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Part 1 (Video ID: fwPFDGTf8es):
- 00:00:07: Informal Chat Between Attendees Before Official Start
- 00:02:52: Meeting Called to Order, Roll Call, Invocation, Pledge
- 00:06:07: Presentations: Drop Savers Poster Contest Awards Ceremony
- 00:12:47: Annual Public Safety Pension Board Update From Trustee
- 00:19:02: Council Questions Regarding Funds And Investments
- 00:21:39: Proclamation: Emergency Medical Services Week Designation
- 00:23:59: Public Safety Proclamations And Community Recognition
- 00:25:42: Proclamation: National Police Week and Memorial Day
- 00:28:11: Approval of Consent Agenda And Citizen Communications
- 00:29:39: Public Comment: TSBF Cares Foundation Donation Box Request
- 00:31:34: Council Discussion of Donation Box Request, Consensus Achieved
- 00:34:21: Public Comment: Hannah's Home Ribbon Cutting Invitation
- 00:34:53: Pastor Shares Positive Cancer Checkup News And Gratitude
- 00:36:26: Council Communications and Board Appointments Introduction
- 00:38:20: EAC Applicant Introduces Herself and Volunteers
- 00:40:52: Energy Attorney Applies To Environmental Advisory Committee
- 00:42:13: Council Discussion Begins on Committee and Board Seats
- 00:43:00: Planning Zoning Board Incumbent Jean Reintroduces Herself
- 00:44:13: Planning Zoning Board Incumbent Liz Reintroduces Herself
- 00:44:49: First Time P&Z Applicant With Construction Background
- 00:46:28: P&Z Applicant Gianina Has Been a Resident Since 1991
- 00:47:51: Long-Time Resident Kimberly Applies With Real Estate Expertise
- 00:51:24: Jessica Applies With Property Management and Municipal Experience
- 00:53:02: Council Discusses P&Z Board Members and Qualifications
- 00:59:39: Council Moves On To Vacancy For General Pension Board
- 01:00:27: Pension Board Applicant With Accounting And Finance
- 01:02:07: Council Moves On To Vacancy For General Pension Board
- 01:02:43: Council Moves On To Vacancy For General Pension Board
- 01:38:07: Addressing Fair Housing Laws: Interior Inspections and Nuisance Ordinance
- 01:39:11: Reasonable Accommodations: Revocation and Approval Criteria Review
- 01:40:30: Council Discussion: Concerns About Overconcentration of Accommodations
- 01:41:48: Council Appreciation: Work on State Preemption and Nuisance
- 01:42:21: Public Comment and Approval of Reasonable Accommodations Ordinance
- 01:42:54: Subdivision Code Updates: Administrative Plat Approvals Overview
- 01:46:09: Defining Platting vs. Unity of Title (Parcel Combination)
- 01:46:59: Senate Bill 784: Administrative Approval and Compliance
- 01:49:10: Council Discussion: Combining Lots and Denial Scenarios
- 01:53:13: Clarifying Replats and Site Plans: Single vs. Multifamily
- 02:01:12: Public Comment: Minimum Lot Square Footage Inquiry and Concerns
- 02:03:39: Approval of Subdivision Ordinance and Move To Next Agenda Item
- 02:04:00: Planned Residential Developments (PRD): Waiver Process Introduction
- 02:05:52: Waiver Criteria and Public Benefit: Council Discretion Explained
- 02:09:54: Council Discussion: Waiver Concerns and Code Consistency Review
- 02:12:00: Considering Need for PRD Waivers with Limited Development
- 02:15:52: Addressing Concerns Regarding Waiver Approval and Guardrails
- 02:22:39: Approval of PRD Ordinance with Additional Language Changes
- 02:23:47: Definition Updates: Boat Lifts, ADUs, Family, and Waivers
- 02:27:04: Council Discussion: Boat Lifts and Family Definition Clarifications
- 02:28:10: Approval of Definition Updates Ordinance and Next Agenda
- 02:28:42: Annex Building: Parking Lot and Landscaping Improvements Overview
- 02:30:19: Budget Transfer Options and Exterior Facade Update Review
- 02:31:39: Approval of Annex Improvements and Toquesta Park Fence Discussion
- 02:32:47: Toquesta Park Fence: Options and Security Concerns Discussed
- 02:40:42: Security vs Aesthetics and Fence Options Discussed
- 02:49:12: Toquesta Park Fence Vote
- 02:50:04: Water Facility: Planning and Emerging Containments Update
- 02:51:55: Holtz's SRF Loan Funding and Cost Review
- 02:53:51: Consultant Review and Council Comments
- 02:56:18: Strategic Plan for Village of Tequesta 2026-2027 Overview
- 02:58:27: Facilities Planning Discussion
- 03:00:26: Core and Main Vendor Concerns
- 03:01:14: Combine Pension Boards
- 03:02:20: Suggestion of In-House Rate Study


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Oh yeah. All right. Oh yeah. Oh no. feel like the heck's going on. >> Good thing is it's not I mean >> Yeah, that's good.

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>> Come here. I'm going to miss June and July. >> I'll be on soon. June. >> July. >> It'll be soon. >> Oh my god. >> See her tomorrow. What any like

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favorites there are not start. >> Can you hear me talking? Now touch. >> Oh yeah. Now, right. Right. >> Yeah. Oh, well.

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still >> you're doing the invitation. >> Thank you. Mads. Let's start. Okay. Good evening everyone. It's 6:00 p.m. I'd like to go ahead and call

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tonight's meeting to order. It's May 14th, 2026, and this is our regular council meeting. Maryanne, can I get roll call, please? >> Mayor Young, >> here. Vice Mayor Painter, Council Member Brandon >> here, >> Council Member Sartorii >> here,

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>> Council Member Stone >> here. >> Thank you. And our invocation and pledge of allegiance is going to be led by Council Member Story. >> Let us pray. We give thanks for the opportunity to gather in service to our village. We ask

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for wisdom, respect, and unity as decisions are made for the good of all residents of Tqua. We offer our gratitude to our first responders whose courage and dedication protect us each day. Many of those first responders will never meet the people

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they protect. They kiss their good loved ones goodbye every morning and they come out to protect us. We lift up our village staff whose hard work keeps our community strong. May we work together this evening and always with integrity, compassion, and a shared commitment to

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the people we serve. Matthew 12 tells us, "Make the tree good and the fruit good, for a tree is known by its fruit." Let us all work together to make our tree and our fruit the best it can be. >> In your name we >> pray. Amen.

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>> Please stand for the pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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>> Okay. Is there a motion to approve tonight's agenda? >> So moved. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Right. And then we're starting out with presentations. And the first one tonight is our drop savers poster contest awards. Allison,

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>> good evening, Mayor Council. Thank you so much for allowing us the time tonight to celebrate our Dropsaver Awards. Um this is an amazing program that we are happy to kickstart this year um and really get going. Um so just a quick

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overview of what Dropsavers is. Um it's a program and initiative that's pushed by Florida section of American Waterworks Association. Um it's an annual contest where utilities work handinhand with local schools and educators to convey the message of water conservation and how important water is

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not just for drinking but for all the other things that we do in our life. Whether it be out boating in the water that we have in the ocean or in our lakes, in our rivers. um just all around water conservation and the importance of water. Um I also do want to take a quick

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second to acknowledge our judges. Um so we did do anonymous judging of all of the posters that were received. Um and those judges were Mayor Molly Young. So thank you very much, Mayor EAC Chair Brad Fes. And then I also was one of the judges as a tiebreaker. Um, in every bra

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in every bag that's received tonight by the winners, they will have a Dune Dogs gift card, a free round of golf at Lighthouse Cove, a Barnes & Noble gift card from Pineapple Realy and Management, Crafty Crust Pizza gift card, an art supplies, and VOTE

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utilities swag. And with that, we will go ahead and kick off our awards. Um, so this program is for K through 12. So we'll start with division 1. So that's kindergarten through first grade. And in second place, Marilyn and Kona.

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UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, Marilyn was unable to attend tonight. In first place, Sylvia Spiri. All right, moving into division 2, second and third grade, we have second place, Peter Spiri.

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And in first place we had Mikey and Kona, which unfortunately also cannot be here tonight. Moving into division three, fourth and fifth grade. In third place, Biba 40. THERE YOU GO. Can't forget the goodies.

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In second place, Luke Kushner. In first place, Elise Kushner. And in division four, sixth through 8th grade, second place or sorry, third place, Luna Pauly. that I didn't forget that.

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There you go. >> Thank you. >> And in second place, Sage TZ. Unfortunately, Sage could also not attend tonight. In first place, Elite Alise or sorry, Alice Spiri.

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All right. And finishing us out in division five, 9th through 12th grade. In second place, Jacob Began. Jacob did provide us with some very useful tips on water conservation. And then fifth or first place, Grant

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Crawford. Fix that. And unfortunately, Grant could not attend tonight as well. That wraps us up for this year's award ceremony. And I just want to take time to thank our sponsors for this year. Again, they're up on the screen. Um we couldn't do without the sponsors. They provide uh

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great value for the kids um to continue providing these amazing artworks. So, thank you guys so much. Thank you, Allison, for getting this program going, our uh first one in the village. And to everyone that participated, your artwork was so

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inspiring. It was very creative, and we really hope you participate next year. One more round of applause. All right, moving on to agenda item two. We have our annual public safety pension board update by Trustee Chris Powell,

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who I did see here. I think he's here. I feel like I saw him. There he is. Perfect. >> All right, guys. Thank you. This should be uh rather brief. Um pretty much the same thing as every year. Um as you can see, the the value of the fund. Kyle,

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good to see you back. >> Thank you. >> Good to be back. >> Um the value of the plan has grown significantly over the last 20 years. I've been on board, I want to say, eight or nine years. So, um, you know, we've been making good progress. 41 participants in the plan now. Um, just

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over $30 million in the plan as of, uh, September last year. 41 people, uh, 41 participants. Um, uh, we continue to get the state contributions, had good returns this year. Um, paid out a good amount to the retirees. Um, continues to

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be successful. Um, you can see the numbers there from what we received from the state, what our expenses were. um investment income that we received. Uh let's see. Uh the numbers that I just showed were the end of last uh September. As of the end of the of the

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fourth quarter, there was even actually even more growth in the plan. Um nearly $32 million um asset allocation of the fund shown there. um need to break that down individually by uh um by sector. But uh

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if you have any questions feel free to ask. >> Um couple things that you'll see that actually has done very well is you can look and see the total fund up at the very very top the performance numbers there. Um in the dark well right under the dark blue >> see the return

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>> for the quarter fiscal year to date one year, three year, fiveyear. Um good thing is is you can see in the the parenthesis there that's our uh our ranking relative to our peers. So um over the last one year uh number 172

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percentile which is it's pretty good. Um couple things changed over the last couple of years. Um there was a uh investment policy guideline change that updated at the end of last year in November. um uh came down from the state

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um just requiring um outing of Israel. Obviously, we were not participating that um but we obviously had to make that part of our our plan documents. Um one of the things that uh we have made um is reducing our assumed rate of

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return going forward. Um, obviously we don't want to do that because the lower we put the rate of return, the more money has to put into the uh to the plan. Um, so after getting a few few strongly worded letters from the state,

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I actually brought them here so I can read them to you so you understand what uh what they sent me. Um, we decided to lower it very very modestly and to that. So, we're just lowering the assumed rate of return by five basis points per year

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um to bring us down to 6.75% by 2028. Um I think that's still in line with with what we need to um plan. >> Um the letter that I received from the state here is uh a little bit more aggressive than that. I'll read it for

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you so you understand why we're making these changes. Um, basically it says that our actual value uh valuation actuarial valuation as of October 1st of 2024 was 7%. You can see that we've brought it down a little bit since. Um,

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uh, D. Outlook expectations for future inflation, real returns as of the valuation date. We would consider an investment return assumption in the range of 5.7 to 6.4% 4% to be a reasonable 50 percentile expectation which our opinion that's very very low.

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Um if we went down to that number it would require a significant contribution from the village. So we're just going to kind of stay the course as uh as where we are down by five basis points per year. So with that even where we're at right

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now um we're funded were um well funded. Um the contribution from the village is relatively low compared to many uh other villages of the similar size throughout the state. Um plan is funded at 98.3% that's using the smooth valuation uh

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smooth valuation where they basically add in about uh uh 20% about every 5 years to kind of smooth smooth out uh increases in market value. Um so if we use that we're 98.3%

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funded. Um village contribution still remains relatively low. Um one of the bigger changes that we'll see here on the next slide is even though we're showing just 98.3% funding. Um we were last year we were over 100% but the bigger change was in

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the actuarial tables life expectancy. So good news is here in Florida people are living longer. So we had to make changes to the actuarial table. So with the actual actuarial table uh going out longer basically means that we have to make contributions to the retirees for a

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longer time. So that's what uh brought down our funding ratio to uh to that 98.3% but it's still very strong compared to most other villages in the state. Um let's see here. If you use the actual real valuation we're actually overfunded

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104.9%. Um so that's good news. is if we didn't use the smoothing of assets, we would actually be overfunded. But, uh, you know, we don't want to, uh, to change that, require a significant contribution at some point in the future.

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Um, let's see. Same thing. Mortality tables changed requiring us to uh to basically expect friends in blue back here are going to live longer. So, we got to pay them longer or pay him more, right, guys? And girls, any questions?

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Thank you, Chris. Council, open up for any questions or comments. >> I have none. >> Thank you, Chris, for your service. >> Chris, I have a couple questions or or comments. Maybe not questions for you, but more comments. Um, appreciate everything you can you're doing in in the aspect of managing the funds and the investments and controlling what you

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control. Obviously, state mandates come down and and put pressure and that's that's kind of out of our control. One of the things that I noticed is that the um if you look at the overall payroll, you see how much payroll has increased over

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the last couple of years. That's putting pressure on on this plan some of the the the 98%. So the plan I believe says that it's the actuary is assuming a 6% increase

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annually for payroll. And if you go back and look, >> six or three, >> I think it might be six, but it's it's it's >> you don't typically see that piece, so I don't know. >> Yeah. So, um, if if you look at what the payroll increase was last year, it was

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almost 14% increase. >> Um, and so when the average has been around 4% going back having a big jump, obviously we understand that inflation came in impact, but that also has an impact on what the village has to contribute. um because at looking at the

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actuary it's about six million behind and and underfunded. So that's part of the increase that the village is having to make. So I just want to make it clear that payroll increases above six is going to create a massive increase over time and you can't control that. That's not you. That's us up here. Um but I

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just want to point that out. >> Yeah. Yeah. One other thing um that uh I kind of skipped over is um some of the funds that are in the the uh in the plan. Um since I've been a part of the plan eight years now, we've been trying

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to get out of the real estate plan. The real estate fund um has not performed well. Um it's not a liquid fund. So we've requested distributions and we're only getting about $10,000 a quarter

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back. So, we're hoping that those distributions hurry up and and get back to us um so that we can redeploy those assets somewhere else um just because it's not been performing well. >> I've been trying to get out of it since I

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>> Yeah, that's it. >> I have no comments. Just thanks for your longtime service to this board and I will see you I guess again in a year. >> Take care everybody. >> Thank you. >> All right. Agenda item three is a

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proclamation proclaiming EM week as May 17th through the 23rd, improving outcomes together. Whereas emergency medical services is a vital public service and whereas the members of the emergency medical services team are ready to provide

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life-saving care to those that need it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And whereas access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury. And whereas

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emergency medical services has grown to fill the health care gap by providing important out of hospital care including preventative medicine, follow-up care, and access to tele medicine. And whereas the emergency medical services system

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consists of first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters, police officers, educators, administrators, prehosp nurses, emergency nurses, emergency

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physicians, trained members of the public, and other out of hospital med medical care providers. And whereas the members of the emergency medical services team for the career or volunteer engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing

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education to enhance their life-saving skills. And whereas it is it is appropriate to recognize the value and the accomplishments of emergency medical service providers by designating emergency medical services week. Now

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therefore, Molly Young, mayor of the village of Tquesta, in recognition of this event, do hereby proclaim the week of May 17th through the 23rd, 2026 as Emergency Medical Services Week.

