Welcome everyone. We'd like to get started with the uh Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency meeting for Monday, July 28th. Let's um call the meeting to order with the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. We have some minutes from uh Monday, May 19th, if anyone would like to make a
motion to approve them or have any comments. >> So move. >> Second. Any comments? All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? Minutes are approved. Uh are there any um conflicts of
interest that anyone needs to disclose? Okay, we will go on to the public comment section. Uh if anyone has any comments uh from the public, you have three minutes to speak and um state your name.
Any doesn't look like it. We'll move right into um CRA Capital Projects Review uh for today. Good afternoon. Susan Cororez, Office of Community
Development. Um Mr. Chair, I would like to just take one moment to introduce a new member of our staff, Diane Reik. Diane, wave your hand. >> Welcome. >> Diane is our new community development um specialist. So you'll be seeing her
at all of the meetings, NAC meetings, CRA board meetings, and if there is anything that uh you need or have a question about, you can feel free to call Diane. >> Great. >> Okay. >> Joining us. Of >> course. Thank you. >> Diane comes from um actually from uh the
human services department. She was doing veterans administration. So she's an internal, if you will. Anyway, um let's look at our capital projects. I am going to remark on quite a few, mostly because, as you'll notice,
we're going to start bringing projects for your um review and comment uh in a little bit more detail. So, I'm going to go through what meetings we're going to do what, so you'll have some idea of what's coming
forward. So, I'm going to start with the Golden Gate Landscape Vision Pilot Project. Um, that and the Golden Gate neighborhood improvements are two pretty substantial projects that Joy is working on in Golden Gate, and she's going to be presenting those to us today. So, you'll
get to hear lots more about that. Um, actually, our neighborhood improvements will be uh the presentation will be made by our consultant, Wen Deng. She's here with the company DDEC. uh
Hobound Dixie Highway storm water and streetscape project. The RFQ for engineering did go out. The bids will be open August 13th. So that's kind of exciting. Um then we'll move ahead with doing the Seymour project, doing the
Seymour um strategy for that project. We do have now hope unpaved roadways. That is something that is um a commissioner priority in Hobesound and we're working with public works to get some of those done. The first two are
Southeast Elellanar A and Southeast Hammond Street. Those uh conceptual designs are being done and neighbors are being spoken to about paving those roads. We have projects on our capital um
projects list now for Jensen. They've come back. They've come back. So, we have Jensen Beach Roadway and parking improvements specifically for Church Street redesign. The good news there is uh Janna has been
talking with the owner of the property north of Church Street and he has agreed to donate enough rightaway that we can build a full street uh for church instead of a yield street and get a lot more parking um to be available for downtown. So, that'll be fantastic. So,
she's working on that. And also in the roadway and parking improvements line item, we're also looking at Maple A and Jensen Beach Boulevard, a crosswalk on the boulevard and uh some additional parking on Maple A and some drainage work that we're doing right now. So, yay
for Jensen. And that one, I think, is going to come back to you next month. So, we'll get to take a look at that. >> Yeah. Sorry. >> Uh, Cornell Avenue improvements in Old
Palm City CRA. Captech is been has been doing the plans and the project is going to be reviewed by you at our September 22nd meeting as well as the waterfront passive parks. are kind of one project, if you will, giving giving us an al one
is an alternative um that goes with the other. New Monrovian neighborhood improvements is going to come to you also August 25th as well as the Port Seno unpaved roadway will come to you on the 25th as well.
So, lots of things not done yet. Rio, we're looking at the streetscape enhancements on 707 and also the property and civic center design projects. Those will be coming to you on the 27th of October. The consultants are
doing their community engagement right now. I don't know if any of you had the I don't think any of you had the opportunity to come to the first one. It was really wellreceived. We did it at the Rio Civic Club and uh lots of help from the community there and getting the word out to folks that aren't here
because they're seasonal. So that that was actually a really nice thing. And that's all I'm going to go through for our capital projects unless anybody has any questions, comments,
recommendations, observations. Nobody. >> All right. >> All right. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Let's move on to the um CRA fiscal year 2025 third quarter report. That's this one. Joy.
>> Oh, thank you. >> Good afternoon. Joy Fera, program manager. >> Hello. >> As we do every quarter, this is the update to the third quarter fiscal year 2025. We compare it with uh last year's report.
So, so the first is Golden Gate and I'll briefly discuss uh at first the sewer septic to sewer project, the El Camino, the landscape vision plan and the neighborhood improvements. Uh for the septic to sewer, we had a 70% connection
rate out of 775 properties with 546 um have been connected. The El Camino is currently under construction. Uh the construction process has been going a little slow. Um but they're almost done with the clearing and grubbing at the north end. Everything else has been cleared and
grub all the way to the south side. That's the project that runs between Indian and Jefferson along Camino Avenue. they have started doing the site lay layout and digging swells at the south end. Uh and they will be moving um you know further as as we go by. Uh they
have assured me that they will be on track for the project to be completed on time. Um so we should be seeing more progress within the next uh next two months. uh the Golden Gate Vision Plan. Uh this is a project I brought before you that
talks about uh landscaping along Dixie Highway, Bonita, Clayton, and Delmare with an unopened rightaway pathway along Birch Avenue. Um this project will be discussed further under agenda item 251177. Uh the Golden Gate neighborhood
improvements. Also, this project will be discussed further under agenda item 251163. Um, this is again the project that we are moving forward with to get a build grant and we have our consultant that will give a presentation a little later in the agenda.
Hope Sound. I've got four projects to talk about. Um, first is the Unpave Road in Hope Sound. Uh, the historic train station, the CRA investment program, and uh the RFQ for the Dixie Highway storm water uh project. The unpaved
roadway. Let's see. is the project funded by the Hope Sound CRA and it began in 2022. These are the first roads of many that we plan to pave. The Hope Sound Historic Station uh continues the process of refurbishing and adding features. This shelter
structure was also moved to the site. >> Just want to point out this piece was done >> which is kind of cool. >> All the wood. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> it does look >> Yeah, >> I was in there on Saturday walking around. Yeah, I met with Pat about the
landscape there. So, >> what does the inside look like? >> It's pretty rough still. Yeah. >> Uh but um it's got some interesting features that there's an elevated section. So, on the left hand side of this, there was an elevated section where I guess luggage was stored. So,
that it was kind of like a loading dock. When people originally went there, they put their baggage in there and then uh it was taken out. Well, that came from the train. It was taken out and then put into a car. Uh, and people were driven to wherever their destination was, which was probably Jupiter Island most of the
time. >> Yeah. >> Very neat. >> Um, here's the completion pictures for the applicant number 13, which was at 1169 Southeast Dixie Highway. >> Next, we're going to go to to Jensen Beach. Um, there's two projects. Uh,
DDEC is doing a study that recommends changes to West a West End Avenue in Maple Street. and I'll go into it further. And then we also have the Church Street project um revived. With this project, um at the June 4th NAC
meeting, uh the consultant DDEC presented conceptual plans for possibly making Maple Avenue a one-way street, added parking, a new crosswalk with signage from Maple Avenue crossing um Jensen Beach Boulevard near the community center, and parking lot drainage improvements. The pictures
above show the crosswalk and signage improvements and the one-way directional signage for Maple Way. In May, the decision was made to go ahead with the parking lot drainage improvements for the Church Street. Meetings and negotiations were held with the owner of the property north of Church Street. I
think Susan discussed that briefly in her update. We're asking for additional rightaway to be donated so we can construct a two-way street with sidewalks making it more pedestrian friendly. The pictures show the property lines, the one-way street design, and the street looks like when the cars are
parked on the grass and the sides of the road. Port Soleno, I'm going to go over these four um projects. The New Monrovia Park, the neighborhood improvements, the unpaved roads, and the septic to sewer project.
