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>> [BACKGROUND] GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW 7:00 P.M.
I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND THEN THE PLEDGE.
IF ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE ABLE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING.
>> DEAR GOD, MAY OUR VISIONS MEASURE UP TO OUR OPPORTUNITIES.
MAY OUR ATTITUDES BE AS POSITIVE AS OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS AND MAY OUR CIVIC RESOLVE ENERGIZE US TO OVERCOME ALL BARRIERS AND HURDLES. AMEN.
>> LET'S HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
>> MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS.
[1. Bicycle Month – March 2025. #]
THIS FIRST PROCLAMATION, I WILL BE PRESENTING TO MS. STEPHANIE THORBURN, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR PLUS CHAIR OF THE VISION ZERO ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AUTHORITY.STEPHANIE, I WILL BRING IT DOWN HERE AFTER I READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA, DECLARING MARCH 2025 AS BICYCLE MONTH.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF JUPITER RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ENGAGE IN BICYCLING AS A VIABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND FORM OF TRANSPORTATION IN AN EXCELLENT FORM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND RECREATION.
WHEREAS THE STATE OF FLORIDA DESIGNATES MARCH AS BICYCLE MONTH, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL RECOGNIZE IT LOCALLY.
WHEREAS FLORIDA BICYCLE MONTH FEATURES A NUMBER OF FITNESS OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, RACES, COMMUTING, AND CHARITY EVENTS FOR RIDERS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO ENJOY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AT VARIOUS PARKS AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY.
WHEREAS THE RECOGNITION OF FLORIDA BICYCLE MONTH, WILL RAISE AWARENESS OF BICYCLING AND ULTIMATELY PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES BY ELEVATING BICYCLING AS A MORE WIDELY ACCEPTED CHOICE OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHEREAS THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY PLANS, SUPPORTS, AND RECOMMENDS PROJECTS TO MAKE BICYCLING MORE ACCESSIBLE AND PROMOTES COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY EDUCATION EFFORTS AIMED AT IMPROVING BICYCLE SAFETY.
WHEREAS CREATING A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE CITIZENS' HEALTH, WELL BEING, IN QUALITY OF LIFE, GROWING THE ECONOMY OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, ATTRACTING TOURISM DOLLARS, IMPROVING TRAFFIC SAFETY, SUPPORTING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, AND REDUCING POLLUTION, CONGESTION, AND WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR STREETS.
WHEREAS PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS AN EVER EXPANDING, DESIGNATED OR ENHANCED BICYCLE LANE NETWORK, WITH OVER 280 MILES OF EXISTING FACILITIES AND SEVERAL LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, FURTHERING THE CREATION OF A SAFE CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION AND ALL PEOPLE WHO BIKE REGARDLESS OF AGE, ABILITY, OR BACKGROUND.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JIM KURETSKI, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2025 AS FLORIDA BICYCLE MONTH.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS FOURTH DAY OF MARCH 2025. DO YOU LIKE SAY A FEW WORDS? [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE]
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I HAVE A SECOND PROCLAMATION THAT I'LL BE PRESENTING TO BRETT WARWICK,[2. Flood Awareness Week - March 3-9, 2025. #]
CONSTRUCTION SERVICE COORDINATOR, AND IT'S ON THE FLORIDA FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK PROCLAMATION.A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA, DECLARING THE WEEK OF MARCH 3RD THROUGH 9TH 2025 AS FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF JUPITER IS VULNERABLE TO THE RISKS AND IMPACTS OF FLOODING DUE TO COASTAL AND RIVERINE LOCATION, SEASONAL WEATHER PATTERNS, TIDAL INFLUENCES, AND POTENTIAL FOR STORM SURGE.
WHEREAS FLOODS ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON AND DEVASTATING NATURAL DISASTERS CAPABLE OF CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS POSING SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE.
WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS IN JUPITER ARE INFORMED AND PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING, ESPECIALLY DURING HURRICANE SEASON IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.
WHEREAS RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT FLOOD RISKS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES IS IMPORTANT TO MINIMIZE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF JUPITER IS ONE OF OVER 1,500 VOLUNTARY PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM, NATIONWIDE INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT RECOGNIZES AND ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT EXCEED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
WHEREAS FLORIDA JUPITER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PROVIDES ITS RESIDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTIES AGAINST FLOOD LOSS THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF FLOOD INSURANCE AT REDUCED INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND OFFERS OTHER RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF FLOOD PREPARATION AND RECOVERY TO REDUCE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING.
WHEREAS THE TOWN OF JUPITER RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING FLOOD RESILIENCE, AND URGES ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE ACTION IN SAFEGUARDING THEIR PROPERTIES AND FAMILIES AGAINST FLOODING AND OFFERS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
WHEREAS THE FLORIDA FLOODPLAIN MANAGERS ASSOCIATION ENCOURAGES MEMBERS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO RECOGNIZE THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MARCH AS FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OF FLOOD RISKS, FLOOD PREPAREDNESS, FLOOD PREVENTION, AND THE IMPORTANCE IN AVAILABILITY OF FLOOD INSURANCE, THEREFORE, I JIM KURETSKI, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN COUNCIL TO HEREBY DESIGNATE MARCH 3RD THROUGH 9TH, 2025 AS FLOOD AWARENESS WEEK IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AND ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS IN JUPITER TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES, SHARE KNOWLEDGE, AND TAKE STEPS TOWARDS FLOOD PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS FOURTH DAY OF MARCH 2025.
>> AMANDA BARNES, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE TOWN MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR YOUR SUPPORT TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE STORM WATER UTILITY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS TO PROVIDE FLOOD PRO FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE ALONG THAT PATH. THANK YOU.
>> I'D LIKE TO JUST EMPHASIZE MY APPRECIATION.
I WAS TALKING TO A RESIDENT TODAY IN PINE GARDENS NORTH.
OUR STORMWATER UTILITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR DECADES NOW.
I THINK IN PINE GARDENS NORTH, ACCORDING TO MY MEMORY AND THIS RESIDENT, IT'S THE THIRD TIME THROUGH PINE GARDENS NORTH.
BECAUSE EACH TIME YOU CONTINUED TO BE RELENTLESS ABOUT TRYING TO PREVENT FLOOD DAMAGE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS. [APPLAUSE]
[3. Loxa-Lucie Headwaters by Greg Braun, Executive Director of the Guardians of Martin County.]
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>> NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MR. GREG BRAUN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY, WHO WILL BE GIVEN A LOXA-LUCIE HEADWATERS PRESENTATION. WELCOME.
>> TRYING TO GET IT SET UP HERE TO A FULL SCREEN. THERE WE GO.
GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOR INVITING ME HERE TONIGHT TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE LOXA-LUCIE HEADWATERS PROJECT.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE HAD TO COME TO YOUR NEW BUILDING AND TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT. I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I KNOW THESE DAYS IT IS TOUGH BEING A POLITICIAN.
I KNOW ELECTION TIME IS COMING UP, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE OVER THE YEARS. WHO ARE WE? THE LOXA-LUCIE HEADWATERS INITIATIVE IS A CONSORTIUM OF THREE ENVIRONMENTAL, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE ABOUT PROTECTION OF HEADWATER AREAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA.
THE THREE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE THE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY, OF WHICH I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THE CONSERVATION FUND AND WITH ME THIS EVENING IS CHARLES DONALDSON WITH THE CONSERVATION FUND.
THEY'RE A NATIONWIDE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
THEY PURCHASE AND PROTECT LANDS.
THE THIRD PART OF THE CONSORTIUM IS THE TREASURED LANDS FOUNDATION.
THEY ARE THE LOCAL LAND TRUST FOR OUR AREA.
THEY DON'T OWN A WHOLE LOT OF LAND, BUT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT LANDS THEY CAN.
I'VE GOT ON THE TITLE SLIDE HERE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN PRESERVING AND PROTECTING.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT OUR NAME, THE LOXA-LUCIE HEADWATERS.
AS YOU NO DOUBT UNDERSTAND FROM THAT, LOXA IS BECAUSE THE HEADWATERS HERE IN THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BASIN IS FOR THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER AND SPECIFICALLY KITCHEN CREEK.
THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR PROJECT DRAINS NORTH TOWARDS THE SOUTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE RIVER, LOXA, LUCIE.
WHAT ARE HEADWATERS? YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW. SOME OF THE AUDIENCE MAY NOT.
BUT HEADWATERS AREAS ARE THOSE AREAS THAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE HERE.
IF YOU WALK THROUGH THEM DURING THE DRY SEASON, YOUR FEET MAY GO SQUISH IN THE MUD, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET WET.
DURING THE RAINY SEASON, THOUGH, THE WATER TABLE FLOWS UP HIGH AND IT STARTS MOVING EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH AND IT TURNS INTO WHAT ULTIMATELY ARE THOSE CREEKS AND RIVER SYSTEM.
WE'RE AT THE VERY SOUTHERN END OF OUR PROJECT AREA HERE.
YOU SEE THE MAP THAT SHOWS GENERALLY THE BOUNDARY OF OUR PROJECT COVE ROAD, THE SOUTHERN END OF STEWART TO THE NORTH, JONATHAN DICKINSON'S SOUTHERN BOUNDARY ON THE SOUTH, AND IT'S GENERALLY THE TURNPIKE AND 995 CORRIDOR ON THE WEST AND TO THE WEST OF THE US1 URBANIZED CORRIDOR IN THE HOBE SOUND AREA.
THIS IS NOT A NEW INITIATIVE BY ANY MEANS.
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE TREASURE LANDS FOUNDATION COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO ANALYZE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY OF DIFFERENT AREAS IN MARTIN COUNTY.
YOU RECOGNIZE THE HEAT MAP THAT WE'VE GOT HERE AND IT SHOWS IN OUR YELLOW OVAL, A LOT OF BRIGHT REDS AND ORANGES AND YELLOWS.
THOSE ARE THE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY BASED ON THE PARAMETERS THAT I'VE LISTED THERE TO THE RIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO PART OF THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR.
WE DON'T GET A LOT OF ATTENTION FOR THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR ON THIS SIDE OF THE STATE BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF IT IS OVER WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THAT CHARISMATIC MEGAFAUNA, THE PANTHERS AND THE BEARS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT HERE EAST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE, WE ARE WITHIN THAT WILDLIFE CORRIDOR AND THE PORTION HERE IN NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY ARE WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.
I SAY THIS ISN'T A NEW INITIATIVE BECAUSE THE MAP THAT I'VE GOT HERE IS THE FLORIDA FEVER MAP FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE ATLANTIC RIDGE ECOSYSTEM.
IT'S BEEN ON THE STATE'S ACQUISITION LIST FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
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DURING THAT TIME, THE STATE HAS PURCHASED A GRAND TOTAL OF ZERO ACRES.THE GUARDIANS GOT TOGETHER WITH THE TREASURE LANDS FOUNDATION TO START THIS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AFTER THE PASSING OF NATHANIEL REED.
NAME WILL PROBABLY RING A BELL TO MANY OF YOU AS THE REED FAMILY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROTECTING A NUMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY VALUABLE LANDS AROUND JUPITER ISLAND.
IT'S BEEN ON THE PROJECT LIST FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR YEARS.
WE WENT TO TALLAHASSEE AND WE SAID WE'VE BEEN ON THE LIST FOR YEARS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO PURCHASES MADE.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THAT? THEY SAID TWO THINGS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY FROM YOUR AREA UP HERE COMING TO OUR ACQUISITION RESTORATION COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LOCAL SUPPORT FOR IT OR NOT.
