Council member French here via Zoom. Thank you. And tonight's invocation and pledge of allegiance will be led by Council Member Brandon. Thank you, Mayor. Oh, I'm going to do the invocation first. Sorry. You can stand if you want.
Um, please pray with us. Father, please keep a watch as my phone goes off. A watch over our men and women in the armed forces and the public services. They are doing things that most of us
wouldn't do and for that we are very blessed to have them. We ask you for the strength and wisdom as we conduct village business to ensure that we do our best to keep our village
clean, safe, and reliable for those who live here and count on us to do this job on their behalf. Our hearts go out to the families suffering from the floods in our
country. So please pray for all of them and so many lives that were lost. But lastly, I'm going to selfishly ask you too to please watch over our very dear Pastor Paul.
He is such a blessing to this world. He does so much for our village and for his family and for so many those that are lost. So please give him the strength that he gives back to so many. Amen. Amen.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. And I think there's um a
header missing on the agenda, but usually um take a motion to approve tonight's agenda. So moved. Second. All in favor? I I Okay, moving on to our one and only presentation tonight from our friends at
Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce. They're going to talk about their partnership with the Small Business Development Center at FAU. Floor is yours. Thank you. Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, council members, and of course, Mr. Allen. Thank you so much for for giving us the opportunity to speak to you today. I am join for the record, I
am Noel Martinez, president and CEO of the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce. And with me I have our director of strategic in imperatives and strategic initiatives, excuse me, Caitlyn Bergman and of course Dr. Sandra Marine Ruiz. She's with the Small Business Development Center at FAU. Um,
first I want to thank you guys for your support. You guys are absolutely amazing, amazing partners. Everything from our trips to Tallahassee to fighting for the business community here at home. We're so thankful to have such an amazing partnership with the village and we really really appreciate your
support. I know I'm typically when I'm here in front of you guys, I'm advocating on behalf of a project, but that's not why I'm here today. I'm here to talk about an exciting new initiative that is designed to support our small businesses and our entrepreneurs right here in the village and within all of
northern Palm Beach County. Um, we were founded back in 1948 on the front porch of a small business owner in the city of Riviera Beach, right? And he realized he had an issue and he realized that by coming together with other businesses, they could really make a bigger impact
from that grassroots beginning, right, back 77 years ago. Here we are today, one of the biggest and most respected chambers in the state with over 800 members in 11 different municipalities. This summer we're launching uh we're
calling it our uh our road show, right? Our our city council road show to to unveil this new initiative and to talk about what we're doing for our small businesses. Our strategic plan is the foundation of everything we do, everything from the events to the programs that we produce every day. With
83% of our members being small businesses, having less than five employees, we're deeply committed to continue to support our small businesses. We champion small businesses through a lot of different ways, right? Everything from being a reliable resource to them to hosting ribbon
ribbon cutings to celebrate openings or grand reopenings to creating networking and mentoring opportunities and of course advocacy, which is the most important thing that we do for them here at the local, regional, and state level. The launch of our new business resource center is the next step in that
commitment. are a we're offering structured accessible support tailored to the needs of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. And now I'm gonna hand it over to Caitlyn to tell you a little bit more about the exciting new initiative and then you're going to get to hear from Dr. Ruiz about um our new partnership with the Small Business
Development Center. Hi, thank you all for having us. I'm Caitlyn Bergman again, the director of strategic initiatives at the chamber. Um as Noel mentioned, uh small and local businesses are at the core of what we do, of who we are. it's really our bread
and butter. So, we're excited to be able to do more for them um with these two initiatives that we're here to talk to you about today. Uh the first business resource center uh which is a website that we've launched that serves as a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs and local business owners to help launch,
structure, and grow their businesses by connecting them with these curated tools, step-by-step guides, uh mentorship, events, and so much more. Um, as you'll see on this slide, we connect local business owners with tons of essential resources, including
business plan guidance, cyber security information, um, emergency management information, and of course, links to all 11 of our Palm Beach North uh, municipalities. So, we're looking forward to working closer with you all uh, to really curate those resources for
your village of Toquesta businesses. Um, our second initiative is a very exciting new partnership with the Florida Small Business Development Center at FAU. Uh, we'll be hosting events with them. We actually have one coming up on August 5th. It's a free event. Um, and it's