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>> Thank you, Maryanne. And are we doing anything next week to to recognize I know um I'm kind of jumping the gun cuz the next proclamation is National Police Week and I know on our socials we've been posting. Anything we're doing for EMS week as well? >> Yeah, I think we've already posted a few things but I know both chiefs said they

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have things t teed up for next week as well. >> Perfect. Thank you. I just want to say um it's wonderful to be able to recognize our fire and police um for these two weeks on these proclamations. It is a very noble job that you do. You

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are beloved in our community. You keep us safe. You save our lives. You protect our property. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you do. And I think your families as well because as we know, you miss out on birthdays and holidays. So, you know, they sacrifice as well. So, thank you so

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much. >> Is someone going to accept the proclamation and we're going to make you take a photo? I think they're all >> You're all here FOR THAT. OKAY. ARE YOU READY? OKAY. ONE, TWO, THREE. All right. And agenda item four, we will

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read in the proclamation proclaiming May 10th through 16th, which is this week, as National Police Week and National Peace Offers Officers Memorial Day. Whereas in 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National

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Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15th falls as National Police Week as the established resolution with Congress in 1962. National Police Week play pays special recognition to those law enforcement

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officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. And whereas since the first recorded death in 1786, 24,000 law enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate

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sacrifice and have been killed in the line of duty. And whereas 111 officers have lost their lives in the line of duty in 2025 and 148 officers in the previous year.

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Whereas there are more than 800,000 law enforcement officers serving in the communities across the United States, including the dedicated members of the village of Tquesta police. And whereas while safeguarding the life and property

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of our citizens, Chief Gus Medina and the men and women of the department unceasingly provide a vital public service. And whereas National Police Week will be observed this year, May 10th through 16th. And whereas May 15th

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is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of all fallen officers and their families, and US flags should be flown at half staff. Now therefore, the village of Tquestera Mayor Molly Young hereby proclaims the

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week commencing May 10th, 2026 be recognized in the village of Tquesta as National Police Week and publicly salute the service of law enforcement officers in Palm Beach County and the communities across the nation. We further direct

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that, pursuant to the United States of America, public law 103-322, that all flags be flown at half staff on Friday, May 15th, 2026, Peace Officers Memorial Day, in honor of all fallen

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officers and their families. >> Thank you, Maryanne. You guys ready for your photo op? Okay. Hey. One, two, three. Okay, we are now moving on to the consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda?

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>> I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? I I'm moving on to communications from citizens. Mariana, do we have any cards um for items that are not on tonight's agenda? >> We do. We have Neil Zakarius.

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Oh, I'm so happy to be here. Good afternoon, madame mayor, council members. I am Nilsa Zakaras, a executive director of the TSBF Cares Foundation and I'm thrilled to be

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here supporting this foundation that collects gently used clothing, uh, shoes, toys. We pack them and we ship them to Parawai.

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Paraguay is a developing country with high level of poverty. So we ship them to lowincome families, children, the elderly. We also send them a school supplies and we have I have been doing this for

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many years and after my mother passed away in 2020, I decided to start a foundation which was formally established in 2024. We are a nonforprofit uh IRXM

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organization and I'm here uh to ask you please to consider allowing us to have a box at the lobby where residents and anybody could drop in their gently use clothing,

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shoes, toys for adults, for children or school supplies. So we just have done this uh initiative in the town of Manalapan. It was very successful. So I will truly appreciate if we can have a

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box at the at the lobby. Thank you so much for your consideration. >> Thank you Nela. Um question for I guess it's for Keith. If there's um consensus tonight to do that, is that something we have to formally vote on and would it have to be postponed the next meeting or

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if there's consensus to allow a box? >> I think if you have council consensus, you can direct the village manager to work with Nelson and and >> otherwise you would need to come back with a motion or amend the agenda tonight. But I I'm I'm comfortable with

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um council consensus if you have that. >> Okay. Council thoughts on allowing a a dropbox in the lobby. >> One question, it's just technical. Is this seasonal collection or are you collecting all year long? >> I collect all year long. However, right

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now we are very much actively uh doing boxes like this Saturday in my home at 11:00 a.m. So anyway, uh we would like to send it sometime in June. So, but the boxes we collect all year around, but I

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know this is a spring cleaning. So, it's actually a a good timing for anybody that is not using anymore their um in their closet, you know. I >> So, you're just looking for temporary box for now?

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>> Yes, we can leave the box. It's up to you. one months, two months, we can leave the box there and whenever it's filled, I will come to pick it up and boxing them to send it to Parawai. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome.

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>> I um thank you Neielson for that. Um there's so many great causes out there and so many organizations do the same. So I I would I'm in support of putting a box out here um but maybe doing it for six months so we don't get something when somebody else's approaches us. And I think this gets you through the summer

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and through fall when the kids are growing up and perhaps growing out of clothes. So I would be I would recommend something around six months. Um and then look at again or open it up for somebody else to come in and do that. >> I was thinking for a shorter period of time,

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>> but um I'd prefer like three months, whatever. I think it's a good cause. >> Next summer, I think too because we do our school drive before um school starts. So, I think I prefer to um >> have it >> have yours, you know, remove I don't

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know the proper way. You could take yours and then when we do our school drive so it doesn't um compete with that. So, you can make that the deadline. >> 90 days. >> Yeah. >> Where are the deadline? >> I'll coordinate whenever our school drive starts, we'll we'll I'll notify Neil Elsa. So, I'll coordinate with her

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to get it all set up. So, >> perfect. Okay. >> I truly appreciate. Thank you guys. >> Thank you, Nelson. Good being. >> Thank you. Any other comment cards from citizens? >> Pastor Paul. >> Thank you. Good to see you again.

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>> Good evening, council. On behalf of Carol and I, I'd like to personally invite you all to our ribbon cutting and flag raving ceremony at Hannah's home campus next Thursday morning at 10:00. Um the flag pole was

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installed today at Costa Police and Fire will be in charge of raising that flag for the first time and it's going to be just a wonderful wonderful experience and I want to we both want to thank you for your encouragement over these years and your assistance has meant the world

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to us. So we appreciate it so so very much. And also on a personal note, um I've been gone for a little while, uh getting my six-month checkup and after all the CAT scans and

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MRIs and blood test and all the rest, my surgeon told me that I am completely and totally cancer >> free. So needless to say, I was very excited. I was texting different people and I texted chief and told him and he texted

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me back and said, "Pastor, we're so thankful to you for you and your family." And he said, "I'll get back to work." He said, "That's an order." And then he extended my contract for 15 years. He's the best boss in the world. And

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also, let me just say it is an honor, chief, to serve as our critical incident stress manager dealing with all the police that have been shot and suicides. It's an honor to be able to serve all these years and thank you so much for the privilege of serving our village. Thank you. >> Congratulations.

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>> Thank you, Pastor Paul. >> Okay. Any other uh public comment for items that are not on tonight's agenda? All right. Moving on to communications from council. >> Um I have nothing. >> I am good. >> Wow. Me too. Nothing.

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>> Me too. All right. MOVING ON. Going on to uh appointments. Agenda item 9, resolution 03-26. Resolution of Well, I'll let you read this one in. >> You don't have to read the text. >> I have to read it in fine.

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>> But I have an intro for you if you want me to. >> Thanks. That'd be fantastic. >> Uh before you tonight is a resolution 0326 regarding the village annual boards and committee appointments and reappoints for the 2627 term. Each year in May, the council considers appointments to our advisory boards and committees which play an important role

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in supporting council policy decisions and encouraging community involvement in the village government. Uh consistent with council direction provided in 2020, the village advertised all expiring terms communitywide to provide residents the opportunity to volunteer participate in local government service. This year

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we received applications for vacancy on the environmental advisory committee. The plane zoning board and general employee pension board. Environmental advisory committee currently has four vacancies with two incumbent members seeking reappointment and two new two

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new applicants. The plan zoning board has two regular member vacancies with two incumbents requesting reappointment and four additional applicants expressing interest. The general employee pension board has one vacancy with four applicants and the public

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safety pension board item is a ministerial acceptance of the board selected fifth member. Included in your backup materials are applications, qualifications, background information for each candidates as well as proposed resolution reflected the appointments and reappointments for council

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consideration. >> Thank you, Jeremy. Um, so to the applicants, uh, what we like to do is call you up so you can just tell us a little bit about yourself and uh, why you're interested in serving on the particular committee or board that you signed up with. Um, I know uh the

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incumbents for the EAC that are requesting reappoint, I don't think either are here, but um I know Mrs. Gomez is here. If you'd like to come up and introduce yourself. Good evening. Uh my name is Barbara Gomez. I've been a resident of Dquesta

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since 1986. Um I live in the Chapel Court area. We were originally we built our home there and we stayed and have no intention to go anywhere else. Uh my background is in education. I was a school administrator

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for over 30 years. Prior to that, I taught civics and American government in high school. Um since retirement, I've been involved in tutoring uh kids who are at risk with reading. I have volunteered in various places. My latest

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place where I do volunteer is with the um uh Hope Sound Nature Center. On Thursdays, I'm usually waste deep in the water uh collecting all kinds of things with elementary school kids going over with them the importance of preserving

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our Indian River Lagoon and talking about conservation. So, I'm kind of a hands-on person. Prior to that, I was involved in animal rescue. I was one of the first people in the area to contact the University of Florida, which is my alma mater, and start the trap neuter

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release program for stray cats in Jupiter and in Tquesta because we know how uh these cats out there on their own affect our bird population and so forth. So, I'm kind of a silent activist. I get involved. I like hands-on and I'm very

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interested in being a part of the environmental academy. I think I also stated that planning and zoning was an interest of mine. I feel like they kind of go hand in hand. If you don't plan things, you don't zone properly, they have a negative impact on the environment. So, I'm willing to serve

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and I think that I can uh bring a good mix of talent with me to work with people from all different walks of life that are involved in our environment or in our planning and zoning. Thank you. >> Thank you, council. Any questions for

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Mrs. Gomez? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Right. And next is Brooke Bonma here. Did I say that correctly? >> Yeah. >> Good evening, council. It's nice to meet you all. My name is Brooke Bonama and

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I've been a full-time resident of Tquesta for just over two years, but my husband and I have been doing young snowbirding for the last like five or six years down here. Our family has lived down here for decades and we love

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it down here, hence why we moved. We started in Toquesta Oaks and now live in Toquesta Country Club and have no plans on leaving. My day job is an energy attorney, so I love all things environment and I've dedicated my 9 to5

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to helping steward our natural resources, but I want to get involved on a local level as well. Obviously, what's been bringing our family down here for generations has been the beauty and the natural environment here in Tquesta, but

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also the community and just how special of a place it is. And I'd love to do my part to serve and help make sure we maintain the community, but also maintain the environment and natural beauty that we have down here for generations to come. So, thank you. I

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look forward to serving and I appreciate the opportunity. Thank you, council. Any questions? No comments. >> No, thank you for your application. >> Thank you. >> All right. Um I So the resolution we have to vote uh it's all combined together, but do you guys want to

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discuss each different board committee as we go? So the AC there was four seats open, four people applied. So I think we have um two very fantastic and really qualified new residents joining the EAC.

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So, thank you for your interest and uh we look forward to seeing what you do on the EAC. All right, moving on to the planning and zoning board. Um, we have requested reappoints by is it Jean or Jeanie? >> Jeanie.

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>> Jean. Um, McDown. Did I get that? >> All right. Do you just want to come up and reintroduce yourself real quick to Calvin Flu and why you want to continue serving? >> Good evening. Um, my name is Jean Mel Downey. this uh I've two years been

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active on the a regular member of the zoning board, two years as an alternate. I live on Beach Road and we've been residents since 2010, owned there for 35

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years. Um it's been my pleasure to serve on the zoning board. I love it. I've been in the real estate business my whole life, 40 years active, retired now, but was very involved in zoning all those years in Connecticut. Um, I hope

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to remain on the zoning board. Um, especially now there's changes and certainly changes on Beach Road and I'm very involved in Beach Road. I'm the president of my board at Seammyist.

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um always been active on Beach Road and so I just hope that I can stay on. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Council, any questions or comments for Jane? >> No. >> All right. Next, requesting reappoint, Liz Shower.

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Good evening. Long time no see. Liz Shower. Um, I've been on the planning and zoning since its inception, over 20 years. I've been a resident for the village of Dquester for 40. We live in Toquester Pines and it is my honor to

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be a member of the planning and zoning and I thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments for Liv? >> No, ma'am. Okay. >> When are you going to retire? >> When are you going to retire? new applicants. We have uh Sean

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Anderson, >> uh, Mayor, Council, nice to see you again. Um, so I met most of you. I'm a recent graduate of the Tquesta resident academy and um I'm interested to um you know to serve in the community here in

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in the village and to be part of of the planning zoning board. My experience I have been in construction the last 30 years. So I've been from the guy um laboring to um to supervisor to project management and to now into a project

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executive role. So I've seen construction from all aspects that um through those years and I believe I um have earn have gained an insight into the construction industry and my whole career is about um you know

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plans dealing with building departments and working through the challenges on the side of the construction person but also understanding some of the constraints and the requirements from the cities and the building departments that I build in. So, um, with that, I'd love the opportunity to, um, be on the

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planning and zoning board and offer a fresh eye and to be able to, um, serve the community. >> Thank you, Sean. Council, any questions? No ma'am. >> No, not Sean. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next, Mrs. Ireland. Good evening, mayor, council, other

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residents. My name is Gianina Ireland. I have been a resident of Tquesta since 1991. I think that's longer than some of you have been alive, but um it's um when I retired, I taught I was I taught

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with Barbara Gomez at Jupiter High School. when I retired um I had been living here for 25 years and all of a sudden it was gee look at all the stuff that's going on around Tquesta that I had really not

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been aware of because I had been doing other things and uh the longer the longer I looked around and then recently I um graduated from the residence academy and um it's time to be involved better late than never and

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uh planning and zoning is um is something that I had no idea about and then I learned some things when I was in the academy and I thought this is something that I really want to learn more about and um the best way to do it

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is to become part of it and so I would like to become part of the planning and zoning board. >> Thank you. Any questions council? >> No. Oh ma'am. Right. Uh, Kimberly Windish. >> Good evening. I'm Kimberly Windish. I

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live at 72 Yacht Club Place. Um, I'm a mom. I'm a gigi. Um, my family roots go back nearly a hundred years here in northern Palm Beach County. I grew up um in a building um

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material um business. Um, we furnished and sold to most contractors that built custom homes. Um, I have been self-employed for 32 years. I bought my first home in Dquesta in 1998.

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I have lived in incorporated and unincorporated Dquesta since then. Um, I'm a real estate broker. I've had a property management business. I bring a very diversified um

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uh background for this planning and zoning. Um right now I'm building a speck into Questa Country Club and I was very proud of myself because I heard the horror stories of the building department that I was able to get that permit without any questions except for

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a question to the civil engineering for the drainage and that was on him not on me. So, um, I also am very deep into the community with selling real estate and the property management. I've leased

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commercial spaces. Um, I've probably owned a dozen homes. Sometimes I've had up to three homes at a time. Um, my personal home and homes that I invest in. And I bring a lot of beauty to the village of Aquesta in the work that I

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do. I'm very giving. I have helped um Carol with Hannah's home since uh she acquired it um 20 years ago. And um I also am out and about with the residents a lot. I'm not afraid to talk to people

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and shake their hands. Um and so I understand what the residents want. I also understand that growth happens whether we want it or we don't want it. You can't deny it. Um, you guys

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need revenue. We need to keep you guys employed. We need to keep everything pretty. We need the streets done, the pavement, all of that. So, there has to be a give and a take of that growth. Not letting it get out of control, but knowing what to allow and to be very

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adamant in planning the future. Um, for the residents in mind, I know exactly what they want and what they don't want. And um this is right up my alley. I spend most of my days um researching. I love to

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research properties and taxes. Um I understand the writeaways. I can read plans, all of it. So I would really be excited if I was um accepted. But I also have to say I did not look at the agenda. I did

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not know the other people here that were in the resident academy with me. And I think they're great candidates, too. So, I think um and I think that they their heart is in the same spot as mine. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Kimberly. Council, any

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questions? No, ma'am. >> All right. And last, Jessica Buckman. >> Hi, everybody. Good to see you all again, even Jeremy. >> Uh my name is Jessica Bachman. I'm 36 years old. I uh have been a resident of

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Toquesta for 10 years. Uh but my husband's family has been a residence uh just as long as uh Mrs. Gomez. Um we live a couple houses down. Uh 166 Chapel Lane. Um so they built the house in 1984

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and then we actually bought it back from the lady that had it for 17 years. So me and my husband. So um big fan of Toquesta. Don't see us going anywhere. I'm a mom of two, almost three. Um, and

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um, my uh, employment is uh, working for Tampa General Hospital. Um, so my background for 10 years was business operations. Um, and just the last 5 years I've worked in um, more like property management. Um, and so I manage

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everything on the east coast, real estate development, um, facilities management, construction management, design, uh, work with multiple municipalities and understand the process. Um, and so I'd love to put my

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skills to the test for the village. Um, learn a thing or two and help preserve, uh, the village's history and future. So, but I'm in it for the long haul, so I can be patient. I realize there's lots of spots to vote.