For the uh New Monroia Park, we're still at 100% design. We're still waiting for the consultant to finalize the bid documents. So hopefully we can still go out to bid in the month of August and then hopefully begin construction in November or December of um this year.
The neighborhood improvements um this project is still under design at 60% that's been submitted. Uh two raised intersections at 47th and Marie Street have been getting uh vetted by the traffic department um with comments. So these are updated drawings so far for
the 60% design. Also, this is the other raised intersection at Collie Avenue and Dell Street. The lighting uh new Monrovia lighting study was discussed at the last December NAC and was in the process of being updated by the sheriff's office. Um it
did get done within this quarter. Currently, the SAT the the STA was replaced with LED lights and um several lights in New Monrovia have been reported to Florida Power and Light and are currently being updated if they haven't already. I think there were at
least nine and then I just reported three additional ones last week. So, Palm City, I've got two projects here. old Palm City um property that went out for an RFP and also Cornell Avenue with the Palm City property that went
out to bid. Um just to be aware, you know, I guess they are in the process of selling the property now, but the land between Newberry Court and Danffort Creek will be owned by the county so that public works will have access to the creek for upgrades and maintenance. and then the balance of it was being um
sold. Cornell Avenue. Uh the existing conditions of Cornell Avenue on the left show the dangerous situation of the 4ft wide sidewalk so close to the road. The right two images display a concept of what could be built to provide a larger
buffer for pedestrians on the sidewalk. The next CRA is Rio, which we have four projects here. We've got the Dixie Highway uh streetscape, the Town Center Civil Clubs property, the Dixie Highway crosswalks, and the Infill sewer. With
these projects, the Dixie Highway C um streetscape, the plan is to extend a previous streetscape project in Rio East and West to complete the Dixie Highway throughout the entire CRA, the Town Center, Civic Club Properties.
Uh we entered into the data collection and analysis portion for both this project and the Dixie Highway project with Marlin Engineering. The Dixie Highway crosswalks location number one was redesigned to fit uh the pedestrian traffic better. And that is
located I don't know if you can see my cursor right here. This one right here. Infville Sewer, Banyan Tree and Onyx Drive. I don't know how to pronounce that. are both Exora Exora Drive are both private streets, but each property owner signed a utility easement
agreement for the infrastructure installation. CRAwide, um staff provided a presentation for the Miles Grant Country Club about the CRA and what we're currently doing in the area. Uh three new NAC members were trained. Uh we
submitted an application for the FRA award for the Palm City patio. We provided Martin Carris session three on April 17th. We attended the Rio Civil Club dinner for the 75th anniversary. The CRA capital improvement plan was
approved on April 29th. Woohoo. Uh attended the district open house at the Tuahoo Mansion and the BOCC voted against the alternative compliance. Permit overview. Our permit overview always compares, of
course, this quarter with last quarter. So, the CRA um commercial permits were up a bit from 2024, comparing 315 permits to 530 in 2025. And you will see why on the commercial permit page.
So, for the residentials, Rio had an uptick in residential permits due to residential roofing, replacement of windows, and residential remodels. Port Serno had an uptick in permits due to the residential additions, roofing, shutters, window replacements, and new
single family homes, most most likely due to Hurricane Milton. Um, also Jensen Beach remained at zero. The residential valuation reflects an increase in Golden Gate to due to uh new town homes, accessory dwelling units,
and a duplex. Hope Sound had evaluation increase due to new single family residents and miscellaneous roofing, shutters, and replacement windows. Again, Port Serno had evaluation increase to almost all types of permits um due to most likely Hurricane Milton.
Commercial permits, Hope Sound had an increase in permits from the last year due to commercial roofing at the Pinertofra condo associations. I think there was like 10 10 buildings in that development. And that completes my quarterly report.
Does anybody have any questions? >> Yes. >> If you don't mind, can you go back to the Port Solerno summary page? It's your initial one before you went into details >> further. Oh, sorry >> because you got me excited. >> I got you.
>> All right. So, the last one there. Portso numin receptic to sewer. I don't think I heard anything about that one in your presentation. >> Oh, very good because I didn't have a slide of paper. Um, >> yeah. So, last quarter all that was updated was we received a
grant. So, this quarterly report only addresses that. So, is that what you're asking is what >> I think we were waiting on something to be signed. >> Well, it got signed in this current quarter, but I'm only reporting on last quarter. Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay.
>> So, I might be fibbing about that because I'm not reporting on that. I'm not reporting on this court. >> That's correct. >> You'll learn that at the NAC. >> When I saw it, I'm like, "Wait a minute." >> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. You're welcome.
Anybody else have any questions? >> Nope. Very good. Thank you very much. >> Not next again, am I? >> Um, >> no. Amy's next. Yes, the CRA resilient Martin environmental resource of
vulnerability assessment. >> This one just hit it and it will be ready. >> So you say ah you went too far. There you go. >> Sorry. >> Uh can you hear me? I don't know if you
can hear me. Is it working? >> Pick it up. >> I got to pick it up. >> Well, you have to talk into it. >> Hello. >> Okay. Hi, I'm Amy Een. I'm the environmental resource engineer for uh Martin County and I'm also the resilient Martin lead.
Um here to present to you today the vulnerability assessment. I know two of you have seen my road show. Um, so I hope you're still entertained and the rest of you will get to see it again because I'm going to every CRA to
present as well as our chamber of commerces so that I can reach as many people as possible. So my first question to you all is have you experienced a hurricane? Okay. Have you experienced roadway
flooding? So, do you feel that you might be a little exposed by the climate? Just a tad. So, Martin County had just completed the vulnerability assessment. And a vulnerability assessment looks at
a way to measure the impacts from acute shocks, which are hurricanes, tornadoes, those things that just happen randomly, right? And then those chronic stresses to people, infrastructure, and land use. Chronic stresses are sea level
rise, increase in temperature over time, increase in rainfall over time. So by looking at a vulnerability assessment, there are three components to that. There is exposure, which is are you wet? There's sensitivity.