NUMBER 2, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THEY'RE DEALING WITH STATEWIDE PROJECTS.
WE ARE AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE HERE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND EAST OF I-95, JUST BECAUSE THE VALUE OF THE LAND IS SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE.
PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TRYING TO BUY THESE LANDS IS WE'RE GOING TO END UP GIVING THEM TO THE STATE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO ATLANTIC RIDGE STATE PRESERVE STATE PARK AND JONATHAN DICKINSON.
PART OF THE REASON THAT THERE'S A HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE ON THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HABITATS.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TODAY TO GO THROUGH THEM, BUT YOU SEE THEM LISTED THERE.
A COMMON ISSUE TO BOTH THE SOUTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE AND THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER ARE PROBLEMS RELATED TO WATER.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT PROCLAMATION.
IT'S A PROBLEM UP IN MARTIN COUNTY AS WELL.
BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SOUTH FORK OF THE ST. LUCIE, THE PROBLEM IS WATER QUALITY.
THE FLORIDA OCEAN DEGRAPHIC SOCIETY DOES THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND THEY PUT OUT THESE WEEKLY MAPS SHOWING WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE OF THE SURFACE WATERS IN MARTIN COUNTY.
ALMOST ALWAYS THE WINDING SOUTH FORK, THE PORTION THAT OUR PROJECT DRAINS INTO HAS THE WORST WATER QUALITY IN MARTIN COUNTY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT BY ACQUIRING THESE LANDS AND DOING RESTORATION, WE WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THAT PROBLEM.
>> YOUR INTEREST HERE IS THE LOXAHATCHEE AND SPECIFICALLY KITCHING CREEK.
IN THIS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED SLIDE.
ON THE LEFT, I'VE GOT THE MAP FROM THE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE LOXAHATCHEE AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DRAINAGE BASINS.
YOU SEE IN OUR YELLOW OVAL, OUR PROJECT CONSISTS OF TWO DIFFERENT BASINS.
THE ONE THERE FOR KITCHING CREEK THAT I'VE GOT MY CURSOR ON RIGHT NOW, AND THEN OVER TO THE EAST OF THAT, THERE'S A DRAINAGE THAT GOES DOWN INTO THE NORTH FORK OF THE LOXAHATCHEE.
YOU'VE GOT SOME WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS, BUT THE BIGGEST ONES HERE, NO DOUBT, ARE AWARE, IS THE SALTWATER INTRUSION PROBLEMS IN THE UPPER STRETCHES OF THE LOXAHATCHEE.
THE PICTURE THAT I TOOK THERE THAT I'VE GOT IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE IS REMINISCENT OF THAT OR DEMONSTRATIVE OF THAT.
THE DECADES OLD CYPRESS TREES THAT HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF IT NO LONGER BEING A FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM, AND NOW MORE OF A MANGROVE DOMINATED SYSTEM.
BY STAGING THE WATER LEVELS HIGHER, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT MORE FRESH WATER IN THROUGH THE KITCHING CREEK WATERSHED.
BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT SOME WATER QUALITY CHALLENGES, AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS SOME OF THOSE ARE COMING DOWN FROM MARTIN COUNTY INTO KITCHING CREEK.
RATHER THAN FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY THAT DOES THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING UP NORTH, HERE IT'S THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER DISTRICT, AND SO I'VE PULLED A COUPLE OF THEIR RECENT MAPS TO SHOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS IN THE KITCHING CREEK AND NORTHWESTERN FORK OF THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER.
THE THREE THAT I'VE PULLED, THEY MONITOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS.
THE COUPLE THAT ARE MOST CRITICAL TO US ARE ELEVATED NUTRIENTS.
I'VE GOT TOTAL PHOSPHORUS UP THERE ON THE UPPER RIGHT, AND AS YOU CAN EXPECT, THE GREEN DOTS ARE GOOD.
THE RED DOTS ARE BAD, AND THE BIGGER THE RED DOTS ARE, THE WORSE THE WATER QUALITY IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARAMETER.
THIS IS WATER THAT IS COMING DOWN PROBABLY NORTH OF BRIDGE ROAD, IS FLOWING UNDER BRIDGE ROAD AND COMING INTO KITCHING CREEK AND THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER.
SIMILAR SITUATION FOR TOTAL NITROGEN AND THEN CHLOROPHYLL A AS WELL.
HOW DID WE GET TO THIS SITUATION? IN A GLANCE. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP FROM 1958 ON THE LEFT, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS WETLANDS.
THEY WERE THERE THEN OVER THE YEARS, THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
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CERTAINLY MARTIN COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST IN THE STATE FOR PROTECTION OF WETLANDS, BUT A LOT OF THE DEGRADATION AND LOSS HAPPENED BEFORE THE COMP PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN THE 1980S.YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, I'VE TRIED TO CARVE-OUT THE SAME FIELD OF VIEW THERE.
YOU SEE THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME WETLANDS THERE, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT IN AS GOOD CONDITION.
MANY OF THEM ARE IN RESTORABLE CONDITION.
SOME OF THEM, CERTAINLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LOST FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RECLAIM THOSE.
OUR PROJECT IS ABOUT ACQUIRING THOSE LANDS THAT ARE FOR SALE.
IF YOU DRIVE DOWN BRIDGE ROAD, YOU SEE FOR SALE SIGN FOR SALE, AND THEN NOTICE OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
[NOISE] WELL, OUR INITIATIVE IS TO GO IN BEFORE THOSE GET TURNED INTO SOME DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE THEM FOR CONSERVATION.
YOU SEE THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE GOT OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT, RESTORABLE HYDROLOGY, PREVENTING URBAN SPRAWL, RESTORING NATURAL WATER FLOWS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
OUR INITIATIVE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RAISING PRIVATE DONATIONS TO ACQUIRE THREE TRACKS.
OUR FIRST ACQUISITION WAS A TWO MILE LONG STRETCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE ROAD THAT WE CLOSED IN OCTOBER OF 2021.
THEN OUR ACQUISITION NUMBER 2, IS A SMALLER 20 ACRE TRACT THERE TO THE WEST AND ACQUISITION NUMBER 3 THAT WE'RE IN FUND RAISING FOR RIGHT NOW IS A 20 ACRE PROPERTY THAT ABUTS JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK.
OUR INITIATIVE TO TRY TO CONNECT THIS TWO STATE PARKS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE.
WE'VE GOT TO BE THERE, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE WHEN THE PROPERTIES COME UP FOR SALE.
JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR TIMELINE, WE GOT STARTED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME.
WE HAD TO CANCEL OUR KICKOFF MEETING FOR ALL OF THIS THAT WAS TO BE IN THE SPRING OF 2020.
INSTEAD, WE'VE GIVEN A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS VIA ZOOM IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN INDEED RAISING THOSE FUNDS THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS TO ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES.
I'LL JUST SAY A WORD THERE ABOUT THE BOTTOM ONE.
MARTIN COUNTY VOTERS APPROVED THE MARTIN COUNTY FOREVER LAND CONSERVATION INITIATIVE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR.
I THINK THAT WAS SPURRED IN PART TO OUR CHALLENGES THROUGH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS, BUT SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THOSE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THE REFERENDUM WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER.
WE EXPECT OVER THE TEN YEARS OF IT.
IT WILL RAISE OVER $180,000,000.
BECAUSE MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE ON THE STATE'S LIST EITHER FOR FLORIDA FOREVER, SO THERE'S MATCHING FUNDS THERE ALL FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THROUGH THE CERP PROJECT, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT 183 MILLION WILL GET DOUBLED OR TRIPLED OR EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED ENDORSEMENTS FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GROUPS.
I'VE GOT OVER THERE ON THE LEFT COLUMN, THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, IN THE CENTER COLUMN A VARIETY OF THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN JUST OTHER GROUPS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, GARDEN, CLUBS, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IF SOME OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE SORTS OF ENDORSEMENTS.
JUST IN CLOSING HERE, AGAIN, THE THREE PARTIES ARE THE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY, THE TREASURED LANDS FOUNDATION AND THE CONSERVATION FUND.
I'VE GOT LISTED THE 15 PEOPLE OR SO THAT ARE ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE.
YOU OFTEN HEAR ABOUT TRYING TO HERD CATS.
THIS GROUP GETS ALONG VERY WELL TOGETHER.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THINGS, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RAISING THESE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.
TO ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES AND HOPEFULLY A CATALYST FOR EVEN MORE THAT WILL IMPROVE BOTH THE LOXAHATCHEE AND THE SOUTH FORK.
WITH THAT, IF WE'VE GOT TIME, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, EITHER I WILL OR CHARLES DONALDSON IS AGAIN WITH THE CONSERVATION FUND.
THEY ARE PRIMARILY OUR BANKER FOR THIS.
THEY ARE A NATIONWIDE NONPROFIT AND SO TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS THAT GO TOWARDS THIS INITIATIVE GO TO THE CONSERVATION FUND, AND THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER FOR YEARS.
I FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH MATT SEXTON, WHEN A LOT OF THOSE LANDS OUT WEST WERE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION LANDS, AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF THOSE IN TO CONSERVATION THANKS TO THE NATIONWIDE REPUTATION OF THE CONSERVATION FUND. ANY QUESTIONS?
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MARTIN COUNTY VOTERS APPROVED $183 MILLION THAT'S FROM MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES TO BE A PROPERTY TAX?>> NO, IT'S NOT A PROPERTY TAX.
>> INCREASE OF A HALF PERCENT ON THE SALES TAX FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.
IT STARTED BEING COLLECTED ON JANUARY 1ST, THREE MONTHS OR SO AGO.
NOW THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM THAT, MEDICAL, SUPPLIES, FOOD PRODUCTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AFTER AN INITIAL COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PURCHASES OF CARS AND THAT SORT OF THING IT DOESN'T ALL GO TOWARDS THAT.
BUT YES, IT'S A HALF CENT SALES TAX FOR 10 YEARS, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY 68% OF MARTIN COUNTY'S VOTERS.
>> YOU SAID WHEN YOU WENT UP TO THE STATE, THEY WERE ASKING YOU TO DEMONSTRATE THE INTEREST IN THAT.
CERTAINLY THAT SENDS A MESSAGE.
HAVE YOU BEEN UP AFTER THAT PASSED?
>> I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY, BUT YES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR MARTIN COUNTY, THE RESTORATION ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION DIVISION HE HAS INDEED BEEN IN CLOSE DIALOGUE WITH THEM.
THEY'VE GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIERS OF PROPERTIES IN FLORIDA FOREVER AND WHAT OUR PROJECTS ARE IS IN THE COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT ONES IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT YES, AS SOON AS THE COUNTY GETS THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE EXPECT THEY'RE GOING TO BOND THAT MONEY SO THAT WE CAN START ACQUIRING PROPERTY RIGHT AWAY RATHER THAN WAITING SEVERAL YEARS TILL ALL THE MONEY COMES IN.
>> YOU INDICATED THE HOPE IS THAT YOU GOT THE PUBLIC MONEY FROM MARTIN COUNTY, YOU HAVE HOPEFULLY STATE MONEY THAT WILL KICK IN AND THEN PRIVATE MONEY THAT'S BEING RAISED, I APPRECIATE LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
BUT ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, YOU TALKED ABOUT TURNING IT OVER TO THE STATE.
I REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL ON HOW I SAY THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD TRUST THAT AS THE END RESULT.
ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE TOWN ON SOME ACQUISITIONS, LIKE WE PURCHASED THE DELAWARE SCRUB, THE COUNTY, JUPITER, AND THEN THE STATE PUT IN FUNDS.
