Feb 03, 2026 Town Council

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GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW

[Call To Order ]

LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TRUST THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER THIS EVENING. WE HUMBLY SEEK WISDOM AND CLARITY AS WE CARRY OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE US. MAY WE REMAIN MINDFUL OF THE CONCERNS, HOPES AND CHALLENGES OF THE RESIDENTS WE SERVE AND OF ONE ANOTHER. AMEN. AMEN. WE WILL NOW PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR KORETSKY? HERE. VICE MAYOR DELANEY? HERE. COUNCILOR CHOI? HERE.

COUNCILOR GEISENGART? HERE.

COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM? HERE.

TOM ENNERGIST-KITZEROT? HERE. TOWN ATTORNEY BAIRD? HERE. OKAY, WE BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO, SIR. OKAY, MOVING ON,

[1. January 20, 2026, Town Council Meeting Minutes. ]

SECOND.

MOTION IS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

SO MOVED AS AMENDED. SECOND.

MOTION IS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. SO I JUST,

[2. Ordinance 16-26, First Reading, Infrastructure Element Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment. (Second Reading TBD)]

AND, YOU KNOW, I AM NOT SEEKING TOWN COUNCIL POLICY CONCURRENCE THIS TIME.

IT'S JUST THAT I KNOW WE'VE BEGUN THE CIP PROCESS AND SOMETHING COMES THROUGH LIKE THIS AND I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE ASSUMED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET INTO SOME OF THE CIP STUFF TILL LATER IN THE YEAR. AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS ALWAYS ASKING ME, DO I HAVE ANY INPUTS ON THE CIP? WELL, HERE'S ONE.

SO SOME OF MY OBSERVATIONS AND TAKEAWAYS. SO TABLE 4-4, THE FINISHED WATER DEMAND FORECAST, WHICH IS ON PAGE 4-3, YOU KNOW, I COMPARE THAT TO THE JUNE 22, THE DATA FROM JUNE 22 IN THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN UPDATE. AND IN THE YEARS 25, 2030 AND 2035, WE'VE SEEN A 4 TO 5% REDUCTION IN THE FORECAST, OR ACTUALLY I SHOULD SAY FROM 2025, ABOUT 0.7 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. AND

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AND WE WERE ADDING, HAVEN'T BEEN ADDED YET, BUT SOON TO BE ADDED RO 14, 15, 16, WHICH HAVE A YIELD OF 4.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH IS A 30% INCREASE OF THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED YIELD. SO THIS INTERIM PLAN AND THE PREVIOUS PLAN HAD TALKED ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH ANOTHER PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, INCREASE. MY INTERPRETATION OF THE 22 PLAN, THERE WAS TWO MORE FLORIDIAN AQUIFER WELLS. NOW IT'S THREE.

THAT'S ANOTHER 4.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S WHAT I'M QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT, WHAT I'M PROPOSING. I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT BEING ADDED TO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE THREE WELLS GOING IN, IT'S, WE'RE IN, I MEAN, WE'VE REACHED BUILD OUT, SO WE'RE REALLY NOT MOVING UP ON MUCH.

SO I QUESTION WHY WE'D BE ADDING THREE MORE WELLS. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S ABOUT A $20 MILLION TICKET.

SO, AND I DON'T KNOW, STAFF MAY NOT HAVE ADDED IT, BUT IN THIS REPORT IN FRONT OF US, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLORIDIAN AQUIFER WELLS ARE ESTIMATE, WOULD START CONSTRUCTION IN 2031. SO THAT WOULD PUT IT INTO THIS FIVE-YEAR PLAN OR SAY THAT CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, START, STOP, WHATEVER.

BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST QUESTIONING FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE IN FIVE YEARS.

AND I'M JUST ASKING, OR JUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO START TO ADD THOSE $20 MILLION INTO THIS UPCOMING FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE VETTING.

AND THAT WOULD TAKE THE REPORT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, WHICH THEY WON'T HAVE UNTIL 2027.

THEN THE SECOND THING, THIS ONE WAS KIND OF AN EYE CATCHER TO ME. SO THE CONSERVATION RATE STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, I DO READ EVERY PAGE WHEN WE GET THIS KIND OF STUFF. SO I SAW SOMETHING THAT KIND OF THREW ME. IT SAID, AND I'M READING ON PAGE FIVE ONE, SECTION 20-159 OF THE TOWN CODE INCLUDES A SURCHARGE OF UP TO 100% ON CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS WHOSE WATER USAGE EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE OF THE PRECEDING FOUR MONTHS BY 10%. I WAS STUNNED, YOU KNOW, I GO GRAB MY COAT OUT AND READ IT BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T EVEN SEEM PRACTICAL.

WELL, SO LOOKING AT THE CODE, I HAVE IT HERE SOMEWHERE.

THIS CODE WAS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M NOT FINDING HERE.

OH, HERE IT IS.

SO FIRST OF ALL, IF I'M INTERPRETING CORRECTLY, THE CODE SECTION, AND I HAVE A HARD COPY HERE.

IT WAS LAST AMENDED IN 1992, THIS SECTION. IT'S OVER 30 YEARS OLD.

AND IT SAYS THE TOWN WATER SYSTEM SHALL ADD A SURCHARGE OF NOT MORE THAN 100% OF THE REGULAR RATES, FEES, AND CHARGES FOR WATER UTILITY SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMER AS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN HERETOFORE ADOPTED FOR SUCH PURPOSE TO EACH CUSTOMER OR USER WHOSE MONTHLY WATER CONSUMPTION RATES EXCEEDS BY 10% OR MORE THE AVERAGE

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IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PROVISION, THE TOWN COUNCIL SHALL SPECIFY THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE TO BE FIXED FOR SUCH SURCHARGE, OR IT SHALL NOT APPLY. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER BEEN DONE. IT CERTAINLY HASN'T BEEN DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, THIS PROVISION, WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO.

PROBABLY SOME OF YOU DIDN'T THINK THROUGH HOW IT'S IMPRACTICAL.

IF I CHOOSE NOT TO WATER MY LAWN, FOR THOSE OF US THAT DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING LRDIQ WATER, OR WE DON'T HAVE A WELL, IT GOES FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT USING YOUR WATER, YOUR IRRIGATION, AND THEN YOU USE IT.

BINGO. IT SAYS, I KNOW IT SAYS IT SHOULD COME TO THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT'S SUCH AN IMPRACTICALITY, 10%, THAT WE'RE GOING TO EVER, EVER ADOPT ANYTHING. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK, AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYBODY TONIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT I'M GOING TO REQUEST STAFF TO CONSIDER AND BRING THIS BACK OR PUT IT IN THE WEEKLY REPORT OR WHATEVER.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS SECTION DELETED FROM THE CODE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT PRACTICAL. I BET YOU IF YOU LOOKED AT OUR CUSTOMERS, AND YOU LOOK STATISTICALLY AT HOW MANY CUSTOMERS IN MONTH FIVE ARE HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS FOUR, THIS ISN'T A PRACTICAL PROVISION. SO IT JUST CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. IT'S NEVER BEEN CITED BEFORE. AND IT WAS CITED, AND I'M NOT FINDING FAULT WITH IT BEING CITED, I'M GRATEFUL. IT WAS UNDER THE CONSERVATION RATE STRUCTURE SECTION.

BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEBODY TO READ THIS AND GET EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE CAN HIKE YOUR WATER BILL BY 100% IF YOU GO MORE THAN 10%. I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE FAMILY RESIDENTS VISITING, THE KIDS COME BACK FROM COLLEGE. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS. SO ANY EVENT, I'M GOING TO ASK, BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T LET IT GO BY SINCE I SAW THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1626. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. I'D ASK FOR THE ORDINANCE 1626 TO BE READ. AN ORDINANCE IN THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 5789, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER TO AMEND POLICY 1.3.13 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 10-YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[10. Approving a Purchase and Sale Agreement with MESO Scale Diagnostics, LLC for 9-acres of Land at a Purchase Price of $9 million.]

WHO ON STAFF OR WHO'S HANDLING THIS ONE ITEM? IS IT OUR TIME ATTORNEY? MAYOR, I'M HANDLING THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED BY MESO.

IT INVOLVES THE SALE OF THE NINE ACRE PARCEL. THE NINE ACRE PARCEL IS PART OF THE FORMERLY KNOWN AS PARCEL 19 PUD AND IT'S ON THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PUD.

IT IS THE REMAINING OUT PARCEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PUD.

AS A, WHEN THE APPLICATION FOR THE LAKEWOOD PLAT WAS COMING FORWARD, THE ONE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT WAS OFFERED WAS THE CONVEYANCE OF THE NINE ACRE PARCEL TO THE TOWN OF JUPITER WITH A RESTRICTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER THAT THAT PROPERTY COULD ONLY BE USED FOR BIOSCIENCE USES OR OPEN SPACE.

THE REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT AT THE TIME THIS WAS COMING FORWARD, SCRIPPS WAS VERY PROMINENT IN THE TOWN'S PLANNING EFFORTS AND EFFORTS TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL BIOSCIENCE USES TO THE TOWN. THIS WAS VIEWED AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWN TO BE ABLE TO DO SO. IT HAS SAT FOR MANY YEARS WITHOUT A USE.

AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A PROPOSED GROUND LEASE TO USE THE PROPERTY BY A USER FOR BIOSCIENCE USES. THAT USER ULTIMATELY DID NOT PROCEED FORWARD WITH THEIR PLAN AND THIS PROPOSAL CAME TO THE TOWN

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THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY WAS INVOLVED IN PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COVID VACCINE AND IT CONTINUES WITH MUCH WORK ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF VACCINES AND OTHER BIOSCIENCE USES.

SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPER, IT'S A VERY LEGITIMATE DEVELOPER AND THEY HAVE OFFERED TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT THE APPRAISED VALUE OF NINE MILLION DOLLARS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COME UP JUST TO SHOW A PICTURE OF WHERE THIS IS, MAYBE ON THE ZONING MAP OR FUTURE LAND USE MAP OR PAPA? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE MAP HAS BEEN MAINTAINED ON THIS COMPUTER.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP REAL QUICKLY FOR YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, WE'RE AT INDIANTOWN ROAD AND THE I-95 AND TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE. THE PARCEL IS THIS THAT WAS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANTOWN ROAD NEXT TO THE CASA TEQUILA RESTAURANT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND NEAR THE CVS THAT'S NEXT TO THAT.

THANK YOU. AND THIS IS PART OF A LARGER PUD THAT INCLUDES SONOMA ISLES? YES, JUPITER COUNTRY CLUB AND SONOMA ISLES ARE PART OF THE SAME PARCEL 19 PUD.

OKAY, CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THIS PARCEL 19? WAS IT ONCE COMMERCIAL AND IT WAS SWITCHED TO LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL? THERE WAS ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL IN THE PUD.

THERE WAS A HOTEL SITE THAT WAS IN THE NORTH PARCEL THAT WAS GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE IN ADDITION TO THE 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE THAT STRADDLES INDIANTOWN ROAD THAT'S PART OF JUPITER COUNTRY CLUB. THE LANDOWNER PETITIONED FOR AMENDMENTS WHICH WERE THE AMENDMENTS THAT RESULTED IN THE DEDICATION OF THIS PARCEL INCLUDING A PUD AMENDMENT AND THAT WAS TO REMOVE THE HOTEL. I THINK IT WAS 30 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE WHICH WAS FOR LIKE A RESORT HOTEL. THAT WAS REMOVED AND THEN THE PARCEL WAS BROUGHT DOWN HERE AND WAS SMALLER COMMERCIAL AND INCLUDES BOTH THE RESTAURANT, THE DRUG STORE, AND THIS NINE-ACRE BIOSCIENCE PARCEL. OKAY, AND THE USE OF THE ONLY APPROVED USES FOR THIS LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW ARE THREE. IT'S TRAFFIC MITIGATION, OPEN SPACE, OR BIOSCIENCE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE DEDICATION.

RIGHT, AND TRYING TO PROMOTE THOSE USES BACK WITH THE BIOSCIENCE OVERLAY. I THINK THE FUTURE LAND USE HAS IT IS THAT AS WELL. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THAT? YES, SORRY IF I'M NOT IN THE MICROPHONE. THE FUTURE, WE'VE GOT IT IN THE BIOSCIENCE OVERLAY BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN AWAY. THIS LAND WAS PART OF THE BIOSCIENCE.

YES, THERE WAS BIOSCIENCE OVERLAY ON I THINK ALL THE COMMERCIAL PARCELS ON THAT PROPERTY AND THEN THEY WERE I BELIEVE THEY ARE RETAINED ON THIS PIECE. OKAY, OKAY, SO A LOT OF COMMERCIAL HAS BECOME LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS THIS PARCEL WAS GIVEN TO THE TOWN FOR THOSE POTENTIAL USES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU.

ANOTHER POINT OF TRIVIA, JOHN, YOU COULD SAY ANYTHING IF YOU DISAGREE, BUT THIS BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF INDIAN TOWN WEST OF THE TURNPIKE IS THE LOWEST INTENSITY THAT YOU'LL FIND ANYWHERE ON AN INTERCHANGE. YOU GO TO THE SOUTH ANYWHERE AND KNOWING THE TRAFFIC SITUATION WE HAD, THE AGREEMENT FROM DAY ONE ON THAT SITE WAS THE TRAFFIC CAP.

FIRST TIME WE EVER DID A TRAFFIC CAP. IT WAS FOR, YOU KNOW, LOW DENSITY FOR SPECIFICALLY TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC WE COULD NOT ACCOMMODATE. AND IT'S, MAYOR, IT'S A PERFECT LOCATION

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SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. SECOND.

CAN WE HAVE DISCUSSION? OH, OKAY, DISCUSSION, GO AHEAD.

WE ASKED OUR QUESTIONS, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, NO, I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT USE FOR IT.

IT'S A LONG TIME COMING, COMING MANY DECADES. I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LEASE, THE LAND LEASE OR GROUND LEASE FOR THE PREVIOUS USE AND IT FELL THROUGH. AND SO I THINK THE HOPE HERE, AT LEAST IN MY POINT OF VIEW, IS THAT IF SOMEONE IS WILLING TO INVEST THIS MUCH, MAYBE THEY'LL SEE IT THROUGH, WHICH WOULD BE NICE. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL FOR DECADES IN FINDING A USE LIKE THIS. SO I THINK IT REALLY IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY. AND IF IT'S NOT BUILT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY, I MEAN, THERE'S NO OTHER USE. YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THEY'RE LIMITED TO.

SO, AND THERE'S DISCRETION ON COUNCIL HERE TO JUST ENSURE THAT THOSE USES STAY IN PLACE. SO, OKAY. THANK YOU.

I ALSO HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM, BY THE WAY, IF NOT KNOWN, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, I GUESS IT'S MAYBE I'M NOT CONSISTENT, BUT SOMETIMES I ASK FOR THE MOTION AND THE SECOND, IF I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO GO AND THEN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU DO BEFORE THE MOTION AND YOU'RE THINKING YOU MIGHT INFLUENCE THE MOTION, IF YOU DO IT AFTER, YOU MAY JUST WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION ON THE RECORD. SO I WAS GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE I HAVE AN ITEM. I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, IN 2019, THE SITE PLAN FOR BEACON PHARMACEUTICAL, JUPITER, WAS APPROVED FOR $150,000, 150,000 SQUARE FOOT R AND D PROJECT, WHICH WAS WITHIN THE OVERALL SITE TRAFFIC CAP.

IT WAS THE ONLY USE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THIS PROPOSED PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, SECTION 8F, REFERS TO A CONDITIONS PRECEDENT FOR THE PURCHASER TO HAVE SECURED A MASTER PLAN APPROVED FOR A MINIMUM OF 179,500 SQUARE FEET OF BIOSCIENCE MANUFACTURING SPACE. SO I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHERE'S THE TRAFFIC CAP IN THE AGREEMENT? AND I GOT A RESPONSE BACK SAYING THAT A CONDITION LIMITING TRAFFIC GENERATION FROM A PROPERTY IN A REAL ESTATE CONTRACT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE, NOR IS IT NECESSARY BECAUSE THE TOWN IS ALREADY PROTECTED. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A STATEMENT THAT THE APPLICANT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER HAS ALREADY EVALUATED THE TRIP FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF 179,500 SQUARE FOOT OF THE BIOSCIENCE USES TO BE DEVELOPED ON A NINE ACRE PARCEL, AND THEY FOUND THAT TO BE UNDER THE CAP. WELL, TO ME, WHEN I READ THAT, THAT'S HEARSAY. WHEN I HEAR THAT, I DID HEAR IT TODAY.

IT'S STILL HEARSAY. SO, AND THERE'S ONE PERSON ON THE DAIS WHO KNOWS HOW I AM WITH PURCHASE CONTRACTS, IS I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN ANYTHING THAT COULD LEAD TO MISUNDERSTANDING. SO I'M GOING TO SIGN THIS, BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST SAY FOR THE RECORD, AND I DID TELL THE PROPERTY PURCHASER THIS IN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. I SAID, THERE'S A CAP, THERE'S A CAP, THERE'S A CAP. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THERE'S A CAP. WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE ANY MORE THAN THAT.

