[Music] never been to ital [Music] Milo wow what a great experience do it see I get Ana she perfect I would just do
it yeah that's yeah public comments on the agenda it's up here yeah we were talking about that's where it's always at it's always been up there
never hey hey somebody has strong feelings about the reation right on time I know it's big time for me I guess just [Music] you're doing
right but okay it's not me yeah okay I forgot to look at that part I looked at the agenda I to look at the top are we live yeah yeah yeah he good evening everyone it's 6 PM I'd like to call the meeting to order
it's March 13 2025 and this is our special council meeting uh Lori can I get roll call please Mayor Young here vice mayor Sor here council member Brandon here council member painter here council member
French here VI Zoom thank you can I get a motion to approve the agenda so moved second all in favor I hi are there any Communications from the citizens
tonight okay I'll roll on to the first agenda item Council oath of office for myself for seat two and Patrick painter for seat four okay stand right here or come down repeat after me I st your name I
Patrick Solly swear do solemly swear that I will support protect and defend that I will support protect and defend the Constitution the Constitution and government of the United States government and government of the United States and of the State of Florida and
of the State of Florida against all enemies against all enemies domestic or foreign domestic or foreign and that I will bear true faith and that I will bear true Faith loyalty and Allegiance loyalty and allegiance to the same to the same and that I am entitled to hold
office and that I am entitled to hold office under the Constitution under the Constitution and that I will Faithfully perform and that I will Faithfully all the duties all the duties of the office of council member of the office of council member
seat four on which I am about to enter I'm about to enter help me so help me okay and moving on to agenda item two for the V Village Council reorg will'll take a call for nominations for the mayor so you can um as you know the
charter requires Council to appoint a mayor and a vice mayor annually um um we can either take multip one or more nominations that may be out there or somebody can make a motion uh and we can
take it that way at the council's Choice thank so I will nominate Molly young to stay in the seat of Mayor you accept that nomination yes are there any other nominations for the
mayor's seat if it's the same do I need do I need to nominate okay nope good all right then I would like to nominate vice mayor sori for the mayor seat all right uh Mr Sor do you accept that nomination uh yes I will accept
Okay so we have two nominations on the floor and the uh proper procedures to uh vote on them in the order that they were made the first nomination was for Molly young to serve as mayor for the upcoming
uh year um I think it would be appropriate since we have two nominations to do roll call vote um if we can do a roll call vote on the nomination for Molly young okay Mayor Young yes vice mayor sir toring uh
no council excuse me council member Brandon yes council member painter yes and council member French no all right that motion carried cares 3-2
um or the nomination was approved 3-2 so um council member young Mayor Young you are are appointed as mayor for the upcoming uh the next year congratulations thank you all right same process for the seat
of vice mayor we can take nominations or someone can make a motion at the 's pleasure for the office of vice mayor I will nominate brick sator oh sorry I still your it's fine go ahead I will nominate Rick Satori Mr Sor do you
accept that nomination yes I do are there any other nominations for the office of vice mayor for the upcoming year hearing none we can let's go ahead and have a roll call vote on the nomination for Mr Sartori Mayor Young yes vice mayor Sartor yes council member
Brandon yes council member painter yes council member French yes all right uh Mr Sor Mr vice mayor congratulations for the next term you're the vice mayor and uh that concludes
our turn it back over to the mayor for the rest of the agenda thank you and the final agenda item is Council remarks Council open the floor just say congratulations to both of you and uh they're both um extremely talented and either of you could have done the job
I'm sure but I'm I I think this will this will only strengthen our Council as we move forward so congratulations thank you um yeah so as a whole I'm very pleased with what we have accomplished in the past year I am pleased with the
representation we have at different um League lunches and other conferences and whatnot in Tallahassee um our budget we started discussing and I'm very pleased that we are having very effective conversations back and forth and we are finding compromises
and solutions and listening to the people and so I am pleased with the way things have been going and I hope we continue that for the next year council member French thank you mayor uh and yes mayor uh wanted you to know that my vote um
for councilman's was uh not of the job as a mayor they did a phenomenal job and anybody who takes your seat in the future are going to have some big shoes to fill uh it was just my belief to rotate the mayor's position and offer
some checks and balances for the future but you haven't done an amazing job around the village the county and the state um people around this entire State know not to mess with Questa and you're one big reason why so thank you for all your your hard work and if I can add