How wet are you? And then thirdly, what's your adaptive capacity? Are you sinking? Are you swimming? Are you drowning? Well, that's adaptive capacity. And you've heard have save your money for a
rainy day, right? Well, we all practice resiliency. And that adaptive capacity is resiliency. So, why should you care about a vulnerability assessment? Well, it determines how resilient our systems are, that critical infrastructure that
we depend upon every day. It helps us prepare for emergency situations. Helps us plan for our local mitigation strategies so that we can get grants from our emergency situations. Helps us plan for future projects. Helps us prioritize those projects and land
acquisition as well as helps us establish uh policies and codes. And for the most important part, it gets us grant money. Well, Florida statute actually dictates what needs to be in a vulnerability
assessment and what I need to do in assessing those climate threats. So, what we're going to be looking at is our critical assets in four categories. Transportation, which are roads, bridges, and rail. Critical infrastructure, those non-buildings like our utilities, lift stations, water
mains. Our critical community and emergency facilities such as buildings, schools, and healthc care. as well as last natural, cultural, historical resources such as our shorelines, conservation lands and parks. So we have to look at our critical assets and then
we have to look at those climate threats which are tidal flooding, storm surge and rainfall and god forbid we get a combination of those. How many times have we seen a hurricane come when a high tiding title event occurs and we
have this hundred-year rainstorm occur? Yes, we have to look at a combination of those things. We also need to look at present day and future projections because a lot of our infrastructure has a lifespan. So, our roadways are typically designed for a 20-year lifespan. So, we want to make sure that
whatever we build today can sustain a sea level rise in 20 years. So, we might look at a 2040 projection. We may want to look at our buildings such as our hospitals or even your houses. We know those are probably going to survive a 100red years. So we might want to look
at a projection of a 2100 projection. There's also two different projection types. There's a Noah intermediate low and a no Noah intermediate high. That's all dictated by, you know, Noah. And there's other projections out there, but these are the ones that the Florida
statute actually want us to look at. And that's because I don't have a crystal ball. I don't know how fast sea level rise is occurring. So, I want to be able to assess what kind of risk I want to do on those assessments as I'm looking um
assets as I look forward. So, the first climate threat is tidal flooding. And when I'm looking at tidal flooding, I'm looking at the mean high high water, which is there's two tides occurred during the day. There's a high and then there's a higher one. So, we want to be very conservative and see what that
higher tide is and then we want to add two feet for our king tides. We also look at the Virginia key gauge. Why a gauge so far away? Well, it's got the longest period of record, more stable, more reliable record at this point. And then we want to look at those
projections. So, if I was looking at tidal flooding and say I have a road at 1.6, well, we do have roads at 1.5 in Martin County. I can reasonably expect today that that road would be flood 10
times during the year. If I was to take that same 1.6 and project it over 2040, 2070, 2100, you can see that there's an increase in those title days and it can go up to 150 days as we approach 2100.
Well, what about here? Why do I care care about Virginia Key? Well, you should also care about what's happening here. This is the gauge at the A1A bridge over by um SS Point. And if I was just to look at the mean high high water and I took that same 1.6 elevation, you
can actually see that it crosses that 1.6 elevation 10 times. Um so we can see over time about.35 in per year. If I was to look at the Roosevelt bridge and this is again a max max uh elevation and the
and the black represents the 1.6 elevation. You can see that it crosses many times that year. So, we definitely need to take in consideration sea level rise that's happening here locally. And that sea level rise isn't just 35. It could be up to an inch per year
depending on what projection you're looking at. Can you imagine in 10 years or 12 years, we're going to be a foot higher. So, here's the title flooding maps. Here's present day Martin County 2040, 2070,
and 2100. You may think, "Wow, that's not too bad. I see some flooding in some areas." Well, let me show you all six CRAAS at once. Here's present day. Here's 2040.
Here's 2070. And here's 2100. Now, the second thing that we look at is storm surge. I'm not going to show you all the CRAAS in this one because if you look at the county map, we're all impacted by storm surge. But storm surge
is basically that 100redyear flood plane elevation. So when you're looking at flood insurance, you're looking at that base flood elevation that occurs in 100 years. That still water today is at elevation five. We do have houses that are lower than elevation five. So if I
was to look at present day storm surge, this is today. This would be 2040, 2070, and 2100. This can go all the way up to elevation 11 for the 100red-year storm
surge. This helps us with emergency planning. The third one that we look at is rainfall. And we've seen that rainfall incre has been increasing over time. The graph at the bottom actually shows how
that wet season rainfall trend has been going. Now, if you were to look cumulatively at the wet season, you'll see a lot of ups and downs, ups and downs. And sometimes it's kind of hard to determine whether there is an increase in rainfall. Um, for instance,
last year, I think you could tell that not last year in like 2019 that the rainfall was actually below the normal, but what we've actually seen is more intense rainfall. So, we're looking at rainfall. We want to look at the 10-year rain event, and that's because our roads
are designed for a 10-year storm. We want to look at a 25-y year event because that's how our storm water management system is uh level level of services. And then a 100red-year rainfall event is your your finished floors. So, over time, we've actually
seen an increase in that rainfall. This was done on a model that just basically throws rain down. the soil soaks it up and a little bit runs off. What it doesn't account for are the pipes that we have or the ditches where all this water has to go into. So we may actually
see increased rainfall flooding. But this analysis doesn't take that into consideration. So if I was to look at today's present rainfall, this is 2040, 2070 and then 2100. You see that there's an increase in inudation of course by
the coastline and that could actually be more could increase more because that doesn't consider consider the pipes in the ditches. So lastly combination flooding well if I was to take that 100red-year storm surge
that 25 year storm and look at sea level rise I could be at elevation of 7.5. If I was to look at 2100, that same storm could be at elevation 15 and a half. I'm not going to go through all the details, but this is a map that
actually shows just that one event. Present day sea level rise, 100year storm surge, and 25-year rainfall. So we take all this exposure and sensitivity analysis and we look at the county assets and we aggregate that into
into spots and we see where these spots have a lot of the assets and how much they're being impacted. So we had determined that there's 25 hotspots that Martin County should kind of focus their funding on to address uh resiliency.
And we also do a sensitivity analysis. I remember I told you that we use vulnerability assessments to help us prioritize stuff. So here's a a table where and it's just an a snapshot of the roads. This helps us look at, for instance, if I was looking at Southeast
Dotto Avenue, I might want to plan for that road to be designed for the 2040 projection. And then I may not look at Southeast Bent Ba Bay bay bayway, I guess, or or how let's do something. I can say Southeast Clubhouse Place. I may
not look at that one until 2100. So this helps me prioritize which roads I would I I would address, which buildings I would address, what community assets that I should address first. So that prioritization looks at okay, am
I wet? How much am I wet? And then I also add in their social factors. So social vulnerabil uh v vulnerability a uh factors because a lot of times those areas don't have the means to to be more
resilient. So if I was to take for example and this is just hope sound I didn't include all the craas because you'll all get to see that when I come to your show. Um you're going to see that these are assets that are prioritized. Um so I might focus on the
red areas and then I may wait on the blue areas. But if I was look at the whole county at once, you can see a lot of red by the coast. So there's a lot of focus in those areas that I'd have to do that I'd have to uh look at those assets and and become more resilient.