really about I'll let Sandra tell you more about it, but it's uh taking your business from napkin to storefront. Um, so all the basics there, which is exciting. Um, and eventually we hope to serve as a satellite office for them as well, so they can bring their services, um, to members of our Palm Beach North
community right in our chamber office. So, uh, before I turn it over, I do want to mention that you of course don't have to be a member of the Palm Beach North Chamber to access these resources. Our website is free and open to the public. Um, and the SBDC offers all of their services free as well. So, um, we're
excited to bring this partnership to fruition. Um, and with that, I'll hand it over to Sandra Marin Ruiz, uh, who is the regional director at the, uh, business development center. Well, good afternoon. I'm very pleased
to be here in front of all of you and especially because we would like to inform the community that this is a resource available. As Kaden say, this is a resource that is not only for the chamber members, but this is our opportunity to expand capacity and open
doors where the business owners can access services faster and more efficiently. My name is Sandra Marin. I run the Small Business Development Center for Brower and Palm Beach County. Our host is Florida Atlantic University. The Small Business Development Center is
a program of the Small Business Administration. is a national program but also we participate in international cooperation with international business networks across the Americas. So with that we support the economy not only
with business attraction but also creating and sustaining jobs. Some of our services entitled business consulting at no cost and confidential and those services are in core areas export assistance, government contracts
also we prepare and support disaster relief, capital access, we support technology commercialization and most recently with this partnership we started series of cohorts in which we accelerate
the businesses into our resources but also into access to some services from partners with those cohorts. We would like them to have products as a service and like the
businesses start is one of the workshops Lake Park. Yes. So in our last city presentation we had an agreement with the city of Lake Park. We will run a cohort for the new to trade so they can start businesses and
in the area of international trade that take advantage even from starting or for those who are already in business who would like to utilize trade as a way to increase revenue. We are creating this type of services listening to the needs
of the community but also listening to all of you who are in front of the business community more than we are. So then I would like to highlight this partnership because uh we have an amazing campus in Jupiter and but
arriving to the campus for getting services is challenging if you have been trying to find a room in there and having access for the the businesses to arrive and to access services and have somebody to talk faster than the
traditional system allow them to access services. is a tremendous help and I appreciate the chamber because they open the door to create a satellite center and with that satellite center we have been able to allocate resources and
apply for different non-traditional funding to support your communities. So we are here with uh the pleasure of putting together efforts and increase the opportunities for your businesses to reach. So with this partnership we are
opening also the conversation between you all and the chamber to access our services faster. We have been solving multiple cases that otherwise they had to wait in the traditional line to have some responses and at the end of the day
the mission for all of us is the same is to support the local economy support the jobs and help our small businesses to start to grow and to succeed. Thank you so much. Yeah. And we'll end it uh you know, we'll end it before we get into questions. You know, if you hear from
one of your residents that says, "Hey, I've got this amazing hobby and I want to turn it into a business, but I don't know how to do it." Think of us. We've got the resources to help them. Or if you hear from a small business owner that needs access to capital, needs help putting a business plan together to
scale, think of us because we can help them. We have those resources to do that. Before I go to questions, I did forget to recognize very important. We do have a couple other uh chamber representatives here from our executive committee. My boss, both my bosses, right? So, we have Nicole Clunkit, one of our executive committee members who's
here as well. And of course, our chair and Questa resident, uh Tracy Rollins as well is here today. So, thank you both being here for supporting me and making sure I don't screw anything up. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions? You council open up for any questions or comments? I don't have any no questions, but um
no, I mean, it's an awesome resource. When we were at council connections, one of the tables that we rotated through, there was a gentleman there that told us about this and I I had never heard of it. Like I and it is I immediately thought of five people that I thought could really use it, told him about it, gave him the brochure. So I think it's
great. Awesome to see two organizations coming together to make it happen for small business. So thank you. Yeah, same. No questions. You guys always do a great job. Um, but I appreciate you just bringing this to light because we have had businesses, especially when we had that bridge kind