SO I'M COMFORTED THAT THIS CONSULTANT SUPPOSEDLY LOOKED AT IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLEARLY STATE THAT SHOULD A MASTER PLAN APPROVAL NOT IN, YOU KNOW, IF THE MASTER PLAN APPROVAL DOESN'T INCLUDE A TRIP CAP FOR THE PROPERTY, I WON'T VOTE ON IT TO APPROVE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, I DON'T WANT TO COME TO ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS. I JUST, I ALWAYS, I ENTER INTO CONTRACTS CLEAR WITH EXPECTATION. SO I'VE SAID IT TO THEM. I'M HEARING IT'S OKAY.

IT'S NOT IN THE AGREEMENT.

FINE. BUT I'M ON THE RECORD.

BRING IT BACK. YOU NEED MORE TRAFFIC.

ONE VOTE'S GONE. I DO WANT TO ADD JUST BECAUSE A FEW RESIDENTS ARE HERE FROM SONOMA ISLES, THAT THIS IS JUST THE APPROVAL OF A FRAMEWORK OF THE OPTION SITE. THIS IS CONTINGENT ON SITE PLAN APPROVALS. THOSE WILL COME LATER. THEY'RE 180 DAYS AFTER A 60 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AND HEAR FROM STAFF AND UNDERSTAND THAT ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE CAN ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO DIGEST AND DISCUSS IT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT AND THE TIMELINE FOR IT. BUT IT SEEMS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE USE PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS A GOOD SITUATION, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. SO IN A NUTSHELL, THE PROPERTY WON'T BE OFFICIALLY PURCHASED TILL AFTER SITE PLAN APPROVAL,

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I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I WOULD HAVE REPEATED IT THE SAME WAY.

WE'VE GOT TIME.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON

[11. 2026-2028 Proposed Strategic Plan ]

FOR COUNCIL'S AWARENESS, THE CONTENT THAT IS IN THE PRESENTATION IS REFLECTIVE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE INPUT SESSIONS BACK IN DECEMBER, AND ALSO MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIOR TO THIS FOR YOUR REVIEW AND DIGESTION OF THE MATERIAL WE'LL DISCUSS TONIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

SO TONIGHT'S OBJECTIVE OF THE ROUNDTABLE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ARE ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL, AND WE WILL BE ACTUALLY REVIEWING SEVERAL MATERIALS LEADING UP TO THE 2026 PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT IS WE WILL REVIEW THE TOWN VISION, MISSION, STRATEGIC RESULTS.

WE'LL ALSO REVIEW THE 2025 THROUGH 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND THEN THAT WILL LEAD UP TO THE 2026, 2028 PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. THIS SLIDE REVIEWS KIND OF THE STRATEGIC RESULTS, THE VISION, MISSION, AND ALSO IT'S REVIEWED AS A HOUSE, A STRUCTURE WHERE YOU HAVE A ROOF AND SEVERAL LEVELS OF FLOORS.

IN THE ROOF, YOU HAVE THE VISION AND MISSION, WHICH SETS THE LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLAN.

THEN ON THE FLOORS, YOU HAVE THE STRATEGIC RESULTS, WHICH ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT COUNCIL EXPECTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND ACTION PLANS, WHICH IS OVER THE TASK AND GOALS OVER A THREE-YEAR TIME PERIOD, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS AND METRICS, WHICH SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL PLAN, WHICH WILL ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH PRIORITIES WITH THE OPERATING AND CIP BUDGET.

MOVING ON, WE'RE QUICKLY SUMMARIZING THE 2025 THROUGH 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN RESULTS. ALTOGETHER, THERE WERE 23 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND 44 ACTION PLANS IN THE 2025 THROUGH 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS THREE OF THOSE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND 14 ACTION PLANS ARE BEING PROPOSED AS COMPLETE, WHICH WE'LL REVIEW ON THIS SLIDE.

OF THE FIRST THREE ITEMS YOU SEE ARE THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

I'M SORRY, JUST ON THE ONE BEFORE. FIRST OF ALL, AS WE GO INTO THIS, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK COUNCIL, YOU CAN PAUSE AT ANY PAGE. I THINK THAT'S THE CLEANER WAY TO DO IT GOING THROUGH. GREAT WORK. I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SHARE, BUT ONE THING IS WHAT YOU SAY IS COMPLETED IS WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING TO BE COMPLETED IN FIRST QUARTER, NOT YET COMPLETED, AND THEREFORE, YOU'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2026 PLAN.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE I DON'T ACCEPT A LOT OF THESE ARE COMPLETED YET WHEN IT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED.

I DON'T MEAN THAT TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE. I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THERE'S A LIST THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT THAT IT'S ACCEPTABLE.

OTHERWISE, YOU'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE PLAN. YES, MAYOR.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY MENTION ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS THAT, LIKE THE MAYOR STATED, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE ALREADY COMPLETED, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE PROPOSED ADOPTION DATE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL, AND AS I SAID, THESE FIRST THREE ARE THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS COMPLETE, AND THEN THAT'S ONE THROUGH THREE, AND THEN NUMBERS ONE THROUGH FOURTEEN ARE ALSO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ACTION PLANS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS COMPLETE, AND AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, SOME ARE COMPLETED AND SOME ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. ON THAT, SO YOU'RE FOR THE ONES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE COMPLETED. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER THE INCOMPLETE ONES, BECAUSE CERTAINLY I WANT THEM TO GET COMPLETED, SO NOW'S THE TIME IF THERE'S ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTED TO ADD, YOU'D WANT TO ADD, BUT ONE IS THE LAST ONE,

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THE ORIGINAL ITEM WAS TO CONTINUE TO MODIFY LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS ON KEY PARCELS AS IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, IN THE 23 YEAR AMENDMENTS. WHAT'S BEEN DONE IS THE ORDINANCE CREATING A RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICT WAS ADOPTED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL THE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DONE YET, SO THERE MAY BE A FOLLOW-UP PLAN, SO I'M JUST GOING FROM RECOLLECTION. I COULDN'T FIND IT, BUT I THINK TWO YEARS AGO, STAFF'S REPORT, I THINK AN EIR DOCUMENT, HAD LISTED PROPERTIES THAT WE WANTED TO, SIZE OF PROPERTIES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING CHANGED. I'D LIKE THAT TO BE REDISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO HAVE US ALL COLLECTIVELY LOOK, AND STAFF CAN JUMPSTART THIS, BY INDICATING WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN DONE OF THOSE PARCELS, BECAUSE THAT'LL BE OUR LIST OF GAINS THAT WE DID, AND WHICH ONES ARE OPEN ITEMS, AND THEN FROM THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S AN OPEN ITEM, BUT FROM THAT, WE'LL JUDGE WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, AN ACTION, ANOTHER ACTION SHOULD BE ADDED HERE, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE NEXT STEP, BECAUSE JUST CREATING A RECREATIONAL, IT JUST NEEDED TO BE DONE, BUT MAYBE IT HAS TO BE ASSIGNED ON SOME PARCELS, SO I SUBMIT THAT'S THE TRUE COMPLETION. I THINK SOME OF IT MAY DEPEND ON THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD, OR THE TIMING. I REMEMBER THAT LIST. WE MAY NEED TO CHEW ON THAT MORE, AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS WELL, AND ALL I'M SAYING HERE IS JUST HAVE STAFF, STAFF DID, THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT. I REMEMBER I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T FIND IT, USUALLY SAVE THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT IT WAS A GREAT REPORT, BECAUSE IT REALLY HAD IDENTIFIED WHAT PARCELS WOULD WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS, AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, DID WE DO, I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE THEM ALL YET, AND THEN WE COULD LOOK AT THE LIKELIHOOD, IS THERE SOME WE CAN PROCEED WITH OR NOT, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF I DIDN'T ASK THIS TONIGHT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO, TO ME, IT'S NOT YET COMPLETE UNTIL WE SEE BY CHECKING IT, YEAH, THE ONES THAT WE CAN DO, BUT I SUBMITTED, WE JUST DID AN ORDINANCE FOR A RECREATIONAL ZONING DISTRICT.

I'M SURE IT WAS CREATED TO APPLY TO SOME PARCELS, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, AND THEN ON THE RECREATIONAL MASTER PLAN, I COULD NOT, I CANNOT RECOLLECT OR FIND THAT I EVER RECEIVED THE UPDATED VERSION AFTER THE AUGUST 7TH ROUNDTABLE, SO I'D LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THAT, AND IF MY COLLEAGUES DIDN'T GET THAT, THEN THEY SHOULD GET IT AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT IS A MISSTEP ON MYSELF, AND I'LL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. AFTER THAT AUGUST 7TH ROUNDTABLE, THE BULK OF THE CONVERSATION, THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN WAS INCORPORATED INTO THAT PLAN, AND THAT REVOLVED AROUND, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZING CAPACITY AROUND THE PARKS, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATING ATHLETIC BALL FIELD LIGHTING, SHADING, PARKING, SO ALL THAT'S BEEN UPDATED. I'D BE HAPPY TO REDISTRIBUTE THAT TO COUNCIL. AND I KNOW YOU'RE CALLING THAT'S GOING TO BE THE GUIDELINES. I JUST WANTED TO FINISH THE CHECK. OKAY, IT'LL SERVE THAT PURPOSE, RIGHT? YEP, ABSOLUTELY. I'M HOPING IT WILL, RIGHT? IS THAT PLAN ALSO ON THE WEBSITE CURRENTLY? YES, MA'AM, YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE A HARD COPY.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON, WE HAVE OTHER PROPOSED CHANGES.

WE HAVE TWO STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND SIX ACTION PLANS HERE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING NOT TO CARRY FORWARD THROUGH THE 2026 THROUGH 2028 STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE EFFORTS WON'T CONTINUE OPERATIONALLY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DO AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION ON ANCHORED VESSELS, AND ADDITIONALLY, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DO AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION ON TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC MITIGATION.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I PER SE AGREE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS PAGE WAS. IT WAS MORE THAN A QUESTION I HAVE. WHAT IS THIS? NOW YOU SAID CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT IS FOR NOT TO BE IN THE PLAN. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. WE GOT AN EMAIL TODAY. I THINK EVERYBODY GOT FROM ONE RESIDENT WHO GENERALLY GIVES INPUT ON THESE KIND OF STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES, AND THEY WERE ASKING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TRAFFIC, ACTION, AND HISTORY IN A CERTAIN ROADWAYS, AND SHOULD THIS BE ADDED TO THE PLAN TO DO SOMETHING? WELL, THAT'S WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER THREE IS AN ANNUAL THING, BECAUSE IT REPLACES THE FACT THAT YOU MIGHT THEN PUT IN INDIVIDUAL ONES, HEY, LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THAT. SO JUST DONE ONCE EVERY YEAR OR SO. I'D LIKE THAT ONE TO REMAIN

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I WOULD ASK ON IF, IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OFF NUMBER FIVE, AND MAYBE I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE OKAY WITH THAT COMING OFF, BUT THIS CAME UP RECENTLY.

THAT'S THE ONE ON PROTECTING LOCAL SEAGRASS IN THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PRESENTATION RECENTLY THAT I THINK SEVERAL OF US COMMENTED ON. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A HECK OF A LOT OF SEAGRASS PROTECTION WORK DONE IN ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS AND POSITIVE IMPACTS, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE STAFF TO HELP US TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ALL THOSE PROJECTS IN INVENTORY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE SUCCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK WE'LL BE DOING ON THAT. SO I DO THINK TO CLOSE THAT ONE OUT, AS A MINIMUM, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN DONE BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAS BEEN, REMEMBER, WE SAW THAT ONE PROJECT.

THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SEAGRASS RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. I WOULD LIKE THAT, YEAH. SO IF STAFF COULD TAKE THAT AS AN ACTION, I'D APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS PAGE? SO I DON'T THINK, FOR NUMBER THREE, VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, I AGREE IT'S A MAJOR PRIORITY, AND ANNUALLY I THINK THIS WILL CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT IS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE NO PLANS TO END THAT PRESENTATION, AND IT ALWAYS LEADS TO A PRETTY... SAME WITH THE ANCHORED VESSELS. IT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION. THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY, AND ON ANCHORED VESSELS, I KNOW WE'VE GOT JPD HERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW, I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT HOUSE BILL 481 FROM LAST YEAR, AND SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS WERE VAGUE.

THERE WERE LOOPHOLES CREATED IN THIS THAT DIDN'T ACTUALLY LEAD TO THE REMOVAL OF VESSELS. SO I DIDN'T KNOW, IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ACTION BEING TAKEN TO REMOVE THOSE LOOPHOLES, OR IF ANYONE COULD SPEAK? SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO... I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO THE CHIEF, DAWN. THANK YOU.

SURE, FOR THE RECORD, DAWN HENNESSEY, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR JUPITER. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CLARITY ON 481. I WILL TELL YOU THE OTHER HOUSE BILL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, 1149, DID TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, SO WE'VE BEGUN A SHORT WARNING PERIOD ON THAT TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW AND LET VOTERS KNOW, AND WE'LL BE BEGINNING ENFORCEMENT ON THAT. BUT NO, THERE'S NO CLARITY ON 481 AT THIS POINT.

OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ADD IT WHEN WE GET TO MOBILITY, BUT I'LL SAY THIS NOW.

SO WE JUST GOT OUR 10TH BIANNUAL JUPITER RESIDENT SURVEY RESULTS, AND I KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, BUT I KNOW EACH ONE OF US HERE ON THE DAIS GOT A COPY AND HAVE BEEN POURING THROUGH IT AS WE NORMALLY DO, AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.

IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, ON MOBILITY, AS FAR AS PERCENT POSITIVE RATING BY OUR RESIDENTS ON TRAFFIC FLOW ON MAJOR STREETS, 35%. TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING, 47%.

SO THIS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN DISMAL RATINGS, AND NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT, BUT NONETHELESS, THEY'RE CONSISTENT. AND THEN EVEN WHEN WE ASKED FOR THE SPECIAL CUSTOM SURVEY QUESTIONS ABOUT TIED BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE ASKED, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK IS WE NEED, WE, JUPITER DECISION MAKERS, NEED TO CONSIDER FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

AND THEY RATED IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL ROADS, INCLUDING CONGESTION RELIEF, BETTER INTERSECTIONS WITH 92%. I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT THAT'S WHY I DO THINK THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, MOBILITY TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOULD BE AT THE STRATEGIC LEVEL. IF WE MOVE THE NEEDLE AND GET BETTER NUMBERS ON THAT, THEN I'M OKAY WITH IT. WE JUST DO THAT ONCE A YEAR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHY. I JUST WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH YOU AFTER GOING THROUGH THAT SURVEY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE. MUCH OF IT CAN COME BACK OVER HERE TO THE STRATEGIC SIDE. YEP.

AGREED.

YEAH. WE NEED MORE RESIDENT FEEDBACK, AND I MEAN, I'D LOVE MORE STAFF FEEDBACK TOO, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SEE IN PUBLIC FACING. I MEAN,

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SO MORE THAN ANY OTHER. OH, YEAH. SO MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON MOBILITY, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM A RESIDENT ABOUT MOBILITY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, I DID ASK JPD TO PULL UP THE STATS ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S A GOOD INSIGHT.

A1A, ALT A1A, AND RIVERSIDE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. IF YOU LOOK AT INDIANTOWN-MAPLEWOOD, INDIANTOWN-CENTER STREET, BECAUSE THOSE WERE OTHER SEGMENTS WE WERE LOOKING AT, THOSE DO NOT HAVE AS MANY AS THIS INTERSECTION. SO WE WOULD LOOK AT INTERSECTIONS BEFORE ASKING TO PROVIDE STUDIES. I KNOW THAT'S IN THIS PLAN. IT MAY BE WORTH ADDRESSING THAT, AND MAYBE DOING A PIVOT. WE'VE DONE A LOT ON INDIANTOWN ROAD, PARTICULARLY ON THE WEST SIDE. WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION, OR HAVE A STUDY DONE. I'M NOT ON TPA. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS AROUND WHAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR PLAN, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WORTH A LOOK. AND IF RIVERSIDE IS NOW, IT'S THE FIRST TIME, BECAUSE WE GET THAT EVERY YEAR.

YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY YOU GET THAT EVERY YEAR. YOU MAY HAVE A SURPRISING OUTCOME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE RAILROAD MODIFICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE CAUSING THAT. SO THAT'S WHY, ANNUALLY, WE LOOK AND SEE, IS SOMETHING CHANGED? IS IT GETTING WORSE? AND THEN WE ARE VERY REACTIVE TO IT TO MITIGATE. THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE LEFT-HAND TURN SIGNAL HITTING SOUTH A1A AT THE LIGHT, HITTING INTO THAT SIDE STREET THAT HEADS OVER TOWARDS ROUTE 1, THAT, AND THEN COMING OFF RIVERSIDE, HEADING TO THE SOUTH ALSO. SO THERE'S NO DEDICATED GREEN ARROW SOUTH HEADING LEFT. SO THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. AND FOR THE DATA, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PRE-BRIDGE OPENING, THE FEELING WAS THAT THE HIGHER ACCIDENT RATE WAS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS MORE TRAFFIC WITH ALL THE DETOURS, BUT TO THE DEGREE IT APPEARS THAT THAT MAY BE CONTINUING, THEN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS HAPPENED, NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. UNDERSTOOD.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE CONSENSUS IS TO KEEP THE VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ANNUAL PRESENTATION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE ITEMS FOR THE PROTECT LOCAL SEAGRASS IN THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE TRANSITIONING INTO THE PROPOSED 2026 THROUGH 2028 STRATEGIC PLAN AND TIMELINE.

