I can I can figure real [Music] really five seconds good evening all right good evening everyone I'd like to call this meeting to order it is 6:01 p.m. it's February 13th 2025 and it's
our regular council meeting Lori can I get roll call Mayor Young here vice mayor sori here council member Brandon council member painter here council member French here thank you
this evening the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance will be led by council member painter all right thank you mayor Molly good evening everyone if you could bow your heads and pray with me appreciate it dear heavenly father we want to thank
you for this opportunity to gather here tonight surrounded by so many wonderful people from our community to give thanks and discuss the future of our village Lord we thank you for the abundance of blessings you have bestowed upon us and we ask that you keep everyone in our village
especially our First Responders safe and healthy and provide us with opportunities so that we may provide opportunities for others let us strive for greatness in all that we do and remind us to always count our blessings during a time with so much opportunity for our village there's also a great
deal of uncertainty in the world around us and so many challenges that we'll inevitably have to face in the future for that reason Lord we ask that you will be a beacon of light Our Hope and The Rock on which we stand so that we can glorify you and all that we do in
your name we pray amen amen I to flag of the United States of America and to the repic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all
L all right can I get a motion to approve tonight's agenda so move second all in favor I hi hey for presentations first tonight we have a proclamation proclaiming March as let's move pal me County month and I do not believe anyone is here to accept it so we will not read
it into the record moving on to presentation number two at 1909 Foundation connecting Quest a small business to entrepreneurial resources hello good evening uh my name is Monique Fabu I am here on behalf of 1909 I am
the development director um I also have with me this evening uh Shana asit our executive director Rebecca Delarosa who is our government Affairs leaon and most importantly my husband Jonathan Fabio um but good evening again mayor
vice mayor and council members and thank you for the opportunity to introduce 1909 and share how we support small businesses and entrepreneurs throughout Palm Beach County along with a potential event to connect with your local business Community here in the village of
taquesta 1909 named after the year Palm Beach County was founded it is is a nonprofit 501c3 organization dedicated to the holistic growth of entrepreneurs small business owners and creatives offering education mentorship affordable
work and a community of like-minded individuals all working to build a better future for themselves their families our community and the world oops oops sorry let's just progress that too
far at 1909 our resources are designed to meet the unique needs of entrepreneurs at every stage of their Journey our business education programs the ideator accelerator and scaleup help turn ideas into businesses tackle growth
challenges and build long-term success a mentor matching program connects our members with experienced leaders and business professionals to provide valuable guidance to them and their businesses our workspace at 30% 30% below Market rates offers an affordable
place for entrepreneurs to focus and grow their businesses alongside like-minded individuals in the heart of Downtown West Palm Beach and while we are physically located and based in West Palm Beach many many of our members actually travel from across Palm Beach County including North County areas like
Palm Beach Gardens Jupiter and seesta to access the resources space and community that help them build successful businesses and perhaps our greatest asset is our diverse community of members who collaborate and Inspire each other each and every day to
succeed more than just a workspace 1909 is a place where our members form lasting bonds and support each other's growth our community of over 200 members embodies our values of mindful Innovation holistic growth collaboration diversity and integrity believing that a
balanced approach to entrepreneurship leads to Greater success and happiness we believe that collaboration skill sharing and learning from people across all Industries and different backgrounds will lead us to success and solutions that will have a lasting
impact and to touch a bit more on our imp impact since 2018 1909 has helped launch and support over50 early stage businesses generated over $66 million in E economic impact over the last two
years provided over 500 hours of mentorship and creates more than 200 jobs annually over 60% of the businesses in our programs are women and minority owned ensuring that individuals who often lack the access to financial and
Social Capital have the opportunity to turn their ideas into reality our signature collab event which is a weekend long hackathon style competition where local talent and business professionals collaborate to transform a Founder's business has provided over
500,000 worth of prooo work to emerging businesses in our community our members and their businesses span industries from consumer products like specialty food and beverage Brands to creative services such as marketing agencies photography and web design as well the next AI Tech
startups and Sustainable Solutions the 1909 Community truly represents the opportunity and growth taking shape here in Palm Beach County our region increasingly seen as the next major hub for entrepreneurship and Innovation our work at 1909 would not be
possible without the incredible support from local government Community Partners and generous corporate and individual donors we're especially grateful for the support from pal County and the City of boa Raton whose grants will help us expand our scaleup initiative and better
Ser serve small businesses across the entire region we also have a dedicated board of directors whose leadership and Guidance play a crucial role in our success and now on to why I'm here tonight and it's not just to share about 1909 but also to present an exciting
opportunity for the village of taquesta small business Community to connect through a casual meet and event this Gathering will give local businesses a chance to learn about 199's resources build relationships with one another and explore new opportunities for
collaboration and growth together we can strengthen existing support systems for small businesses and Foster Economic Development right here in Testa if the council sees value in an event like this we'd like your help promoting it through your networks and
Community channels as well as encouraging local businesses and entrepreneurs to attend additionally we would welcome any assistant in identifying a suitable venue and potential local businesses or Partners who might be interested in supporting an event like this through potential food
or beverage contributions or donations in return the village we gain exposure through 199's extensive network of over 200 members over 4,400 social media followers and over 2,000 newsletter subscribers as we would also share and promote this event
and if successful and your con constituents find Value in what 1909 has to offer we're excited to explore future collaborations to keep supporting the village of Test's small business Community thank you thank you thank you
Mone Council any comments or questions sure yeah start um I initially met Monique I've heard about 1909 for a while and I just kind of viewed them as a co-working space executive office and I didn't really understand them it's really is a community of resources for