of closing and they were asking the village in particular like help us, but we're not a marketing agency. We don't have staff that's specialized in that. So, the fact that you guys have this and we're trying to get that word out, I mean, that's awesome because again, not all government entities can do it, but
there are organizations out there to help them. So, I appreciate your support to them. Yeah. Thank you to everybody for coming. Um, not a lot of people know this, but I my first life I was a banker for 27 years and when I left I was director of commercial lending for a very large institution and this came up so often
and we would refer them to the SBA but it wasn't as public facing as what you guys are making it and it's I really see the value in this. So again, just another offbalance sheet item that you guys offer that doesn't cost any money and uh continue to do what you do and this is so important for our community
because I don't know the numbers and I probably should but I would say upwards of 85 to 90% of our businesses would be considered small business or they are franchise owners of a larger organization that's very public facing. So but they are the local rep. So great
job. Um now that I know it's aware I missed the last connections unfortunately. Um, but I will um definitely forward this out and push the information to you. Council member French. Thank you, Mayor. No questions. I do look forward to referring some of our
residents to this resource. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time to come here and tell us more about it. And I know I mean Dquesta is a member of the chamber and since these um resources are not membership based would council be okay with maybe broadcasting these on
like our social media, our Friday newsletter so that our community knows that they're out there. I'm 100% definitely. Okay, so staff you guys can do that. I know smoke signals is coming up too. I don't know if it's too late to sneak it in there. We'll see. Too late. Okay, our comments probably stop it Molly.
Okay, thank you again for your time today. We appreciate it guys. Thank you very much. Thank you. Have a good one. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I I
communications from citizens tonight. Do you have any cards? We do. We have Mr. Taylor. Errol Taylor, 13 Chapel Court here in the village. I have a request for council. Our present code
says that the anybody that puts in a hedge can let it grow to an unlimited height. State code allows me to trim a hedge back to my property line. I have a neighbor to the north of me that refuses
to maintain his property in a way that doesn't harm my yard. And I'm sure it's going to be the same thing on the north side of his property. He refuses to clean anything up. Anybody doesn't believe me, you're welcome on my
property. Look down my north fence, front and backyard. Nothing is trimmed at all. He refuses to do it. He expects me to do it, though. He complained, I guess about two or three years ago, but I had a maple tree in my northwest corner. Complained it was dropping
leaves. Well, it's a hardwood tree. It drops its leaves in the fall. Did what he asked. He complained about it causing problems on his side. Did it. I've asked him more than once to
maintain his property the same way. He absolutely refuses. He's got a hedge in his front yard that I trimmed it back to the property line. Common sense would tell you the thicker a hedge gets and the taller
it gets, there's more and more leaves on it, which means more and more leaves can fall off, increases the amount of maintenance that has to be done if you clean up underneath it. He doesn't. I have to do it.
Why he needs a 13 to a 14 foot tall hedge for privacy, I have no idea. I have no relatives or friends that are 15 feet tall. Don't know anybody that does. I would say that what we ought to do is
take the unlimited height for hedges, limit it at least 10 feet at the most, just like we have in a uh commercial area. I would prefer 8 feet. I think the tallest guy in the NBA is about 711.
Figuring his eyes are about 6 in below his height. He can't see over an 8ft hedge. Why do we need unlimited hedge sizes when you have neighbors like I have to my north that will not take care
of their property? I've got better things to do with my life than to sit and clean up the messes he makes. I would request that you people seriously reconsider what you've done as far as height goes. There's no need for a
person to have a 13 or 14 foot hedge if he doesn't want to maintain it and clean up. Like I said, I have better things to do with my wife than to do his job. His main problem, he believes in the Hillary Clinton philosophy. He's an elitist.
I'm a deplorable. Elitists don't do things for us. We do it for them. I don't consider myself to be a deplorable. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Taylor. Um Jeremy, could you look into any code and code enforcement? And if you know off the top of your head, you can speak up.
Mr. Herald, he did u Mr. Taylor did talk to me about this a month ago. We looked into the issue. We do not I don't it's not that we put something in place that allows for height. We just have never uh regulated that. So we do not have a restriction the height of a hedge. Um if
council wants to consider we can put on a workshop agenda at least have that discussion. Um whether we do anything or not that'll be up to council. But that that would be the discussion is at a workshop. Oh. And then from a code enforcement standpoint is that is it private property man private property matter
matters if it's growing on someone else? That's right. And so like Mr. Herald was saying, so if it grows high, Mr. Herald has the right to trim that, trim that up on his property. Now, if we want to put height restriction on it, you know, council could consider that and we can discuss that.