SO JUST A QUICK SUMMARY. THERE ARE EXACTLY 23 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES BEING PROPOSED IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, ALONG WITH 32, EXCUSE ME, 19 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND 32 ACTION PLANS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE 2026 THROUGH 2028 STRATEGIC PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S TWO NEW STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND EIGHT ACTION PLANS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

AND THEN ALSO YOU'LL SEE ON THE BOTTOM THAT ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS A MODIFICATION TO EITHER THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE, THE ACTION PLAN, THE TIMELINE, OR IT'S JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT IT'S A PROPOSED NEW ITEM. AND WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO THE FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS SAFETY. FOR SAFETY, WE HAVE THREE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND FIVE ACTION PLANS. THE FIRST STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IS FIRE RESCUE STRATEGY, AND WE HAVE THEN HIGH SPEED RAIL. THEN WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS AND ALSO A PROPOSED NEW ITEM FOR THIS SECTION. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO MOBILITY.

I HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ON THE ACHIEVE ACCREDITATION FOR MULTIPLE GOVERNING BODIES, IS THAT ALL REQUIRED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1 THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BE ACCREDITED? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, NO.

IT'S JUST BENCHMARKING IN COMPARISON TO OTHER RELATIVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

I KNOW THE ISO CERTIFICATION, AND I'M SURE CHIEF DONATO CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE PALM BEACH GARDEN HAS THE ISO CERTIFICATION. THAT REQUIRES 12 MONTHS OF OPERATIONAL DATA TO EVEN SUBMIT FOR ACTUALLY ACHIEVING. AND I CAN HEAR HIM WALKING UP BEHIND ME.

YES. THESE ACCREDITATIONS ARE ALL VOLUNTARY ACCREDITATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED AS ANY MEANS.

THESE ARE PEER REVIEWED ACCREDITATION PROCESSES JUST VALIDATE THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE IN THE TOWN. BUT ALL OF THEM REQUIRE US TO OPERATE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND COLLECT DATA TO BE ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT. BUT ISO CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED? ISO IS NOT A CERTIFICATION.

IT'S AN EVALUATION THAT'S DONE BY VERA RISK, WHO NOW OWNS THE INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE. AND THEY DO THIS ON BEHALF

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BUT JUST ON THE HIGH SPEED RAIL, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I'D LIKE FOR CLARITY FROM STAFF WHAT THEY KNOW WITH REGARD TO WHAT IS BEING DONE IN PHASE ONE. BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE CLARITY. AT ONE TIME, I HAD BRIGHTLINE COMMITTED TO DO A PORTION, AND THEN THEY GOT A FEDERAL GRANT TO DO THE OTHER PORTION. AND THEN THAT FEDERAL GRANT IS THE ONLY CERTAINTY THAT EXISTS BECAUSE OF BRIGHTLINE'S YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL CONDITIONS. SO I THINK THEY WERE NEGGING ON PART OF IT.

BUT OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL GRANT? FOR THE RECORD, GEORGE ZALMA, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.

SO PHASE ONE, YES, BRIGHTLINE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, A RAISE GRANT, AND THEY ARE PERFORMING THE DESIGN OF THE FENCING. YOU KNOW, THE RAISE GRANT ENTAILED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. AND THEY ARE COMPLETING THE DESIGN PHASE SUPPOSEDLY THIS MONTH.

WE'RE REQUESTING AN UPDATE ON IT, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR BACK SOON. THEY'VE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS WITHIN THEIR PRELIMINARY DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND WE WERE PROGRAMMING TO INSTALL FENCING FOR ANY LOCATIONS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR BRIGHTLINE DESIGN.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE DESIGN IS? WE DO NOT KNOW YET.

OKAY. BECAUSE AT ONE TIME, THEY WERE DOING THEY WERE DOING TONOPENA TO INDIANTOWN ROAD, WHICH WAS OUR PRIORITY ONE.

AND IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE FENCE POSTS THAT WERE STARTED TO GO UP, AND THEN FEC STOPPED THEM FROM DOING IT. AND THEN THEY PROCEEDED WITH THEN THEY WERE PURSUING A FEDERAL GRANT. I'D ALWAYS ASSUMED WAS FOR THE STUFF NORTH OF INDIANTOWN. BUT THEN AGAIN, WITH THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME. BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, I JUST ASKED TO TAKE AN ACTION ITEM BECAUSE THIS WHAT'S LEFT IS TO COMPLETE WHAT'S NOT COVERED BY BRIGHTLINE.

THE FIRST PHASE IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT. SO I DO THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE A PHASE ONE LISTED.

AND THEN I DO APPRECIATE STAFF BEING CONSCIENTIOUS TO LOOK AT WHAT'S LEFT, IF ANYTHING, BECAUSE I THINK WE WERE ASKING FOR A GRANT FOR THAT, RIGHT? NOT KNOWING WHAT'S LEFT.

DIDN'T WE IN THE LEGISLATURE? I THOUGHT I SAW THAT ON THE LIST.

WE DID. YES. SO WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION REQUEST FOR FENCING. SO IT'D BE A 50-50 COST SHARE. AND WE WOULD FENCE THE IT'S THE AREA IDENTIFIED AS FROM TONOPENA UPWARDS OF A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF RIVERSIDE.

OKAY. CORRIDOR. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME NOT BEING DONE THEN.

YEAH. OKAY. ALSO, JUST FOR FOR YOU TO KNOW, FDOT IS ALSO APPLYING FOR ADDITIONAL RAIL SAFETY GRANTS.

THEY KNOW THEY CONTACTED US TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT, TRY TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT SPECIFICALLY THEY'RE TRYING TO FUND. GOOD. YEAH, WE OUGHT TO. I KNOW. I APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVENESS. SO IT'S CLEAR WE NEED TO ADD TWO ACTION ITEMS. ONE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE BEEN WAITING. THIS HAS BEEN PROMISED FOR YEARS NOW. PHASE ONE, WHATEVER PHASE ONE IS, SEE SOME FENCING IN THERE, HOPEFULLY IN A MORE CRITICAL AREA. IF YOU COULD ADD THAT. AND THEN THIS IS WHAT'S IN HERE IS WHAT'S LEFT.

NEITHER ONE OF WHICH HAS BEEN DONE. DO YOU KNOW THE SCHEDULE ON THAT CONSTRUCTION? GOOD QUESTION. WE DON'T.

OKAY. SO WE ANTICIPATED DESIGN TO BE COMPLETED THIS MONTH.

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ONE QUESTION ON THAT TIMELINE. SO YOU THINK THAT QUARTER ONE, 2027 IS REALISTIC AS FAR AS GETTING THIS PROJECT, THIS ACTION COMPLETED? IF WE ARE FIRST IN LINE.

YEAH. OKAY. SO IT MAY CHANGE THAT ONCE YOU LEARN MORE.

OKAY.

WELL, IT IS FOR THE SCOPE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE FEDERAL GRANT WAS APPROVED OVER A YEAR AGO AND IT'S A REAL BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS. AND I KNOW THAT THE REAL, YOU KNOW, ENGINEER HAS WALKED IN WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH ME AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE SAFETY CONCERNS. I CAN'T HOPE THEY'RE NOT CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE HELPING TO PROD THIS ALONG.

YOU MIGHT REFRESH MY MEMORY.

SO WE APPLIED FOR QUIET ZONES TO THE FENCING ISSUE COME UP WITH WHEN YOU REQUESTED THE FENCING BECAUSE THERE ARE QUIET ZONES. WERE THEY BECAUSE OTHER TOWNS HAD QUIET ZONES BEFORE WE DID. DID THEY PUT A FENCING IN THOSE AREAS? NO.

FIRST OF ALL, QUIET ZONES COULD CARE LESS WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS.

EXACTLY. WELL, NO, WHAT I'M WHAT I'M ASKING IS IN THE COUNCIL TOOK THAT ISSUE, TOOK THAT POSITION. SO I DON'T THAT ISSUE, TOOK THAT POSITION. SO I DID THE I WAS THE UNPOPULAR ONE.

BUT BUT NONETHELESS, SO NO, WE'RE REALLY THE FIRST ONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT REALLY WAS PURSUING.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO BRIGHTLINE, THEY WEREN'T BUILDING FENCES AND OTHER TOWNS THAT HAD NO PRODUCE HAD NOBODY WAS NOBODY WAS. WHAT DIFFERENCE WAS WHEN BRIGHTLINE MOVED TO PHASE TWO, WHICH INCLUDED US, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF SOUTH OF US, YOU KNOW, RIVIERA BEACH SOUTH, THE MAX SPEED IS SEVENTY NINE MILE AN HOUR. RIGHT. IT GOES UP TO ONE HUNDRED NINE CONCEIVABLY NORTH OF THERE. SO WE WERE THE FIRST ONES TO REALLY RAISE THE QUESTION.

AND THEN PARTICULARLY SINCE WE HAD THE PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR OVER THE TRACK THAT'S THE BEATEN PATH FOR YEARS. WE THAT'S BETWEEN TONOPAH AND AN INDIAN TOWN. YOU COULD SEE THE BEATEN PATH TO THE GROCERY STORE THAT WE FELT WE NEED TO GET FENCING. AND I REMEMBER YOU WERE PUTTING IT AND WE ALL AGREED WITH IT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID IT IN OTHER TOWNS BEFORE. I COULDN'T REMEMBER. NO, NO, WE WERE.

BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENED IS, QUITE FRANKLY, THE REASON THE FEDERAL GRANT HAPPENED IS, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL AGENCIES NERVOUS ABOUT WE HAVE THE DEADLIEST RAIL CORRIDOR IN THE COUNTRY.

WELL, NO KIDDING. YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IN A HUNDRED NINE NINE HOUR SPEED TRAIN AND YOU DON'T PUT IN FENCING. RIGHT. AND WE SHOULD BE FIRST IN LINE BECAUSE YOU STARTED THAT PROCESS.

WELL, HOPEFULLY.

BUT THERE'S MORE ATTENTION GIVEN TO IT NOW BECAUSE NO ONE EXPECTED THE FATALITY RATE TO BE CONTINUED AS IT HAS.

IT'S BEEN HUNDREDS.

YEAH.

THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE MOBILITY. THIS IS OUR LARGEST STRATEGIC RESULT. SIX STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND 14 ACTION PLANS. AND OVER THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING WHAT'S IN MOBILITY. THIS FIRST STRATEGIC INITIATIVE, YOU HAVE VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MITIGATION. AGAIN, THERE ARE SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS AND ALSO A PROPOSED NEW ITEM FOR THIS SECTION AS WELL. CAN I ASK ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, NUMBER ONE, I JUST WANT TO RAISE THE COUNCIL'S AWARENESS ON PARTICIPATING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLANNING EFFORT BY ADVOCATING FOR JUPITER INTERESTS AS OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT.

I THINK THE LAST OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE FOR INPUT, GEORGE, COULD YOU HELP ME HERE? IF YOU RECOLLECT, I THINK THIS IS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND IT'S FAST TRACKED. I UNDERSTAND THAT IN MARCH, SOMEHOW WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING AND COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS ALONG WITH STAFF TO GIVE INPUT AND THEN IT GOES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. IT'S THAT FAST. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU MISSED THAT ONE MEETING WHERE THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

YOU WEREN'T INVITED. YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. YES. SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE, WHICH INCLUDES FOUR SUB PHASES, IF YOU WILL. THAT'S JUST KIND OF HOW THEY LABELED IT, BUT THEY'RE IN THE STRATEGIZE PHASE. SO ALL

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THEY'VE HELD SEVERAL PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS. SO NOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE HAVING TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GIVING AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD TOMORROW, JUST A PROGRESS REPORT FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH. BUT THEY HAVE TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO WHAT THEY CALL A FINAL SUBMIT AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND THEN THAT WILL MOVE TO THE FINAL ENACTMENT PHASE, WHICH IS PREPARING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROGRAM.

OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS UP. YOU LOOK AT THIS AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT THE LAST UPDATE THAT I HAD GOTTEN THAT I SHARED WITH YOU WAS, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS GO INTO THE COMMISSION, WHICH IS THE FINAL AUTHORIZER OF WHATEVER I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN LIKE APRIL. SO THAT MEANS THAT IN MARCH OR SOMETHING, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR LAST SHOT AT IT.

AND THAT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE WE'RE NOT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT FOR THIS, BUT WE'RE IN A KEY SUPPORT ROLE.

REMEMBER THIS EFFORT INITIALLY WAS INITIATED TO SOMEHOW SUPPORT AN EFFORT BY PALM BEACH COUNTY TO PURSUE FROM THE PUBLIC, SOME KIND OF FUNDING. AND SO TO GET THE FUNDING, YOU'D HAVE A PLAN THAT YOU SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT PLAN. AND WITH THE STUFF ON THE SILLINESS ABOUT AVALON TAXES FROM OUR STATE, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BECOME EVER MORE IMPORTANT. I JUST WANTED TO TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS HERE, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE MEETINGS AND IT COULD BE HERE AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE. WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION YET. WE'RE GOING TO GET IT.

AND I'VE BEEN TOLD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TURN IT AROUND AND THAT'S IT.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND FOLLOW-UP. WE HAVE, I THINK THROUGH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND THE COUNTY, WE HAVE THE TWO COMMITTEES, IPARC AND NICSEC.

RIGHT. SO, SORRY, MAYOR, WHICH COMMITTEE ARE YOU ON? AND THEN OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE. IS THAT RIGHT? THEY'RE ON UPSTREAM. HE AND JOHN SICKLER ON THE UPSTREAM ONE. OKAY.

THEY, IN THEORY, SEE STUFF BEFORE I'D EVER GET IT, BUT I'M ON THE ELECTED OFFICIAL ONE.

WE HAVE COVERAGE FROM THE TOWN THERE. I'M ALSO ON THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND RECEIVE UPDATES. I WANT TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES TOO, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN COMING TO US AS REGULARLY AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT IF YOU GO TO PBCMOVES.COM, AND THAT GOES FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL, INTERESTED IN THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, WE HAD THE SURVEY, COMMUNITY SURVEY RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OR WANTS ACROSS THE COUNTY. THOSE RESULTS ARE IN AND THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE VIA THE WEBSITE.

WE ALSO HAVE A TIMELINE. THEY DO LOOK FOR INPUT. I REMEMBER WHEN THE SURVEY WENT OUT, THEY HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH THE SURVEY. I THINK IT WAS LIKE, THEY WERE MISSING AN ENTIRE AGE SECTION. IF YOU'RE 55, IT'S OVER FOR YOU. YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE.

BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX IT, AND THEY HAVE THE TIMELINE UP, BUT THEY DON'T SAY WHERE THEY ARE IN IT. SO I WISH THEY WOULD UPDATE THEIR WEBSITE TO PROVIDE MORE REAL-TIME DATA.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR US WHO MAY NOT HAVE CHECKED IN IN SOME TIME. AND I BELIEVE THE MEETINGS, SOME OF YOUR MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IS THAT RIGHT? I'VE BEEN INVITED. I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO ONE.

SO THAT IS THERE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S GOING TO BE EVENTUALLY, POTENTIALLY, A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND THE PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS WHERE JUPITER HAS AN INTEREST. AND WE WERE TOLD IN THE VERY BEGINNING, I'M SURE ALL OF US, AND I APPRECIATE, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE LEAGUE STANDPOINT, BUT THIS IS AN OVERWHELMINGLY COMPLEX EFFORT.

TO SOME DEGREE, I'M IN AWE THAT SOMEONE'S EVEN TRYING TO DO IT, BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, WE WERE TOLD IN THE BEGINNING, EVERYBODY EXPECT, WE REALIZE EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT, AND SOME PEOPLE WANT MASS TRANSIT, AND SOME PEOPLE WANT LOCAL ROADS, AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET WHAT YOUR AREA NEEDS.

SO YOU REALLY CAN'T LOOK AT THE DATA OVERALL TO CONCLUDE WE'RE DIFFERENT HERE, RIGHT? AND JUST LIKE OTHERS MAY SAY, WELL, WE'RE DIFFERENT.

YEAH, EXACTLY. SO IT'S, CALL ME A HEALTHY SKEPTIC HERE. I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING FROM IT, BUT THE POINT IS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO WEIGH IN RATHER QUICKLY WHEN WE SEE THE FIRST LIST, BECAUSE THAT'S, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE SHOT AT IT, AS I UNDERSTAND. I HOPE I'M WRONG, BY THE WAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE.

YEAH, THEY'RE STARTING TO BEGIN, THEY'RE RUNNING

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SO WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES.

ONE SOLUTION MAY BE THAT WHEN WE GET CLARITY, LIKE IT'S COMING OR IT'S HERE, WE MIGHT JUST HAVE TO WORKSHOP IT. I DON'T SEE IT FITTING, YOU KNOW, CONVENIENTLY INTO A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

THANK YOU.

