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AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALL THOSE THAT ARE ABLE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING.
WE GATHER THIS EVENING WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
GRANT THE COUNCIL WISDOM AS THEY CONSIDER MATTERS BEFORE THEM, PATIENCE AS THEY LISTEN, AND UNDERSTANDING AS THEY WORK THROUGH DIFFERING VIEWS.
IN ALL THAT WE DO, MAY WE SEEK TO SERVE NOT OURSELVES, BUT ONE ANOTHER.
WE WILL NOW PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MAYOR KURETSKI? HERE.
ACTING TOWN MANAGER KATE MORETTO? HERE.
OKAY, WE BEGIN BY CITIZEN COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS? NO, SIR.
[1. March 17, 2026, Town Council Meeting Minutes.]
OKAY, MOVING ON.COUNSEL, WE HAVE BEFORE US THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 17TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THIS IS ITEMS TWO THROUGH SIX.IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO PULL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? NO, SIR.
SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS UH
[7. Beacon Park — Applications for 57.7± acres of property, generally located south of Jupiter Community Park, west of Limestone Creek Road, north of Indiantown Road, and east of the I-95 interchange for the following: A. East Side of Island Way Ordinance 7-26, Reconsideration of First Reading, Zoning Map amendment from I-4, Industrial, High Technology and Employment Center District to R-1, Residential Single-Family District, on 34.3± acres located on the east side of Island Way; B. West Side of Island Way Ordinance 3-26, First Reading, Consideration of a Future Land Use Map amendment from General Industrial with Bioscience Research Protection Overlay to Medium Density Residential, on 23.4± acres located on the west side of Island Way; and, Ordinance 8-26, First Reading, Consideration of a Zoning Map amendment from I-4, Industrial, High Technology and Employment Center District to R-3, Residential, Limited Multi-Family District, on 23.4± acres located on the west side of Island Way. (2nd Reading TBD)]
ITEM BEACON PARK UM TURN THIS OVER JUST TO THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT WELL THANK YOU MR MAYOR COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD IS ACCESS SARAH CUTLER AND HEARING AND JUPITER.I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER AND APPLICANT.
PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE WERE LAST TOGETHER AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO GOING OVER FIRST READING.
AND THE RESULTS OF THAT WAS RECOMMENDATION, WELL NOT A RECOMMENDATION, BUT FIRST READING APPROVAL FOR THE LAND USE AND ZONING SIDE ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND ON THE WEST SIDE YOU ALL GAVE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON WHAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
NOW, PREVIOUSLY, OUR REQUEST FOR THE EAST SIDE ZONING WAS R1A. WE HAVE SINCE PIVOTED THAT REQUEST, AND I DID LEAVE A LETTER IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE DETERMINED TO PROCEED WITH THE R1 ZONING ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO THE PRESENTATION IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT DIFFERS A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT I AM GOING TO PRESENT, AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I HAVE OMITTED THE EAST SIDE INFORMATION.
I WON'T BE DISCUSSING THE EAST SIDE WHATSOEVER, JUST THE WEST SIDE TONIGHT.
SO I'LL SKIP OVER TO THE REQUEST TONIGHT FOR THE WEST PARCEL TO AMEND THE LAND USE TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE ZONING TO R3. THAT REQUEST HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED FROM THE LAST TIME.
NOW THIS IS A BUFFER SLIDE ON THE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING FOR THE WEST PARCEL, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SITE IS FOR THE PUBLIC HERE.
THE SITE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF ISLAND WAY NORTH.
AND I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING THE COUNCIL WAS WEIGHING WHETHER TWO SCENARIOS REALLY ONE TO BE A COMBINATION EAST AND WEST OF RESIDENTIAL THE SECOND SCENARIO WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN INDUSTRIAL ON THIS WEST PARCEL NOW THE FIRST REQUEST IS OF COURSE OUR REQUEST AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK BUT I WILL HOPE TO PROVIDE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION
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ON THAT.SO THIS SITE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG LONG MORE THAN 45 YEARS.
HOWEVER THE ZONING WAS A SIGN AS YOU MENTIONED MAYOR FOR 45 YEARS AGO, ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN COULD LOOK LIKE AT THE TIME OF COURSE BUT NOW WE DO.
SO NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR, WE'RE NEXT TO RIALTO, WE'RE NEXT TO LIMESTONE CREEK.
AND WE'RE SURROUNDED BY CONSERVATION AND JUPITER COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT PHYSICAL BARRIER OF THE C-18 CANAL BRIDGE, WHICH SEPARATES US FROM THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ON INDIAN TOWN ROAD.
NOW, WE DID DO SOME DIGGING, AND WE'VE CONSULTED WITH MARKET ANALYSIS OR MARKET ANALYSTS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, AND THEY ARE IN ATTENDANCE HERE TONIGHT, MR. KIRK NELSON AND ROBERT SMITH OF CBRE, AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THIS.
BUT WE FOUND THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT CLASS A INDUSTRIAL USERS TO THE SITE DUE TO A LARGE SUPPLY OF SUITABLE INDUSTRIAL LAND IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST ON THIS SITE THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY OF COURSE, I'M NOT DOUBTING THAT, BUT SPECIFICALLY CLASS A INDUSTRIAL USERS AND SUITABLE INDUSTRIAL LAND IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, ESPECIALLY UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY, THERE'S A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, BUT I'LL EVEN MENTION IN THE TOWN OF JUPITER, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE MOST SUITABLE SITE FOR THAT FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE BEING COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION INTO THE INTERSECTION OF INDIAN TOWN ROAD.
I KNOW THAT THE TOWN HAS PUT FORTH MUCH EFFORT OVER THE LAST DECADES TO REDUCE CONGESTION ON INDIAN TOWN ROAD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS APPLICATION.
MY SECOND POINT IS THAT 1.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL SPACE IN THE PALM BEACH PARK OF COMMERCE ALONE IS JUST WEST OF THE TOWN LIMIT, SO THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL USERS TO UTILIZE.
SO THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT I THINK THERE'S MORE SUITABLE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, WHETHER IT BE IN THE TOWN OR OUTSIDE THE TOWN, FOR INDUSTRIAL USERS TO TAKE UP.
NOW WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR RMD AND R3? AND THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A MECHANISM TO ACHIEVE OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING REQUIREMENT.
OTHERWISE, WE WOULD PRETTY MUCH JUST ASK FOR LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE OUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING ON THE EAST SIDE.
HOWEVER, OUR ZERO LOT LINE HOMES IS WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING POD, AND THAT'S ONLY COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE RMD DISTRICT AND THE R3.
SO IT'S REALLY THE HOUSING TYPE THAT WE NEED TO GET THE ZONING AND LAND USE.
VERY QUICKLY, I DID GO OVER THIS LAST TIME, BUT THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THAT WE MEET THE DENSITY RANGE, WE MEET THE HOUSING TYPE, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE LOCATION CRITERIA.
THESE ARE QUOTES DIRECTLY FROM YOUR COMP PLAN.
AREAS THAT AFFORD ATTRACTIVE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AND LARGE AREAS OF OPEN SPACE, THIS COULDN'T BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOWN'S CONSERVATION AREAS, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY, AS WELL AS JUPITER COMMUNITY PARK, AS I DID MENTION.
AND AREAS THAT HAVE CONVENIENT ACCESS TO WORK AND SHOPPING AREAS, WHICH THIS COULDN'T BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
WE'RE DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE TURNPIKE, I-95, AND INDIAN TOWN ROAD.
THIS IS SHOWING YOU THAT OUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN, OF COURSE, AT THE SITE PLAN LEVEL, WHICH IS IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW, WHICH WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU LATER ON, BUT WE DO MEET THE LOT REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR R3.
WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSING TYPES.
I'LL WRAP UP HERE VERY QUICKLY.
BUT THIS IS ANALYZING TWO SCENARIOS.
SO THE SCENARIOS THAT I MENTIONED, EITHER DOING FULL RESIDENTIAL ON THE EAST AND WEST, OR RESIDENTIAL ON THE EAST AND MAINTAINING INDUSTRIAL OR SOME ITERATION OF INDUSTRIAL ON THE WEST.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TRIPS HERE, BUT YOU HAVE NO CONTEXT TO KNOW WHETHER THIS WOULD BE LOW OR HIGH TRIPS.
SO I'LL SKIP OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE ON WHAT THIS COULD BE REASONABLY DEVELOPED AS AN INDUSTRIAL SITE.
NOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REPEAT MYSELF THAT THE TOWN PUTS SO MUCH EFFORT INTO REDUCING CONGESTION ON THE INDIAN TOWN ROAD.
WE'RE ASKING TO REDUCE THAT CONGESTION.
BUT I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL INCREASE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF MAINTAINED AS INDUSTRIAL.
SO I'LL SUMMARIZE THIS APPLICATION IN ITS ENTIRETY, BOTH PARCELS.
REDUCE EXPECTED TRAFFIC ON INDIAN TOWN ROAD BY 80%.
OF COURSE, THERE'S ZERO TRAFFIC OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AS OF LAND IS VACANT, BUT THIS IS JUST
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ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC.AND THEN THIS ALSO PRESERVES THE RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR WEST OF THE C-18 CANAL AND ELIMINATES INCOMPATIBILITY CONCERNS WITH THE EAST PARCEL.
SO YOU ALREADY VOTED ON FIRST READING TO CHANGE THE EAST PARCEL TO RESIDENTIAL.
THIS WOULD ELIMINATE INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THAT, LIMESTONE CREEK, RIALTO, WHICH WE DO HAVE SUPPORT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES STILL AS I STAND HERE TODAY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, CERTAINLY WELCOME YOUR DISCUSSION, YOUR FEEDBACK, AND OUR TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS SLIDE HERE, JUST SO WE HAVE CONTEXT.
FOR THE RECORD, GARRETT WATSON WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
AS THE APPLICANT NOTED, ONE OF THEIR REQUESTS WAS FOR RECONSIDERATION ON THE EAST SIDE.
THAT'S NOT BEING REQUESTED ANYMORE, SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED TONIGHT ON THAT ORDINANCE.
THAT FIRST ORDINANCE IS 3-26, SO NO, NO, SORRY, 7-26.
THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON THAT.
AS IT RELATES TO THE WEST SIDE, THERE WERE TWO PRIMARY ITEMS THAT YOU ASKED FOR US TO BRING YOU BACK MORE INFORMATION ON AT THE LAST HEARING.
THAT WAS ONE BEING THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF A HYBRID APPROACH AND THE WORKFORCE HOUSING OF A HYBRID WORKFORCE HOUSING IMPACTS ON A HYBRID APPROACH.