not just small businesses but already thriving businesses that um you know at a certain level and they need resources to get to another level and they just didn't have that and so what I saw there was very interesting and I said look our residents want to keep our local businesses and it's a lot of work
sometimes and as a as a government entity we want to support our local businesses but our resources are only so much and our bandwidth is only so much so I thought what a great idea for 1909 to uh or to join with 1909 and offer more resources for our local businesses
some that haven't started yet will start or have already been thriving in the area so we can keep them here in taquesta and so I would just ask the council to consider um forming alongside 1909 for this pop-up event that would be
in the near future um having our social media our newsletter uh putting anything out there we can to the public and letting our uh residents and anyone around just kind of know what's out there and I'm not necessarily asking for any funding uh from the council at this
time but just a partnership and that we use our resources to get out there yeah thank you um I'm familiar with 1909 I know one of your I guess co-founders pretty well and I think it's a cool idea um I mean I would be happy to support it
via social or the the council in the village I on behalf of the council and the Village would be totally okay with us supporting it via social media spreading the word um is there any so like there's this meet and greet right and let's assume that all goes really
well is there any kind of like logical Next Step where 1909 could continue to engage but more at a local level I know you're in West Palm Beach and I know that's the home but is there any are you guys branching out into other areas with kind of um something more than just a
popup where it kind of lives in the community right um the you know the intent and the goal of the popup would absolutely you know to bring more awareness to your small business Community about the fact that these resources do exist for them um and you know from their understanding you know
what the needs are and how they can be supported whether it's through you know our inperson programming that we do offer at our space in Downtown West Palm Beach or other events um there are opportunities for um for people that who are not quite members yet but are small
business or entrepreneurs to kind of um get a taste of what we have to offer through these quarterly um business Foundation workshops that we started offering last fall which is a really nice introduction um to what we to what we do um but as I mentioned in one of my
previous slides um you know while we are physically located in West Palm we do have a good amount of members who who do travel in you know on a regular basis um not just for the space for for the community for the programming because if you've been been entrepreneur or you
know started your own business doing it from you know your home your second bedroom even your local coffee shop can sometimes be very isolating and it's important to to be around other people who are also building right and and so that's really the value that our our
members in our community see um outside of sometimes the traffic and the headache that it can take to to get to Downtown West Palm great well thank you yeah and I you know we all love our local business so whatever we can do to help with that you know as far as I'm concerned I'm I'm good with it Monique
thank you and is it shaa Shana sh Shana and Rebecca thank you for coming up and as well as your husband as well take time on your day um I similar to what my colleagues have said you know I think it's great what you're doing I've heard of 1909 so tonight is a success because now I know much more about what you do
and I can continue to discuss that I think it' be great for some of the entrepreneurs that we have here within the village and if there's something that we can do and and we think the timing is right and it's the right venue and the right purpose and I'd be willing to support that as well so but thank you again for coming up really appreciate
it yes I I agree thank you for coming to speak to us tonight and um I agree your organization does great things just a two quick questions is um for an event like this do you ever coordinate with the chamber so it would be you know Palm be North Chamber of Commerce so um would
you potentially would that be a better Avenue to promote an event like that inqua through the chamber uh we would simultaneously Pro promote something like this through the chamber we are members of the Palm Beach uh North chamber and um we often promote um you
know our big events uh through their through their Channel um but we really wanted to ensure that if it's something that we're we're you know specifically providing for your consistents that we had all of your support as well but absolutely it's something that we would collaborate and partner with with you all on and kind of what that marketing
and messaging looks like and then ensure that it goes out um absolutely through the the north chamber and their portal okay okay and then is is the event to drive your membership as well or I guess the ask was briefly up there but I guess I mean I would like to understand a
little bit more of what the full ask is and I know um we cannot take action on our presentations I don't know if we would have to Workshop it next or what that next step would be maybe you could give us guidance on that oh my thought was there's no application or there was
a presentation but they may maybe the next step is a uh meeting Phil Jeremy's calendar maybe a meeting with the manager to understand exactly what the ask is and then that can be brought back to you for you know if if it's use of the
Village website if it's and that we have policies and I don't have any of that in front of me I don't recall exactly what is required but um I would think at at the very least um um maybe some interaction at the staff level and then bring it back to council for um formal
action on what exactly is being okay does that sound reasonable y okay all right thank you so much will be in touch great thank you for your time appreciate it all right moving on to the consent
agenda can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda so moved second all in favor I right Communications from citizens L do you have any cards I don't any uh Communications from the public that is not related to an agenda item
haral Taylor 13 Chapel Court very short message I'd like to wish our counsel our manager our attorney police and fire any staff member and all citizens here in attendance we wish you a happy
Valentine's Day enjoy the day to the fullest thank you you didn't see that com any other public comment he moving on to Communications from Council I don't have anything
tonight I have three items this evening uh first one Jackson Riverside Park off North Riverside Drive it's a Palm Beach County parcel uh during our residence Academy was brought up that it would be great if the village of Testa had a paddle board or kayak put in somewhere
around the inter Coastal we have beautiful water but we actually do not have a physical put in or ramp here in sequa uh so I did meet with palich County representatives and the short of the story is that it's set up as a passive Park so there's no long-term plan or
short-term plan to change that from a passive Park and there's some other regulations there uh however we made sure to bring that to their attention for further meetings and hopefully we can get something going uh because there is a very low cost and I'll create that where our citizens could par par and put
a kayak or paddle board right there in the village uh right now there's no parking it is a nice park if you haven't been there it's kind of hidden but it's walk only um or or bike I guess as well uh the other item I have is um I attend the chambers economic a monthly economic