I SHOULD HAVE ASKED WHILE HE WAS STILL UP. SO THE ITEM ON PRIORITIZING LOCATIONS AND FUNDING FOR COLLECTIVE ROADWAY LIGHTING PROJECTS, DIDN'T WE ALREADY GET ALL COLLECTIVE ROADWAY LIGHTING PROJECTS DONE? THAT WAS A PREVIOUS PROJECT THAT WE HAD AND CLOSED OUT, BUT SINCE, I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT TO US OR THAT WE'RE...

I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M ASKING BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE PROJECT WAS ALL COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS, SO THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

I THOUGHT THE PROJECT WAS ALL COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS, SO THIS MAY BE LESS THAN A COLLECTIVE ROADWAY, BUT I'M JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH CAME FROM STAFF YEARS AGO, THEY LOOKED AT COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS. SO I THOUGHT ALL COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS WERE IN THAT PROGRAM.

YEAH, WE GOT A LOT DONE, BUT WE HAVE THREE IDENTIFIED JUST THIS YEAR THAT...

THAT ARE COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS? YES.

OKAY, THEN I'M OKAY. I THOUGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS PRIORITIZING LOCATIONS AND FUNDING, THAT THIS IS NEW WORK THAT'S IMPLIED.

YEP.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY ARE STILL ON COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS? CORRECT.

AND WE MAY DECIDE TO GO BELOW COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS, BUT THE COLLECTIVE ROADWAYS WERE PICKED BECAUSE THEY'RE THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC ROADS IN THE TOWN, SO YOU START THERE.

YEAH, WE HAD HEARD RESIDENT, AND I'VE HEARD FROM JPD ON A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO REVISIT.

WHAT COLLECTIVE ROADWAY HAVEN'T WE DONE? DO YOU KNOW, GEORGE? JUST NAME ONE.

RIVERSIDE.

IS THAT A COLLECTIVE ROADWAY? YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT PAGE.

CONTINUING WITH MOBILITY, WE HAVE THE WESTERN PORTION OF INDIAN TOWN ROAD. AGAIN, WE HAVE SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS ALONG WITH A PROPOSED NEW ITEM FOR THIS SECTION AS WELL.

OKAY, ON THIS ONE, I HAVE A LOT OF INPUTS AND A LOT OF SHARES TO DO.

SO FIRST ONE, AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE INFORMATION AND AWARENESS FOR EVERYBODY ON BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF.

SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST ITEMS THAT SOMEHOW WE INCLUDE, WHETHER THEY'RE IN HERE OR A FOOTNOTE OR WHATEVER, BUT ON THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE INDIAN TOWN ROAD PHASE TWO PROJECT, WHICH IS ONE WE'RE PARTIALLY FUNDED, IN THE WEEKLY REPORT, WE WERE ASKED, THERE WAS AN ATTACHMENT SUGGESTING THAT COUNCIL MAY WISH TO CONSIDER REMOVING THE EASTBOUND THROUGH LANE FROM THE PROJECT SCOPE THAT'S FROM CENTRAL TO CHASEWOOD, REDUCING THE TOTAL COST BY APPROXIMATELY $800,000 AND AVOIDING THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FROM THE TOWN.

SO THAT'S LISTED IN HERE.

SO I JUST SUGGEST THAT WE GIVE THAT GUIDANCE, BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT THE LEGISLATIVE REQUEST, IT WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT. THAT MEANS WHEN THE ESTIMATE CAME IN HIGHER, WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR A HIGHER AMOUNT.

BY THE WAY, THAT PROJECT COULD HAVE BEEN FULLY FUNDED BY FDOT, BUT IF IT WAS, IT WOULDN'T BE FUNDED FOR MANY YEARS. SO THE TOWN HAS OPTED, JUST FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, TO HELP CO-FUND, AND THEN WE'RE ON THE HOOK. SO WHILE I HATE TO GIVE UP ANYTHING, LET ME ASK, I'M GOING TO JUST DROP DOWN TO THIS NEXT TWO ITEMS THAT DIDN'T COME BACK, AND I'M GOING TO ASK GEORGE A QUESTION HERE.

SO WE HAVE ON THE NEXT ONE DOWN, ENCOURAGE FDOT TO FUND, STUDY, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCT INTERSECTION ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AT INDIAN TOWN ROAD FROM CENTRAL BOULEVARD TO VAPERWOOD.

THAT COULD INCLUDE THE SEGMENT WE'RE GOING TO PULL OUT, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I

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DO YOU KNOW THAT'S THE CASE OR NOT? THEY ARE EXPLORING AREAS OUTSIDE THE PROJECT'S LIMITS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE TO THE EAST UP TO MAPLEWOOD, AND TO THE WEST UP TO, WE'LL CALL IT ISLAND WAY, IT'S JUST PAST ISLAND WAY, BUT THEY'RE CONSIDERING, THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX AN INTERSECTION OR FIX AN AREA AND CAUSE A PROBLEM ELSEWHERE, SO THEY HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE AREA OF INFLUENCE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO IT DOES INCLUDE IT, BUT IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY IMPLEMENT A PROJECT. OKAY. WELL, SOME OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT WERE SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL HAD REACHED OUT TO ME, AND THEY HADN'T BEEN AWARDED THE PROJECT, BUT THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD INCLUDED INDIAN TOWN ROAD TO MAPLEWOOD, SO WHETHER THAT'S THE CASE OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN UP HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE HERE INFORMATION, AND THIS ONE, I THINK, SHOULD BE CODED, AND I'M GOING TO START ON THE ONE KNOWN THAT WE HAVE, THE PD&E PROJECT FOR THE INTERSECTION OF INDIAN TOWN ROAD AND CENTRAL BOULEVARD, WHICH MOST OF US ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERSECTION. SO IN THE MPO PRIORITY PLAN, LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS, WE HAVE A LIST I'M REFERRING TO, WHICH IS 27 THROUGH 31.

THE WAY THAT PROCESS WORKS IS WE START OUT EVERY NEW YEAR WITH A PROPOSED PLAN THAT YOU WORK ALL YEAR ON, AND THEN IT'LL BE ADOPTED. SO WHAT'S IN 31, I'VE ALREADY HAD WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE IN 31 FROM FDOT, BECAUSE THEY'RE THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND IT, BUT JUST TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ONE PROJECT, AND THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A REFERENCE, THIS PROJECT IS YEAR RANK 21-6, SO IT'S BEEN IN THE BOOKS SINCE 2021, SO IT MOVES UP.

THREE MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN FUNDED FOR THE PD&E LAST YEAR, SO THEY'RE EMBARKING ON AN EVALUATION, THREE MILLION DOLLARS. BEING AN ENGINEER, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.

SO WHEN SOMEONE TELLS ME THEY'RE INCLUDING PART OF INDIAN TOWN ROAD, THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I'VE CERTAINLY BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING I'VE HAD ANY SUCCESS, BUT BEEN ADVOCATING. THEY INCLUDE IN HERE ALREADY. STAFF HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB. YOU KNOW, CJ DID SOME TIME AGO, CONVINCING THEM TO UNDERTAKE THIS KIND OF STUDY.

YOU ALL MAY BE SHOCKED ABOUT IT, BUT LET'S SEE WHAT IT COMES OUT AT.

THEY'RE THINKING WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING. SO IN 31, THERE'S A REQUEST FOR SOME INITIAL FUNDING ON THE NEXT IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT.

IT'S $900,000.

THE LONG-RANGE FUNDING NEEDS TO KEEP THE PROJECT GOING ADDS ANOTHER 26 MILLION BUCKS. IT'S HUGE. I THINK THERE HAS TO INCLUDE MORE TO INTERSECTION, BUT WE'LL SEE.

I'M JUST, I'M SHARING THIS MORE THAN I EVER HAD, BECAUSE I DO THINK IF OTHERS DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT IS, OKAY, SO THAT'S IN THE QUEUE, SO TO SPEAK. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THIS PD&E WILL FINISH UP.

IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE NPO, AND THEN AN ALTERNATIVE WILL BE PICKED, WHICH IS WHY WHEN I SAW THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, I SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ALTERNATIVES, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE CHOKES AT THE AMOUNT, I'M SURE WE GET SOME PROJECT RIGHT.

OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE INPUT ONTO THIS, BUT THIS IS, SO NUMBER ONE ON THAT ONE, CAN WE JUST FOOTNOTE TO THIS PRIORITY PROJECT, BECAUSE THEN IT, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, IT DOES LINK TO THE FUNDING BEHIND THAT PROJECT, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I'VE HEARD HERE SAY IT COULD INCLUDE THE SECOND PROJECT. THAT'LL WORK ITSELF OUT AS THE PD&E IS BEING DONE,

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MAYOR, ARE YOU REFERRING TO WHEN WE MET WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEERS REGARDING INDIAN TOWN ROAD CENTRAL INTERSECTION? NOT THE COUNTY ENGINEER. THIS IS FDOT, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. OKAY. I FOUND A STUDY THAT THEY DID THAT I'VE, I, A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY COMPLETED A STUDY WITHOUT A KNOWLEDGE. THEY HAD CONCLUDED THAT INDIAN TOWN ROAD WAS, THERE WAS A SEGMENT THAT WAS THE MOST OVERCAPACITY IN THE COUNTY, AND THEY INITIATED THE STUDY, 150 PAGES, AND THEY DID A CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND WHATEVER, AND THAT WAS, AND IT WOULD HAVE IMPROVED TO MAPLEWOOD, AND THEN I CHALLENGED THE DISTRICT SECRETARY, WELL, YOU FOUND IT, YOU DID A STUDY, WHY ISN'T IT FUNDED, AND IT WAS A BIT STUNNING WHAT I HEARD WAS, BUT WHAT I HEARD WAS, WELL, HE SAID, I DID THAT STUDY BECAUSE I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN BROWARD WITH EVERY, THE EMPHASIS BEING TAKEN OFF OF ROAD WORK AND MOVED TO TRANSIT, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, I WAS STILL PROVIDING SOLUTIONS IF YOU WANT TO CORRECT ROAD WORK, THAT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED. HE DID THAT, BUT HE SAID ULTIMATELY UNTIL, SO IT'S AT LEAST POTENTIALLY IN PROCESS HERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE, AND THEN WITH FUNDING AND WHATEVER. I'M SHARING THIS MORE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS GAVE US THIS FEEDBACK. IT'S NEW AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL RIGHT FRESH TO ALL OF US. WE JUST GOT THIS, RIGHT, SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO EQUALLY KNOW AND OWN EVERY, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I HAVE, SO I THINK LET'S, SO NOW GOING BACK TO THE FIRST ONE, I SUGGEST WE DELETE PHASE TWO AS STAFF RECOMMENDED ON THE LIKELIHOOD THAT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, TO SAVE A MILLION BUCKS BECAUSE IT'LL BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF A FUTURE PROJECT, NOT TO MENTION C.J. TOLD ME THAT IF YOU DID THAT DISPLACED INTERSECTION CHANGE, IT COULD TAKE AWAY THE BENEFIT YOU GOT FROM THAT, SO DOES COUNCIL WISH TO REMOVE THAT? ONE QUESTION ON THAT. YOU SAID PHASE TWO.

I'M READING FROM PHASE TWO, THE PHASE TWO EASTBOUND.

EASTBOUND ONLY, NOT THE WESTBOUND.

EASTBOUND ONLY.

OKAY, I WANT CLARIFICATION ON THAT TO MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU, YEAH. I GOT IT HIGHLIGHTED, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. JUST, I WAS READING FROM THE PAGE THAT WE HAD IN THE, WHICH JUST SAYS WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, REMOVING JUST THE EASTBOUND, WHICH IS JUST FROM CENTRAL TO CHASEWOOD INTERSECTION, SO CAN WE GIVE THAT DIRECTION? YES, I AGREE WITH THAT. THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO ON THE WESTBOUND.

YEP.

WELL, THIS IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE BECAUSE WE'RE, FDOT IS LOOKING TO EXECUTE A LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE FORTHCOMING AND POSSIBLY THE NEXT AGENDA, SO I APPRECIATE THAT GUIDANCE AND STAFF WILL PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.

YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT IF YOU WEREN'T AS PROACTIVE TO PUT IT IN THE WEEKLY REPORT.

WELL, I COULD THANK THE TOWN MANAGER FOR THAT.

THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK HERE, RIGHT? OKAY, SO WE'VE CHANGED THE SCOPE ON THE FIRST ITEM.

THE SECOND ITEM, BETWEEN STAFF AND I, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THAT PD&E DOES OR DOESN'T COVER IT, BUT FOR NOW, IT'LL REMAIN A STANDALONE, YOU KNOW, WITH NO FUNDING UNLESS IT'S PART OF THE THIRD ONE DOWN, AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT SOMEHOW THE MPO PRIORITY PROJECT NUMBER LISTING REFERENCE SHOULD SOMEHOW BE INCLUDED SO IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN.

OKAY, SO, YOU KNOW, MOVING ON TO LIKE THE FOURTH ITEM, SUPPORT THE EVALUATION OF THE CROSS-AXIS CONCEPT AT MAPLEWOOD AND CENTER STREET, AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF THESE STAFF HAD ADDED IN THE PAST AND THE REPORTS WERE INDICATING STAFF WAS ADVOCATING FOR IT THROUGH MPO AND WHATEVER, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT HAS TO HAPPEN UPSTREAM OF ME OR WHO'S EVER AT THE MPO, BUT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, LIKE THAT ONE, THAT'S A PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLAN ITEM, RIGHT? SO ALL THESE ITEMS THAT WE KNOW ISN'T FUNDED BY ANYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE IN OUR LIST OF ASK AND EXPECTATION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A BETTER JOB OF DEFINING ALL THESE PROJECTS AND MOST, IF NOT ALL, AND THEN

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IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THAT, GEORGE, THAT YOU KNOW? SO THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING IT ALONG OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD EAST OF 95 THROUGH THE CONGESTED AREA.

IS THAT THE FIRST ONE? AND THEY'VE ALSO INSTALLED IT, OF ALL PLACES, ON HOOD ROAD IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

OH, HOOD ROAD IS THE FIRST ONE, I THINK, YEAH.

YEAH.

NOT SURE WHY THEY PURSUED HOOD ROAD, BUT A MORE APPLICABLE STUDY WOULD BE OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD, AND THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY IS WAITING ON.

THOSE RESULTS WON'T BE, I KEEP HEARING, WON'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION TO PUSH THAT.

I UNDERSTAND, AND I WASN'T PUTTING IT ON YOUR SPOT.

I JUST WANTED TO GET THE UPDATE.

I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, BUT ON THIS ONE, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING AT THE MPO, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON THAT, THAT REALLY, SINCE TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION, EVERYWHERE BUT TWO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IS THE COUNTY, THEY NEED TO BE THE ONE TO KIND OF, AND THIS HAS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN INVESTMENT, AND IT'S SMALL DOLLARS, AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE SEEN IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD, OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAYING THAT IN THE SURVEY THAT INTERSECTIONS, TO THE DEGREE THAT SIGNALIZATION WILL HELP IT, IT'S, I WOULDN'T WANT TO CALL IT A LOW COST, BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE LOWEST COST SOLUTION IF THE ROAD IS ADEQUATE TO OPTIMIZE MOVEMENT.

OH, ABSOLUTELY, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE PREEMPTION FOR OUR FIRE RESCUE SERVICES, THIS TECHNOLOGY TAKES THE TIMING INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE PREEMPTION THAT'S CAUSED AT THESE INTERSECTIONS, SO IT JUST CONTINUALLY REFINES THE MOST EFFICIENT TRAFFIC MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR, BECAUSE OF THE INSTALLATION OF THESE DEVICES FOR OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES.

GEORGE, CAN I ASK FOR SOMETHING JUST FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, NOT TONIGHT, BUT I BELIEVE HOOD ROAD WAS CHOSEN IN PART BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE RAILWAY, AND I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WAS SOME INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO THAT THEY HAD TO WORK OUT, SO I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, HOW THE TWO INTERACT, AND WHAT THE RESULTS WERE, WHAT FIX THEY PUT IN.

YEAH, WE'LL KEEP REQUESTING THAT, THE RESULTS, AND MOVE FORWARD ACCORDINGLY.

WELL, I DON'T, I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR WHEN WE ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR STATUS, WE HAVE NO UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS, BUT YOU'RE CLOSER TO GETTING THE STATUS FOR US, SO KEEP US IN THE LOOP, YOU KNOW, WHEN, BECAUSE WE'RE ON HOLD, YOU KNOW, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THERE'S SOME RESULTS, SO THAT OKEECHOBEE ONE, IF IT'S BEEN DONE, OR WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE DONE, IF YOU COULD GET US THAT INFORMATION, IT'D BE HELPFUL, BUT AGAIN, ALL THESE ITEMS, YOU DON'T HAVE, IF NOT ALREADY FUNDED, ARE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLAN ITEMS, SO I'M SORRY TO TAKE THAT UP, BUT I THINK IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT, SO BACK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE LAST SECTION OF MOBILITY, WE HAVE THREE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, EXCUSE ME, FOUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES HERE, THE US-1 BRIDGE, CENTER STREET CORRIDOR, WHICH IS A PROPOSED NEW ITEM, SOUTH ISLAND WAY, AND THEN ALSO SUN TRAIL, EAST COAST GREENWAY, WHICH IS ALSO A PROPOSED NEW ITEM AS WELL. OKAY, I HAVE COMMENTS ON TWO, CAN WE CHECK ON THE FIRST ONE, IS, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS DONE, OR WILL BE DONE VERY SHORTLY, I COULD HAVE THIS WRONG, AND PERHAPS THE VICE MAYOR MAY KNOW, BUT I THOUGHT WHAT WAS LEFT WAS FENCING, AND THE FENCING WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED, AND USUALLY SINCE THE PROJECT'S BEEN WRAPPED UP, I WOULD FIGURE THEY CAME,

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YEAH, SO THE FENCING WAS DONE, THE LANDSCAPE PROJECT WASN'T SCHEDULED TO START UNTIL THE BRIDGE PROJECT IS COMPLETELY CLOSED OUT, WE HAVE CONTINUALLY FOLLOWED UP ON WHEN THAT'S GOING TO START, WE HAVEN'T HEARD WORD YET, BUT WE'RE STAYING ON IT.