JUST FOR CONTEXT, THE HYBRID APPROACH IS EAST SIDE RESIDENTIAL, WEST SIDE, LEAVING IT AS INDUSTRIAL.
PAGE THREE OF THE STAFF REPORT, WE PREPARED A TABLE FOR YOU.
THAT TABLE IS A ROLLOVER FROM THE PREVIOUS TABLE WITH TWO INCLUDED HYBRID APPROACHES AT THE BOTTOM.
YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST HYBRID APPROACH IS STANDARD LAND USE APPROACH.
SO THAT'S 68 UNITS, AROUND HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL USE ON THE SITE.
AND IT PRODUCES ROUGHLY 2,900 ADT, 385 PEAK HOUR TRIPS AND 360 PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS.
WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY IN THE TOWN MIGHT PRODUCE ON THAT PROPERTY.
WE TRIED TO TAKE A REALISTIC LOOK AT IT.
THAT WEST SIDE IS ACCOMMODATING A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE DRAINAGE.
THE SITE SO WE TRIED TO REMOVE THOSE AREAS AND SEE HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS LEFT OVER ON THAT WEST PROPERTY AND USE THE JUPITER AREA STUDY TO CALIBRATE THAT WESTERN PROPERTY AND THAT'S THE LAST ROW IN THAT TABLE UNDER THE HYBRID APPROACH YOU'LL SEE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL GOES DOWN PRETTY CONSIDERABLY TO AROUND 185 000 SQUARE FEET THAT'S JUST A VERY GENERAL NUMBER UM USING THE JUPITER AREA STUDY TO CALIBRATE THAT SO YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC LEVELS THERE IT GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO 1,488 ADT.
AND THERE IS A CORRECTION THAT AM PEAK HOUR TRIP IS 171, NOT 460.
I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED THAT AS PART OF AN UPDATE IN 172 PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS.
IF YOU WERE TO HYBRIDIZE IT, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TABLE STILL WITH 163 RESIDENTIAL UNITS POSSIBLE IN THE LAND USE AND THE TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT WAS WORKFORCE HOUSING IMPACTS.
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? THE APPLICANT'S CURRENTLY REQUESTING 99 UNITS, WHICH IS LOWER THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED AT THE LAND USE LEVEL.
THAT 99 UNITS PRODUCES 12 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE APPLICANT HAD SHOWN YOU A SLIDE WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED.
NOW, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A HYBRID APPROACH, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LINKAGE FEES, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL FEE THAT'S CHARGED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
SO WE HAD DONE THE MATH ON THAT, AND BASED OFF THE HYBRID APPROACH, I'M UTILIZING THE HIGHEST THAT YOU COULD GET IN THE LAND USE, HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET.
YOU WOULD PRODUCE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FUND ON TOP OF EIGHT WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE.
TAKING A MORE REALISTIC APPROACH AND UTILIZING THEIR SITE PLAN, THERE'S 56 UNITS CURRENTLY PROPOSED ON THE EAST SIDE THAT WOULD PRODUCE SEVEN UNITS AND USING THE JUPITER AREA STUDIES CALCULATION FOR A REALISTIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, IT WOULD NET ABOUT $370,000 TOWARDS THE TOWN'S WORKFORCE HOUSING FUND.
SO JUST TO RECAP, THEIR APPROACH IS ABOUT 12 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING.
AND IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A HYBRID APPROACH, IT WOULD BE SEVEN TO EIGHT UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $370 AND ABOUT $1 MILLION TOWARDS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING FUND.
WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I TURN TO COUNSEL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR STAFF.
I'LL START WITH COUNSELOR GUISINGER .
YEAH, A COUPLE COURT QUESTIONS.
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THESE TWO ORDINANCES TONIGHT, DOES THE OWNER PLAN TO PURSUE THE PUD PROCESS
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ON THE WEST SIDE OF ISLAND WAY BEFORE THE SECOND READING OF THESE ORDINANCES? WE ARE PROPOSING, WELL, PIVOTING OUR STRATEGY WITH THE SITE PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW.SO WE HAVE PROPOSED A PUD, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SUBMITTED YET, BUT A PUD FOR THE EAST SIDE AND TECHNICALLY THE WEST SIDE AS WELL, TOO.
SO YOU ALREADY DID THE WEST SIDE ALSO BEFORE THE SECOND READING.
ANY UPDATE ON THE PENDING TRANSACTIONS TO ACQUIRE THOSE THREE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE? NO NEW INFORMATION HAS COME THROUGH SINCE THE LAST MEETING? NOTHING.
WE DISCUSSED PUTTING A TRIP CAP IN PLACE THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS.
WE STILL NEED TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS THE CASE AND THAT, YEAH.
IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE TO BE FILLED IN.
APPLICANT? REGARDING THE PUD, ANY IDEA WHAT ADDITIONAL ASKS YOU'D BE LOOKING FOR? NOT AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE STILL DOING AN ANALYSIS, AND WE ARE SUBMITTING ON MONDAY, SO WE WILL HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THAT AT TIME OF SUBMITTAL.
AGAIN, JUST REPEAT ON THE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
IS IT 12 UNITS? DID YOU SAY, OR WAS IT DOWN TO NINE? YES, MA'AM, 12 UNITS.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED THERE? CORRECT.
AND YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PEAK WE'LL GET INTO.
I KNOW YOU JUST ANSWERED THIS, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS ACTUALLY I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HERE OR REPRESENTATIVE.
IDEALLY, WE'D LOVE TO RESOLVE, YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE TRIANGLE PIECES.
SO ANY UPDATE ON IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE BEFORE THIS THING IS CLOSED, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN OR IS IT OUT? I THINK THE PROPERTY OWNER IS STILL IN DISCUSSIONS, SO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NEW INFORMATION.
I KNOW WE HAVE TO ACT ON WHAT WE HAVE TONIGHT, BUT WE AT OUR DRUTHERS, WE PREFER TO PUT THE SAME COMMON ZONING ON EVERYTHING.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M JUST KIND OF ASKING, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NOTHING'S GOING TO BE ADDED.
BUT I'M JUST STATING, I THINK OUR PREFERENCE, JUST LIKE IT IS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE PULTE, I'M SURE YOUR CLIENT WOULD PREFER THAT AS WELL.
OKAY, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, SHEILA WILKINSON.
I'M SHEILA WILKINSON, AND I AM A JUPITER RESIDENT AT 201 UMBRELLA PLACE IN RIALTO.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVING OUR BEAUTIFUL TOWN.
DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON THE BEACON PARK ZONING PROPOSAL, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE HISTORY MAYOR JIM KURETSKI PROVIDED REGARDING THE BEACON PARK PARCEL.
I LEARNED QUITE A BIT, PLUS IT REAFFIRMED MY SUPPORT FOR APPROPRIATELY ZONING THIS AREA FOR RESIDENTIAL ONLY.
THIS TOWN IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT PROVIDES A PRUDENT BALANCE OF PRESERVATION OF GREEN AREAS WITH COMFORTABLE AND SAFE COMMUNITY LIVING.
WHEN I MOVED TO RIALTO IN 2017, I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE VAST GREEN AREA TO OUR SOUTH AND BELIEVE ME I LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY BUT I KNOW REALITY.
I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR ALL THE PLANS FOR THAT AREA.
THROUGH THE YEARS OF THE RESIDENT HERE I HAVE LEARNED YOU ALL HAVE HAD THE BEST INTEREST OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AT HEART.
SO I PUT OTHER PLANS ASIDE TONIGHT TO JOIN YOU.
AND REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ZONING THAT PARCEL PROPERLY SO THAT THE PLANS FOR 99 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE APART WITH THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES ON ISLAND WAY, SO THOSE CAN COME FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
THIS IS A POSITION MANY RESIDENTS IN TRINALTO SHARE.
I AM CERTAIN YOU ALL HAVE HEARD AND READ MANY OF THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
CONSIDERING ALL THE PRIOR PROPOSALS, THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST FITTING TO KEEP JUPITER BEAUTIFUL AND VALUABLE.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT JUPITER IS THAT I CAN STILL EASILY FIND ANYTHING THAT I NEED.
FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, MEDICAL CARE, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL AT A REASONABLE DISTANCE AND STILL FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN A MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AND A SMALL COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGE
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TO RESIDENTIAL ONLY AND FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS.I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I'LL START THE OTHER SIDE HERE.
QUESTION, WELL TWO QUESTIONS OF I GUESS STAFF, I'LL START WITH STAFF.
SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS BEFORE US IS WHAT WE'RE DOING CONSIDERING A LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGE.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THERE STILL EXISTS THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT THAT QUITE FRANKLY IS A HODGEPODGE OF USES.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES IT, AND WE UNDERSTOOD, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE INTENT IS ON THE PART OF THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT ON SITE PLAN APPROVAL OR SECOND READING ON THESE, THAT WE WOULD ALL MUTUALLY AGREE THAT THAT DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT CEASES TO EXIST, CORRECT? YES, MAYOR, THEY'VE SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO ABANDON THAT.
WE PLAN TO BRING THAT FORWARD AT TIME OF SECOND READING SO THAT...
EVERYTHING COULD BE SEEN AT SECOND READING TOGETHER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS GETTING THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHY THIS, THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC TO MOVE TOWARDS ANYTHING AS WE RECOGNIZE OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE IT INCLUDES WHAT I CALL THE HODGEPODGE OF USES.
AND THEN WE DIDN'T ALLOW ANY OF THAT BECAUSE IT STILL NEEDED TO STAY, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIAL.
I MEAN, THINGS LIKE A DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL FACILITY JUST BY ITS OWN WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE SAID THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT ACTING TONIGHT ON THAT, BUT IN MOVING TOWARDS CHANGING LAND USE AND ZONING, THE EXPECTATION EXISTS THAT THAT'S GOING TO CEASE TO EXIST.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN REPRESENTED, SO THANK YOU.
WE HAVE BEFORE US I KNOW THIS IS FIRST READING BUT WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S BEFORE US AND SO IN ORDINANCE UH 326 WHICH IS THE LAND USE IT HAS UNDER SECTION TWO THAT WE WOULD ASSIGN A TRIP CAP ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY UH NOW UM AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO A DEBATE ABOUT THAT BUT CERTAINLY IDEALLY WE'D BE IN ALIGNMENT ABOUT THAT TRIP CAP THIS IS FIRST READING SO WERE THERE TO BE AN ITEM I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE OTHER PARCELS BECAUSE IF THE OTHER SMALL PARCELS GOT ADDED OBVIOUSLY THEY THEMSELVES WOULD CARRY YOU KNOW A TRIP CAP IF IT GOT INCLUDED IN THE SITE PLAN BUT JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM THE APPLICANT WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PREFERENCE ON A TRIP CAP AND WE'RE JUST DEALING ON THE WEST SIDE.