also in the short time that I've known you got to serve with you I've learned a lot and really uh just a few months and so I appreciate the the possess on the skills that I do not I can learn from thank Youk you um and and I Echo
what has been said this evening um my vote for myself and my no vote for our mayor reappointed mayor had nothing to do with um more so my desire I mean it was my desire to be mayor um but Molly's done a great job I have said that to her
quite often um she does so many things and has done things and I like think that I am following in her footsteps to put to Questa you know on the map in places that people don't see you know the league of cities at the state level the Florida League of cities um the TPA and all the different places where we
can insert oursel and Molly has done an admirable job and a tremendous job and I am very honored to serve as vice mayor next you for another year so thank you thank you and um those words are very much appreciated not necessary you know I don't it's always at the council's pleasure and I do think that you would do a great
job as well and um it's never a bad thing to see other leadership skills up here so thank you for the kind words though uh council member painter congratulations on being uh sworn in for your second term that's a big deal too and I'll just say I'm really proud uh of
this Council as a whole any time I'm out and about um just everyone comes up to me and has so many positive things to say about taquesta and our Council and I know the vice mayor is so proud to serve in that role and he is such great support and he's very involved with um
things throughout the county and state as well you know we were just up at palish County days and we divided and conquered he went to meetings that I couldn't go and I went to others so it's really great to have that support up here um and just truly I you know I'm going on my fifth year now as Council and fourth as mayor and to this day it's
humbling um it's such a privilege to serve the community at this capacity and I think it'll always be humbling so again thank you everyone very much appreciate it all right with that can I get a motion to adjourn so mooved second all in favor
I right do we need to take a pause between meetings are you guys ready to roll in the regular meeting good let's roll okay so it is 6:09 p.m. March 13th 2025 it's our regular council meeting
cor can I get roll Mayor Young here vice mayor Sor here council member here council member painter here council member French here via Zoom okay the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance tonight will be by vice mayor
Sor I would like to ask uh Pastor Paul to come on up and offer us the invocation and then I will follow up with the pledge thank you vice mayor Sor it's always an honor and privilege to lead our meetings in per I don't know how other many how other municipalities
do their business but it's an honor to know that we have had prayer here before we start each meeting ever since I've been here for over 22 years and it's a just a wonderful thing to have a village that starts with prayer and the pledge of allegiance that means the world so thank you all so very much all right
Heavenly Father we we pause to give you thanks for this day for this occasion we are grateful father for our mayor our vice mayor for all of our counselors Lord Jason and Lori and Patrick and
for our village attorney Keith for our village manager Jeremy for Lori our clerk God I'm just so thankful for them and Lord I sovereignly believe that you have put them in place to to govern our city and I pray for great wisdom and direction for them in the year ahead
thank you for them God and we pray your blessing over them and for all of our departments Lord here I am just so very grateful for eachone who serves for every department head every employee father I had a chance to get to know almost all of them
and very thankful for that and and for our Public Safety father my goodness for our police and fire for chief Medina and and chief mlen Garden for those men and women that do such a stellar job father professional job in keeping our residents safe and I'm just asking your
your your hedge of protection over them as they watch over us father and then Lord I want to pray for for our country tonight thank you for our nation Lord nothing is perfect of course but thank you for our country that we can meet together here tonight and without
fear I pray father for our men and women that are serving Us in the armed forces for every one of them Father for their families you watch over them Father and keep them safe and then Lord tonight I want to pray for uh the mcru
family boy I pray for our assistant chief mcru and for his dear wife Dina and their daughter Jenna during these very sad and difficult days um I pray father for your grace and your
peace and your mercy and your comfort over them thank you Father we can support them and and be encouragement to them in these days and I just commit this wonderful famine to you tonight father now go before us as we conduct the business of
our village in Jesus name we pray amen amen amen please draw me for the pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation under
God indivisible with liy and justice for all right can I get a motion to approve tonight's agenda so move second all in favor I I right on to presentations first tonight is a presentation of of the Abby Brennan
May award and I am pleased to announce that tonight I'd like to recognize martian neelson with the Abby Ren award Marsha's unwavering commitment and dedication to our community embodies the definition of a servant leader from our
early contributions on the community appearance board before 1991 and 1995 through 1997 to her spirited work with the villages history committee Mara has consist consistently demonstrated an infectious passion for preserving and enhancing our