SO THERE IS STILL LANDSCAPING TO BE DONE? CORRECT.

OKAY, I HAD HEARD OTHERWISE, THAT'S WHY, OKAY.

I ALSO HEARD THE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT IT'S STILL WORKING, OKAY.

SO YOU THINK IT'S TO THE END OF THE YEAR, POSSIBLY? I KNOW THINGS GO SLOW.

YEAH, THAT STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE IS ACCURATE.

OKAY, AND THEN ON THE SUN TRAIL, AND THIS IS ONE, YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS DONE GOOD WORK ON, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, THERE'S TWO PIECES IN THE MPO PLAN FOR SUN TRAIL, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS ON THAT, NUMBER ONE, AND TO THE DEGREE IT'S IN THE MPO PLAN, PRIORITY PLAN, ALTHOUGH I'M TRYING TO GET IT HERE, HAD IT RIGHT HERE.

THE PHASE, THERE'S TWO PIECES, ONE IS FROM GENERAL BEACH TO INDIAN TOWN ROAD, AND AT RAPID PACE, THAT PROJECT WAS CHANGED TO MOVE THE EAST COAST GREENWAY SUN TRAIL FROM A1A TO, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, TO US1.

THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO GET IT INTO THE SUN TRAIL FUNDING STREAM, WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY LISTED AS A PRIORITY, AND SO WHEN THEY WERE DOWN HERE FOR THAT EAST COAST GREENWAY DESIGNATION, THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, AND IT MOVED RAPIDLY.

IT'S AMAZING WHEN STAFF OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS GETS BEHIND SOMETHING, THINGS HAPPEN AT A STAFF LEVEL, SO IT'S ALREADY A SUN TRAIL DESIGNATION, AND THERE'S ALSO FUNDING, THE FUNDING AMOUNT'S BEEN LINED UP, AND THEN FILLING IN SUN TRAIL FROM INDIAN TOWN TO THE TOWN LINE IS ANOTHER PROJECT.

THE SOUTH ONE IS MPO PRIORITY PROJECT 23-1.

I THINK YOU SEE THIS STUFF, GEORGE, RIGHT? I WOULD JUST LIKE THAT TO BE REFERENCED, BUT I WOULD JUST SOFTEN THE LANGUAGE FOR YOU, BUT I WOULD JUST SOFTEN THE LANGUAGE FOR MONITOR AND ADVOCATE TO MONITOR AND SUPPORT, AND I SAY THAT FOR US UP HERE BECAUSE ONCE IT IS ON THE MPO'S PRIORITY PLAN, WHICH IS JOINT TO THE FDOT, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING MORE WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

IT'S ALREADY GOT HIGH VISIBILITY, AND WHEN THE FUNDING HAPPENS FROM THE STATE, IT'LL HAPPEN, AND AS I UNDERSTAND, GEORGE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, THE SUN TRAILS GET SEPARATE FUNDING.

YES, IT TYPICALLY DOES.

IT'S USUALLY FUNDED THROUGH MULTIMODAL FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE RECEIVED NEWS FROM THE MPO THAT THEY WERE NOT FUNDING THE SUN TRAIL THIS YEAR.

OH, I KNOW.

IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW.

BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT OTHER AVENUES, SUCH AS INCORPORATING IMPROVEMENTS WITH RRR PROJECTS, WHICH ARE STATE-FUNDED RESURFACING PROJECTS, WHICH THEY DO FUND SIDEWALK PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL, SO WE'RE NAVIGATING THROUGH THAT FUNDING ISSUE WITH THE STATE.

I JUST HAD A FOLLOW-UP, BUT THE POINT WAS THERE ISN'T MUCH IN THE WAY OF ADVOCATING.

ONCE WE'VE ADVOCATED ENOUGH THAT EVERYBODY SEES IT AS A PROJECT, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN THE FUNDING...

UNDERSTOOD.

ONCE IT GETS IN THE WORK PLAN, THEN DOT TAKES OVER, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S FOR A STATE ROAD FACILITY.

YEP.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, WE HAVE THEM ON CONTRACT.

ARE THEY WORKING WITH US? I KNOW THEY DID THE CRE PLAN AMENDMENT.

ARE THEY INVOLVED IN THIS? WHO'S THIS? KIM DELANEY.

YEP.

YEAH.

I MEAN, THIS IS HER.

SHE BROUGHT THIS UP.

STEPHANIE COULD PROBABLY SPEAK MORE ON THIS THAN ME.

ACTUALLY, I SAW KIM

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I THINK SHE'S ON THE EAST COAST GREENWAY OR SUN TRAIL.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS SHE BROUGHT THIS TO US.

OH, YEAH.

I'M THRILLED.

WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE.

EXACTLY.

IT'S IN THE QUEUE TO HAPPEN SOMETIME WITHOUT MUCH MORE ON OUR PART.

THERE'S A HUGE CONSENSUS AND INTEREST, EAGERNESS ABOUT IT.

I WISH THERE WAS ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS, BUT THANK YOU.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON ISLAND WAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE, GEORGE.

IF I LOOK AT THIS, IT SAYS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION, ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, AND SO ON.

HAS THIS TAKEN US THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR? HOWEVER, THE CIP HAS THIS ROAD CONSTRUCTED AND IN SERVICE BY THE END OF 27.

ARE THESE TWO STILL ALIGNED, THE ACTION AND THE CIP, OR DO YOU EXPECT SOME CHANGES IN THE CIP? WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.

THE LONG LEAD ITEM FOR THE PROJECT IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FUNDING.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING LAYING FLAT? IS IT A YEAR, TWO YEARS TO DO THIS ROAD? 12 MONTHS IS A SAFE SCHEDULE FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO IF YOU DO MEET THIS SCHEDULE ON THE ACTION ITEM HERE, THEN YOU ARE IN GOOD POSITION TO BE ABLE TO FUND IT AND COMPLETE IT BY NEXT YEAR, THEN, IT SOUNDS LIKE.

YEAH, THIS ACTION ITEM HERE IS TO OBTAIN RIGHT-OF-WAY.

RIGHT.

BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, GETTING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THEN ALSO MEETING THE PROJECT ITSELF.

I'LL JUST WEIGH IN ON THIS ONE.

I'VE BEEN PURSUING THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

AND YOU WOULD ASK ME, ALWAYS, I'M GOING TO GET IT IN THE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? THIS IS A REASONABLE, I HOPE IT'S SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, BUT A YEAR IS REASONABLE.

SO IN FAIRNESS, YOU CAN'T EVEN, IT IS CONTINGENT UPON GETTING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BEFORE YOU EVER CONSTRUCT THE ROAD.

I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION.

I APPRECIATE GETTING AN ANSWER.

IT'S ABOUT A YEAR.

BUT A YEAR IS CONSTRUCTION.

THAT MEANS YOU HAD TO HAVE BID IT, AWARDED IT.

SO THERE'S LEAD TIMES TO THAT AS WELL, RIGHT? SO WE HAD IN HERE AS COMPLETED THAT, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED YET, THAT WE WERE GOING TO SEE THE FINAL DESIGN.

AT ONE POINT, IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR OR SO, UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.

BUT EVEN IF WE SAW IT WITHOUT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, YOU CAN'T PROCEED.

THERE'S SEVERAL PIECES OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS THAT WE NEED TO APPROACH.

YEAH, BUT THE PIECES SEEM TO BE COMING TOGETHER.

AND THE DESIGN IS PRETTY MUCH DONE.

IS THAT CORRECT, GEORGE? YES, CORRECT.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH DONE IF WE GET THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND I WAS THE ONE THAT ADVOCATED FOR THIS.

WELL, I AGREE, BUT I THINK THE DESIGN INCLUDES OBTAINING THOSE RIGHT-OF-WAYS TO MAKE IT WORK.

YEAH, YEAH, BUT I'M TELLING YOU SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IS, I ADVOCATED, WHICH WAS UNUSUAL, TO PROCEED WITH DESIGN WITHOUT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.

WHAT HAPPENS THEN, AND OF COURSE, I KNOW THIS AS AN ENGINEER, IS IF YOU DON'T GET THE RIGHT-OF-WAY YOU THOUGHT, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RE-ENGINEER SOME OF IT.

YEAH.

I AGREE.

I USED TO DO LIKE 35 AND 60, THEN 100.

I'VE BEEN HERE.

I KNOW YOU HAVE.

THAT'S WHY I'M JUST SAYING IT'S DIFFICULT TO REALLY.

THERE'S SO MANY NEW FACES UP HERE.

THEY MAY NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF ALL THIS, YOU KNOW.

SO ALL GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STRATEGIC RESULT.

WE HAVE GREEN, BLUE, AND OPEN SPACE.

WE HAVE THREE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND THREE CORRESPONDING ACTION PLANS.

PROTECT OPEN SPACE, PROTECT LOCAL SEAGRASS IN THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER, AND THEN THE RESILIENCY PLAN, WHICH IS PROPOSED NEW ITEM FOR THIS SECTION.

I JUST HAVE ON THIS ONE, AND I THINK IT MAY BELONG IN TWO PLACES.

I'LL BRING IT UP HERE, AND THEN I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN.

ON THE MONITOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES, WELL, AS THEY ARISE, SUNY SANDS, WE'VE ACTED UPON, BUT THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE TO ACQUIRE IT.

I THINK THIS ONE AT ONE TIME HAD READ, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST MONITOR, BUT IT WAS IMPLIED TO PURSUE.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST IT COULD BE AN ACTION ITEM TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE LAND, RIGHT? SO I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT HERE, AND THEN THERE'S A DIFFERENT ONE ON ANOTHER PAGE.

BUT OTHERWISE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A SUCCESS WE'VE HAD, BUT WE'RE NOT DONE, RIGHT? WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT STIPULATES HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT ACQUIRING IT AND GIVES US THAT RIGHT, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE.

SO I DO THINK AN ACTION ITEM COULD BE FRAMED DOING WHATEVER

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SO ARE YOU PROPOSING A BRAND NEW ACTION ITEM? YEAH.

OKAY.

I HAVEN'T WORDED IT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING.

WE CAN WORDSMITH IT AFTER, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S FULFILLING WHAT THIS ITEM IS.

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION, YOU KNOW? YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT ONLY MEANS ANYTHING WHEN YOU GET IT.

UNDERSTOOD.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE UNIQUE SMALL TOWN FEEL.

THERE ARE FIVE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN THIS STRATEGIC RESULT AND SIX ACTION PLANS.

SORRY, CAN I STOP YOU JUST ONE SECOND? I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE GOING TO SWITCH PAGES.

CAN YOU GO BACK JUST ONE PAGE TO VULNERABILITY STUDY? A QUESTION ON THIS.

IT WAS PAID FOR.

WE GOT A GRANT TO HAVE THE VULNERABILITY STUDY, AND WE HAVE COPIES.

WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN CIP.

HAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE LOOKED AT THIS, JUST GIVEN THE EXPERTISE IN THAT COMMITTEE? I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE.

GOOD EVENING.

AMANDA BARNES, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES.

SO YES, WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.

WE ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING A PUBLIC PRESENTATION ON FEBRUARY 17TH, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THAT PRESENTATION AND INVITED TO ATTEND AS WELL.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING THAT SAME NIGHT, FEBRUARY 17TH.

OKAY.

COULD I ALSO ASK THAT I KNOW THEY'VE GOT A REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE, BUT DEPENDING ON WHEN THEIR NEXT MEETING IS, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEIR INPUT ON THE STUDY.

SO JUST HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT SPECIFICALLY, AS WELL AS THE MORE GENERAL MEETING WITH RESIDENTS, WHICH I KNOW YOU HAVE SCHEDULED.

WE CAN ARRANGE THAT.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

GOING BACK TO UNIQUE SMALL TOWN FEEL, AGAIN, THERE ARE FIVE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN THIS SECTION WITH SIX ACTION PLANS.

THE FIRST STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IS THE RECREATION FACILITY UPGRADES, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE PILOT PLACE.

I HAVE A COMMENT ON THE PILOT PLACE ONE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE IN PHASES.

THE REASON I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE IN PHASES, BECAUSE AS THIS SHOWS, IS THE CONSTRUCTION DOESN'T HAPPEN TO...

WHAT DOES CY STAND FOR? WHAT'S THAT? CALENDAR YEAR.

WHAT'S THAT? CALENDAR YEAR.

CALENDAR YEAR? YEP.

OKAY.

SO CALENDAR, YEAH.

I COULDN'T REMEMBER.

CALENDAR YEAR 28.

I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY ITEM, THE DOCK, I'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I KNOW STAFF WOULD, TOO.

I KNOW THE TOWN MANAGER WOULD, TOO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, BUT CERTAINLY, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE INTENT TO CREATE A DOCK FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ACCESS BY OUR POLICE FIRE RESCUE TEAM.

AND RECENTLY, OTHERS MAY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS, BUT RECENTLY, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TOLD ME THAT IF YOU'RE COMING BACK FROM AN ON-WATER RESCUE, IT'S TOUGH TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN UNLOAD SOMEBODY.

SO RIGHT NOW, OUR POLICE BOAT IS IN...

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET FREE DOCKAGE.

IT'S NOT CONVENIENT.

BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE, NOW THAT WE HAVE A FIRE STATION THERE, THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT BE MOVED AHEAD, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT TO THE TOWN MANAGER, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S AS MUCH AS A PRIORITY AS ANYBODY ELSE'S, BUT I'M JUST REACTING TO THIS AS KIND OF SHOWING IT GETS DONE TOGETHER, AND I THINK IT COULD BE BROKEN OUT AND DONE SEPARATELY.

AND MAYOR, IT IS WITH PLANNING AND ZONING ALREADY.

IT WAS JUST RELEASED WITH THEIR AGENDA.

OKAY, GOOD.

BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST LOOKING HERE, AND IT'S SHOWING NOT TILL 2028.

YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S DUE TO FDEP, THE GRANTS THAT...

OR NOT THE GRANTS, BUT THE REGULATIONS THAT GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

BUT I KNOW THE SITE PLANS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED...

BUT IT MAY BE TIED, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RIVERWALK LOOP AND WHATEVER, THAT WE NEED GRANTS AND STUFF FOR IS, I THINK IT'S A COUNCIL DECISION, IT'S A PUBLIC DECISION WHETHER YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR GRANTS FOR DOCK.

AND I WOULD RATHER BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT THAN WAIT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? I WOULD AGREE.

YEP.

AND AS COUNCILOR SUNDTRAM SAID,

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WELL, THE SITE PLAN, BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST REACTING, THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION.

WHAT YOU HAD LEFT WAS THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO I'M JUST SAYING, PUT IT IN THE PHASES.

UNDERSTOOD, MAYOR.

GOOD.

AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING RECREATION.

I KNOW WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT SOME CHANGES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

HOW...

WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT? AND CAN WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT PARTNERSHIP OR THOSE ILAS? DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING WITH, FOR THAT ILA.

I KNOW, I CAN'T THINK OF THE PERSON OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I BELIEVE THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IN THE COUNTY THAT OVERSEES THE ILAS IS NO LONGER WITH THE COUNTY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A DELAY IN THAT PROCESS, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AFTER A COUNCIL MEETING.

YEAH, I WAS ALMOST WONDERING IF THAT NEEDED TO BE AN ACTION ITEM TO JUST CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT DONE AND ENCOURAGE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I CAN TALK TO YOU OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S BEEN SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO THAT.

OKAY.

SO LET'S PUT IT ON HOLD AND UNDERSTAND MORE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING TO THIS NEXT SLIDE FOR UNIQUE SMALL TOWN FEEL, WE HAVE THREE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES HERE.

WE HAVE THE BASEBALL SLASH ROGER DEAN CHEVROLET STADIUM.

WE HAVE THE A1A AND JUPITER BEACH ROUNDABOUT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

AND I'D LIKE ON THE THIRD ONE, AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD ADD ONE THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC THAT SAYS DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE WATERFRONT HISTORIC PARK AT SUNY SANDS.

ESTABLISH FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND PURSUE GRANTS DURING THE NEXT FUNDING CYCLE.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE BULKHEAD REPLACEMENT AND DOCKAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS PRIORITY ONE.

THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS, FIRST OF ALL, PER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON AN APPLICATION FOR THEIR USE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND I SEE US IDEALLY PROCEEDING IN PARALLEL WITH OUR USE.