I MEAN, YOU'VE REPRESENTED WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR.
I'D REQUEST THAT A TRIP CAP BE PUT INTO THE MOTION AT SECOND READING.
THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ABANDONMENT ALL IN ONE MEETING.
SO EVERYTHING WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR ALL PARTIES AT THAT TIME.
WE'RE STILL IN THE REVIEW PROCESS.
AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT, I THINK WE JUST WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR PROCESS WOULD BE TO INCLUDE A NUMBER.
AND IN FAIRNESS, IT WOULD BE UPDATED TO MATCH WHAT THE, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE.
SO WE LOOK AT WHAT'S BEFORE US.
AND I'M JUST DRAWING MY COLLEAGUES' ATTENTION TO PAGE THREE OF THE ATTACHMENT FOR STAFF REPORT.
I THOUGHT I HAD IT MARKED HERE.
YEAH, SO IT INCLUDES, COULD STAFF HELP ME FIND WHERE THAT WAS IN THE REPORT? TRYING TO FIND IT HERE WHAT THE THOUGHT I HAD IT MARKED BUT SO THE DISCUSSION RELATED TO TRIP CAP IS
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UNDERNEATH THE TRAFFIC IMPACT SECTIONS THAT STARTS ON PAGE 11 OF THE REPORT.THAT'S WHY I'M AT THE WRONG PAGE YEAH, IT'S IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON AT THE MIDDLE OF PAGE 11, BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T CITE A NUMBER AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT REPRESENTED SOMEWHERE IN HERE.
SO THERE'S THE MENTION OF 163 UNITS, WHICH IS THE LAND USE MAXIMUM, BUT THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT, AT 99 UNITS.
I SHOULD HAVE TABBED MY BOOK BECAUSE I THOUGHT I DID SEE IT.
YOU SAY IT'S NOT IN HERE? YEAH, I KNOW THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES, AS I'M QUICKLY LOOKING THROUGH THIS, HISTORICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT LAND USE AND ZONING, YOU'RE DOING THE GENERIC NUMBERS.
BUT WHEN WE DO THE SECOND READING, WE WILL HAVE A SITE PLAN, AND WE WILL MATCH IT TO WHAT THE SITE PLAN ACTUALLY IS.
SO I THOUGHT I HAD IT HERE, BUT I'M NOT ABLE TO FIND IT HERE.
PAGE 11 MENTIONS DAILY TRIPS, BUT NO TRIP CAP NUMBERS.
JOHN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? SO THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ON PAGE THREE DOES END WITH, THE WEST SIDE IS BEING PROPOSED FOR 43 UNITS.
THE BEST NUMBER WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH AT 10 TRIPS FOR THE DAILY TRIPS, WOULD BE 430.
WE WOULD TYPICALLY GIVE SOME BUFFER OF TRIPS JUST FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO UPDATE THAT CAP AT THE SECOND READING WHEN YOU HAVE THE PUD IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL.
I WOULD NOTE THAT IF THE OTHER PARCELS WERE ADDED THEY WOULD STAND ON THEIR OWN AS IT RELATES TO LAND USE AND ANY TRIP CAP THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PROPERTIES.
I KNEW THAT WAS THE CASE, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE EMPHASIZING THAT.
MR. MAYOR, FOR THE RECORD, PETE HOFFINES, IF WE COULD, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRIP CAPS, AND SINCE THE PUD, WE'RE GETTING READY TO SUBMIT ON MONDAY, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THAT COLLABORATION WITH STAFF.
THE 163 UNITS, THAT IS OUR MAXIMUM AT THE LAND USE LEVEL.
WOULD OFFER THAT AS AN APPROPRIATE TRIP CAP AT THIS READING WHICH CAN ALL AT SECOND READING WHEN ALL THE APPLICATIONS COME BEFORE YOU CAN BE MODIFIED AT LEAST THAT GIVES US A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM IF THE OTHER PARCELS COME IN WE CAN YOU KNOW AMEND THE PD TO INCLUDE THOSE AND JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ADAPTABILITY AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WE REQUEST YEAH WELL I APPRECIATE THAT SUGGESTION NUMBER ONE WHEN WE DID FIRST READING ON THE EAST SIDE WE DIDN'T DO A CAP AND WE LEFT IT AND THE 163 IS THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE.
SO LACKING, I WOULDN'T PUT THE 163 ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO LACKING THAT BEFORE US, AND I REGRET BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IN HERE, BUT NOT ABLE TO FIND IT, WE'LL JUST GIVE THE SAME DIRECTION, I THINK, IF WE ALL AGREE, ON SECOND READING FOR IT TO COME BACK.
AND WE WOULD PUT, AND THE CAP WILL HAVE ADT, AM PEAK, AND PM PEAK.
SO SHE'D HAVE THREE NUMBERS THANK YOU OKAY UM I DON'T KNOW DID I FINISH ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OTHERWISE I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ORDINANCE 326 THE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 326 SECOND IS THERE A SECOND YEAH HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY UH I'LL TAKE A OH I'M SORRY UM
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MR BARRETT COULD YOU READ ORDINANCE 326.ORDINANCE 326 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF JUPITER FLORIDA AMENDING ORDINANCE 5789 WHICH ADOPTED THE TOWN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO ASSIGN A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO 23.4 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF LIMESTONE CREEK ROAD ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF ISLAND WAY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OKAY WE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND AND ORDINANCE 326 WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY ORDINANCE 826 I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND THAT'S FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM I-4 TO R-3.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 8-26.
MR. BARRETT, COULD YOU READ ORDINANCE 8-26? ORDINANCE 8-26, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE TOWN'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, WHICH IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN SECTION 27-473 OF THE TOWN CODE, TO ASSIGN THE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO 23.4 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF LIMESTONE LIMESTONE CREEK ROAD ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF ISLAND WAY PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE WE HAD A MOTION A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU UM MOVING ON TO
[8. Ordinance 27-26, First Reading, Establishing Procedures for Authorization of a Fire Special Assessment on Properties within the Town of Jupiter.]
AGENDA ITEM 8, ORDINANCE 2726.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, SCOTT REYNOLDS, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
THIS EVENING YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2726 TO ESTABLISH THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NON-AVALORUM FIRE ASSESSMENT TO FUND THE FIRE RESCUE SERVICES AND RELATED CAPITAL NEEDS.
THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 2726 DOES NOT, I JUST WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE, IT DOES NOT IMPOSE AN ASSESSMENT.
OR ESTABLISH ASSESSMENT RATES, RATHER THAN ESTABLISHING THE GOVERNING PROCEDURES OR THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ANNUAL FIRE ASSESSMENT RATES, IF AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCIL, THROUGH A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
THE FRAMEWORK ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY TO PROPERTY OWNERS, AND ALLOWS THE TOWN TO ADJUST THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT RATES.
AS NEEDED BASED ON SERVICE COST AND BUDGETARY NEEDS.
THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF, WE'VE GOT A SECOND READING COMING OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE A RESOLUTION FOR THE INITIAL RATE HEARING.
AND THEN ACTUALLY THERE'LL BE PUBLIC NOTICES SENT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO LET THEM KNOW THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER FUTURE RATES AND THEN A FINAL HEARING IN LATE JUNE TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE NON-AVALORUM ASSESSMENT RATES FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IF THE COUNCIL SO WISHES.
ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK ONE.
JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS THE 15 PERCENT, CORRECT? RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT SETTING THE RATE.
THE 15% OF THE ASSESSMENT COST IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
AT A LATER DATE, WHEN WE COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH A RATE RESOLUTION, THAT WILL BE THE PROPOSAL OF THE 15%.
THIS JUST SETS THE FRAMEWORK? IT'S JUST SETTING THE FRAMEWORK.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF IMPACTS HERE TO THE GENERAL FUND, POTENTIALLY, BASED ON THE RULES.
CAN YOU GO THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? I'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO...
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH HARDSHIP, THAT WOULD BE HAVING TO COME FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, WHICH WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND.
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AND THEN THIS IS TO PRESERVE, THIS IS TO HELP PAY FOR THE DEBT FOR FIRE RESCUE.THE WHOLE INTENT OF THE INITIAL REASON WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE NON-AVALORUM ASSESSMENT WAS TO PARTIALLY PAY FOR THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE CONSTRUCTION, THAT WE COULD USE THE NON-AVALORUM ASSESSMENT DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR THAT, YES.
TO ANSWER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, ONE OF THE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE IS A HARDSHIP.
IF WE WANTED TO SET UP A HARDSHIP PROGRAM...
FOR RESIDENTS THAT MAY HAVE A HARD TIME PAYING THE ASSESSMENT, WE COULD DO THAT.
THAT IS NOT EMBEDDED IN THIS ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD BE A POLICY OF THE COUNCIL THAT THEY COULD ADOPT.
BUT IF THERE IS A HARDSHIP AND IT'S FOUND TO TRULY BE A HARDSHIP BASED ON THE GUIDANCE WITHIN THE POLICY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE TO PAY THAT HARDSHIP FOR THAT RESIDENT.
THAT WOULD COME FROM THE NON-AVALORUM TYPE DOLLARS OR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
AND THEN IF THE RATE WERE TO BE LOWERED FOR SOMEONE OR IF A RESIDENT WERE TO COME TO YOU OR A RATE PAYER WOULD COME TO YOU, THE TOWN MANAGER HAS THE DISCRETION, ACCORDING TO THESE RULES, TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
WILL THERE BE POLICIES THAT FOLLOW THAT SO THAT WE DETERMINE IN WHICH CASES IT'S DONE OR IN WHICH IT'S NOT? THAT'S THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN IN THE ORDINANCE.
IT IS NOT FLESHING OUT THE ACTUAL POLICY THAT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
CURRENTLY, THAT'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN WHICH YOU CAN SET THE RULES ON HOW THAT WORKS.
BUT IN THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, IT DOES SAY THAT THE TOWN MANAGER IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THAT PROGRAM.
IN TERMS OF BROAD BRUSHSTROKES OVERVIEW, WHEN DO THOSE POLICIES COME FORWARD? WHEN IS THAT FLESHED OUT? WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BEFORE THE RATES ACTUALLY GET SENT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS FOR PAYMENT.
THAT WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE BUDGETARY CYCLE.
I ONLY HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE SHORTFALL AND EXPECTED ASSESSMENT PROCEEDS, AND YOU ANSWERED THOSE THROUGH COUNCIL SONSER'S QUESTIONS.