IT WAS LEFT TITLED BASICALLY TO TWO GOVERNMENTS MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO EVER BE TAKEN OUT OF ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.
I'D BE SURPRISED IF MARTIN COUNTY HASN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT ANYWAY JUST SHARING THAT.
>> POINT WELL TAKEN, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE PROPOSAL LAST YEAR FOR THE THINGS IN JONATHAN DICKINSON.
AND YES, WE DO HAVE THOSE PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE.
WHILE YOU WERE MENTIONING DELAWARE SCRUB, I BELIEVE THE CONSERVATION FUND HELPED THE TOWN OUT WITH THAT ACQUISITION BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
BUT YES, THE PARCELS THAT ARE WITHIN THE FLORIDA FOREVER PROJECT BOUNDARY, ARE THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE UNIT MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR THE STATE PARKS.
IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THAT LEGISLATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BOTH SENATOR HAROLD AND REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER'S BILLS THAT ARE BEING REVIEWED IN TALLAHASSEE NOW, THEY ARE TO AMEND THE REGULATIONS REGARDING HOW THOSE STATE PARKS ARE ADMINISTERED.
THERE IS THIS PART OF EVERY STATE PARK HAS TO HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A UNIT MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND IN THAT UNIT MANAGEMENT PLAN, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT WOULD HELP THEM CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY.
WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING BY OUR INITIATIVE, WE'RE AWARE THAT MANY OF THE LANDS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR OVAL THERE ARE WITHIN THAT OPTIMAL BOUNDARY FOR EITHER JONATHAN DICKINSON OR ATLANTIC RIDGE.
NOW, SOME OF THEM AREN'T, AND SO THOSE WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE TURNING OVER TO THE STATE.
YOU'RE RIGHT. A THIRD PARTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT HOLDER ON THOSE IS NECESSARY.
>> I THANK YOU FOR ACQUISITION 2, WHICH IS A HISTORIC WESTERN FLORIDA KITCHING CREEK.
I REMEMBER HAVING HEARD ABOUT THAT, BUT APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> YES. AND MARTIN COUNTY DID GET THAT STARTED WITH A STORMWATER RETROFIT PROJECT ON A PROJECT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THEY WENT IN AND MINED OUT THE MATERIAL THAT WAS THERE, CREATED A RESERVOIR AND A STORMWATER TREATMENT AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THEN THE PROPERTY IN OUR ACQUISITION NUMBER 3 IS ON THE EASTERLY OF THOSE THREE FLOW WAYS INTO THE KITCHING CREEK. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND GIVING US PRESENTATION SO WE AND THE PUBLIC CAN LEARN ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
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>> JIM. I GOT SOMETHING, YES, PLEASE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT.
OUR CITIZENS WERE SURVEYED NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND THEY POINTED OUT TO US THAT HIGH PRIORITIES PLACED ON THE CONSERVATION OF OUR FLORA AND FAUNA AND THIS FALLS RIGHT INTO THAT OBVIOUSLY.
THE WETLANDS AREN'T JUST NICE, THEY'RE THE BREEDING GROUND FOR MOST OF THE WILDLIFE WE HAVE IN FLORIDA.
IT'S CRITICAL WE SAVE THESE TO SAVE THE FLORA AND FAUNA THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN YOU SAID THE RIVER QUALITY AND THAT'S VERY TOUCHY FOR ALL OF US WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT RIVER AND WATER QUALITY.
HOW IS IT THAT THIS WILL IMPROVE IT? ARE THERE USES ALONG THE WATERSHEDS THAT ARE POLLUTING THE RIVER THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE? IF SO, DID YOU CONSIDER MAYBE JUST BUYING DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS INSTEAD OF OUTRIGHT PURCHASING TO SPREAD YOUR MONEY FURTHER?
>> SEVERAL PART QUESTION, AND WE COULD GO ON, NO DOUBT FOR QUITE A WHILE TALKING ABOUT THE MYRIAD WATER RELATED PROBLEMS. MOST OF THEM ARE NUTRIENT RELATED, WHICH IS WHY I FOCUSED ON THOSE.
YES, EVEN MANY OF THE PARCELS THAT ARE IN AGRICULTURAL LAND USE NOW HAVE HUNDREDS OF CATTLE ON THEM.
THE WATER THAT'S COMING OFF OF THOSE LANDS IS FLOWING RIGHT INTO THE CREEKS WITH NO PRE-TREATMENT.
OUR INITIATIVE HERE IS TO ACQUIRE THOSE, WE'LL TAKE THE CATTLE OFF OF THEM, AND WE WILL ESSENTIALLY PLUG UP THE DITCHES THAT DRAIN THEM RIGHT NOW AND HAVE LED TO THE DETERIORATION OF THE WETLAND HYDROLOGY.
THE WAY IT WILL BENEFIT THE RIVER IS NUMBER ONE, AS THE WATER TABLE IS STAGED UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PERCOLATION DOWN THROUGH THE SOIL, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE NUTRIENTS OUT.
NUMBER TWO, AND THIS GOES TO THE FLOODING IN THE SALTWATER INTRUSION SITUATION.
RIGHT NOW WITH THOSE DITCHES IN PLACE, IT RAINS, THAT WATER FLOWS OUT RIGHT AWAY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO PERCOLATE DOWN, RECHARGE THE UNDERGROUND AQUIFER AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BY PLUGGING UP THOSE DITCHES OR PUTTING IN WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES TO RAISE THE ELEVATION, IT WILL NUMBER ONE, ADDRESS THE NUTRIENTS, BUT THEN NUMBER TWO, ALLOW THE WATER TO FLOW BACK IN A MUCH MORE NATURAL, MAYBE NOT COMPLETELY NATURAL, BUT A MORE NATURAL HYDROLOGIC REGIME BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THE RAINY SEASON, IT RAINS AND THAT WATER GOES OUT.
ONCE WE PATCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, THAT WATER WILL STAY IN THAT WETLAND AS IT WAS INTENDED TO DO FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN BLEED DOWN VERY SLOWLY DURING THE DRY SEASON AND RECHARGE THE UNDERGROUND AQUIFER AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT HERE IN THE TOWN YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PERSONAL WELLS GETTING SALTY, BUT CERTAINLY IN EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY, IT IS A SITUATION AND IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWING ADEQUATE GROUNDWATER PERCOLATION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE TANGENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT.
THIS ISN'T JUST FUZZY SCIENCE.
THE KISSIMMEE RIVER RESTORATION WHERE THEY TOOK THE NATURAL MEANDERING OF KISSIMMEE RIVER, AND ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS TURNED IT INTO A DITCH AND JUST PIPELINE ALL THE CRUD FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO LAKE OKEECHOBEE, WHICH NOW PUMPS OUT INTO OUR WATERWAYS.
IT WORKED. THEY'RE RESTORING THE RIVER.
IT'S MEANDERING AGAIN, THE WATER QUALITY IS CLEANING UP, THE WATER TABLES ARE RISING.
THIS IS A VIABLE DECISION HERE.
I THINK OUR CITIZENS WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> ALTHOUGH IT'S EXPENSIVE TO PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES, IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE TO PURCHASE THEM NOW THAN TO TRY TO DO RESTORATION AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN MESSED UP LIKE THE KISSIMMEE RIVER.
>> WHAT'S THE COST ON PARCEL 3 AND HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO REACHING THAT GOAL?
>> I BELIEVE WE'RE AT ABOUT 800,000 IN DONATIONS SO FAR, AND WE HAVE A THREE MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AND THAT IS FOR NOT ONLY THE ACQUISITION, BUT ALSO INITIAL RESTORATION.
WE WANT TO GET THE INVASIVE SPECIES OUT OF THERE.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH JONATHAN DICKINSON, WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING THE WATER FROM THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE PART WAY THROUGH, WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS MADE ONE OF THOSE PLEDGE GRANTS THAT IF WE RAISE X DOLLARS, THEY'LL GIVE IN Y DOLLARS.
WE HAVEN'T MET THAT THRESHOLD YET, WE NEED TO REACH A MILLION.
BUT WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WE WILL GET TO THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU FOR DONATIONS TODAY.
AN ENDORSEMENT FROM YOUR GROUP WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED.
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[OVERLAPPING].>> AFTER PARCEL 3, ARE THERE MORE PARCELS IN THAT AREA THAT YOU WANT TO ACQUIRE?
WE'VE GOT AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT ACTUALLY CHANGES, I WON'T SAY DAILY, BUT MARKET CONDITIONS CHANGE, AND SO AS WILLING SELLERS COME AND GO AND THAT THING, YES, WE CERTAINLY KNOW WHICH ONES WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE.
IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN THE STATE, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAS BEEN WELL FUNDED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE LEGISLATURE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS SOMETHING CALLED THE RURAL AND FAMILY LANDS PROGRAM.
AND SO FOR THOSE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE REALLY IN IT FOR AG, THEY CAN GET MONEY TO PUT PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON THEIR AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO USE. GREAT.
>> I WANT TO SAY THE SAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TO US.
AND THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THESE PARCELS AND FOR HAVING A VERY COORDINATED CAMPAIGN TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEM.
IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL EFFORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.
JUST FOR US, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES HAVE ENDORSED THIS PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT STAFF TO ALSO SEND AN ENDORSEMENT LETTER FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
>> PROBABLY SHOULD BE A RESOLUTION THAT WE PASS.
>> WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND PASS A RESOLUTION AND HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE'D LOVE TO ADD YOU ONTO THAT LIST OF ENDORSEMENTS.
I'LL GET THIS SET FOR YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND INTEREST.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL NON AGENDA ITEMS, AND IT'S LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IS ASKED TO STATE HIS OR HER NAME FOR THE RECORD AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO ADDRESSING TOWN COUNCIL.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
>> YES. FIRST, WE HAVE BETH DILLINGER.
AFTER BETH IS GOING TO BE BRETT LEONE.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, BETH DILLINGER, AND COUNSEL.
I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT SOMEONE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.
AND A PREVIOUS BAD COMMENT ABOUT CAMERON MAY, I REALLY WAS SAD ABOUT THAT.
>> MAYOR, COUNSEL, FOR THE RECORD, BRETT LEONE, 132, BARBADOS DRIVE.
ABOUT ALMOST THREE YEARS TO THE DATE.
I LOOKED BACK THROUGH SOME OF MY NOTES AND FOUND THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ALL TO DISCUSS THE LOCKS LUCY INITIATIVE.
I HAD RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT IT, AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING AND WANTED TO COME TODAY.
THANK YOU, MR. BRAUN FOR THE PRESENTATION, LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HOPE YOU ALL CAN CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND APPRECIATE COUNCILOR MAY FOR PUTTING UP THAT SUPPORT, AND THE REST OF YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL.
I'VE READ ALMOST ALL OF THE STORIES IN THE LOACHI LAMENT, AND THE WATER QUALITY OF THE LOKACHI RIVER HAS REALLY GONE DOWNHILL OVER THE LAST 50, 60 YEARS.
THIS PROJECT, HOPEFULLY, WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT, IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS ALL THE FLORA AND FAUNA IN OUR AREA.
JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS. I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST MEETING, BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY BIG KUDOS TO STAFF AND ALL OF YOU FOR THE JUPITER JUBILEE AND THE HUNDRED CELEBRATION.
THOUGHT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
IT WAS GREAT HAVING IT BACK HERE ON OUR TOWN HALL CAMPUS AND REALLY SHOWED OFF OUR COMMUNITY.