AND THEN WE CAN PUT TOGETHER ON SOME OF THE STUFF LIKE THE BULKHEAD THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED AND DOCKAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I THINK WOULD NEED TO COME TO THE CRA FOR INPUT.

BECAUSE THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A DOCK THAT IS HISTORIC OR CHANGE A DOCK.

BUT NONETHELESS, KNOWING HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO GRANTS, I DO THINK IT STILL IS POSSIBLE.

I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO BE AN OVER OPTIMIST, BUT TO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING INFORMATION THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR GRANTS THE UPCOMING CYCLE.

I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT.

SO FOR COUNCIL'S AWARENESS, I DID ASK THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR ACCESS TO THE SITE.

AND I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO THE SITE WITH STAFF, WITH OUR TOWN MANAGER AND SOME STAFF MEMBERS TO LOOK AT THE SITE.

AND MY INTENTION IS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, MORE THAN LOOKING AT A MAP.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS RIGHT HERE COMPLETELY.

I THINK WE DON'T YET KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT.

I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH DISCUSSION OR WORKSHOPPING ON IT.

AGREED.

AGREED.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, BUT THE BULKHEAD, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING THE BULKHEAD.

AND THEN THE DOCK, AS I SAID, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATION.

BUT HOW WOULD THAT CONVERSATION START? BUT SOMEBODY'S SHOWING US WHAT'S THERE AND TALKING ALTERNATIVES.

AND THEN WE GIVE INPUT.

IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH THAT INPUT, THAT PORTION WE HOLD UP ON.

BUT THE POINT IS, LET'S PUT IT DOWN TO TRY TO SEE IF WE GET CONSENSUS.

BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD APPLY FOR GRANTS, WHICH IS WELL IN ADVANCE OF.

I MEAN, THIS IS JUST AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS PARK CREATED.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SUGGEST WE MOVE IT ALONG IN PARALLEL.

IT'S MORE OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE SITUATION, REGARDLESS HOW EVERYTHING SHAKES OUT WITH THAT PROPERTY AND THE APPLICATION.

EXACTLY.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

AND STRATEGIC PLAN ITEMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HELP WITH THAT.

YEAH.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A NEW ACTION PLAN FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ADDRESSING THE BULKHEAD AND GRANTS.

AND THE DOCK.

AND THE DOCK.

AND I GET THE DOCK IS A STRETCH.

AND IT HAS TO BE WELL THOUGHT OUT.

I THINK WE NEED TO.

YEAH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY THAT.

YEAH.

AGREED.

BUT FOR STARS, IT'S INVENTORY OF THE DOCK THAT'S THERE.

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SO WE WOULD SEE WHAT'S THERE.

AND THEN DO WE WANT TO KEEP IT? DO WE WANT TO WHATEVER? BUT ANYWAY, IT'S STAFF.

UNDERSTOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE ARE ON THE LAST STRATEGIC RESULT.

WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

WE HAVE TWO STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND FOUR ACTION PLANS FOR THIS SECTION.

THE FIRST STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IS THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, WHICH IS A PROPOSED NEW ITEM FOR THIS SECTION.

SINCE YOU USED A MAGIC WORD, THE LAST PAGE.

THERE WAS ONE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO.

MAYBE I MISSED IT.

AND THAT'S THE AREAS OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE.

THE REDEVELOPMENT OVERLAY AREA.

WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT? I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WAS CARRYING OVER.

I THINK OUR TOWN ATTORNEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.

BUT THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENTS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

IS THAT WHY IT'S BEING TAKEN OFF? I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

WAS THAT? JUST LIKE SB 180 OR POTENTIAL IMPACTS.

WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT? THE ROA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS AN AREA OF LOCAL IMPORTANCE.

THE REGULATIONS WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR THAT AREA MAY RUN INTO CONFLICT WITH SOME ACTIONS.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS? I'M NOT FULLY.

DIDN'T WE REMOVE THAT LAST YEAR? WELL, NO.

WE'RE STILL ON THE LIST THAT WE SAW.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT WAS REMOVED.

I THINK IT'S PIVOTED MORE TOWARDS CENTER STREET.

AND THAT IS WHATEVER IT IS.

RIGHT.

IT'S PART OF IT.

BUT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

THERE'S ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS.

AND THEY WERE PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF SENATE BILL 180.

THERE YOU GO.

AND THE LACK OF ABILITY TO PLACE MORE RESTRICTIVE USES ON DEVELOPMENT.

OK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT.

BUT THANK YOU.

BUT IS THERE A PLAN TO KIND OF KEEP THAT ON THE SHELF IF THAT SENATE BILL WERE TO BE MODIFIED OR SOMETHING? THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL, WHETHER YOU WANT TO KEEP IT IN THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OR BRING IT BACK AT SOME POINT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO NECESSARILY KNOW THAT IT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL MONITORING IT.

BUT I'VE SEEN, I MEAN, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS A LOT OF THAT AREA IS ALSO IN THE CENTER STREET PROJECT WITH THE COUNTY.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LOT OF IMPACTS IN THAT AREA.

AND THERE'S AN ITEM HERE ALREADY WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT QUITE FRANKLY, THAT OVERLAY AREA HAD BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE.

CORRECT.

ALTERNATE A1A.

CORRECT.

SO I WAS JUST INTERESTED ON THAT.

IT'S A VERY INTERESTING YEAR AT THE STATE LEVEL.

OK.

SO THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOING TO PUT THAT ON SOME KIND OF ON-HOLD TABLE SO I DON'T FORGET IT.

I HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS PAGE RELATIVE TO THE NEW ITEM, WHICH IS THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

I'VE BEEN TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL HAS.

BUT IT'S OLD, OUTDATED.

IT'S NOT AIR CONDITIONED.

IT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE CAN TRUST FOR THE SAFETY OPERATION OF OUR VEHICLES, FIRE, POLICE, TOWN VEHICLES THAT THEN EMPLOYEES DRIVE.

I THINK IT NEEDS A VAST IMPROVEMENT.

SO I SUPPORT THIS ACTION.

AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT MOVED UP MORE INTO THIS YEAR, MAYBE SIX MONTHS.

SO IT'D BE WORK NOW.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AN ACTION TO ADD TO IT A TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE SKILLS OF BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.

SO ONE, MOVE IT IN.

I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.

AND THE SECOND THING WOULD BE TO ADD ANOTHER ACTION FOR A MAINTENANCE, FOR A TRAINING FACILITY TO IT ALSO FOR CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL.

SO COUNCILOR GEISINGER, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT UNDER THIS BEGINNING SECTION UNDER SAFETY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING THAT INITIALLY, THAT STRATEGIC INITIATIVE WAS INITIALLY A BRICK-AND-MORTAR FACILITY FOR TRAINING.

IT DID PIVOT TO FOCUS ON EVALUATING THE CURRENT SPACES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY LEVERAGE THAT WE COULD ENHANCE OUR CURRENT FACILITIES AND THEN ALSO EXPLORE AND ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

OK, I'LL AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT IF WE CAN'T GO DOWN THAT PATH, WE DON'T HAVE FACILITIES, THEN I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST ENTERTAIN A NEW FACILITY

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SO COUNCILOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE TWO POTENTIAL TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR MECHANICS AND THOSE THAT ARE WORKING OUT AT THE PROPOSED FACILITY AS WE, AS WAS.

IT'S CURRENT, WE DON'T HAVE A TRAINING FACILITY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? WE DON'T HAVE REALLY TO HAVE A TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR MECHANICS, UTILITY WORKERS, PLACE FOR THEM TO GO TO GET CERTIFICATIONS.

WE CAN KNOW WHERE TO BRING EDUCATION PROGRAMS INTO THEM.

OK, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, SO THAT'D BE WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT ADDITIONAL.

APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION.

NO, IT'S MY CONFUSION ON MY PART, SORRY.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ACTION BROUGHT IN BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS, THE WORK CONDITIONS OUT THERE AT THAT MAINTENANCE FACILITY AREN'T CONDUCIVE TO A WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEES THAT GETS THE MOST OUT OF THE PRODUCTIVITY, RETENTION OF THESE EMPLOYEES.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO ALL WE CAN TO IMPROVE THAT WORKING ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE, SO.

BY THE WAY, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU, BUT THIS ONE, WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS PAGE, WE'RE STARTING IN Q4.

AND FROM, IN THE REALITY STANDPOINT, IT'S GONNA TAKE STAFF A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO JUMPSTART, TO HIRE AN ENGINEER OR WHATEVER.

SO MAYBE THAT'S THE, THERE ISN'T MUCH YOU CAN IMPROVE ON IT.

PROVIDED YOU START SOONER THAN LATER.

WELL, IT'S MY, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU WANT US TO GET GOING ON THOSE INITIAL PHASES RIGHT AWAY.

THAT IS CORRECT.

I DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER THIS YEAR TO GET STARTED, SO.

IF WE CAN BRING IT IN TO GET IT STARTED, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

YEAH, AND IT MAY BE WHAT I'M SAYING IS BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THIS PHASE, BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING START A DESIGN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT OF TIME TO GET TO START A DESIGN.

YOU GOTTA GET THE RETAIN.

SO THAT COULD BE WORK STAFF IS STILL DOING.

THAT'S, FROM THE PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON IT YET, BUT THEY MAY.

SO YOU'VE HEARD THE FEEDBACK ON THAT.

WE WOULD ALL SUPPORT THAT, BUT.

I FULLY AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL AND SUPPORT.

BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE FINANCING PLAN FOR IT, SO.

I WOULD SUPPORT IT AS WELL.

AND I WAS JUST HAPPENED TO BE OUT THERE THIS WEEK.

AND YOU ARE SO CORRECT.

YEP.

SAFETY, WORKING CONDITIONS OUT THERE, AND YOU'RE GONNA ADD FIRE VEHICLES OUT THERE.

WE NEED TO STEP UP ON THIS ONE.

AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SUPPORT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT.

AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.

YEP.

UNDERSTOOD.

WE'LL MOVE THAT UP, BRING IT TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SO JUST RECAPPING TONIGHT'S ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION, WE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED 2026, 2028, PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN, CONFIRMED ALIGNMENT WITH COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES.

WE ALSO REVIEWED THE MISSION, VISION, AND STRATEGIC RESULTS, THE 2025 THROUGH 2027 STRATEGIC PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THE NEXT PHASE IS REALLY TO INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TONIGHT FOR THE ROUND TABLE.

AND THEN ALSO BRING IT BACK FOR ADOPTION ON MARCH 3RD.

OKAY.

I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.

I DO AS WELL.

I THOUGHT THAT THERE'S A SECTION WE HAVEN'T GOT TO YET.

HOLD ON.

WHAT YOU JUST SAID IN THE SUMMARY THERE, OR MAYBE I MISSED IT.

YOUR OTHER ATTACHMENT, WHERE DID I PUT IT? THAT INCLUDE TO WHAT STRATEGIC PLAN RESULTS.

THE RESULTS WEREN'T INDIVIDUALIZED IN THIS PRESENTATION.

THEY WERE JUST SHOWN ON THE- NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

I'M TRYING TO FIND, OH, HERE IT IS.

BECAUSE I HAD A COMMENT ON JUST ON ONE OF THEM.

OKAY.

YEAH, YOU GAVE, THAT WAS A SEPARATE ATTACHMENT.

THAT WAS ATTACHMENT TWO.

YES, SIR.

AND I JUST HAD A COMMENT UNDER THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT TO PULL IT UP OR NOT.

YOU MAY NOT.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

NO, SIR.

I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.

OKAY.

WE HAVE, WE HAD IT IN OUR PACKAGE.

SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND WHAT THIS SECTION MEAN IS EVERY YEAR I REFLECT UPON THIS, I TRUST ALL OF US WOULD, IF SOMETHING SEEMED TO BE MISSING FROM WHAT THAT ITEM MEANT.

SO ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TWO ITEMS ADDED.

AND I'LL JUST READ THEM.

AND ONE IS TO ADD PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO SECURE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE BID

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WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT MANAGER NOW.

I THINK EFFORTS CAN BE MADE TO ENHANCE THAT.

AND THEN NEXT, THAT BID EVALUATION AND CONTRACT AWARDS TO PLACE EMPHASIS ON THE LOWEST EVALUATED COST TO JUPITER RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

THE REASON I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED IS BECAUSE THIS DEFINES EXPECTATIONS.

AND RECENTLY ON A WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROJECT, THERE WAS CLAIMED FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR WATER METER ACCURACY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ESTIMATED TO RESULT IN $1.3 MILLION PER YEAR IN INCREASED REVENUES.

AND I'VE ALREADY COMMENTED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE SAW THAT ITEM, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A BENEFIT BECAUSE COUNCIL COULD, AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADJUSTING RATES.

SO I COMMENTED THEN, I JUST LIKE TO BE CLEAR, WE SHOULD ALWAYS DO OUR EVALUATION BASED ON THE LOWEST EVALUATED COST FOR THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, NOT FOR A PROJECT THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE REVENUES.

$1.3 MILLION A YEAR.

AND YOU MAY REMEMBER, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THAT ANALYSIS.

SO I'D LIKE TO JUST MEMORIALIZE SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT ALL OF OUR EVALUATION SHOULD BE, BOTTOM LINE IS WHATEVER OUR RESIDENTS PAY AND BUSINESSES PAY.

SO THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE THOSE TWO ITEMS ADDED.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK IN SOME DEPARTMENTS, WE CAN LOOK AT THE TOWN HOLISTICALLY AND IN SOME AREAS THAT MAY MAKE SENSE.

I HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE CONCERNS AND EXPRESS CONCERNS AROUND THE COST TO RESIDENTS WHEN A PROJECT GOES WRONG, WHICH WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU CAN GET THE, WE CAN ADJUST THE PERCENTAGES, THE WEIGHT THAT WE GIVE TO IT.

WE CAN EXPLORE ALL OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST OUTCOME.

BUT I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE UTILITY FOR THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND THE DANGER POSED IN SOME AREAS.

POSED IN A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS.

I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR IN PLACE THAT IS GONNA DO A GOOD JOB THE FIRST TIME.

SO.

AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SUBTLETY AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS, DON'T BRING US AN EVALUATION THAT IS EVALUATED BECAUSE WE CAN RAISE $1.3 MILLION HIGHER REVENUES FROM OUR CUSTOMERS.

THAT'S A RATE HIKE.

YOU TELL ME THERE'S A RATE HIKE POSSIBLE AND THEN I'M NOT GONNA PROVE IT.

SO THERE AGAIN, IT WENT AWAY.

NO REGULATED UTILITY INVESTMENT.

OUR TOWN IS A REGULATED UTILITY BECAUSE IT'S REGULATED BY THIS COUNCIL.

NO REGULATED UTILITY SHOULD EVER EVALUATE ANYTHING LESS THAN, AND DO IT SAFELY IN THAT.

THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT, BUT THE EVALUATION SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON WHAT'S THE COST IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING HERE.

I'M NOT GETTING INTO A DEBATE ABOUT THE OTHER ASPECTS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

I WAS STUNNED TO HEAR THAT, QUITE FRANKLY.

BUT WE DON'T WANNA DISCOURAGE STAFF FROM IDENTIFYING ANY BENEFIT FOR A CHANGE LIKE PUTTING THESE ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE METERS IN, WHICH WOULD SAVE, WELL, THROUGH ERRORS IN READING, THAT'S WHERE THE 1.3 MILLION CAME ABOUT.

NO, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY SAID, I PULLED IT UP TONIGHT TO PREPARE.

IT SPECIFICALLY SAID, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA CAPTURE A HIGHER AMOUNT OF WATER THAT RIGHT NOW THE METERS ARE READING LESS THAN THEY'RE GETTING.

SO WHEN THE NEW METERS GO IN- BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING WORN OUT.

WE'RE GONNA GET 1.3, THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA SEE A RATE HIKE.

RIGHT.

AND WE ASKED THAT QUESTION AND THEY TOLD US WHAT THAT RATE HIKE WOULD BE.

AND IT'S RELATIVELY INSIGNIFICANT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

1.3 MILLION A YEAR IS NOT INCIDENTAL.

BUT ON A HOUSEHOLD, IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF DOLLARS A MONTH, I BELIEVE THEY STATED.

OKAY.

BUT IT WAS MORE OF AN EFFECT OF EFFICIENCY.

AND THEN IF THE NEW METERS GO IN- THAT WAS AN ASPECT, YEAH.

THEN WE CAN ADJUST THE RATE.

BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR STATEMENT TRANSLATES ACROSS ALL ASPECTS OF TOWN CONTRACTS WITH CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, SEWER.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS WANNA GO FOR THE LOWEST BIDDER THAT TENDS TO GET US IN TROUBLE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I DISAGREE, BUT WE TEND TO SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY WHERE I GET LESS BIDDERS THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.

BUT WE CAN DISAGREE ON THAT.

THE POINT IS HERE, IS I DON'T BELIEVE A REGULATED UTILITY, I WORKED FOR 46 YEARS FOR A REGULAR UTILITY AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO AN EVALUATION BASED ON IMPROVED PROFITS.

SOMEBODY OUT THERE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD.

I AGREE.