community her weekly volunteer work at the Jupiter Inlet Museum further underscores her commitment to local history and Heritage in 2021 Mara continued to selflessly give up her time as she served on the charter review board ensuring that the village foundational
Constitution remain current and responsive Marsh's Pres and valuable input at countless V Village Council meetings and workshops her limit Limitless hours of diligent research and willingness to support the clerk and manager again represents her love and
dedication for our community lastly Marsha was an avid supporter of the development of remembrance Park even helping with the plaques that will be displayed as historical markers and donating bricks and I'm sure she's happy to see that Park open in the
spring so Mara everything you've done for the betterment of our community never goes unnoticed thank you for everything you do and [Music] congratulations speech Mara would you like to say anything
no check G all right moving on to Proclamation proclaiming April as water conservation month whereas water is a basic and essential need of every living creature whereas the State of Florida water management districts and the village of
taquesta are working together to increase awareness about the importance of water conservation whereas the village of taquesta in the State of Florida has designated April typically a dry month when water demands are most acute Florida's water conservation month
to educate citizens about how they can help save Florida's precious Water Resources whereas the village of taquesta has always encouraged and supported water conservation through various educational programs and special events whereas every business industry
school and citizen can make a difference when it comes to conserving water and whereas every business indust dist school and citizen can help by saving water and thus promote a healthy economy and Community whereas efficient Irrigation Design programming and
maintenance can conserve water the village of taquesta will encourage citizens and businesses to evaluate their irrigation systems for potential efficiency enhancements now therefore be it resolved by The Virtue and authority vested in the mayor of the village of
taquesta is hereby Proclaim April as water conservation month work and we appreciate everything that our water utility department does and we know that they're always looking at ways to be efficient and conserve as much as possible not just water but energy as
well so and um are we going to put out some messaging this month for that or are there any plans for that perfect thank you right moving on to the final presentation uh joh M3 Proclamation proclaiming March esor bike month is there anyone here to accept
so we won't be reading that into to record are we going to do any messaging on that as well or we can maybe something put something like on the Friday news blast right moving on to the consent agenda can I get a motion to approve the
consent agenda move second all in favor I I any Communications from citizens for items that are not on the agenda tonight I don't have any question okay moving on to Communications from
Council I'm good I don't have anything else um as uh the mayor referenced um we were in Tallahassee last week um for Page County day the opening day of session it's one of those things where um kind of need go to be seen but we did
have uh the opportunity to meet with I believe 11 of the 13 of our palom County delegation between the mayor and myself um as we learned up there and we continue to learn because of the great communication of our village manager uh and the league of cities is that some of
the things that um the that impact the village like our Enterprise funds for our utilities um seem to in taking away and stripping our ability to impose EXT territorial fees um take certain amounts
um to cover administrative costs out of those funds of excess funds um taking stripping those away from us um seems to be just flying through committee um and some other things that we're monitoring closely so um it was interesting um up
there it's a different session you get a different feel um because one the governor and the party in charge really aren't all on the same page uh but it was great and the only other thing that I will say um and it's a topic change is really golf carts and safety we had a
it'll be two weeks uh tomorrow we had a beautiful 37y old mother mother of two um fall off a golf cart and um she lost her life um freak accident free free everything um but it just goes to prove
that none of us are uh we're all vulnerable none of us are bulletproof and I just as we see more ebikes and I said this at the um workshop last week um we see more ebikes and and more golf carts please and I know our Police
Department does a tremendous job of enforcement but um seat bels are so important helmets are important um because we lost a great member of this community who won't see her two children grow up three-year-old and 18month old but there's a strong family support
network here and a friend Network and uh we're all working through all that so again just my personal plea please be careful on your golf carts and your ebikes so thank you thank you vice mayor council member French yes I had two comments thank
mayor uh I attended the March association meeting for the Beach Road Association uh Peter D was one of the presenters there he's the Jupiter Lighthouse um Bureau of Land Management and project manager for uh the
shoreline project coming up starting this year 2025 and he gave a nice proposal like he did to the council not so long ago um answer some of the citizens questions which was nice and a little bit less noral dialogue and then gave an update of an August