ALSO, I'M PART OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, WORKING WITH SHAWN AND KATE AND OTHERS, AND THE STAFF HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE EVENTS.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
FOR THAT, AND THEN JUST ON A CLOSING NOTE, COUNCIL FORE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR SERVING OUR TOWN.
WE SERVED TOGETHER IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ENJOYED WATCHING YOU UP HERE AND HELPING MAKE OUR TOWN BETTER.
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I THINK YOUR EXPERTISE IN YOUR FIELD OF ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENT AND ALL OF THAT HAS REALLY HELPED TO MAKE OUR TOWN BETTER.THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING ALL DO AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUPITER.
>> GOOD EVENING. LINDA MCDERMOTT 107 CHADWICK DRIVE, AND CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 2, COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE JTAA IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE CHILDREN HERE AND BACK IN AUGUST AND THEN AGAIN IN DECEMBER, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF THE 24 STRATEGIC PLAN TO COME UP WITH WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT THERE'S BEEN NO DECISIONS MADE AND HERE WE ARE INTO MARCH.
SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY PARKS AND REC DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN PRESENTING INFORMATION.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE NEED THE OTHER KIDS FROM THE QUESTA AND JUPITER FARMS TO MAKE THE TEAMS BASICALLY.
BY BRINGING KIDS IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, THEY HELP US MAKE THE QUALIFIED TEAMS THAT WE MAKE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CHARGE THEM, LET'S JUST MAKE A DECISION.
THAT'S JUST ONE THING. BUT TODAY, FOUR OF US CANDIDATES WERE AT A LUNCHEON AT THE ROTARY CLUB.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THREE OF US WERE QUITE CIVIL, CORDIAL TO EACH OTHER.
BUT MR. KURETSKI, YOU ONCE AGAIN DISPARAGED THE UNION.
THE WAY YOU LOOKED AT ME WITH ANGER, BECAUSE I SPOKE BEFORE YOU, FOR 90 SECONDS I SPOKE, I SAID NOTHING ABOUT ANY OF OUR ISSUES.
I JUST INTRODUCED MYSELF, HOW LONG I'VE BEEN HERE SO DID THE OTHERS.
WE WERE EXTREMELY CORDIAL TO EACH OTHER.
YOUR FACE WAS MAD, AND YOU SAID THE THREE OTHER CANDIDATES HAVE THE UNION.
I'M JUST HOPING THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION, THAT THIS STOPS, THERE'S NASTINESS GOING AROUND, THERE ARE SIGNS BEING DESTROYED.
BUT I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO PLEASE, THESE UNION PEOPLE HAVE SUPPORTED US FOR YEARS.
THEIR FAMILIES LIVE HERE, THEIR FRIENDS LIVE HERE.
I AM VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M SUPPORTED BY THE IAFF, THE FIRE UNION.
BUT IF THEY WANT TO SUPPORT OR THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SUPPORT AND SEND OUT A POSTCARD IN MY NAME, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO DAMN ME FOR IT.
I'M TIRED OF IT, I'M A PROFESSIONAL, AND I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE UP HERE SAYING THIS, BUT I HAD NO CHOICE BECAUSE OF YOUR BEHAVIOR TODAY.
>> LINDA SMITH, SIERRA CLUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR, REPRESENTING OVER 9,000 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS IN PALM BEACH, MARTIN, ST. LUCI, AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES.
IT'S UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH.
I KNOW, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF BICYCLE NETWORK SAFETY AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO FOR HUMAN HEALTH.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE TUESDAY.
I WAS GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT POSITIVE.
HOPEFULLY, MAYBE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CANDIDATES, BUT PLEASE JUST VOTE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THE COUNCIL, AND I'VE ASKED SOME OF THESE THINGS, WELL, ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE PAST, PLEASE CONSIDER INSTALLING EV CHARGERS AT JUPITER PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SUCH AS THIS ONE.
I KNOW WE'VE MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY A LITTLE BIT HERE.
I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PURCHASE PV VEHICLES.
I KNOW THAT THE PV AND CARS IN GENERAL WITH THE TARIFFS ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION, BUT I AM VOTING FOR PV VEHICLES, AND SO DOES THE SIERRA CLUB.
PLEASE CONSIDER INSTALLING SOLAR ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
THE NEW FIRE STATIONS THAT ARE COMING UP WOULD BE EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR SOLAR THERMAL, WHICH IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE FORM OF SOLAR AND ALSO SOLAR PV.
I WAS DISHEARTENED TO LEARN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO DURING THE ENDORSEMENT PROCESS THAT THIS COUNCIL MAY HAVE IGNORED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE TOWN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD.
I KNOW THAT BOARD HAS NOT BEEN MEETING LATELY, BUT I HOPE IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL BE MORE RESPECTFUL AND LISTEN TO THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE THEY ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERING JUST LIKE ME,
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THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER.PALM BEACH COUNTY IS PLACING ALL OF THEIR CONSERVATION LANDS IN A THIRD PARTY LAND TRUST THAT YOU GUYS WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THE PALMAR MEETING IS THIS THURSDAY UP IN MARTIN COUNTY AT 9:30.
COME AND JOIN ME. I HAVE SPOKEN AT THE ARK ACQUISITION AND RESOURCE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO US.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN MAKE THESE MESSAGES STRONGER, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
PLEASE WORK TOWARD COMMERCIAL RECYCLING.
I HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ON THIS AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN HUGE BAGS OF RECYCLED MATERIALS FROM A LOCAL GYM WHERE I AM A MEMBER, AND I AM DISCUSSING TRYING TO GET THAT DONE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, BUT THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THE PLAZA OWNER WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT FROM SOME TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORT.
[4. February 18, 2025 Town Council Meeting Minutes.]
>> MOVE IT ON TO TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES.
WE HAVE BEFORE US THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 18TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
IF THERE'S NO CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS, I TAKE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO APPROVE AS SUBMITTED.
>> MOTION AND THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO PULL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM?
>> IS THERE ANY MEMBER ON THE DIAS WISHES TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[8. Beyel Voluntary Annexation, Future Land Use Map Amendment and Rezoning - applications for a 0.2+/- acre property located at 18019 Highway A1A.]
MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.THIS IS ITEM 8, BEVELL VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, FUTURE AND MATH AMENDMENTS AND REZONING, AND I TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.
>> GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FOR THE RECORD, ALEC DICKERSON, WITH TWO GHO HERE ON BEHALF OF VENUS AND MARS LLC, THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE WERE HERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO ON FIRST READING TO PRESENT THE THREE APPLICATIONS, IF YOU WILL, ONE FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR 0.23 ACRE PROPERTY FROM UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
B, SMALL SCALE FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY'S COMMERCIAL HIGH WITH UNDERLYING MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL MR5 TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER'S INLED VILLAGE FLEX, AND C, REZONING FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY'S NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CN2 INLED VILLAGE FLEX SOUTH.
LOCATION HERE IT'S ALONG NORTH A1A.
CONTACTS, SPIRIT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH JUPITER INLET CONDOMINIUMS TO THE NORTHEAST ADJACENT TO THE JUPITER OXBOW NORTH OF THE INLET WATERS DEVELOPMENT.
TONIGHT'S REQUEST ON SECOND READING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT, REZONING.
WITH THE ADOPTION TONIGHT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE CERTIFICATE TO DIG, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.
HOWEVER, STAFF WILL CONTINUE THEIR REVIEW ONCE IT IS FORMALLY IN THE TOWN LIMITS.
ONCE THAT CERTIFICATE TO DIG IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE HRB, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO SUBMIT A SMALL SCALE PUD SITE PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.
A LITTLE OVERVIEW ON THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OWN TWO CONTIGUOUS PARCELS A TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 0.52 ACRES.
THEY PURCHASED THE SUBJECT ANNEXATION PARCEL IN 2018 AND THE TOWN OF JUPITER PARCEL JUST TO THE EAST IN 2022.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS CURRENTLY VACANT, CONTAINS TWO NON CONFORMING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
IF ANNEXATION IS APPROVED, COMBINED PARCELS WILL YIELD MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THEY WERE ISSUED A CODE VIOLATION FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DIVISION ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2024.
THIS WAS BECAUSE THEY REMOVED AN OAK TREE NATIVE VEGETATION FROM THE PROPERTY WITHOUT A VEGETATION REMOVAL PERMIT.
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AS SOON AS THIS VIOLATION CAME DOWN, THEY QUICKLY RECTIFIED IT BY PAYING THE FEE IN LIEU FOR $2,880.THE VIOLATION WAS CLOSED ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2024.
THE IMAGES, BEFORE YOU ARE THE SUBJECT TREE, THE REASON WHY IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY WAS THE OWNERS DID DETERMINE THAT THE TREE WAS ROTTING OUT.
IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED, POSE DANGER TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, SO THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH REMOVING IT.
HOWEVER, THEY DO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY DID IT WITHOUT A PERMIT AND RECTIFIED IT THROUGH PALM BEACH COUNTY'S ERM DIVISION.
CRITERIA FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
THIS PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT AND COMPLIES WITH THE NECESSARY CRITERIA.
IT IS CONTIGUOUS TO A SUBJECT MUNICIPALITY, DOES NOT CREATE AN ENCLAVE.
IT ACTUALLY WILL ELIMINATE AN ENCLAVE.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL RESULT IN A LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IN ADOPTED LEVELS OF SERVICE, AND IT YIELDS POTENTIAL FOR SENSIBLE FIELD DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE INLET VILLAGE.
SANEXATION IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S ANNEXATION STUDY.
WITH THE ANNEXATION, IT'S NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS TO ASSIGN THEM TO TOWN OF JUPITER DISTRICTS.
WE ARE AS STATED IN THE INTRO, PROPOSING A CHANGE FROM CH5 WITH UNDERLYING MR5 TO INLET VILLAGE FLEX, WHICH IS TOWN OF JUPITER'S DESIGNATION.
AS FAR AS ZONING, WE PROPOSE GOING FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY CN TO TOWN OF JUPITER'S INLET VILLAGE FLEX SOUTH.
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THAT.
THE EXISTING LAND USE IS SHOWN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS INLET VILLAGE FLEX SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PARCEL, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO MATCH THAT AS SHOWN HERE WITH THE PROPOSED LAND USE MAP.
IT'S THE ONLY PARCEL IN THAT GENERAL AREA THAT IS NOT INLET VILLAGE FLEX SOUTH.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO MATCH THE SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICT.
CRITERIA FOR SMALL SCALE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
>> WE DO COMPLY. WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING LAND USE PATTERNS.
WE WILL NOT CREATE AN ISOLATED LAND USE DESIGNATION.
WE WILL NOT HAVE NEGATIVE TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
THIS AMENDMENT IS ALSO NEEDED DUE TO CHANGE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS, WHICH IS THE ANNEXATION.
ON FIRST READING, IT WAS DISCUSSED.
THE OWNERS DID VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO A TRIP CAP NOT TO EXCEED WHAT'S BY PALM BEACH COUNTY'S FAR OF 0.85.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THIS TRIP CAP AND FOLLOWING FEEDBACK.
FOLLOWING FIRST READING, WE GOT BACK WITH THE OWNERS.
WE DISCUSSED WITH STAFF, AND WE CAME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT WE WILL DISCUSS IN A MINUTE.
BUT THE INTENT IS NOT TO PROVIDE ANY NEGATIVE TRAFFIC IMPACTS WITH THIS AMENDMENT.
IN CLOSING, WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH ALL NECESSARY ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TOWN STUDIES.
DOES NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT ADOPTED LEVELS OF SERVICE.