SO I JUST HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE TO MY, MOSTLY TO MY COLLEAGUES.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M GRATEFUL TO STAFF, CERTAINLY WITH A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH TO PRESENT THIS.
MR. REYNOLDS, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS WENT AND IT WAS JUST RECENTLY THAT WE LEARNED WHAT THE PROPOSED RATE APPROACH WAS GOING TO BE.
AND WHEN WE DID, JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, YOU KNOW, I STARTED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE TO A RESIDENT.
WHEN YOU MOVE FROM AN AD VALUM TAX APPROACH, YOU'RE MOVING AWAY FROM WHAT WE HAVE USED TO TELL EVERYBODY WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE AS WE TRANSITION INTO FULL OPERATION OF OUR OWN FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
AND EVEN IF YOU LOOK ON SITE, THE TOWN WEBSITE WHERE IT SAYS...
WHAT DOES THE NON-ADVALORUM ASSESSMENT MEAN TO YOU? IT'S SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S LINE ITEM WILL NO LONGER BE CHARGED, AND IT COULD BE REPLACED PARTIALLY BY A NON-ADVALORUM ASSESSMENT, WHICH WILL BE LESS THAN THE CURRENT CHARGE.
SO IT SUGGESTED, AS WE HAD TOLD THE PUBLIC SINCE WE MADE THIS DECISION, THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD COME WITH THE SAVINGS OUT OF THIS.
PEOPLE, AN APPROACH HAD TO BE PRESENTED TO US, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS APPROACH AND THE FLOOR AREA APPROACH FOR RESIDENTIAL IS FLAWED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND OPINION.
THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE HEARD HAVE DONE A PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT BASIS FEE.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT FINDING FAULT WITH THE EFFORT.
NOW, KNOWING THAT I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE, LOOK AT YOUR AD VALOREM TAX, THE AD VALOREM AMOUNT'S GOING TO GO DOWN, SO YOU'RE GOING TO ACCRUE A SAVINGS.
BUT I WENT AHEAD AND DID ANALYSIS ON 13 RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO MY CHOOSING.
THERE WAS SOME DIVERSITY BECAUSE I WANTED
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TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS.I DID 10 HOMESTEADED UNITS AND THREE NON-HOMESTEADED UNITS.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE THING IS THE FLOOR AREA APPROACH.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GIVEN POLICY DIRECTION.
I BELIEVE THERE'S AN INCONSISTENT TREATMENT OF CONDOMINIUM SPACE VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY UNIT SPACE.
BUT NONETHELESS, THAT'S ONE ITEM.
BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE WHAT I CALL AN AMPLIFICATION FORMULA FOR INCREASED SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY STAFF EXPLAINED TO US WHY THEY DID THAT, JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO REALLY GET THE REALLY MEGA MANSIONS THAT EXIST, YOU KNOW, AND A FAIR APPROACH TO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S DIFFERENT WITH A RESIDENTIAL VERSUS, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL IS THAT IF YOU LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND YOU'RE TWO PEOPLE.
WHETHER IT'S A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR IT'S 2,500 SQUARE FEET, FROM MY VIEW, I SAY THIS AS AN ENGINEER, IT'S LOGICAL, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SAME RISK.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST TWO AND A HALF TIMES, BUT THERE'S AN AMPLIFICATION FACTOR.
SO THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT, AND THEN REALIZE THIS IS A TRANSITION TO NON-AD VALOREM, WHICH MEANS THERE IS NO...
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU HOMESTEAD OR NOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAY WIND UP GOING THAT WAY, BUT THIS IS LIKE A DOUBLE CHANGE FROM, YOU KNOW, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MAKING LIKE TWO CHANGES AT ONE TIME, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WHAT MY TAKEAWAY WAS, WAS THE THREE NON-HOMESTEADED UNITS THAT I SAW, IN MY VIEW, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THREE TIMES THE SAVINGS THEY HAD EXPECTED IF WE WERE TO GO.
I DID AN ANALYSIS ON IF IT WAS 100% NON-ADVALORUM.
NOW REMEMBER, THAT'S NOT 100% OF THE FIRE COST.
THAT WAS 100% OF THE COST THAT COULD BE DONE NON-ADVALORUM.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF NON-ADVALORUM AND ADVALORUM.
BUT I HAD THREE RENTAL UNITS THAT ENDED UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES THE SAVINGS.
AND THEN I HAVE, I MEAN, TO REALLY BE BLUNT HERE, ON MY CUL-DE-SAC, THE FOUR HOMES OF MY CUL-DE-SAC, EVERYBODY WILL PAY MORE MONEY THAN THEY PAY NOW.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, ON THE DAIS, A LOT WOULD BE IN THE SAME CATEGORY.
WHY IS THAT? IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEADED UNIT AND YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN BENEFITING FROM HOMESTEAD, NOW ALL UNITS ARE CREATED EQUAL.
AND IT REALLY OPENED MY EYES UP OF THE CONSEQUENCE OF WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING.
BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, RIGHT? BUT WHEN THEY REMOVE, IF IN FACT THEY WERE TO PUT IT TO A VOTE AND THE PUBLIC WERE TO APPROVE IT, THE NEW TAXING MECHANISMS THAT WOULD LIKELY COME OUT OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE NON-AD VALOREM, ARE PROBABLY GOING TO END UP, JUST LIKE I'M SEEING HERE WITH HOMESTEADED UNIT, ACTUALLY MAYBE ENDING UP HAVING TO PAY MORE TAXES THAN IT DID BEFORE.
SO, BOTTOM LINE, WE CAN PROCEED IF...
IT'S THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY TO APPROVE THIS, YOU KNOW, GO TO SECOND READING, APPROVE THAT, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO DIALOGUE ABOUT RATES.
BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE ON THE RECORD AS SAYING WE CAN PROCEED WITH THIS, BUT I'VE ALREADY MADE MY DECISION BECAUSE WE HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE PROPOSED RATE MECHANISM.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT THAT IN THE LAST WEEKLY REPORT, WHICH MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE UP TO 1,200 SQUARE FEET, IT'S $15 A RESIDENCE.
IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, $2,039, IT'S $60 FOUR TIMES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT RATE STRUCTURE.
BUT AGAIN, HOPEFULLY I'VE BEEN CLEAR HERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO JUST MOVE THIS ALONG AND THEN I SHARE AT A LATER DATE.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF ANY NON-AD VALOREM AT THIS TIME.
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I JUST AM CONCERNED THAT WE'VE BEEN REPRESENTING EVERYBODY.THIS IS HOW YOU FIGURE WHAT THE SAVINGS IS GOING TO BE, AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BENEFIT.
AND THE ONLY WAY I'M NOW CONVINCED THAT THAT CAN STILL HAPPEN IS IF WE STAY WITH AD VALOREM TAXES, BECAUSE ONLY.
AND DOING SO THEN MEANS EVERYBODY'S AD VALOREM RATE WILL GO DOWN, AND EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING TO GET A BENEFIT.
MORE THAN WHAT? WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, MY HOUSE, I WAS EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY A SAVER HOMES HOUSE LONG TERM.
SO I WAS EXPECTING A SAVINGS OF $89.69. I USE THAT AS THE TARGET SAVINGS IF WE WERE JUST ACHIEVING A $5.5 MILLION SAVINGS, AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE'RE TARGETING MORE, SO IT SHOULD BE HIGHER.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SCALE, OTHER.
NON-HOMESTEADED UNITS ARE ONES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN BENEFITED BY HOMESTEAD AS LONG.
LIKE I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT HASN'T BEEN THERE AS LONG.
THEY'D BE GETTING $133, SO YOU CAN KIND OF GO.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
BUT I'D BE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY, IF WE WENT AND DECIDED TO APPLY THE PROPOSED NON-AD VALOREM TAX, AT THE 100% RATE AND THEN THE BALANCE AT AD VALOREM, YOU'D SEE MY BILL GOING UP $250 A YEAR, NOT DOWN.
BUT MORE, SO MORE THAN PAYING FOR COUNTY FIRE, IS THAT LINE ITEM? BECAUSE THIS IS A REPLACEMENT.
BUT THE REASON BECAUSE IS BECAUSE THERE'S, THE MECHANISM JUST CHANGES WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING.
THERE'S A, THOSE THREE NON-HOMESTEADED UNITS ARE GOING TO GET THREE TIMES WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTED IN SAVINGS.
YOU REALLY CAN LOOK AT, YOU CAN LOOK AT AN AVERAGE AND...
SO IT BENEFITS NON-HOMESTEADED MORE POTENTIALLY.
TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THEY'RE PAYING MORE THAN THEY WOULD FOR COUNTY.
NO, BUT IF WE DID, IT'S A DECISION WE HAVE.
IF NOT IN YEAR ONE, ONCE YOU ESTABLISH THAT APPROACH, IF YOU WIND UP TO DO MORE, YOU KNOW, NON-ADVORM UP TO THE LIMIT THAT WE COULD DO.
THE TOTAL SAVINGS IS STILL THERE, BUT THE WAY IT GETS DISTRIBUTED IS WITH THE NEW MECHANISM, SOME PEOPLE MAY END UP...
AND I'VE GOT AN ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS THIS.
WE'RE PAYING MORE THAN WE PAY RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW, I MEAN, THE ASSUMPTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IT WOULD BE 15% OF THE COST.
IT WOULDN'T BE 100%. SO, I MEAN, A VAST MAJORITY WILL BE AD VALOREM.
AND WE'LL BE SUBJECT TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THIS IS A SMALL PORTION, SPECIFICALLY PAYING OFF THE DEBT, AND I THINK WE ARE RESTRICTED, POTENTIALLY, IN HOW WE CAN COVER THAT COST.
SO THIS IS A TOOL THAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS A 30-PAGE ORDINANCE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF RAMIFICATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE AGENDA ITEMS, POTENTIALLY.
RATES COULD BE CHANGED, NOTICES.
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM.
I DON'T THINK I WANT TO KILL IT IN ITS CRIB BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER.
I'M NOT SOLD YET, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS A SMALL PART.
INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE OR NOT.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT COULD BE BAKED IN, BUT WE'VE PRETTY CONSISTENTLY SAID IT WOULD BE FOR THE DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS $2 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON, WAS THE 15% FOR THE DEBT SERVICE.
IT COULD BE INCREASE OR DECREASE, BUT I'M LOCKED IN AT THE 15%.
AND YOU'RE TALKING IF IT WENT UP TO 100%, SURE, THAT SCENARIO COULD HAPPEN.