2026 completion of the Jupiter Inlet Shoreline area to be complete I'm also presenting that at that meeting was Tom Bradford he is the president of the new tqu the civic association uh Mr Bradford presented some items on the civic
association mentioning the creation and also it's a basically a group of concerned citizens that came together to assist in preserving and enhancing The Village the best they can so I don't know if I broke up right there but that was my the end of my comments okay thank you thank
you right um I I don't really need to go on the palmach county days vice mayor um already brought up but I know uh it's interesting because I served on the finance and Taxation committee for the Florida Le of cities and in my meetings that uh property taxes got brought up
the most and and the legislators actually brought it up first not me and uh there are a lot of bills out there um to amend our current property tax structure and there's just some concern with municipality on how uh some of the current proposed plans how we're going
to recover those funds um you know a lot of the conversation is uh a lot of the municipalities you know good portion ours is almost half of the general fund goes to Public Safety it's like how are we going to you know fund those essential Services if they uh start stripping away property taxes I'm kind
of an ating for you know maybe after session can you know the legislators can meet with stakeholders and have a more holistic approach and meeting to discuss property tax reform instead of like aund and something bills that are out there right now um it's it's all over the
place it's hard to track and I think it warrants a more um collaborative discussion if there's going to be change so that was kind of my focus when I was up there and it came up a lot um and then the other thing uh the bdb had a mayor's round table yet yesterday that I attended and it was interesting because
you know they attract usually larger businesses that want to relocate here and uh Desta doesn't have much to offer for large businesses we don't have the land we don't have the height so you know I kind of as what what value do we add to your mission or vision and um you know really I think what it comes down
to is dequest is a place that people who are moving here look to live so we are which you know makes sense we have a sense of community um people want to live here so um it was uh not interesting I would say um just kind of
confirmation that you know we do have such a good sense of community that people are moving here are you know always looking here to live inesta um and then two things that you know we care about and are working on to is education in regards to um the schools and quality of schools
whether it's private or public and also Transportation so um the mayor Jupiter brought up Transportation the May pal Gardens brought up transportation and uh the bdb is going to kind of assist in the efforts um on transportation and talked about maybe doing some um
interactive platforms on their website that inform people more that are coming here about the transportation options so um transportation is definitely being talked about with every stakeholder I feel like in the county right now so that is all I have right moving on to the Village
attorney thank you mayor congratulations Mr painer Miss Young for being reworn in look forward to another great year you know in terms of the village attorney's office things are pretty good shape with the village right now which
is good because I got a lot of things to pay attention to in the legislative session besides everything you guys brought up I mean there are there are preemptions about accessory dwelling units and single family zones about artificial turf about building permits
for single family homes about the public um public beach access and the customary use Doctrine and it it it goes on and on there's there's a lot of things being
proposed as legislation this year that as we do every year we'll be we'll be monitoring and you'll get a comprehensive uh report from my office at the close of the session on how everything shook out so um I know I appreciate all the all the work you guys
do uh on the state level in terms of um conveying your your support for local home rule so so I I'll leave it at that and uh unless you have any questions for me that's my report counc any comments
questions okay Village manager thank you mayor um you guys got an email from me um now it's public it's on the Palm Beach Post I think but Martin County has declined to do a quiet zone for that Crossing so you know obviously we're
we're still moving forward our with our partnership with the TPA and and fot but um just know that there's an expectation there that the Horn's still going to blow so just being mindful of that uh the last food truck event was last Friday kson and Son along with uh kson
and Sons along with Jay and the planning staff were out there we had over 100 residents that um came out to their booth and uh gave feedback so it was always it's really nice to see you know a lot of those residents don't don't come to meetings and don't always uh um
provide feedback so it's good to kind of get some some opinions on mobility and connectivity and some things that we can work on in the city um Jay and I went to a meeting hosted by Palm Beach Gardens today to discuss impact fees I think there were like 10 municipalities that
were represented there that are either working on Mobility or uh in the process of adopting um their fees uh ultimately you know by October 1st we have have to enter into interlocal agreement with the county on who's going to collect the impact fees so I think you know kudos to