WE WOULD ONLY DO IT BASED ON SAVINGS TO THE CUSTOMER.

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BUT I THINK MAYBE THAT WAS IT MISWORDED OR I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE GOAL WAS INCREASED PROFITS.

I THINK I SAW IT AS MORE CLOSER TO EFFICIENCY.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S WHY I READ IT TOO, EFFICIENCY.

SO MAYBE LOST IN TRANSLATION SOMEWHERE, BUT- I GOT IT HERE.

THAT'S THE WAY I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO MANAGE UP HERE AS DIANA SAYS, AS THE REPRESENT ONE OF FIVE THAT REPRESENTS THE REGULATION ON OUR UTILITY IS OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, WHAT THEY PAY IS IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE TO ME.

AND IT'S NUMBER ONE, I DON'T CARE ABOUT WE CAN COLLECT MORE MONEY BECAUSE IF I DID, I'D PUT MORE RATE ON IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S, I DON'T EITHER.

I THINK IT WAS A MOVE TOWARDS EFFICIENCY AND THEN PROBABLY REDUCE THE RATE.

NO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT PAYBACK FOR THE PROJECT WAS AN INCREASED REVENUES.

IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR.

IT WAS WEIGHTED ON EXPERIENCE AS A CONTRACTOR AND COST WAS STILL HEAVILY WEIGHTED AND WE CAN ADJUST PERCENTAGES, BUT WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED CONCERNS AROUND THAT.

THERE'S NO SUPPORT, BUT THE RECORD ON THAT EVALUATION AND AWARD WAS VERY CLEAR.

STAFF HAD EVALUATED, WE CAN PAY BACK THE PROJECT IN JUST A FEW YEARS, WHEN YOU MAKE 1.3 MILLION MORE YEAR IN INVOICING TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU INTERPRET THAT.

WELL, WE COULD PULL THAT NUMBER BACK AND STILL DO IT.

WELL, WE ALSO HAVE READINGS WHERE CUSTOMERS CAN CHANGE THEIR CONSUMPTION RATE WITH REAL TIME DATA THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

I MEAN, THEY CAN PREVENT LEAKS, WHICH LEADS TO A LOT OF EXPENSES.

AND THIS IS WHY I'VE LONG PONDERED WHY IT MIGHT NOT BE BETTER FOR A WATER UTILITY TO BE REGULATED BY THE STATE.

BECAUSE UNDER THAT SCENARIO, THE CUSTOMER COMES FIRST, BUT THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR IT.

MAYOR, I HAVE ONE MORE INITIATIVE I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IF WE COULD.

WE DID DISCUSS THIS WHEN WE ALL MET AND WE DO HAVE A WORKFORCE HOUSING TRUST FUND CURRENTLY.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT PUT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE WANT TO LOOK AT STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY OR TOWN COMMUNICATION.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE WANT TO PUT IT.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO GET LOST.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO PULL A PROGRAM TOGETHER AND THAT WOULD BE WORKING WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, THE COUNTY SHIP FUNDS, SALE FUNDS.

BUT WE DO HAVE THAT MONEY SITTING THERE NOW.

LET'S KEEP IT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN SO THAT WE CAN USE THIS FOR WHETHER IT BE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEPOSITS, WHETHER IT BE PARENTAL ASSISTANCE, JUST KEEP THIS BROAD IN HERE IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I'D LIKE TO SEE IT STAY.

COUNCILLOR, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO WITH THAT.

DO YOU WANT US TO BUILD A PROGRAM AROUND THAT OR YOU WANT JUST TO MAINTAIN A STATEMENT OR I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE ACTION IS.

RIGHT, I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE ACTION ITEM HERE, FRONT AND CENTRE, SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP AND DESIGN A PROGRAM TO DISPERSE THESE FUNDS AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

ECONOMY RIGHT NOW IS NOT ALLOWING US TO HELP FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS, IF YOU WILL, OR WORKFORCE HOUSING.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS MONEY JUST SIT.

IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR 15 YEARS.

I WANT TO SEE IT IN FRONT OF US SO THAT AS THE ECONOMY DOES STRENGTHEN, WE CAN USE THIS MONEY.

BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.

WE WANT TO SEE IT GROW AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE WEST PALM BEACH AREA.

BUT THIS IS MONEY FOR JUPITER.

LET ME SUGGEST TO ADD SUPPORT TO WHAT'S BEING ASKED AS I INTERPRET WHAT WE COULD DO.

AGAIN, IT IS THE CASE THAT WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING FUNDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

LAST I HEARD, WE HAD ABOUT $2.5 MILLION.

WE DO HAVE, YEP.

IT'LL NEVER BE SPENT OR USED UNTIL THIS COUNCIL GIVES SOME KIND OF POLICY DIRECTION.

I RECOGNIZE THAT STARTS UP HERE.

I THINK COUNCILOR CHOI DOES.

AND IT MAY JUST BE THAT WE JUST INCLUDE IT ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATION.

SO WE'RE NOT ASKING, I DON'T THINK SHE WAS ASKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T DISAGREE.

AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE OUGHT TO ASK.

WE COULD EVALUATE AND DECIDE, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING MORE IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH IDEAS TO DO IT IN THE SHORT TERM.

SO I DON'T KNOW OTHER THAN STAFF COULD FACILITATE THAT

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THE DISCUSSION HAS TO HAPPEN UP HERE.

IF WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AS A ROUND TABLE.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD ACTION.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT'S IT, BECAUSE THAT'S MORE THAN WE'VE EVER DONE, RIGHT? WE MAY ROUND TABLE AND DO NOTHING, BUT WE'VE AT LEAST GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO THAT.

AND IT WILL TAKE, ECONOMY HAS TO IMPROVE THIS, NO DOUBT, BUT LET'S KEEP IT AS AN ACTION ITEM IF WE CAN.

ALL RIGHT, UNDERSTOOD.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AS A ROUND TABLE.

THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE MORE FRUSTRATING ASPECTS OF OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM IS THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY, IT JUST SITS THERE AND NOTHING HAPPENS.

SO IT'S EASY FOR THE DEVELOPER TO WRITE THE CHECK.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE MONEY'S SITTING THERE.

I'D ALWAYS HAD IT IN MY MEMORY THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A ROUND TABLE.

I HAD THOUGHT WE'D HAD ONE EARLIER.

SO WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD DO IT NOW.

EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.

WELL, I'VE KNOWN ABOUT COUNCILLOR TORY'S ROLE ON WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH THE COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO PERHAPS QUITE FRANKLY, SHE MAY BRING EXPERTISE THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD WITH IDEAS.

WELL, AS THE ECONOMY GETS BETTER, WE CAN DO MORE.

YEAH, BUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION, YOU CAN'T DO MUCH.

NO, YOU CAN'T.

YOU CAN'T.

THAT'S SOMETHING.

BUT, YEAH.

YEP.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THEN LASTLY, ONCE THE PLAN IS FORMALLY ADOPTED, WE'D UPDATE THE WEBSITE WITH THE NEW PLAN.

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

AND I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[TOWN ATTORNEY]

MOVING ON TO REPORTS, TOWN ATTORNEY.

I JUST WANT TO REPORT ON A MOVEMENT IN THE LEGISLATURE ON SENATE BILL 840 AMENDING SENATE BILL 180.

THE BILL IS IN THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE.

THAT'S ITS LAST STOP BEFORE IT HITS THE SENATE FLOOR.

UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS POINT, IT DOES NOT HAVE A COMPANION BILL IN THE HOUSE.

THERE IS ONE POSSIBLE COMPANION BILL, HB 1465, WHICH IS REPORTEDLY WORSE THAN SENATE BILL 180.

SO THE HOUSE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO TO CATCH UP TO THE SENATE AND TRY AND PROVIDE SOME LEGISLATION THAT WILL GIVE SOME RELIEF TO THE TOWN.

I THINK THE TOWN OR A SMALL PORTION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IS IN THIS 50 MILE RADIUS, WHICH IS WHAT SENATE BILL 840 CHANGES ABOUT SENATE BILL 180, WHICH WAS A HUNDRED MILE RANGE.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS THERE IS THAT EVEN IF THAT REMAINS IN THE LEGISLATION, THE BILL ONLY WOULD EXTEND OR PROHIBIT BURDENSOME REGULATIONS TILL JUNE, 2026.

SO YOU MAY RECALL SENATE BILL 180 HAD IT GOING OUT TO OCTOBER, 2027.

SO HOPEFULLY THE HOUSE WILL BECOME MOTIVATED TO JOIN HANDS RATHER THAN LOCK HORNS WITH THE SENATE AND SOMETHING

[TOWN MANAGER]

THANK YOU.

THAT IS MY REPORT.

TOWN MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JUST A FEW THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, OR ANYONE THAT'S WISHING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A TOWN BOARD OR COMMITTEE HAS UNTIL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH TO APPLY.

THE TOWN HAS EIGHT VOLUNTEER ADVISORY BOARDS OR COMMITTEES THAT ALLOW RESIDENTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND APPLICATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.

YESTERDAY, AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL WAS PRESENT FOR THIS, WE HAD A VERY IMPRESSIVE SWEARING IN CEREMONY HELD BY THE JUPITER FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE SWORE IN THREE NEW BATTALION CHIEFS AND TWO OF OUR CAPTAINS.

THE CEREMONY WAS ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP FOR OUR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ON THE COUNTDOWN NOW THAT WE'RE GOING LIVE, OPERATIONAL OCTOBER 1 OF THIS YEAR.

OUR NEXT SWEARING IN CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 1ST AT 10 A.M.

AND ON THIS DATE, WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING 90 PERSONNEL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE, COMPLETING THE HIRING FOR JFRD.

IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE QUITE A REMARKABLE THING TO SEE.

SO MAKE SURE WE GET IT ON EVERYONE'S CALENDAR.

SPEAKING OF HIRING, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY APPLY

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AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED 975 APPLICATIONS FOR 54 FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS, 212 APPLICATIONS FOR 12 DRIVER ENGINEER POSITIONS, 177 APPLICATIONS FOR 12 LIEUTENANT POSITIONS, AND 195 APPLICATIONS FOR 12 CAPTAIN'S POSITIONS, WHICH IS MORE THAN 1,500 APPLICATIONS FOR JUST 90 OPERATIONAL POSITIONS.

AND I WANT TO CREDIT HR AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF AS WE ARE METICULOUSLY GOING THROUGH EACH OF THESE AND WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROCESS IN PLACE FOR NAVIGATING AND GETTING THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

ALSO, I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO NOTIFY YOU GUYS, THE COUNCIL, ON SOME UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT CARVER AVENUE AND INDIAN TOWN ROAD AS WE PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR FIRE STATION THERE.

ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, ONE LANE OF WESTBOUND INDIAN TOWN ROAD FROM MAPLEWOOD DRIVE TO JUST WEST OF CARVER AVENUE, INCLUDING THE ENTRANCE TO CARVER AVENUE, WILL BE CLOSED FROM 8 A.M. TILL 2 P.M.

TO CONSTRUCT THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MAST ARM FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION.

I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE UPDATES.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'RE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RESIDENTS.

THE FIRE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM ARE OUT THERE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S COMING.

THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR HOMES AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE MINIMAL INCONVENIENCES.

IT WAS FEBRUARY 11TH.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, CARVER AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED JUST NORTH OF THE PARKING LOT FOR DR. TRAVIS KELSO'S OFFICES.

THIS CLOSURE IS GOING TO LAST 10 DAYS.

DURING BOTH CARVER AVENUE CLOSURES, RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO USE CINQUEZ PARK ACCESS ROAD TO BOTH ENTER AND EXIT CARVER AVENUE.

AND THE TOWN, AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST REITERATE, THE TOWN STAFF IS COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS ON CARVER AVENUE AND THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN PERSON, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, TOWN WEBSITE, AND WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT.

BUT I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR, WE'LL HEAR FROM SOMEONE.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE JUPITER JUBILEE IS THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH AT THE MUNICIPAL CAMPUS.

NOT THAT I WANT TO PUT THE WHAMMY ON US, BUT I HEARD THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE PRETTY GOOD.

AND SO CELEBRATION OF WHAT MAKES US UNIQUELY JUPITER WILL START AT 11 A.M.

AND GO TO 4 P.M.

AND THE EVENT IS FREE AND PROVIDES MANY FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES.

[TOWN COUNCIL – LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMENTS ]

SO THAT'S MY REPORT, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR.

YESTERDAY, WE HAD A SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR FIVE NEW JUPITER FIRE RESCUE.

AND THIS PLACE WAS PACKED AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE QUALITY OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, THE LEADERSHIP, AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, IT SEEMED.

IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW QUICKLY THIS WHOLE THING IS GROWING AND IT'S JUST ACCELERATING.

IT'S JUST VERY EXCITING TO SEE.

FROM DAY ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A FIRST-CLASS OPERATION AND A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO YOURSELF AND OUR FIRE CHIEF AND HIS WHOLE STAFF AND A LOT OF THE STAFF INVOLVED IN THE TOWN.

AND THE OTHER TOWN DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

IT'S JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE TEAM OPPORTUNITY.

I'M SO PROUD OF THESE FOLKS.

AND TO SEE THE CAMARADERIE BETWEEN THE FOLKS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIREMEN, AND THE BANTERING, IT'S GOING TO BE SPECIAL.

SO THAT'S IT.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

COUNCILOR JOY.

THANK YOU.

IT WAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS THAT CEREMONY.

THE CALIBER OF THE LEADERSHIP WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S UNRECOGNIZABLE.

VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF IT AND PROUD OF YOU, CHIEF.

GREAT JOB.

THE OTHER PART I WANT TO MENTION IS THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I'VE ATTENDED TWO HOMEOWNER MEETINGS HERE AND ONE WITH THE POLICE ADVISORY.

SITTING AND LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THREE OF THEM WERE VERY PARTICIPATORY.

I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT AN EVENT, BUT A MEETING.

THE RESIDENTS ARE THERE.

THEY HAVE PRIDE.

THEY HAVE GREAT QUESTIONS, GREAT SUGGESTIONS.

AND AGAIN, MAYBE THE SECOND ROUND WITH THESE GROUPS IN THE PAST YEAR, THE FACES ARE BACK.

THEY KNOW OUR STAFF.

THE POLICE ADVISORY WAS JUST

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THEY ALL KNEW.

EVERYONE THAT WAS ON YOUR PANEL.

BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO SIT AND SEE AND HEAR WHATEVER RESIDENTS WANT, WHAT THEY LIKE, WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE COUNCIL TO SIT IN ON THESE MEETINGS.

COUNCILOR GEISINGER.

FIRST OF ALL, ONE QUESTION TO THE TOWN MANAGER.

ANY NEWS ON THE CLOSURE OF CENTRAL BOULEVARD BRIDGE STARTING NEXT WEEK? I HAVEN'T HEARD.

I'VE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.

YOU'RE REFERENCING THE VARIABLE MESSAGE BOARD THAT WE SAW WHEN WE WERE OUT TOURING THE OTHER DAY.

I HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN ANSWER TO THAT.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHO PUT THE BOARD THERE.

MY WIFE EXPLAINED IT TO ME.

I FELT LIKE AN IDIOT WHEN SHE EXPLAINED IT.

IT'S GOT TO BE FPL.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK, THEY'VE BEEN HARDENING THE LINE THERE AND THEY WERE CLEARING OUT THE AREA.

I WAS WONDERING WHEN THEY GOT CLOSER TO THE CANAL, WHEN THEY GOT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVE AREAS AND THEY WERE CLEARING THAT OUT.

AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY WOULD NOT.

BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO THE WORK ON THE BRIDGE, THEY GOT TO SHUT THE BRIDGE DOWN.

SO IT'S CLOSED OVERNIGHT.

RIGHT.

WOULDN'T THEY NOTIFY THE TOWN THEY'RE DOING THAT? THEY WOULD HAVE.

I'VE BEEN WONDERING MYSELF.

BUT I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT I'M DRIVING ACROSS THE BRIDGE.

MY WIFE EXPLAINS TO ME WHY THEY WOULD DO IT.

IT MADE SENSE.

THEY'VE BEEN HARDENING THE LINES.

THE LAST ONES TO BE DONE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE BRIDGE.

AND YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT BLOCKING THE ROAD.

I AGREE.

YEAH, IT'S ONLY CLOSING 10 TO 5 OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO CERTAINLY FPL ON THAT WOULD DO IT OVERNIGHT TO MINIMIZE.

BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM FPL.

I DON'T WORK THERE ANYMORE.

BUT THAT'S VERY LOGICAL.

AND THE LAST THING, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS THE CEREMONY WE HAD YESTERDAY WITH THE THREE BATTALION CHIEFS.

AND THE TWO CAPTAINS BEING SWORN IN IS A VERY NICE CEREMONY.

AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE, A VAST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE, FOR BRINGING ON THE JUPITER FIRE RESCUE.

AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR INVITING THE COUNCIL TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD EVENT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONE COMING UP IN JANUARY.

OR EXCUSE ME, JUNE 1ST.

THANK YOU.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE ONE THING.

WELL, A FEW THINGS.

BUT THE FIRST THING I CAN'T FORGET, I'M TRACKING HOUSE BILL 4071.

IT'S A LOCAL BILL, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LOCAL BILL THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST.

