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          GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW 7 P.M. AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH. WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THEN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF ALL THOSE THAT ARE ABLE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING. LET US PRAY. 
          ALMIGHTY GOD. WE GATHER THIS EVENING WITH A DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY, A PLACE DEFINED BY NEIGHBORLY CARE, SHARED VALUES, AND A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUST THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN THIS COUNCIL, AND WE ASK FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS THEY UNDERTAKE THE RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE THEM. 
          IN ALL THAT WE DO, MAY WE HONOR THE SPIRIT OF THIS COMMUNITY AND SERVE IT FAITHFULLY. 
          AMEN. WE WILL NOW PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE. 
          >>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 KURETSKI? HERE. 
          VICE MAYOR DELANEY? HERE. 
          COUNCILOR CHOY? HERE. 
          COUNCILOR GUISINGER? HERE. 
          COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM? HERE. 
          TOWN MANAGER KITZEROW? HERE. 
          TOWN ATTORNEY BAIRD. TONIGHT, 
          [1. Installation and Swearing-in of Council Members Ron Delaney and Dan Guisinger. ]
WE'RE EXCITED TO BEGIN HERE WITH THE 2026 INSTALLATION. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TOWN, ATTORNEY TOM BAIRD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO REINTRODUCE JUDGE G. 
          JOSEPH CURLEY TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE AUDIENCE, INCLUDING THE AUDIENCE AT HOME. HE'S HERE WITH HIS... LOVELY WIFE, MRS. CURLEY, OR MRS. JUDGE CURLEY. A FEW THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JUDGE CURLEY. 
          BEFORE HE WAS A JUDGE, HE WAS ONE OF THIS COUNTY'S AND STATE'S TOP LITIGATORS, RECOGNIZED BY FLORIDA TREND AND LEGAL ELITE, RECOGNIZED AS BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA, TWO TIMES LAWYER OF THE YEAR, THREE TIMES... HE'S A COMPANY LITIGATION LAWYER. AS A JUDGE, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRACTICING IN FRONT OF HIM RECOGNIZE HIM AS A TOP JURIST. 
          AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DO THAT IS THAT. HE IS VERY THOUGHTFUL IN HOW HE APPROACHES ARGUMENTS, LISTENS ATTENTIVELY, READS PROBABLY ALMOST EVERYTHING, AND HE IS ADMIRED. NOT ONLY BY HIS FELLOW JUDGES, BUT BY THE COURT STAFF, THE JUDICIAL ASSISTANTS, AND THE BAILIFFS. HIS JUDICIAL ASSISTANT, IN SPEAKING WITH MY OFFICE THIS WEEK, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I LET EVERYONE KNOW OF JUDGE CURLEY'S LOVE OF FAMILY, HIS FAITH, AND GOLF. AND PROBABLY IN THAT ORDER, BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. AS YOU MIGHT GUESS, JUDGE CURLEY IS IRISH. SO TONIGHT IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY, AND HE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, THE FIGHTING IRISH. AND WITH THAT, MAY I TURN IT OVER TO JUDGE CURLEY AND THE COUNSELORS. THAT WILL BE INSTALLED TONIGHT. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. PLACE YOUR HAND ON THE BIBLE. OKAY. I THINK THEY WANT TO HEAR OUR VOICES HERE, TOO. 
          OH, THEY WANT TO HEAR US? I THINK THEY DO. I, DAN GUISINGER... I, DAN GUISINGER... .DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... .DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... .THAT? I WILL SUPPORT... I WILL SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY 
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PERFORM. THE DUTIES OF COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH I AM NOW ABOUT TO ENTER, SO HELP ME, GOD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, SIR. 
          GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS. SEE YOU AS WELL. I'M WELL. YOU BROUGHT YOUR OWN. OKAY, YOU CAME PREPARED. VERY GOOD. 
          CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, THOUGH. THANK YOU. I, RON DELANEY, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF COUNCILMEMBER, WHICH I AM NOW ABOUT TO ENTER, SO HELP ME, GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. SO WE ALWAYS GIVE THE NEWLY ELECTED THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE ANY REMARKS. IT WAS A TOUGH CAMPAIGN, BUT MADE IT THROUGH IT. NO, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I'M VERY HAPPY. I LEARNED A LOT OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND I REALLY ENJOY BEING A PART OF THE TOWN AND WORKING WITH THIS GREAT GROUP OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE FAITH THE PUBLIC HAS IN ME, AND TRUST ME THAT I'LL DO THIS JOB. 
          TO THE BENEFITS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF JUPITER. 
          THANK YOU. SO VERY GRATEFUL TO BE UP HERE AND MY FIRST THANKS GO TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE WHO PUTS UP WITH ALL THIS. AND MY KIDS COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN. SECOND, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THIS IS A GREAT COUNCIL, PROBABLY THE BEST SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE AND THEY PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. IT'S A LOT OF TIME AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, PUTTING A LOT OF WORK. AND JUST I DON'T THINK THE RESIDENTS REALIZE JUST HOW HARD AND HOW DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL OUR STAFF IS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. I WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT. AND THEN THANKS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN THAT HAVE SUCH PASSION AND APPRECIATE LIVING HERE AND KEEP US ON OUR TOES. AND I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING. 
          SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, BEFORE MOVING ON TO JUDGE CURLEY AND HIS WIFE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE. IT REALLY IS SPECIAL FOR US, PARTICULARLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE, AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE A NUMBER OF TIMES AND WE'RE GRATEFUL, BUT IT REALLY DOES MAKE THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY MORE SPECIAL. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO COME HERE AGAIN. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON. WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HONORABLE JUDGE AND HIS WIFE REALIZE YOU CAN LEAVE AND YOU'RE NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATIONS TO STAY. 
          BUT MOVING ON 
          [2. JFRD Update]
TO PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE A JUPITER FIRE RESCUE. 
          DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION, CHIEF. 
          OFFICE PART OF THE NIGHT, IT'S GETTING THIS POWERPOINT THING UP HERE. HOPE THAT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT FULL SCREEN, SEAN DOES. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, THOSE ATTENDING HERE IN PERSON, AND THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE HONOR TO SERVE HERE AT JUPITER FIRE RESCUE. SO WE ARE IN OUR FINAL MONTHS OF BUILDING THE JUPITER FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT. 
          OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, WE WILL ACHIEVE SEVERAL MAJOR MILESTONES, INCLUDING DELIVERY OF OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND 
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AMBULANCES, THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF OUR TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS, AND HIRING OUR REMAINING OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL. WE HAVE SELECTED AND ISSUED CONDITIONAL OFFERS ALREADY TO 12 CAPTAINS, 12 LIEUTENANTS, AND 12 DRIVER ENGINEERS, AND THEY ARE ALL AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PRE-BOARDING PROCESS. 
          AND WE ARE CURRENTLY SELECTING OUR 54 FIREFIGHTERS, AIMING TO ISSUE ALL CONDITIONAL OFFERS BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO PAUSE HERE AND SAY, JUST HOW INCREDIBLE OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN HELPING US WITH THIS PROCESS. IT IS A MONUMENTAL TASK, WITH OVER 01,500 PEOPLE APPLYING TO WORK FOR JUPITER FIRE RESCUE. AND SELECTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO. AND AGAIN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS EFFORT AND HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. SO TONIGHT, I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE PROGRESS OF OUR KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR EMS PROGRAM. THAT INCLUDES OUR ZENIX MONITOR DEFIBRILLATORS, OUR EPOC BLOOD ANALYSIS SYSTEM, OUR HAMILTON TRANSPORT VENTILATOR, AND OUR SWAT MEDIC PROGRAM. AND I'LL ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR APPARATUS. SO I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT CHIEF ROCHE, TIM, LANA. AND HE HAS WITH HIM OUR NEW ZENIX MONITOR DEFIBRILLATOR. SO AN EMS MONITOR DEFIBRILLATOR IS A PARAMEDIC'S MOST CRITICAL TOOL. 
          IT'S ESSENTIALLY A PORTABLE, RUGGED, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. 
          IT PERFORMS TWO VITAL JOBS ON AN EMERGENCY. ONE, IT'S THE MONITOR OR OUR DIAGNOSTIC DASHBOARD, AND IT PROVIDES PARAMEDICS WITH A REAL-TIME VIEW. 
          INSIDE THE PATIENT'S BODY. IT INSTANTLY DISPLAYS CRITICAL VITALS LIKE BLOOD PRESSURE, OXYGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS, AND A DETAILED EKG OF THE HEART'S RHYTHM TO QUICKLY DIAGNOSE HEART ATTACKS AND OTHER HEART MALADIES. 
          SECOND PART IS THE DEFIBRILLATOR, AND THIS IS OUR TREATMENT TOOL. 
          IF A PATIENT GOES INTO CARDIAC ARREST OR EXPERIENCES A FATAL HEART RHYTHM, IT CAN DELIVER A CALIBRATED ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO RESET THE HEART, AND IT CAN ALSO ACT AS A TEMPORARY PACEMAKER TO STABILIZE A DANGEROUSLY SLOW HEARTBEAT UNTIL THE PATIENT REACHES THE HOSPITAL. THE ZOLL ZENIX MONITOR DEFIBRILLATOR REPRESENTS THE ABSOLUTE LATEST IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. IT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR HIGH-STRESS ENVIRONMENTS. 
          THEY FEATURE A LIGHTWEIGHT BUILD AND A RUGGED, INTUITIVE, HIGH-DEFINITION TOUCH SCREEN THAT LETS OUR PARAMEDICS ACCESS CRITICAL, LIFE-SAVING FUNCTIONS IN THREE TOUCHES OR LESS, AND THIS ENSURES RAPID, SEAMLESS OPERATION WHEN SECONDS COUNT. THESE MONITOR DEFIBRILLATORS PROVIDE OUR PARAMEDICS WITH REAL-TIME FEEDBACK DURING CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES, AND THEY ENSURE OPTIMAL, HIGH-QUALITY CARE. 
          FURTHERMORE, THEIR INNOVATIVE, MODULAR PLUG-AND-PLAY DESIGN DRAMATICALLY REDUCES OUT-OF-SERVICE TIME. 
          FORTUNATELY FOR US, YOU APPROVE THESE MONITORED DEFIBRILLATORS FOR PURCHASE BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2025, AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR ACTUAL UNITS THAT WE HAVE NOW TAKEN CARE OF, DELIVERY OF. 
          NEXT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE EPOC SYSTEM, AND WHEN IT COMES TO TREATING CRITICAL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, INFORMATION IS JUST AS VITAL AS TIME. SO, BY IMPLEMENTING THE SIEMENS EPOC BLOOD ANALYSIS SYSTEM, WE'RE EFFECTIVELY PUTTING A HOSPITAL-GRADE LABORATORY INTO THE BACK OF EVERY JUPITER FIRE RESCUE AMBULANCE. USING JUST A FEW DROPS OF BLOOD, THIS RUGGED WIRELESS DEVICE ANALYZES 13 CRITICAL BIOMARKERS, INCLUDING BLOOD GASES, ELECTROLYTES, AND LACTATE, AND IT DELIVERS LAB-QUALITY RESULTS IN UNDER 60 SECONDS. 
          FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS A MONUMENTAL LEAP FORWARD IN PROACTIVE, HIGH-QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE. 
          INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL AN AMBULANCE REACHES THE EMERGENCY ROOM SO THAT THE HOSPITAL CAN DRAW BLOOD AND PROCESS THE LAB WORK. OUR PARAMEDICS WILL HAVE THAT CRUCIAL DIAGNOSTIC DATA IN THEIR HAND WHILE STILL IN THE PATIENT'S LIVING ROOM. 
          THIS IMMEDIATE INSIGHT ALLOWS OUR CREWS TO MAKE RAPID, PRECISE DECISIONS, WHETHER THAT MEANS IDENTIFYING THE EARLY STAGES OF SEPTIC SHOCK, DETECTING UNSEEN INTERNAL BLEEDING, OR ACTIVELY MANAGING A SEVERE RESPIRATORY CRISIS. BY ELIMINATING THE TRADITIONAL 
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DELAY FOR THESE VITAL LAB RESULTS, WE CAN ACCELERATE LIFE-SAVING TREATMENTS ON SCENE AND ENSURE THAT THE RECEIVING HOSPITAL IS FULLY PREPPED. BEFORE OUR PARAMEDICS EVEN BACK THE AMBULANCE INTO THE BAY. 
          ULTIMATELY, THIS TECHNOLOGY TRANSLATES DIRECTLY TO IMPROVED SURVIVABILITY AND BETTER OUTCOMES FOR OUR RESIDENTS DURING MAJOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS DEVICE TO YOU NEXT MONTH. 
          FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND IF APPROVED BY YOU, JUPITER WILL BE ONE OF ONLY SIX FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OFFERING THIS LEVEL OF CARE, AND WE WILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON DAY ONE OF SERVICE. AND NEXT IS THE HAMILTON T1 TRANSPORT VENTILATOR. AND I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU TO SEE IT AT A LATER MEETING. THIS HAMILTON T1 VENTILATOR IS A PORTABLE, LIFE-SAVING, LIFE-SUPPORT BREATHING MACHINE DESIGNED FOR AMBULANCES. IT HAS ITS OWN BUILT-IN AIR SYSTEM, SO IT DOESN'T RELY ON BULKY EXTERNAL AIR TANKS, AND THAT MAKES IT MORE RELIABLE AND EASIER TO USE DURING TRANSPORTS. IT RUNS ON RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES FOR SEVERAL HOURS, ENSURING PATIENTS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE BREATHING SUPPORT EVEN DURING LONG TRANSPORTS OR POWER CHANGES. WHAT MAKES THIS T1 VENTILATOR TRULY EXTRAORDINARY IS ITS UNPARALLELED VERSATILITY ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS. 