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>> Thank you, Jessica. Council, any questions for Jessica? >> No, ma'am. >> All right. And that is everyone who has applied for the PNZ vacancies. I'll open it up for discussion. >> Um, I'll start. Thank you to all the

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applicants that applied. Um, planning and zoning, I believe, is is kind of the tip of the spear when it comes to what we do up here and and what really are they're all tough decisions because they all impact somebody's life. Uh, when somebody comes up here to this podium, it's the biggest thing in their life in

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that moment to will to be willing to speak in front of people they don't know or people that they don't like. Um, and so I take a lot of value when I read our backups and I look at planning and zoning, what their decision is and the comments that were made. So I think planning and zoning is very very all of

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ours committees are are critical. Um but this one for me it's comforting to know what the vote was and what they what their discussion was and I think it's very very critical. The part I hate about this process is that everybody that applies is always overqualified and

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tremendously qualified. Um my position has been that if an incumbent wants to come back and they've done what they have supposed to do and they attend and um you know and I feel that I'm in alignment with some of their positions then uh I would like to continue with

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the the reappoint of u Miss Meani and Miss Shower. Um, and when it comes to our two new applicants, and there's four, and they're all tremendously qualified, um, but I would, um, put a nod. Oh, I'm

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sorry. There's just two vacancies overall. That's right. >> So, um, unfortunately, I will for everybody else, I will go with the incumbents because they've done a great job. I value and respect their opinion and the work that they do and the time they put into it, and I'm very comfortable with that. It's just a hard

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world to break into. It really, really is. And um I just hope that the people that have have applied tonight apply again and that maybe at some point some of these long haulers will subside at some point. But until as long as you're here, I have no problem reappointing

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them. >> This is what happens when you have a small town full of very passionate residents, right? But that's a good thing. So I see that as a good thing. I like that we don't have a bunch of board members, you know, leaving and coming and leaving and coming because I'm a fan

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of consistency. I'm a fan of multiple viewpoints on different boards. Um like I wouldn't want a board full of attorneys because I find that not to be productive. I like every viewpoint possible. I like every age bracket possible.

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Um, we went through a transition on the P&Z several years ago and I think it was for the best. Um, the conversations that I when I listen to all the meetings, the P&Z conversations that they have now are productive. Um, they're respectful, they're back and forth, so that way they

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can have open conversations. Um, and for us that's helpful because that helps us hear other angles of things we're reviewing as well. And when we have to speak to residents thoroughly and make the best educated lawful decisions we can up here, I would be okay leaving the

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incumbent as is cuz I don't see a problem or a nuisance so to speak at this time. But for those who apply for all the boards and we always say this, those who are consistent patient um and we see you, we see you out in

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Publix. Um we see you when you come to meetings. I see applicants sometimes come, but then we don't see them ever again. And for me, that's very telling because if you're gonna stand up here and say, "I want to be so involved and I'm passionate, but then we never see

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you." The action speaks louder than the resume for me. So, for anyone who is really interested, there is a time where an opening will come up. And like Rick said, it's really hard to break into cuz our residents, I mean, they're active, they're passionate, and again, we're a

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small town. we stick. So for those who keep coming, we notice and public meetings are open to anyone. There is public comment at P&Z meetings, at EAC meetings, um, and our meetings as well as events and just continue to be a part

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of our family, especially if you're sort of somewhat new. If you haven't been here for 36, 37 years, um, just keep growing into our family and I guarantee you, you put that out into the universe, it'll come back as a return. I think the residence academy was a

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great idea and it has created a lot of great opportunity of people coming in wanting to volunteer. So I believe we're doing a a workshop coming up on maybe some other boards potentially talking about it maybe. So stay stand by um you never know there might be an opportunity

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so I'm not here to rock a vote. All right. I'll uh first of all, I see PNZ is near and dear to me because that's where I started and I know I served with Liz on PNZ. My um you know, professional background was very applicable for that board. Um and I I do

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like council member Brandis says, I watch all the meetings. Um lots of times, you know, we do get the recommendation on our agenda, but you have to really watch a meeting and get all the context and know what was said and why the decisions were made. Um, and so I will say too what uh, Council

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Member Stone said is we have four applicants from the residence academy, which is fantastic. It was great to see that and all very wellqualified as well. Um, so thank you for applying and wanting to get involved and um, please

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don't be discouraged like Council Member Brandon said like stay engaged, come to the meetings, keep in touch with us and just always keep an eye out for um, those openings and and please do uh, apply again and we uh, like Council Member Stone said, I think I don't is it

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going to be at our next next workshop or Okay, >> that's the plan. Yeah, we'll be talking about uh potentially some new committees we might be creating. So, a little spoiler alert there and there might be more opportunity to be involved down the road. >> Can I make one more comment? >> It was Pastor Paul's grandson that

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helped during an internship to create the residence academy. >> It was good roots over there. >> There was no >> Okay. So I think is the consensus to reappoint the incumbents >> yes >> think we have a motion for this one

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please >> oh do we do we do at the end with everything because it's one resolution or >> oh we're still there's still more to do >> there's still more to do >> yeah we're still rolling >> we're still rolling okay >> but yes you are correct one motion for the >> yeah it's all one resolution okay so

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moving on to the general employee pension board we have um one vacancy Y and then one ministerial acceptance. So the applicants that have applied for the vacancy is an A media. Is she here?

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>> Thank you. Ann >> just for the record about the one ministerial that that's the board will select that. They typically been Michael Rhodess. He they he wasn't at the last meeting or he was at the last meeting. They didn't have a quorum so they couldn't bring that to council for you

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guys to accept that. So in theory you guys you guys are just one vacancy that you guys are doing just once. >> Yep. Thank you for the clarification. Right. >> Hello council and mayor manager village clerk. Um my name is Anna Medio.

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I've been in Toquesta now for 14 years and absolutely love it. Um I my educational background is I have a degree in accounting and a master's in business administration and I am also a recent graduate of the village academy

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that I loved every minute of. Um I'm interested in serving on the pension board um because of my accounting background and my finance background. Um most of my career I spent as an insurance accountant and I feel that insurance accounting is very similar to

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pension work as the investments are for the benefit of someone other than the company that you work for. Um I'm very comfortable with regulatory environments and auditors and actuaries and um all of

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the rules and laws that go along with those things. Um, I understand fiduciary responsibility and I like to learn a little bit more about the pension side of things. Currently, I am the benefits administrator at my job. Um, I'm a

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director of finance for a marketing company. Um, we don't have a pension, but we do have a 401k. Um, I do volunteer work with, um, Hearts for Moms. That's a group that nurtures single moms and I am a finance counselor

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for some of the moms. I'm also a I work on the contributions team at Christ Fellowship. We count all the money after church and um that's that's about all. I'm again like a lot of people here because I got the itch to serve when we

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had the village academy and um so I'd like to sit on the board if I could. Thank you, Ann. Any questions? >> No, no questions. Thank you, Ann. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, next we have Linley Graves, Jr. >> I don't think he's here. Okay. And then

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we have up next, Mrs. Ireland. Did you want to add anything else for >> Okay. It's a different board, so I don't know if you wanted to say anything else. Let's see with Mr. Anderson. Is there anything else you wanted to add for this board? Because it is a different board. I saw it on

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>> second opportunity rerun. >> Mayor, council, nice to see you again. Sean Anderson. Um, what I didn't say before is that I moved into Questa in 2020. So, my wife and I moved here and we've loved every minute of it since. Um, and so this pension board, um, obviously planning zoning was my first

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choice, um, because of my career. But, um, I'm looking to to get on a board and be able to serve. And through um my project executive experience in um construction, we have to manage all these um contracts um multi-million

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dollar um construction projects. So looking at numbers and being able to digest um cost to complete and and various contracts um finances is something I deal with on a daily basis. And I know this pension is slightly different, but I'm looking forward to the opportunity to serve in a different

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capacity. Thank you. All right, that is all the applicants. So, council, I will open it up for discussion. >> Um, I too started in the pension. I came from the public safety officer pension board. Um, and I got involved the week I

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moved here, believe it or not. Um, so, uh, the value the pension boards are are fascinating and and it's nice to be able to give input and direction for somebody's future that we're planning for. Again, a talent pool that's very tough to

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decide. Um, but I am going to put my strength, my my vote and my strength and my voice behind Sean Anderson. >> I am just going to flat out appoint an how do you say a medio? >> Yes. >> Okay. I'm going to vote for Ann.

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>> Big shoes to fill by the way. >> Yes. This is for council member stone seat. how big they get. >> All joking. It's uh it so looking at the um the uh applicants and uh and those in

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the history in the workplace. Um I'm going to I'm going to second Miss Miss Lori. >> Okay. And I do agree. I think um out of all the applicants that um an definitely has uh the most qualified professional

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experience to help on this uh board. So that will be Ann and again to the other applicants thank you for your interest and like stay stay tuned for our workshop because I think there's going to be some other opportunities to get involved. And the last one I don't know if we need to discuss it's a public

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safety pension board that's a ministerial acceptance of Peter Allen. Yeah, you put we'll put that in the resolution because he I think he did come from the board. So I think that was that's going to be included. >> Okay. So the Keith, do you need us to read out all the appointments again for

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the motion or what what do you want us to do? >> I think that that's probably the most appropriate way to do it. Um just so that uh everybody hears the motion and there's no misunderstanding. >> Perfect. Okay. So, the motion would be

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to approve resolution 03-26 and then list the appointments for each committee and board, please. >> You want to do it for >> Oh, okay. Hopefully I don't mess this up. Oh, lordy. Okay. For the

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environmental advisory committee, the motion would be to reappoint Michelle Shar and Jill Wenta. Appoint new sitting members Barbara Gomez and Brooke Bonima. Is that how you say it? Oh my

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for planning and zoning board. Reappoint Genie. Oh gosh. Me macadoni. >> Okay. And Liz shower. And then for the general employee

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pension board appoint and for public safety pension board Peter Allen >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Thank you again everyone. >> All right. Moving on to our standing

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reports. Village attorney. >> Thanks, Mayor. just um been trying to follow along what's going on in Tallahassee. It looks like on property tax reform there, the intent is to convene a special session

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sometime before the end of July. That's kind of where it is right now. And the governor is adamant that there will be something on the ballot for people to vote on in November. So that very high level, but uh that that's kind

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of where it is right now. It it um have to adopt a budget and they just did the redistricting. So uh there it um they have until August 1st to get it done in order for there to be time to get

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something on the ballot. So, um, for middle of May, they still have a couple months, but that that's kind of what's going on. Obviously, that's important to all the U municipal taxing authorities for going forward. So, just wanted to give you an update on where that was.

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That's all I have for you for tonight. >> Thank you, Keith. And I'll add to that, too. Um, just so it's on record that, uh, Jeremy and myself, we we've been keeping in touch with FLC. We, you know, spoke to Casey Cook, what was that last week or the week before? So, we are

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keeping tabs on things, making sure um you know, we're still doing our part and our messaging and uh talking to our um legislators in our district as well. So, it's not over till it's over. >> Right. Village manager.

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>> All right. Uh speaking of legislation, we're still waiting to Questa Park was was passed by the legislature. Um waiting for the governor's signature. If the governor doesn't sign it by June 1st, it takes automatically takes effect. So, um, we're still waiting on that. Um, quiet zone, we've been given

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an update on that every month. So, just to stay with that theme, uh, public works officially initiated the quiet zone process by filling the notice of intent on April 2nd. Certified notice were mailed to FRA, FC Railway, and Bright Line, and the village has

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certified mail documentation confirming receipt. um the that NOI started the 60-day review and comment period which expires June 1st. During this period, FRA, Railroad, and related agencies may provide comments regarding safety measures, signage, traffic operations,

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signal coordination, or request inspections related to the proposed quiet zone. The FRA may also conduct a field inspection of the crossing and installed improvements as part of the review process. and the NRM public works has ordered the required quiet zone signs and will coordinate installation

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of the required signage. If no unresolved uh comments are received after the 60-day period, the village can proceed with filing a notice of quiet zone establishment. The NOE is the formal federal notice established in the quiet zone and identifying the effective

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date. Federal regulations require a minimum 21-day waiting period after the NOE is filed before the quiet zone can officially take effect. So that's our official stance or where we are where we stand with a quiet zone today. Uh a couple of projects that are county

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projects. Old Dixie, we are expecting them to start uh resurfacing Old Dixie in mid June and then uh they are planning on Beach Road to doing the resurfacing in late June. Um nearly all of Beach Road from US1 to the northern

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northern end of Palm Beach uh Palm Beach County um road which is 1995 Beach Road. So it'll go almost the entire boundary um is a little concerning because we do have our water main project that we did submit for SRF funding. So we got some timelines that

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we had to meet there. I know Allison uh reached out to Palm Beach County today and they are aware of our issue now and we're trying to coordinate with them. We may even have an ability to save some money with the resurfacing that we typically do with that water man. So, um

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Allison did a great job jumping on that. Um and she might be able to provide better timeline for that. Um Questa Bridge restoration project that we've been talking about for the last couple years. um I think almost a $900,000 project. Um precon was Wednesday. Notice

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to proceed is June 29th and um the contract will have 90 days uh so they'll have till the completion of September 25th for um u for completion for that or substantial completion. And then every

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year, um, kind of a fun note, every year, uh, I give out a grant award to the department that does, uh, has been the most successful with grants throughout the year. This year, the award went to the PD. They did not want to bring the award and rub it into all the other departments that were here.

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So, we just took a picture just so they can be humble about it. Um, but I'm sure, uh, you know, he's he's been glowing with that trophy, uh, around the department. Uh just some just some things that I mean they've been wildly successful for the last couple years. Um

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the gun safety class, the traffic safety grant, the bulletproof vest. Um they got a grant for two drones this year, Bureau of Land Management Program, the manity uh program, safety grant program. So um well done for them every year and uh

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just want to point out how great they've done with that grant program. Um with that, you have my report. Thank you. Any questions for the manager? >> Uh comments. Um we don't have a parks and wreck report, but um or a

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presentation, but two things on parks and wreck. Um the concert in the park last Saturday was absolutely amazing. Um the 250th America's Birthday um concert series I think was a tremendous success. So to Greg, the public safety, everybody that was there, I mean it was a great

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showing, great crowd. park is probably in its best shape that we've seen in what seems to be in a long time. Uh and Jeremy on the report, your report, um it is under the April 2026 department reports.

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>> Um under the parks and wreck, we've got a section that says field reservations number of times, not the estimated attendance. Maybe once a quarter or once or twice a year. Can you just let us know like what that like what fields are being used? Is it courts? Is it fields?

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What sport is it? Is it lacrosse on the baseball field? Something like that. Just to have a better idea of the usage of that as we go into hopefully into to Questa Park. >> That that'll help. Um, no problem with that. I know Miss Brandon had asked for Parks and Rec to give a report, you

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know, once or twice a year. Um, kind of because they were going through this concert series, had a lot going on. I allowed them their request to pump that for a few months, but when they do come back, I'll make sure we include that. So, >> thank you. >> Any other questions or comments for the manager?

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>> Ma'am. >> Nope. >> Okay. Police department. >> You can leave that photo off. Marian, >> can you leave it up for fire, too? When fire's giving their presentation. >> Yeah, fire's not in the photo. That's only police department. >> There's a lot more grants offered to them.