meeting for the north chamber and part of the presentation this month was discover Palm Beaches who um presented just last month here for the council and one of the items I tasked them with was a more local or resident Centric events
you know they're sometimes are focused on palmach County as a whole or bigger cities or bringing people in from the outside but uh I ask them to focus on a little bit more of a a local event not locals only um but more something that maybe people here haven't attended or
they don't know about something they can experience that is close by not just bringing in uh Outsiders is not the right word but people who do not live here um their main focus and it seems they like that idea and they're going to work on some type of events uh to get that going those are my comments thanks
um I think we'll have a workshop before we leave a few of us will be going to Tallahassee for annual palmach County day and that's really where we go up at the beginning of session and just uh you know congratulate and encourage you know our 13 member delegation uh with the
60-day with a 60-day session uh people don't seem to realize uh we have almost 9% of the state legislature headquartered here in palage County we have 13 out of 160 so about a little over 8% and we can move the needle with that and if we ever can get our act
together and we can collaborate with Dade and Broward we can have almost 40% of legislature represented by South Florida so we can continue to do that and that's kind of one of the things that we'll be doing under the mayor we'll be up there Jason will be there as well um so we're up there when we're not
here you know well it's important to us to look out our front door and make sure they we're advocating for folks here but what we do in Tallahassee has a tremendous impact and later tonight we're going to be discussing our legislative agenda um and that's one of the things that we'll be up there knocking on doors reminding people what's important to North County so
that's what we'll be in March 4th and 5th thank you all right I have nothing else to add moving on to standing reports Village attorney thank you mayor you had asked me uh our last meeting our Workshop uh to get an update on the what
we call the form six litigation um and the the short version is that there's been nothing really has happened since November um which is when the parties filed their motions for summary judgment the court has those documents the court has done nothing with them
since then has not made any uh rulings has not scheduled any hearings so just parties are sort of waiting for the court to do something and that that's there's been no movement really since last fall but uh
continue to monitor it and when something does happen you be the first to know thank you any questions for Keith no thank you Keith Village manager hey you guys have my standing report February 5th we kicked off the meeting uh Village Mobility planning with ketton
and Associates we plan on having some public engagement opportunities in the coming months we'll get those dates and get those posted uh yesterday we found out that we were approved for a $4.5 million drinking water State revolve in Loan Fund for Beach Road Phase 2 I know
that's been kind of on hold will be closed on President's Day on Monday febru February 17th uh EAC is hosting a public meeting March 4th from 6:00 to 7:30 to Recreation Center really discuss living Shoreline um the theme the the
title of it is living shorelines protect our Shores preserve our futures really just discuss living shorelines I know representative from BLM M will be there Jay will be doing a presentation just really educating our our public on the ordinance that Council passed and hopefully you know the idea is to get
voluntary um voluntary compliance with that um and then March 3rd um is our regular Village Council Workshop March 7th is our annual strategic planning workshop with that you have my report thank you any questions for the manager
okay no no thank you all right Police Department evening mayor vice mayor council uh you do have my standing report a couple highlights and some of the things that weren't put on the report our civilian Firearms class we continue to have those uh we have another packed house coming this
Saturday the 15th with a office appr is doing a great job with that our weekly Explorer meetings continue I want to highlight we actually started the program September 3rd and we identified one of our young explorers to
go through the process for our next hire police officer and after after the process he was found to be the best person for it it helped that we met him for 6 months and saw what he was about obviously during uh the meetings and how he took a leadership position so he's actually starting the police academy
next week so it's kind of like what we thought of what we wanted it to happen in regards to getting some kids in here finding out who they are helping them guide them and uh he honestly I think he's going to do his proud so the American Legion award uh Corporal hoys R
will be recognized offic of the Year by the legion this Saturday at 6 p.m. uh so I'll be there on Valentine's Day weekend Harold so that'll be my Valentine's uh uh Lieutenant smallen will be
retiring on February 28th after 24 years with the village and 28 years total of law enforcement uh we will be doing a walk out ceremony for him uh we'll be sending invites out at 11:00 a.m. in the council chambers for Keith uh we just
went through our mock assessment for re accreditation we're up for re accreditation to Florida uh the standards obviously uh last time was in 22 so it's every three years so our actual date is April 15th to the 17th but we had a very successful mock assessment and uh it went well so we're
looking forward to April to be re accredited again for another three years and the last thing I wanted to touch on was and the manager and I have spoken a few times in regards to ebike uh if some of you may have seen obviously uh we've put out some education piece in regards
to Facebook uh we actually had Lieutenant Blanc do a short video in regards to safety and some of the things to do is and Don in state law we also provided some flyers out to a of golf carts riders only as well so when people are buying the E bikes they know the
rules and of the road uh we conducted a two week short investigation but we continue with Patrol we put extra patrols on the bicycle I put the officers on the ebikes kind of communicating with the kids we made contact with 22 uh uh people on ebikes on no violations uh I know people
sometimes will call about not having their lights on at night uh I will tell you that not during this twoe period but prior we issued citations for not having lights uh we actually I think it was three three citations for not having uh lights and one for uh hel not helmet
someone under the age of 16 so you know uh we have a couple of residents that call often and we're communicating with them it is a problem I get it uh you know but officers are out there and talking to the kids and you know we know more or less who the kids are because we continually stop them and you know uh
talk about the rules of the road so it is something that we continue Jeremy and I and I always tell our residents if they have something that another City's doing that we more happy to listen and see if you know if there's a better solution but right now we're just on the education piece
so that's all I have Council any comments or questions nothing for me Chief thank you no thank you Chief thank you just thank you for the efforts on on the ebikes I know um we've been getting emails and calls and you know it's just learning how to navigate the latest
Trend so I really appreciate the amped up efforts there thank you okay fire department with our new fire chief good evening everyone mayor vice mayor council members uh thank you so much for having me uh just want to start