our Council for being um uh kind of get in front of the curve with the mobility planning and fees uh because ultimately that'll help um guide us and and allow us to collect those impact fees and be able to use them back in our community um so that's uh I think we're on the
right path after today's me I felt good about it so um you know just give credit to Jay for for the part TPA for partnering with us and Jay for seeking that out and getting the grant um so I appreciate Jay working on that that's my
report any comments or questions U one I have one quick question because I know uh the meeting happened when we were in Tallahassee how did the uh living EAC had a living Shoreline workshop last week but Jay maybe you want to give an update on that we had about 10 people it
was it was relatively yeah we had about about 10 residents show up it was relatively small but the the speakers were fantastic uh wish that more people would come um but yeah it's a good event okay thank
you okay moving on Police Department evening mayor vice mayor council Village manager Village clerk uh you do have my monthly report a couple of highlights I want to bring out a couple of things that W didn't make it is we have our civilian Firearms class as it continues as I had said last time
we are completely uh booked uh up until July we're going to do two or three additional classes since we have all the equipment just because there's such a demand for it so we're going to continue even though that part won't be covered by the grant we're going to continue to uh to to do it uh we had a few ride
alongs this month our I want to talk about the weekly our explorers meetings they're going well they're doing a phenomenal job I want to thank Vice mayor s for uh allowing us and coordinating a tour of the Palm Beach County Jail they they truly enjoyed it so thank you on behalf of the Explorers
uh they also attended the turtle Fest in Juno Beach they helped out with that our explorers were there did a great job uh all of the officers were just recertified in CPR I want to thank Lieutenant Andre d and firefighter paramedic James stack for conducting the training for the guys in the gals uh
419 yes on the 29th right 29th will be having a boter course uh here in Village Hall on a Saturday uh it will be put on by the US Coast Guard and we will be uh hosting it we have filled the class with 30 people we're going to put it right
back out for April 26th right sounds good yeah April 26th we're going to do a second class for uh people to be able to attend the boers course uh it will be held here in the village and that's all I have anyone any questions thank you Council any comments
or questions for chief no ma'am no thanks to thank you thank you fire department good evening vice mayor assistant mayor council so lots of meetings this month uh started meeting with more department
heads and getting ready for Hurricane Season met with uh Miss McWilliams about roles and responsibilities with the city clerk's office within Emergency Management and and starting to ramp up the rest of my staff uh the girls to get them some redundancy within public
information and just Foya and all on the same page because there was a disconnect and now we are all moving forward together with that so we won't have any concerns with HIPPA or any of those uh other concerns that we were having in the past um we did some more training on
public records recently with Maryanne it was extremely informative for me CU I had never done anything with public records so this is all new uh learning as I go um we conducted driver engineer training across all three shifts just about everybody is complete with the
exception of a couple of the new newer employees and we short up our relationship with Palm Beach State College we are going to be conducting search and rescue training out at the college we have a uh we have a certain amount of money from Trading them to
ladder truck while Chief tro was here so we're going to start utilizing some of that and getting those guys over there to train we had a retiree breakfast which I actually cooked for some of the retirees it was a not a big turnout but uh certainly wasn't from the cooking uh
they enjoyed it and uh we had a good time I got to meet some of the uh some of the retirees our Easter open house is 4:12 at 9:00 a.m. the flyer is actually attached uh let's see Mr Sor you mentioned that uh golf cart accident um
the men and women of the quest of fire did an absolutely amazing job in probably one of the most adverse situations a young mother um it hits home because the her husband is a firefighter in BR County so uh it
was and I I know his friends I don't know him personally um but we had a busy month uh the end of the month with trauma calls we had two chainsaw accidents in but the they did such a phenomenal job um their training kicked in and uh they did a great job and I was
very proud of all of their their efforts um let's see we talked about that and then we are preparing for our midyear ISO visit uh I'll be putting out a couple of new s sogs to try to capture
some more points to get us to that ISO one within Community risk reduction and public education it'll be an on demand program I'm actually in the process of getting my fire Life Safety educator license so we will have one um then I want to get somebody else up so we have
some redundancy there um I talked to Mr Allen the other day we're going to start rolling out our hurricane season stuff probably in April and I will also have a timeline for the C team we're going to Rebrand our off non-combat volunteer program we're going to Rebrand them as