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>> There you go. Always the losers. Evening, mayor, council. Thank you uh for having us as always. Uh you have your my monthly report before you. Uh I just wanted to again like Councilman Stone said about Eli starting the residents academy. It was a phenomenal

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idea. I know him and Jeremy worked on it. That was one of Jeremy's projects. But even on our requested residents action committee, our police uh committee, we've had three people from the residents academy. So it really does have a lot of uh participation. I'm I'm happy about that. Couple of highlights.

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Last time I was here, Officer Terrell had started with us March 31st. I'm happy to say Officer Terrell is done with his field training officer program already. He honestly laped on a lot of our systems were similar to where he came from. And honestly, he's hit the ground running. So, I want to

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congratulate him. Probably the second or third quickest. So, he must feel like the fire department second or third compared to police, but don't get used to it. We usually win anyway. Uh the Questa concert series, Greg does a phenomenal job with that. We're always

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there. Uh Lieutenant Blanc's always here uh running the guys and gals. Uh they do a phenomenal job. We did coffee with a cop with the shred event with our clerk's office. We will have our first one. I talked about it last month. Uh June 4th, June 4th on Thursday from 8:00

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a.m. to 10 a.m. at Perks Coffee. So, just to let the council know, each one of them, we will be inviting one of you if you can come come talk to the residents with us just to kind of talk to the community as well. So, the first one will be at Perks Coffee. I know Mayor Young will be there. So, I'm glad

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about that. Uh August 1st, we will be doing right before school, we will be doing a bike event slashgaming event for our kids in the park. Officer Terrell over there has been spearheading that since he started. Uh we're getting people together to put

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that uh put that together as far as a bike education component to it with the ebikes and everything else that we deal with as well as gaming with the officers or against the officers. He's still working that out. So uh it'll be uh you know it should be a fun event. Believe

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right now the hours are 10 to 2 or 10 to 4 depending on scheduling with the uh event. So we're looking forward to that. And that's all that I have except this month we did a just to let everybody know and I always remind people fingerprinting services are free for our

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residents. Uh just call Maria uh and just schedule an appointment any time for our residents. We always make time. We make sure we have someone available. If you're a non-resident, unfortunately it's a little harder, but if you're a resident, we always make sure we fit you in. So that's all I have. If anyone has

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any questions. >> Thank you, Chief Council. Any comments or questions? Just one question. Yes, ma'am. >> I forget what you guys call it, but the vacation home thing that you guys do. >> You didn't you still do that? >> Our home text we do. >> So, it's summer coming and people leaving for like a week or two at a

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time. We still do that. You just register. It's still a simple process. >> Yep. You still come. You could actually grab the form online or you could come into the station. Maria will fill it out for you. And our cops, our volunteers will do a phenomenal job with that. We'll make sure they go out there and check it. And you know, at times there

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might be an open door or car in the driveway that's not supposed to be there. they'll call our officers and we'll make sure we address it. But yeah, that's continues. >> Thank you. >> Two questions. What's the plan for the being on the water during the summer? >> Hopefully, we'll be out there a lot

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more. Uh it's funny when you say that. Uh Chief Mcgru was actually speaking to Florida Guard. We're looking to get additional officers trained uh on the waters. Uh right now we have Mike Looney. John Puit is almost there. Hopefully, he'll get there. Uh but uh we

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have a class that we'll be setting up at the Florida Guard at the annex the training center uh just to have additional people out there. So >> uh second question softball game. >> Softball game. >> Softball game. You fire >> is that is that what you call it? A softball game?

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>> Yeah. >> Last time I remember that wasn't much of a game. >> It was >> I think fire was staging while we were scoring. >> Get to ref it. We get to participate. >> I like that idea. >> That was the second trophy you have. For the record, we won 3911 and I was upset

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that we didn't score 50 runs, but yes. >> Oh, >> yes. Whenever they're ready, they can get some. >> Dad, yeah, they haven't asked to come back and play. >> Oh, I wouldn't either if I was them. >> I have no questions or comments. >> Next up, fire department. >> Should I even or should I?

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>> Yeah, you should. >> Good evening everybody. Good evening, Mayor Castle. Um, I wasn't here for the last softball event and uh I played like most of my life, so I'll I'll accept that challenge extended. Uh, we did have our normal meetings this month, but I

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did have one in particular of note. I met with JIC uh to do a tour of the emergency operations center. Uh, continue to build that relationship with them in um as the season that I don't like to mention per my boss is starting in about two weeks. So, I won't talk about it.

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And uh but our plan went out to all the department heads and they're going to update their new staff members, phone numbers, any kind of emergency plans that they have to update the plan with. That's going to be done over the next couple weeks, plus a virtual tabletop that or a virtual exercise, pardon me,

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that will also go out probably tomorrow morning. Uh that will be conducted until the beginning of hurricane season. So, I sorry I said the word. Um we did have our Easter open house. I don't know if anybody's got pictures of that up there. I think she attached them. There you go. Um I've never seen so many plastic

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Easter eggs in my life and they were gone in about 12 seconds. So it was pretty impressive to watch. U my second time doing it and uh pretty wild. So you can see if you can scroll down. I'm just going to jump forward real quick. So we do our physical ability test every year.

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Captain Giblin, who was here a little bit earlier, that was his last one and uh and he participated and we are 100% passing. So everybody passed it. It is not the easiest test. Uh but he did it flying color. So once again, we are 100%

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passed. Uh we are also getting ready to start training at toquesta country club. We got the go-ahehead it looks like June and July for some live training out there with there. There's absolutely nothing better than a live building and we're going to invite PD to do some type of a joint drill when when we get that

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going. Probably some type of an active shooter drill. And we'd like to invite all of you out there as well in the media and see what we can do about getting y'all in some turnout gear and see how that works. So, it should be interesting. All Hollywood smoke, but it's still very realistic because it is a live build. So, um, Adam Evans, one of

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my firefighters, is actually in an officer development course. He's one of the last ones that needed to complete it that is taking the upcoming lieutenants exam, which was actually posted uh earlier or late last week. So, I'm going to have probably five candidates for two spots right away. uh and uh it's

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a very physically demanding class. He's been reassigned. They cannot come back to work afterwards. They stay there for about 10 hours a day and they they work through a lot of different scenarios. So, it's a great program and it's part of our agreement with MU with automatic aid with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. So, that works out very very well. I did

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mention um hurricane stuff. And the last thing is it was very uh coincidence and convenience that that crew that was here tonight, that's my EMS shift. So each shift handles something. For those that don't know, a shift is the EMS shift.

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And Andre Dodd, who is here tonight, uh he's getting ready to clean up on some awards over the summer uh for excellence in service from both the let me say this right, the North Palm Chamber of Commerce. And then the other one is the Palm Beach County Fire Chiefs Association EMS Advisory Board. So he's

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going to win two awards probably over the course of the next few months. He is an outstanding uh person to have at this department and he is probably going to be a captain here in the next few months. So um thank you very much. That is all I have. Does anyone have any questions? >> Thank you, Chief Council. >> No,

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>> just one help me catch up on the relationship with us and the town of Jupiter's new city fire department. >> So I do have that on here. Pardon me. I forgot about that. So uh I have been going back and forth with them, talking to them quite a bit. Uh we do have a mutual a mutual aid agreement in place that has gone through legal already and

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um that will be on your agenda in June. Okay. >> So very standard, very similar in place to what I have with Martin County. Um it's an on demand type system. Our automatic gate agreement with Palm Beach County uh still has another year and 6

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months to sunset. So unless that needs to change because of Jupiter coming online, um I I think that's going to remain in place until, like I said, until it sunsets next September 30th. >> Okay. >> So, um but yeah, it's a very very very standard language for the mutual aid agreement. And because of ISO

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regulations, anybody that touches your specific municipality, you have to have some kind of agreement in place with them. Usually mutual aid and automatic aid is the bigger one. So, all right. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? No. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Chief. Hey, utilities department.

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>> Good evening, mayor, council. Allisonberg, utilities director. Um, just a couple of quick updates. Our water treatment master plan, which is um being performed by Kimley Horn. They have provided us with the draft plan. So, we are reviewing that, giving them some feedback, and then we hope to have

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a finalized plan before the end of June. um for water mane one which is to Quest to drive water main replacement. We are wrapping up that project but it's challenging to push it over the finish line. We have had some unexpected issues with some tie-ins and some unexpected

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conflicts and um being able to isolate the mains with existing valves. Um but both Ferrer and our staff are doing what they can to continue pushing forward and we are hopeful that we will have it wrapped up early to mid June. Um, with

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that being said, Riverside Drive South Road crossing, it's the last road crossing in major impacted traffic except for Millian Paving that will happen for this project and that is scheduled for next week, Monday the 18th through Friday the 22nd. Um, so there is a message board out right now. We have

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put some messages out on social media and we'll continue to push um the impacts the traffic on South Riverside Drive. Um, additionally, as I mentioned, the milling and paving that's scheduled for Tuesday the 26th through Friday the 29th. Um, so that's for the entire length of road from Toquesta Drive all

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the way through to El Portal. There are sections, it's not the entire road that'll be milled and paved, but there are sections where the open cuts were performed. Um, and then, uh, Doug with public works, they will be doing from Seabrook to Short A with Wind and Suns. Um, so there will be some road

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construction work going on, but we will put some uh, social media messages out to let residents know of the possible traffic impacts. Um, water man 2 road phase 2. The notice to proceed will be issued for June 23rd. Um, right now we do have some community

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outreach meetings scheduled for June 2nd at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. June 4th at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. And then we do have a separate meeting with Jupiter Inlet Colony at their commission meeting on June 16th. Um, the all four of those meetings are open to the public and then

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Jupyter Inlet Colonies as well. Um the first one on June 2nd will be recorded and put on the website for those who can't attend it in person. Um and as Jeremy mentioned, we are in contact with Palm Beach County on their road resurfacing project and work or we're hoping to coordinate and we are feeling

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positive that we're going to be able to coordinate with them to not have them resurface the road and then go in and tear it back up. So I think we'll um be able to achieve some some benefits for both us and them in that project. Um we did have a recent main break. It was actually yesterday on Point Drive. There were about 60 residents that were

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impacted. Um both FPL and our village police department showed up very quickly to help us out. Um the water man was right next to an FPL pole. So FPL had to come and hold the pole in place so that it wouldn't be undermined and fall over during the excavation and then PD helped with the road closure due to the crane

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from FPL. Um our guys were out there till about 700 p.m. U making sure we got the water turned back on for those 60 residents. Um, we did receive our first settlement dispersement for the Tao BASF PAS settlement. That was uh $347,571.

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Um, and we are working to provide the additional documentation for the additional settlements that are coming up. Um, and then last but not least, we did have our Florida uh rural water association asset management plan kickoff meeting. Um, FD was invited. They did not attend. Um, but we did get

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um some good news from that meeting. They feel very confident that our system is in a good place to have this plan wrapped up in the next 2 to 3 months and that's a conservative estimate. So, we're excited about that and um that's the free plan that the association is providing to us that will provide us our

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interest rate reduction on our SRF loans. Um so, we're excited to get that wrapped up and finalized and submitted to FD for their approval and rate reduction. And that is all I have for my updates. I'll take any questions. >> Thank you, council. Any questions or comment? >> I'm not Tell me about your water lines

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and the valves and how often you get to use those and turn them around. Is that do you have is there a plan to to make sure that we're testing those out? >> So, we try to test them out about once a year. We have um a machine actually that goes on the top of the valve and it'll apply a certain amount of pounds of pressure on each valve and turn it. Um

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if we do identify any that are broken, we do put a plan a plan in place to fix them. Um sometimes just over the span of even months, if a valve is an exercise, something gets lodged in the seat of the valve. it can't just close all the way, which is the experience that we had on

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Seabbrook. Um, so Seabbrook South for was supposed to do that tie-in um earlier in the week. Um, and when we went to go isolate it, we couldn't stop the water that was coming. We believed it was coming from the north and the north was scheduled for the next day. So, we said, "Okay, we'll put a pause on

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this and we'll go isolate the north." Um, we couldn't just jump to it that day because it would impact Gallery Square North. they had a wine event going on. So, we decided to wait till the next day when we had planned and communicated to them. Um, the following day when Ferrer went to isolate that section of Maine,

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we went back to the south and the water wasn't coming from the south. So, um, we also went two valves back on the south and so we weren't sure where the water was coming from. Our guys were able to exercise valves enough to get it to slow down enough to where our guys performed the tie-in. Um, and they did that to

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avoid any potential delays or cost impacts to Ferrer's construction job. So, our guys were out there making that tie-in. >> Thank you. >> No comments or questions. Thank you, Alison. >> I think one thing to note that, you know, council has supported in the last

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few years is, you know, the ability to GIS and put all that stuff in our system. So, when we do make changes, put valves in, things like that, it all goes into our system. And so the council has supported uh those contracts when they've come up. So I think I think think we're in a lot better place than

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we were you know 15 20 years ago which is some of the problems that we're having out there uh in the field. So just >> point to note >> when we bought that piece of equipment we would go use it on the valves that had not been moved in many many years and it would break the valves. >> Yes. They um I don't this year they have

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not broken anyone exercising. Um, we are, as Jeremy mentioned, the GIS, our guys are actually working to set up um the GIS to track the valves. Now, we recently with the Hydroax, the fire hydrant maintenance. Um, all of those were able to be performed within a

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couple months compared to taking our guys multiple months to get those done. So, that's all on our GIS and being tracked, which is phenomenal. Um, and then with the valves, we're working towards that now. We'll get that into GIS and, um, we'll just keep going once this project is is wrapped up. up our

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guys will be able to hit the valves a lot harder. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Alison. And this department does not have a standard report, so I probably should have brought this up during communications from council, but I do just want to recognize Jay and Meg and your department for um putting on a

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good Arbor Day event. And I think public works helps as well, right? So, thank you. Thank you to your team, Doug. Um it is just a great event. Providence school children come over and they get to um write a wish on biodegradable paper and

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put it in um the tree well before the trees plant and they help shovel and plant the tree. So I think it's good to instill those uh that at a young age. So thank you for putting that good event on. All right, we are moving on to the regular agenda. Old business agenda item

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14, ordinance number 02-26, which is a second reading to adopt our 10-year water supply facilities work plan. >> Thank you, mayor. Ordinance 0226, ordinance of the village council village of the Quest of Florida, providing for the adoption of a 10-year water supply

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facilities work plan pursuant to subsection 163317 D76C of the Florida statutes. providing for the adoption of amendments to the comprehensive plan in order to implement the work plan. Providing for the adoption of objectives and policies within the various elements of the

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comprehensive plan and providing for intergovernmental coordination of the regional water supply plan with adjacent local governments providing for transmitt to the state land planning agency providing conflict clause severability clause effective date and for other purposes. >> Thank you Keith Jay. >> Uh good evening Jay Huff community

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development director and uh we're here for the second reading of the water supply work plan. So, a lot of cities actually uh farm these out to consultants to do and we did get a quote for about $35,000 to do from a consultant to do this. Um, but we decided to do it in house. So, I want to

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give a shout out to Magg Wyel and to Allison for really taking the lead on and and doing it in house and saving the village a little bit of money and um it went to the state uh after after it was adopted on first reading. No comments from the state. I know that a few other local municipalities have gotten some

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comments back. So, I think we did a pretty good job. Um, no comments, no issues, and we are ready to adopt it on second reading. >> Thank you, Jay. Council, any comments or questions? >> I have none. >> None. Nope. Is there any >> Thank you for bringing it in house. Appreciate that.

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>> Any public comment cards? No. Any public comment? Nope. All right. Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve. Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> Thank you. on to new business agenda item 15 ordinance number 05-26

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which is a I guess it's a second first reading right that we for the uh to make reasonable accommodations for recovery residents due to new state law >> thank you mayor ordinance 0526 ordinance of the village council village of the quest of Florida manning chapter 22 community development article 3

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reasonable accommodations requiring village council review of reasonable accommodation requests clarifying requirements for recover recovery residences and requiring compliance with minimum housing standards providing each and every other section and subsection of chapter 22 shall remain full force

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under previously adopted providing conflict clause severability clause authority to clify effective deed and further purposes yeah technically this is first reading >> oh wait I didn't do first reading >> the second first reading but it's the second first reading >> correction it was originally scheduled

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and we pulled it uh to to answer some questions after we workshopped it with council So, it's the first still at first reading, >> but it did get pulled from the original agenda. Uh, good evening, Jay. Hops again, community development director. So, as you recall, um, ordinance, uh,

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this came to you in late 2025. Uh, the state has new laws that says that, um, municipalities have to create a process for reasonable accommodation, um, for certified recovery residences. Um, and in late 2025, we adopted, uh, ordinance 1225.