Okay. Could you maybe get us the code and maybe Keith or you can impine if there's there's other municipalities that do kind of have that height, do some preliminary research and then you can send it to council. Yep. Okay. Thank you. Any other communications from citizens?
Yep. No. Any other public comment that doesn't have to do with the agenda item tonight? Okay, moving on to communications from council. Well, I just wanted to applaud staff and everybody involved with Remembrance Park. Last night was super cool to see
it and uh not in plan view. It's amazing how how big it is when you're out there and it looks awesome. So, everybody involved, staff, um it was it was great. So, just want to give everybody that pat on the back for that. Yep. That's it. Yesterday was a great day. I'm going to start with that and
stick to that. Same same comments. Council member French. Same comments as well. Thank you, Mayor. Yep. I echo the members park. And then I also just want to thank um our public safety department and other staff members that participated our Fourth of
July events. Uh there was a couple in the area and they were all a lot of fun and festive. So, thank you to all those involved. On to standing reports, village attorney. Thank you, mayor. Just uh to let the council know, later this month, I will
be chairing the Florida Municipal Attorneys Association conference in Boca Raton and after that looking forward to being elevated to the status of past president. Um and that just wanted to let you know
about that. That's that's all I have for you tonight. Thank you. Right, village manager. Yeah, as uh we've previously discussed and just for the public, we are moving our normal uh council meeting from August 14th to August 12th, which is a
Tuesday next month due to the Florida League of Cities meeting. We did talk about this last year if there was going to be a conflict that we'd move it. our mayor and council have been very uh involved at the Florida League of Cities and at the state level advocate for the village and Tqua and for home rule. Um
there are several items up for discussion at that Florida le city cities annual meeting. So it is important that uh I know I think we have three council members that will be attending um you know property tax reform, FEMA, you know, state doge and so I think it's important. So just a
heads up that we are moving that meeting. and it'll be posted on our calendar and all the proper notices. Um, as you guys know, we have received all the paperwork executed agreement for the state of Florida from the state of Florida for uh to Questa Park and um you
guys have an agenda item on there that's that's tied to that or related to that. Um and so we did receive a grant um in the amount up to $340,000 from the state of Florida for the planning of Toquesta Park. Uh dates to that are on our calendar. Planning zoning meeting is
July 17th. Uh we have a village council budget workshop number two. Um on July 22nd, PBA collective bargaining is July 24th. We have a village council workshop August 4th. And then of course our rescheduled council meeting on August
12th. Um and then I think I speak collectively for all of our staff here. Our thoughts and prayers are with uh Pastor Paul and a speedy recovery. Um He's heading for surgery next week and so we just wish him the best. Thank you. Any questions for the
manager? Okay. Police department. Good evening, council, mayor, village attorney, village manager, and deputy clerk. Chief Medina was unable to make it tonight, but he sends his well wishes, so that means you're stuck listening to me tonight.
Uh before y'all, you have our police department's monthly report for June. Just going to touch on a highlight of a few things that we did this past month. Um for monthly services task, we continue our civilian firearms classes. It's going very very well. Sergeant
Yield and Corporal Puit put on an excellent class. You know, I've been in law enforcement now for approximately 28 29 years, and they are truly probably two of the best instructors I've ever had in any of the classes I've ever went to. So, I can't say how blessed we are,
uh, how much can't express how blessed we are to have those two here teaching this class. Uh, we are out now outside the effective date of the grant, but we are going to continue the grant because we have a waiting list of residents wanting to take the classes. So, we
still I think we last time I talked to Corporal Puit, we still have three classes we're going to put on and he's already starting off u another class list for behind that. Um we also are having our weekly nautical club events this week. Uh they're touring the Coast
Guard station, so they'll learn how the Coast Guard works and possibly get to go on their boat. So, that'll be a a real treat for the uh children. Meetings. We have our weekly exploring meetings. Chief Medina attended the chief Florida police chief conference in
Miami. I attended the accreditation conference in Orlando where I'm proud to say the police department was reacredited. So, we're real proud about that training. We had uh Lieutenant Block and Officer Kowski attend internal affairs training. Corporal Gerald Gerald
was reertified in the taser and we had our quarterly and various virtual reality training uh this past month. For marine stats, we did eight and a half hours on the water. We have 12 contacts with individuals. For the Bureau of Land Management, we had 32 hours of foot
patrol with 28 contacts, one written warning, and two citations for that. And we also had five parking violations issued at the BLM property. And that ends our report. Thank you. Council, any questions? Comments? Thank you. It's great.