part of ser and I talked to Mr Allen he's going to help me with the training as he's a Ser educator as well so uh that's about all I have does anybody have any questions thank you Council won when he said Mr Allen it wasn't this Mr it was Peter Peter
all sorry about that sorry put on you just say Peter we all know who you're talking about okay all right all right he's the only it guy I know that carries a gun so a little different but since you are new um are we moving are we keeping the water
rescue training yeah they're actually uh I think I have it on here they are doing their swim test they did one shift swim test this morning okay so they are going to continue moving forward I'm a supporter of that so and and I'm I'm trying to move forward with that because I come from a department that had a very robust dive rescue team and I want to
try to keep moving forward with it and and enhance it even further and get just about everybody that wants to be certified they can they can be certified and be part of that team okay anyone else thank you thank you thank you thank you Chief utilities
department good even good evening Marjorie Craig utilities department um thank you very much and uh most of the news is in the in the report I did want to report out however that we got the
$145,000 in grant money back and reimbursement for the vulnerability assessment and we are also going out to bid for the filter plant uh filter Rehab on Monday um and the next thing that you'll see going out to bid will be the
probably the meem membrane uh replacement and unless we get the agreement back for water main number two Beach Road um we're still answering a lot of questions from D even though we submitted everything about five or six
emails different email you got one of them today so um uh with that I have some pictures in here um of some various going on uh the fire hydrants were replacing about $50,000 a year so that's why the
pictures are there also um the starting the next report you'll start seeing this update of the CIP projects the major CIP projects for the utilities department that are over $300,000 we also of course have many other projects um the
dashboard um for earning money U according to the um is increasing um or the um total revenues increaseing course and as it does every month during the fiscal
year and with that are there any questions Council thank you Marie no questions but I I really like the CIP report that um that we can see it and just those little updates that way we don't have to talk about everything but to see that and I'm really excited to
see the do ditch start move as soon as we get that all of them but the do ditch seems like it's been on there forever soon as we get the permit we'll be bidding that out as well awesome thank you very much thank you okay onto the regular agenda old
business agenda item 12 ordinance number 0-25 to amend our construction hours and other noise on the weekends thank you mayor ordinance 0125 ordinance of the Village Council Village of Testa Florida amending the code of ordinances at Chapter 30 environmental
control article 10 noise section 3361 prohibited noise generally to revise the permissible hours for construction and other noise generating activity on Saturday each and every other section subsection Chapter 30 shall remain in full force and effect as previously adopted providing conflicts Clause severability
Clause authority to cify effective date and for the purposes this is second reading okay thank you Council on and Wayne you don't have anything from last time yeah any comments questions Council no I have none any public
comment can I get a motion moved second all in favor I I I agenda item 13 ordinance number 0 4-25 which is a second reading of amendments to the general employee pension trust fund thank you mayor
ordinance 0425 an ordinance of the Village Council Village of the quest Florida amending the code of ordinances of chapter 2 Administration by amending section 261 pension trust funds exhibit a general employees pension trust funds section 11 optional forms of benefit by
amending subsection 1 to provide for a 75% optional form of benefit by amending uh oh sorry providing conflicts Clause severability Clause authority to clarify effective data and for other purposes thank you keep councel any comments or questions no ma'am any public
comment can I get a motion so move second all in favor I I on to new business agenda item 14 consider approval of one and Son's proposal for millon Paving and striping six open cut repairs on Country Club
Drive think that's margerie or is it Doug it says margerie on here by marjerie Craig utilities director with with with Doug with me too so this particular agenda item is the six open cuts that were as a part of the repair
of the country club uh Drive project which is water main number four for a cost of 91,9 198 we are leveraging and existing contract that the council already passed uh and that pricing which was more favorable to the Village than um the original
contractor thank you Council any comments or questions no ma'am than you any public comment can I get a motion so moved second all in favor I I always good to save money thank you Doug yes thank you
Doug agenda item 15 consider approval of fiscal year 2025 roadway we Capital Improvements good evening mayor vice mayor council uh as previously discussed at workshop last week uh we are continuing in our road Improvement plan uh it is a long-term plan uh we're
actively working on that plan every year uh we do go out and assess our roads on an annual basis um and we're also providing maintenance throughout the year where needed um we are also leveraging the pom Beach County piggy B contract with wining Suns for this year's Road Improvement projects uh this