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Um, and that created a staff level approval process for reasonable accommodation requests. At that meeting, I I mentioned that there's a possibility that we could do it uh where it would come to council. So, uh, we looked at some other cities that that have a process where u reasonable

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accommodations go to to village councils for approval and created an ordinance that structured it that way. Um, just a real quick summary of reasonable accommodation. It is a change or adjustment that allows a person with a disability to have equal access to housing, employment or public services. And there are several federal and state

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laws that require reasonable accommodation. The ADA law, uh federal and uh Florida Fair Housing Acts, and the Federal and Florida Civil Rights Act. So, according to the new state law, um an ordinance is required to be consistent with state law and federal fair housing laws, establish a written

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application process, establish time frames that a reasonable accommodation shall be processed and approved, and establish minimum application requirements. Our ordinance requires an application that meets all these state requirements. It also, you know, one of the most important things that it requires the applicant to demonstrate that the

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proposed reasonable accommodation is a sufficient distance from other reasonable accommodation requests to not create a de facto social services district. So, if there was a proliferation of of reasonable accommodations in a certain area, the village council would have some

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discretion to to deny one. Um, it also requires an applicant provide a floor plan that demonstrates that a proposed reasonable accommodation meets the village's minimum housing standards. So, this means somebody wouldn't be able to come in and buy a three-bedroom house and put 15 people in it. They'd have to

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uh meet our minimum housing standards. Uh, the ordinance also requires village council review within 60 days of submitt. That's a state law. It does give the village the opportunity to ask for additional information which resets that clock. It allows an appeal process that that where the appeals go to

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special magistrate and it allows village staff to revoke a reasonable accommodation if they're in violation. Uh the review criteria that are in the accommodation are um that they have to establish they're protected under the Fair Housing Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act or they have to prove

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that the reasonable accommodation does not impose undue financial and administrative burdens on the village or require a fundamental alteration to the village's zoning scheme. So there is a little bit of discretion in the council's hands to potentially deny one if it felt that uh there were

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undue financial administrative burdens or it was a fundamental alteration of the villages zoning scheme. But of course we'd have to address that kind of on a case- by case basis. Uh the planning and zoning board in February uh voted 5 to zero to recommend approval. Um they did recommend a condition of approval that the village council

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consider adding a stronger requirement for inspections of certified recovery residences. Right now, the code only allows or only has one yearly inspection. However, after reviewing uh at the meeting, we weren't sure at the time. We did some some research and the

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village attorneys app that the village is not able to require more than one inspection a year due to the Fair Housing Acts. Um these these houses have to be traded similarly to to normal houses or or even like a vacation rental where you have a yearly inspection.

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Uh we did workshop this with council at the March meeting. Um, Councilman Stone, I don't I don't think you were on the board at the time, but you I'm not sure if you listen or not, but here's just a quick summary of the questions that were asked and then um the answers here are kind of what the village attorney and and I put together. Um, one of them was,

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is there a mechanism that would trigger a mandatory inspection? So, this would be an inspection in addition to to the annual one. And the answer is no. They have to be treated similar to similarly to every other house in the village per fair housing laws. Um, we cannot require interior inspections of houses based on

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code or police calls. Uh, one thing we can do, and I would actually recommend if the council supports this, uh, we can bring this back in our next round of code updates, which is to create a chronic nuisance ordinance, and that would give the v the village the opportunity to take action against

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chronic violators of police calls. So, if there were um noise you periodic noise complaints at the same house, if you have a lot of overdoses at the same house, or if there's repeated code violations, uh a nuisance ordinance would give us the opportunity to create

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a path to um kind of bring them into compliance. Um North Palm Beach, where I previously worked, had a very good one. I can take take that and some other ones and bring it in our next round of code updates if council is interested. So, quick question on that. Just um that would be its own separate ordinance

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then. Is that what you're saying? Because I know the nuisance call thing came up last time we workshopped this. So, you're saying it can't be in here. It will be a whole separate >> It would be a whole separate ordinance that we would do either we would roll it into one of our other ordinances or create an entirely new ordinance for it.

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Another question was, can we create criteria for when a reasonable accommodation can be revoked? So right now currently it can only be revoked when a violation of the application or a condition of approval from the reasonable accommodation occurs um or when there's a failure to maintain necessary certification. So if they lost

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their Florida certification, we could revoke it or if there was a violation of their application if they misrepresented something or another thing I failed to mention is the council can impose conditions of approval on a reasonable accommodation. So, um, as you're reviewing on a case- by case basis, you

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may say, "This is a reasonable accommodation, but we'd like these conditions to be in place to protect the neighborhood." Um, so if they were in violation of one of those, we could we could revoke it. And the third question is, can we recreate more criteria for the approval of a reasonable accommodation? And the

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answer to that is no, due to FHA and ADA case law. um as as um crafted as I mentioned um the applicant has to uh prove that there's not an undue financial and administrative burden or they will fundamentally alter the village's zoning scheme or create a de

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facto social services district. So those are really the criteria that that legally the council can review and the village attorney believes that this is this is currently the strongest that we can include. And with that that's my presentation. >> Thank you Jay Council. I'll open it up

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for discussion. No questions, but great job bringing this over the finish line. >> Yeah, no more questions um in addition to what we've discussed already. Um but thank you for really looking into a lot of that stuff, especially the legal aspects. Appreciate that.

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>> Only question that I have is uh concern about overconentration maybe on one street or one neighborhood. Is there anything that can help protect that? So, so yeah, right now it it it says that to um that that reasonable accommodation cannot create a a de facto

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social services district in a certain area. So, right, as it's written right now, uh in the village attorney, I believe it's actually best to leave it open-ended. You have to have a study if you want to create specific criteria. And we believe that it could end up

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swaying it the opposite way where we have to allow. But right now, as it's written, if the council thought it was appropriate, and I'll defer to Keith here, the council could say, you know, if one came in in the country club and I was the only one in the village, if if the second one

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came in and was in the country club, the the village council could say that's a kind of a proliferation of them and I we think the next one should be in a different part of the village. So, right now there there's a little bit of discretion at the council's hands. >> Now, keep in mind

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in that example, you it. You got to have a little more than that. You've got to you have to bring somebody in who can put evidence in the record that the factual evidence to support that um that position. You you can't just say that's what I think. You

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you need something in the record. So, it's not as simple as simply one of you opining. There's got to be testimony and some record evidence that to uh hang your hat on, so to speak. So, just keep that in mind. And and

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perfect at that for now. >> Thank you. >> I just want to say thank you for your work on this. I know we beat this one up pretty good for quite some time. I think that's what happens when we get state preeemptions and they strip our home rule authority. Um but thank you for the work and I look forward to uh

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workshopping and nuisance ordinance. >> True. >> Marian, any public comment? No. Any public comment? All right. Is there a motion? >> So moved. Second motion to approve. >> All in favor? >> I

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>> I. >> Right. Moving on. Agenda item 16, ordinance number 06 06-26, first reading for various updates that Jay has to the code.

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>> Okay. Oh, ordinance 0626. Ordinance of the village council village of the questa amending chapter 66 subdivisions providing multiple recommended building and building regulation code updates creating an entirely new section 6631 designating

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the community development department as the administrative entity responsible for reviewing plat submittals amending section 66 uh 30 32 pre-application procedure to remove obsolete language creating uh a new

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section 6632, administrative review procedure for plats and replplats. Amending section 6651, approval procedure to remove obsolete uh language regarding procedure amending section 66 71 to clarify that the community

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development director shall approve administrative plants amending section 6672. Clarify the community development director shall approve administrative plats amending section 66101 to remove requirement of mayor's signature for administrative plat amending section

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66102. Final plat to remove requirement for mayor signature for administrative plat each and every other section subsection of chapter 66 shall remain in full force and effects previously adopted providing conflict clause severability clause authority to clify effective data and

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for other purposes. Thank you, Keith. Jay, >> thank you, Keith. Uh, good evening, Jay. Hop again. Um, this is another state preeemption issue. Uh, and the state, as you know, has said that we have to, uh, amend or municipalities have to amend their codes to allow plats to be

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approved administratively. Um, so this is affecting our subdivision code. And what is a subdivision code? It is a set of regulations that governs how land is divided into lots and developed into neighborhoods, including layout of streets, utilities, and infrastructure. that ensures that new development is

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safe, organized, and consistent with the community's planning standards. So, in Tequesta, this is actually typically first used during the site plan process of subdivisions and then the platting portion usually comes after the fact. Uh, once a subdivision is approved, then

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it goes through the platting process. Um, what is platting? It's the legal process of turning a piece of land into officially recognized lot, streets, and easements. It takes an approved site plan and creates a detailed map that defines property boundaries, easements, and infrastructure. And once it's recorded with the county, the lots can

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be sold individually. Uh, municipalities review plats to ensure they match approved site plans and comply with subdivision regulations, including lot layout, infrastructure, and required easements. It is a primarily technical review. So by the time it gets to the the platting portion, uh it's really a technical

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review verifying accuracy and completeness before the plat is approved and recorded. Um what is not platting? There's a little bit of confusion out there. Um there's a process called the unity of title or the parcel combination process where you can join two lots

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together or two or more lots um for purposes of zoning or taxation. Um when you do that, the underlying plat is actually not amended. So, it's not applicable to the subdivision code. Um, this is actually an administrative process in Palm Beach County. You can do

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it without municipal review. Um, if there is some concerns about this, that's something we could separately look into or workshop with council. U, but right now, unity of title, so combining lots is is is not really relevant to the subdivision and platting code per Keith and I's opinion. Here's

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just some examples of what plats look like. So, this is an old one in the country club. Here's a newer one inquest decay. So, it's just a procedural thing, you know, laying out lot lines, easements, streets, and things like that so that the parcels can be subdivided.

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Uh, the specific state preeemption came from state uh Senate Bill 784. Um, as it relates to us, we do use um staff and a contract reviewer, I mean, sorry, a contract surveyor to review all the plat that are submitted. There's really two big surveyors in town. If one of them

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submits, we have the other one review it and vice versa. Um, we then currently as it's written, we then take the plats to village council for approval. I think you some of you may have I think maybe all of you approved plats in the past. And then once a plat is approved, it's then recorded into the records of Palm

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Beach County. The Senate Bill 784 adopted in 2025 and I think it's been in place since last summer now requires all plats to be approved administratively. And we have actually had one come in that we had to approve administratively. It was just a very minor lot shift. Um

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we did have to do it administratively. Um and we didn't have this new process to follow, but we still had to meet the state's law. So um so we've already in effect been been kind of following the state law. Uh the new ordinance will bring the villages subdivision regulations into compliance with Senate

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Bill 784. The community development director is the designated administrative authority to approve or deny plat applications. They will still undergo the same review process with v input from village staff and a contract surveyor to make sure they meet all zoning standards to make sure that they

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meet all um easements and and things like that that we would look at technically. Um important to note though, all development activity that would previously need a site plan approval to platting will still need site plan approval from village council. Right. So right now we have a subdivision in review on county line

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road at the old property. That project will come to council as a site plan and a plan residential development. If the council approves that, it would later then go back to the platting process, which would be administrative. We would simply be checking during platting to ensure that everything that council

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approved during the site plan process is followed. So, we would not be giving anything new away to a development. Everything would be decided during the site plan review process. Um, still the PCB at its April 16th meeting voted

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5 to zero to recommend approval. And that's the conclusion of my presentation. >> Thank you, Jay. Council, open it up for discussion. >> Hypothetical question. Um, there's two lots adjacent to each other and they want to be combined as one. Does this

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fall fall under does that scenario where somebody's going to take two lots and make it one? Does that fall under this? >> That does not. So they can do that through the unit of title process and and technically they're making the lots more compliant with zoning code. Subdivision code generally is trying to make sure that we're not creating too

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much density, too many new trips, too much strain on our police and fire services or parks. And so this is the opposite from a from a concurrency perspective, right? Um, but whether or not there's an issue with with that process allowing larger homes to happen,

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that's something that that um could could happen and it's been raised this week, I think, by by a resident email. And if the council wants to address that, um, we can workshop it, although our hands were we're kind of hand tied by by Senate Bill 180. >> Yeah. So, it's an administrative process

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that is done by you or the community development director. It's it's technically right now Palm Beach County has a process where you can do it administratively without even the municipal review. The county does generally tell people that are doing that to check with the city to make sure

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that whatever they want to do after they combine the lots is could can still go through zoning, but um but it's it's not even an administrative review right now. >> Can can a can this can anything in this what we're discussing be denied? And if

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so, what would be a reason for denial? >> If somebody submitted a plat request, we would we would deny it if it didn't meet the minimum. Well, if it wasn't compliant with the site plan, right? So, in the instance of the county line road project, if it's approved and someone

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came in and the site plan you approved said the lots were 80 ft wide and 100 ft deep and the setbacks were 25 ft and there was an easement here. If if there was any any or the roads were supposed to be aligned this way, if any of those things weren't there, we would say, you

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know, denied, fix it, make it consistent and compatible with that. If somebody was splitting an individual lot, so that's a that's the thing that can happen more commonly, too. Uh I think someone's done one in the country club recently where you have a oversized lot. We're we're actually really lucky that

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we don't have a lot of oversized lots. There's a lot of cities that have tons of oversized lots and and have a lot of replats where you turn two lots into one. We don't have many. Um, but if someone did go through that process, they used to go to council. They would

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be it would be an administrative review. Now, we would be making sure they have they meet the minimum lot widths, the minimum lot depth, the minimum uh lot square footage, and that no easements that that it's consistent with all easements. But otherwise there's nothing else we we would have to deny it.

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>> It sounds like the approval process is very uh um scientific specific. Is there anything in this where it can be denied based on harmony and some of the other words that that are applicable in some other parts of doing business as a municipality

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>> that is getting defer to Keith, but in my opinion it's best dealt with during the site plan review process on individual single family lots. We don't have a site plan review for that. So there is no ability to do that. But if someone did one on a commercial

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property or or on a multif family property, it would have to go through the site plan review process in which you in case the council would have an opportunity to say >> that's where it would be caught. >> That's where that's where you say we think that this isn't compatible. And that's one of the I think the first criteria we have is compatibility with surrounding properties. So that's where

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council would have a crack at the apple on that. >> Thank you. That's it. Just to clarify real quick on on what uh Council Member Story just asked, I want to be clear. If a property owner wanted to submit a replat, whether it's to divide

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a property or combine parcels, technically per the state law, could they could they submit for that prior to submitting for a site plan application? So, as it relates to lot combinations,

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they they could and they're, like I said, they're administrative. So, right now, somebody could do that without us even looking at it. They can just they say, "I've got two lots next to each other. I'm going to make these lots larger than they currently are. Make one lot." They can do that. for replplatting.

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They would not be able to on on true subdivisions, which would be, you know, when it's someone trying to divide a larger lot into three or more lots. That would have to come through the site plan review process. On a a replat of of one lot into two,

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that would not go to council. And there and there's no there's no discretionary site plan review. It's just a build. It goes right to a building permit. What? Wait, what about combining though? Like if if a property wants to com if a owner wants to combine two properties next to each other, do they technically

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have to submit a site plan first or could they do it? >> They could they can do that prior to submitting a building? >> I just want that on record because I feel like there's been a lot of talk that well we would see it because it would come through site plan approval, but technically if they wanted to they could do the replap prior to submitting

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a site plan. So we and we don't have control over that per the state preeemption but maybe Keith >> but it so are we talking about a single family residential scenario or are we talking about a commercial scenario you right now we do not take single family homes through any kind of a public

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>> area would be a multif family or >> uh if you're talking about a commercial project or a multifamily I I think >> my question I'm sorry my my question was driven towards a multif family not a single family >> so there would be a site plan process

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there and that's where you you will will see that at the site plan process. Then if if that requires a replat that's really a technical thing that's creating that myar piece of plastic that matches the site plan approval and the boxes get

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checked and that gets recorded that that that's that's the part of the process that is now administrative. So, you know, if if there is a concern, and I don't know if there is or not, but if there's a concern about unifying

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single family lots and making two existing into one and and potentially allowing the development of a larger single family residence than is customary. In my opinion, the way to address that is in the code and you know maximum lot

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size, maximum other dimensions and through land development regulations, not through this process. This is really taking a technical as Jay indicated in his presentation a technical check the

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box process from this setting to that setting. So interesting. So then for multif family or commercial they they could not submit for a replat prior to a site plan >> that requires >> remember though there's there's a replat

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is when you're splitting one lot into two. There's a different process called a lot combination that is not related to subdivisions. So, it's it's called you can do it via unity of title and attorneys will draft

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them up and they will combine two lots that that are owned by the same person into one lot. They're not actually changing the plat. They're just combining them for purposes of taxation or for development. And that can be done administratively.