          WITH JUST A QUICK CHANGE OF SETTINGS AND EQUIPMENT, THE EXACT SAME DEVICE CAN SEAMLESSLY TRANSITION FROM VENTILATING A FULL-GROWN ADULT TO PROVIDING INCREDIBLY DELICATE, PRECISE BREATHS WITH TIDAL VOLUMES AS LOW AS TWO MILLIMETERS FOR A FRAGILE PEDIATRIC PATIENT. UTILIZING ITS ADAPTIVE SUPPORT VENTILATION TECHNOLOGY, THE T1 CONTINUOUSLY ANALYZES THE PATIENT'S LUNG MECHANICS BREATH BY BREATH, AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING ITS PRESSURES AND VOLUMES. TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL, CUSTOM-TAILORED CARE FOR BOTH ADULT AND PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES. IN SIMPLE TERMS, THIS VENTILATOR ALLOWS OUR AMBULANCE CREWS TO DELIVER HOSPITAL-LEVEL BREATHING CARE WHILE A PATIENT IS EN ROUTE TO A HOSPITAL. JUPITER WILL BE UNIQUE. IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY AREA. 
          BY CARRYING THESE DEVICES ON EACH AMBULANCE, RATHER THAN HAVING ONLY ONE UNIT TO COVER A WIDE AREA. 
          THIS ITEM IS ON YOUR CURRENT AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TONIGHT. AND LASTLY, WITH RESPECT TO OUR EMS PROGRAM, AS WE BUILD OUR JUPITER FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT, ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES IS ENSURING THE ABSOLUTE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FELLOW FIRST RESPONDERS. TO THAT END, JUPITER FIRE RESCUE IS WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED SWAT MEDIC PROGRAM. 
          THIS INITIATIVE PHYSICALLY INTEGRATES OUR HIGHLY TRAINED PARAMEDICS DIRECTLY INTO JPD'S SWAT OPERATIONS. 
          IN CRITICAL INCIDENTS, TIME IS LIFE. A SWAT MEDIC BRINGS THE EMERGENCY ROOM INTO THE HOT ZONE. THEY ARE TRAINED IN TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE, A MILITARY-DERIVED PROTOCOL FOR PROVIDING IMMEDIATE, LIFE-SAVING CARE UNDER FIRE, LITERALLY. BECAUSE THESE ENVIRONMENTS DEMAND IT, OUR SWAT MEDICS ARE AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM ADVANCED, CUTTING-EDGE INTERVENTIONS, AND FURTHERMORE, THESE MEDICS BRING SPECIALIZED CROSS-TRAINING IN THINGS LIKE TECHNICAL ROPE RESCUE AND HAZMAT MITIGATION, PROVIDING THE JPD SWAT TEAM WITH A BROAD TACTICAL TOOLKIT. 
          THEY WILL BE ACTIVELY INTEGRATED INTO JPD OPERATIONS, DEPLOYING FOR SWAT CALL-OUTS, HIGH RESEARCH WARRANTS, DIGNITARY PROTECTION DETAILS, AND LARGE-SCALE SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE TOWN. WE ARE NOT BUILDING THIS FROM SCRATCH. WE ARE BUILDING IT ON THE FOUNDATION OF ELITE EXPERTISE. WE'VE ALREADY HIRED SEVERAL HIGHLY EXPERIENCED OFFICERS, FIRE OFFICERS, TO WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM'S FRAMEWORK, QUALIFICATIONS, AND RIGOROUS TRAINING REGIMES. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN EVEN CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE WORK TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE AND OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAFE. 
          AND SWITCHING GEARS, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR FIRE APPARATUS IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND ON SCHEDULE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LATEST PHOTOS, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE A WEEK OLD, THESE VEHICLES ARE RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE. THE CABS HAVE BEEN PAINTED AND ARE JUPITER RED AND WHITE, AND EXTERIOR COMPONENTS LIKE LIGHT BARS ARE ALREADY MOUNTED. 
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INSIDE THE CABS, THE DETAILED FINISHED WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY. 
          THE DRIVER'S CONSOLES ARE BEING ASSEMBLED, THE INTRICATE WIRING HARNESSES ARE BEING ROUTED, AND THE CUSTOM SEATING FOR OUR CREWS IS BEING BOLTED IN PLACE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON OUR TIMELINE. WE ANTICIPATE TAKING DELIVERY OF ALL THREE ENGINES AND OUR RESCUE TRUCKS IN MAY, AND WITH THE LATTER FOLLOWING CLOSELY BEHIND IN JUNE. IN CLOSING, IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS, THE TOWN OF JUPITER WILL HAVE ITS NEW FIRE STATIONS COMPLETED, ITS APPARATUS DELIVERED, AND ALL OF ITS FIREFIGHTERS ON BOARD. 
          THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES. 
          IN LESS THAN SEVEN MONTHS, JUPITER FIRE RESCUE WILL BEGIN PROVIDING FULL FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. WE REMAIN ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING LIVE WITH OUR TRAINING AND OUR PERSONNEL IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE. I ALWAYS DO. I LOVE THESE SCIENCE PROJECTS HERE. 
          ON THE DEFIBRILLATORS, CHIEF, DOES THE DEFIBRILLATOR CARE WHETHER OR NOT THE PATIENT CURRENTLY HAS AN AICD OR A PACEMAKER? DOES IT IGNORE THAT? IT WILL SENSE. IF THERE IS A PACE SIGNAL, IT WILL SENSE THAT AND INTERPRET THAT AND BUILD THAT INTO WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING OR NOT. SAME THING WITH DEFIBRILLATOR? YEP. OKAY. NEXT QUESTION ON THE... EPOC SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES A BLOOD DRAW FROM THE PATIENT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND ASSUME IF THEY'RE CONSCIOUS REQUIRES THEIR PERMISSION, UNCONSCIOUS IS BASED ON THE CRITICALITY, THEN THEY MAKE THE DECISION. 
          THE PARAMEDIC CAN DO IT THEMSELVES. THAT'S CORRECT, OKAY, AND THE LAST ONE YOU DON'T HAVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST WANT IF YOU'D HAD A STATUS ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TEMPORARY STATION MOVE, SO THAT WILL BE BEING MOVED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. SO THE MOVE WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH, JUST A QUESTION ON THE SWAT TEAM. 
          TELL ME, HOW MANY WILL YOU HAVE? THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY, BECAUSE THE WAY THE WORLD IS NOW, WE NEVER KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE IT. TELL ME JUST A TEENY BIT MORE. YEAH, SO WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER. I KNOW THAT WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR SWAT OPERATIONS. WE'RE NOT THERE TO BE THE SWAT TEAM. 
          WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT AND CARE FOR THAT SWAT TEAM. AND SO THE PROCESS IS VERY RIGOROUS. 
          WE'VE GOT TO SOMEHOW GET PAST DEPUTY CHIEF KIM BARK'S STANDARDS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. BUT NO, WE ALREADY HAVE THREE PEOPLE, FOUR PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HIRED. 
          WHO HAVE ALREADY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING ON SWAT MEDIC PROGRAMS, SO THEY COME HIGHLY EXPERIENCED. WE HAVE SOME IN THE PIPELINE THAT WE BELIEVE WILL END UP COMING WHO ALSO HAVE THAT, BUT THEY'LL ALL HAVE TO TRY OUT. THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE IT. THEY'LL HAVE TO PASS THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS. 
          THEY'LL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE STANDARDS EVERY SINGLE MONTH, AND THE NUMBERS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS. AGAIN, WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM. THANK YOU. GREAT REPORT. THE EQUIPMENT, JUST, IT'S MIND-BOGGLING. THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. CHIEF, THE FIRST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IS THAT THE ZENIX? YES. HOW COMMONLY USED ARE THOSE, IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I'D SAY PROBABLY 65 TO 70 PERCENT OF THE CALLS. 
          ARE THEY IN WIDE USE AROUND THE COUNTRY? OH, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE? YEAH, THAT PARTICULAR DEVICE. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE WAS JUST APPROVED BY THE F.DA LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AGO, I THINK. 
          OKAY, SO IT'S REALLY NEW IN THE MARKET. AND SO IT'S A VERY NEW DEVICE. RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ONE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY OR THIS AREA. FIRST ONE IN THE MARKET. YEAH, WE'RE THE FIRST ONE IN THIS AREA TO HAVE IT. OKAY. IT WILL BECOME A STANDARD. IT WILL BE, YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ADD, JUST REFLECTING. 
          THIS IS SO EXCITING. THOSE OF US UP HERE HAVE SEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME TO FRUITION AND IT'S JUST BEEN AWE INSPIRING. 
          YOU HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM, EVERYBODY, AND I DID WANT TO SHARE A SUCCESS STORY. I THINK YOU MAY KNOW THIS, BUT I ATTRIBUTE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SAVED THE LIFE OF A GOLDEN RETRIEVER. AND MY GOLDEN RETRIEVER'S NAME IS DAISY, BELONGED TO MY NIECE. 
          MY WIFE WENT TO, WHEN THE DEPUTY CHIEF DID HIS FIRST. 
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BRING YOUR DOG, BRING YOUR PET TO CINQUEZ PARK, SO SHE FAITHFULLY ATTENDED. YOU KNOW, WITH OUR GRAND PUPPY, WHO WE HAVE SIX OUT OF SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS SHE LEARNED AT THAT EVENT WAS DEPUTY CHIEF HAD HIS BROTHER THERE FROM DOWN IN BROWARD. AND MY WIFE, WHO PAYS A LOT MORE ATTENTION THAN I DO, REMEMBERED THAT DETAIL THAT HE WAS A TOXICOLOGIST SPECIALIST. SO DAISY, ABOUT I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DAYS NOW, BECAUSE TIME FLIES, BUT LET'S JUST SAY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS IN HER BACKYARD, STARTED ROLLING AROUND LIKE DOGS DO, BUT THEN MY NIECE NOTICED SOMETHING DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. WELL, SHE HAD BEEN BIT BY WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A RATTLESNAKE. SCRAMBLED WITH HER BELOVED GOLDEN RETRIEVER. AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT THE CASE THAT EVERY VET KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO WE CAME TO LEARN. SO INITIALLY, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THE BITE WAS TO THE EYE. SO A VET SENT THEM DOWN TO, I THINK IT WAS THE WEST PALM AREA, TO GET... 
          WITH A VET THAT MORE SPECIALIZED WITH EYES. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, FOUR HOURS HAD GONE BY. IT WAS A, AND A LOT OF VETS DON'T DEAL WITH THAT REGULARLY. AND SO SHE WAS PUT ON A COUPLE, AN ANTIVENOM, AND THEN A SECOND ONE, AND I MAY HAVE MY NUMBERS WRONG HERE, BUT THEN THE THE VET WAS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT WHETHER YOU COULD CONTINUE TO GIVE AN ANTIVENOM. AND, OF COURSE, DAISY WAS NOT DOING WELL. AND SO MY WIFE SAYS, JIM, CAN YOU REACH OUT TO DEPUTY CHIEF SHAW? SO I TEXT HIM QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, HE RESPONDS BACK. HE WOUND UP OFFERING, YOU KNOW, AND WE CONNECTED. WE HAD HIM TALK DIRECTLY TO MY, I GUESS YOU'D CALL MY NEPHEW-IN-LAW, MY NIECE'S HUSBAND. AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE THAT THE VET DIDN'T KNOW, RIGHT, BECAUSE HE'S A TOXICOLOGIST. 
          NOW HERE'S SOMEBODY, HE'S NOT EVEN PART OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT GOES TO SHOW WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'VE COME TO REALIZE BEFORE THIS EVENT, THE REACH. 
          THAT YOUR STAFF REACHES. WE GOT A HUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPUTY CHIEF SHAW BROUGHT HIS BROTHER UP HERE, I SUPPOSE, ON HIS OWN TIME, RIGHT? IT SHOWS THE CARING NATURE OF BOTH HIS BROTHER, HIM, AND THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT. IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY TRANSFERRED, THERE WAS A BETTER ANTIVENOM TO TAKE. AND IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER, THEY TOOK HIM TO ANOTHER VET THAT HAD THE VENOM THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPUTY CHIEF SHAW'S BROTHER SUGGESTED. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME, SO WE'RE THRILLED. 
          BUT IT IS NOT EXAGGERATION TO SAY, IF YOU'D HAVE SEEN THAT, I'D SENT DEPUTY CHIEF A PICTURE OF THE DOG. IN THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS IN, AND THEN WHAT THE DOG NORMALLY LOOKED LIKE, AND THE FIRST REACTION WAS THEY COULD NOT BE THE SAME. THEY WERE. SO I JUST THOUGHT, THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO SAY IT. YOU'RE JUST SHARING ALL THE MARVELS ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE. BUT IT REALLY STARTS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY CARE AND THE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, STEVE'S AN AMAZING GUY. 
          DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. HIS BROTHER, RUSTY, ANOTHER GREAT PERSON, RIGHT? THEY'RE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH. AND STEVE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE CANINE CARE CLASSES HE DOES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND LOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO HELP WHEN. YOU JUST GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND DO YOUR PART, RIGHT? AND I SAW THOSE PICTURES AND I WAS, LIKE YOU SAID, I WISH EVERYBODY COULD SEE. 
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THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? SO I'M GLAD IT WAS A GREAT OUTCOME. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NEXT, 
          [3. 2025 Citizen Survey Presentation]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE 2025 CITIZEN SURVEY. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS SONIA WITTINK, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF DATA AND INSIGHTS AT POLCO. POLCO PROVIDES TOOLS TO EMPOWER RESIDENT VOICES AND VISUALIZE COMMUNITY METRICS TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUDGETING, AND PERFORMANCE TRACKING. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT JUST A SUMMARY OF YOUR NATIONAL COMMUNITY RESULTS FOR 2025. TO START, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SEAN REID FOR THE TECHNOLOGY ASSIST RIGHT THERE, AND THEN ALSO JUST BEING REALLY GREAT AND PROVIDING A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK AND INPUT THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY PROCESS. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE, JASON NEUMEIER, WHO DID THE BULK OF POLKO'S WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. AND REALLY GREATLY ENJOYED COLLABORATING WITH YOU ALL. 
          THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, OR THE NCS, IS A STANDARDIZED, FIVE-PAGE, COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY, AND IT'S USED TO ASSESS RESIDENT OPINION ABOUT COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE N.CS SURVEY QUESTIONS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO TEN FACETS OF COMMUNITY LIVABILITY THAT ARE SHOWN RIGHT HERE. THIS PROVIDES A HOLISTIC PICTURE OF THE TOWN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE RESIDENTS. THESE FACETS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH EXTENSIVE SURVEY RESEARCH AS THOSE THAT ARE THE MOST IMPACTFUL ON YOUR LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE. THERE ARE MANY SURVEY ITEMS RELATED TO EACH FACET, AND THE FACETS ALIGN WITH MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS, MAKING IT EASIER FOR STAFF TO QUICKLY FIND INFORMATION THAT'S MOST RELEVANT FOR THEIR WORK. 
          HOW A SURVEY IS CONDUCTED REALLY MATTERS, AND WE USE OUR EXPERTISE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RESULTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE. WE SELECT OUR SAMPLE WITHOUT BIAS, OVER SAMPLE UNDER RESPONDERS, AND MAKE STATISTICAL CORRECTIONS FOR RESPONSE DISPARITIES, SUCH AS OLDER ADULTS. 
          GENERALLY, RESPONDING IN HIGHER PROPORTIONS THAN YOUNGER ADULTS DO. TO START THIS 2025 SURVEY, A U.S. POSTAL SERVICE LIST OF ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE RELEVANT ZIP CODES WAS COMPARED TO GIS FILES PROVIDED BY THE TOWN, AND 3,000 ADDRESSES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE SURVEY. A POSTCARD INVITATION TO AN ONLINE SURVEY WAS MAILED OCTOBER 7, 2025. FOLLOWED A WEEK LATER BY A PAPER SURVEY WITH A POSTAGE PAID RETURN ENVELOPE, AND THEN THE SURVEY REMAINED OPEN FOR COMPLETION FOR EIGHT WEEKS. 368 SURVEYS WERE COMPLETED, PROVIDING A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR MINUS 5%, WHICH IS OUR TARGET FOR THIS TYPE OF SURVEY, SO THAT WAS GREAT. THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE COMPARED TO THE RECENT CENSUS IN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND THEY WERE STATISTICALLY WEIGHTED. WEIGHTING IS A SURVEY, BEST PRACTICE, AND THE FINAL STEP... TO ENSURE THAT THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF YOUR RESULTS. SO THAT'S DOING THAT CORRECTION WHERE WE SAID OLDER ADULTS RESPOND A LITTLE MORE HIGHER PROPORTION THAN YOUNGER. WE SQUISHED THOSE LITTLE PROPORTIONS TO THE CORRECT AMOUNTS FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. 
          TO ENSURE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY COULD PARTICIPATE IF THEY WANTED, STARTING OCTOBER 17TH, THE STAFF PUBLICIZED A COMMUNITY-WIDE OPEN PARTICIPATION SURVEY THAT RECEIVED 79 RESPONSES. THOSE ARE RESPONSES. RESPONSES ARE SUMMARIZED SEPARATELY IN AN APPENDIX TO YOUR FULL REPORT, BUT FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL FOCUS ON THOSE 368 RANDOMLY SELECTED PEOPLE. ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATING WITH POLKOS COMMUNITY SURVEYS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE YOUR RATINGS TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. 
          TO ADD THAT CONTEXT. THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 400 COMMUNITIES IN OUR BENCHMARK DATABASE. AND THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT COMPARISONS TO THAT NATIONAL BENCHMARK, WHICH IS THE 400, AND ALSO A CUSTOM BENCHMARK OF FLORIDA COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY, AS WELL AS, I'LL PROVIDE COMPARISONS TO YOUR PAST SURVEY RESULTS. 
          SO THERE IS A TON OF INFORMATION IN YOUR REPORT, INCLUDING CROSS-TABULATIONS BY GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHICS. 
          AND WE CAN'T COVER IT ALL HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO POINT OUT A FEW MAIN THEMES AND INVITE YOU TO DIG DEEPER INTO THAT REPORT. ON TO SOME HIGH-LEVEL RESULTS. 
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IN THE SURVEY, WE HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ASK DIRECTLY ABOUT THE BROADER FACETS OF COMMUNITY LIVABILITY. THE FIRST ASKS RESIDENTS TO RATE THE QUALITY OF EACH FACET, AND THESE QUALITY QUESTIONS ARE ASKED ON A FOUR-POINT SCALE, WHERE THE RESPONDENT COULD CHOOSE EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, OR POOR. WE CONSIDER EXCELLENT AND GOOD TO BE POSITIVE RATINGS, AND FOR THE EASE OF PRESENTATION AND COMPARISON, HERE WE PRESENT THE EXCELLENT OR GOOD SHOWN THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. WE ALSO SHOW THE COMPARISON TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK, WITH SHADING ON THE CHART. SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE DARKER BARS ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. 
          SO WE SEE THAT SAFETY, UTILITIES, ECONOMY AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS ARE ABOVE THE BENCHMARK, AND ALL OF THEIR AREAS WERE SIMILAR TO THE BENCHMARK. OUR SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THESE SAME 10 FACETS. IT'S CENTERED ON HOW IMPORTANT RESIDENTS THINK IT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FOCUS ON THEM IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WE ASKED ABOUT QUALITY AND IMPORTANCE. 
          OF EACH. SO, WE CAN ADD SOME CONTEXT BY CREATING A QUALITY IMPORTANCE COMPARISON, WHICH I'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE WE SEE JUPITER RESIDENTS WERE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE NATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WOULD RANK AS THE MOST IMPORTANT. EVERYTHING ON THERE IS AT LEAST IMPORTANT, VERY OR SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT, OR ESSENTIAL, OR VERY IMPORTANT TO 74% BUT YOU CAN SEE ENVIRONMENTS AND UTILITIES TOP THE THE LIST. SO THIS CHART I WAS SPEAKING OF, WE USE IT, IT'S INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, AND WE USE IT TO HELP DETERMINE WHICH AREAS ARE OF RELATIVELY HIGHER IMPORTANCE AND LOWER QUALITY TO RESIDENTS. THIS CHART'S ONE OF MANY WAYS TO INTERPRET YOUR DATA AND CAN HELP A COMMUNITY IDENTIFY AREAS THAT MAY NEED ADDITIONAL FOCUS OR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE COMING YEARS. COMPARED TO OTHERS THAT MAY BE DOING FAIRLY WELL. HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT MOBILITY SHOWS A LARGER GAP, WHERE THE QUALITY IS LOWER THAN THE IMPORTANCE. MORE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING IT'S IMPORTANT THAN ARE SAYING IT IS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WAS RATED EXCELLENT OR GOOD BY 48%, AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION ALSO SHOWS A MODERATE GAP. RESIDENTS FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY RATED IT AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD BY 58%. BOTH OF THOSE WERE SIMILAR TO THE BENCHMARKS. GOING ON TO THOSE BENCHMARKS, THERE ARE 122 SURVEY ITEMS THAT ARE EVALUATIVE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          33 RECEIVED RATINGS THAT WERE HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. 89 RECEIVED SIMILAR RATINGS, AND NONE RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS. RATINGS ARE CONSIDERED SIMILAR IF THEY'RE WITHIN 10 POINTS OF THE BENCHMARK, AND HIGHER OR LOWER IF THEY'RE MORE THAN 10 DIFFERENT. SO, HAVING 33 ITEMS ABOVE AND NONE BELOW IS AN EXCELLENT RESULT, AND NOT COMMON IN MOST COMMUNITIES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT NATIONAL BENCHMARK, JUPITER WAS COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA. AND OF THE 122 ITEMS FOR WHICH WE COULD PROVIDE A VALUE OF THE RATINGS, 53 RECEIVED SIMILAR RATINGS AND 69 WERE ABOVE THE RATINGS OF OTHER FLORIDA COMMUNITIES. 
          AND AGAIN, NONE WERE LOWER. SO THAT, AGAIN, IS REALLY EXCELLENT WORK ON YOUR AND YOUR STAFF'S BEHALF. 
          WE ALSO COMPARED YOUR RESULTS. 
          TO THE PREVIOUS SURVEY. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS RECENTLY ONLINE ABOUT CHANGES FROM 2021. WE WANT TO SAY THAT THOSE RESULTS WERE IMPACTED FROM COVID, AND WE DID DISCUSS THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION TWO YEARS AGO. 
          AND SO HERE WE'RE ONLY DISCUSSING THE 2023 TO 2025 COMPARISONS, AS THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE GOING TO BETTER REFLECT THE IMPACTS OF RECENT POLICIES AND EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MAKING. SO, WHEN COMPARED TO JUPITER'S 2023 RESULTS, IN 2025, 12 ITEMS ARE RATED HIGHER. 104 RECEIVED SIMILAR RATINGS AND SIX RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS. 
          CHANGES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT IF THERE IS MORE THAN A 6.9% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS. 
          INCREASED RATINGS INCLUDE SOME ITEMS RELATED TO HEALTH CARE, THE ECONOMY, AND COMMUNITY DESIGN, AND THE LOWER RATINGS WERE LARGELY RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION. MOVING NOW ONTO THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR FINDINGS. WE'LL JUST DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT STOOD OUT TO US, BUT NOTE AGAIN, THERE'S LOTS OF DETAILS IN THAT REPORT. SO, STARTING OFF, RESIDENTS THINK JUPITER IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. QUALITY OF LIFE ITEMS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RATINGS THAT ARE HIGHER THAN BOTH THE NATIONAL AND THE FLORIDA BENCHMARK. ABOUT 9 IN 10 RESIDENTS SAID JUPITER WAS AN EXCELLENT OR GOOD PLACE TO LIVE AND TO RAISE CHILDREN. AND THE 
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OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE TOWN WAS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. 
          ABOUT 9 IN 10 PLAN TO REMAIN IN THE TOWN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND WOULD RECOMMEND LIVING IN JUPITER TO SOMEONE WHO ASKS. ALL OF THESE RATINGS WERE HIGHER THAN THE FLORIDA BENCHMARK, AND JUPITER, AS A PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE CHILDREN, WERE HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARKS. RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE IN JUPITER, AND THEY ALSO GAVE HIGH MARKS TO SAFETY-RELATED SERVICES. 
          NEARLY ALL RESIDENTS FELT SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THE DOWNTOWN DURING THE DAY. ALMOST ALL FELT SAFE FROM PROPERTY CRIME AND VIOLENT CRIME, RATINGS THAT WERE HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AND CUSTOM BENCHMARK. 
          ABOUT THREE QUARTERS FELT SAFE FROM FIRE, FLOOD, OR NATURAL DISASTER. AND RATINGS FOR SAFETY FROM PROPERTY CRIME IMPROVED COMPARED TO 2023. NEARLY ALL RESIDENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH AMBULANCE EMS SERVICES IN JUPITER. AND AS I JUST SAW, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE QUITE WELL FUNDED AND SUPPORTED. 
          ABOUT 9 IN 10 GAVE POSITIVE RATINGS TO POLICE SERVICES. 
          FIRE PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. CLOSER TO 8 IN 10 GAVE STRONG RATINGS TO CRIME PREVENTION SERVICES. 
          FIRE PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND CRIME PREVENTION WERE BOTH HIGHER THAN THE CUSTOM BENCHMARK, THAT FLORIDA BENCHMARK. AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND CRIME PREVENTION WERE ALSO HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. 
          THE ECONOMY WAS SEEN AS STRONG, BUT AFFORDABILITY, LIKE EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, REMAINS A CHALLENGE. ABOUT 9 IN 10 RESIDENTS THOUGHT HIGHLY OF JUPITER AS A PLACE TO VISIT, AND THE OVERALL QUALITY OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS. ABOUT 7 IN 10 HAD GOOD RATINGS FOR JUPITER AS A PLACE TO WORK, AND THE VARIETY OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND THAT INCREASED COMPARED TO 2023. ABOUT 7 IN 10 RESIDENTS THOUGHT SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES WERE GOOD. WHILE SIX IN TEN PRAISED THE VIBRANCY OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL AREA. 
          OVERALL, QUALITY AND VARIETY OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE BOTH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AND THE FLORIDA BENCHMARKS, AND SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES WERE HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL COMPARISONS. SIMILAR TO THE BENCHMARKS, A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF RESIDENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE, QUALITY CHILD CARE, AND FEWER GAVE GOOD MARKS TO THE COST OF LIVING AND AFFORDABILITY. HOUSING, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO IT IS SIMILAR TO THE BENCHMARK. JUPITER'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS GOT VERY HIGH MARKS. NEARLY ALL RESIDENTS WERE HAPPY WITH THE AIR QUALITY AND WATER RESOURCES. CLOSE TO NINE IN TEN GAVE GREAT MARKS TO CLEANLINESS AND YARD WASTE PICKUP. ABOUT THREE IN FOUR RESIDENTS THOUGHT JUPITER OPENED SPACE AND THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS WAS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. AND ALL BUT ONE OF THESE WERE HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK, AND ALL RATINGS WERE HIGHER THAN THE FLORIDA BENCHMARK. 
          RATINGS FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN IN JUPITER SCORED HIGHER THAN FLORIDA COMPARISON COMMUNITIES. 
          MORE THAN 8 IN 10 WERE HAPPY WITH THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF JUPITER, A RATING THAT WAS HIGHER THAN BOTH THE NATIONAL AND CUSTOM BENCHMARKS. 
          ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS THOUGHT JUPITER HAD WELL-DESIGNED NEIGHBORHOODS, HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AND FLORIDA BENCHMARK, AND ALSO AN INCREASE. FROM 2023, MORE THAN HALF OF RESIDENTS GAVE GOOD MARKS TO JUPITER FOR HAVING WELL-PLANNED RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND FOR THE OVERALL QUALITY OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND CLOSER TO HALF WERE SATISFIED WITH THE VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS, WHICH DID IMPROVE FROM 2023, AND WELL-PLANNED COMMERCIAL GROWTH. MOBILITY SERVICES CONTINUED TO RECEIVE GOOD MARKS, BUT ITEMS RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SAW DOWNWARD TRENDS. 
          ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF RESIDENTS EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH EASE OF CAR TRAVEL, THE EASE OF PUBLIC PARKING, AND THE EASE OF WALKING. IN JUPITER, WITH A RATING ABOVE THE FLORIDA BENCHMARK FOR THE EASE OF PUBLIC PARKING. ABOUT FOUR IN TEN RESIDENTS EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH TRAVEL BY BICYCLE, WHICH DIPPED FROM 2023, WHILE ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF RESIDENTS HAD GOOD MARKS FOR TRAFFIC FLOW ON MAJOR STREETS. ONLY ONE IN FIVE RESIDENTS GAVE GOOD MARKS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WHICH DID DECREASE FROM 2023. 
          THERE IS AN OVERALL TREND OF A DECREASE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MARKS, STARTING FROM COVID. A LOT OF PEOPLE STOPPED USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AT THAT TIME, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN... 
          THAT COME BACK OVERALL. 
          MOBILITY, LOOKING AT MOBILITY RELATED SERVICES, ABOUT EIGHT AND TEN RESIDENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH STREET CLEANING AND STREET LIGHTING. 
          ABOUT SEVEN AND TEN HAD GOOD MARKS FOR STREET REPAIR 
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SERVICES AND SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, AND SIX AND TEN GAVE GOOD MARKS TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. 
          COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK, STREET REPAIR SERVICES WAS HIGHER AND ALL THE OTHERS WERE SIMILAR. WELL, ALL OF THE RATINGS, EXCEPT FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WERE HIGHER THAN THE FLORIDA BENCHMARK. 
          IN A CUSTOM QUESTION RELATED TO MOBILITY IN JUPITER, RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO RATE HOW IMPORTANT, IF AT ALL, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FOR JUPITER. TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS AS PART OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. TOPPING THE LIST WAS IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL ROADS, WITH 58%... 
          SAYING IT WAS ESSENTIAL AND 34% SAYING IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, FOLLOWED BY SAFER AND MORE CONNECTED WALKING BIKING STRUCTURE, WITH 48% SAYING THAT WAS ESSENTIAL AND 32% SAYING IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, AND TRAFFIC CALMING SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, WITH 33% SAYING IT WAS ESSENTIAL, 37% VERY IMPORTANT. ABOUT TWO-THIRDS THOUGHT BETTER ACCESS TO MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT CONNECT JUPITER TO AREAS SUCH AS PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE BRIDGES OR SIDEWALKS TO BUS STOPS WAS ESSENTIAL. OR VERY IMPORTANT. WHILE ENHANCED PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS SUCH AS BUS SERVICE, EXPRESS ROUTES, BUS FREQUENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING ELECTRICAL VEHICLES OR MULTI-MOBILE MOBILITY, SUCH AS CHARGING STATIONS AND WALKING BICYCLE PATHS WERE ESSENTIAL. 
          OR VERY IMPORTANT TO ABOUT 40 PERCENT, BUT ALSO NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT TO 30 PERCENT. 
          SO THAT ONE WAS MORE SPLITS. 
          IN A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, RESIDENTS WERE ASKED TO SELECT THEIR TOP TWO PRIORITIES FROM THAT SAME LIST OF POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. THESE RANKINGS GENERALLY MATCHED OVERALL WITH THE RATINGS THAT WE SAW IN THE LAST QUESTION, BUT MORE THAN HALF OF RESIDENTS, 58%, PRIORITIZED IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL ROADS. ABOUT FOUR IN TEN WANTED TO FOCUS ON CONNECTED WALKING, BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ONE-THIRD OF RESIDENTS GAVE PRIORITY TO TRAFFIC CALMING. SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. ONE QUARTER OR FEWER THOUGHT THE LAST THREE ITEMS SHOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITIES. THOSE WERE BETTER ACCESS TO MAJOR CORRIDORS, INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MULTIMODAL MOBILITY, OR ENHANCED PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST AT 14 PERCENT. SO, AS A SUMMARY OF THIS SUMMARY, THE QUALITY OF LIFE ITEMS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RATINGS THAT ARE REALLY HIGHER THAN BOTH NATIONAL AND FLORIDA BENCHMARKS. RESIDENTS FELT SAFE AND HAD HIGH MARKS FOR SAFETY SERVICES IN THE TOWN. ALTHOUGH SOME ECONOMIC ITEMS DID INCREASE, MEASURES FOR PORTABILITY HAVE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. JUPITER'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEMS ARE DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND VERY VALUED. 
          COMMUNITY DESIGN IN JUPITER SCORED HIGHER THAN FLORIDA COMPARISON COMMUNITIES, AND MOBILITY SERVICES CONTINUED TO RECEIVE HIGH MARKS, BUT ITEMS RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SAW DOWNWARD TRENDS, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ALSO NOT AS PRIORITIZED BY RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S MY QUICK SUMMARY OF YOUR SURVEY RESULTS. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE ONLINE REPORTS AND CAN DIG IN. 
          BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, MIA. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, NOT RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. JUST A GENERAL QUESTION. OF THE POPULATION OF RESIDENT GROWTH HERE, WHAT IS SIMILAR RESPONSES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY? IF YOU TOOK THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS VERSUS HOW MANY, RESPONSE? DO YOU MEAN JUST FOR RESPONSE RATES OR RESPONSE LEVEL? YEAH, WHERE DO WE GO? SO THIS IS OUR TARGET FOR COMMUNITIES, LARGE AND SMALL, IS TO HAVE AT LEAST ABOUT 300. ACTUALLY, 368 IS THE ABSOLUTE TARGET. WE WENT ON 5% MARGIN OF ERROR, BASICALLY. IF YOU THINK ABOUT A POLITICAL POLL THAT'S COVERING 250 MILLION AMERICANS, YOU GET 02,000 RESPONSES, OR EVEN 1,000 RESPONSES. THAT HAS 1,000 RESPONSES HAS A PLUS OR MINUS 3% MARGIN OF ERROR. SO FOR THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH, A PLUS OR MINUS 5% IS THE TARGET. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU HAD A LARGER COMMUNITY, OR IF YOU HAD A SMALLER COMMUNITY, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TARGET THAT AT LEAST 350. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES. I WAS LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE IN JUPITER, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES... IS DECLINING AND THAT WE'RE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF HITTING THAT TARGET. SO I IMAGINE COVID DID SOMETHING. 
          ALSO OUR TECHNOLOGY. SO THIS IS A MAILED SURVEY. WE DO HAVE OPEN PARTICIPATION ONLINE, BUT DO YOU FIRST... SO JUST TO CORRECT THAT, IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AS WELL. 
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SO WE MAIL OUT A POSTCARD, NOT THE OPEN PARTICIPATION, BUT THE RANDOM SAMPLE. YOU GET A POSTCARD THAT HAS A QR CODE AND A URL THAT YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE. AND THEN YOU ALSO GET ON THE COVER LETTER OF THE PAPER SURVEY THE OPTION TO DO IT ONLINE. SO THERE'S AN OPTION FOR ONLINE, BUT THE COMMUNICATION IS NOT ONLINE. 
          AND THERE IS SECURITY, RIGHT, FOR THAT, SO THAT THE RESIDENT THAT RECEIVES THE MAILING IS THE ONE DOING THE SURVEY. AND IF IT GETS PASSED AROUND OR THE LINK GETS PASSED, THERE'S A WAY TO MANAGE WHO'S RESPONDING IN A RANDOMIZED SAMPLE. SO WE DON'T USUALLY FIND THAT THE LINK GETS PASSED, TO BE HONEST. WE USUALLY FIND THAT GETTING FOLKS TO DO IT, ONE PERSON DO IT IS HARDER THAN THE OTHER. 
          BUT SOMETIMES WE DO, FOR SOME COMMUNITIES WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, WE DO ADD CODES TO THE SURVEY. I WILL SAY, WHEN WE'VE DONE THAT, WE DON'T GET MANY DUPLICATE RESPONSES. 
          AND THE DUPLICATE RESPONSES YOU GET IS MORE, RATHER THAN HANDING IT AROUND THE COMMUNITY, IT'S LIKE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE, OR TWO UNRELATED ADULTS WHO LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD, BOTH DO THE SURVEY. SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. BUT OVERALL, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THIS. WE GET ABOUT, LIKE, SAY, 1%. YOU OF OUR RESPONSES HAVE DUPLICATES, AND IF YOU LOOKED AT, IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE RESULTS. 
          RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD IMPACT THE RESULTS. AND EVEN THOSE DUPLICATES ARE USUALLY, AS I SAY, A HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH DO IT. 
          UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. DO YOU FORESEE TROUBLE AHEAD, GIVEN HOW WE SEE A KIND OF DECLINE IN RESPONSE RATES? I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE, WE DO SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A... RECENT DECLINE. IT'S A LONG TREND DOWN TO WHERE IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, HONESTLY. IT'S NOT JUST SURVEYS, BUT CERTAINLY WE SEE IT. IT'S PROBABLY EASIEST MEASURED, MAYBE IN SURVEYS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT TREND OVER TIME. SO WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE MAILING OUT TO. THERE HAS BEEN RESEARCH THAT BASICALLY HAS SHOWN THAT. EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE LOWER RESPONSE RATE, WHEN YOU'RE STILL HEARING FROM ENOUGH FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, IF IT WAS RANDOMLY SAMPLED, YOU'RE GETTING RESULTS. THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE. AND I CAN KIND OF GO INTO, NERD OUT ON SOME OF THE STUDIES I'VE SHOWN, BUT BASICALLY, WE FOUND THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE STARTED TO SEND OUT 3,500 OR EVEN 04,000. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN ACTUALLY STARTING TO DO TESTING WITH TEXT TO FOLLOW UP WITH A FOLLOW-UP, REMINDERS AND BEING ABLE TO RESPOND BY TEXT. BUT THAT'S A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF GETTING A WHOLE, GETTING CELL PHONE COVERAGE. 
          THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR. SO THEY'RE RANDOMLY SELECTED, AND THEN SOMETHING IS MAILED, AND THERE'S A QR CODE, AND YOU KNOW WHO IT'S MAILED TO. 
          BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ADDRESSES AND YOU MAILED IT, BUT THEN YOU CAN FOLLOW UP TO THOSE? THOSE THAT WE CAN MATCH THE PHONE TO, AND WE'RE DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THAT. JUST AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T THINK IT SKEWS THE RESULTS. BECAUSE BASICALLY, IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE 03,000, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE LESS TECHNOLOGICALLY CONNECTED, AND THAT'S WHY YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT PAPER. SO... 
          BASICALLY, IF, SAY, TWO-THIRDS OF OUR GROUP GET A TEXT, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MANY CELL PHONES WE CAN MATCH TO THIS RANDOMLY SELECTED GROUP, BECAUSE ADDRESS-BASED SAMPLING IS STILL REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST HOLISTIC VIEW OF YOUR COMMUNITY. YEAH. 
          SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT, LIKE, SO IF THOSE TWO-THIRDS GET THREE CONTACTS AND ONE-THIRD GETS TWO CONTACTS, WILL THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? SO WE'RE DOING SOME STATISTICAL WORK. WONDERFUL TO HEAR. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. YEP. JUST ONE QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR CAPTURING, WORKING WITH THE TOWN TO CAPTURE THE DATA AND ANALYZING IT. AND ALSO FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, IT WAS VERY GOOD. I HAD ONE QUESTION ON THE COMPARISON OF PREVIOUS SURVEY OF 23. YOU NOTED SIX RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS. I WENT THROUGH THE PACKAGE. I ONLY FOUND THREE. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE SIX ARE? IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEM OFFHAND, I CAN TAKE AN ACTION. YEAH, I CAN ABSOLUTELY GET THEM TO YOU. I'M JUST TRYING TO, SOMETIMES I PUT THAT. I FOUND THREE OF THEM. I DIDN'T FIND THE OTHER THREE. THE EASTER EGG HUNT. YOU ALMOST GOT THERE. 
          YOU CAN GET BACK WITH US ON THAT ONE. YEAH, YOU CAN GET BACK WITH US. THIS ISN'T A TEST UP HERE. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE THEM. I JUST WONDERED WHAT THEY WERE. OH, THANK YOU. YEAH. 
          THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. 
          YEAH, THEY WERE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION. WERE THEY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO A FEW COMMENTS, AND NOT JUST SPEAKING TO YOU. 
          WE'RE ALL SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC, TOO. YEAH. IS WATCHING ONLINE OR WILL WATCH IT LATER? AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE. SO NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO US, THE CITIZEN SURVEY. WE DID IT. AS I WAS TALKING TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING, WE DID IT WITH ANOTHER COMPANY BEFORE WE SWITCHED TO YOURS, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          OF COURSE, THE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR SURVEY IS THE FACT THAT WE DO GET NATIONAL AND PEER GROUP, FLORIDA PEER GROUP BENCHMARKS, SO IT'S GOOD 
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TO DO IT THAT WAY. AND WE, THE SURVEY FEEDBACK HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED TOWN COUNCIL POLICY ACTIONS, TOWN STAFF EFFORTS. AND THEN INVESTMENTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS. 
          SO ALL OF US AND OUR STAFF POUR OVER IT WHEN WE GET IT. 
          EXTREMELY HELPFUL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE DETAIL, YOU KNOW, GIVES US FOUR QUADRANTS TO THE TOWN. AND WE CAN SEE IN THOSE FOUR QUADRANTS, THERE'S A RATIONALE ON WHY THERE'S A DISTINCTION, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE. ONE QUADRANT, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO BE MOST UNHAPPY ABOUT MOBILITY BECAUSE IT HAS THE MOST TRAFFIC CONGESTION, RIGHT? AND VICE VERSA. I JUST USE THAT AS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, BUT, UH, SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT MORE DETAIL. 