year we'll be milling and Paving Fairway East Fairway West we'll also be um adjusting nine manholes on golf VI drive and from there we're moving to bayew Terrace Bay Road uh bayew Court Shady Lane and from there we move to
Testa Pines Buttonwood Circle Beachwood Trail Pine Hill Trail West which is west of Riverside Drive Chestnut Trail and Cedar Hill Lane uh funding for this project for this year's Road improvements is approved in the budget again we will be utilizing the pigy
contract with wind and Sun's construction the total approved uh the total cost of this project is $688,000 35 and if approved tonight uh we are looking to move forward in mid April the next set of
Roads questions any comments or questions Council very nice I have none that's great any public comment can I get a motion so moved second all in favor I I thank
you agenda item 16 consider approval of Grant agreement between Desta and DP for Desta Park in the amount of 68177 thank you mayor this is 67 sorry um this is n we've been working on for a couple years um this year the state has
um agreed through the appropriation process to give us money for TOA Park originally we thought we were going to be getting really the short end of the 6535 split and we were actually told that when we actually got the appropriation we got the high side of it
um so we got 600 up to $681,000 um and you know our portion would be uh 300 300 th $380,000 um we have put aside $250,000 matching funds for this to
cover our cost in this you guys probably saw before we amended the agenda we removed the kimley horn agreement um that would be next on it that was uh in the amount our part would have been 178,000 they had it was a $500,000
agreement to do the construction plans for taquesta Park um when we put that all together pretty quickly uh you know I had them update um their cost um what I didn't account for was that um you know we got more money than we thought
we would so the money that we that we have set aside for the 250 we want to try to maximize the grant so uh the kimley Horn uh agreement was not ready for prime time so I did pull that agenda so we can go back to the drawing board and make sure that we capture uh you
know get as far as we can with the plans try to hopefully get it closer to 100% there was some exceptions in that um kimley horn agreement and some things that uh we didn't fund because we didn't think we were going to have the money in it so what we're doing tonight is uh just the approval of the agreement with
with fdp for the money for the appropriation um and so we'll approve that tonight and then we'll actually begin the work you know and bring that to you guys probably at the workshop uh we'll we'll discuss the master plan and discuss the scope of that and that way
by the time we come back to the next meeting we'll have everything fully baked for you guys thank you Council any comments or questions no ma'am I'm um council member French do you any comments or
questions no thank you may um just one on the on the grant agreement it doesn't say like um the fees for entitlement and permitting is included in the scope anywhere but I think you confirmed it they will cover those costs too yes it
is included in the cost okay just want to clarify it doesn't specifically say it but we will'll be able to cover that too so and I I appreciate you um taking the time to um pull this item and look through the uh agreement and yeah make
sure we're maximizing those funds um yeah I'm not going to complain that we got double than what we thought right might as well try to use all of it so okay and so 17 we will skip since that's been removed we just need to approve 16 oh I'm sorry we not approve
16 I have and there's public comment too Glory Marsha neelson Marsh nson 94 Beachwood first of all I want to say how little DM to be volunteer of the year but that doesn't mean I'm going to shut up
wouldn't this is just kind of points to ponder the Pres equester Park lease ends in July 55 approximately 30 years from today that seems like a long time however given the scope of the project and what would be involved regarding funding plans Etc I would venture that
the greater percentage of the contract time would have elapsed before construction would have been completed and all permanent structures would revert to the state if the contract is not signed we've had this contract with the state for many years beginning with Roy Roode however in light of events
last year regarding the state's attempt to place three golf courses and supporting services at Jonathan Dickinson I am very apprehensive that the village can count on a shared Vision with the state JD was saved by residents protest in media tension but we could
not hope for the same leverage if we were in a similar situation our residents voted for a lovely plan which would enhance the recreational opportunities for everyone however I do question whether they are aware that the park does not belong to TOA that we are
responsible for the maintenance of every facet of the park that we cannot discriminate as to who uses the park and that the state could easily and swiftly take the park back in addition there is much concern in the community about cost cutting measures in Washington which
could possibly Resort in the seing selling of the Bureau of Land Management property at Lighthouse although this seems inconceivable it is not beyond the realm of possibility The Village should take any action to be vigilant and involved I'm not against this I'm just
saying be careful be careful be careful because the political atmosphere at the federal level and I think at the state level has changed from conservation to um growth and that really scares me thank you thank