off by thanking you once again I know everybody was involved D in the transition ceremony uh outside uh every Department was involved either in attendance or helping set it up it was a great day my wife and family were Beyond pleased with all it was really a great
day um just a few things I've been here just a little over a week without the training wheel so uh trying to get through uh meetings with all my company officers and uh that's been that's been really great I've learned a lot about the department so far I've met with five
of the six and now I'm going to start working my way through the ranking file I've also met with most of the department heads with Chief tro and I started going to the many many Palm Beach County fire chiefs Association meetings that seemed to fill my calendar
very quickly so uh but I've learned a lot um there is a big learning curve but I'm enjoying it so uh one of the things that we have been working on or that I've been working on is a uh four pillars of the fire department and uh
kind of to just to quickly go through them uh operational expertise which is something I think our men and women with the fire rescue Department are really good at already they do a great job uh just seeing them work for the last month or two uh I'm really
impressed training and relevant training is another one our community commitment is something I have probably never witnessed before in the Departments I've worked for it's unbelievable here how touch with the community are and the different events they have and the
people that get involved and the last one is the one I have to work on the most is the prevention side and uh Community risk reduction and public education which we are going to ramp up uh I've talked to manager Allen about assert team and if you're unfamiliar
with assert team it's a community Emergency Response Team it'll kind of go hand inand with our non-combat volunteers and it'll get us even deeper into the community and they will help out dur disasters and during some of our special events and uh I've been involved
with it in other cities and other counties and it's just a great program so uh moving forward uh the guys have been doing a great job getting me up to speed and uh I'm just thankful to be here and I really appreciate the opportunity I'll have lots more for you next month I promise uh but I'm just
like I said I'm just trying to get to know everybody first and uh and then I'll dig in even deeper so thank you very much great thank you welcome again and great first apologize I'm trying to slip out of here it's my wife's birthday I got us to the group
wow birthday and Valentine's Day yeah it's tough every year my anniversary was a week ago too so tough good yeah welcome Che any questions or coms good yeah thank welcome thank you guys thank you and last the utilities department good evening mayor vice mayor and
Council um yeah I'm the smile on my face I'm so excited that we've been funded for Beats Road Phase 2 this been a long road as you know we've been talking about this it feels like since I've been here um and they had run out of money um over and over and so now we are we are
funded so we have to go through the process as you know the agreement uh and we'll wait for that to come and then bring it before you uh for approval um water water treatment plant projects we
are um about to bid out uh the filter plant uh and so we're really excited about that the filter the filter media replacement we've been talking about that one for a while um and then the water treatment plant project the the big one with the efficiencies and the
safety components it's 6.5 million that one as soon as we get the d uh agreement that's signed and executed back from them then we will be bidding that as well so we're really moving forward um with that um we also did submit today
the last paperwork for for $145,000 reimbursement for the vulnerability assessment um and um we are um what else oh you may have noticed that the sign is gone for water main
number one or for one and four and so I'm very excited we're in substantial completion we're we've got a very small punch list we're about to just close that project out um then U that's just hitting the highlights of one of the big highlights is we got a new baby in the
department that's a Milano that's Edmonton edson's um new baby and everyone says it looks just like Edinson we can see right here and then really I'm really excited also um to I'd
like to introduce my new deputy director Allison pelberg so if Allison could come up um and we've already she's already been a tremendous help getting things um you know off the plate moving forward
and uh more to come sorry 50-50 chance and I pick the wrong side um mayor vice mayor council very nice to meet most of you mayor Molly thank you so much for coming out to the water plant and recording the
videos um my short time here the past three weeks has been tremendous I'm so excited about the future I think we're going to have some great projects coming up here soon um and it's been a great ride so far the staff that is here that
you have is amazing they've all been so welcoming in every Department um and I think that's a testament to you all and the staff that you have um the directors in the manager um I'm very excited to get it going and I look forward to speaking to you all in the future
welcome I'm jumping for joy so you can see her um child uh is that waffles yeah that's waffles that is waffles that's her chicken so um and she has she has eggs they brings and eggs and so that's
another very exciting thing with that do you have any questions Council I do not welcome aboard no thank you both thank you you can see the smile I'm I'm very thank you very much thank you Mar right under the regular agenda we do
not have any old business on the new business item 17 a special exception use 1-24 for private museum at 358 Cypress Drive and mayor before um we get started these actually agenda
items 17 and 18 are related and they're both quasi judicial hearings uh with your permission I can do all the preliminary preliminaries on that uh so agenda item 17 is the special exception application and agenda item 18 is the
site plan modification application both for um both for the 358 Cyprus uh Drive site um if you're going to be speaking to the Village Council about either of these items offering testimony needs since
this is Quai judicial your testimony needs to be under oath and I need to swear everybody in who'll be testifying I can do that right now if you'll please stand Raise Your Right hands each of you swear or affirm under penalties of perjury that your testimony to the Village Council on these items
will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth thank you you can I'll have a seat coming back to council if any of you have done any experte investigations had discussions with staff the applicant um site visits consulted with experts anything along
those lines outside of the public setting while it's permissible to do it needs to be disclosed for the record at this time so I'd ask for those disclosures from each of you yeah um so I quite some time ago um met with Mr Herring and Mr alvers a long time ago
just to talk about the site um not even sure but over a year and I've been to the site just by myself just to go kind of get my bearings that's it see here I've had site visits in the past uh and I have spoken with uh Mr
hering as well I have visited the site on my own uh and I did have a meeting seems like about 18 months ago uh with Mr Alber and Mr hering thank you yeah same met with the lamb planer and applicant I yes probably over a year ago during the conceptual uh time
and I have visited the site by myself as well than you mayor then with the swearing in and those disclosures on the record we can proceed uh with these items thank you uh Jay Hub community development director um as you know it's been a long process with this one um