Thank you. Thank you, Fire Department. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Uh, Council Member Brandon, thank you very much for recognizing those going to Texas. I do have about eight friends that are deployed in Texas right now from Task Force 4, which is my old old
team that I was on. I'm waiting to hear from them. So, uh, hopefully they get to do some good work. Uh, we have our normal monthly meetings that we've attended. As you can see, we also had the first there, first care, which I attended down in Broward. Uh, a lot of
good information, a lot of good networking. I went down there with a specific purpose, and I'll talk about that in a little bit about revamping our narcotics policy and our narcotics exchange policy and how we secure them because that is regulated through not just us, it's regulated through the DEA.
So, it's super important that we stay on top of that. Um, we also met with the people from Horton Rescue, which is on, we'll talk about that at a budget meeting, but it looks as though they have stayed in the same price range, which made me very, very happy. So, we don't have to uh subtract
anything from the buildout. We had a lot of special events this past month. Public safety awards banquet. There are pictures in the back. Um, we conducted water rescue drills this month as usual. We do that just about every other month. We were at the Tquesta summer camp. We
were at the Harvey Academy and we did some in-house EKG training. So, very busy as usual. We have a lot of upcoming stuff. Our dates have been posted for the Christmas open house and the Jupiter to Questa Christmas parade which will be on the same weekend. So, that should be
an interesting weekend. Uh the biggest things we had going on and uh we closed some stuff out. We have some new policies in effect. Our fire investigation policy which we did have to use the other night. Um we had a barbecue incident. One of our gentlemen
got hurt. He is fine but we had to activate the state fire marshal. You have to notify in any in the case of any injury. Uh that went very very well. They were a huge help. So is Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. We have our community risk reduction policy is now in effect as well. We will have a list
of ondemand classes um through our public education. It's the same policy and if we get enough people, we'll be able to start hosting classes. The topics will all be listed. They contact us and we host the class in the EOC. So, hurricane preparedness, fire safety in
the home, juvenile fire starter, those are just a couple of the classes that we'll list on there. Uh, as of right now, I am the only instructor for fire life safety, but I'm trying to get about three more. So, I have one per shift so they can just do it from on duty, which
would be the best best case scenario. Um, the narcotics policy, like I said, I talked to about 20 different EMS chiefs down in Broward, and we were doing pretty well, but we could always do better. So, we're going to a different policy. It's going to be protecting our people from themselves. Uh, we're going
to a different type of a safe within the truck and in our storage locker. And, uh, that should probably be finalized by the next meeting. Our new hire process is ongoing. We have a little over 20 applicants. I'll be closing that out probably in the next two weeks and then
they'll start the process of testing and then uh we will go through our selection and fill our vacancy. Uh lieutenants process will be run through Palm Beach State College and that is going to start I think I'm sitting down with their director mid July middle of next week
and we have also pretty exciting we applied for the Florida firefighter assistance grant through the new health and safety bill that Governor Dantis signed into law the other day. He wants everybody to be in PASF free gear, which we have already begun. Well, we asked, we're trying to get a grant to get the
rest of it done per the grant. So, we'll see what happens. Uh, keep our fingers crossed. It just went in. It's I think it was due last Monday. So, we shall see. But, it's for either 16 sets, which fills out the rest of our front line, or 41 sets, which will give everybody the
backup as well. So, um, if anybody has any questions, please. Uh, that's the end of my report. Council question. Thank you, Chief. Thank you, Chief. You last, the utilities department, but not least, right? Not least.