          BREAKDOWN IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND WE'RE STILL SERVING THE TOTALITY OF THE TOWN. BUT, UH, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, AND UM. SO IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE 20, CAN YOU? I JUST, NUMBER ONE, I THOUGHT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS REALLY GREAT. YOU KNOW, I POURED OVER THIS, BUT I LIKE THE WAY THIS IS PORTRAYED, SHOWING THE NOT IMPORTANT. IT REALLY TELLS A STORY, WHICH JUMPED OUT AT ME. AND AGAIN, I'M BRINGING THIS ONE UP AS MUCH FOR THE PUBLIC AS IT IS YOU. 
          BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A POWERFUL ONE. 
          BECAUSE THIS IS ONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, PALM BEACH COUNTY IS DOING A TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE. ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR COUNTY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING TRANSPORTATION FUNDS GOING INTO THE FUTURE. AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DIVERSITY WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY. YOU KNOW, SOME ARE REALLY INTO TRANSIT AND HAVE TRANSIT, AND SOME, LIKE US, DON'T. SO, TO ME, MY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, WAS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT JUMPS OUT WITH THE COLOR CODING. BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THAT WANT TO GO ALL IN ON TRANSIT. WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAYING IS, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE.TRANSIT, IT'S LESSER IMPORTANT TO US, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL ROADS AND MANAGE THAT. 
          SO IT'S PRETTY POWERFUL, BUT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD. AND AS WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO WRAP UP THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE. IT JUST CONFIRMS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING IN THAT PLAN FOR EVERYTHING. OUR RESIDENTS DO USE MANCH. WE ONLY HAVE ONE BUS ROUTE THAT COMES HERE. 
          PEOPLE THAT USE MASS TRANSIT GO DOWN TO WEST PALM, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CONNECT IF YOU'RE GOING OUT OF THE AREA. BUT WHAT THIS TELLS ME IS IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO THEM, PARTLY PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN USED TO THE WAY IT IS. YEAH, I WOULD SAY PEOPLE SELF-SELECT SOMEWHAT TO AREAS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY IT'S PROBABLY GOOD TO ALSO DIG INTO SOME OF THOSE DETAILS AND CROSSTABS TO SEE WHICH PORTIONS OF YOUR COMMUNITY HAVE DIFFERENT. 
          PERSPECTIVES ON THAT AND HOW YOU MIGHT SERVE. BUT YES, OVERALL UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY OVERALL IS WANTING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN, LASTLY, AND I TOLD YOU I WAS GOING TO GET THIS QUESTION ON THE RECORD, WAS SO. THERE'S WHEN WE COMPARE TO OUR PEER GROUPS, AND EVERY TIME WE DO THIS, I ALWAYS ASK FOR AND GET THROUGH. SEAN REED I GET THE PEER GROUP COMMUNITIES IN. AS IT ALWAYS IS PRESENTED TO ME, IT'S ANYONE THAT HAS COMPLETED A SURVEY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME MUNICIPALITIES ON HERE THAT ARE NOT, SO THEY MUST NOT BE DOING IT CONSISTENTLY, MUST HAVE FELL OFF. BUT THERE'S SIX IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES THAT WERE NUMBER TWO AGAINST PEER COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA, AND THERE'S THREE THAT WERE NUMBER THREE. AND WE'D LOVE TO KNOW WHO'S NUMBER ONE. AND WHO'S ONE AND TWO. AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A RATIONALE FOR IT, YOU KNOW, AND I IMAGINE YOU HAVE TO USE CAUTION OF SHARING. 
          BUT IF YOU COULD GET BACK WITH US ON THOSE SIX ATTRIBUTES THAT WERE NUMBER TWO TO KNOW SO WE CAN SEE WHO'S NUMBER ONE. 
          AND AS WE WERE DISCUSSING OUTSIDE, BY THE WAY, IT MAY BE NO STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO, SO I'M NOT BEING ANAL ABOUT THIS. BUT IT'S NICE. WE USE THIS TO GET BETTER, RIGHT? AND SO, YEAH, AND SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT EXACTLY WHO, LIKE, THE LISTS ARE PROPRIETARY AND WE DON'T GENERALLY SHARE THEM PUBLICLY, BUT WE DO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE. LIKE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT US HAVING THIS BENCHMARK DATABASE IS THAT YOU CAN LOOK, THINK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, RIGHT? AND WE LIKE TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO IS DOING EVEN BETTER THAN YOU ON SOMETHING. OR, YOU KNOW, FOR 
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SOME COMMUNITIES WHO ARE PERFORMING POORLY, LIKE, YOU'RE NOT REALLY IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          BUT SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO IS THE BEST PRACTICE, LIKE, WHO SHOULD I BE LOOKING TO? SO WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THOSE KIND OF CONNECTIONS TO OTHER COMMUNITIES FOR YOU. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO FOR THOSE DINE ATTRIBUTES, WE'RE EITHER NUMBER TWO ON SIX OF THEM OR NUMBER THREE ON, IF YOU COULD TELL US WHO'S ONE ON SIX OF THEM AND WHO'S ONE AND TWO ON THE OTHER THREE, JUST SO THAT WE CAN ANALYZE. 
          AGAIN, WE USE THIS TO KEEP TRYING TO GET BETTER, RIGHT? YEP. AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, IS THERE SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM THAT OR NOT, RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, SO MOVING ON 
          [CITIZEN COMMENTS]
TO CITIZEN COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? YES, SIR. 
          WE HAVE TWO THAT WISH TO SPEAK AND ONE THAT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RHONDA. ABBAS COOK. HI, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. MY NAME IS RHONDA ABBAS COOK AND MY COLLEAGUE HERE IS MARCIA. AND WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT GENTIVA HOSPICE, A TRUSTED PROVIDER OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 
          AS BEING THE LARGEST HOSPICE PROVIDER. I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION TO EXPAND HOSPICE SERVICES WITHIN JUPITER AND THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY. WHO WE ARE? GENTIVA HOSPICE IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE, PATIENT-CENTERED CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS FACING LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESSES. 
          CURRENTLY, WE SERVE OVER 13,000 PATIENTS ACROSS FLORIDA. OFFERING BOTH HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PATIENT RECEIVES DIGNITY, COMFORT, AND QUALITY OF CARE AT THE MOST CRITICAL... TIME IN THEIR LIVES. THE NEED IN JUPITER AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. SO, PALM BEACH COUNTY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT POPULATION GROWTH, PARTICULARLY AMONG SENIORS, THE HOSPICE POPULATION MOST IN NEED OF HOSPICE SERVICES. 
          IN COMMUNITIES LIKE JUPITER, THE AGING POPULATION IS INCREASING. THE DEMAND FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE IS RISING. 
          AS THE LADIES PREVIOUSLY SAID, THAT 74% OF JUPITER RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE MORE WELLNESS AND HEALTH CARE IN YOUR CITY. 
          FAMILIES ARE SEEKING MORE CHOICES AND ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PROVIDERS. AND DESPITE THIS GROWING NEED, ACCESS TO HOSPICE SERVICES REMAIN LIMITED IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND THIS DELAY CAN LEAD TO DELAYS IN CARE, INCREASED BURDEN ON HOSPITALS, AND REDUCED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES. 
          EXPANDING HOSPICE SERVICES IN JUPITER AND PALM BEACH COUNTY WILL IMPROVE THIS ACCESS TO TIMELY CARE FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, REDUCE HOSPITAL READMISSIONS AND HEALTH CARE COSTS, PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH MORE CHOICE AND SUPPORT, AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE DURING THE END-OF-LIFE CARE. 
          OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY, IF APPROVED, GENTIVA HOSPICE IS COMMITTED TO HIRING LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. WE PLAN ON PARTNERING WITH HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ABOUT HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE TO YOUR RESIDENTS, AND DELIVER COMPASSIONATE, HIGH-QUALITY CARE TAILORED TO THIS COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. WE ARE NOT JUST EXPANDING OUR SERVICES, BUT WE ARE INVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK AT THIS TIME, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE CITY OF JUPITER PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR OUR CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOSPICE PROVIDERS IN JUPITER AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. YOUR SUPPORT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE CARE THEY DESERVE DURING THIS MOST VULNERABLE MOMENT. 
          IN CLOSING, EVERY INDIVIDUAL DESERVES DIGNITY, COMFORT, AND COMPASSIONATE CARE AT THE END OF LIFE. 
          BY SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE, YOU ARE HELPING TO ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF JUPITER AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES WHEN THEY NEED THEM THE MOST. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE DON'T NORMALLY UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS GET INTO CONVERSATION. WE WILL, SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, THE INFORMATION, AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE'LL TALK TO STAFF ABOUT AND DISCUSS. LATER. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          AND CAN I LEAVE SOME 
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INFORMATION WITH... OKAY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDA EMERSON. HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M LINDA EMERSON, AND I AM A JUPITER RESIDENT SINCE THE 1970S. 
          BUT I'M NOT HERE AS A RESIDENT. 
          TODAY, I'M HERE AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND A FOUNDER OF WILD BLUE SEA. WE'RE A JUPITER-BASED LOCAL NON-PROFIT OR ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFIT. 
          SORRY FOR THE VOICE. AND I GUESS I'D START BY SAYING THIS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GROW UP IN JUPITER, IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, MOST OF US CAN REMEMBER THAT FIRST TIME WE SAW JUPITER'S WATERWAYS, THAT COLOR BLUE, THAT GLOWING COLOR BLUE, ALMOST. I KNOW I DO. AND THAT SIGNALS TO US THAT THEY'RE HEALTHY WATERWAYS. BUT IN THE YEARS SINCE THE 70S, SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE, MANY OF US UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'VE BEEN HARMED AND DEGRADED. TO A POINT WHERE WE'VE LOST A LOT OF THE ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF THE WATERWAYS. SO, QUITE SIMPLY PUT, WILD BLUE SEA WAS FOUNDED TO HELP US INCREASE WATERSHED LITERACY IN THE AREA, AND WATERSHED LITERACY BASICALLY IS VALUING THE WATERWAYS, UNDERSTANDING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND THEN ACTING IN ALIGNMENT THAT WE VALUE THE WATERWAYS. WE FOCUS ON MANGROVES, ON SEAGRASSES. 
          AND ALSO ON OYSTERS RATHER THAN MANATEES AND SOME OF THE BIG THINGS. WATER QUALITY, IN THE END, IS DEPENDENT ON THINGS LIKE MANGROVES AND SEAGRASS AND OYSTERS. AND SO WE'RE DEVELOPING UNIQUE ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS FOR ADULT RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES. 
          AND IF YOU'RE NOT QUITE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, AT LEAST SEE SOMETHING. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE MANGROVE PROJECT. IS A PROJECT WHERE THE PROPAGULES ARE RESCUED OFF THE BEACH. WE DISPLAY THEM IN WINDOWS. WE HAVE 30 BUSINESS PARTNERS. WE HAD 300 MANGROVES DISPLAYED AROUND TOWN LAST YEAR. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN THEM SOMEWHERE IN ONE OF THE WINDOWS. MODERN JEWS, SOUL REBELS ON THIS SIDE, PENDER SEAFOOD, FOOD SHACK, OCEAN MAGIC. 
          BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS MAKE PART OF THIS IMPORTANT PART OF THE WATERWAY VISIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THEN WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE 30 THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW, GROWING MANGROVE PROPAGULES IN THEIR HOMES. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SPEED UP HERE. 
          THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE DOING, AND I'M JUST GOING TO CLOSE WITH THIS. YOU HAVE SUPPORTED WILD BLUE SEA, AND I'M HERE TO THANK YOU TONIGHT, BASICALLY, NOT TO LECTURE AND TALK A LOT ABOUT THE ECOLOGY. WE'VE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TOWN OF JUPITER. WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE YOUR... WATER ON YOUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY WITH SOME KOOZIES AND OUR LITTLE SLOGAN, GO WITH THE SLOW HERE. WE'RE PERMITTED WITH THE BLM. WE'RE ONLY THE SECOND NONPROFIT TO BE PERMITTED TO HOLD PROGRAMS UP AT THE JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE. WE'VE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH A JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL BLUE TEAM, SO WE'RE ON YEAR THREE OF PARTNERING WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND WHEN WATERWAYS ARE HEALTHY, WE ALL THRIVE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR. OUR LAST SPEAKER, JOYCE CASINS, DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK, SO WE WILL CIRCULATE HER CARD. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU, OKAY, 
          [4. March 3, 2026, Town Council Meeting Minutes.]
COUNCIL, UH. WE HAVE BEFORE US THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 3RD MEETING. I DON'T SEE ANY CORRECTIONS ON THE DAIS, IF THERE ARE NONE. I WILL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, AS I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF MARCH 3RD, 2026 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS ITEMS 5 THROUGH 14, WHICH IS POSTPONED. IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISHED TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? NO, SIR. ANY MEMBER ON THE DAIS WISH TO PULL ONE? NO. I WANTED TO JUST PULL... ITEM FIVE FOR JUST A COMMENT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AMENDED CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDED CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT A SHOUT OUT TO STAFF OF THESE PACKAGES. WERE EXCELLENT, 
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THE PROCUREMENT PACKAGES WERE EXCELLENT, AND THE ASSOCIATED, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS IN PROCUREMENT THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ARE NOTEWORTHY AND APPRECIATED. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE VOTED ON IT. SO WITH THAT, THE MOTION IN THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, AYE MOTION CARRIES 
          [5. Ordinance 16-26, Second Reading, Infrastructure Element Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment.]