special exception 124 and site plan 524 I'm just going to present them together and I think the applicant is going to do his presentation of these items together as well of course you'll vote separately but uh we'll do the presentations together uh so 358 Cyprus and the 3 zoning
District history the the property was constructed in 1970 um previously used as an auto repair establishment that provided paint and bodyw work Services um in the past there have been some code violations um and we have no permits on file for Meaningful improvements in the past 50
years on August 8th as you remember at the applicant's request the Village Council approved a zoning text amendment to allow private museums in the C3 District um here's a proposed elevations on the proposed going to convert it to a private Museum um which includes a
facelift and upgraded Landscaping um the project um will also not have to provide Civic open space um it does not uh expand the existing site greater than 20% um the application was submitted prior to the overlay adoption so the overlay really wouldn't apply
anyways but even if it had there really wouldn't be any impacts um on on this property um procedurally um we did things a little bit different L than than you've done in in recent years so uh previously The Village had taken
special exceptions the council and then gone back and got the site plan application later that's kind of countered how most other communities do it around here um and it's certainly different than I'm used to doing um this actually leads to a lengthy review process from staff and on the applicant
it's a more it costs more for the applicant because they're they're paying their Consultants more um it's more burdensome on staff's time so it's really just streamlined process to do the site plan and the special exception together um unless Council has issues with it we'll continue doing this when
the applicant is open to it and uh just I'm I'm dating Mr hearing here unfortunately um but as you can see back in 1996 Mr hearing brought an application um for a pro for a project and a site plan and a special exception was reviewed at the same time so uh
we're not required to to do it anyway we can do it however we want by code uh but there you go so in looking at the special exception um there's uh two different types of review criteria here uh it says that the council shall only um approve
it when it's um found to comply with the following requirements it's a permitted special exception use which it is designed and located to be operated so the public health safety and Welfare morals will be protected that it will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property that it's compatible with the joining development
that adequate landscaping and screening is provided and adequate off street parking and loading is provided uh additionally it says that um prior to any special exception being granted the council shall apply the following standards compliance with the
comp plan Ingress and egress to property off street parking loading um nuisance utilities screening and buffering General compatibility uh and typically special exceptions I are more of a compatibility issue um where we're looking at you know
is it going to provide odors or noises or you know negatively impact neighboring properties and in this case it's a it's really a fairly benign use it's going to mostly be inside the building so um at least From staff's perspective we don't see too many issues in terms of
compatibility uh here's the site plan um the I know the applicant will go a little bit further in detail on it um one thing to to kind of point out is over here on the right side um they're providing a substantial landscape offer in the um FPC railroad RightWay or the
well the The Village owns the RightWay adjacent to the FPC rail line um we worked pretty heavily with Steve Parker our village landscape architect and margerie and Doug and our uh utilities um consultant chin Mo just to make sure
that that what was actually designed in the RightWay is would would jive with um their maintenance of of the RightWay and um because there there's also an exfiltration trench under there um which which has drainage so there was a lot of back and forth with staff and
then separate meetings with the applicant and their Landscape Architects and so ultimately we really collaboratively were able to design uh a really nice landscape offer that allows them to maintain the the existing exfiltration and um also creates kind of
a a beautiful a beautiful area and um you know fortunately they've kind of created a design pallet for this space that if the village wants to we could continue on our own dime throughout there or as existing or future properties redevelop um ideally we could
get them to to kind of chip in and do the same thing U but it should kind of start setting the tone for a nice a nice little landscape buer back there uh our development Review Committee reviewed this uh at a meeting on August 20th Community Development police fire building Landscaping
utilities uh civil and traffic engineering um so there is a few rounds of back and forth comments with the applicant and um everyone on the development Review Committee uh is satisfied at this point we do have some conditions that are proposed they're really um if I'll get to those in a
minute um and here's just some examples of the FL Florida friendly landscaping that's going to be provided on site um like I said Steve Parker the landscape architect for the village had a lot of input into these um so we've really got a really nice pallet of of Florida friendly
landscaping and here the conditions of approval so at the December 16th uh PCB meeting they voted 5 to Zer to approve the site plan with staff's nine proposed conditions um the first one is really related to the maintenance of the
Landscaping um it's kind of lengthy there these are a lot of these are just procedural things that kind of Staff put in to safeguard things um they're also upgrading the Cypress Drive median um so the second condition is related to the maintenance of that that landscape
median um number three is just a general comment about tree preservation and maintenance of landscaping um comment number four is that they'd have to receive a special event permit for anything any type of special event they have I know at the at the past during the special exception I mean during the
zoning text Amendment uh process they' mentioned possibly having special events fundraisers things like that so this condition basically just says they'll have to go through The Village's normal special event process for that um number five it says that no signage is included in the approval they didn't include any
so we just want to ensure that they'd have to come back back for a separate sign permit if if they do want to put any signage up I don't believe there's any intent but we just put that in there uh number six um screen all mechanical equipment um number seven provide root bearers with the
trees um and then number eight is we we want um to ensure that we review the stabilized surface that's going to be on that that walkway in the back just to make sure that um it's going to be strong enough to to handle the maintenance that's going to be going over the exfiltration trench and then
number nine is just a condition that the pzb wanted to make sure that that you approve the special exception prior to approving the site plan and that concludes my presentation U Mr hearing will uh follow up well fantastic well good evening for the record Donaldson hearing here
tonight on behalf of uh 358 Cypress LLC and uh we have Mr Nate Alber here today I believe our architect Joe th Thomas is here uh and we also have Mr Curtis shankman here with us Council for uh uh
the project well this has been a a great experience in working with staff and uh and with the council uh bringing the project forward uh as you're aware that the site when we first started discussing this uh I guess well over a year ago was in pretty pretty