We also included an urban heat analysis. This allows us to actually see where to plant trees in the future. Um it'll be a little sporadic here and this example is just uh Stuart. As I said, I'll be coming to each of your CRAAS and you'll see your place. But this is Stuart. So,
this would be 2020, 21, 2021, 2022, and 2023. And that's just what has happened. This will allow us to be able to plan for green infrastructure, where to focus trees, streetscape. Um, so this
actually helps us with future projects as well. Another thing we looked at was sea level affecting Marsh's model. This is actually it it shows a transition of land during time because you can imagine as sea level rise occurs, you got more salt water and less fresh water. So if I
was to look at present day, this is the land use we have. You see a lot of developed dry land, undeveloped dry land. And as I go through 2040, you'll start to see some of that convert to flooded developed dry land and flooded forest. Here's 2070 and then 2100. And
you start to see that encroach further into the landscape. So based off this analysis, we actually were able to see that there's a decline in swamp and cypress swamp. So we're losing a lot of that freshwater. We're getting transition from uh you know freshwater to saltwater marsh. We're
losing some mangroves. And then we see an expansion of marsh and open water. And this actually helps us try to figure out where to redirect fresh water so that we can push that saltwater envelope back into the sea. So what do we do with all this? Well,
the next phase, you're on the first phase of this road train. There will be another phase which is our adaptation strategies. When we're looking at adaptation, we're looking at four ways to adapt. We're looking at protection. So, do I build a wall around my building to prevent that that's water from coming
in? Do I accommodate my building by raising it or raising my road? Do I retreat and decide not to build uh in an area like I take the hospital that's in downtown Stewart and I move that. That's retreating or a avoidance. I just don't
build in those areas. Well, we do know that from a costbenefit situation that if I do a building base adaptation, I actually get a cost benefit of 4 to one. If I do a communitywide one, I'm looking at a 2:1 cost benefit. So, the vulnerability assessment had
eight themes into it um to help us get us ready for our next phase, which is our adaptation plan. So, one was to do targeted resiliency planning. You got to see the hotspots. Well, this allows us to target our resources into looking at a more detailed analysis, an integrated
watershed management plan, which could look at flood control, water quality, and uh sea uh sea level rise. So, by using all three of those flooding types or even with water quality, we know that adaptation measures for those flooding
types actually serve everything. So by adding more green infrastructure, you're reducing your water quality and you're in you're reducing your flooding. So this actually opens us up for other grant opportunities through FD, through uh FEMA, anywhere we can get grants. So
by consolidating and doing a more focused study, we'll be able to do that. We also want to look at enhanced shoreline protection because if you can imagine as sea level rise occurs, okay, how am I going to adapt for that? So, I may uh plan for living shoreline. I may
plan for living seaw walls. That's a thing to actually make your seaw walls more living. Anything to reduce the wave action that comes from storm surge is helpful. So, we might want to look more at enhanced shoreline protection. Number three, infrastructure fortification. We
may want to consider raising our roadways, improving our drainage systems, raising buildings, land use planning. We may want to decide not to build in certain areas. So, we may want to make sure zoning is appropriate for those areas. Uh, community engagement
and preparedness. Well, thank you very much. You are number six on my road train. Um, as we are preparing for this, we want to make sure that the public is aware of the situation because we could be in a situation where the public may not like the policies we come up with.
So, we want to make sure we inform the public on why we're doing things. We want to look at long-term monitoring. I mentioned that Virginia key gauge. Well, we might want a long-term gauge here in Martin County. Um, modeling, we want to make sure that we're more focused. And then regional coordination. I'm actually
working with South Florida Water Management District right now on a flood plane level of service study that includes not only Martin County, but St. Lucy County and a little portion of Palm Beach County. So, to date, we have received a lot of
grant money. We have received $625,000 just for planning money. no Martin County money in this. That's the state giving us money to adequately plan for this situation. We have also received several funds about 11 million when you come together
with the planning and the infrastructure for projects. Uh those are 5050 match and a lot of times we're leveraging the state funds with the federal funds so that we can get projects fully funded. So, resilience in action. We just
finished MacArthur Boulevard. Um, you can see at the top picture uh picture that was tropical storm Sandy where we got to see Bathtub Beach, water coming in from the beach and water coming from the lagoon. Down on the left lower hand uh corner is a picture I actually took
last February uh before they raised the road and the picture to the right is after. And then you can see here we actually have a seaw wall at Bathtub Beach. It's in the dune to protect our assets, protect the park, and protect
the road. And above that, we have our dune. We have our beach reourishment. And then lastly, you'll see the finished product, which is MacArthur Boulevard finished, fully built, raised 2 and 1/2 ft, by the way.
So our next steps, this report is going to go to FD. I am going to continue on my public engagement campaign, but we do have an adaptation plan that is being developed right now. And there'll be more public engagement for that in the
next coming months. And we're going to do that thorough master plan that that wershed plan that will help the county as a whole and not just focus on one thing. We want to make sure that it is holistic and includes everything. So, I hope next time you see me, I can be
asking you the question, how are you adapting? Thank you very much. Um, I also want to present uh tell you that I have Christine in the back. She has information about our flood insurance program. Um, this is very helpful and
useful for our community rating system. It's important that Martin County achieve those uh flood insurance reductions. So this is part of that public engagement as well. And we are also uh revising our local mitigation strategy through our emergency
management system. Um and all this information is helpful for those plans. So I'll answer any questions you may have. >> Anybody have any questions? >> I do. >> Go for it. >> So you know Portalo has a lot of
projects coming up as far as sewer. um drain water, you know, roads repaired, all of that good stuff. Are you guys also in communication with them like figuring out being that we'll have new piping going down like has that been assessed
in in these factors or you know, >> so this is something that we work with our capital improvement program. Um each of our capital projects um since uh I think two years ago when they this is actually an update to a plan. So in 2021
was the first update. Um they actually implemented in the CIP program which project should take in consideration sea level rise. >> And I know our area was was part of that plus the sewer and water quality and all that good stuff. I just was curious if we were working together especially with
the funding and everything you know with all of this. >> Yeah. It's a little it's a little off like the septic to sewer stuff is a little off with what's going on with the >> storm water >> storm water but I could tell you that um knowing that this information is out there our CIP people are um looking into
it and seeing where we can make improvements. >> Okay. >> So just to add to that Jamie in the CIP we have to rate each project uh for resiliency. >> Yeah. They have to >> prioritizing it so that she that Amy can then see. >> Gotcha. We have to tell them the year and >> yeah because I remember when they did
the quality water quality study it was pretty significant too. >> Yeah. So by by actually with this assessment I'm taking all the CIP projects with the rating that they put in there. I'm listing those projects in
the vulnerability assessment. And by doing that it allows you to get grant money from from Resilient Florida. But you those projects will have to make sure they have meet the requirements. Yes. >> Gota. >> Thank you.
>> So Amy also has me on her committee. So I'm keeping an eye on her. >> The Hope sounds >> actually I think I'm keeping an eye on you. >> It works. >> The Hope Sound stormwater project that's coming up will fit into this as well
because it's a current. She is taking me in on this and it's working with her >> helping me develop the scope and yeah I mean the RP's out but I think once they select the consultant I'll be involved with the scoping of that project.
>> Great. >> Yeah, we're taking up some of our time. >> Yes, >> good to hear. I think good to hear for us maybe. >> Any other comments? >> Thanks for the presentation. >> Thank you. Nice seeing all of you.
