTH.

YOU GOT TO GET BACK OUT AND IT'S FOGGY.

THAT'S A DAILY MAINTENANCE ISSUE, SO IT'S REALLY TRICKY.

DOABLE, BUT COAST GUARD WOULD HAVE TO PUT SOME RESOURCES INTO THAT.

>> JOE, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.

I THINK I HAD WARNED YOU THAT IF YOUR PRESENTATIONS GET TOO INTERESTING, WE MIGHT HAVE YOU UP HERE TO SPEAK FOR OUR VOTERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY VALUE THE INLET.

THE WORK YOU DO IS IMPORTANT, THE PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE WITH OUR TOWN, WE VALUE.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

I THINK THE VISUALS ARE REALLY ENGAGING.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM AND THANK YOU AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, JOE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I'LL GET A STAFF AND STUFF, BUT MAYBE USING OUR TEAM HERE, WE CAN MAYBE GET A SOCIAL MEDIA PSA TOGETHER WITH A VIDEO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOWCASING THE DANGER OF THAT SHOAL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE INLET AND PROBABLY GET SOMETHING OUT THERE.

I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP DO THAT.

>> I FORGOT TO MENTION ALSO THAT SURVEY THAT WE JUST GOT, I THINK IT WAS TODAY, WE'LL BE POSTING THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, TRYING TO LINK TO IT WHEREVER WE CAN.

>> GREAT. I'LL MAKE SURE STAFF KNOWS THAT MAYBE WE CAN SHARE IT FROM THE TOWN'S SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

THIS IS A TIME FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, A CITIZEN AND ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IS ASKED TO STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PRIOR TO ADDRESSING THE TOWN COUNCIL.

WE GENERALLY WON'T BE DISCUSSING THOSE ITEMS THIS EVENING, BUT ANY ISSUES ARE REFERRED TO STAFF FOR FOLLOW UP.

DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS?

>> YES, WE HAVE TWO. FIRST, LEAN LABECK AND THEN CONSTANCE HOLMES.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LEAN LABECK.

I LIVE AT 17710 CARVER AVENUE.

I JUST WANTED TO REQUEST AND REMIND THE COUNCIL OF THE PROMISE FOR THE CINQUEZ FIRE STATION TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THOSE ON CARVER AVENUE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY FUTURE PLANS INCLUDE NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE, AS WELL AS ANY STEPS WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY VALUE.

WE ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SELLING THEIR HOMES AFTER THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PUT THE FIRE STATION THERE AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT IT'S VISIBLE TO ANYONE WHO COMES TO VISIT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A FIRE STATION IN THE PARK.

IT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR ME AND FOR MY FAMILY BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO MOVE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF WE HAVE TO IF THE NOISE BECOMES AN ISSUE.

HAVING NOISE ABATEMENT MEASURES, I BELIEVE WILL HELP PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS WHO ARE THERE IN THE MEANTIME. THANKS.

>> CONSTANCE HOLMES.

>> I'M NOT USED TO SPEAKING, SO I'VE GOT MY SHEETS ALL LINED UP. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CONSTANCE HOLMES,

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AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PINE GARDEN SOUTH, LOCATED ON 205 THIRD STREET.

I'VE COME TO SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN THAT I SERVE IN A SOCCER PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION.

I OPERATE A REGION HERE IN JUPITER CALLED REGION 1639.

WE USE THE JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIELD.

SINCE 2015, WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, JUPITER'S YOUTH HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RUN TO THE SCHOOL'S FIELD THROUGH AN OPEN GATE AND RECEIVE A RECREATIONAL SOCCER PROGRAM.

WE'RE SERVING THE CHILDREN PRIMARILY WHO ATTEND OUR BELOVED JUPITER ELEMENTARY TITLE 1 SCHOOL, AND WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.

OUR PLAYERS OFTEN COME FROM FAMILIES WITHOUT THE MONETARY OR LEISURE TIME RESOURCES TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER AREA SOCCER PROGRAMS. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE HELP US TO CONTINUE HELPING THEM.

PLEASE REFER TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT YOU WILL FIND BEHIND AN EMAIL FROM DR. CLEMENT.

HAVE THEY RECEIVED THEM, MS. CAHILL? HERE IT COMES. ARE YOU GOING TO PASS IT OUT?

>> YES, I WILL.

>> LATER OR NOW?

>> YES, LATER.

>> LATER, THEN I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.

DR. CLEMENT IS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HE'S A RESEARCH ANALYST FOR THE DISTRICT.

THERE'S A GOLD REPORT AND HE PULLED TOGETHER SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON OUR COMMUNITY.

IN JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAST YEAR, THE 2024 JUPITER ELEMENTARY STUDENT BODY CONSISTED OF 79.4% HISPANIC CHILDREN.

DO YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE THAT IS TO 80%? MEANING THAT EIGHT OUT OF EVERY 10 CHILDREN WALKING DOWN THE HALLOWED HALLS OF JUPITER ELEMENTARY ARE HISPANIC.

NOW ANOTHER INTERESTING STATISTIC THAT DR. CLEMENT HAD WAS, WE HAVE 9,800 STUDENTS IN OUR JUPITER PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 33% OF THEM ARE HISPANIC, MEANING THAT ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE SCHOOL AGED YOUTH IN JUPITER ARE HISPANIC.

I MENTIONED THAT TO YOU BECAUSE I'M AN ADVOCATE OF UNDERSERVED CHILDREN.

I LIKE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL OF JUPITER'S YOUTH, AND SO I'VE CHOSEN TO GO AFTER THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, PLUS THEY'RE MY NEIGHBORS IN PINE GARDEN SOUTH.