dilapitated condition as Jeremy had pointed out it's a 50-year-old building and I don't think anybody has spent more than a dollar on maintenance in those 50 years so uh the the site uh the site's been cleaned up there were lots of violations all of those violations have
been fully satisfied the site's cleaned up and ready to go on and and really bring on a new life that can be really a jewel and something that can hopefully uh spur and encourage additional development uh uh and Redevelopment within the corridor the sites in the C3
zoning District the proposed use of private Museum uh is a special exception use and we're bringing the special exception and site plan before you uh this evening uh the site meets the site development criteria of the code uh this
is an older non-conforming site so in today in the existing condition before we do anything there's very little Landscaping on site you know a lot less person previous area uh and uh parking areas aren't really up to code and don't
meet regulations and so we're bringing the lighting is in up the code and so all of those things are being incorporated into our our design uh the building itself a little bit over 6,000 square fet about 5,000 square fet will be utilized for the display in museum
purposes and, 1500 sare fet will be utilized for office space I think as we mentioned to you uh during previous disc discussions uh Mr Mr Albert's Global business's headquarters here uh in Jupiter he's a resident of the village
of Testa uh and so this facility will be utilized by him and his staff to promoting uh his uh Global business efforts that he uh brings here to uh the the the village of taquesta and Jupiter
Northern Palm Beach County but also I think we expressed a desire and a commitment to work with the Community to be able to do certain fundraiser events whether it's for Hannah's home or you know even something about this 1909 that made a presentation before you today
what a what a what a cool uh place but a place like this would be very inspiring for a group of entrepreneurs to be able to meet and certainly that I know that uh Mr Albert's commitment to the community is there and we look forward to uh those opportunities we meet all of
the required parking uh that was established within the zoning uh ordinance when the uh use was added to the C3 District uh and so we have safe Ingress and egress we're actually trying to make the vehicular use area more definable landscape areas and barriers
uh more accessible so that there's a better control because today there's really no striping or anything uh on the on the site so this is the landscape plan with a little bit more color uh really helps bring to life what we're doing and as uh as Jay had pointed out
uh we did spend a lot of time in in working uh with your public works department uh and utility department uh concerning the green area uh which is your Park which is a wonderful linear Park uh of course it's passed by
Travelers on the bright line 24 or more times a day uh so we have the opportunity to you know highlight uh highlight it but also hopefully to create a pattern that uh uh in time this quarter continue to can be to continue continue to be enhanced really use
something as something functional for the residents so what we learned and this is probably more information than you want to know but there is an exfiltration trench that is like 6 feet deep and 20 feet wide that runs down the middle and that basically handles the
water quality uh of some of the runoff in the village and it's a great place to do that but it did require us to design our landscape so that we maintain and protected the the Integrity of that uh retention area as well as the provided
access so that the utilities and things could be maintained and so uh we did that uh with your staff and with your sta the city's landscape architect uh We've also agreed to uh to enhance the one median that's uh in front of the project on Cypress Drive I think it's
the only one on Cypress Drive that isn't isn't landscape so we're really just repeating the pallet that you've established uh and then we're reading to get that established uh for 90 days 120 days and then once the landscape established the village will continue
the maintenance of the median but the applicant will do the maintenance of the linear Park so it's real clear it's it's Village property is we're not privatizing it we're doing that as the benefit uh to the village and of course we'll enjoy the beauty that it will uh
it will create so very very excited about that uh again there's this is kind of giving you a context and you could see the great opportunity to continue it all the way up to the Questa Drive and uh make it meaningful uh uh in the future uh this is just a technical site
plan that's in your package uh the important thing here is Staff has determined that it meets all the criteria of your code uh and of the comprehensive plan and the same thing with the landscaping again it's a technical drawing but it does go in to show that we really tried to add
landscape everywhere we could because there's zero landscape aping on the site today uh and again your staff has determined this to be uh consistent uh with the code just a reminder of what it was not going to be that now uh it was uh something that was not as desirable
not indicative of the wonderful Village of Desta uh and then this is what we're what we're proposing so uh maintaining the Integrity of the existing structure uh but adding elements to and some green Walls uh and some features to create a
coastal field to an industrial building uh and so we're excited about that this will be hurricane rated uh we are doing security uh in consultation with your uh police department in terms of the types of cameras and infrared technology that
will be uh will be utilized uh all new lighting uh and so we truly hope that we can be part of a Renaissance of Redevelopment that continues uh on on Cypress Drive uh as far as the the requirements to uh of your code uh
there's site plan criteria uh we meet every Criterion uh outlined uh within the code and that has been confirmed by your staff all the different items which our site plan is required to adhere to the architecture is required to adhere
to uh we've met the Landscaping criteria of your code in terms of buffering enhancement and Florida friendly requirements uh we have uh also met all of the special exception criteria of the C of the code uh this will not have an
impact uh on anyone it will not be interest to anyone within the community it will have an opport it will have a positive effect by increasing property values uh and you know throughout the area and beautifying the area and so hopefully something a trend that would
continue down the line so hope I didn't talk too long for you so J pointed out that that special exception was 1996 I think I was 12 years old then and had hair but uh uh it's a pleasure to be here and we request your approval Mr
alvers and our team are here we're happy to answer any questions that you may have thank you and um Council we do have it's two separate items so we'll start with a special exception so if you have any questions related to that and that criteria um we can ask those now yeah I
don't have any questions I'll just want to say what I I you know said in the past I mean I like I said I Vis visited the site it needs love it needed love um and I I feel the applicant is doing just that they're coming in they're improving not just the site but also offsite um I
love what you're doing in the open space in the right away in the right away in the rear but also what you're doing in the median I you know hopefully that will um spur some type of you know additional improvements on our stretch of Cypress Drive which I'm a huge fan of I mean Cypress Drive as a whole the
whole Bor is awesome but obviously I love our littlea section um and I think ultimately the improvements that will be made to this site um I you know hopefully people drive by they notice it and it'll drive further Redevelopment to the area