WELL, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I SAID IF IT'S THE WILL OF EVEN THREE, GETS PASSED ON THE FIRST READING AND COMES BACK.
BUT JUST TO EMPHASIZE, TRYING TO CLOSE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, AGAIN, EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE'VE HEARD THAT HAVE DONE THIS, AT LEAST THAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION, HAVE DONE IT ON A SO MUCH PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
THIS APPROACH COMES UP WITH 18
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TIERS.A RESIDENTIAL UNIT CAN PAY ANYWHERE FROM $3 TO $1,190.
BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE AND IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE IS BASED ON TEARS SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRICK THE TRIGGER OVER BY ONE SQUARE FOOT INTO THE NEXT YEAR I'M JUST UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE I SEE US EVEN IF WE WERE TO DO 15% THIS YEAR WILL HAVE KIND OF ESTABLISHED THE TEAR STRUCTURE AND I KNOW IT CAN BE CHANGED, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY TO CHANGE.
AND MORE LIKELY, SOMEONE SAY, LET'S MOVE IT FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT OR 40 PERCENT OR WHATEVER.
AND I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED TO BE ON THE RECORD FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD CHANGE IT BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT IF WE WERE TO CHANGE IT.
IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT BECAUSE IT SEPARATES.
FIRE AND IF THERE'S ANY INCREASE AT ALL RESIDENTS ARE GETTING NOTICES OR SCOTT CAN YOU CONFIRM SOME OF THIS OR WE JUST IF WE WANTED TO RAISE ACTUALLY IT'S LAID OUT IN THE PROCEDURAL ORDINANCE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT IT WOULD STILL EVERY YEAR HAVE TO COME BACK WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROCESS IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THAT THE NOTICE PROCESS WOULD STILL BE THERE AND YOU HAVE THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARINGS SO YOU WOULD YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THAT SO FAR FROM AN AGENDA NOTIFICATION, YOU'RE GETTING FIRST-CLASS MAIL TO EVERY RESIDENT SAYING...
IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.
I DON'T SEE THIS COUNCIL INCREASING IT IN A YEAR.
SAY THE COUNCIL TURNED OVER AND YOU HAD SOME CRAZY COUNCIL, THEY JUST WANTED TO...
THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE.
THIS PLACE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH...
THEY WOULD DEAL WITH ALL THAT.
SO THAT GIVES ME SOME COMFORT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M SORT OF AGREEING WITH THIS IS IT GIVES US FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE.
AND IT HELPS PAY THE DEBT BECAUSE THE AD VALOREM CAN GO TOWARDS THE DEBT IF IT'S GENERAL FUND.
SO IT JUST GIVES A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE.
BUT IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF TOOL.
AND SO I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT, AND I LISTEN TO YOUR POINTS WITH GREAT INTEREST.
I JUST THINK IN FIRST READING, I'M NOT GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO IT.
I WANT TO GIVE IT TIME TO LOOK AT IT AS WE GO FORWARD.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION THAT YOU RAISED IN MY MIND, MAYOR, ON EVERYTHING RESIDENTIAL, CONDOS, TOWNHOMES, SINGLE FAMILY UNDER THAT CATEGORY, AM I CORRECT? YES.
A CONDO, TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, IS ONLY GOING TO BE INTERIOR.
A RESIDENTIAL, IT IS THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE.
AND IT COULD BUMP UP THE DIFFERENT CATEGORY, AND THIS IS WHERE...
EXPLAIN THAT TO ME, BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM A CONDO, AGAIN, TO A SINGLE FAMILY.
ONE THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT CONDOS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE OUTSIDE STRUCTURES, SUCH AS THEIR COMMUNITY ROOMS, THOSE ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND ASSESSED THROUGH THEIR AD VALOREM TAXES.
SO THOSE PIECES ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
THE NON-AD VALOREM PIECE IS, YOU'RE CORRECT, IT'S FOR THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THEIR CONDOMINIUM.
SO THEY'RE LIVING SPACE SQUARE FOOTAGE? CORRECT.
CORRECT, BUT THEY'RE STILL RECEIVING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AD VALOREM PIECE FOR THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURES.
ALL RIGHT, THAT MAKES A LITTLE SENSE.
BUT THE WAY WE'RE CHARGING A NON-ASSESSMENT FEE IS JUST ON THE AIR, EFFECTIVELY THE AIR CONDITIONED SPACE.
I'D SAY NOT EVEN THAT, BECAUSE CONDOS HAVE HALLWAYS TO GET TO.
WHICH WOULD BE LIKE IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE HALLWAYS TO GET TO SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? SO CONDOS AND SINGLE FAMILY ARE NOT CONSISTENT.
I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T STOP THIS AT FIRST READING.
I THINK WE HAVE MORE TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND.
YEAH, AND THIS IS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS IT.
SO I'M LEARNING NEW THINGS THAT I CAN THEN INVESTIGATE.
I'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN TEARS.
IN NON-HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND LOOKING AT THOSE CASES VERSUS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
SO JUST MORE DISCUSSIONS WARRANTED GIVEN THE WEIGHT OF THIS AND THAT IT COULD DO A LOT OF GOOD IN TERMS OF MOBILITY.
IS THERE AN ACTION THERE FOR US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WITH OUR CONSULTANT, HOMESTEAD VERSUS NON-HOMESTEAD? AND ARE WE BEING FAIR IN THE OUT YEARS FOR THOSE THAT ARE HOMESTEADED VERSUS NON-HOMESTEADED RELATIVE TO NON-AMBULANCE TAXES BEING APPLIED? I'LL DEFINITELY ASK THE QUESTION.
THE OTHER THING I DEFINITELY WANT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS UP HERE.
SINCE WE HAD THE ROUNDTABLE, I WILL TELL YOU WE'VE HAD A TON OF QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
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RELATIONS, HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING INFORMATION OUT ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.WE HAVE A WHOLE PAGE DEDICATED JUST TO THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT.
IT HAS THE TIERED RATES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KIND OF KNOW ABOUT THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT, PLUS ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE RESIDENTS AND EVEN FROM THE DAIS, WE MAKE SURE TO ANSWER THEM AND PUT THEM OUT FOR THE PUBLIC SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THAT WAS AVAILABLE AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR EMPHASIZING THAT.
I WANT TO JUST SHARE AGAIN, IF SOMEONE HAD AN 01,199-SQUARE-FOOT HOME, RESIDENTIAL UNIT, $15 IS THE RESIDENTIAL RATE.
IF SOMEONE HAS A 3,100 SQUARE FOOT IT'S $93.
SO SAME UNIT COULD HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN IT, AND YOU COULD PAY $15 OR $93, WHICH IS 15% OF THE NON- AD VALOREM POTENTIAL RATE.
SO AGAIN, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I'M NOT SUPPORTING IT, BUT I'M EMPHASIZING FURTHER.
IT PROBABLY WASN'T A WEEKLY REPORT, BUT SOMEHOW IT WAS BROUGHT TO ALL OF OUR ATTENTION THAT WHAT THE TOWN WEBSITE SAYS, AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT IT ALL.
IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, BUT I'D SUBMIT THAT SOMEONE SHOULD CHANGE THE WORDING ON THERE BECAUSE THE WAY, AND YOU COULD DEBATE HOW YOU READ THIS, BUT THE WAY I READ IT, WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC, IT SAYS PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE'S LINE ITEM WILL NO LONGER BE CHARGED.
THAT'S FACTUALLY CORRECT, AND IT COULD BE REPLACED.
BY NON-ADVALORUM ASSESSMENT, THAT'S FACTUALLY CORRECT, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ABOUT IF WE WERE TO DO IT, BUT THEN IT SAYS, WHICH WILL BE LESS THAN THE CURRENT CHARGE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ACCURATE.
WHEN YOU GO FROM ADVALORUM TO NON-ADVALORUM, NOW YOU HAVE A DIFFERENCE, PLUS IT'S GOT THIS WEIGHT.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
AND MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC REALIZES THAT IF WE GO THIS ROUTE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS CLEAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE INTENTIONALLY A RAMPING UP SCALE THAT'S NOT TIED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE.
I COULD SEE THAT MORE IN COMMERCIAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER A STORE, THE MORE TO CUSTOMERS, THE MORE WHATEVER.
BUT IN A HOUSE, TWO PEOPLE, TWO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT UNDERSTANDING THE LOGIC.
ON HOW THE RISK GOES UP THAT MUCH, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU COOK ONE MEAL AT WHATEVER, THE SAME RISK, YOU KNOW, COOKING A MEAL, RIGHT? BUT IN ANY EVENT, ENOUGH SAID.
I THINK THE DISTRIBUTION MATTERS.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT $35 MILLION VERSUS $25 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR, POTENTIALLY.
SO THERE ARE ASSUMPTIONS BAKED INTO ALL OF IT.
IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.
HOW THE SAVINGS IS DISTRIBUTED, I THINK, IS HOW WE'RE DISCUSSING IT TONIGHT.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T LOSE SIGHT THAT THAT...
IT COULD BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE GETTING LOST.
WELL, YOU SAY GETTING LOST, BUT I WAS BENCHMARKING ASSUMING ONLY THE 5 AND 1 HALF MILLION WE REPRESENTED.
AND I THINK SOME OF YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ARE LIKE 5.5 MILLION AND THEN 100% NON-AD VALOREM.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION FROM WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
BUT IT SWUNG IT FROM GETTING ANYTHING BACK.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR ANALYSIS.
AND WE'D BE UNIQUELY DECIDING WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT TO BE, AT LEAST FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD OTHERS HAVE DONE, ALL OTHERS HAVE DONE A FLAT FEE PER RESIDENT.
AND WE WOULD UNIQUELY BE INTRODUCING SOMETHING ELSE THAT NOW REALLY CHANGES THE GAME, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE MOSTLY.