UNANIMOUSLY. I DON'T NEED A PRESENTATION OR I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ON ORDINANCE 1626, I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, LET THE RECORD ON SECOND READING INCLUDE REFERENCE TO TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR MY ON RECORD. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 1626. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. I'D ASK FOR THE ORDINANCE 1626 TO BE READ. AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, 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, 2025 10-YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION A SECOND ON ORDINANCE 1626 ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE MOTION CARRIES 
          [15. Resolution 37-26, Quasi-Judicial, 200 Hibiscus Street Lounge — Special Exception and Site Plan. (PZ#25-6651, 6652).]
UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC BUSINESS RESOLUTION 36 726. THIS IS QUASI-JUDICIAL. 
          DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY EXPERTISE DISCLOSURES? I DO. I MET WITH THE TOWN AND ALSO MET WITH THE APPLICANT. AND THE TOPIC? JUST GOING OVER THE LOUNGE ITSELF, LOCATION, A COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAD. 
          SAM, I MET WITH THE APPLICANT LAST WEEK. 
          GENERAL OVERVIEW. I HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH ERNIE FIDENZA AND BRETT LEON. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT ON GENERAL AS WELL. AND I VISITED THE SITE TODAY AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. SICKLER ON A COUPLE OF THE CONDITIONS. WITH THAT, THIS IS QUASI-JUDICIAL. I'D ASK FOR ALL ON STAFF AND THE APPLICANT THAT MAY BE GIVEN TESTIMONY TO BE SWORN IN. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IN THIS HEARING IS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL, TOWN ATTORNEY, TOWN MANAGER. BEFORE I START MY PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE MAYOR, I MADE A COUPLE SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE PRESENTATION JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR, OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, SO, IF I MAY. USE THAT ONE, IF NOT, I'M ALSO PREPARED TO USE THE PRESENTATION THAT'S IN THE PACKET. NO, I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU'LL POINT OUT TO WHAT THE CHANGES ARE AS YOU GO THROUGH, THANK YOU. IT WAS REALLY, JUST, UM, SURE, JUST REALLY COLORS ON THE PRESENTATION TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE. UM, AND ALSO I HAVE SOME, UM, SOME IMAGES I INCLUDED IN THE REVISED APPLICATION. I CAN GIVE TO THE TOWN CLERK TO PASS ALONG TO YOU ALL, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT A LISTENING LOUNGE IS, BUT I AM PREPARED TO PRESENT THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET. 
          FOR THE RECORD, BRETT LEONE, I'M THE APPLICANT ON BEHALF OF JEFF WEINSTEIN, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AT 200 HIBISCUS, AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT. 
          HIS YOUNG SONS, MILES AND WYATT, ARE ALSO HERE TO SEE HOW THE PROCESS WORKS ON THEIR SPRING BREAK. SO THEY'RE LEARNING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. ALL RIGHT, SO THE THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT IS FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE. 
          SPECIFICALLY, IT'S A 960 SQUARE FOOT LOUNGE WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL CENTER. 
          ON THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION. 
          THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE INDIAN TOWN ROAD OVERLAY ZONE, SPECIFICALLY THE PINE GARDEN SUB-DISTRICT. ALSO NOTED IS A MAXIMUM OF 22 SEATS, AND I'LL JUMP INTO THAT AS I GO THROUGH MY PRESENTATION. THE REASONING FOR THAT IS BASED OFF OF YOU PARKING, AS WELL AS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SPACE. SO, THE SITE'S LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HIBISCUS STREET AND ORANGE AVENUE, AS YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. AND THE SITE IS ACCESSED FROM BOTH OF THOSE STREETS AS WELL, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE ORANGE ARROWS. THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE OF THE SITE IS COMMERCIAL. THE EXISTING ZONING IS C2 AND, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IT HAS AN OVERLAY 
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WITHIN THE PINE GARDENS. 
          DISTRICT OF THE IOZ. IF THIS SITE WAS NOT WITHIN THE IOZ, THE LOUNGE WOULD BE A USE BY RIGHT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE WITHIN THE IOZ, WE'RE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE. 
          SO, LOOKING AT THE SITE DATA, THE SITE'S APPROXIMATELY 0.66 ACRES. IT'S AN EXISTING RETAIL. 
          IT'S A COMMERCIAL SITE WITH A VARIETY OF USES. AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION, THE PROPOSED USE IS A LOUNGE, WHICH IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. 
          THE SITE HAS 54 SPACES. 
          HOWEVER, OVER THE YEARS PRIOR TO JEFF PURCHASING THE SITE IN 2021, SOME OF THE SPACES HAVE BEEN FADED. 
          STAFF HAD BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. JEFF HAD NOTICED THAT AS WELL. SO IF YOU WENT ON SITE AND COUNTED, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY 52 SPACES. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL UNDER REVIEW WITH STAFF TO RESTRIPE THE SITE TO PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 54 SPACES, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY EXISTED BEFORE THE STRIPING FADED OFF. 
          ALSO ON THE SCREEN AND THE TABLES IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU CAN SEE THE VARIETY OF OTHER USES WITHIN THE SITE, INCLUDING OTHER RETAIL. THERE IS A RESTAURANT IN THERE AS WELL. THE RESTAURANT DOES CLOSE AT NINE O'CLOCK. AND THEN A VARIETY OF RETAIL USES AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT RIGHT HERE IS 54 SPACES, WHICH THE SITE WILL PROVIDE WHEN RESTRIPED. SO AGAIN, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST, BEFORE YOU ALL, IS FOR A LOUNGE, MORE SPECIFICALLY, A LISTENING ROOM. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH A LISTENING ROOM, THEY ARE FAIRLY POPULAR OVER IN JAPAN. THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY OVER TO THE UNITED STATES. WHAT THEY ARE IS REALLY JUST AN ACOUSTICALLY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WHERE VINYL RECORDS ARE PLAYED. INTERESTING NOTE, MEETING WITH JEFF THIS WEEK, HE IS... STARTED A VINYL COLLECTION AND HE HOPES TO HAVE OVER 2,500 VINYLS THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE. 
          WITH THAT, JEFF NOT ONLY OWNS THE CENTER AT 200 HIBISCUS, BUT HE WILL BE THE OPERATOR OF THE LOUNGE AS WELL. SO HE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO HIMSELF. WE'RE PROPOSING A RESERVATION-ONLY SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND OUT, ALONG WITH THE UM, VARIETY OF MUSIC THAT'S PLAYED WITH THE VINYLS WILL BE CURATED COCKTAILS. YOU WILL APPLY FOR A C4COP LICENSE. CURATED COCKTAILS ARE CRAFT COCKTAILS, NOT JUST YOUR TYPICAL BEHIND-THE-BAR WELL DRINKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT A CURATED COCKTAIL. AND THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME SCOOP-AND-SERVE SNACKS. AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE SPACE WILL BE 22 SEATS, RESERVATION ONLY. SO, SECTION 27.177 OF THE TOWN CODE. 
          OUTLINES A SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA. SO I WILL GO THROUGH THESE BRIEFLY WITH YOU. THE FIRST ONE IS THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, YOU SHALL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER AND USE, BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE, OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY AND ITS FUNCTION. EXISTING, THIS IS A COMMERCIAL SITE, THERE'S AN EXISTING RESTAURANT, THERE'S EXISTING RETAIL WITHIN THERE, AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO PUT IN A LOUNGE WHICH MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THAT SPECIAL EXCEPTION. 
          IN ADDITION, THERE'S ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA. 
          THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ANTICIPATED TO BE USING OR RESIDING OR WORKING ON THE PROPERTY SHALL NOT HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SITE WITH EXISTING USES. SO WE FEEL THAT THAT IS SATISFIED AS WELL. 
          IN ADDITION, THE DEGREE OF NOISE OR OTHER POTENTIAL NUISANCE FACTORS GENERATED BY THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE SHALL NOT HAVE DETRIMENTAL IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. 
          WE DON'T FEEL THAT THERE WILL BE. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE RESOLUTION THAT WILL CURTAIL ANY POTENTIAL NUANCES. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS 960 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS NOT A LARGE BAR, CLUB, OR RESTAURANT. SO WE BELIEVE THAT IS SATISFIED AS WELL. IN ADDITION, THE EFFECT AND THE AMOUNT OF FLOW OF TRAFFIC WITHIN THE VICINITY WILL NOT HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. 
          ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SITE THAT HAS EXISTING BUSINESSES AND WE ARE FILLING A BAY WITHIN THE EXISTING SITE, SO WE BELIEVE THAT IS SATISFIED AS WELL. SINCE JEFF PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2021, HE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, EXCUSE ME, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, IF YOU DROVE BY THE SITE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT DOES TODAY. HE HAS PUT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY INTO THE SITE TO IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPING, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE IN THE PICTURES. HE'S ALSO ADDED SOME FRESH PAINT. HE'S INCLUDED A NEW METAL ROOF. 
          WITH FASCIAS AND SOFFITS. AND IN ADDITION, HE'S DONE UNIFORMED LED SIGNAGE. SO HE'S REALLY PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS, AND HE'S IMPROVED THIS SITE. 
          THAT HAS NEEDED SOME IMPROVEMENTS. SO, IN CONCLUSION, AS I MENTIONED JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO, 
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THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE, WE BELIEVE, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN CODE. IT WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT ANY ADJACENT PARCELS. IT DOES ADD TO THE VIBRANCY OF THE IOZ. 
          AND AGAIN, JEFF HAS PROVIDED... 
          IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE AND ENHANCE THE EXISTING PLAZA. SO WITH THAT, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE TOWN COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF OUR SPECIAL EXCEPTION. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND RESERVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME REMAINING FOR ANY REBUTTAL. THANK YOU. 
          TURN IT TO STAFF. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, JOSEPH DRE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING. SO, AS THE APPLICANT HAS STATED, THEY ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR A LOUNGE IN AN EXISTING RETAIL UNIT AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND, BASED ON THE FACTS CONTAINED IN THE STAFF REPORT, FINDS THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WILL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE TOWN CODE, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION. 
          STAFF EVALUATES SPECIAL EXCEPTION AGAINST CRITERIA DETAILED IN THE TOWN CODE. AND FINDS THE APPLICANT MUST SATISFY CRITERIA RELATIVE TO PARKING ON THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE LOUNGE. 
          PARKING A CONDITION HAS BEEN INCLUDED TO REQUIRE THE RESTRIPING AND REPAIR OF THE PARKING LOT AREA TO PROVIDE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED BY CODE. AS THE APPLICANT MENTIONED, AND REGARDING THE HOURS OF OPERATION, THE CRITERIA REQUIRE THE LOUNGE TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES WITH RESPECT TO ITS HOURS OF OPERATION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH. FURTHERMORE, STAFF HAS SPOKEN TO A RESIDENT WHO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL NUISANCES GENERATED BY THE LOUNGE. THE RESIDENT ALSO INDICATED THAT A DENIAL PETITION WAS CIRCULATING. 
          STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE A COPY OF THIS PETITION, BUT WE DID ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENT TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S HEARING. TO ENSURE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA ARE MET, STAFF HAS INCLUDED A CONDITION TO LIMIT THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE PROPOSED LOUNGE. AND ANOTHER CONDITION HAS BEEN INCLUDED TO REQUIRE THE CLOSING OF ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS AFTER 10 P.M. IN ORDER TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL NOISE IMPACTS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER APPROVALS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AS WELL AS WITH OTHER APPROVALS IN TOWN WHICH ARE LOCATED NEAR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED ADDING A CONDITION WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE ANY FUTURE OUTDOOR SEATING REQUESTS. ALTHOUGH NO OUTDOOR SEATING IS BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION, STAFF IS ABLE TO ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE SOME OUTDOOR SEATING PER THE TOWN CODE. AND SO THE COMMISSIONERS FELT MORE COMFORTABLE THAT ANY REQUESTS FOR OUTDOOR SEATING BE REVIEWED BY THEM AND BY COUNCIL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE COMMISSION DID DISCUSS FURTHER LIMITING THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE LOUNGE DURING THEIR MEETING, SPECIFICALLY TO MIDNIGHT. 
          ON THE WEEKDAYS, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HOWEVER, THIS SUGGESTION ULTIMATELY WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FINAL MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. SO, TO CONCLUDE, STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED LOUNGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE TOWN CODE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA, SUBJECT TO THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED CONDITIONS. 
          HOWEVER, OF COURSE, YOU DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS OR ADD ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AS DEEMED NECESSARY. SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM, SO I'LL GO TO THE COUNCIL HERE OR GO DOWN THE DAIS. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER THE APPLICANT OR STAFF COUNSELOR. 
          JOY YES. UM, ON THE HOURS, ARE YOU CUTTING IT BACK ONE HOUR EVERY DAY, THE SEVEN DAYS, OR IT'S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY? ARE YOU REFERRING TO WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION? I'M ASKING WHAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING. YES, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED IN THEIR PROJECT NARRATIVE, WHICH IS 5 P.M. TO 1 A.M., MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO 1 A.M., OKAY. YES. ON THE RESTAURANT THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, WILL THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT IN THE PARKING? I THINK THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE ABLE TO... 
          BUT YOU SAID THEY'RE OPEN UNTIL 9 A.M., AM I CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. THE RESTAURANT'S OPEN UNTIL 9. THE REST OF THE BUSINESSES ARE STANDARD BUSINESS OPERATING HOURS UNTIL 5 P.M. SO, BASED OFF OF THE PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED JUST FOR THE RESTAURANT ITSELF, IT WOULD REQUIRE 23 SPACES. SO WE REQUIRE 11. SO THAT WOULD BE 34 SPACES, AND THERE'S 54 TOTAL. SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 20 SPACES THAT THEORETICALLY COULD BE AVAILABLE. 