um you know meets all the special uh special exception requirements and otherwise complies with the code and thus I am in favor of granting the special exception um subject to the assuming there's no major objection and if there
are to any of those nine uh conditions we're in agreement with all conditions okay then subject to those nine conditions Fromm which is part of the special um the fight plan oh sorry so we'll we'll yep that's
it that was my uh my only question was the proposed conditions we'll save that for the next week the answer um I Echo a lot of what council member pner said you know I do understand some public concern there's not a direct benefit to the residents um or daily use but I do believe the indirect benefit uh is going
to hold significant value for the residents uh and the area of Cyprus drive and so this revitalization uh I'm excited to see it and thank you for all your hard work on it and I'm in support of this thanks Mr Herring and Mr Alber thank you for your investment in the
village of Testa um over the period that this has been discussed some of the public feedback was um what we're potentially losing because it's going private use private Museum we're losing some commercial and industrial space um in in usage um and there would be the
potential for more people want to go this but Jay is it true that part of the ZTA was there's a spacing requirement there cannot be another private Museum within a th000 ft correct which will effectively mean this will be the only one because the C3 disc is relatively small yeah just want so for the public
this not something that can continue um I was in favor of uh that changed back then and I can stand in favor of it now because I believe that the benefit that Mr alers and what you're going to be doing to that property hopefully will inspire some other property owners to do
that uh and pick that up um a second comment that I heard quite a bit and I want to address is that the U we were taking away from another opportunity for somebody to come in another auto body shop or something but if I'm not mistaken this property was available for sale for a while and upon the closing we
first discussed this which seems like it was a a year ago um I did walk our ver most the whole Cypress drive down to the Jupiter side in the village of Testa and in the village of Testa side if I'm not mistaken at the time we discussed this there was about eight open Parcels uh
that were vacant or for rent so we weren't taking away so that's why I stand I stood in favor of it then and I stand in favor of it now so thank you again for your investment in this question um I do want to thank you for your investment into crust I'm very
excited to see the property redeveloped and I do think it's going to help the area it's no secret to you guys I was not in favor of the ZTA mostly for what vice mayor just said taking away uh um from our Comm you know our very limited commercial areas we have inesta and know
we did have a hard time seeing how a building with an office and a gym and simulators and showers was a private Museum nonetheless it was codified and so with the criteria we have there's really no reason not to uh uh there's no justification to not appr it so I am in
favor of the special exception thank you very much Madame mayor right any other Council comments on the special exception none for me okay any uh public comment any cards any public comment all right Council can I get a motion motion to approve second all in
favor I I okay now we'll discuss the site plan modification agenda item 18 Council any comments on the site plan um I have none no if uh the applicant agreed to all the
proposed conditions I do not have any comments nothing further I have um just a couple minor questions um thank you for softening up the building from that very first conceptual we saw um this is definitely um fits the bill a little bit more for Desta and of course for the
landscape strip that you're going to do behind the property um I the the glazing does call out to be gray tinted is that going to be like you can't see through at all like from a security standpoint that's why I kind of am asking it's good that our architect can he came to the
meeting so he can he can earn his uh his weedies today yes madame mayor uh the uh the great tint is just gonna it's uh not going to you'll still have views into the building with the gray tint it's not
going to be a dark tint but if that's a recommendation that uh that's certainly something that we could consider doing well you had mentioned security and maybe that you're talking in our Police Department that is just a concern there's going to be very high valuable items in there and I just from a
security standpoint like are you going to be able to see in or yeah if you could explain that also wanted to note that um the the doors where you can see in would be the side doors there that are going to be in the fenced area in the back you would not be able to see in those from the the main road from toest to drive the front area of the building
which I don't know if you can pull up the rendering that you actually drive by facing to Questa Drive that'll open into offices and closed rooms you're not going to see automobiles or anything of of any significant value there but we would certainly be willing to to look at it an option and or screening automatic
screening you know that uh the more we can increase security the better yeah I think internal screening yeah we could use roll down shades you know at night to to cover the windows okay yeah that would be great if you could add that
um and then really the only other question is might be more more for the building department is I think this came up with the masterani building because they have cars in theirs um is there going to be fuel in the building and I sometimes I know there's special code
requirements with electrical if there's Fuel nearby how can someone explain that how that's being addressed yeah there's there's a special containers that that will hold the fuel uh they you know obviously the cars will have fuel in them um but the uh any any storage
containers are it's limited to the amount of the volume of gasoline that is allowed to be in the building and any any gasoline in excess of that would have to be stored properly just corre so it it'll only be the minimum on of field
that's in the vehicles there will not be any fuel storage on site whether it's canisters or fuel distribution at all so just just in the vehicles okay Wayne do you have anything to add the one thing I want to add I believe was going to be buildings going to be sprinkled as well which is not
presently at the time so that makes difference as well okay good great thank you all right that's all I had any other Council comments questions none thank you any public comment any cards no any public comment so um we would I want to get a
motion to approve with the nine uh staff conditions of approval and if Council wants to add just what we talked about some additional um screening from the windows from a security standpoint okay yeah I'll make that motion uh to approve the site plan with the 9
pnz uh conditions and um yeah I'm I'm I think the screening in the front is is a good idea as long as that doesn't create any major heartburn for the applicant which I don't think it does that's my motion okay so site plan
approval the conditions and then additional screening the additional screening kind was like left open in the air yeah I guess when I say I shouldn't say screening it's a little yeah roll roll shades on the inside just some screening for yeah people can't see especially at night
some type of yeah interior roll down um screening you made motion right yes okay second all in favor I just want to make sure I have the the I understand the nine that were in the presentation would the additional one if I wrote interior