Thanks, Amy. >> Our next item is the Golden Gate Landscape Vision Project review. >> I've got two here. I don't know what you are. >> It is. It should be down there on the PowerPoint. That one right there.
>> I'm back, program manager. >> This is a great meeting for me, by the way. >> Yeah, just saying to watch. So, I brought this project to you um a couple meetings ago. So, what this involves, it's the scope is landscape
improvements in the Golden Gate CRA that include Southeast Dixie Highway medians, Bonita Street, Clayton Street, Delmare Street, and Birch Avenue. Um the project's going to serve as a pilot project to incorporate a landscape vision for each CRA area. And we brought this up and I gave you the
justifications behind this before at one of the previous meetings about safety components along the Dixie Highway area. So I just wanted to give you a few updates on what our consultants been working on. So the so this is the area Dixie Highway
and then you've got the three side streets here and then the birch unimproved rightway is here. Uh the project scope had five different tasks. Um the project kicked off in data collection which they have done. Uh the second one would be the conceptual
design for the corridor roadway side streets and unimpeded Birch Avenue. Uh that includes a community uh touchpoint event which I'll discuss a little bit later design features preliminary layouts um some features and a community openhouse uh submitts review and
approval. And then the third one was cost estimate and phasing recommendations plan preparation and construction documentation. and then project administration. So where we are now is they've done the project kickoff and the data collection and we're under the conceptual design um where they have
done the data collection part. So I'll go into the existing conditions that they done. They they um basically did five different areas. Uh they identified the median plant pallet and the side streetet plant pallet um for the top plant pallet area. For the
median and side streets, they identified the existing crosswalk utility combinations. Um the pocket park uh plan pallet, they identified all the existing plant materials that were within that area. If you've noticed in that area, Birch Avenue actually has been cleared
of all the exotics and um and it's left in its natural state right now. And then the parket uh pocket park survey, we identified all the existing plant uh plant materials as well. The existing findings um crosswalks
appeared uh seldomly used. Um flashing lights do not seem to be operable. The crosswalks are sunken and dark colored stamped concrete. Impacts to the crosswalk and they hold water. Heat haze u mirage effect. Um lack of contrast colors create a more of
a shadow on the road and are not v visible enough for vehicles. Left turns from the side streets make the crosswalks easy to miss on Dixie Highway. And then crosswalk signage and some banner signage are not visible, often hidden by tree branches, other utility poles, and visual cluster in the
median. So, these are some components that they've they've brought up um that will lead them into the correct um placement of trees and what type of native materials would need to be out there. also key findings uh for the median.
Did I just I think I just screwed up, didn't I? >> I think you did. Okay, you just probably >> Okay. No, I've got it. So, I should have been on that slide. Sorry about that. So, this is the next slide. Sorry about that. Key findings for the vegetation adjacent to the rightway. Uh
Steuart Plaza took advantage of the investment program offered by the CRA that provides support for businesses um towards exterior improvements. Also, Sunb Belt property in in number two has a potential planning area adjacent to the rightway that would be ideal area for CRA investment program. The intent
of this area would be to increase shade trees for pedestrians and replace lawn and native understory planting along the sidewalks. This doesn't mean this is going to happen. They just brought up some potentials that could work along the corridor to get shade out there.
key findings. Um, okay. Why am I Sorry, I'm totally messing up here. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I mean, the key findings for the side streets, there is no irrigation along this area. Um, as you see on number three, the overhead power lines,
you're supposed to plant the tree in the right the right spot. So, they're looking at all these um type of obstructions out there of how they could um do something that would be more creative and long-term use of the trees out there.
The pocket park oak trees along the side streets are uh planted in small planting beds. Not not ideal for health or root structure. Um many of the oaks along the side streets Okay. And see that's what that I'm sorry. That's where I messed up. How do I back up?
>> Yeah, there you go. >> So, many of the oak trees along the side streets have damaged trunks. If you see in the two and and it's very small, the the median um little planter areas, they're not large enough for an actual tree of that size. And then I already mentioned the right tree in the right
place. And then I talked about the pocket park area already, the key findings. They already went in and removed all of the vegetation that needed to be removed from here. Um, and hopefully, you know, we'll come up with a nice design for a pocket park throughout that area.
The next steps is a survey will be forwarded through Constant Contact prior to a community touch point event that we're planning to have in late October. Uh, at that event, we'll have booths that will be set up with initial concepts showcasing different design elements and character. A family
barbecue is being coordinated with the boys club and girls club to have a a free meal for the residents and business owners that attend. Also, a tree or a native uh plants giveaway is being coordinated um with nonprofits and native plants will be on display for
the community to explore. So this is unique because instead of just having a concept drawing showing it, they're going to either have like a pop off popup design on what it would look like or even the plan itself so they can feel because it's very important. This is a pilot program. We want it to be designed
for the Golden Gate area and see what the residents want in that area. And then the next CRAAS will be based on their uniqueness of their CRAAS. So this completes my presentation. Do you have any questions? >> I do. Um, back to the resilience and the
heat gain that I think was brought up at that point. Does that come into factor as far as design and where increased planting might be or decrease planting? Is that something that you guys are going to be uh >> well now that I've heard the presentation? Sure. I'll reach out to
Amy of course and find out >> where the hot areas are. >> We have two consultants working on actually it's I've always pronounced their name wrong. Calter hearing. Is that Cutler hearing? >> Cutler hearing and then our subconsultant um cadence. >> Yeah. >> And they think out of the box type of uh landscaping. So
>> So this is one of the things Bert that Joy brought up. This is on Dixie. >> Um but then and you can see in number two we don't we don't have anything set up with that particular uh private property, but it's it's an opportunity.
So that's kind of what they're pointing out as well to alleviate some of that >> thing in all CRAAS. We have the same issues everywhere you >> Yep. >> Great. Thank you. >> Um >> can you go back a slide real quick please? >> You talked about the vegetation in the
median the trees and the shrubs. >> Yes. >> What can you tell me again what you found wrong or what seems to be the issues right now? >> Oh gosh. So, I don't have my notes from the last meeting, but if I recall now, field ops has been out there to clear
some of the trees that were ob uh being an obstruction with the with the pedestrian signals, the ped lights. Um, you couldn't see the pedestrians in some location. >> That's all. They had to remove it. >> Okay. >> Cuz I I mean, I've been up and down that street a lot lately and yeah, you can't
see anybody coming out of that median at all. It's a lot better than it was six months ago because they've weeded out a lot of the landscaping, but there are some trees out there that are still not the right type of trees to be out there. So, >> and I heard you talk about the lights. I mean, I can't tell you how many times
people in the left lane will stop because they see the pedestrians and the people in the right lane don't stop because they don't see the pedestrians until they're clear of the car in the left lane. >> So, I don't again, I'm not sure how you can address that, but that I've seen that three or four times just in the last couple weeks. And I think a lot of
that is when they don't push the light. >> Some is and some some the lights are going. >> It needs Oh, okay. It needs to be an educational process. >> No, I agree with that for and that's we've said that from the start. >> Um and it honestly the lights are a lot working a lot more now than they were,
but it's still if the car in front of you stops, you just don't see anybody until they're >> until they're right there and then it's too late. >> Thank you. That was all. >> All right. So I I was glad to hear because you pointed out what what my question was.