IN 2015, JUPITER'S ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL WAS DAN SMITH.

I ASKED MR. SMITH TO LET ME TELL HIM ABOUT OUR SOCCER PROGRAM.

I SAT DOWN AND GAVE HIM WHAT OUR INTENTIONS WERE AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO FOR THE CHILDREN.

HE HAD NO HESITATION TO REQUEST THE TOWN TO PUT OUR AYSO PROGRAM ON AN ILA, OUR TOPIC NOW, I KNOW.

MR. SMITH AGREED TO UNLOCK THE GATE IF I WOULD AGREE TO KEEP HIS PROGRAM AFFORDABLE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO WOULD PARTICIPATE.

WE CREATED AN ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE PROGRAM.

FURTHER, WE AGREED THAT I WOULD PROVIDE THE FAMILIES OF MY PARTICIPANTS WITH INFORMATION ON THE TOWN'S RECREATION PROGRAMS, WHICH I HAVE DONE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO.

ON A SPIT AND A HANDSHAKE, THIS PROGRAM WAS BORN IN 2015.

I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THIS PROGRAM HAS SERVED MANY OF JUPITER'S YOUTH, WHOSE FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE THE MONETARY AND/OR LEISURE TIME RESOURCES FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN JUPITER'S WONDERFUL YOUTH PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR, AYSO 1639 WILL BE CHARGING EACH PARTICIPANT $20 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THAT $20 WILL COVER THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.

THEN I WILL REQUEST A $5 DONATION FROM EACH PLAYER EACH TIME THEY COME TO THE FIELD.

THIS FEE SCHEDULE PROVIDES A MANAGEABLE COST FOR THE FAMILIES WE SERVE, AND IT PROVIDES A FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE OF JUPITER'S YOUTH.

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THE LOCATION OF THE JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIELD IS CENTRAL TO OUR SUCCESS IN SERVING THESE CHILDREN.

WE ARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE.

>> I WANT TO SPEAK ON DEFENSE OF THE PRINCIPALS, NOW.

THERE IS NOT ONE OUTSIDE PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO STEP ON ANY SCHOOL FIELD WITHOUT THE PRINCIPALS BLESSING.

COUNCILORS, PLEASE PROVIDE OUR PRINCIPALS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNLOCK THE GATES AT THEIR SCHOOLS, WHICH LEAD JUPITER YOUTH TO A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

I CAME HERE THIS EVENING TO REQUEST THAT YOU ARE TOWN LEADERS UPON WHOM JUPITER RESIDENTS RELY TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND PARTICULARLY TONIGHT TO ADDRESS OUR JUPITER YOUTH.

PLEASE GO THE EXTRA MILE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RENEW OUR ILAS, SHOW OUR YOUTH THE BENEFITS OF COOPERATION.

THESE ILAS PROVIDE SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST RECREATION.

AMONG ITS MANY BENEFITS, RECREATION PROVIDES A PERSON TO REDUCE THEIR STRESS, DEVELOP SELF ESTEEM AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL MENTAL HEALTH AND FITNESS.

NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION TO COOPERATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TOGETHER, YOU WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MORE JUPITER'S YOUTH, CHOOSE JUPITER'S YOUTH, SIGN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.

I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN YOU THAT YOU WILL MAKE A DECISION WHICH WILL BETTER SERVE JUPITER'S YOUTH.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. THE TOWN WAS THE ONE THAT INITIATED ILA AGREEMENTS TO MAKE FIELDS AVAILABLE.

WE'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT ITEM, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT TOWN WAS THE ONE MOST OF US CAN REMEMBER, I CAN AS A CHILD.

WE WOULD HOP OVER THE FENCE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE PLAYED THE BALL FIELDS BACK THEN, NO ONE RAN YOU OFF, BUT WE HAVE PURSUED THE ILA BEFORE AND WE'LL GET ON WHATEVER THE HOLD UP IS.

[5. July 16, 2024 Town Council Meeting Minutes.]

WITH THAT, COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEFORE US, THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 16TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING WITH A SMALL AMENDMENT ON THE DIAS.

THERE'S NO OTHER CORRECTIONS.

I'D TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

>> SECOND.

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

>> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THIS IS ITEM 6 THROUGH 13.

IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM?

>> NO, MAYOR.

>> ANY MEMBER ON THE DIAS?

>> NO.

>> SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> SO MOVED.

>> APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

>> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[14. Resolution 100-24, Approving the participation in the pooled commercial paper loan program for the borrowing of a not to exceed amount of $20,000,000 for the construction of fire stations.]

MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM UNDER PUBLIC BUSINESS, RESOLUTION 100-24, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SCOTT REYNOLDS, I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.

BEFORE WE START THIS EVENING, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME THIS EVENING THAT WAS PART OF THE TEAM IN RELATION TO THE COMMERCIAL PAPER ISSUANCE.

WE HAVE NICK ROCA WITH OUR PFM, WHICH IS OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR THE TOWN, AND ALSO BILL CAPCO, WHICH IS THE TOWNS BOND COUNCIL, WHICH MOST OF YOU ALL MAY KNOW ALREADY KNOW BILL.

THE TOWN IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STAGE OF TWO FIRE STATIONS.

THE STATIONS WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 14,000 SQUARE FEET,

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ESTIMATED TO COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN $8-10 MILLION APIECE.

OUR STAFF WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO THE TOWN COUNCIL A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION OF AWARD.

MOST LIKELY AT THE NEXT TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.