SO IT'S HB 4071.

AS A LOCAL BILL, IT DOES NOT NEED A COUNTERPART THAT GOES THROUGH THE SENATE.

IT GOES THROUGH THREE COMMITTEES.

IT'S BEEN THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND WAYS AND MEANS.

IT STILL NEEDS TO GO THROUGH STATE AFFAIRS.

I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER AND OTHERS.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AN AMENDMENT IS COMING.

SO I DON'T SEE THAT TEXT FOR IT YET.

BUT BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

AND THERE CONTINUE TO BE CONVERSATIONS.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING, IF YOU WATCHED THAT ONE, RELATED TO WANTING TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MUNICIPAL PARTNERS AND OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY.

THIS BILL, WELL, WE HAD A LOBBYIST, GT LAW.

AND THAT CONTRACT ACTUALLY ENDED AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, WE REALIZED.

SO TEMPORARILY, WHILE WE HAVE SESSION, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF PIVOT TO ENGAGE ON THIS ISSUE, WE'VE HIRED, OR WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH BALLARD PARTNERS AND LOCAL PARTNER, JEFF ATWATER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THIS SESSION.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK.

BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO ENGAGE ON THIS ISSUE, AS WELL AS OUR APPROPRIATIONS.

AND WE CONTINUE APACE.

AND REGARDING THE FIREFIGHTER HIRING, I REMEMBER I CAME TO TOWN HALL TODAY.

AND I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU GETTING FOOD? ARE YOU GETTING WATER? I THINK THEY HAD LIKE 100 INTERVIEWS BACK TO BACK.

THEY DID INTERVIEW THROUGH LUNCH, BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, GIVEN THE NUMBER.

SO I HOPE THEY'RE OK.

I HOPE THEY'RE IN GOOD HEALTH.

I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE RESULT OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT APPLIED.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE FOR THAT CEREMONY.

MY FAVORITE MEMORY WAS WITH CHIEF HENNESSY WHEN WE SAW BAGPIPES DELIVER DONUTS.

YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT.

SO FOR POLICE, FOR FIRE, IF ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE MORE FUN LIKE THAT, WE LOVE YOU GUYS.

AND WE LOVE WATCHING YOU IN ACTION.

AND WITH FPL LINES, THAT ACTUALLY JUST BROUGHT SOMETHING TO MIND.

WHEN WE HAVE REDEVELOPMENT OR VARIOUS ITEMS ON INDIANTOWN ROAD, TYPICALLY THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGROUND, OR THEY WOULD PAY IN LIEU OF THAT, TYPICALLY BECAUSE THE SECTION IS SO SMALL.

BUT I WAS DRIVING DOWN INDIANTOWN ROAD, AND FPL IS HARDENING.

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NOW WE'VE GOT CEMENT EVERYWHERE.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS OF WHAT'S BEING HELD FOR UNDERGROUNDING, LIKE WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE FUNDS IN ESCROW ARE, AND HOW WE CAME TO HARDEN ALL OF INDIANTOWN ROAD.

I KNOW IT'S NEEDED.

I WANT THAT CONSISTENCY.

I'D JUST BE CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

COULD YOU, WHEN YOU GET THAT UPDATED DRAFT ON THE LOCAL BILL, HAVE STAFF SEND IT TO THE REST OF US? WE'RE ALL ANXIOUS ABOUT THAT, AS YOU KNOW.

ABSOLUTELY.

I HAVE JUST A NUMBER OF QUICK ITEMS, BUT A NUMBER OF ITEMS. SO LAST MEETING, WE ACTED UPON BEACON PARK ZONING MATTERS.

AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE ON R1 VERSUS R1A.

AND I DIDN'T ALLOW THE DIALOGUE, BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY VOTED ON THAT.

BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE APPLICANT IF THERE ARE ISSUES.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ISSUES ARE.

BUT I WANT TO ASK THAT THAT MATTER BE BROUGHT BACK, INFORMATION BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS A FUTURE MEETING, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE POSITIONS ON WHY R1 VERSUS R1A.

I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT SEEING THE SITE PLAN, IT MATTERS.

AND I DO KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS PREPARING FOR THAT, I SAW THAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR 1A AND STAFF WAS ASSIGNING R1.

BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY PRESENTATION OR MENTION OF THEY WEREN'T SATISFIED WITH 1.

THAT'S A MISS ON THEIR PART.

BUT NONETHELESS, I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE OBJECTED TO 1A.

SO I THINK THIS IS A MEETING WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK, ASK TO BE BROUGHT BACK.

AND SO HOPEFULLY COUNCIL AGREES TO JUST LEAVE THAT TO STAFF TO BRING IT BACK TO US, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT WOULD INCLUDE JUST THE EXPLANATION OF WHY IT SHOULD BE 1 OR 1A AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WOULD BE.

SO WE CAN GIVE DIRECTION ON IF WE'RE WILLING TO CHANGE.

SO IS THAT CLEAR TO STAFF WHAT THE ASK IS? I SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

I AGREE.

OKAY.

I AGREE.

MAYOR, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT SOMETHING IN THIS FRIDAY REPORT TO PREP THAT UP.

SURE.

OKAY.

AND THEN WE'LL JUST PUSH THAT TO YOU.

AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO GO BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S AN URGENCY FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

I THINK I HAD TO ADD, ONE OF US HAD TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S NOT, THE SECOND MEETING DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE SITE PLAN, WHICH IS STILL A WHILE.

SO STAFF CAN BRING IT BACK WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION MADE AND A MAJORITY TO AGREE.

OKAY.

SO A MOTION TO HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK.

MOTION TO BRING BACK R1 VERSUS R1A ON THE BEACON PARK PROPERTY.

I'LL SECOND.

MOTION IS SECOND.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

YEP.

SO MAYOR, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BRINGING BACK YOUR, FOR CONSIDERATION OF YOUR VOTE ON FIRST READING ON THAT ORDINANCE.

IS THAT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO AFFORD TO PROCEED? WELL, YOU CAN'T JUST, I MEAN, THE VOTE WAS FOR R1.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF DIALOGUE THAT'S GONE ON OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS AND LOBBYING THAT'S GONE ON WITH ME IS, WELL, WE DIDN'T WANT THAT ZONING DISTRICT ASSIGNED TO THE PROPERTY.

AND COUNCIL NEEDS TO RECONSIDER ITS VOTE.

SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INTENDING TO DO, THEN.

THE DIRECTION WE GAVE THAT NIGHT WAS BRING IT BACK TO US, BUT NOW WE'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY NEED TO BE, HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.

SO YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MAKING.

WELL, IF IT'S BROUGHT BACK TO YOU AND YOU DON'T TAKE ANY ACTION, THE VOTE STANDS.

EXACTLY.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING, IF THAT'S YOUR INTENT IS TO REVISIT YOUR VOTE, POTENTIALLY.

JUST ON THE R1 VERSUS R1.

THEN THE MOTION IS TO RECONSIDER WHATEVER NUMBER THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS.

OKAY.

IT WAS MISSED.

IT WASN'T DISCUSSED.

IT WAS DISCUSSED IN P AND Z.

IT WASN'T DISCUSSED ON COUNCIL.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL INFORMATION.

AGREED.

SO WHAT'S THE ORDINANCE NUMBER? ANYBODY?

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BECAUSE WE HAD THE MINUTES HERE.

OKAY.

ORDINANCE 726, I BELIEVE, WHICH IS, I'M READING HERE FROM PAGE SIX OF THE MINUTES.

IS THE ONE WHERE WE ACTED UPON ZONING OF- THE MOTION WOULD NEED TO BE FROM A MEMBER OF THE PREVAILING SIDE.

AND THAT WOULD BE TO RECONSIDER ORDINANCE 726.

726.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER ORDINANCE.

SORRY, WHAT WAS IT? 726.

726-26.

I'LL SECOND.

MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM.

AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST FEEL COMPELLED TO JUST SHARE ONE ITEM HERE ABOUT THE RESIDENT SURVEY.

YOU KNOW, 10% OF THE RESIDENT SURVEY RATING ATTRIBUTES PLACE THE TOWN OF JUPITER AT NATIONAL OR STATE OF FLORIDA COMMUNITY BENCHMARK PERCENTILE LEVELS ABOVE 90%.

I THINK THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.

69, 53%, WE RECEIVED STATISTICALLY HIGHER RATINGS, WHICH MEANS AT LEAST 10 POINTS ABOVE THE BENCHMARK OF OTHER PEER FLORIDA COMMUNITIES.

SO IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.

AND THERE'S SO MANY THAT ARE GOOD, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST CHOOSE TONIGHT TO PICK OUT ONE TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT THE OVERALL CUSTOMER SERVICE BY JUPITER EMPLOYEES, UM, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREATER THAN 90% OF THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK AND GREATER THAN 92% OF THE STATE.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO KUDOS TO OUR STAFF.

I'M SURE THE TOWN MANAGER MAY HAVE SHARED THAT WITH THEM, BUT I WANTED TO HEAR THAT FROM THE DAIS AS WELL.

NEXT ITEM, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE HIRING.

IT'S INCREDIBLE, THE TEAM EFFORT, UM, AND IT'S NOT LOST ON ANY OF US, THE EFFORT IT TAKES TO DO THE HIRING, YOU KNOW, WITH REALLY OUT WITHOUT HAVING UPSIZED STAFF TO PROCESS ALL THAT.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S A BEST EFFORT, BEST ANYWHERE EFFORT.

YOU KNOW, I WORK FOR A BIG COMPANY, WORK FOR A BIG COMPANY WHERE IT'S EASIER TO JUST TAG TEAM IT.

BUT FOR THE TEAM TO DO THIS, IT JUST EXTRAORDINARY TEAMWORK.

UM, I, UM, ALSO WANT TO SAY, AS I'VE GONE TO SOME OF THESE, UH, SWEARING IN CEREMONIES, AND I'M DELIGHTED BY THE FRIENDLY BANTER AND TEASING BETWEEN OUR TWO PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, BUT LET IT BE KNOWN BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED INVITES TO GO TO SWEARING IN CEREMONIES.

I DON'T MEAN IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT, I MEAN, OTHER THAN LIKE THE CHIEF AND WHATEVER, I WOULDN'T WANT OUR POLICE OVER THE YEARS TO SAY, GEE, JIM'S GOING TO THESE SWEARING IN CEREMONIES.

WELL, I'M GETTING INVITED, RIGHT? BUT WE DON'T NORMALLY, THEY'RE SWEARING IN ON POLICE OFFICERS ON SOME REGULAR BASIS.

AND, UH, AND SO YOU CAN'T ATTEND.

I'M NOT SAYING I COULD ATTEND ALL OF THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T ATTEND IF YOU'D EVER GET AN INVITE, RIGHT? THAT GOES FOR ALL OF US HERE.

SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE SAID THAT, RIGHT? I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THEM AFTER THEY HAPPEN.

EXACTLY.

SO AGAIN, I JUST DON'T WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS SAYING, GEE, THAT COUNCIL, THEY CARE ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

NO, NO, WE GET INVITED.

SO, UM, THEN, UM, THERE'S ONE, ANOTHER ITEM IN THE WEEKLY REPORT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND SOME OF US HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS, PERHAPS ALL OF US.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE VICE MAYOR AND I DID, WE MET WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER SOMETIME BACK ABOUT THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REQUEST FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION.

UM, AND, UM, AGAIN, STAFF DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS THING BECAUSE RIGHT IN THE BOTTOM IT SAYS, AND THIS IS AN ASK NOW, IT SAYS TOWN COUNCIL MAY WISH TO SEEK GUIDANCE FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND LIABILITY IMPLICATIONS BEFORE CONSIDERING EXECUTION OF ANY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

SO ASKED, IT WAS IN THE WEEKLY REPORT, THE DETAILS OF WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, UH, MR. BARRETT.

UM, I KNOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT, BUT I'M, I'M ASKING, I'M BRINGING IT UP AS YOU ASK US TO DO HERE AND OFFICIALLY MAKING THAT ASK.

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AND THERE'S REALLY NO FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS.

DO YOU REMEMBER HEARING THAT? SO THEN I CAME BACK AND THIS IS SIX MONTHS BACK OR WHENEVER.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY MAY STILL BE SAYING THAT, BUT THE WORDS MAY NOT SAY THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT OUR TOWN ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT IT AS SOMEHOW, AND I'M ONLY READING THIS FOR THE AUDIENCE OR IF COUNCIL HADN'T YET SEEN THE WEEKLY REPORT, NOT ALWAYS READ IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT THEY'RE ASKING US TO STATE THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH CAUSES A QUESTION ABOUT, ARE WE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER STUFF, RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUFF THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE? SO I'M NERVOUS ABOUT IT.

STAFF WAS, THAT'S WHY WE WANT OUR TOWN ATTORNEY TO ADVISE ON THIS.

AND IT MAY TAKE A WHILE TO ADVISE ON IT.

SO JUST, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACT UNTIL WE GET THE GUIDANCE THAT TAKES A WEEK, TWO WEEKS, THREE, WHATEVER.

BUT APPARENTLY OTHERS REPORTEDLY HAVE DONE IT.

BUT MAYOR, I'M GOING TO NEED CLARITY FROM STAFF ON.

EXACTLY.

I MEAN, THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD SUBJECT.

IS THERE ANY LIABILITY? NO, NO, THERE'S A ONE PAGE WRITE-UP.

SO I'M SAYING GET THEM TO ONE PAGE WRITE-UP AND HE LOOKS AT WHAT YOU HAVE.

TOM, THIS IS, WE'VE HAD THIS IN OUR FRIDAY DISCUSSIONS.

WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL CLEARLY UNDERSTAND.

NO, I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

BUT I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT THE JURISDICTIONAL QUESTION IS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, WELL, WHAT SPECIFICALLY, WHAT SPECIFIC LIABILITY IS THE STAFF CONCERNED ABOUT HERE? FINANCIAL.

OKAY.

IS IT A FINANCIAL? SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

IT'S FINANCIAL AND IT'S JURISDICTIONAL.

AND IT KEEPS CHANGING.

THE GOALPOSTS KEEP CHANGING ON THAT.

AND SO WE'VE JUST GIVEN AN UPDATE IN THE FRIDAY REPORT.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THE COUNTY WANTS TO MEET WITH US AGAIN AND THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR ATTORNEY.

AND SO WHAT OUR CONTENTION IS THAT WE'RE NOT MEETING.

WE WILL MEET WITH THEM, BUT WE'RE BRINGING OUR ATTORNEY.

AND SO I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE WE HAVE ALL THE DETAILS BECAUSE THE GOALPOSTS KEEP CHANGING ON IT.

SO WHAT CAME OUT IN THE FRIDAY REPORT WAS INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES FOR YOU AS WELL.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT ALSO JUST TO ADD SOME DIFFERENT DIMENSION TO THIS, THE LACK OF HAVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WAS HOLDING UP FOR A YEAR.

THE COUNTY PROCEEDING WITH DOING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT TONOPENA AND CENTRAL BOULEVARD THAT HAD PASSED THE WARRANTS TO GET ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH BETWEEN OUR TOWN MANAGER AND THE NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, IT'S PROCEEDING.

BUT THE POINT IS, IS THIS APPARENTLY IS A BIG DEAL TO THEM.

AND IF STAFF'S NOT COMFORTABLE, WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, SIGNING ONTO AN AGREEMENT.

SO THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I WAS PRETTY CLEAR HERE.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A QUICK AND EASY ONE, BUT FOR IT TO MOVE ALONG, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT, SHARE BACK TO US, REPRESENT US IN THE CONVERSATIONS. DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE THAT WE COULD TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR A ROAD THAT'S CLEARLY THE COUNTY'S, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, RIGHT? IT'S DIFFERENT IF IT WAS ON OUR ROADS, IT'S ON COUNTY ROADS, RIGHT? AS FAR AS I KNOW, MAYOR, AGAIN, THE GOALPOSTS KEEP MOVING WITH THIS ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF US UP HERE ON COUNCIL REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT OTHER THAN A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL. SO THEN JUST THE LAST ITEM, YOU KNOW, AS I REFLECT, AND EACH TIME WE PASS ANOTHER MILESTONE WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'M SO DELIGHTED WITH, BUT AS I REFLECT, DON'T ANYBODY THINK OR ASK, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ANSWER, WHO WAS THE FIRST JFRD EMPLOYEE? AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS NOT OUR FIRE CHIEF. IT WAS SCOTT REYNOLDS. NO, I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THE BEGINNING, UNTIL WE HAD ANYBODY, I ALWAYS SAY THAT HE DID AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB, WHICH, YOU KNOW, A PROFESSIONAL DOESN'T ALWAYS KNOW OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF EXPERTISE, RIGHT? SO DO WE ALL REMEMBER

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THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE STEPPING IN. WELL, THE WHOLE THING HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT, JUST THINK ABOUT EVEN THE HIRING, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING. IT'S INCREDIBLE.

BUT IN THE BEGINNING, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WAS REPRESENTING STAFF, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING, YOU KNOW. MARY, CAN YOU SEE THEM LAUGHING BACK THERE BEHIND THE GLASS? THEY THINK WE DON'T SEE THEM. WE SEE THEM. ANYWAY, SO WITH THAT, THE TIME IS NOW 9.31. I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.