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And in Palm Beach County, it can be done without village review. >> But then the site plan process, >> but then the site plan process would still come afterwards. There's no way there's no way to circumvent the site plan of approval process, but procedurally if somebody wanted to, they

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could do that. >> And the county approves it. >> The the pro the property appraiser approves it. There's a form they have called a a lot combination form. >> Okay? >> And it says it says check with your municipality to make sure that what you want to do meets the municipality zoning

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code, but it does not require a sign off from the municipality to do it. a resident actually did it uh sometime in 2025 where they bought two adjacent lots. It's kind of right across from the country club. Bought two adjacent lots, wanted to have a pool on the other lot

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and I think a small maybe a small structure. He went to he checked with us to make sure it was something that we could permit but then the lot accommodation process went to Palm Beach County and and we did not sign off on anything.

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So similarly to a commercial project, same thing could happen. >> So tying into that specifically, I was a part of a vote where a large lot was being sought to be divided to build

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two different homes and we had to vote on it. So did that change >> that? So that's all that's still in effect. That's so there's two two separate things. There's combining two lots uh one two lots into one and there's

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splitting one lot into two. They're separate things. When you when you create more lots, you're subdividing a property. You're literally subdividing a property, right? You're creating more density. You're creating more >> more structures in a in a municipality. When you're combining lots, you're doing

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the exact opposite. So, the combination is not related to this. The split is related to this. And that's what comes had had previously come to council. There was one in in the country club, you know, on a culde-sac where someone

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had a huge lot split into two. >> Yeah. >> And and so that process is still in effect. That's the process that's now administrative. The other one has always been something that the county can do and is hasn't been affected by this. >> My main question was just public

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transparency. Um, again, this technically would come to a sitting council once, but they could go before and get the platting done beforehand. So, just confirm it technically would be once in the public

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>> for the site planner. >> Yeah. >> This Yeah. So, if somebody combined two lots into one and then came back later with a site plan, there'd be one one public hearing for it. But the lot's already combined. >> I know. >> I've seen that. That's

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>> But the village the village council is >> the village council would be under no obligation to approve something that was combined. This the same site plan criteria is in place whether the lot is combined before or after the site plan requests.

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>> But that same scenario in the country club that you voted on a year and a half ago will not come to council anymore. Right. Okay, duly noted. >> Good. >> I have nothing else to add except does a

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so does will the property appraiser notify us or no? Like how do we find out if that's done? >> We are only notified if somebody does it and then comes in with some sort of development application. >> Interesting. Okay. >> Learn something new every day here. Yeah. >> So, in theory, you could buy three lots

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all next to each other, put them all in the same, tear down the houses and leave it at empty lot. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Is there any public comment cards? No. Any public comment? Kimberly, come up and state your name and address for the record, please.

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Kimberly Windish 72 Yach Club Place. The waterfront lots are on Country Club Circle that were split. So my question is I think they were split into eight two 8,000 square foot lots. What is the minimum of lot square

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>> Kimberly if you could address council and then and then ask all your questions and I'll call J up. >> So when so when the lot on country club circle it's on the water when that lot was split it was split into two for new construction spec homes

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and um the lots are about 8,000 square ft. So, I'm wondering what is the smallest square footage a lot can be. >> Thank you, Kimberly. Jay, can you come back up the podium? Oh, do you have any more questions? >> Yeah, more. >> Um, when the I think it might be the

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same street or the street over is the house you were talking about that bought two lots or had a lot and then bought the one on the corner for their pool and pool house. Um, is there a minimum on how many lots you can combine?

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There should be >> maximum. Is there a maximum? >> Maximum. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Two questions, >> Jay. >> There is not a maximum on the number of lots you can combine. And then on the other one, I I don't recall which zoning

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district it's in, if it's in the R1 or R1A, but whatever those lots that got the new lots that were created had to meet whatever the minimum size was in that zoning district. So, I think if it was 8,000, then the minimum was either 8,000 or 7,500 ft.

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>> I can't think it was it was a 16,200T lot and our minimum is 8,100. I think it it was exactly right. >> It was exactly on the number. >> Keep giving me the >> I just have the the chart. R1A um lot size minimum is 12,000 square ft.

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R1 is 8,000 square ft. >> 8,000. Okay. 8,000. >> And then um minimum width for R1A is 100 ft and minimum width in R1 is 75 ft. So those are your uh but no there is

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nothing that restricts um or um puts any book ends on how many you could unify or join together at this point. >> I knew it was it was exactly what the minimum was. So it must have been 16,000. It was exactly 8,000 each. >> Yeah.

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>> Okay. Any other public comment >> right council? Is there a motion? I'll move it. So moved >> to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I opposed. >> Okay. Moving on to agenda item 17,

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ordinance number 08-26, which is a first reading for some amendments to the PRD code. >> All right. Thank you, mayor. Ordinance 08.26, 26 ordinance of the village council village at quest Florida amending chapter 78 zoning article 7 planned residential developments

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creating a new section 78229 PRD waiverss creating a process for applicants to apply for deviation from PRD requirements as long as certain conditions are met providing each and every other section subsection chapter 78 shall remain in full force and effect as previously adopted providing

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conflability clause authority to clify effective date and for other purposes. >> Jay, >> thank you Keith. uh J Hop uh community development director. Again, um so this is just uh modifying uh the PRD code. A um plan residential development is a

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type of zoning or development approach that allows a mix of land uses and flexible design standards to be planned and approved as a single unified project rather than under strict conventional zoning rules. So, when you're developing a new subdivision, um, you know, there's sometimes they need to have a little bit

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more flexibility than there is to build on an individual single family lot that's already been platted. Uh, a key feature of plan residential developments is the flexibility to deviate from strict zoning standards. Um, our existing residential zoning district standards are largely based on

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pre-platted neighborhoods like the country club where you don't have to build a road, you don't have to have easements, you don't have to provide drainage. um the lots have already been created. So when you're creating a new PR, you you now have undeveloped land where you're having to build that infrastructure, drainage, landscaping,

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open space, and so sometimes there's a little bit of need to create some flexibility in design. And because of that approach, there's a need for, like I said, for flexibility. Um the village has historically allowed deviation from code standards and purities, but has not had a formal waiver process in the code.

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So the preserve I'm sorry the reserve project for instance had waivers for reduced setbacks lot coverage and open space but there was not a formal process to review and evaluate the waivers. Um in our planned commercial development uh code section there is a waiver procedure

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section that's been in place since 2006 and we basically duplicated that process here. Um, what this does is it gives it it gives council an opportunity like having a waiver process gives council an opportunity to to kind of weigh the public benefit or if if a design waiver

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requested leads to a better outcome. Previously, there was really no criteria, there was no way to weigh whether or not it was worth granting or not, it was very, you know, arbitrary. Uh, the approved process for waiverss, it happens during site plan approval. It requires written request. It's a

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recommendation from the planning and zoning board with final approval from village council. Important to note, you cannot get waiverss for relief from building height, density, concurrency management, and preservation of environmentally sensitive land. So, those are things you absolutely can't

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touch. Uh in the waiver criteria uh approval criteria, it says that um a request for the village council to approve a waiver from one or more of the standards and requirements applicable to a per shall comply with a majority of

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the criteria listed below. So this is going to come up later in my presentation. I think some I think you've maybe had some residents reach out to you about this and so I'll provide a little more color on that later. Uh the waiver approval criteria are that it has to be consistent with comp plan.

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It has to meet the purpose intent of the PRD. It has to support PRD goals like open space or pedestrian amenities. Um it has to it has to kind of lead to innovative design or provide clear public benefit. Um it can't be based on economic hardship. It still has to be

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compatible with surrounding uses. Won't protect public health, safety, and welfare. So there's kind of a lot of things in that criteria process. Um, however, at the end of that waiver section, it says the village council may at its discretion require adherence to establish zoning district requirements

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within certain portions of the site if deemed necessary to maintain the spirit and intent of this article. So, if the village council were to see one waiver criteria uh that it doesn't like, it could deny it. So, um, a majority of the

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criteria have to be met to approve a waiver, but that doesn't mean that if a majority of the criteria are met, a waiver automatically has to be approved. So, for instance, we can't do anything that's not consistent with our comprehensive plan, right? That's one of the criteria. So, if the council thought

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that something was inconsistent with the comp plan or that it wasn't in the spirit of protecting the public health and safety and welfare, that alone would support denial of a waiver request. Uh, the PCB voted 5 to 0 to recommend approval of waiverss. Um, at the

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meeting, a PZB alternate suggested that three of the waiver criteria should be mandatory and uh was not adopted as a recommendation by PZB. Um, and I think uh some people have have raised question about that majority thing. And so I

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think I have kind of an al some alternate language here that clears it up so that there's no issue or ambiguity with how to actually enforce this. So the underlined portion is the new language I have which says that a request for the village council to approve a waiver from one or more of the

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standards and requirements shall comply with the majority of the criteria listed below. So that's kind of what it currently says, but then it's very clear to say satisfaction of a majority of their criteria shall not require approval of a waiver request. And it also makes it clear that the village

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council may deny a waiver request upon determining that the request is inconsistent with one or more of the criteria such as the comprehensive plan or purpose intent of the article. So I think that kind of clears everything up. Um, and that's the end of my presentation.

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>> Thank you, Jay. council, open it up for discussion. >> Yeah, just a few comments. Thank you. Because those were my my concerns. Um um when I when I read this, so when we have 11 or if we had 50, is it there? Is is that belts and

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suspenders? I mean, if we can just deny it for whatever we feel, why do we because we measure what matters? And this looks like, oh, well, you know, I'm glad this language clears that up. But I I go back to we measure what matters. And it seems like we're not measuring this. We're measuring it, but we're

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saying it's okay. So, are we putting those in there because it's kind of a CYA like, oh, it doesn't because why would we even do anything? I don't understand why we have the first one being it's not consistent with or it's not consistent with the comprehensive plan. If it's not, we're going to deny

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it, but is it just we stating more the obvious in this? >> Yeah, I mean, it gives council ammunition to deny a waiver if you don't like it makes it legally defensible. But then having the 11 criteria, it also gives council the opportunity to to scrutinize one or to to maybe negotiate

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for for more, right? So it says that to grant the waiver, it has to result from innovative design. So if council thought that something wasn't innovative enough, it could say, "Hey, I might be able to support this, but I think you you need to do something that's a little bit more innovative here." So, it gives it gives

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council enough ammunition to deny a waiver, but it also gives council and residents the opportunity to scrutinize a waiver request and and ensure that it actually that what they're requesting is leading to a better overall outcome.

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>> And my second and last question, is this consistent with the other waiver, the the other criteria that I think are six, right? Or six or seven. It's the same as the uh planned commercial development waiver criteria. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> All right. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. >> I have nothing. >> I do not. Thank you. >> Um kind of curious why this is needed when we're about fully built out. I know like future future 30 40 50 years down the

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road maybe something a neighborhood or whole development will get fully demolished and redone. But applications already submitted for the root property. Correct. >> Yeah. So that would be a done deal. So I'm kind of like where what's the need? >> Yeah. I mean honestly it's not essential

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but it's one of those things where you know as we're as we look through the code we're always looking for glitches or opportunities to clean it up finding inconsistencies and and it's something that's not consistent with our other waiver section. So it's just something Jeremy and I thought was was was worth

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adding to the code. Um but we may we may see PRs in other places. I mean, one came up on at the reserve, so you could see a purity in in a in another place like that somewhere or on a smaller lot somewhere else that that isn't on the

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the public's radar right now. >> Yeah, just there's not I think a lot of opportunity for this to begin with. Um, but I'm good with shoring up our code for, like I said, 50 years down the road if something is fully demolished and a new division is is built. Um, and I I

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think one section in the code in the ordinance probably addresses this, but I want to confirm. I I want to make sure that the waiver cannot be used to increase lock coverage or decrease setbacks and that that might be covered in item 2D,

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which is granting of the request will not result in a development that exceeds one or more of the minimum requirements. is that >> it can it can you can request the waiver for setbacks or um higher lot coverage and that's what was granted on the reserve or previously

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>> but but somebody would have to to provide proper justification. So, a good example would be for reduced setbacks. If if it was bordering uh other homes and those homes um didn't want the setbacks to be right next to them, they

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might ask for a waiver for interior side setbacks to be reduced to to 2 feet or to be zero lot line on the interior of the property so that they're further away from the existing homes. Um, so there there can be times where where granting a waiver setback

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>> is something actually that the the neighbors would ask for. >> Okay. So I guess for record they could you could increase lot coverage and decrease setback. You could request that with >> you could but the council had you have to provide note that it provides a clear

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public benefit or innovative design or include you know adequate buffering and screening. So somebody would have to provide a a good justification for why that's needed. >> Okay. And my final comment is um 2H says the request is not based solely or

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predominantly on economic reasons and there are special circumstances circumstances and conditions that warrant the waiver. I will say all of the potential developments that have come our way recently and the developers wanted to meet have all of their reason to deviate from

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the code and what they want has solely been for economic reasons. So again it's like we're proving this but it's always economic reasons and this is not maybe down the road it won't be but everything we see it's purely been economic reasons why they're asking for deviations from

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code. So if that's not allowed again, I'm kind like what's what is the what is the need for this? >> I think that's if it's the sole reason, right? It says not based primarily on economic hardship. So there's going to be an economic factor in everything, right? If it's development, there's some

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value aspect of what they're requesting, but that can't be the sole reason, right? Someone may say, I need a waiver from this because I'm losing $100,000 if I don't do this. you would be able to say that's not enough justification.

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>> So, we don't have a waiver process now, but we've apparently been kind of granting them. Can you explain that? So, if we don't approve this, that could still happen regardless. I rather have like some more guard rails in place, but I'm kind of confused on why we have been approving that if we didn't have a

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waiver process in place. >> That's before your time. the yeah, the PRD language is is kind of ambiguous enough that it that it allowed relief from zoning standards, but it but they weren't specifically called out as

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waiverss that had to meet a certain criteria. So on on um on the reserve, like it's it's not like it was not mentioned. I mean, it notes on the site plan that the minimum some of the the open space requirements that they don't

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meet were were waiverss, but there was not a criteria for council to evaluate them. >> Got it. Okay. >> Mayor, can I have a follow-up question? We looked at one and it's not important before. something came before us uh and I think maybe in a conceptual um where

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it was pursued as a PRD on a specific property off County Road and it was a PRD from what I recall we chose that route or the applicant was choosing choosing that route because the setbacks were less than our typical and the height availability was higher.

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>> Yes. So by a PRD we're allow they are already going to have reduced setbacks the potential for increased height over what our typical height and setbacks would be. So I don't even know why we would even but so the language in there saying is

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does that language say that you can't have one of these waivers for density? Did it say density and height? >> Density building height concurrency environmental environment >> specific to the specific to the PRD code. Just want to make sure there's no confusion there because if another type

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of development be a PUD or standard zoning would be the setbacks would be one thing and the height would be another. This PRD application process allows reduced setbacks. Just make sure that you say that we're not granting it for the PRD. Correct. Just want to make sure that

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that the PRD height requirements and all the zoning because I know you just put as a bullet point. I mean I'm assuming it will be written in there if I missed it. I'm going say that we're not confusing regular zoning with PRDs because PRD is already giving this an advantage to go PRD because you're going to get

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>> greater height and reduce setbacks. I want to make sure that there's no confusion that that you're not going to get a waiver for that. >> Correct. From Yes, it's from from the PRD >> cap of height which there are no waiverss for height and and reduce setbacks.