Would love for Amy to be involved in all of them once it transitions because this is an environmental, you know, um issue as well. So I'm glad to hear that. But I can say just based off of this location that we have on the screen right now, I agree. I was even
driving I was driving up and I had a problem seeing someone as well. And I can say recently it definitely is better because as you guys know I do home care so I'm usually all over the place. So I can say it's better. It's not quite 100% yet but it's definitely better.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah. I don't think I don't know that any streets 100% but this one definitely needed but it's definitely better. >> It needed something. Um >> and and the you know the first shot that that we all took at it didn't work out as well as we had hoped. So this is sort
of our second goround >> and I think we're going to correct that'll help too, you know. So >> yeah, so a lot of things will be corrected here. If you guys have any other um recommendations for this at any point, if you go home and think about it or you're driving down the street and
something comes up, please email Joy and let her know because we've got folks working on it now. So I mean I think the biggest issue and as you know I've I've mentioned it in Salerno uh along Dixie, it's just they need to keep up with the trimming. I mean, it can be as simple as just trimming. We still don't have our
palms trimmed along Dixie. So, I think a lot of it, too, is just maintenance. Yeah, I agree with that. And I think I think it's um speed as well. >> I wish you do uh royal palms at least
big and long and gorgeous. >> I don't think you can do them in that small space >> because the pom poms fall. Yeah. I don't know that they're roadway trees. >> Thickness of the trunk. >> Yeah. >> Because the trees, they're not really working out like it should.
>> Yeah. Some trees don't do well in roadways. So the there's specific types that you know do better >> and DOT gets involved too if it's a state road. >> Always. >> They've got a pleasure >> minimum sizes and clear zones and this
is a county road. >> This is a county road. I don't think this is state road. I wish it was. And if there's any way to get more taco trucks, that would be great. >> More taco trucks. And this won't be the last time you see this. I'll bring it back when we have typical sections and
plant material that you can see. >> Anyone else? >> Very good. Thank you. It looks like a great project. >> And I'm happy. >> How do you like that? >> Very happy. >> Make sure we get that in the minutes.
>> We're going to go on to uh new business. And uh Joy has their next uh presentation. >> Yeah. >> The Golden Gate Neighborhood Improvement Project. >> So I'm going to introduce Wen Dang. She is the principal in DDEC and she's been
our consultant on this project. Um and she's going to walk you through what's what are some of the findings that they've had and where we're going. >> Hi. Good. >> Thank you. That was good. >> Good afternoon. Winding. I'm a transportation engineer. My background is traffic engineering. Um so I had the
pleasure of uh working on this project um for the Golden Gate Neighborhood Improvements Project and ultimately we were asked to um produce a report that can support a build grant for later this year. So um at this particular um
occasion we are presenting on what our findings, our existing conditions, what we find out um as we investigate the the neighborhood. The other aspect of it is uh we will be making um proposed recommendations. It does have to go to the NAC meeting on the 4th first before
we come back. But I'd like to present to you um our findings on here. If you excuse me, it's probably better if I use. Yeah. >> Or >> do you have something? >> Just tap over. Yeah, >> I'll just tap for you. >> Perfect. Thank you so much. So, um the
next slide. Thank you so much. So um we're all aware the the first thing we've done is we looked at the the boundaries and we did a lot of investigation as far as like data layers that's available here. So I'll go through all the data. It's going to be to be very data heavy. So um I'll speed
up or slow down as needed. Um but the project as you're aware is um bounded by um you know your areas and especially within the US1 area. It's primarily residential which is I think it's a really great opportunity. Um, and can we
go to the next slide? Um, and where we are with the project. We kicked this off early in the year in spring. And we spent um the past 3 months um at the beginning of the project with data collection um scraping everything that we can find from traffic data, crash
data, um demographics data, um and then ultimately as we're building out our proposed recommendations, we have to um align with our baseline information. And so, um, as we're going out to moving into fall and coming up with a proposed
recommendation, a cost estimate, our co, um, benefit cost analysis, everything that's needed for the grant application itself and then feeding it in and taking it back to um, the CC board and ultimately applying for um, infrastructure dollars um, that would
support this project. Thank you. Um, so um, very important we look at demographics and why, right? because the prioritization of funding is based on the community needs. So that's the first thing that we've done is we looked at um all these data layers for poverty rates.
What does that look like in this area and is it um disadvantage in comparison to the rest of the county? And then we looked at the zoning and the zoning requirements. Who is it going to serve? Oh, it's fine. Yeah. No, it's fine. We also did a lot of data collection in um
your traffic data as well because your traffic data dictates if you're able to um what type of roads that you can design right we have a preliminary planning level document but for us is we have to look at feasibility what will fit in the rightway that we have and
what can we do with the data we have thanks Joy >> next slide >> yes uh we also did a conduct a site visit and you know we're happy to see that there are improvement that's coming into the neighborhood, but we also see um things like as you can see this first um
image right here to the left. There's um you have a sidewalk, right, connecting to the existing road, but you're missing ADA um ramp, right? These are um from these are basics that we need to u make recommendations. We also find that there's also a lot of parking um that is
in need in the area. People are parking on our swailes. So it really blocks our um drainage capacity in an open swailes. We also found that there's quite a bit of um and we think about um infrastructure in general is that when there's a heavy storm water event um is
our drainage system sustainable and and um you know delivering this and and percolates the water into the ground because this is a natural um system. Um you know we we don't have this in the presentation but to build on the resiliency plan we actually did a heat island um we studied um tree canopy on
the entire community itself and so part of our uh creating a walkability multimodal complete streets program is to creating a um a scenario where we can encourage people to walk more freely and that is um creating opportunity where we can plant more trees.