SO YOU'D RATHER DO A FLAT FEE? I WOULD PREFER THAT, BUT I THINK WE'VE ASKED THAT, AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE HAVE ONE THING PRESENTED TO US, AND THAT'S IT.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A MAJORITY SUPPORTING ORDINANCE 72726 I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND UH MOTION
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TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2726 SECOND MOTION A SECOND UH MR BAIRD CAN YOU READ ORDINANCE 2726 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL TOWN OF JUPITER FLORIDA CREATING ARTICLE 8 OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE TOWN OF JUPITER CODE OF ORDINANCES ENTITLED MASTER CAPITAL PROJECT AND A SERVICE ASSESSMENTS AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF JUPITER PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS PROVIDING FOR THE CREATE CREATION OF ASSESSMENT AREAS ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSING CAPITAL AND SERVICE ASSESSMENTS ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR NOTICE AND ADOPTION OF ASSESSMENT ROLES PROVIDING THAT ASSESSMENTS CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON ASSESSED PROPERTY UPON ADOPTION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE PROVIDING THAT THE LIEN FOR AN ASSESSMENT COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 197.3632 AND 197.3635 FLORIDA STATUTE UPON PERFECTION SHALL ATTACH TO THE REAL PROPERTY ON THE PRIOR JANUARY 1 THE LIEN DATE FOR AD VALOREM TAXES PROVIDING THAT A PERFECTED LIEN SHALL BE EQUAL IN RANK AND DIGNITY WITH THE LIENS OF ALL STATE TOWN DISTRICT OR MUNICIPAL TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS AND SUPERIOR AND DIGNITY TO ALL OTHER PRIOR LIENS MORTGAGES TITLES AND CLAIMS AUTHORIZING EXEMPTIONS PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR THE IMPOSITION OF ASSESSMENTS ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF OBLIGATIONS DECLARING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE TO BE SUPPLEMENTAL ADDITIONAL AND AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY AND SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND CODIFICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE OPPOSED NAY MOTION PASSES 4-1 WITH MAYOR[9. Selecting the Town of Jupiter Vice-Mayor 2026-2027.]
DISSENTING.OKAY, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9, SELECTING THE VICE MAYOR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE APPROVE COUNCILOR CHOY AS THE NEXT VICE MAYOR.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[10. Approving the 2026 Appointments to the Town’s Boards, Committees, and Countywide Organizations.]
OKAY MOVING ON TO THE 2026 APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARDS COMMITTEES AND COUNTY-WIDE ORGANIZATIONS.FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION, AND I PROBABLY SPEAK FOR ALL OF US, OR CERTAINLY THOSE THAT HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE DID AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB REPACKAGING THIS INFORMATION.
IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE THIS IN PRIOR YEARS TO REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, SO IT REALLY DID FACILITATE OUR EFFORTS.
UM I KNOW THAT WASN'T AN EASY TASK WE DIDN'T ASK FOR IT THEY DID IT THANK YOU BUT IT WAS HELPFUL SO I'LL JUST GO DOWN ON THE ART COMMITTEE WE HAVE THE PACKAGE HERE HISTORICALLY WE HAVE USED THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS IF IF THERE'S AN AGREEMENT ON THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE, AND IT'S ON THE LAST PAGE IN THAT PACKAGE BEFORE THE APPLICATIONS.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MEMBER RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ART COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, AND ALSO JUST SO I WILL CONTINUE AS THE ART COMMITTEE COUNCIL LIAISON, TOO.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OKAY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WE DON'T GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMITTEE OR STAFF, BUT BY AND LARGE THE FIVE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THERE.
I'LL WISH REQUESTING TO BE REAPPOINTING, AND THERE'S TWO NEW APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR ANY DISCUSSION OTHER THAN REAPPOINTING THE EXISTING.
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I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE EXISTING MEMBERSHIP.THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE YEARS SERVED, I'M ON THIS COMMITTEE AS LIAISON.
I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE AS LIAISON, BUT YEARS SERVED ONLY TWO.
IT'S A VERY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, SO I SUPPORT THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOVING ON TO THE BEACH COMMITTEE.
I'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT MY COMMITTEE MEMBER APPOINTED FROM THE SEAT IS CHASE MALCOLM.
UM, BE RESEATED ON COMMITTEE, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REPLACE HIM WITH JULIE WHITTEN.
VICE MAYOR, YOU GET A CHANCE TO EITHER REAPPOINT OR CHANGE.
I'M REAPPOINTING GAIL WHIPPLE.
SHE'S BEEN SERVING FOR 13 YEARS, AND SHE HAS A LOT OF VALUE TO THAT COMMITTEE.
OKAY, SO THEN WE HAVE AN AT-LARGE AND AN ALTERNATE TO DO.
I RECOMMEND THEY NOT MAKE A MOTION, THEY NOT BE CHANGED.
YOU GUYS IS TO LEAVE ME AS IS MR. ASELDER.
OH, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE SAYING LEAVE THE OTHER TWO AS THEY WERE.
UM, GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THAT.
DID I GET A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND ALSO, I TALKED TO OUR TOWN CLERK.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A COUNCIL EX-OFFICIAL ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO I VOLUNTEERED TO FILL THAT POSITION ALSO.
BY THE WAY, WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS HAD COUNCIL LIAISONS.
I THINK CERTAINLY ON SOME COMMITTEES, I THINK THAT'S AN ADVANTAGE, SO NOT PERCEIVED AS INFLUENCING.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE ONE OR WHATEVER SO BUT IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED AS YOU ARE FINE.
OKAY MOVING ON TO THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PER OUR CODE.
I UNDERSTAND IN THE TIME I'VE SERVED, I HEARD FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE TODAY THAT THEY HAD ONLY TWO MEETINGS AND THEY WERE ORGANIZATIONAL.
SO WE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE THAT IS ONLY THERE IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
SO I GUESS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN ALL THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE.
VACANCIES SO I IMAGINE MEMBERS JUST DECIDED IF NO SENSE BEING ON A COMMITTEE THAT NEVER MEETS SO IT CREATES A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE UM WE HAVE A MEMBER FOR ROOFING THAT IS AGREEING TO BE REAPPOINTED WE HAVE A MEMBER AN APPLICANT WILLING TO BE APPOINTED AS THE ENGINEER MEMBER BUT WE HAVE I HAVE NO MECHANICAL.
MEMBER ARCHITECT OR PLUMBING MEMBER SO AGAIN THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE I WOULD ASK STAFF TO GET BACK WITH US AND LET US KNOW WHAT APPROACH WE COULD USE GOING FORTH THERE MAY BE SOME STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT IF SOMEONE DOESN'T APPEAL IT HAS TO BE DONE AND YOU KNOW A SHORT ORDER THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE THANK YOU YEAH WELL WE JUST NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEN IT MAY BE THE CASE AND MAYBE THIS HAPPENED IN YEARS PAST AND DIDN'T HAPPEN NOW I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU KNOW WE'D HAVE TO GO AND SEEK PEOPLE WITH THOSE EXPERTISE AND I DON'T KNOW UH MISS MORETTO THAT UH IF FOR EXAMPLE THE COMMITTEE HOW MANY MINIMUM HAVE TO MEET AND I WOULD IMAGINE IF THE ISSUE IS ON ONE OF THOSE FIVE CATEGORIES, YOU WOULD HAVE WON AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE TO BE FLUENT IN THAT CATEGORY
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BECAUSE THEY'D BE HEARING AN APPEAL ABOUT A SPECIFIC TOPIC, RIGHT? BUT ANYWAY, NONETHELESS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REAPPOINT CHRIS EMBACH, AND WE COULD GO AHEAD AND APPOINT HERB CALVERT TO HELP K-HEART TO ENGINEER.BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS WE COULD GO TONIGHT.
AND I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND, BECAUSE WE DO POST COMMITTEES AND BOARDS AS A GENERAL ADVERTISEMENT, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE SAME BOARDS.
GRANTED, YOU NEED A VERY SPECIFIC BACKGROUND ACCORDING TO CODE.
BUT IT MAY BE WORTH LOOKING AT JUST ADVERTISING THIS ALONE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE OUT THERE.
AND IF THEY KNEW THAT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR HAD SO MANY OPENINGS, VERY SPECIFIC.
THAT MAY BE THE SOLUTION THAT STAFF MIGHT BE A QUICK SUGGESTION.
BUT I'M SURE THAT OTHER GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.
AND SO MAYBE THERE'S A MAYBE THERE IS AN APPROACH HOW THAT'S DEALT WITH.
BUT THE CODE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BOARD IF IN FACT SOMEONE WERE TO APPEAL, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND THANK YOU.
SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON APPOINTING THOSE TWO MEMBERS.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE.
I GUESS THE ACTIONS WE HAVE LOOKS LIKE ONLY THE COUNCIL APPOINTEES TERMS EXPIRE UNLESS WE CHANGE OTHERWISE.
I WILL REAPPOINT CHRISTINA ACKLEY.
AND I'LL REAPPOINT MINE, KRISTA CHERRY.
AND I'LL REAPPOINT EMILY MAHONEY. YES.
AND I WILL REAPPOINT WILLIE PUTT AND MINE REQUESTED NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED, SO I WILL GO WITH REBECCA LURITO.
I'LL JUST TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RATIFY THE COUNCIL SELECTIONS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL SELECTIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOVING ON TO THE HISTORIC RESOURCE BOARD.
LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, VICE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR DELANEY AND COUNCILLOR GUISINGER HAVE REAPPOINTMENTS, SO WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES ON THAT? I'M GOING TO REAPPOINT MY REPRESENTATIVE, WHICH IS BRAD MAYO, ALONG WITH I'D SUPPORT THE TWO ALTERNATES AT THE BOTTOM, TOO.
AND I WOULD REAPPOINT DEBBIE MURRAY AS MY CHOICE.
I'D LIKE TO APPOINT THEM AS WELL.
MOTION IN A SECOND THEN SO MOVED SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OKAY MOVING ON TO PLANNING AND ZONING UM YOU KNOW I'M LOOKING AT FIRST PAGE 103 WHICH SUGGESTS WHO HAS WHO WHO'S UP FOR UH RECONSIDERATION SO AGAIN I GO TO VICE MAYOR DELANEY AND COUNSELOR GUISINGER I WILL BE REAPPOINTING DAVID THOMPSON AND I WILL BE REAPPOINTING ROBERT GAROWSKI OKAY FOR THE AT-LARGE POSITIONS ANY ALTERNATE POSITIONS ANY SUGGESTED NOMINATIONS BEYOND WHO'S ON THERE SERVING NOW? I WAS CONSIDERING HERB KALERT TO REPLACE KAREN VINSON.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE? BUT ISN'T HERB KALERT ALREADY ON THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND PUTTING HIM ON TOO?
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NO, HE JUST.GOT APPOINTED YEAH HE JUST GOT APPOINTED YEAH TYPICALLY WE HAVE ONE ONE BOARD TONIGHT OH HE OH HE DID I'M SORRY EXCUSE ME OKAY SORRY ABOUT THAT UM THEN I WOULD GO WITH EDWARD STERLING EDWARD STARLING FOR THE FIRST AT-LARGE SEAT YEP ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR NOMINATIONS? I'M PAUSING, ASSUMING OTHERS ARE LOOKING.
SORRY, I WAS JUST READING THE GIANT BINDER.
BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, UNLESS YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE STILL PONDERING.
ARE WE LOOKING AT THE AT-LARGE AND THE ALTERNATES? YES.