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>> Yep. Four stories and 50 ft. That's different than what I was just told cuz that's why I asked that question is, you know, can these waiverss be for increased lock coverage and reduce setbacks? And you said yes, >> which is correct. >> So they can ask for even additional

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decrease setbacks than what the purity code currently allows. >> Correct. >> Right. So they they can ask for >> and the purity does already have it's not much. How what are their setbacks compared to like I know they have their setbacks are a little less per the code

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and that they could ask for more now with this waiver >> or less construction >> in the way that they were treated previously they still could have um there's there's a variety of different lot types you can do in a PRD with that all have different setbacks. So I think there's something like three different

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ones. I I just feel that if a PRD allows them to go build higher and have a reduced setback, there should be zero opportunity for a waiver because they're already getting more by going through a PRD than they would get in traditional I'll call layman's language traditional zoning and traditional setbacks in

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traditional height, right? Because it's our current height is 33 feet because we had a property that came they want to go to 36 feet setbacks would be 25. They wanted to go to like 17. I was like absolutely not. So, I don't even think we should allow that because by going PRD, they're getting more already. I

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don't know why we even allow. So, could we put a clarification in there that maybe um if they can ask for decreased or increased setbacks um specifically decreased setbacks that it cannot be for

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setbacks that adjacent property owners, but if it's internal and that like say you have like 30 homes, if they're going to do it internally for the new homes that they're building, like that would be okay, but you're not going to get re additional reduce for the surrounding your neighbors.

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But that's what that's what you'll look at during the you don't want it to be overly prescriptive. You want to have an opportunity to and that's what these criteria are for to give yourself the opportunity if someone it's their job. It's their job to state a case for why a

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waiver is granted. And there's you can't design for the future through an overly prescriptive code. And that's and that's why the waiver process is is open-ended. There's things that that you can get waiverss for like like a fence height like you might have like

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the the maximum fence height right now is six feet. You might have a neighbors asking for an 8ft fence for for higher for more screening. So there are proper reasons that are in the public interest to to grant a waiver and there may be

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for setbacks um and you want to give yourself that opportunity. Um, for instance, in that that route property, you know, they designed it the I don't know if you've seen the the draft site plan, but they have roads, they have a landscape buffer

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and an exterior road all around it so that the homes don't abut the neighbors. Um, which I think all residents, you know, prefer. Um, and so I I think they're potentially going to want some setback relief because they're doing they're kind of giving up some property

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for that tradeoff for for those neighbors. Okay. I mean, at the end of the day, I think more guard rails are are good and I I ask these questions too because I think, you know, we know what the expectations are and and the thought

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behind this and, you know, like generally we are, you know, quite um picky about decrease setbacks and that kind of stuff, but like future councils aren't going to know. Future planning and zoning boards aren't going to know. So that's why like I think it's worth a conversation to ask these questions

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because I think we change we you know change the code enacting policy and when we're gone what you know what are future councils going to do or know about why this was put in place and hopefully you're still here to guide them.

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Okay. Any public comment? No. Any a public comment? Okay. Is there a motion? I guess it'd be for approval or denial. And then if it's approval, um, if you want to add, could you pull up that screen again that had the additional language because I think that would have to be part of the

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motion. >> You should make this. >> You should make that. >> I will make a motion to approve ordinance 826 with the addition of the alternative waiver approval criteria language that Jay is showing us.

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>> I'll second. >> Do we need to read that into the record or is that fine? No, you don't have to read that into the record. I think that uh >> all the language regarding waiverss is is what was stated. So that's >> okay.

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>> Just want to confirm. All right. There was a second. All in favor? >> I I >> All right. Where are we? Agenda item 18. Ordinance number 07-26. First reading of uh various amendments to the code. >> Thank you. Thank you. Mayor, ordinance

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0726, ordinance of the village council village of the quest of Florida. Amending chapter 76 waterway control. Amending chapter 78 zoning and providing up updating to definition sections of both chapters. Amending section 762. Providing a definition for boat lifts. Amending section 784. Adding a

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definition for accessory dwelling unit. Amending the definition for family. Amending the definition for fast food restaurant. Amending the definition for waiver. Provide each and every other section subsection chapters 76 and 78. shall remain in full force and effect as previously adopted providing conflict clause severability clause authority to

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codify effective data for other purposes. >> Thank you, Keith. Jay, >> good evening. Uh Jay Hop, community development director. Um I'll be here all night, folks. So, gets better. Uh all right, so this is the the last

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one. Uh this is just uh some updates to our definitions. Um the uh on request from the building department um they wanted to define what a a boat lift is. Um there's a little bit of ambiguity in that during the permitting process. So they just wanted to clarify that. We

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also noted that you can't have roofed covered or enclosed boat lifts like a boat house type type thing. Um next one is zoning code. We updated a few things. One of them is to provide a definition of accessory dwelling unit and also to know that they are prohibited. Um the

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state's accessory dwelling unit code did not pass this year. Um but it seems to be coming back over and over again. I think it's good to have on our books because uh with vaca I think I mentioned this already, but with vacation rentals, if you'd had vacation rentals on the ordinance uh on the books before that

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changed in like 2011 2012, you were allowed to continue uh that pre uh prohibition. So I think it's good to just have it in there just in case. Um, we also want to clarify um that to be considered fast food restaurant, a drive-thru or walk up lane is provided.

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The current definition of fast food restaurant is very similar to a carry out restaurant. Um, and that would require restaurants like Three Natives or Guaca Go to be considered a fast food restaurant and and have to get a special exception when really they're just um, you know, carry out restaurants.

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Um, also notes that that waivers are allowed in PRDS, um, expressly allowed in in PCDs and zoning disc overlays, but not expressly allowed in the definition section in the code. Uh, also, uh, we wanted to, uh, put a definition on the

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the number of people that make up a family. Um, right now it's it's, uh, doesn't have a cap on the number. Most cities do. Uh, the nearby cities, Jupiter and Gardens is four and several of them is three. that seems to be kind of the sweet spot. Stuart and uh

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Atlantic Beach where I previously worked uh have two and um I think we've workshopped this with council before and I think everyone kind of felt like three is is the right number there. Um and that would certainly help us with things like reasonable accommodation or

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vacation rentals or short-term rentals or anything of that nature. Um it kind of prevents single family home uh districts from turning into uh you know having too many residents in them. And the planning and zoning board

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recommended five to zero uh for this ordinance at their April 16th meeting. Happy to answer any questions. >> Thank you council. Any comments or questions for Jay? >> No. >> The boat lift delirious. The ones that have covers now, like a roof, not a full

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enclosed boat house, but have a roof, are they kind of grandfathered in? >> They'll be Yeah, they'll be considered an existing existing one. Just prevents new ones from coming in. >> Why do we not allow them? >> Uh just because they can affect the the character of a community if you know if

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you have a a large structure on there. um like if you if you go out on um the inter coastal, you know, on the Juper Island side where you've got some people with with like proper boat houses, that that was the intent to not really allow a big boat house. >> Um if council wanted to change it so

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that you could have, you know, a small covered structure, that's that's fine. But the intent was to prevent, you know, big boat houses from happening. >> Okay. Just we do have a couple of ones that have roofs. So I was just curious what happens to them. That's all. >> No comment. Thank you.

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>> No comment. Any public comment cards? No. Any public comment? Is there a motion to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I

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>> Thank you, Jay. >> Thank you very much, everybody. >> Agenda item 19, consider approval of the annex building parking lot and landscaping improvements with irrigation upgrades. Doug, >> it's nice to finally get here. Thank you, J.

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Good evening, Mayor Council. Um, back on December 2025, the village council approved site plan improvements at the annex property located at 465 Seabbrook Road. And as part of that, I've put together pricing for improvements

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utilizing existing contract rates. uh parking lot parking lot improvements include pothole repair and trench repairs, milling and paving the parking lot, striping and installation of concrete parking stops. Uh additionally, I have pricing for

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landscape improvements that include plantings of trees, hedges, plants and sod, replacing irrigation pump that is currently seized and uh time clock relay valves and wiring. And then additionally, I have some contingency once we fix the irrigation pump. I'm sure there's going

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to be some irrigation pipe and some heads that need to be replaced. So, the total project cost is $52,500. It is not currently in uh approved in this year's budget. So, approval of this item would also include uh an

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approvement of a budget transfer. >> So, just to elaborate on that, so all of these items I could in theory sign and we could do it without council approval except they're not budgeted. So these items we would uh if approved we'll come

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back with a budget a budget transfer. >> Thank you council. Any comments or questions? >> None. >> No ma'am. >> Budget transfer from where account? >> Well we we'd look to absorb this with you know at the end of the year if we

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have you know funding unused funds. Um but if not we would we'd pull it from unassigned fund balance. >> Okay. We think we can probably absorb it, but we'll we'll see. I mean, the one place that we're looking at absorbing it would be the metal building that we're

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having out at Toquesta Park. Um, we hope that we're going to be under budget with that, although we know that we've had some requests from Martin County. So, um, it was best not to utilize those funds until we know. So, that's why we're coming back and getting approval

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prior. Um, and then that way we'll make that adjustment at the end of the year. Thank you. >> Um, do we have an anticipated completion date for the exterior facade improvements and the landscaping >> in the parking lot?

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>> Once this is approved, the parking lot work would take probably four to five days and the landscaping about a week and a half. >> What about the exterior? >> Wayne is working on that portion of it. You mean the painting and the facade? >> Yeah, the facade. Yeah, Wayne is working on that um out of the building fund and

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I know they're waiting on some materials and they're supposed to start construction about the first week of June. >> Okay, so it's it'll be starting soon. That's great to hear. Okay, >> thank you. Any public comment cards? No. Any public comment?

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Right. Is there a motion to approve? >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I Thank you. >> Thank you, Doug. Agenda item 20, consider approval of the Dquesta Park fence installation and removal. Guess removal and installation.

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>> Good evening, council. Greg Corbett, parks and recreation director. Um, the item that we're looking at tonight is uh for Toquesta Park. And when we removed all the non-native vegetation, it

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exposed a lot of the existing fence that's been kind of hodge podgey and torn apart. some areas are open. Um, so we are requesting that we uh create the boundary for the park on the east and

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west side of the entrance. Um, we've gotten three bids on this. The amount of the project is uh $39,758. >> Thank you, Greg. Council, open it up for discussion. No comments.

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>> I should build fences for a living. >> So, I question everything. I don't like it. Um, not for for whatever reasons. Um, but if you look at other parks, >> a lot of them, some some don't even have a fence. Um, and I know they're not necessarils

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in Avakcoa. It's more of like a a wood barrier kind of a concept. um like the idea of blocking in the the gate so cars can't come in at night, but I I would rather wait and see what happens with the park and see if we can have some type of consistency within the

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village on the way the fences look. Um even match it up to Constitution Park or or whatever, which I know understand might be more expensive. Um but I think I'd like to see some consistency. >> Sure. Not sure how else anybody else would, but

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>> I don't fully disagree. Um I I think there has to be something and I just think security-wise. Um especially if we're the ones that are got to be regulating that with our PD. That's really all my But I don't really not picky about the type of fence.

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>> I Oh, sorry. Go ahead. Go >> ahead. the um I understand Kyle's comments, but what potentially could become of Tquesta Park um I think would need to be protected not only from vandalism, but

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also because of some of the accidents that would be there, I think there should be there could be afterhour kids that could get hurt and I think it just opens up to a lot of liability. I mean, yes, there's a tremendous lot of tremendous amount of liability when somebody can go swimming at night at over at Coral Cove, but there's no

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fence. We have a fence if somebody breaks in and does something and damages it or gets hurt. I think we've got a little bit more teeth behind defending ourselves, I think. So, I understand the the natural beauty of it all, but I also think that with what we've in our parks

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plan, what we have proposed for this, I think if we if it comes to fruition, I think we really need to protect it. So, >> were your three bids only for chain links? >> Yes, ma'am. >> So, we we don't have any kind of gauge of >> It's a vinyl black typical chain link.

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>> No, I know. But the one that we have Constitution Park like that white one. Oh, that would be >> But we don't even have >> I didn't even think about that. >> I mean, ideally, I would like that better because it is going with our

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theme of being cohesive. Um, also showing that we are trying to do something with that park. Um, and this would be kind of a PD question, but going back to like my childhood, chain link fence are actually really easy to climb and jump. And that white one we have a constitution a

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little bit harder. Do >> you have any more comments? >> I would just recommend that we maybe get a quote for a fence that is consistent >> with the aesthetics. >> Yeah, I mean from a security are there any cameras out there now?

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>> No, there isn't. >> No, none. So, >> and and I don't mean to cut you off, but I mean we looked at that uh as we were talking about putting the new building in and it's going to be significantly higher because we don't have any fiber out there. the closest fiber is a pretty good run. We were able to put fiber on

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Remembrance Park because we were running it for the annex building. So, um I mean it's going to be a significant cost. I we paid $50 to $60,000 for those cameras. Remembrance park. I mean you're probably talking about like four times as much to put cameras out there because

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of the fiber run that it's going to be to put them out there. >> Okay. So, no cameras. And I mean I do think security is important there. We have important assets on that property. We have wells. We, you know, soon we'll be I don't know what's going to be stored in that maintenance building, but there's going to be probably equipment

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stored there. So, security is going to be important. Um, I mean, I I don't know. You're suggesting putting up white fencing everywhere. >> Just matching what we have. >> Unless it has to be white cuz I was for this black. I was thinking like green

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chain link fence. I don't know if the if green um coated would be a price change from the black, but I think green at least would kind of blend in a little bit more with, you know, the vegetation. Maybe >> the existing fence that's out there

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that's usable is the black vinyl. Also, the the gate is >> Oh, it's black. Okay. So, you want to stay consistent. >> I just feel like it's going to be really expensive to do that. Well, is it is it um the fence at Dquesta or at Concian

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Park is PVC, right? It's >> Yes. >> Yeah. How high is it? >> It's maybe two feet forward. >> It's >> It's more an aesthetic look. >> Yeah. >> It's only serving just the depending on how you want it to look.

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>> That fence isn't two feet. It's >> talking about the exterior fence. >> You're talking about the fence along road. Yeah. Yeah, that's higher. I'm >> like 2 ft. >> We got two different types of vital um PVC, you know, uh fencing in the park. I

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was I thought you were referring the ones around the playground. Uh yeah, the ones uh the fencing along Do Road is at least 6 ft. Yeah. I I just think aesthetically too I like I know we want to try to you know have

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um consistency in our v our vision and that you know it's it's very apparent that it's aquesta asset but a village asset. Um but I feel like having the chain link is nice because that is a very natural area and I think if you put

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up that white fence you're going to block that view. Um, I know part of this plan is important to our residents to maintain that that natural area and natural look. So, I'm a little worried if we do a a white solid fence like that, you're you're just blocking that

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beauty of all the the vegetation there. So, um, and I I guess I would like from an opinion standpoint from PD, I mean, from a security standpoint, is it that much of a difference with the chain link versus the PVC? think people are going to get over it like find their way over

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the fence either way probably or I don't >> if they want to get over it they're going to get over it. Yeah, they're going to find a way. So fence or no fence. >> So who's it stopping? >> Excuse me. >> Who is it stopping? >> Um well, you know, when you think about

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if like what um Mr. Sartorii was saying that we'd have a leg to stand on if something was to happen in the park and we have a barrier, you know, and if if there is no barrier, then, you know, we could say, well, we didn't block it off, you know. So, um that's the one main

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thing that I'm thinking about right currently right now. But >> you know, >> so there was several reasons that uh I know when we talked with the parks and rec director and the police um you know fences deter people whether you know

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whether they can climb it or not, it it does deter people from doing it. Um and then you know instead of people just walking randomly through you know our hedges and trees and bushes like we it's defined area where they're going to go in and out of. So, as we landscape that

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and and some of that green grows back, it helps protect some of that. So, there there's several reasons why the fence is important. What fence you guys want to go with, that'll be your guys's decision, but um that that's why we have the recommendation to add the fence.