Thank you. And so um and here we are with traffic data. So there's a couple ways that we collect traffic data. Some are available online which is um an open source data in our local and our collector streets that's in the neighborhood. Um that data is not
available. So we have access to um Placer AI. Those are data analytics. Every time you use your cell phone, they aggregate the data and it gives us traffic volume on every single segment that's in your streets. So the good news is we compare that to what's your feasibility on your two-lane road and
what's that level of service and is there opportunity for us to make recommendations on what type of streets that can be designed in this neighborhood. Um you know um at first we were collecting a five-year statistic but we end up pulling 10 years of crash data
that's available through signal 4 analytics. Um and then we looked at the heat um basically a heat map on where these crashes occur, where are your fatalities that occur because that's very important, you know. So we do have pedestrian fatalities inside the neighborhood, not just on the proximity
of um US1 um and Dixie at this location. So um we see that um you know making recommendation for safety and we know that neighborhood traffic calming is a must in this area but we also have to apply what's best practices in the neighborhood that will give us a
desirable um speed in the community. So um and these are the things that we looked at because it helps us right FHWA has a dashboard um based on the type of crashes and the frequency of crashes that occur we can actually determine what type of counter measures what type
of physical improvements and um pavement markings and signage improvements that will help eliminate and um reduce our crashes and trend down to zero. Um the other thing that we um did is um there's quite a bit of sidewalk gaps in this this neighborhood and from an ADA
accessibility standpoint that is the fundamentals right before we can drive before we can bike the first thing we do as humans is we walk. So um from a walkability standpoint we notice that there is a lot of gaps. So, um, you know, part of our recommendations is to
really, um, do a preliminary layout of where all your sidewalks could be in the neighborhood. And so, as we're laying it out, we find that there's a lot of opportunities, also a lot of challenges, especially with the type of infrastruct, drainage infrastructure you have. You might we might have to shift from an
open drainage system to a closed drainage system, so you have more space for sidewalk and connectivity. Um, and of course we're very excited that the El Camino Trail is under development. Uh, but we also see that there's other north south streets within the neighborhood
that needs wider sidewalk so that we can have um better walkability with the kids that's walking to and from school here. Um, we also collected quite a bit of um transit data, not just um the Marty routes and the two stops. And as you can
see, there's um quite a difference in the two bus stops that we have in the neighborhood, right? One that's very welcoming, that's a shelter that has shades um that meets ADA compliant, and the other one is a sign in the ground that's not very um exciting for someone
who who needs to use transit. Um we also pulled up um quite a bit of bus stops. Like there's um there's a lot of bus stops. There's a lot of kids that uses the bus. Uh and we as we go out and we observe the kids in the afternoon um you know once the bus let them out they walk
in the middle of the streets and they go home. So that's the that's the other importance of us having um prop proposing sidewalks within this area. Thank you. Um so uh we had received a map um a preliminary recommendations
that we should add parking. So we went and we validate parking. So we went and count parking daytime, nighttime and on the weekend three occasion and we created this heat map. We didn't count parking on street. We count parking in private residents also because if
there's any parking or um if you have a a home that has more than let's say two vehicles, they're parking on the streets. So um we wanted to validate where those opportunities would be. So um the more dense and the more sparse area as you can see is actually quite different from our original planning
document. you actually need it more in some of that deadend streets um closer to the east side. And so as we're making recommendations on where additional parking spaces would be, this helped validate like these are the baseline data that goes behind it.
And then of course um we were able to um collect all that data from your um your infrastructure data um itself. And as you can see, the majority of the neighborhood is an open drainage. Um, and so if we are going to uh build wider
sidewalks, build um, you know, more infrastructure, we know that there's going to be more runoffs in the and more imperous area. So, this is our baseline information that will help us determine what's our drainage area and what size how can we pipe our our our storm water
runoff to the right um basin. Um and you know we couldn't do this like with lighting right because some um of the crash data have shown that the the crashes actually occurred in the middle of the night and also um you know of with kids walking to and from school there's dust and dawn as we're going to
daylight saving. Um most of the lighting are actually at the intersection so um if there is any additional lighting we're making recommendations uh we know where it needs to be um proposed filling in the gap. Yes. M
>> um and then of course um this is the um your this is the the found final I guess the recommendation that came from a plan document. Um, as we're looking at this document, we know that yes, there's existing um, facilities that we need to
consider, but also there's other planned improvements that we need to fill in the gap because um, as you can see, you know, there are some recommendations on roundabouts and um, speed tables. But when we think about best practices, when we want to know how uh what type of
design speed that we're designing for the community, we need it in a system that people are not encouraged to um have lead foot after they pass that one traffic calming scenario. Um in other cases that we found that sometimes um you know when we go through this
planning exercise, a proposed midi roundabout or roundabout may not fit because you have a geometric constraint or you have infrastructure constraints. So we're going in and we're revisiting that foundation that that recommendations and we'll be coming back with a proposed recommendations of what
is feasible. And so um ultimately we will be coming back to you in the next meeting with proposed recommendations for typical sections. So you get to see on a from a 3D concept of what each road would look like. And then um we are going to the NAC on August 4th um and to
uh vet these projects with them and get the neighborhood to help us determine you know prioritization. What would you like um as especially some of these streets have a lot more opportunities? And that concludes my very quick and short presentation. >> You have any questions?
>> That was interesting. Anybody have any questions? >> It's good. So, so when I have a question, >> yes. >> Um, build grants, >> what kind of >> what kind of dollars are we talking about to do something like this? And do we phase it?
>> Do we um >> uh Yeah. So, build grants is um we used to it used to be called raise grants or Chrissy grants um depend on which administration that's in. So, right now it's um it changes every four years depending on the administration. Um it's
technically it's a higher dollar um grant. Um I think the um there will be a consideration uh looking at the demographics that there will be a match. So you already have the El Camino Trail under construction. So that is already your match dollar for some of this. Um
you know like the the city of West Palm received the the last race grant. It's very competitive. It's really you're competing for this whole state. Um, and they're the highest dollar amount that was um I think awarded last year was $45 million. And so the the West Palm
received a $12 million grant. Um, and in the I don't know if you remember um Susan in the Roosevelt Estates neighborhood very similar to this. They have drainage issues. They don't have sidewalk. They have a swale system that needs to go to um, you know, they uh to
to close drainage. They have they don't have curbing. they it's they need traffic calming just like this very very similar to this and so um these type of projects they're usually big bigger bigger tickets. Uh but the intent of us preparing this planning document it's
like a playbook so that um whether if it's a segment of street that you want to build on a resiliency grant um you can take that out and build on that. um if there's um state appropriation that you want um to capture for maybe some of your gateway features or anything like that, you can do that also and all of
that can be rebalanced, but it's it's competitive, but the dollar is pretty good. It's pretty high. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Yes. >> I like how you think because that was my thought process. So, will will she be involved in what's we're planning for
portso? Because you know how we sometimes the cart comes before the horse. So before any any of our sidewalks go down, the lighting and all of that, is she involved in this as well? >> No, she's not. This is just strictly a
Golden Gate right now. >> I'm just wondering because then we put all this down and if she if if we have to analyze anything, we're coming in later. No, the improvements that we're doing in the neighborhood um in the new Monrovia
neighborhood, this kind of project is a communitywide project. >> Um that's the that's the way we know that Golden Gate is going to be able to do this. Port Salo has a lot
more dollars. I see. >> So you can do your projects now. Okay. >> You don't have to wait. So this this is so that therefore you can financially be able to do it. >> Yes. Correct. Because in Golden Gate we might be able to match some of it but
we'd never be able to raise the funds to actually do the whole thing. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> In case you don't know. >> Just a different strategy. >> Just a different strategy. >> Newman Roie is too. >> Golden Gate is very poor. So >> Okay. Thank you. That clarified that. >> Yeah. Sure.
>> Yeah. That's a substantial more improvements that are being designed right now. And and the fortunate thing is if we don't get the grant, we still have uh plans that will be at 30%. So depending on phasing if we needed to move forward, >> then we could look at other grants, we could look at other sources and and
maybe do some at a time >> and we have the justification for future grants. >> Yeah. >> This was all Joyy's idea, by the way. So, you know, just letting you know if it works really well If it works well, she gets all the credit. >> Nice work. Nice work.
>> Yeah. >> Nice job, Joy. >> I thought she was crazy, but no, I'm teasing. >> No, she's not. >> Maybe a little. >> I think you have to be a little. >> Oh, thank you, >> Amy. You remember Joy that. >> Any other questions?