STAFF REPORT INDICATES COMPLIANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THE TOWN'S CODE.
TRAFFIC ANALYSIS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
WE RECEIVED UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION 7-0 FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND APPROVAL ON FIRST READING 3-0.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO EMILY O'MAHONEY WITH 2GHO.
SHE WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONSIDERATIONS.
>> FOR THE RECORD, EMILY O'MAHONEY WITH 2GHO, YOUR TRAFFIC EXPERT, NOT.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I HAVE TO GET IT DOWN TO SOME REAL BASIC NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
EVERY PIECE OF LAND HAS A LAND USE AND BY LAW, YOU GIVE IT A LAND USE AND IT HAS TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THIS PIECE OF LAND WENT FROM THE COUNTY OR UPON THIS VOTE WILL GO FROM THE COUNTY TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
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IF IT GOES AND STAYS WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER AND GOES TO THE INLET FLEX, THE NUMBERS I'VE CHOSEN TO USE ARE EITHER THE AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS, AND IT CAN BE NET OR GROSS.BUT LET'S JUST USE GROSS FOR NOW.
YOU COULD HAVE ON THIS TINY LITTLE PIECE, 0.23 ACRES. IT'S TINY.
YOU COULD HAVE 688 GROSS TRIPS A DAY UNDER INLET FLEX.
OUR CAP SAID, WELL, WE'LL USE THE COUNTY, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS IN THE COUNTY, AND THAT WOULD BE 463 GROSS AVERAGE TRIPS A DAY.
LESS TRIPS, BUT IT CAME THROUGH THE MEETING THAT WE HAD THAT THAT WAS TOO MUCH, AND ACTUALLY, ALL THAT GOT TAKEN OUT OF THE ORDINANCE, AND IT CAME TO OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS GOING TO BE AN ELEMENT OF THE SITE PLAN AND DISCUSSED THEN.
BUT THEN IT CAME THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO DISCUSS AND MAKE IT PROBABLY PART OF THE LAND USE.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO CJ AND OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHO IS HERE, JOHN IVANI.
THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE SKETCH TOOL THAT THE TOWN USED BACK IN 2018 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE ROAD IN THE INLET VILLAGE.
BECAUSE WANTED TO KEEP IT SMALL, WE ALL DID, WE WANTED TO KEEP THE INLET VILLAGE.
YET HOW MUCH YOU COULD DEVELOP ON THERE WAS MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
THE NUMBERS CAME UP AND SAID, IF YOU DEVELOP WHAT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED OR IN REDEVELOPMENT AND YOU PUT A NUMBER ON IT THIS LOW, WHICH IS THAT NEXT NUMBER 35, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A NET OR A GROSS NUMBER, 35 TRIPS A DAY AVERAGE.
THEN THE ROAD WILL BE GOOD AND THAT'S BASED UPON 2016, I BELIEVE, OR '18, 2016.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED AND WE GO, WOW, THAT'S TAKING AWAY A WHOLE LOT OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON THAT PROPERTY.
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WANTED TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ON THIS PROPERTY.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE SOME RIGHTS THAT SHOULD COME WITH THE PROPERTY AND THAT IT'S STILL A VERY SMALL PROPERTY.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT CJ SHARED WITH US WHAT WAS DONE ON LOVE STREET AND JUPITER OXBOW, AND IT WAS BY TRIPS PER ACRE AND THAT GOING BACK IS ABOUT 140 IF IT IS APPLIED TO OUR SITE OR 116.
YOU'RE DOWN FROM THE 463-140 OR 116.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO YOU IS THAT MAYBE CONSIDER FOR THIS A GROSS OF 250, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT IS IN THE COUNTY.
IT IS MORE THAN THE LOVE STREET, JUPITER OXBOW.
BUT AS A VOLUNTARY CAP, IT'S SOMETHING WE'D JUST LIKE TO PUT ON THE TABLE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, SINCE IS A WAY TO LOOK AT THIS.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL PIECE AND WE WOULD NOT BE WORKING WITH THIS PIECE BY ITSELF.
IT WILL BE GOING WITH THE OTHER PIECE WHEN IT COMES FORWARD WITH A SITE PLAN.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD.
CURRENTLY, THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU HAS NO MENTION OF ANY CAP IN IT AT ALL.
WE'RE HERE, ONCE AGAIN, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, ALECK, MYSELF, AND ACTUALLY, THE OWNERS OF THE LAND ARE ALSO HERE. THANK YOU.
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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MARTIN SCHEER. I'M WITH THE TOWNS PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS JUST TO ADD TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID.
AT THE FEBRUARY 18TH MEETING ON FIRST READING, TOWN COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, THE FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT WITHOUT A TRIP CAP AND THE RE-ZONNING.
RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM 8 ATTACHMENT B ORDINANCE 3-25, WHICH IS THE LAND USE AMENDMENT.
THERE'S FURTHER CLARIFICATION WARRANTED RELATED TO DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS AT THE FIRST READING RELATED TO THE TRIP CAP.
THE INLET VILLAGE FLEX LAND USE THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED ON THIS PROPERTY WOULD ALLOW ALMOST TWICE THE INTENSITY OF WHAT WAS ALLOWED UNDER THE COUNTY.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE TRANSPORTATION LEVEL SERVICES MET THROUGHOUT THE BUILDOUT PERIOD, A TRIP CAP OF 463 EXTERNAL DAILY TRAFFIC TRIPS WAS INITIALLY AGREED TO BY THE APPLICANT BASED ON THE MAXIMUM FAR FLOOR AREA RATIO OF THE EXISTING PALM BEACH COUNTY LAND USE DESIGNATION.
THAT'S WHERE THAT TRIP CAP CAME FROM.
STAFF EXPLAINED THAT THE TRIP CAPS PLACED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ARE CRITICAL TOOLS TO TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS TO LIMIT DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY AND HAVE BEEN USED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE TOWN PREVIOUSLY.
STAFF ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE INLET VILLAGE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SKETCH TOOL, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED TO BE USED TO FORECAST HOW FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MAY IMPACT TRAFFIC CAPACITY IN THE INLET VILLAGE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE TWO LANE CONFIGURATION OF NORTH A1A AND TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE CAPACITY LIMITATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDOUT PERIOD.
THIS RESULTED IN A MUCH LOWER NUMBER, THE 35 TRIPS THAT EMILY BROUGHT UP FOR THE 0.23 ACRE SUBJECT PARCEL, AND THAT'S MUCH LOWER THAN THE VOLUNTARY TRIP CAP THAT WAS PROFFERED.
AT THE MEETING, THE MAYOR STATED THAT THE VOLUNTARY TRIP CAP OF 463 TRIP SEEMED TOO HIGH TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL LIMIT, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL AMENDED THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE TRIP CAP ON FIRST READING.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE INCORPORATION OF A TRIP CAP AT THE TIME OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT IS A LEGISLATIVE DECISION.
THE CAPS TRIP GENERATION FOR THE PROPERTY IT DOES NOT CREATE ANY ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY.
IF A TRIP CAP IS SET DURING A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY RUN WITH THE LAND AS IT WOULD IF IT'S ON THE MAP.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE OWNER MAY NEVER CONSTRUCT THE PROPOSED PROJECT OR THEY MAY SELL THE PROPERTY AND THEN THE TRIP CAP WOULD NOT APPLY TO A DIFFERENT PROJECT ON THAT PROPERTY.
IF THE TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTS ADDING A TRIP CAP, THEN SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE 3-25 WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED TO ADD TO THE SENTENCE ON LINE 22 THAT ENDS WITH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO ADD THE WORDING WITH A MAXIMUM GENERATION OF WHATEVER THE NUMBER YOU CHOOSE, EXTERNAL DAILY TRAFFIC TRIPS, AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU CHOSE TO ADD A TRIP CAP TO THE LAND USE AMENDMENT, AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> I DO. I'M SORRY, THE SECOND YOU SAT DOWN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
COULD YOU GIVE ME THAT QUOTE AGAIN? THERE WAS A QUOTE YOU SAID THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE RESOLUTION.
>> YES, AND I ALSO MADE COPIES OF WHAT LANGUAGE WOULD BE INSERTED AND WHERE.
>> NO. I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO THE CLERK RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OR IS THIS STILL STRICTLY?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AFTER THEIR CERTIFICATE TO DIG AND BRING IN A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
>> IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY A SQUARE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
>> THE PIECE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS A SMALL SINGULAR PIECE. THANK YOU.
THE INTENTION IS THAT THEY WOULD JOIN IT TO THE PROPERTY THAT'S ADJACENT TO A1A.
>> BY ITSELF, IT'S NOT REALLY A CONSIDERATION.
IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY BE INCORPORATED INTO OTHER PARCELS.
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>> THEY'VE STATED THAT THEY WILL BE JOINING THE TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S SO SMALL THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP.
>> ARE THERE TRIP CAPS ON [OVERLAPPING]?
>> THERE ARE NOT. THAT HAS THE INLET VILLAGE FLEX LAND USE IS ON THERE WITH NO TRIP CAP.
>> THAT WOULD BE THE TOP ROW THAT WE SEE ON THIS CHART.
BUT THE EQUIVALENT TO THE TOP ROW.
>> YES, EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT OF TRIPS THAT COULD.
>> WHAT'S THE SIZES OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES?
>> THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS 0.23 ACRES AND THE ADJOINING PART I BELIEVE IS 0.28? 0.29 ACRES.
THE OVERALL WOULD BE 0.52 ACRES IF THEY JOIN THEM TOGETHER.
>> THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THE 0.29.
WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS LIMITS ON THE 0.23.
>> FOR A HALF AN ACRE, WOULD YOU EXPECT MAYBE 9,500 SQUARE FEET? MAYBE I SETBACKS.
>> THERE'S A SLIDING SCALE FOR FAR BECAUSE YOU'RE ALLOWED A MIX OF USES IN THE INLET FLEX.
YOU CAN GET QUITE A HIGH FAR UP TO 1.65 THEORETICALLY.
WHEN YOU DO ALL THE SETBACKS IN PARKING, BUT AGAIN, PARKING CAN BE OFFSITE IN THE INLET VILLAGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM TO DO WHAT YOU WANT ON A PIECE.
>> THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY BEING JOINED UP DOWN THE ROAD FOR A FUTURE APPLICATION.
>> WHEN THESE ARE MERGED, DOES IS IT PRO RATED FOR THE OVERALL PARCEL, WHAT A TRIP COUNT MAX WOULD BE? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS TRIP COUNT ONCE IT'S MERGED WITH ANOTHER PARCEL?
>> WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE HOW IT COMES IN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WANT TO PUT ON THERE.
BUT ON THIS PIECE, THIS PIECE WOULD ONLY LIMIT A CERTAIN PORTION OF THOSE TRIPS.
THE OTHER PARCEL IS NOT LIMITED.
>> ONCE THIS IS JOINED, IS THAT LIMITATION STILL IMPOSED ON THIS ON THIS PART?
>> THAT'S GOING TO GO WITH IT EVEN IF IT'S MERGED WITH ANOTHER PROPERTY? THANK YOU.
>> AT LAST MEETING, I THOUGHT I HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT THAT THEY WERE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN RESIDENTIAL.
>> YES, SIR. MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
>> I HAD THAT PERSPECTIVE AND I DIDN'T EXPECT IT WOULD PER SE BE AN ISSUE, BUT THANK YOU.