Arjorie Craig, uh, utilities director, and, uh, there's a lot here. We have a lot going on. Um, two of the bid awards are on the, uh, agenda. One is for Dover Ditch and one is for water main number one. Um we also have um just going down
here just few few highlights. Um well number seven we have the rehab scheduled for next week. So that'll be the third one for this year which will be what we have planned. And the filter media replacement project for the pressurized vessels and that's for the surficial
aquifer wells. Um and that project uh had a notice proceed of June 9th. We are uh right in the middle of reviewing shop drawings and um uh Allison said she just approved the hurricane preparedness plan that they put together. So that's great.
Um we have um we're working on a number of state revolving loan uh agreements and paperwork that they require as well. Um and then the concentrate pipe relocation, fingers crossed, is supposed to start
next week. So, the final relocation, they have rescheduled it many times, but today they delayed it by a day, but we're pretty hopeful it'll get done. And then, um, the pictures at the end, thank you for the support on getting the roofs replaced. We got that done before the
rainy season. Um, also want to thank you for mentioning the Texas um, incident. My sister, my family's in Texas and my sister uh works for James Avery whose headquarters in Kurville and um the Avery family lost one of the little
girls and they're all desolate. So um thank you. Any questions to hear that Marjorie? No questions. Thank you. Nothing. Thank you, Marjorie. Thank you. Okay, on to the regular agenda under old
business. Item number 11, consider approval of the work authorization for Kimly Horn for the Dequesta Park design. This is um reducing it back down to 90% construction documents due to the um reduced funds we're getting from the state.
Thank you, Mayor. Uh as as you know, we previously approved Kimley Horn to begin 100% plans when we considered the previous grant agreement. As you guys know, the grant agreement, the terms, let's say, changed or reverted back to the original. So, we reverted back to
the original plan of 90% plans. This will still put us in a good place um when we get additional funding from the state or grants or other funding methods to be able to move forward. Um we have budgeted $250,000 as the match. This is
a 4753 match. Um and so the difference between the 100% plans is B basically 61,000 versus the 90% which you have in front of you. We have to allocate additional $14,000. This work authorization will include the s subcontracting of survey environmental
and geotechnical services. So um a version has been in front of you guys before. I believe that many of the tasks remain the same as listed just I think part of it was going from 100% to 90%. So staff is recommending approval of the agreement with Kimley Horn.
Thank you. Council, any comments, questions on this one? Um, no, I'm I'm in favor of it. I I'm a big proponent of Questa Park. I know we don't own it, and a lot of people think that means we shouldn't or some people may think we shouldn't improve it, but we're talking a 50-year lease term. Um,
not many improvements stay in place for that long anyway before they get, you know, replaced or um just a road on their own. So, uh, only thing I would say is, you know, whatever we let's not let this kind of, you know, sit on the
shelf and let's let's do something with it. And I know that takes money, but where there's a will, there's a way. Nicely said. Thank you. Yeah. I mean, we hashed this out so long. Um, I mean, I've been into Questa for a
while. This property has sat not being touched for decades. And according to our contract with the state and the Questa was supposed to be maintaining it which for many years before all of us it wasn't being done. Um so I mean with my
experience to get great things sometimes someone has to step up and do something and I think this is just a small percentage to do something and I know residents will use it. They use it now as it is. So in order for me to give them I mean they're using it. I'll rather clean it up make it safe and
we'll go from there. Again, small percentage for me considering the wide scope of what it could be. Got to start somewhere. I'm in favor. Council member French. I support the project and I'm in favor as well.