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TRANSPARENCY WITH THE WINDOWS. I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE FOR... YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED FOR THE SOUND BARRIER. HOW, IF I WERE A RESIDENT, KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST MUSIC GOING ON IN THERE, THAT IT'S NOT A FULL BAR OR SOMETHING MORE? SURE. I MEAN, THE OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS, I THINK THE TOWN CODE HAS LIMITATIONS ON EXTERIOR NOISE AND SO FORTH, SO WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO REQUIRING THE DOORS TO BE CLOSED. OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FOR INGRESS, EGRESS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, NO OBJECTION TO THE CONDITION PROPOSED TO KEEP THE DOORS CLOSED. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON THE NEIGHBORS THAT YOU SAID HAVE NOT, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION, SOMEBODY WAS PUTTING OUT A PETITION? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, OR IF? IS ANYBODY HERE? THAT INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO US. I DID REACH OUT TO THE GENTLEMAN, TRIED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, AND, NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED FURTHER THAN THAT. 
          DID ONE OTHER QUESTION? AFTER QUESTION, I'M SORRY, BUT AFTER QUESTION, WE'LL OPEN UP IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. THAT'S THE ORDER WE DO. 
          RIGHT, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY INTENT TO GO TO A FULL BAR REQUEST IN THE FUTURE? NO, THE REQUEST IS... TO BE A LOUNGE. OKAY, THANK YOU. ¿VICE MAYOR? A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WHAT WILL THE VOLUME LEVEL, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE VOLUME LEVEL? WILL IT VARY? IS IT GOING TO BE AMBIENT OR LOUD? IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN AMBIENT SOUND. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU GO IN. IT'S NOT A NIGHTCLUB. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE PUMPING, YOU KNOW, HOUSE MUSIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. FINAL RECORD'S KIND OF LOW-KEY, AMBIENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE SO YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION. 
          THE IDEA BEHIND THE LOUNGE IS GO IN AFTER WORK, HANG OUT, HAVE A DATE NIGHT, AND JUST GO IN, HAVE SOME CURATED COCKTAILS. 
          IT'S NOT A NIGHTCLUB, BY ANY MEANS. SO YOU'LL HAVE AN INTEGRATED SOUND SYSTEM, SORT OF LIKE SPEAKERS ALL BUILT IN AROUND THE WHOLE FACILITY. 
          YEAH, THE APPLICANT IS PENDING APPROVAL. TONIGHT, WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT, BUT NOT ANTICIPATING ANY HUGE SPEAKERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND YOU'RE VERY DEPENDENT ON THE FORUMS. FOR COP, HOW DIFFICULT WILL THAT BE TO GET? AND IS IT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOR REVENUE. SO ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE THAT AND EVERYTHING? YES, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THAT. THE APPLICANT, JEFF, HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY. 
          HE'S WORKED IN NIGHTCLUBS, LOUNGES, OPENED UP HIS OWN FRANCHISES AS WELL. AND SO HE MOVED HERE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. AND HAS BECOME A STAKEHOLDER. HE OWNS SEVERAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE TOWN, SO HE'S TRYING TO BE A GOOD RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER AND A GOOD TENANT WITHIN HIS OWN PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT IN UPGRADING THE PROPERTY. IT LOOKS NICE. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION, JUST A COUPLE THINGS FOR STAFF. FIRST OF ALL, AS I ASKED THIS, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE. A COUPLE THINGS STRUCK ME. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ENDED UP WITH HAVING STANDARD CONDITIONS THAT I THINK OVER THE YEARS, AND I THINK IN THIS CASE, THERE'S TWO OF THEM THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION THAT I DON'T THINK REALLY APPLY AS WRITTEN. SO ONE IS THAT. UNDER HOURS OF OPERATION B, IT SAYS THE BUSINESS SHALL CLOSE ITS WINDOWS AND DOORS AFTER 10 P.M. 
          TO AVOID NOISE IMPACTS. WELL, NUMBER ONE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WINDOWS. AND NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE DOORS, THE DOOR BEING OPEN. 
          SO, TO ME, BASICALLY, THE BUSINESS SHALL KEEP THE DOOR SHUT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A HARM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S THE CHANGE I'M KIND OF THROWING OUT HERE. AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THE BUSINESS, THIS KIND OF BUSINESS, EVEN HAVING IT OPEN, BUT THIS IS A CARRYOVER OF THE KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING AND IT'S LIKE AN ABACO AND WHATEVER. SO STAFF HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT CHANGE? TO JUST SAY SHALL MAINTAIN WINDOWS? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT, THEY'RE OPENING THE DOOR. 
          BUT, UH, BUT THE POINT IS IT WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, BLOCKED OPEN. THERE'D BE NO REASON TO HAVE THAT. OKAY, SO WE CAN AMEND THE LANGUAGE OF THAT CONDITION, UM, AND IT'LL HAVE HAVE TO BE IN OUR MOTION. BUT ON THAT ONE IS AN EASIER ONE TO MAKE, BUT THEN ON THE OTHER ONE, ON OUTDOOR SEATING, FIRST OF ALL, AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND ZONING ADDED THAT. AND THE REASON THAT THAT CONDITION GETS ADDED IS SO THAT IN THE EVENT IN THIS APPLICANT DIDN'T ASK FOR IT. BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS 
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TO BE A CHANGE OF WANT AND THEY WERE TO COME BACK, INCLUDING THIS CONDITION IN HERE, MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES TO COUNCIL. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I DON'T SEE, WHERE ANY OUTDOOR SEATING SPACE EVEN EXISTS. SO JUST GOING FORTH, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTING IT, KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO OUTDOOR SEATING NOR POTENTIAL FOR IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'D HATE TO HAVE LANGUAGE THAT IS SUGGESTING INCORRECTLY TO SOMEBODY, OH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          WE'D BE EXERCISING SOMEBODY TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE. 
          YOU KNOW, THINGS COULD CHANGE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF HAS ANY SUGGESTED, I KNOW PART OF IT WAS THE INTENT THAT IT HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL, IF, IN FACT, IT WAS EVER TO BE ASKED. BUT I WANTED TO JUST BASICALLY STATE, SO IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE YOU HAVE ON THAT? YES. SO FOR CONDITION NINE REGARDING OUTDOOR SEATING, TO THAT POINT, YOU COULD STRIKE THROUGH THE CURRENT CONDITION LANGUAGE. 
          AND ADD, YOU KNOW, OUTDOOR SEATING IS PROHIBITED UNLESS AMENDED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. STILL REQUIRED TOWN COUNCIL APPROVAL. SUGGESTED LANGUAGE, THANK YOU. AND THE APPLICANT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THOSE CHANGES? NO, MAYOR, WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT. AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO SPACE TO PUT ANY OUTDOOR SEATING. 
          AND, YEAH, THERE ARE NO WINDOWS AND THE DOORS, YOU KNOW, FOR OPERATING. YEAH, AND THIS JUST SENDS THE MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. ABSOLUTELY, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE WORK CLOSELY WITH STAFF AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THE APPLICANT NOT OPERATE THIS LOUNGE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OKAY WITH THOSE CONDITIONS BECAUSE WE WANT THEM, YOU KNOW, ANY FUTURE POTENTIAL OPERATOR TO BE A GOOD TENANT WITHIN THE SPACE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCILOR --? OKAY, YEAH, I WILL BE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I KNOW IS NEXT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LOUNGES IN THE TOWN? IS THAT FORMAL DEFINITION? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TAVERN OR A BAR, AND A LOUNGE? THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. OKAY. JUST, WELL, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED. I JUST WANT TO SAY I AGREE ON THE OUTDOOR SEATING PIECE. 
          ON THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, I STUMBLED ACROSS THAT. WHEN LOOKING AT SOMETHING IN DELRAY, THEY HAVE A HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THEY HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL NEAR RESIDENTIAL, AND I THINK THAT LANGUAGE HELPS RESIDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, TO JUST SEE THAT IT'S THERE. 
          IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD EVER HAPPEN, BUT IT WOULD JUST KIND OF GIVE SOME COMFORT. THAT AFTER HOURS, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT... EXTENT THAT THERE EVER COULD BE. 
          BUT THE LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SHUT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST AFTER 10. OH, ALWAYS SHUT. 
          THAT'S THE CHANGE. OKAY, SO THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S PRE-STANDARD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. I'M GOOD. 
          OKAY, WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, RONALD BRODSKY. ST. PATRICK'S DAY. 
          BASED ON WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT, I REALLY HAVE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS. SO I WOULD STRIKE THAT THING, EXCEPT FOR HAVING ANY TABLES OUTDOORS, BECAUSE IF THERE'S TABLES OUTDOORS, THERE'S GOING TO BE NOISE OUTDOORS AFTER HOURS, AND IT WILL BE NOISY, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THIS ONCE BEFORE. 
          IT WAS HORRIBLE. 
          BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT THEY REALLY SAY, IT'S GOING TO BE, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. OKAY, NOW RETURNING TO COUNSEL FOR DELIBERATIONS. IF THERE ARE NO REAL COMMENTS, I WILL, WELL, I'LL GO DOWN IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS. 
          OTHERWISE, I'LL SOLICIT A MOTION. THE ONLY COMMENT I WAS GOING TO MAKE IS THE HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. I WOULD NOT, I WILL. STILL SUPPORT THIS, BUT THURSDAY NIGHT AT 1 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING SOUNDS A LITTLE LATE TO ME, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW? I GO TO BED EARLY. NO COMMENTS. 
          NO, I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS, I WILL SAY. I GO TO GUATEMALA TECH A LOT, SO I KNOW YOUR AREA WELL. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE BUILDING, THE 
          [01:35:01]
LANDSCAPING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW USE TO KIND OF REVITALIZE THE CENTER. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS. DONE, THANK YOU. AND UM, YOU KNOW, AS I ASKED FOR A MOTION AND I JUST WANTED TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A CONSENSUS ON THAT. BUT I WANT TO JUST, AND I WANT TO THE MOTION, I'M GOING TO ASK. THAT WOULD INCLUDE UNDER HOURS OF OPERATION 7B, HAD IT NOT THAT IT BE CHANGED FROM READING, THE BUSINESS SHALL CLOSE ITS WINDOW AND DOORS AFTER 10 P.M. 
          TO AVOID NOISE IMPACTS. THE BUSINESS SHALL KEEP ITS DOORS CLOSED TO AVOID NOISE IMPACTS. AND THAT'S THE DISTINCTION. I KNOW WE NORMALLY DO THAT IN OTHER AREAS WITH THE TIME, BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT 10 IS TOO LATE ANYWAY, SO WHY NOT ELIMINATE IT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT ANYWAY? AND THEN ON OUTDOOR SEATING, UM, STAFF HAD SUGGESTED THE LANGUAGE? UM, THAT WE JUST SAY OUTDOOR SEATING IS WHAT WAS THE LANGUAGE? UH? I ASKED STAFF AGAIN, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? UH? OUTDOOR SEATING IS PROHIBITED UNLESS AMENDED BY TOWN COUNCIL? OKAY, AND UM, I THINK WITH THOSE TWO. I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAME THAT, UH, AND HAD INDICATED SUPPORT. NOW THAT HE'S HEARD THE CONDITIONS OF THIS, SO. THAT'S A GREAT OUTCOME. THANK YOU. SO I'M ASKING STAFF, I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 37-26 AS AMENDED. SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. MOTION 
          [TOWN ATTORNEY]
CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO REPORTS. TOWN ATTORNEY. 
          WHETHER I SURE NOT. HAPPY ST. 
          [TOWN MANAGER]
PATRICK'S DAY. TOWN MANAGER? MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO TOP THAT EXTENSIVE REPORT, BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, LAST WEEK, STAFF FROM THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TOURED THE JONES CREEK MANGROVE TRIMMING PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, AND THEY TOURED IT WITH THE TOWN'S CONTRACTOR TO REVIEW THE WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED IN THE AREA. 
          CERTIFIED ARBORISTS FROM BOTH THE TOWN AND THE CONTRACTOR AGREED THAT THE MANGROVES HAD BEEN TRIMMED AND PRUNED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT FEASIBLE, AND THAT ADDITIONAL TRIMMING COULD DAMAGE THE MANGROVE ROOT SYSTEM. NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF ALSO PLANS TO CONDUCT OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE MANGROVE. TRIMMING BEST PRACTICES, AND THE TOWN IS OBTAINING A CERTIFIED SURVEY DOCUMENTING THE TRIMMED LIMITS, AND SO THAT SHOULD ADDRESS THE COMMENTS. THAT WE HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING. 
          IN SPEAKING WITH CHIEF HENNESSY, I WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF A FRAUD SCAM THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY ADDRESSING. SCAMMERS POSING AS BANKS ARE CONTACTING RESIDENTS ABOUT FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY. 
          THEY CREATE URGENCY AND CONVINCE VICTIMS TO WITHDRAW CASH TO PROTECT THEIR FUNDS. 
          VICTIMS ARE THEN TOLD TO GIVE THE MONEY TO A DRIVER OFF AN UNSUSPECTING RIDESHARE COURIER. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BANKS WILL NEVER, EVER ASK YOU TO WITHDRAW CASH OR HAND IT TO SOMEONE. IF YOU RECEIVE A SUSPICIOUS CALL OR MESSAGE, HANG UP AND CONTACT THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY. ALSO, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOME EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CELEBRATING MILESTONE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE TOWN THIS MONTH. 
          LARRY TRESS, WHO IS THE UTILITIES ELECTRICAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR. IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. OFFICER CRAIG YOCHUM AND JPD RECORDS MANAGER MAGDALENA ROGERS ARE BOTH CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SERVICE, AS IS BUILDING SUPPORT SPECIALIST KIMBERLY SLATER. AND MIKE LEBON, A SERVICE WORKER SUPERVISOR FOR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, IS CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS. EARLY NEXT WEEK, A TOWN CONTRACTOR WILL BE RELOCATING THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION. 
          STATION. I KNOW COUNCILOR GEISINGER HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT FROM THE CHIEF. 