I WANT TO STATE SOME THINGS AND LIKE STAFF TO CONFIRM THAT I'M CORRECT.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED IS A LAND USE AMENDMENT AND ZONING AMENDMENT AND THE ANALYSIS I CHALLENGE IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE TO STATE THAT IT WILL NOT HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACT TRAFFIC IMPACTS IS AN ABSURD STATEMENT.
PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT INCLUDES LEVEL OF SERVICE LIMITS THAT WE'RE BOUND TO ON TRAFFIC ON A1A.
>> YES. THE COMP PLAN SAYS YOU NEED TO MEET THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THROUGH THE BUILDOUT PERIOD.
>> WHEN THOSE WERE ADDED, WELL, WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A1A, BUT WE DO NOW IT'S A TOWN ROAD.
CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN ROAD.
IN FACT, I'M NOT SURE ANY GOVERNMENT HAS, WE HAVE ON THAT ROADWAY, LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR VEHICLES, FOR BICYCLES, AND PEDESTRIANS.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY A SKETCH TOOL WAS CREATED.
WE KNEW EACH ONE THAT WE'RE DOING, SUM UP, SOME DOWN, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE LEVEL OF SERVICE? FOR THE TWO THAT WEREN'T HERE LAST MEETING, WHAT HAPPENED WAS, THE NUMBER WAS SO EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH AND THEY WERE REPRESENTING RESIDENTIAL.
ON 0.23 ACRES, THE SKETCH TWO WAS SAYING THAT'S ABOUT FOUR UNITS WORTH OF TRAFFIC, 35 DRIPS.
I'M THINKING, FOUR UNITS, SPREAD THAT ON 0.3 ACRES.
MORE THAN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE APPLICANT NEEDED.
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I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE AN ISSUE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HERE UNDERSTANDS THAT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH THIS HERE AND WE CHOSE IN FIRST READING TO TAKE IT OUT, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT ON SITE PLAN BECAUSE WE'RE STILL BOUND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OBLIGATIONS.>> IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO ME IF IN FACT, THE INTENT IS RESIDENTIAL, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ESTABLISH A TRIP CAP THAT WOULD RESULT IN SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY IF YOU PUT IT IN THE RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE DILEMMA THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE 35 IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WERE HEARING THE REPRESENTATIONS WERE UNDERSTAND THAT COULD CHANGE.
SOMEWHERE, YOU HAVE TO MANAGE THE TRIPS, AND THAT'S WHY OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THAT AS AN OBLIGATION.
SUBSEQUENT TO LAST MEETING I HAD GOTTEN WITH MR. SICKLER TO RECONSIDER PUTTING BECAUSE IDEALLY YOU WOULD PUT IT ON LAND USE BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY'S GOT A LEVEL SET ON EXPECTATIONS.
I LEFT IT WITH MR. SICKLER, HEY, GET WITH THE APPLICANT AND SEE WHAT THEY WOULD PROPOSE.
WELL, IT WAS LOWER THAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
WELL, IT NEVER COULD HAVE BEEN THAT NUMBER.
PLUS YOU CAN'T PHYSICALLY BUILD THAT ON THAT PROPERTY WITH THE ZONING CODE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE AND THE APPLICANT AND STAFF, THAT'S THE DILEMMA HERE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE OFFER HERE.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ON A QUARTER ACRE, 250 TRIPS PER DAY.
IF IT WAS RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE ON MULTI FAMILY, IT'S LESS THAN 10 AGE, IT'S EIGHT OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S 120 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PER ACRE.
IT'S CRAZY. IS THIS WHAT THE APPLICANT SERIOUSLY IS WILLING TO AGREE TO?
>> AS AN AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT.
>> THEY BOUGHT PROPERTY THAT WHILE THEIR INITIAL INTENT MAY BE TO DO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO IF THEY DO NOT GO AHEAD WITH THAT OR WHATEVER TO BE ABLE TO SELL THE LAND THAT THEY BOUGHT WHICH HAS THAT CAPABILITY TODAY TO DO OTHER THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NOT A SITE PLAN.
THERE ARE SOME SKETCHES OUT THERE.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT POTENTIAL FOR THE LAND.
WILL IT HAPPEN? COULD IT HAPPEN? YEAH, IN THE FUTURE SOMETIME.
I JUST LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL THAT YOU BOUGHT THIS LAND AND WHAT IT HAD ON IT AS FAR AS LAND USE AND ZONING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROTECT THE POTENTIAL OF THAT LAND WHEN IT'S TIED TOGETHER WITH OTHERS.
YOU CAN DO IT ALL AT SITE PLAN.
YOU WILL SEE VERY CLEARLY EXACTLY WHAT WILL BE DONE THERE.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE AN ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE TRAFFIC.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, EMILY. THAT PROPERTY, IS THAT A GARAGE ON THAT PROPERTY? THAT'S THE PROPERTY NORTH OF THE D DARIO PROPERTY, CORRECT?
>> IT USED TO BE PART OF HIS, I BELIEVE.
I THINK THERE ARE TWO WOULD YOU SAY ILLEGAL OR NON CONFORMING [OVERLAPPING] LITTLE STRUCTURES ON IT.
>> IT WASN'T MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH DOMINIC AND SOME OF THE THINGS HE WANTED TO DO, WASN'T THERE A PROPERTY THAT WAS UNSURE OWNERSHIP, AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT ASIDE. ARE THERE UTILITIES ON THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE WATER, ELECTRIC? THE REASON I BRING THAT UP, BUT FOR THIS TO COME INTO THE TOWN TO BE INCORPORATED,
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DON'T YOU GET UTILITIES, DON'T THEY HAVE TO COME INTO THE TOWN IN THIS AREA?>> FOR ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT PROPERTY, YES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME INTO THE TOWN.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE A STAND ALONE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL TELL YOU, THEY'RE ALREADY BEING SERVED BY TOWN OF JUPITER UTILITIES.
>> THEY HAVE UTILITIES ON THE PROPERTY.
>> BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BROKEN UP IT USED TO BE OF LAND.
BUT ALL THE UTILITIES HAVE BEEN SERVED BY.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND WHEN THESE TWO PROPERTIES DOWN THE ROAD POTENTIALLY ARE JOINED FOR AN APPLICATION.
WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TRIP COUNT IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT WE SET UP WITH ON A1A WITH THE TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES?
>> IT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO SOLVE A SITE PLAN THEN, IF THAT'S WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU.
>> REAL QUICK. I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
I THINK WITHOUT SEEING THE SITE PLAN, IT'S HARD TO PUT TRIP CAPS ON STUFF.
EVEN STILL AT 0.51 ACRES, EVEN IF THEY TRY TO GO TO 250, THERE'S NO WAY YOU'D EVER GET 250 TRIPS THROUGH 0.51 ACRE PARCEL.
I DON'T WANT TO REALLY DEAL WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
I'D RATHER DEAL WITH IT DURING SITE PLAN BECAUSE EVEN LOOKING AT LOVE STREET AT 140, AT WHAT THEY'RE SITTING AT, THIS PROPERTY IS WAY SMALLER THAN THAT.
I'D RATHER JUST DEAL WITH IT AT SITE PLAN AND NOT WORRY ABOUT TRIP CAPS RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS DISCUSSION, WE SKIP GOING FROM QUESTIONS TO DISCUSSION NOW.
>> WELL, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE WE DID HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOW WE WERE IN DISCUSSION.
>> I JUST WANT EVERYBODY AT HOME AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WRESTLING OVER HERE.
I THINK CITIZENS HAVE MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT TRAFFIC IS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM AND OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS STRUGGLING OVER TRYING TO LIMIT THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
ALL THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW IS WAYS TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL TRIPS ON A1A.
THAT'S WHAT THIS ENTIRE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT, I THINK.
MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC.
I'M WITH YOU, COUNCIL, MAY, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE, MAYOR KARSKI, HOW THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET THOSE TYPE OF COUNTS FROM A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
I DON'T SEE HOW THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET IT FROM AN INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USE EITHER.
MAYBE THAT SITE PLAN, IT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO SQUELCH THIS RATHER THAN IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FORCED TO DO A TRIP COUNT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE VERY LOW.
BUT I THINK I WOULD RATHER WAIT TO SEE WHAT STRUCTURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT SITE PLAN WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
>> I WOULD AGREE. I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD DECIDED AT THE FIRST READING, SO I WAS SURPRISED TO HAVE THIS COME BACK WITH THIS FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT WITH THE SPACE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH AND THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
>> JUST A COMMENT. WHAT CAME TO US WAS A TRIP CAP OF 480 OR SOMETHING.
WE TOOK IT OUT, BUT THEN REFLECTED UPON THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT WAS TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL.
WE THOUGHT THAT THERE'D BE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD REACH AGREEMENT ON THAT, AND THAT'S HOW THIS CAME TO BE.
BEFORE WE GOT HERE TODAY, I OR NONE OF US KNEW WHAT THE OFFER WAS.
WE COULD AND I'M THE PERSON THAT BROUGHT THE USE OF TRAFFIC CAPS TO THE TOWN, WE USED IT ON PARCEL 19.
WE'VE THEREFORE USED IT A FEW TIMES.
IT MAKES SENSE, GENERALLY ON LARGE SITE.
AS A MINIMUM, WHAT THIS DISCUSSION DOES, EVERY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC SEES, HOW WE'RE MANAGING TRAFFIC ON A1A IS WE HAD TO PUT A LIMIT LEVEL OF SERVICE.
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WE FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS TO THAT.THAT IS PART OF THE COMPLAIN, IN ADDITION, TO LAND USE HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
PROBABLY AT THIS POINT, NOT BEING ABLE TO AGREE ON THIS.
I GO ALONG WITH CONTINUING WHAT WE DID LAST MEETING IS NOT INCLUDED IN HERE.
BECAUSE TO INCLUDE A NUMBER THAT SETS FALSE EXPECTATIONS, I THINK, IS WRONG.
I WOULD SET, OH, YOU SAID IT WAS 250 ON A QUARTER ACRE.
NO, WE DIDN'T SAY THAT. THAT'S WHY.
BUT WE'RE SENDING A MESSAGE THAT PLEASE DON'T SAY THERE'S NOT TRAFFIC IMPACTS BECAUSE IF WE DO THIS ON EVERY QUARTER ACRE IN WHAT'S LEFT UNDEVELOPED, THE ROAD WILL BE WAY WAY OVER CAPACITY.
>> I AGREE. THEN I ALSO LOOK AT SETTING IT TOO LOW.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST ARBITRARILY DIMINISH SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY VALUES, ALSO.
BUT KNOWING IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE JOINED, BUT I GUESS JUST GETTING THIS TONIGHT, I'M NOT READY TO MAKE A DECISION WHAT THAT CAP NUMBER WOULD BE. ARE YOU?
>> NO, I SAID WE CAN GO, BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC IS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR.
WE THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S TAKE ANOTHER RUN AT.
LET'S ASK WHAT THE APPLICANT WOULD BE WILLING TO LIVE WITH AND IT'S STILL WAY TOO HIGH.
WE CAN'T APPROVE THAT, SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE BOUND BY THAT AS A REPRESENTATION WHEN IT'S SO HIGH.
>> SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON COUNCIL AS IT WAS, BUT NOW THE TWO THAT WEREN'T HERE LAST MEETING KNOW WHY WE TOOK IT OUT.
>> I'M GLAD YOU DID FOR THE DISCUSSION, SIR.
>> EMILY, FROM WHAT I'M HERE, YOU GUYS ARE FINE WITH US, JUST TAKING IT OUT FOR NOW, WE'LL HANDLE A SITE PLAN.
>> I'LL TAKE A MOTION, A SECOND ON ORDINANCE 225.