you any other cards Lori marce spir no okay no any other public comment okay now I'll take a motion so moved second all in favor I okay and now we will skip agenda item 17
move on to 18 consider approval of the Palm Beach County local option gas tax renewal okay so you've discussed this in the workshop uh as you're all aware the county has
imposed um for the last 30 years actually uh 11 cents in gas tax the the 5cent piece is not up for renewal at this time it continues to move forward uh but the six cent gas tax
um by Statute is a uh a local option tax um that has a 30-year term this was originally put on the books in 1995 so here we are 30 years
later um the statute allows the county to reup the gas tax and the county is looking to do that for another 30-year term the resolution that is before you would would authorize
the mayor to sign an interlocal agreement with the county and the interlocal agreement is not so much you saying that you're for or against the renewal of the gas tax rather it has to do with the
distribution formula of how those proceeds are distributed between the county and the municipalities once they're collected the statute allows the stakeholders to enter into an interlocal agreement and fashion their
own distribution formula if that's not done then there is a statutory formula that is sort of the fallback default position which um is less uh beneficial to the
municipal side than the interlocal agreement the the interlocal agreement would re uh affirm and reify by the distribution formula that's been in place for the for the past 30 years it
it's does not propose any change to that um it gives you some examples of uh with exhibits of what the revenue looks like with with current municipality spread it it it as the previous uh uh agreements
did it provides a formula in the event a new municipality is incorporated or an existing municipality is unincorporated ated and how those funds get redistributed but um in order for the interlocal agreement
to be effective enough municipalities have to pass it that represent a majority of the County population that resides in a
municipality um so once enough municipalities pass it that capture 50% plus one of the population in municipalities that that will pass regardless of of whether
anybody else passes it or not um do you know where that's at right now the last update we got from the league not that many cities had passed it yet it's it's getting more traction this seems like this month is the month that
a lot of people have it some have have as for the league I this week I got Green Acres and which is a i it's a mediumsized municipality and and South Bay came through it's on our agenda
tonight um if I recall correctly executive director Radcliffe seemed to indicate that some of the larger cities like Del re and maybe Bon or bokeh we're going to have it on their agendas this month but um as we sit here tonight I
don't know if either of those have passed uh I I my understanding is if you get we get to a point where two of those larger cities adopt it with the cities that have already adopted it in addition to that it will trip the
50% threshold thank you Council any comments questions no any public comment can I get a motion so moved second all in favor I I I agenda item 19
resolution number 06 d25 to encourage Palm Beach municipalities uh and other stakeholders to collaborate with the county for a countywide transportation plan thank you mayor so this resolution
actually was drafted um many months ago and since it's been drafted the basically this is a this is a show of support for the process there's no
unlike the previous resolution there's no threshold that has to be tripped for anything to happen it's simply a a gesture of yes we're in support of a regional transportation plan and the
process that's generally described in the resolution uh since it's been drafted and circulated it's my understanding that the procurement has actually already is in process the the the RFP is out on the
street as they say and the process is moving forward uh I believe the county adopted its own resolution which is a little less specific than the resolution before you which which pretty much just kind of describes
the the way the uh intergovernmental coordination program would be modified to create I park 2 and it describes the role of the city Managers Association and in in in fostering this through the
the the system uh the County's resolution is in support of the process but it doesn't describe it I'm not aware of a different process that's been proposed than than what's basically specified in this
resolution um but so so that's what this is before you it it's proposes a show of support for this pretty big project Regional Transportation plan I think we've talked about this one
a couple times and um and yeah it was on County's consent so they didn't really even discuss it and uh it was revised a couple times because I we saw some other versions before the one was passed and this one finally did um you know confirm that you know uh the issues for mcf a
new technical board might be created so it's nice to see the county actually confirmed those because it was just kind of you know said you know word of mouth so um that was nice and Keith's done a good job of kind of I think expressing our concerns on that resolution too so
and uh like say we we'll stay engaged and it is on everyone's mind every meeting I go to i Transportation comes up now so right any Council comments or questions I ma' any public comment can I get a
motion so moved second all in favor I I I okay any other matters Council I don't have any tonight nothing council member French no thank you B okay I don't
either so I can I get a motion to adjourn so move second in favor I I