Thank you for the presentation. >> Thank you very much. Thanks, Wen. >> Uh, let's see. We are on to old business. CRA project updates. Oh, now you got to do something. >> Took my stuff.
>> I don't know why it's not working though. Okay. Uh just a few updates for everybody. So, um, just to let you know, I know you were all interested in the digital history project that the library was
doing. Just wanted to update you. We do have our letter signed by the chair. So, that's going to go to the board. Um, and also that the library foundation has set up set up a gift fund for accepting donations uh for the Martin County Digital History
Project. If anybody's interested in that, I can send you the link um on how to participate in that and you can share that with anybody that you like. So, I'll make sure that you all get that in case you want to send that out to your communities.
Um I wanted to tell you about some of our border county commissioner updates. June 17th. We didn't have a meeting last month, so um we missed some of that information. On June 17th, Board of County Commissioners meeting the uh
there's a property in Golden Gate that the board has given to the Police Athletic League. And I could have sworn I put it on here. Oh, there we go. Just want to show you where it is, >> just to give you a little idea. Um
here's Fairmont. So, here's the community center. Here's the trail. Here's El Camino. And it's this property right here. There's a vacant piece. This little property is something that Pal purchased. And they're going to be building a building there um for I'm
sorry, >> that little property was donated to >> Yes. to PAL from from the So, it was surplus property in the county. Um they had a great reason for uh wanting to utilize it. And so that happened at the
last meet at the June meeting which was fantastic. Uh the July 8th board of county commission meeting we did our quarterly report. We did two quarters and it was fairly wellreceived I think and then at least I haven't heard anything else. And we're going to go
back and do the two our last two quarters when uh the fourth one is done to the commissioners and also the Palm City property. I'll show you where that is. Come on.
So, here's Martin Highway. Um, this property was sold. We did have So, last quarter, uh, as Joy reported, we had one person that answered the RFP. They were not, it was
not a complete solicitation. So, we had to redo it. And then we did get uh a bid that kind of matched everything we were looking for. So as she said, this piece here is going to be
uh the counties. So the county has purchased that for storm water. This is Danforth Creek right here. And then this piece will be um for the uh purchaser. And they are going to do some mixeduse development there. I think it's going to be really nice. I think it's going to be
what the community is looking for. We had put out the RFP, you know, we made uh very spec gave it very specific criteria. Um and it's a local, so that's kind of fun. Yeah. >> So that was fantastic. Which means that we've been made whole in the Palm City
CRA. Yes. >> The little triangular piece between the red line and the building to the left, is that in the um Yes. Is that part of the creek? >> Do you happen to know? I don't know who owns that. Jordan, do you know who owns that?
>> It's not the county's property. >> It's just kind of odd that it's now a odd shape behind this other parcel, you know. >> Well, it's always been that, but >> but and then then if the creek is there, I mean, maybe it's preserved for that. >> Well, we're getting access where we
didn't have access before. That's the importance of us having that piece. And then it made it um it made the the buyer be able to purchase. >> I like the idea. >> Yeah. Yeah. I think it's going to work out really nicely.
So that was great news. July 21st board of county commissioner meeting that was just earlier this week. We had our budget workshop and our fiscal year 26 tenative budget was approved 4 to one. There's been a small decrease in
millillage. So what happens at the first at the workshop is that the millillage is set at the two public hearings to come and I'll give you the dates that millillage either remains the same or can go down but it cannot go up. So
you'll all as residents be receiving your trim notices and you'll see that um your millage rate has gone down a touch. The two public meetings, public hearings are scheduled for five o'clock on Wednesday, September 10th and Tuesday,
September 23rd. And the budget that is approved will begin October 1st, 2025 for fiscal year 2026. And the last thing I have
are two videos that I don't think you saw. But you're going to see him now. >> My name is Lulu. I have a jewelry business in the back of this building in the Art Cottages. Um, we have rental properties here. Our actual rental
business is called uh ACJB Art Cottages of Jensen Beach. So, we have two businesses, the jewelry business and the rental business. Thanks to the CRA program, we painted our building which was in dire need of paint. Um created a spot that people remember. The paint is
fresh and bright and beautiful. Uh it was kind of dull, disappeared into the background before we found out about the CRA program through the NAC meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. Uh the topic came up and I questioned one of the ladies there, Jana Cox, about how do I
get involved in that? and she gave me all the advice that I needed and all the information and uh it came to fruition quite nicely. Uh the purple building has become the landmark in downtown. We had we've
always had this beautiful home historic home here but it was it went unnoticed. People would drive by and say, "What yellow house?" When I would point it out, the art cottages are behind the historic yellow house. But it went unnoticed until we painted it purple. And now it's the landmark, you know, the
big purple house downtown. It's it's uh much more exciting and noticeable. Brings brightness to the downtown. So that was completed few months ago, right?
Welcome to the LPA meeting for July 7. >> And these were done, this one was done much earlier. You can see they were applicants 10 uh three and four, but I don't think that you guys ever saw the video cuz we did it later.
So, it's kind of fun. >> Yeah. I come here from Charlotte, North Carolina, and um we discovered the Jensen Beach area uh through my real estate agents and uh just fell in love with it. It's a beautiful place. It's
right by the water. Um great people. It's just a great place. So, we've decided to invest in the community and uh we're glad we did. I'm Trevor Pitman. Um I work with my dad there, Daryl, and I manage all the
properties. I kind of help him out so he can relax. And uh this hotel here, that's my baby. So I've been running that here ever since we owned it. >> We heard about the CRA investment program through Ron Rose here with the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce. And uh
these guys work great with us. They uh led us through it and uh it was a benefit to us because it helped us spur the project. So, thanks to the CRA investment program, we did some improvements on the building which include the Bahama shutters. We redid
the paint and on the north side by the elevator, we did a new glass door plus a fixed window. And when we seen, hey, the town CRA is willing to work with us. I think it's a great uh teamwork thing cuz it's inspired us. We spent way more than
what they give us, but it's made a difference. As a result of the CRA program, we had a vacant unit here and we were actually able few months later to secure a tenant. I'm assuming because they they saw the beauty in what we did. And also the hotel business has picked
up a little bit and I think we're getting a lot more repeat clientele cuz they really see how beautiful the place is in person. The CRA worked with us on another property just down the road here we call Pineapple Square and we also repainted that building with some new
more modern coastal colors and we did an awning by Ian and Ka's Pizza as well as new glass on Welcome Home Realy. So yes, I did write all of what they said. All of the comments were written by me. No, teasing. I think Janna did
actually, but um so I think that's it for us today unless there's any other comments, questions or anything else. I know we have to take time for our um >> public comment.
>> Yeah. Well, we have to do that, but also we'll take some time in between this and Art. Yeah. Take a break. Uh, >> turn it back over to you, chair. >> Move on to Well, no more department. No any any other departmental comments. Nothing there. You got that taken care
of. So, a public comment section if anyone has any comments from the public. We um we have a few minutes here. Nobody's interested. So, any member comments? No member comments. Any staff comments?
Okay.