security screening on the Cypress Drive facing Windows does that more private I think the intent would be on the the windows where that would look into Museum where where expensive items might be stored there'd be roll down screening
to to fuse The View I think onqu to drive into the offices could I ask Mr Herring to get with Jay and maybe sure draft the absolutely so we capture council's intent get me the language so I can make sure it's correctly worded and sure can on theed or on second drive
it's nice to have transparency in I mean it really is it's but where we have security that's for this for from a planning standpoint that's not from a client standpoint but but on the other areas we certainly would agree to that we'll get with Jay and get you some
language thank you thank you thank you we have a second second do I'll prove it yet no okay all right got a second all in favor thank you thank gentlemen thank you very much thank you thank you J item
19 ordinance number 04 d25 which is a first reading on some adjustments to our pension trust fund thank you mayor ordinance 0425 ordinance of the Village Council Village ofest of Florida amending the code of ordinances at chapter 2 Administration amending section 261 pension trust fund exhibit a
general employee pension trust fund section 11 optional forms of benefit by amending subsection one to provide for a 75% optional form of benefit providing conflix Clause separability Clause authority to codify and effective dat and for other
purposes so uh the general employees pension Board of Trustees supports this uh this amending the ordinance to align with this standard option The Village would request to partners with Resource Centers to administer General employees pension trust fund um along with other
municipalities currently this is the only one that's 76% 7 instead of 75% they have asked to make this change to our ordinance um and we have no objection from the staff or legal side thank you Council any comments or
questions none for me none Noone where any comment cards no ma'am any public comment can I get a motion so moves all in favor I I Jen I am 20 ordinance number
0-25 first reading of um Construction noise thank you mayor ordinance 0125 ordinance of the Village Council Village of dequest of Florida amending the code of ordinances at Chapter 30 environmental control article 10 noise section 30- 361 prohibited noise
generally to revise permissible hours for construction and other noise generating activity on Saturdays providing each and every other section subsection of chapter 30 shall remain in full force and effects previously adopted providing conflicts Clause severability Clause authority to cify effective data and for other
purposes thank you you Wayne good evening everyone uh thanks for having me um this item was uh previously workshopped uh we discussed this at GD length and the concern was uh the construction hours and um what you see
in front of you would be those items that we've discussed and uh resulted primarily from the construction hours on the Saturday uh be reduced to 8 to5 versus the current um 7 to 6:00
p.m. um if you have any other questions regarding that Council any comments or questions I have no comments I do not no um I brought this up at the workshop does the for the um under section 15 for
the pile drivers hammers Etc yes um the Dem like vibration that comes along with the Demolition of a structure is that included in there or no the vibration is only tied into um those
activities related to pile driving and and and and those items that would trigger vibrating uh for an extended period of time so that's where that was tied into regular demolition wouldn't be triggered uh and as far as that goes
however as far as requiring the uh the the the contractor to provide vibration uh uh monitoring at the property line okay thank you I I guess in general do you guys monitor
demolition um yes so as far as the demolition it can cause a good amount of vibration depending on how good the the demo contractor is what what what the intent here is to allow for demolition but
should the situation warrant that there is um an activity in that demolition process that is causing vibrations to neighboring properties we're now able we we would be now able to require them to have some kind of a monitory installed
at the property lines to determine uh is it a detrimental vibration or is just vibration that uh there is really no uh leading to any any harm or any any other destruction okay so you it wouldn't be required out the gate but you have the
ability and discretion to ask to ask for it yes great perfect okay any other Council questions or comments none for me thank you any comment cards any public comment can I get a motion so moved second all in
favor I they're in a battle thank you second thank you Wayne thank you way uh final agenda item 21 consider approval of resolution 0425 for request is legislative priorities for the session
thank you mayor the the council annually adopts the Florida our legislative priorities for the village of Testa we workshopped this item identified the floor League of cities priorities as well as the Palm Beach County priorities we uh from the workshop that we had on
February 3rd we also added in records exemption for municipal Clerk's personnel and hopefully you know there's some bills that we can support a bill that we can support for that so in front of you you have our legislative priorities the you know the intent of this is for um uh to give me I will say
brackets um to support or um work against you know bills that don't that don't support The Village's priorities um as you guys know like last year you know sending letters to committee members um I know the mayor you know goes up there we you know we'll have
maybe have other council members participating that you know this gives the mayor and whoever whatever other council members including myself the the parameters to support The Village's priorities anything out side of that typically if there's something else that
pops up um that we want to support or fight against we would bring that back to council and add it to this list um and so um by supporting this you're basically given given the parameters to to support or you work against uh at the
state this year thank you Council any comments or questions and for me got two comments on here I think for the clerk's first for the clerk's um bill I was on the municip operations committee where the clerk's bill was uh voted on and it
wasn't that it it uh wasn't popular and supported it just didn't make it to the the top um but however a lot of people in the room especially the clerks uh did support that exemption they felt that there wasn't as as much uh favoritism to that public records exemption law this
year because they U focused on it in the years before uh the other part is I think we need to keep an eye on the public safety bill that's out there from my committee as well um I didn't think I'd be speaking against a public safety Bill my first time on the committee however I think
the the language for this bill um we have to keep an eye on twofold one when the state changes requirements for public safety it affects everybody and then two I don't think it's a real concern but because Jupiter fire department is creating a new fire department here right next to us we
should keep an eye on that to see how that language would affect us in the future so I'm not requesting any action just that we do keep an eye on it and I obviously will be as well that's thank you have no comments me either any comment cards any public comment right
can I get a motion so moved second all in favor I so nice s all right any other matters Council I do not have any I do not have any either I don't have anything me either with that can I get a
motion to adjourn so moved second all in favor hi thank you everyone thank you all that felt like a very uh productive efficient efficient