I'D ASK THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ ORDINANCE 225 ON SHORT TITLE.
>> AN ORDINANCE TO THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF A 0.2 ACRE PARCEL OF UNINCORPORATED LAND, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, PROVIDING FOR A REVISION OF THE TOWN'S BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE THE PARCEL ANNEXED AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> A MOTION, A SECOND ORDINANCE 225, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO SECOND AND ORDINANCE 325.
>> MOTION A SECOND, AND ASK THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ ORDINANCE 325 ON SHORT TITLE.
>> AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE 5789, WHICH ADOPTED THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO ASSIGN A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF INLET VILLAGE FLEX TO APPROXIMATELY 0.2 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 18019 HIGHWAY A1A, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR THEIR APPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> IS A MOTION A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 425 SECOND READING.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
>> MOTION A SECOND. MR. BAIRD, PLEASE READ ORDINANCE 425 ON SHORT TITLE.
>> AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA AMENDING THE TOWN'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, WHICH IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN SECTION 27473 OF THE TOWN CODE, TO ASSIGN THE INLET VILLAGE DISTRICT FLEX SOUTH SUB DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT TO A 0.2 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED AT 18019 HIGHWAY A1A, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[TOWN ATTORNEY]
MOVE IT ON TO REPORT, TOWN ATTORNEY.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE ONE REPORT.
YOU MAY RECALL THE PROPERTY ON OLD NORTH DIXIE HIGHWAY OWNED BY THE REEDY FAMILY.
IT WAS PART OF A APPROVAL THAT INVOLVED OTHER PROPERTIES IN THAT VICINITY.
THERE HAD BEEN A PARKING ISSUE THERE AND THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THAT APPROVAL, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS GET TOGETHER AND AGREE TO BUILD PARKING ON LAND OWNED BY THE FEC, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD DIXIE.
SINCE THAT APPROVAL, THEY DID COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL ASKING TO REMOVE THAT CONDITION.
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THE COUNCIL DENIED THAT.THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO THAT AREA AND THAT THE OTHER TWO BUSINESSES THAT WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PARKING.
IN FACT, THE OTHER PROPERTIES WERE MORE RESPONSIBLE THAN THIS PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE PARKING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING.
BUT THOSE OWNERS HAVE BASICALLY ABANDONED WHATEVER USES THAT THEY HAD, AND THERE ARE NOW NEW USES ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHER TWO PROPERTIES.
THIS PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR SOME TIME BASED ON THAT PARKING ISSUE.
I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS LAWYER ABOUT THE SITUATION.
I THINK WHAT IS BEST FOR THE TOWN IN THIS SITUATION IS TO FIND AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL THAT STAFF CAN ENACT TO REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT AS TO THAT PROPERTY OWNER WITH RESPECT TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD THE PARKING ON THE FEC.
THEY MEET UNDER THEIR REQUIREMENTS, THEIR PARKING NEEDS.
THIS PARKING WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE SOLVING A PROBLEM, NOT FOR THIS PROPERTY OWNER NECESSARILY, BUT OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL.
I'VE HAD A MEETING WITH THE TOWN MANAGER AND MR. SICKLER IN REGARDS TO THIS, WE THINK WE HAVE A PATHWAY TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE TO THAT ZONING APPROVAL THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD AND OBTAIN THEIR BUILDING PERMIT AND PROCEED.
I THINK BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION, THERE'S A FEELING THAT IF THERE ARE PARKING ISSUES IN THE FUTURE THAT COME FROM THAT AREA, THAT IT IS PRIMARILY GOING TO BE A RESULT OF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE NOT MEETING THEIR NEEDS.
WHAT I'D LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE MANAGER AND MYSELF TO PROCEED WITH IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL TO REMOVE THAT CONDITION AND ALLOW FOR A PLANNING SOLUTION TO THAT PROPERTY AS NECESSARY.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE HERE REALLY IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS MEETING ITS PARKING NEEDS WITHOUT THE PARKING ON THE FEC RIGHT AWAY, ASSUMING HE BUILDS WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HE CAN'T BUILD UNTIL HE GETS A BUILDING PERMIT.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD ENTERTAIN, IT WOULD AVOID WHAT COULD BE SOME FAIRLY MESSY LITIGATION THAT WOULD IN ALL LIKELIHOOD LEAD TO THE SAME SOLUTION, WHICH IS WORKING OUT SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
>> QUESTION. I'M IN PROBABLY GENERAL AGREEMENT FOR THIS APPLICANT, BUT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL APPROVAL, BUT THE HISTORIC APPROVAL THAT WE WERE DEALING UNDER, I'M ASKING YOU TO CONFIRM MY UNDERSTANDING, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAD TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY HE WANTED TO DEVELOP.
ONE HE DEVELOPED, BUT THEN ONE, HE SOLD OFF. CORRECT?
>> NOW, IT'S A MESS, WHICH IS WHY THOSE OF US UP HERE ALWAYS HAVE TO CONSIDER THE FACT WE DO A DEVELOPMENT ORDER.
THAT PERSON GETS THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER AND COULD BE GONE TOMORROW, SO YOU REALLY CAN'T TAKE, WELL, TRUST ME.
WE STILL HAVE THAT VACANT PARCEL.
YOU'RE ASKING US TO AGREE TO ALLOW ONE OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROCEED ON AN INDIVIDUAL SITE BASIS THAT HE'S GOT ADEQUATE PARKING. CORRECT?
>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE RECOURSE TO GET THE PARKING SHORTFALL APPROVED IF THE PROPERTY OWNER COMES IN ON THE VACANT PARCEL. CORRECT?
>> WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS UP HERE TO SUPPORT DIRECTING ALLOWING STAFF TO DO THAT?
>> THAT AGREEMENT EVAPORATED A WHILE AGO, SO WE'RE HOLDING HIM HOSTAGE TO IT.
DID HE PURCHASE HIS PROPERTY AFTER THAT AGREEMENT WAS SETTLED?
[OVERLAPPING] I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
NO. SINCE THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED, ONE OF THE KEY BUSINESS OWNERS HAS DISCONTINUED ITS BUSINESS AND THAT USE HAS
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CHANGED FROM A FAIRLY HIGH PARKING DEMAND COFFEE SHOP TO A LESS DEMAND.THE BOTTOM LINE SEEMS TO BE IT'S NOT WORTH THE LITIGATION THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT IN THE EVENT THAT THE TOWN CONTINUES TO HOLD OFF ON ISSUING THE BUILDING PERMIT BASED ON OFFSITE PARKING.
>> IT'S NOT FAIR TO THIS PROPERTY OWNER EITHER, SO I'M IN, EXCUSE ME, AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO JUST HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO REMOVE THAT CONDITION AND ADDRESS PARKING IN ANY OTHER WAYS THAT IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROPERTY.
>> MOTION IS SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> WITH THAT, I'LL JUST DO A HISTORICAL NOTE.
MR. BRAUN, GREG BRAUN THAT WAS HERE EARLIER, IS A VERY FINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, AND HE WAS THE TOWN'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, IF YOU REMEMBER YEARS AGO.
NOW, THE ROGER AND MYRNA BIRD PROPERTY WHERE THEY REMOVED THE MANGROVES, MR. BRAUN WAS OUR EXPERT WITNESS AT THAT HEARING, WHICH RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY FOR THE TOWN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[TOWN MANAGER]
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR ME.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF ONCE AGAIN FOR DOING EXCEPTIONAL WORK.
AS YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT WE HAD SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION AGAIN ALREADY THIS PAST WEEKEND AND ON SATURDAY, WE REGISTERED 374 CAMPERS, MORE THAN 300 OF WHOM WERE PROCESSED IN THE FIRST THREE HOURS OF REGISTRATION.
BETWEEN THE TWO SUMMER CAMP SESSIONS, WE NOW HAVE 401 CAMPERS REGISTERED.
AS OF TODAY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPOT IN OUR FIVE-YEAR-OLD GROUP AND ONE SPOT IN OUR 6-7 AGE GROUP REMAINING OPEN.
OUR STAFF MADE SOME PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS PRE-CHECKING RESIDENCY AND ADDING MORE REGISTRATION STATIONS THAT GREATLY REDUCED WAIT TIMES.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN EMAILS FROM OUR RESIDENTS EXPRESSING COMPLIMENTS ABOUT HOW SEAMLESS THE PROCESS WAS.
KUDOS TO OUR PARKS AND RECS STAFF.
THAT'S A PRETTY BUSY TIME AND TO A GREAT JOB.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF MICHAEL DESTEFANO, WHO OBTAINED HIS DOCTORATE IN STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FROM LIBERTY UNIVERSITY LAST WEEK AND SO KUDOS TO HIM.
THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTNERED WITH THE PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT, PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL FOR TRAFFIC SATURATION PATROL TO ENHANCE ROADWAY SAFETY.
WITH THE FOCUS ON DUI ENFORCEMENT, JAPD MADE NUMEROUS ARRESTS AND ISSUED MORE THAN 100 CITATIONS AND WARNINGS.
THE GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS STAFF IS ACTUALLY SHARING CONTENT ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH, INCLUDING INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP RESIDENTS FIND THEIR POLLING LOCATIONS.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE AT THE STADIUM THIS WEEKEND, SO I'D LIKE TO THANK MIKE BAUER AND HIS STAFF AT ROGER DANE CHEVROLET STADIUM FOR A GREAT WEEKEND OF CELEBRATING THE TOWN CENTENNIAL.
I UNDERSTAND COUNCILOR MAY'S SONS WERE A HIT OUT THERE WITH THE CARDINALS' MASCOT.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS THERE.
IN REGARDS TO THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR JUPITER U REGISTRATION OPENS TOMORROW.
POPULAR PROGRAM ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO EXPERIENCE AND LEARN ABOUT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN TOWN.
THIS YEAR'S JUPITER U TOURS INCLUDE THE MALTZ THEATER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIVERBEND PARK, UF SCRIPPS, THE TOWN'S WATER PLANT, LRD WASTEWATER PLANT, THE LIGHTHOUSE, AND TOWN HALL.
MEANWHILE, ON MARCH 19TH, THE TOWN WILL HOST THE NEXT OF ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION HISTORY PRESENTATIONS.
THIS MONTH PRESENTATION IS CALLED PRESERVING PARADISE, AND WE'LL FOCUS ON THE TOWN'S FOCUS ON SMART DEVELOPMENT TO PRESERVE OUR SMALL TOWN FEEL.
JUST A FEW FOLLOW-UPS IN REGARDS TO THE TOWN'S CROSSWALK PROJECTS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED SEVEN LOCATIONS.
LATER THIS WEEK, THE CROSSWALK ON PALMFIELD WAY WILL BE COMPLETED.
ADDITIONALLY, A CROSSWALK ON MAIN STREET AND ANOTHER ON UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD,
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AND THE THIRD ON GREENWAY WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF MARCH.OUR LOCATION AT CENTRAL BOULEVARD AND LONGSHORE DRIVE IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JUNE.
THEN FINALLY, A COUPLE OF UPDATES ABOUT SOME ITEMS THAT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE RAISED AND SOME OF YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
THE JET SKI THAT WAS LOCATED IN JONES CREEK WAS REMOVED BY THE OWNER OVER THE WEEKEND.
THANK YOU TO JUPITER PD AND THE PERSUASIVE CONVERSATIONS IN THAT REGARD.