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Thank you. I appreciate your um comments and ideas, but for me, I think just maintaining the the chain link um aesthetically will just look better, too, so we don't block all the all the natural areas of the park there. Any other comment,

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questions from council? How long would it take to get a quote on a different type of fence? >> I can a couple weeks maybe. >> I don't know. I'm not disagreeing with you, mayor. Um, I just feel like if we were to make a solid decision and then

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it moves forward, we spend money on it, at least we have all the facts and figures in front of us and then we can say we looked at this, we looked at that and this is what we came about. >> Yeah. No, I don't disagree. Aesthetically, I'm just not in favor. That's why. Yeah. >> So, make but with a quote, it would come

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with a picture on site. I knew what that would look like, but maybe not the public. And again, just for me that would just be us doing our due diligence and then we could say, you know, transparency wise, like we we looked at quotes for this type, this type, what it would look like. This is what we decided

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on. And I feel like right now we're just kind of split. So I would be more in favor to kind of go in that direction because I would just take a little more time from Greg and then we can make a decision since we're spending money on it. >> I mean, the chain link fence vinyl is your most economical. It is

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>> basic, you know, bottom of the line fencing. >> Now we're talking about, you know, the Cadillac version of fencing. So, um, but we can, you know, I can get you quotes. >> I just feel like it's a simple >> sure >> look at and again, right now, I feel

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like we're kind of not in a really heavy consensus. >> No, I think a fence is important. I just think if we're going to do it, I think and we're going to plan on putting money into that park potentially that we want that whole thing to to look as well on the on the front end as it does in the

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back end. Um, so I I would either see this as a temporary thing and I just have a hard time spending $40,000 temporarily. Um, that's it. I just I know the fence blocks it, but also think if you landscape it, it looks nice, too. So, >> Council Member Sur, anything else to

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add? I'm sorry. >> Anything else to add? >> No. Um, >> is the old fence is still currently up or was that has that been taken down already? Yeah, I know it's like in bad condition, but is it it's still there? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. >> So, if I go get other quotes, you're you're talking about the fence that's on Dover Road, the one with the slats that you can you can actually see through it. >> Yes. >> Is that the one that you guys are Okay. Just want to make sure >> just for the entrance for off of county

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line like I'm not envisioning a whole park. >> Correct. >> Um but again my job up here is to look at all the facts and figures and options and then when I have to say to people this is why I voted >> that would allow me to say this one was way expensive and maybe visually not as

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pleasing when we got the drawings and diagrams >> and then I can fairly say that to them. That's where I am. Um, so the gate leave it the way it is or try and match it with the >> it's just the chain link swinging gate.

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Correct. >> Yes. Yes. >> I think that's the easiest. >> Oh, that's I don't know. >> Can you pull a map up on the screen? Can you pull a map up, please? >> The map of where we have the fence or like >> No, just the park so we can kind of make

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sure we're all on the same page. with these two is that >> but the gate doesn't necessarily need to be replaced right now. Correct. Like it's functioning. >> No, we just fixed that. So that's perfect. >> Yeah. Yeah. So what what are going to be the

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complete boundaries that you would want the white quote for the white fence? Is it along that whole entire because it's hard it's a little disjointed the layout on that is in our um >> it is it is because um there's a lot of

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natural um vegetation that's along the sidewalk. So we would have to come off the sidewalk a little bit or we would remove that vegetation so that you would have a nice clean line

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from one boundary from the east boundary to the west boundary. >> So is that >> it's hard to describe without us like going out there and like walking it. Um but there is some areas where we'd maybe have to set it back. And that's why I just wanted to pull up the map to

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clarify because what what's in our backup? It's not it's not like a clear >> no fence line. That's why like what is what is our request of Greg for for the white fence? Is it like we're going to put it right by the sidewalk or we're going to rip out some landscaping, push

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it back just so he knows he has direction and can get the right number for us >> or do we leave it up to his discretion? I mean, I think the way you have it d drawn >> already is is makes sense to me.

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>> There's two different ones. >> Well, one's where it is and then one where it gone. >> That's roughly 9 900 ft, >> I think. >> So, I don't think you got quotes for this front right here, right? like I think it was just when it started

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getting into >> and you correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that this is all still intact. So, we weren't going to do that. So, when we're talking about 39,000, it's not including any of this. And then when you get into where >> uh and for the record, you know, FWC,

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that was a partnership with FWC that helped remove all that um the invasive species out there and it was a grant by Parks and Rec team. So, you know, kudos to them. Um but so behind all this foilage, you know, um that's where

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that's where they came in and done that project. So that's all we're proposing is just the part that's behind that. So if if we're talking about consistency, I would gather that we'd be talking about go ahead and getting quotes for the fence including this linear. Otherwise,

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you're going to have it peacemeal, right? So it's going to add significantly to the cost just by adding linear feet to it. So, and then on the other side, the same thing. Um, I think it's pretty consistent though, but I think the very front part, you see the fence there, but as it kind of gets into

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the other part is where we got quotes for it. So, that's why that on the agenda packet, it's separate, two separate areas because we just calculated or he just got the quote for the linear feet for the areas that needed it. So, if we're talking about changing the fence, I guess that's where

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Mayor Young's question comes in. Where are we going to? Are we doing the whole thing? >> Why didn't you start with that? >> I didn't I didn't know the question was coming, so apologize. >> Okay. So, I support a prettier, more

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aesthetic, welcoming, cohesive fence, but it it wouldn't it it wouldn't match that. I'm looking at our backup. So, going through the landscaping, I'm fine with the chain link. Um, but I see where you're going with it and I support looking at a quote in the future

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whenever we're going to do the entrance where the gate is and then how it opens up. That's what I'm talking about. >> Yeah, >> but I didn't know that that fence is staying there. >> That that should be something that we uh you know right now we it's good to know this because with our discussions with

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Kimberly Horn and the master plan um if this is something that we want to you know put in part of that project, now's the time to do that. >> Okay. Well, I would I would support looking into that for that front section, but if this chain link is going through the trees, I'm fine with that. I

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was talking about the quote for the front. So, I would be fine the way it was written tonight. And your drawing of the new rather than the currently it is like this. >> Yes. >> Right. I actually think it'd be more costly to do like the one you presented

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to us in here where it's just going across. >> Okay. I mean linear feet that's less. So >> that's what I prefer. Yeah. >> So for security purposes now potentially proceed with this but consider this and

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improvements to the gate when we hopefully eventually do the big capital improvement there. That would make sense. Okay. Any other discussion? Any public comment cards? Nope. Any

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public comment? All right. Is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I say no. >> Okay. And on this, I have agenda item 21 for the roof replacement project, but I

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don't think >> that had been removed. >> Yeah, that's still on. Okay. Sorry. It's on both copies. I don't know what's happening over here. It says remove. So, I'm just going to say we're going on uh so for record, agenda item 21 for uh roof replacement work outside of

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standard work hours is being removed. So, we're on to agenda item 22. Consider approval of Holtz Engineering uh contract for preparation of a water facility plan for emerging containments SRF loan opportunity.

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>> Thank you, Mayor Council. Allisonberg, utilities director. before you tonight is um consideration of approval for the work authorization for Holtz Consulting Engineers who currently um facilitates all of our SRF loans um from our request

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for inclusion that we're about to submit for water main 3 to the construction inspection submitting all of our Davis bacon wage requirements to FDP coming and doing our um interviews with the employees they handle all of that on the

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SRF side for all of our projects Um so right now that would be water main 2 beach road phase 2 and the water treatment plant upgrades once that gets awarded. Um and then they recently um closed out water main for when that was underway. Um so they're very familiar

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with our SRF requirements with the SRF project overall and with FD and everything that they require. Um so before you tonight is the work authorization for the emerging contaminants SRF water facilities plan. plan. So, a facilities plan is required

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to be submitted and approved prior to requesting any funding for projects within that plan. So, we currently have two plans. The first one is for water mane 1 and 4 and the water treatment plant upgrades that was submitted back in 2021. Um, and then in 2024, we

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updated it with all of the um water main improvement projects besides water main 1 and 4. Um, so now with everything coming up with the PAS and Kimy Horn doing our master plan, once we identify a path forward, those projects will be included in this facility's plan and

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submitted for emerging contaminants SRF. That type of SRF is a little bit different than what we currently have. We have drinking water SRF. Um, the emerging contaminants is specific mostly for PAS and what a lot of utilities have used for PAS. Um, it is um principal

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loan forgiveness there. It is offered for us. else we would qualify for principal loan forgiveness. Um and so it's more lucrative for us to pursue that type of funding. The reason why we haven't in the past is because um you have to have this facilities plan done

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and you have to identify those projects. We didn't have any projects related to emerging contaminants as well as the fact that there wasn't a lot of funding for this. The funding that was provided was scooped up pretty quickly and the pot of money ran out pretty quick. Um but with recent talks to FD um it is

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believed that they have secured more funding for emergency or for emerging contaminants. And so in order to prepare for when that opens up in August um we would have to have this plan in place. Um it will not be in place and ready and approved by FD for the August request for inclusion meeting, but we are hoping

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to have it in place for the following meetings after that. Um the cost for this plan is $39,650. We did not budget for it. So that is why it's coming before you tonight. Um and we are requesting to utilize some of the

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settlement funding that we received through our Tao BASF PAS settlement to cover the cost of this project. Um, and also doing this now will provide us the um, ability to submit it for the rest of the settlements that are coming up for

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those deadlines so we can potentially receive some of this cost back through those settlements. >> Thank you, council. Any comments, questions? None for me. I'm just I know you had sent an email kind of just explaining this, but just

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for the record, um Kimley Horn's working on a master facilities plan and part of that was options for how to uh deal with the contaminants. So that's not done or maybe it's done, but it hasn't been brought to council yet. So council can decide what direction we want to go with

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that. So what are they working on in relation to that? So this plan >> like is that related to whatever Kinley Horn's um recommendations are going to be to deal with the contaminants? >> Yes. So the facilities plan that has to

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be provided to FD for approval prior to any funding requests. There's multiple portions of it. It's not just the project. So there's your typical operation and maintenance of your facility. there's um your daily demands, your your flows, your wells, your

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current assets, the conditions of those assets. Um so they can begin to start working on that now. Um this will take anywhere from 2 to 4 months to complete. So they can start working on that now and that provides us enough time to present the master plan from Kimley Horn, decide what route we want to go,

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and then give that information to Holtz. um some of the information that is required to be in the plan like the state that we're in with our PAS and and kind of the situation and why we need the funding that can all be done now because that's not going to change. It's just the path forward and that can all

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be provided as soon as um we provide the master plan to council which I believe right now is planned for the end of June at a workshop. >> Okay. Well, I don't want to miss an opportunity of getting potential funding. I appreciate this being brought to us, but it feels slightly cart before

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horse thing since Kimley Horn's not done. And and I know this predates you, but we spend so much money on consultants for the water utility. And we have multiple times now had to go back and pay consultants again to revisit and change plans that were put

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in place. I just like if this gets approved, I do not want to see a change order for an additional cost because council decides we want to go one direction on Kingley Horn's master plan and they started marching down a road like another road. So, I just want to make that really clear. So, that I hope

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that timing works out because that that's going to be very disappointing if we have to approve another consultant agreement to make changes on something that we approved already. >> Completely understand and I do not anticipate any changes. >> Thank you. >> Yep. Any other council comments or questions? No ma'am.

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>> Any public comment? >> Any public comment? Nope. All right. Is there a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? >> I I >> All right. Moving on. Agenda item 23. Nope. That one was removed. Still on my

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agenda. So, for record, I'm going to say 23 for consider approval of Kimmy Horn's authorization to complete a water utility financial forecast and capital recovery charge study is removed. So, we're on to our final agenda item finally tonight. Agenda item 24,

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consider adoption of our 2026 2027 strategic plan. >> All right. Thank you, mayor. Before you tonight is consideration of adoption of the village of Tquesta's 2627 strategic plan. This plan is the result of the council's strategic planning workshop held on April 13th where the council

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engaged in a collaborative and forward-looking discussion to establish priorities and direction for the village over the next several physical years. The proposed strategic plan serves as a comprehensive roadmap to guide policy decisions, capital investments, organizational priorities, and resource

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allocation that reflects the council's continued commitment to preserving Toquest's unique character and high quality of life while strategic planning for the future. The plan is organized around three primary focus areas. Delivering and sustaining highquality municipal infrastructure and services, protecting community appearance,

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character, and identity, and operating a physical responsible government. With those focus areas, the plan identifies specific council priority initiatives including water infrastructure investment, storm water resilience, mobility and safety improvements, toesta park redevelopment, beautifification

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projects, future facilities plans, and evaluation of long-term funding strategies. The strategic plan is intended to be a living and dynamic document that will be regularly reviewed and updated as priorities evolve and projects advance. It is also provides a transparent framework for tracking

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progress, maintaining accountability, and aligning future budgets and capital improvements plans with the council's adopted priorities. With that, you have the strategic plan. >> Thank you. Council, open up for discussion. >> Nothing new for me.

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>> Nothing for me. >> I think it was a great process. Sure. >> My only comment is um we so we ranked these discussed these and ranked them prior to us seeing the space studies that were done that we workshopped last week and developed

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future master facilities plans was ranked number three. Um and after seeing what I saw at the workshop I am really not in favor of that being ranked as high as it is now. Um, I think the the

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water utility facility, maybe not that building, but any project that we're doing for the existing facilities kind of falls under item one. Is that correct? >> Yeah, that's right. >> So, I don't know if there's consideration on maybe dropping down that develop future master facilities

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plan based on what we saw last week. >> Kind of already assumed it was after last week's discussion. Do we I mean we could remove it all together or just keep it on there so we know it's an eventual goal but like it shouldn't like >> staff shouldn't be really it's number

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three so they shouldn't be budgeting and really trying to drive that this year >> where they're going to budget that from. >> That's what I'm saying. So that's I'm like maybe we lower it so they don't focus on it. >> I'm fine with that. >> I am too. Kind of right that it was happening. >> Bottom bottom. >> Gotcha.

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>> Okay. Any public comment cards? >> No. Any public comment? So the motion will be to approve with putting uh strategic item number three develop future master facilities plan at the bottom. Is there a motion for that? Oh, sorry. I

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will make a motion to approve the strategic plan with moving the master plan for facilities down to the bottom. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. All right. Any other matters? Uh just one thing and it's not on the agenda tonight and it will be coming before us.

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Um but I just for the record you know the issue we're having with core and main and the water meters that um and their lack of willingness to pay. I just want to for the record say that um I think when we can terminate that

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contract I would suggest that staff I don't think it's my job to say that but um I want staff to really consider trying to find another vendor for water meters. That's it >> just for that one. Um and and you've have expressed that to me. Um Corn

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Main's been a good vendor for us for a lot of the fittings and I mean so we're I don't think we're ready to like pull the plug on them but the meters we are looking at a different vendor for that in the future. So they've been a good partner with us up until that point. So

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>> I have nothing to add for tonight. >> So one thing I want to maybe make a suggestion, a couple things, two suggestions. Um we have a general employees pension and a public safety pin pension, two boards. Um I'd request that the staff look to see if there's a possibility of combining them to to

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create some efficiencies. Um I don't think it's necessary to have two separate ones. Um there's a lot of things that there's a lot of overlap that's done between the two and I think you can potentially combine those and so that would encourage staff to look into that >> if that's okay with everybody.

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>> So I think well at the workshop next month we're talking about boards and committees, right? Yeah. >> Like I think that might be a good opportunity to kind of just look at >> maybe look at all the boards and committees and if there's any efficiencies and changes we should make. >> Yeah. I just don't know if it's can

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physically be done. I I think it can and so I'm going to get you an update when we do the committees, but um our first look at that uh was a no because of the 175 and 185. It has to be separate >> separate, >> but I don't have a I haven't even ran it

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by I mean legal that was me and Jeff sitting around the table. So, >> what ideas? >> The other thing um on on our agenda today was that rate study. Um, I would like to also encourage staff to be able to see if they can run that rate study in-house with all the new technology out

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there to be able to run analysis and data. That rate study basically pulls a lot of data from our capital improvement projects and there's a lot of all of the all that information comes from us. So, we pretty much have everything. Um, I practiced on that and I I ran a little

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thing and and guess what? It it works. So, I would encourage um staff to at least have that as an option or at least look into that is see if that is an option. >> And well, I I had these comments if we were going to talk about the item, but if it does come back to us, I I would have liked to see other quotes too. I

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think continuity is good, but sometimes with something this significant, sometimes a second set of eyes is good as well. So, um, depending on what staff brings back to us there, I would like to see other options and other quotes and or what you just suggested.

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>> That's all I have. >> I I don't have anything. Can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. All in favor? >> I Okay.