          THEY'LL BE RELOCATING FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION ON DANIEL'S WAY TO ABACOA COMMUNITY PARK AND TO THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS TEMPORARY STATION WILL SERVE AS ONE OF THREE JUPITER RESCUE FIRE STATIONS AND ALLOW GFRD TO ENSURE SEAMLESS FIRE RESCUE SERVICES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. WHEN IT GOES INTO SERVICE ON OCTOBER 1. THE TEMPORARY STATION WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL RENOVATIONS ARE COMPLETED 
          [01:40:01]
AT THIS STATION ON MILITARY TRAIL. WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE THAT STATION MOVE PRIOR TO THE END OF SPRING BREAK, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          IT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE AROUND TUESDAY. I'VE WORKED WITH CHIEF HENNESSEY TO MAKE SURE HE AND THE FIRE CHIEF ARE REACHING OUT TO SCHOOL STAFF. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. PRIOR TO STUDENTS RETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL. SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY COME BACK. SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT ISSUE NOW. AND THEN ALSO LAST WEEK, I KNOW SEVERAL OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND IN THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY. THEY CALL IT OF THE YEAR AWARDS. AND REALLY, VERY, VERY WELL DONE. CHIEF HENNESSEY AND HIS TEAM. DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT WHOLE EVENT, AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR A JOB WELL DONE. AND THEN, FINALLY, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE WORKLOAD ON PLANNING AND ZONING, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND DONE SOME RESTRUCTURING THERE. AND SO I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE KAREN WATSON, AND WHO JOINING THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, HE'LL BE JOINING OUR DIRECTOR, JOHN SICKLER. GARRETT WILL BE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING, AND HE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH STEPHANIE THOBURN, WHO IS ALSO AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. AND SHE WILL BE FOCUSING HEAVILY ON THE CRA, NATURAL RESOURCES AND HISTORIC RESOURCES, GIVEN THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMING FORWARD HERE. AND JOHN SICKLER HAS... 
          IS TAKING ON QUITE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HIS WORKLOAD AND APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AS WELL. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS TO GARRETT. THANKS TO ALL THE FOLKS IN PLANNING AND ZONING. SO YOU 
          [TOWN COUNCIL – LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMENTS]
GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE. AND THAT'S MY REPORT, MAYOR. SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS ONE ITEM BEFORE WE GO ALONG THE DAIS, AND THAT IS ON THE HOSPICE ITEM. AND I'M BRINGING THIS UP NOW BECAUSE I SEE THE TWO REPS STOOD HERE. 
          THE CARD CLEARLY INDICATES THAT WE DON'T DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. DOES IT NOT SAY THAT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. TOWN CLERK, WAIT. COMMENT CARD SAYS THAT WE DON'T DISCUSS THE ITEMS, YES, SIR, BUT NORMALLY WE REFER THEM JUST, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, TO A COUNCIL. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY MY COLLEAGUES AGREE, BECAUSE WE DECIDE AS FIVE, NOT AS JUST MAYOR. 
          BUT WHEN I GOT, WHEN I GOT THE REQUEST, UH, IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SEVERAL EXPERIENCES WITH HOSPICE, THE LAST ONE WHICH WAS IN JUPITER, UM, WHICH WENT VERY WELL. AND IT, I LEARNED THEN THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF HOSPICES. I NEVER KNEW THAT, RIGHT? SO I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WOULD ASK STAFF TO COME BACK AND ADVISE US ON THAT ONE. AND THEN EVERYBODY CAN WEIGH IN INDIVIDUALLY, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONSTITUTES, YOU KNOW, WE NEED. TRUST ME, HAVING USED THEM, IT'S GREAT. 
          BUT KNOWING THAT THERE'S ALREADY A NUMBER OF THEM, JUST LET OUR TOWN MANAGER LOOK AT IT AND GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE, OR, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER IS KNOWLEDGEABLE. AND THEN IF THERE'S SOME ACTION TO BE TAKEN, WE'LL TAKE IT ACCORDINGLY. 
          MAYOR, I HAVE IT ON OUR TO-DO LIST FOR THE STAFF MEETING IN THE MORNING, AND I KNOW OUR TOWN CLERK HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. I HEARD THAT. 
          DIRECTLY. SO I KNOW HOW TO GET A HOLD OF YOU. WE DON'T NORMALLY, I'M SORRY, THEY HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO MAINTAIN THE RULES OF THE MEETING, THANK YOU. SO THEN I'LL JUST NOW GO DOWN THE DAIS, COUNCILOR CHOI. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THE POLICE AWARDS LAST FRIDAY. GREAT AWARDS, GREAT FOLKS. THE PROMOTIONS, ANOTHER SIX PEOPLE THAT WERE PHENOMENAL. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDS TO BE RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THANK YOU. FIRE RESCUE UPDATE TONIGHT WAS JUST, I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO BE ON THE SERVICE, BUT VERY PROUD TO SEE IT HAPPENING. AND THE CITIZEN SURVEY, IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD DATA IN THERE, A LOT TO FOLLOW UP ON. IT'S DEATH THAT WAS 2023. WE'RE GOING IN ANOTHER COUPLE 
          [01:45:01]
OF YEARS SEE HOW WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, AND A LITTLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR TOWN ATTORNEY TOM BAIRD OVER THERE. THANK YOU. YEAH, I CAN, UM, JUST KIND OF ECHO YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE, UH, THE POLICE, UM UM. 
          PROMOTION CEREMONY WAS OUTSTANDING. IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THESE GUYS COMING UP THE RANKS AND JPD IS IN GREAT SHAPE FOR THE FUTURE. AND I WANT TO JUST, UH, CONGRATULATE THE NEW CHIEF. 
          YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND YOU REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AND ALSO OUR FIRE CHIEF. WE HAVE A LOT OF CHIEFS, A LOT OF GREAT CHIEFS, AND AN INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND JUST VERY EXCITING. WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE, AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS WOULD JUST COME THIS QUICKLY AND JUST SO EFFICIENTLY, SO VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MY NEXT TERM, AND JUST THANKS AGAIN TO THE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE AND ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN. SO JUST A NUMBER OF QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT I ASK HERE. BECAUSE WHEN I'M GOING TO ASK FOR INFORMATION THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT SHOULD GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST OF ALL, SOMETHING CALLED PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE LEGISLATION. I WANT TO ASK MR. BAIRD AND SUPPORTED BY STAFF AS NECESSARY TO JUST GIVE US A SUMMARY EXPLANATION OF THAT LEGISLATION. AND GOVERNMENTAL RIGHTS COMES, I WAS STUNNED TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S, IT'S OVER 20 YEARS OLD, BUT IT HAS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. 
          AND I DO THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND JUST BY EXAMPLE, I'LL SHARE IS THIS, BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MANY UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT HAPPEN. THAT, WELL, BECAUSE IT'S MISLEADING BY THE TITLE. A ROAD IS NEEDED FOR 10,000 TRIPS, AND A NEW DEVELOPMENT NEEDS FIVE, THEN THAT SAYS THEY'RE THEIR SHARE IS FIVE. WE PAY FROM THE PUBLIC ANOTHER 50% WHEN WE MAY NOT EVEN NEED IT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE SOME RIGHTS TO SAY NO, NO, THANK YOU. 
          BUT IF MR. BIRD CAN JUST TELL US, EXPLAIN THAT TO US, HOW THAT WORKS. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. IS THAT CLEAR? THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN... ON TURNER RIVER MONTESSORI SCHOOL, MANY WOULD KNOW THIS, BUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER, I SEEM TO RECOLLECT, THERE WERE LIMITATIONS ON SCHOOL HOURS. THE LIMITATIONS WERE SET TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH JERRY THOMAS. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE AT PICKUP TIME, WHICH I HAVE, YOU'LL KNOW HOW BUSY IT CAN BE. 
          THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY CONFLICT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER HAS LIMITATIONS ON SCHOOL HOURS. SO I JUST ASK. 
          STAFF TO SHARE WITH US AS BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, WHAT? BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN WORKING GREAT. WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF LIMITATION FOR THAT? UH, SCHOOL, YOU KNOW? VERSUS JERRY THOMAS ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S A SOLUTION. UM, AND THEN ON THE PARKS MASTER PLAN GUIDING DOCUMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THAT HAD COME UP IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND I HAD NOT SEEN IT. SO I'D ASKED FOR A COPY. AND I JUST HAVE TWO COMMENTS, SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT TO BE REISSUED, BUT SOMEBODY THAT MAINTAINS THAT. 
          JUST MAKE SURE YOU PUT THESE NOTES IN THERE SO THAT WHEN IT DOES GET UPDATED, WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE, THAT THESE ITEMS ARE CAUGHT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THE NUMBER OF PICKLEBOARD COURTS PAGE 84 AND 92 HAVE ONE SAYS 23 AND ONE SAYS 13. I THINK THE NUMBER IS 23, BUT I'M NOT SURE, BUT THEY SHOULD BE CONSISTENT. 
          SO JUST SOMEONE NOTE THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE. AND THEN, QUITE FRANKLY, MORE IMPORTANTLY, PAGE 92, WHICH IS REALLY A NICE PAGE. BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THE BENCHMARKING BETWEEN A NUMBER OF HIGHER-END MUNICIPALITIES LIKE OURS. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE FOOTNOTED THAT THE PALM BEACH GARDENS FACILITIES ENCOMPASS THE NORTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK. IF THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK THAT'S WORTHY OF A FOOTNOTE. BECAUSE IF WE'RE REALLY COMPARING, WE NEED TO EVEN KEEP REMINDING OUR RESIDENTS OF THAT, RIGHT? WHEN YOU LOOK, WAIT A SECOND, NO, NO. OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE. THAT IS... THE NORTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK MIXED INTO THAT. SO IF THAT IS CORRECT AND STAFF CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN. 
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SO, WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF. UM, THEN, UM, JUST LASTLY, UM. I GOT A NOTE DELIVERED TO MY HOUSE TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO ASK STAFF TO RESPOND IF THIS IS EVEN POSSIBLE, BUT SOMEBODY WAS REPRESENTING THAT. A FOUR-BEDROOM HOME IN A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT WAS GOING TO BE USED AS A FOUR-BEDROOM, BOUTIQUE-STYLE ADULT CARE FACILITY. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF, CAN THAT HAPPEN IN A SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD? I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN OR NOT. 
          IF YOU JUST REPORT BACK TO US ON THAT. FIRST, I'VE HEARD OF IT, AND JUST TO BE MINDFUL, IS THAT ALLOWED BY THE CODE OR NOT? AND THEN THAT'S ALL I HAD. MOVING DOWN THE DASH. ALL RIGHT. 
          NUMBER ONE, THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED ON FRIDAY. THEY CONCLUDED WORK ON ALL NON-BUDGET-RELATED BILLS. 
          THEY ARE COMING BACK LATER THIS SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER TO PASS A BUDGET. THEY NEED TO GET IT DONE BY JULY 1ST. 
          THEY ARE, THE GOVERNOR CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION APRIL 20TH TO 24TH THAT COULD BE EXPANDED FOR OTHER TOPICS. THEY'RE ALSO EXPECTED TO, AT SOME POINT, DISCUSS PROPERTY TAXES. WE WILL GET OUR END OF SESSION REPORT JUST AS WE GOT OUR MID-SESSION REPORT SOON. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGED, OR ANY NEW INFORMATION YOU WANT INCLUDED, WE CAN LET THE TOWN MANAGER KNOW. WE CAN GET THAT TO OUR LOBBYIST. NUMBER TWO, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATS TO GARRETT AND THANK YOU TO JOHN SICKLER AND PLANNING AND ZONING. THIS IS YOUR YEAR. I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES TO ALL OF YOU. I FELT LIKE WE WERE DEALING WITH FIRE RESCUE FOR A LONG TIME. THAT PIVOT HAS COME. IT IS A PLANNING AND ZONING YEAR. SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AND DURING AND AFTER, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE. THE HISTORY, ALL THE DETAILS, ALL THE DOCUMENTS. I REMEMBER PULLING THINGS 20 YEARS OLD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SOMEWHERE IN YOUR FILE SYSTEM, AND IT'S SO HELPFUL TO US. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. 
          THANK YOU. NUMBER THREE, THANK YOU TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, OUR CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE. I'M SO PLEASED TO SEE THIS LEADERSHIP, THE CULTURE OF THIS LEADERSHIP, HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER, HOW THEY PLAN TOGETHER. IT IS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD HOPED FOR IN DOING THIS. AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE. AND CHIEF HENNESSY, I HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT TO ME. SHE JUST EMAILED THAT I REACHED OUT TO YOU. I KNEW JUST SHARING IT WITH YOU WITH AN FYI, OR FYI WOULD MEAN A CALL, WOULD MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE JUST SO ACCESSIBLE. 
          YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING THE EXTRA MILE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND FOURTH, AND NOT, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNSELOR CHOY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TOWN ATTORNEY BAIRD. SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. 
          AND HOPE YOU CELEBRATE WELL. 
          THAT'S TOMORROW, NOT TONIGHT, FOR BOTH OF YOU. BIRTHDAY TWINS. BIRTHDAY TWINS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR TOWN CLERK. I BELIEVE THAT'S SATURDAY. OH, MY GOODNESS. 
          WOW. TRIPLE. JUST TWO THINGS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING BOTH THE AWARDS CEREMONY FOR JUPITER POLICE AND ALSO THE PROMOTION CEREMONY YESTERDAY. 
          I'M CONSTANTLY AMAZED BY THE QUALITY OF OFFICERS WE HAVE EMPLOYED BY THE TOWN AND WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU'VE GOT ONE HECK OF A TEAM. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO. 
          SO, SECOND, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN STAFF FOR ARRANGING OUR RECEPTION TONIGHT FOR BOTH RON, COUNSELOR DELANEY AND MYSELF. AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO JUDGE CURLEY FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF HIS BUSY DAY TO COME IN AND SWEAR US BOTH IN. 
          THAT'S BOTH APPRECIATED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS NOW 8:54, AND WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.