TWO DERELICT VESSELS, THE OBSESSION AND THE LAST FLING HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM JUPITER'S WATERWAYS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE JPD AND THE MARINE PATROL UNIT.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOLLOWED UP ON THE EMAIL FROM MR. MEYERS CONCERNING THE CROSSWALK ISSUES ON A1A AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF HAS INCREASED PATROLS AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW IN THAT AREA.
WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HIM AS WELL TO FOLLOW UP.
[TOWN COUNCIL – LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMENTS]
>> JUST WANTED TO SAY, AGAIN, REITERATE THE ROGER DEAN EVENT THIS WEEKEND WAS AMAZING.
I BROUGHT MY KIDS TO PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAMES BEFORE AND EVERYTHING, AND BY FAR, THEY HAD MORE FUN AT THAT EVENT THAN THEY'VE EVER HAD AT ANY SPORTING EVENT AND I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO SOMEHOW CONVINCE THEM TO SIT THROUGH EIGHT-AND-A-HALF INNINGS.
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
>> I ACTUALLY WANT TO BRING UP AN ITEM THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SPLASH PADS, PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH TONEY PENNA AQUATIC CENTER OR NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AQUATIC CENTER, TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY ON A SPLASH PAD POTENTIALLY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS COUNTY PROPERTY, THERE IS A COUNTY MASTER PLAN FOR IMPROVING THIS PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, FUNDS CAN ONLY COVER A PORTION OF IT, NOT ALL OF IT, PLANNED COUNTY FUNDS.
IF WE WANTED TO PARTNER WITH THEM, THEY WOULD BE MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE ALREADY DESIGNED THE SPLASH PAD.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING MOVING MORE QUICKLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS GIVEN THE NEED AND WHAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED, IT'S AN OPTION TO PARTNER WITH THEM.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER, PARTNERING BOTH ON THE WEST JUPITER COMMUNITY CENTER AND TONEY PENNA AQUATIC CENTER.
NOW, POTENTIALLY, THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, SO THIS YEAR.
IT MIGHT BE WORTH A DISCUSSION.
I WOULD JUST MOVE TO ASK FOR DIRECTION OR SOME CONSENSUS JUST TO BRING AN ITEM FORWARD JUST TO LOOK AT, WHAT ARE ALL THE DETAILS OF THIS? WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE COSTS? JUST TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN ITEM THAT RESIDENTS HAVE REALLY REQUESTED.
IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST OPTION, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK IT'LL BE GREAT BECAUSE OF THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE DONE BY THE COUNTY. THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.
>> I'M SURE WE ALL AGREE TO YOUR SUGGESTION AND I WANT TO POINT OUT, WE GET SO MANY, I'M SURE ALL OF US DO, COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AT THAT POOL.
I DO THINK EVEN JUST A TOPIC OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
BUT IF WE JUST DID A SPLASH PAD AND THEY DIDN'T CORRECT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE POOL, SO I DO THINK IT MAKE A TOPIC OF INTEREST FOR OUR PUBLIC.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE DOING THE POOL AND WE COULD PARTNER AND COVER THE SPLASH PAD POTENTIALLY FOR ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS TOGETHER.
>> I'VE HEARD FOR A LONG TIME THEY'RE DOING THE POOL, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> I HEARD THEY'RE LOOKING FOR INPUT PRETTY SOON, SO I'D LOVE TO BRING IT BACK SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
>> I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT PUBLICLY AND THEN MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD GET A PRESENTATION FROM SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE COUNTY COME. THAT'S TRUE.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY MIGHT BE PULLING OUT THE KITTY POOL [OVERLAPPING] SPLASH PAD.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ON THAT KITTY POOL, TRUST ME.
I USED TO WORK THERE, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO IN THAT KITTY POOL.
>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH THEM.
[OVERLAPPING] I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HOLDING THE WASTEWATER AS I THINK YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
IT MAKES SENSE IN ABOUT TWO WAYS.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> IT'S A LOT WARMER THAN THE REGULAR POOL.
>> A KID CAN'T DROWN ON A SPLASH.
>> MAYBE DUE TO ITS SHALLOWNESS.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OVERALL.
>> THE DESIGNS THAT I'VE SEEN LOOK REALLY GOOD AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY NEEDED THAT WILL HOPEFULLY PUT US CLOSE TO ON PAR WITH GARDENS HAS AND THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT JUST A PASSIVE SPLASH PAD WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD TO OUR PARKS, THIS ONE WOULD BE GUARDED BY THE LIFEGUARDS AND STUFF FOR SOME SHALLOW WATER AREAS AND WHATNOT.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF THE LIABILITY, THE STAFF, ALL THAT GOES INTO THE DESIGN, THE FACT THAT IT'S NEAR 100% COMPLETE DESIGN,
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THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO THE TOWN IN THAT.>> WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
>> I THINK I GOT ONE MORE MAYBE.
>> THAT'S IT. OTHER THAN THAT, NO COMMENTS.
>> ONE MORE. ALONG THOSE LINES, SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND THEN I FAILED TO BRING YOU GUYS PACKAGES FOR IT, WAS THE WINDOW RESTRICTORS THAT I DISCUSSED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO RESTRICT THE OPENING OF WINDOWS TO FOUR INCHES ON APARTMENTS TWO STORIES AND ABOVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY WORK AS A FORENSIC ENGINEER, I'VE INVESTIGATED THE FATALITIES OF FOUR CHILDREN AND IT'S A TOUGH THING TO GO THROUGH WHEN YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, AND IT CAN HAPPEN SO QUICKLY AND THERE'S REALLY NO VALID REASON FOR IT.
YOU CAN GET PLENTY OF VENTILATION WITH A WINDOW THAT OPENS FOUR INCHES.
AGAIN, EVERY HOTEL YOU GO IN, MOST OF THEM HAVE THEM COMPLETELY CLOSED OFF.
ANY OF THEM THAT CAN'T OPEN ARE RESTRICTED TO FOUR INCHES.
YOU CAN'T FIT A FOUR INCH SPHERE THROUGH IT, THE SIZE OF A CHILD.
I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING EACH OF YOU A SHORT PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU THE HARDWARE TO INCORPORATE THIS IS LESS THAN $10.
FOUR DOLLARS A WINDOW MAY BE VERY QUICK TO INSTALL.
YOU COULD DO IT WITH JUST SCREWS AND JUST SCREW THE WINDOW SHUT.
BUT TO KEEP A WINDOW OPERABLE, A FOUR-INCH RESTRICTOR IS VERY EASY TO ACCOMPLISH.
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AS WELL IS WE INCORPORATE IT INTO AN ORDINANCE WHERE THE LANDLORD IS REQUIRED TO GET A POTENTIAL TENANT TO SIGN OFF A WRITER THAT SAYS THEY UNDERSTAND THE RISK AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT SCREENS AREN'T PROTECTIVE DEVICES.
SOME PEOPLE THINK SCREENS WILL KEEP A CHILD FROM FALLING THROUGH.
THEY ARE NOT. I'LL BE BRINGING THAT SHORTLY AND HOPEFULLY TO GET SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY.
BUT I'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH THAT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
ONE FINAL THING IN REGARDS TO THE FLOOD MAPS AND FLOOD PREVENTION WEEK.
EVERYBODY OUT THERE LISTENING, EVERYBODY LISTENS TO THIS, PLEASE WHETHER YOU'RE IN A FLOOD ZONE OR NOT, AND EVERYBODY IS IN SOME TYPE OF FLOOD ZONE, CONTEMPLATE GETTING FLOOD INSURANCE, AT LEAST GET A QUOTE, IT'S FREE TO GET A QUOTE, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW BIG A DIFFERENCE THAT MAKE.
I THINK WE'RE DUE FOR ONE, I HATE TO BE THE DEBBIE DOWNER ON THIS, BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY AND WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO FLORIDA ALL AROUND OUR COAST.
FLOODING, IF WE HAVE A MAJOR EVENT, IT'S GOING TO FLOOD TO THE INTERSTATE AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS NO FLOOD INSURANCE IS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM YOUR WINDSTORM INSURANCE, WHICH IS HORRIFICALLY EXPENSIVE BY THE WAY, MINE IS.
FLOOD INSURANCE IS MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE AND I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE LIKELY YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FLOOD INSURANCE THAN WIND INSURANCE.
THOSE THAT HAVE MORTGAGES OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GET WIND INSURANCE.
FLOOD INSURANCE IS ONLY MANDATORY IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE AND YOU'RE IN A CERTAIN FLOOD ZONE.
I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY IN OUR AREA TO AT LEAST GET A QUOTE FOR FLOOD INSURANCE.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY FLOODING NOW JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
OTHER THAN THAT, SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> JUST ON THE TOPIC YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK WITH US ON.
JUST SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE IN THERE.
INTERESTINGLY, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER JUST MOVED INTO A NEW HOUSE, NOT A NEW HOUSE, BUT A DIFFERENT HOUSE IN JUPITER, AND WE NOTICED AND WE WERE IN MY GRANDDAUGHTER 22-MONTHS-OLD'S NEW BEDROOM, THAT THE PRIOR OWNER WHICH WE KNEW USED THESE CLAMP-ON DEVICES TO KEEP THE WINDOW, AND THIS IS ONLY A ONE-STORY HOUSE, BUT TO KEEP IT AT ABOUT FOUR INCHES OPEN.
I COMMENTED TO MY DAUGHTER, NUMBER 1 IS PEOPLE THAT OPEN THEIR WINDOWS FOR CROSS-VENTILATION, I WAS HYPOTHESIZING AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY SHE HAD IT THERE, A DIFFERENT REASON.
ACTUALLY, SHE HAD ONE OF THE MECHANISMS TO LOCK THE WINDOW WAS DEFECTIVE AND IT COULDN'T BE LOCKED.
TEMPORARILY, SHE MOVED IT DOWN, SO YOU COULDN'T LIFT IT.
OF COURSE, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THERE'S FIRE SAFETY AND WHATEVER.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER IT IS BEING PROPOSED TAKES ALL USES INTO ACCOUNT.
WHILE I DO APPRECIATE ON THE SECOND FLOOR YOU'RE WORRYING ABOUT SAVING LIVES AND MAYBE COUNCILOR MAY WILL WEIGH IN ON THIS,
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BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE TOTALITY OF IT.>> THERE ARE SPECIFIC DEVICES, ASTM DEVICES THAT ARE OPERABLE WHERE YOU CAN OVERRIDE THEM, BUT THEY CAN ONLY BE OVERRIDDEN BY AN ADULT CERTAIN WAYS WHERE YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT COMPLETELY.
>> I UNDERSTAND. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTING ON THAT, THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL RISK, EXPOSURES, AND WHATEVER.
>> IF A FIREFIGHTER IS COMING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, WE'RE BREAKING THE WINDOW.
[OVERLAPPING] BUT FROM THE OCCUPANT ON THE INSIDE, IF THEY'RE TRYING TO OPEN THAT WINDOW FROM THE INSIDE IN A CASE OF EMERGENCY, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE RESTRICTOR WOULD HAVE SOME WAY TO QUICK QUICKLY RELEASE THAT DEVICE SO THAT THEY CAN OPEN THAT WINDOW AND GET OUT IF THEY NEED TO.
>> THERE ARE. BUT JUST FOR INFORMATION, EVEN IF THAT WINDOW RESTRICTOR IS ON THERE, IF WE'RE COMING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE, WE'RE GOING TO BE BREAKING THE WINDOW.
>> I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT ESCAPING OUT THAN GETTING IN.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HOPE THAT, THAT DEVICE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO QUICKLY OVERRIDE IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AGREED. THANK YOU.
>> THE TIME IS NOW 8:46 AND WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.