OKAY, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, ALL RIGHT.
WELL, ALL OF THEM REQUESTED TO BE REAPPOINTED, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER MEMBERS THAT HAVE APPLIED.
SO WE FORMALLY, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO, WE'VE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, OUR...
THE CLERK'S OFFICE GAVE US CLEAR DIRECTIONS ON WHICH ONES WE NEEDED TO ACT UPON, SO IT WOULD INCLUDE THE OUTLAW ORIGIN ALTERNATE.
WE COULD ALSO MOVE AN ALTERNATE UP.
SO, YEAH, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH EDWARD STERLING, BUT I'D RATHER MOVE AN ALTERNATE, PUT HIM AS AN ALTERNATE, MOVE PAUL KEEGAN UP.
THEN WE'D BE, TAKE A MOTION, A SECOND TO, FOR VICE MAYOR DELANEY.
APPOINTMENT OF REAPPOINTMENT OF DAVID THOMPSON, COUNCILOR GEISNER'S REAPPOINTMENT OF ROBERT GRABOWSKI, TWO OUT LARGE MEMBERS BEING EDWARD STERLING AND MARTY ROGAL, AND THEN, EXCUSE ME, YOU'RE RIGHT, PAUL KEENAN AND MARTY ROGAL, AND THEN THE TWO ALTERNATES BEING CYNTHIA BLUM AND EDWARD STERLING, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MOVING ON TO COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO COUNTYWIDE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE AS THE CURRENT MEMBER FOR THE ISSUES FORUM AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY WHICH FOR THIS UH WE CAN THEY'VE CHANGED THE NAME BACK TO THE METRO MPO SO WHEN THIS GETS PUBLISHED IF THAT COULD BE CHANGED THANK YOU SO JUST GO ALONG OTHERS FOR THE OTHER AND I UM I WOULD I'D LIKE TO STAY WITH THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER MANAGEMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL.
AND I WOULD CONTINUE THE ALTERNATE FOR THAT.
SO LEAGUE OF CITIES, I'LL SAY THERE WILL BE A VOTE AT THE APRIL GENERAL MEETING, BUT I'M HOPING TO BE THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE LEAGUE, WHICH IS VERY BUSY.
SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE PALM BEACH COUNTY'S LEAGUE OF CITIES.
BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER RESPONSIBILITY HERE, THE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT LIAISON.
I ALSO SEE THAT COUNCILOR GUISINGER IS AN ALTERNATE FOR MULTIPLE, BUT NOT THE PRIMARY FOR ANY.
SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT TO HIM IF HE'D LIKE IT.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE IT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SO GOING BACK TO LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND I THINK FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU WOULD BE THE PRIMARY FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
SECONDLY, I UNDERSTAND I WAS ADVISED BEFORE THE MEETING THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THE CLARITY OF THE VOTING MEMBER.
SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE BY DESIGNATING YOU AS THE PRIMARY.
SO, YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE NEEDED TO BE A VOTE ON THAT OR DIRECTION.
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PERFECT.MULTIPLE PEOPLE WANT IT, SO THAT'S CLARITY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO VOTE.
FOR VOTING FOR THE TOWN OF JUPITER.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AS THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE LIAISON.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THIS IS ALTERNATE FOR THE TPA.
I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT.
IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS IT, I DON'T WANT TO DENY IT.
YOU'RE DOING A BANG-UP JOB, SO KEEP IT.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AGAIN, WHILE WE MAY HAVE BEEN PAUSING TO THUMB THROUGH THE BOOK, IT WAS...
ONE HECK OF A LOT MORE ORGANIZED TO BE ABLE TO THUMB THROUGH A BETTER BOOK SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MOVING ON THE
[TOWN ATTORNEY]
REPORTS TOWN ATTORNEY THANK YOU MAYOR AS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT'S GOING ON FOR THE SALE OF THE NINE ACRE PARCEL WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE TOWN'S PROPERTY IS PART OF THE LAKEWOOD COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION WHICH IS A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION FORMED BY PULTE CONSISTING OF THREE PARCELS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE NINE-ACRE PARCEL.THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, WHICH WERE PULTE REPRESENTATIVES, HAVE RESIGNED FROM THAT ASSOCIATION.
SO THERE ARE THREE VACANCIES ON THE ASSOCIATION.
I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GENERAL COUNSEL FROM CVS, STILL TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THE OWNER OF THE...
MEXICAN RESTAURANT PARCEL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
BUT WE NEED TO RECONSTITUTE THAT ASSOCIATION PRIOR TO THE CLOSING BECAUSE MISA WILL TAKE OVER AS THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY EVENTUALLY, AND THEN THEY WILL APPOINT SOMEONE.
SO I'D LIKE FOR COUNCIL, SINCE THE TOWN MANAGER'S NOT HERE, TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT.
TOWN MANAGER KITZROW AS A DIRECTOR OF THE LAKEWOOD COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION TAKE A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE APPOINTING FRANK KITZROW AS A DIRECTOR A DIRECTOR SECOND I'M WORKING A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AYE JUST A QUESTION ON THAT WOULD IS THERE A COMMON EXPENSES OR SOMETHING THAT THAT THERE IS BUT THE TOWN IS IT HAS BEEN EXEMPT FROM PAYING ONLY THE TWO OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE PAYMENTS.
THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANY PAYMENTS, AND AS A RESULT, THE ASSOCIATION HAS SUED THEM.
SO ONE OF THE WORKAROUNDS THAT WE'LL BE DOING IS I'LL BE ASSISTING CVS, NOT AS COUNSEL OF RECORD, BUT JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THE RESOLUTION OF THAT SO THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE CLEANED UP SO THAT WE CAN...
PROCEED WITH OUR SALE UM AND IT'S IT'S BEEN A KIND OF A SURPRISE TO EVERYONE THERE'S A CLEAR PATH FORWARD AND WE'LL ACCOMPLISH IT WELL IT'S GOING TO DO ITS COURSE BUT JUST SO CURIOUS JUST LEARNING ABOUT THAT SO THE TOWN WAS EXEMPT SO THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATION FOR THREE PROPERTIES ONE OF WHICH HAD BEEN EXEMPT FOR YEARS YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT NOBODY'S PAID ANYTHING.
I JUST WONDER WHY THE ASSOCIATION EVEN NEEDS TO EXIST.
BECAUSE IT'S PART OF A DECLARATION OF COVENANTS THAT WAS RECORDED ON THE PROPERTY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ONCE WE HAVE DIRECTORS APPOINTED IS MODIFYING THE DECLARATION.
[TOWN MANAGER]
THANK YOU.A COUPLE OF THINGS TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME MEMBERS OF OUR JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME REGIONAL HONORS.
FIRST, OFFICER CHRISTIAN WYATT WAS RECENTLY NAMED THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR BY THE TEQUESTA AMERICAN LEGION RUDE WILLIAMS POST 271, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER WYATT.
ALSO, DETECTIVE DIANA ZEITZ WAS RECENTLY NOMINATED FOR OFFICER OF THE YEAR.
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COUNTY VICTIM SERVICES.THIS AWARD IS BASED ON EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING JUSTICE, SUPPORTING VICTIMS, AND ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND DETECTIVE ZEITZ WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE OFFICERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR THIS AWARD.
ALSO IN THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT, OPERATION BARNACLE IS STILL UNDERWAY.
AND THAT'S AIMED AT MONITORING AT-RISK AND I WANTED TO REPORT THAT THE MARINE UNIT HAS SIGHTED SEVERAL VESSELS THIS YEAR AND HAS ONE VESSEL CURRENTLY UNDER A DERELICT VESSEL INVESTIGATION AND THAT THE QUARTERLY REPORT THAT THE MARINE UNIT DOES ON ANCHORED VESSELS HAS BEEN UPDATED AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE WITH SOME MORE DETAIL.
ALSO WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO ABACOA COMMUNITY PARK.
THE MOVE'S BEEN COMPLETED AND NOW THE WORK IN FRONT OF US INCLUDES RENOVATING THE LIVING SPACE.
RUNNING UTILITIES AND INSTALLING LANDSCAPING, SO THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY.
AND THAT TEMPORARY STATION WILL SERVE AS JUPITER FIRE RESCUE'S SOUTHERN STATION UNTIL WE CAN RENOVATE AND MOVE INTO THE CURRENT ABACOA STATION ON MILITARY TRAIL.
AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME TOWN EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CELEBRATING MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES WITH THE TOWN THIS MONTH.
SERGEANT TELLY TYSON OF THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND STEPHEN MEEBERG, ONE OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS, ARE BOTH CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TOWN.
FARAH MIRZAKO, A SENIOR CRIME AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS CELEBRATING 15 YEARS, AND SERGEANT JOHN MATANTI AND OFFICER BRANDON ZEZIT OF THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE BOTH CELEBRATING 10 YEARS
[TOWN COUNCIL – LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMENTS]
OF SERVICE.STARTING AT MY LEFT, COUNSELOR GUISINGER.
ADDING TO THE RECOGNITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FOUR, I BELIEVE, CIVIL SERVANT EMPLOYEES THAT WERE RECENTLY RECOGNIZED DURING NATIONAL PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK FOR THE VITAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN PROTECTING THE EVIDENCE THAT ARE ENTRUSTED BY THE PUBLIC, AND THAT IS NICOLA LUNSFORD, SALINES KELLY, ANGELA DEAN, AND STEPHANIE URSO.
ALSO, AS A REMINDER, SINCE I AM THE COUNCIL LIAISON ON THE ART COMMITTEE, THE TOWN IS HOSTING AN ART GALLERY EXHIBITION STARTING THIS FRIDAY.
IT WILL RUN FROM APRIL 10TH THROUGH MAY 22ND IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THE OPENING RECEPTION WITH BEVERAGES AND STUFF FOR THE EVENT IS THIS FRIDAY, THE 10TH, BETWEEN 6 AND 8 P.M.
ONE, I MET WITH OUR LOBBYISTS THIS MORNING AND I JUST WANT TO AGAIN REMIND EVERYONE IF YOU HAVE, I KEPT TELLING THEM THAT THIS WAS A FANTASTIC LEGISLATIVE SESSION REPORT.
IT WAS VERY REASONABLE AND VERY READABLE, VERY SPECIFIC TO OUR NEEDS, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS WANTING TO DO BETTER, AND SO THEY'RE VERY MUCH ASKING FOR ANY INPUT FROM ANY OF YOU ON HOW TO MAKE IT A BETTER REPORT FOR THE FUTURE.
SO THINK ON THAT, AND I WAS ASKED TO SHARE THAT, SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT AGAIN.
ANOTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE HISTORY FOR NEWER MEMBERS.
JUST THE VICE MAYOR SELECTION AND HOW MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THE TRADITION IN OUR TOWN.
BECAUSE NOT EVERY TOWN IS THIS WAY, AND SOMETIMES IT CAN GET VERY COMPETITIVE.
THAT WAS A VERY QUICK, BREEZY TRANSFER.
BUT THE TRADITION IN THE TOWN, FOR THOSE THAT KNOW IT, IS IT TRADITIONALLY ALTERNATES BETWEEN DISTRICTS.
SO DISTRICT 1, DISTRICT 2, DISTRICT 1, TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH ARE THERE.
AND THEN YOU NEITHER EARN IT OR LOSE IT.
IT'S NOT A DEMERIT TO YOU, AND IT'S NOT A SPECIAL ANYTHING.
IT'S REALLY JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US UP HERE TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES EACH OF US A BETTER COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN WE HAVE IT.
AND SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE DISTRICT 1 HAVE IT AGAIN.
WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, A FEW CHANGES UP HERE.
AND SO DISTRICT 1 WAS WITHOUT, I THINK, VICE MAYOR DELANEY MAY HAVE BEEN VICE MAYOR FOR LIKE 30 YEARS, A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO NO, BUT IT'S INTERESTING HISTORY BECAUSE IT REALLY IS KIND OF A PLEASANT THING THAT FOCUSES ON BUILDING PERSPECTIVE AND EXPERIENCE.
UP HERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WELCOME THIS CHAPTER FOR YOU, AND I THINK IT'LL BE WONDERFUL.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE DISTRICT 1 REPRESENTED THERE.
I ACTUALLY CHOSE COUNCILOR TROY BECAUSE SHE OUTRAN COUNCILOR GUISINGER.
YEAH, IT'S ALSO SENIORITY, WHICH IS KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSE, RIGHT? IT WAS LIKE A...
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AND IT'S A LONGTIME TRADITION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART GOING BACK, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE YEARS IT'S BEEN IN PLACE.SO IT WASN'T A SURPRISE TO US.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE TO YOU, AND THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THE LAST THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AUDIT AS WELL.
AND FOR MY COMMITTEE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, SO MUCH FUN.
IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE PUBLIC MEETING, IT MAY NOT BE AS FUN AS THE ART COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME.
SO WE'LL GET THAT SCHEDULED AND COMING UP SOON BEFORE OUR PRESENTATION WITH OUR AUDITOR.
JUST MOVING, I'LL GO AND THEN PASS ON.
NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT BARNACLE BUSTER TEAM OR WHATEVER WE REFERRED TO IT AS, OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, IF I THINK ABOUT HOW CREATIVE AND PROACTIVE WHEN A STRATEGIC ITEM HAS COME UP, I MEAN, THAT WAS A NOVEL APPROACH AND THAT'S PAYING DIVIDENDS.
AND SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE ALL SAID THIS BEFORE WHEN WE HEARD THAT, BUT JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO OUR POLICE, THANK YOU, RIGHT, FOR MANY YEARS BACK WHEN THIS.
WE STARTED HEARING FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS.
WE REALLY WEREN'T BEING PROACTIVE AND NOW I FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT IT.
IT'S PART OF OUR DAILY WORK, SO TO SPEAK, TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
SO I REALLY CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH GRATITUDE ABOUT THAT.
AS A GRANDPARENT WHO DOES GO TO THE PARKING LOT SOMETIMES WHERE THE TEMPORARY STATION IS, I CAN SHARE THAT.
TRANSMISSION WAS THIS TRANSITION WAS QUITE SMOOTH.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY ANY SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN COMMUNITY COMMUNICATED PRETTY WELL.
I DIDN'T SEE IT THERE WHEN I WAS THERE LAST WEEK, GET OUT AND LOOK AT IT.
AND I KNOW IT HAD BEEN PLACED AND WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I APPRECIATE HOW THAT WORKED BECAUSE THAT PARKING LOT AREA WHERE IT WENT WAS THE PRIMARY AREA THAT A LOT OF PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS OR WHOEVER WENT TO PICK UP THE KIDS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO, BUT IT'S THE TRANSITION WENT REALLY WELL.
I DID WANT TO ADD, AND NOT BECAUSE AS COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM BROUGHT IT UP, BUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE LOBBYIST REPORT.
SO OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOBBYIST.
WE WENT MANY YEARS WITHOUT A LOBBYIST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEEL WE WERE GETTING VALUE FOR WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AND THEN IN RECENT TIMES, WE WENT BACK TO HAVING A LOBBYIST.
BUT I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN SUCH A CUSTOMIZED LOBBYIST REPORT.
NO, BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT JUST FROM A, I MEAN, WHEN I SAW THIS, BECAUSE WE USED TO GET A REPORT, AND QUITE FRANKLY WHAT IT WAS WAS EVERYBODY GOT THE SAME THING, AND IT WAS OVERWHELMING, AND I WOULD TURN TO STAFF AND SAY, CAN YOU READ THIS FOR ME? I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH 100 PAGES.
I KNOW PEOPLE SAY, WELL, GEE, JIM, YOU NORMALLY DO.
NO, BUT THIS ONE WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY'RE LOBBYING FOR US WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE US A REPORT.
AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES ON, I FEEL LIKE OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS SO DISCONNECTED FROM REPRESENTING LOCAL OR UNDERSTANDING LOCAL.
IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE A LOBBYIST.
THAT UNDERSTANDS LOCAL AND CAN TRY TO BE EXPLAINING THAT AND CHAMPIONING THAT ON OUR BEHALF.
AND I KNOW, COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM, THAT YOU WERE PART OF THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, SO, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS CONTINUE THIS, BUT BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A STEP CHANGE.
IN A SIGNIFICANTLY GOOD DIRECTION.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, THAT I FEEL LIKE WE HAD LOBBYIST SUPPORT.
I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT OVER THE TIME I'VE SERVED.
SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND I EXPECT, AND I WAS CAREFUL WHEN THEY GOT ASSIGNED, IS I MADE SURE THE REPRESENTATIVE KNEW NOT TO TAKE DIRECTION FROM ME.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE PERCEIVED.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, IF I TALK TO THIS PERSON, YOU KNOW, WITH SOMETHING TO BE BILLED, RIGHT, THIS IS A UNIQUE CONTRACT, THE LOBBYIST.
SO I APPRECIATE WE HAD DESIGNATED COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM TO DO THAT, AND THERE WAS A CONSISTENCY WITH THAT.
THAT DIDN'T MEAN WE COULDN'T REACH OUT, BUT WE WOULD REACH OUT TO, PROBABLY TO THE TOWN MANAGER'S OFFICE.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, I APPRECIATE IT, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHETHER THERE'S ONE.
I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST ONE MORE SESSION
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ON THE BUDGET, GETTING AN UPDATE ON THAT.I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO ASK, BUT THAT'S THE REQUEST IS, OK, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE THERE'S MORE TO COME.
KEEP US KEEP LOBBYING AND KEEP US POSTED.
AND THEN AS WE AS OTHER SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, MATERIALIZE, IF THEY DO ON THE OTHER TOPICS, WE'D LIKE TO GET A HEADS UP ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THIS GETS COMMUNICATED TO US IN THE TOWN MANAGER'S WEEKLY REPORT, BUT I UNDERSTAND A LOBBYIST SOMETIMES WATCHES OUR MEETINGS.
SO I FIGURED LET ME MAKE SURE I'M SAYING THIS ON THE RECORD HERE.
CHIEF, WAS BARNACLE BUSTERS, WAS THAT YOUR IDEA? YES.
I MEAN, MAYOR BROUGHT IT UP, REMINDED ME OF IT.
THAT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM.
AND ALSO DETECTIVE ZITES, OVER THE YEARS I'VE SEEN HER AT EVERY EXTRACURRICULAR EVENT.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING OFFICERS.
I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.
AND AS WE RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE LONGEVITY OF A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW BATCH IN, RIGHT? WE'VE OFFICIALLY HIRED THE REST OF THE STAFF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS WAS THAT? 93.
I KNOW YOU AND HR HAVE BEEN WORKING OVERTIME ON THAT, SO THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT, BUT IT'S THERE.
AND AS WE TURN TO THE LAST, JUST AGAIN, ONE MORE THING I SHOULD HAVE SAID WAS COUNCILOR SUNDSTROM BROUGHT THIS UP.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS OUR PRACTICES EVOLVE OVER TIME BASED ON WHO'S ON THE COUNCIL. SO SOMETIMES I TALK LIKE, HEY, THIS IS THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT.
IT CAN ALWAYS BE CHANGED. I NEVER KNEW INTENTIONALLY THAT WE ALTERNATED BETWEEN DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 2. AND I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT COUNSELOR, NOW VICE MAYOR CHOY WAS THE LOGICAL PICK, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
WHO'S NEXT IN LINE? NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT NOW, IT'S INTERESTING. MAYBE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS. WE HAVE.
AT LEAST I NEVER KNEW IT. I JUST SHARE THAT. SO, VICE MAYOR, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN ON THE...
BOARDS AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT TO OUR CLERK AND THE STAFF.
THAT WASN'T MY SECOND GO AROUND WITH APPOINTING ON COMMITTEES. THIS WAS SO MUCH MORE LOGICAL, UNDERSTANDABLE, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO SERVE, AND WE CAN'T TAKE EVERYBODY, BUT THOSE THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEE, THANK YOU. I MEAN, IT'S A COMMITMENT. TAKE PRIDE IN SERVING OUR TOWN. AND AS MORE PEOPLE GET INVOLVED, AND THAT COMES WITH THE JUPITER UNIVERSITY, I THINK WE SEE MORE NAMES ON HERE EVERY YEAR. THE RECEPTION LAST NIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE STARTED. I THINK THEY START TOMORROW MORNING WITH JUPITER UNIVERSITY. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEER. THEY GIVE THEIR HEART AND SOUL. AND WE'LL SEE MORE OF THOSE NAMES ON THE COMMITTEE LIST.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR STAFF. THE LONGEVITY IN THIS TOWN, IT JUST SAYS WHO THE TOWN IS, THE CULTURE, AND THE VALUES.
THE CORE VALUES ARE HERE. AND WITH OUR LOBBYISTS, WE CAN ALL SAY THAT I THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE SEEING READABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE APPROPRIATION REQUESTS THAT REFLECT OUR TOWN.
AND I LOVE HEARING THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM US. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'LL TELL THEM THAT WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING. THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, THE TIME IS NOW 08:39, AND WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.