Yes, me too. I think I have nothing else to say because we've hashed it out many times up here already. So, Maryann, do you have any comment cards? No. Any public comment? Can I get a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I
I. On to new business. Agenda item 12, a conceptual presentation for a new clubhouse at the Questa Country Club. Mayor, before we begin, can I just read my u conceptual presentation disclaimer into the record? Uh the conceptual
presentation is not a quai judicial proceeding. No action will be taken by the council beyond discussion with the applicant. Neither the outcome of this conceptual presentation nor any comments made during this conceptual presentation by any council member or staff is a guarantee or assurance in any way of the
final action that may be taken by the council pursuant to a formal application for site plan review. Thank you. Good evening, Jay Hutch. Um the applicant will be giving a more detailed presentation. I'm just going to give a quick introduction. Um, as you know, TCC
is seeking to knock down and rebuild the clubhouse, which is was originally constructed in 1957. They're proposing a new maintenance facility, halfway house, and pickle ball courts. Um, they've been working with membership, residents, and village staff for several years on the proposed project. I started here in
September of 2023, and I think I met with them right after that. Um, and they've really taken a lot of that feedback they've got from staff and from nearby residents into their plans. I know when we'd initially met them, there was talk of even doing a two-story building. There was talk of doing the pickleball ball courts on the east side
of Country Club Drive due to feedback. They've kind of scaled those back. Um, so I think they'll share a little bit more about that tonight, but just wanted to say that. So, they're incorporating or considering doing a two-phase project. Demolition of the maintenance facility and construction of a new
maintenance facility, which will be inside the the the core. So, it'll actually be a little bit further from the existing residential there. Um, they're going to put pickle ball courts uh a little bit to the south of where the current tennis courts are and then install additional parking in that area. They're also going to do a new one-story
halfway house which is going to replace an existing halfway house. So, that's that's kind of at the turn at the ninth hole where you'd stop and you know get some food and drink um from I think they'll share a little bit more about that, but I think it's important for them phasing wise of construction to have that done first. They intended to
be able to maintain food and beverage service during construction of the main clubhouse through the the halfway house. Um, and then the phase two would be the demolition of the existing clubhouse and the construction. So, they'll share a little bit more about that, but um, we may end up doing kind of a two-phase
site plan approach where we come come with the first stuff first so they can get that halfway house done quickly and have it operational so that they can do food and beverage service while they're knocking down the country club and and rebuilding it. Um there's a little bit of a an issue
here where the the current zoning and the current land use are not really consistent with the actual use of the property. So um portion of the property is zoned R1A residential. Um so that maintenance facility down on the south and actually a portion of the existing clubhouse. So this is just you know a
glitch that's been in place probably since 1957 when it was when it was there. Um, you'll also notice the parking lot on the east side of Country Club Drive is is also zoned R1A. Um, because they're not actually going to be touching that as part of this project, that portion doesn't technically have to
be reszoned in order for them to to do what they want to do. Um, so there is an option where where that could remain if the council desired. Same thing here with the land use. Um, it's it's the exact same. Um, the land use amendment will actually have to go
to the state. uh has to go to the the state for review between first and second reading. So, it really slows the the approval down. And that's another reason why I think they want to do this phase site plan approach where they would do um the initial phase and then come in and do the actual clubhouse
itself and these zoning and land uses um at at a later date. So, just a quick summary, um they will be required to obtain site plan approval. They'll need to get special exception. Everything in the recreation and open space zoning district has to get a special exception. Um they'll have
to do the resoning and future land use amendment as well. And again, they'll be um undertaking a phase site plan approach that would enable them to to start construction on the maintenance facility and the halfway house first before they actually start construction on the clubhouse. And the reasoning and land use amendment would occur with the
site plan approval. Uh Nicole Plunkett from Cutotler Hearing is going to give a presentation. And I know we have a few other members from her team and from the the country club here as well. So happy to answer any questions later. Good evening council. My name is Nicole Plunkett. I am co-president of Cutotler
and Hearing and Cotler and Hearing is representing the landscape architecture and land planning portions of the tequesta country club uh proposal. And thank you to Jay. That was a great kind of overview to to pump this uh this party going. All right. So, we're really
excited to be here tonight because it has been a number of years of working uh with staff, with council, with the residents on this particular project. And we're excited to be here tonight to share the update um with this particular petition. Uh we do have Toquesta Country Club here tonight. Uh Sam Forest and
Jeff Ellner are here. So, if there's any particular questions about operations or membership, uh they will be able to answer those questions here tonight. Uh Don Hering with Cotler and Hearing uh had a conflict tonight. He is currently on a trip and is unable to be here, but he has been intimately involved in all
of the steps and has caught me up to speed on everything within the project. And we also have our architect here tonight, Leo A. Daily. Uh Oscar Garcia is here tonight for any particular uh architecture questions. A little bit of the history of Toquesta
Country Club. Tqua Country Club was established in 1957, which means that it's approaching almost 70 years old. And I thought an interesting fact about this too was that the village of Questa was also founded in 1957. And so this particular property is one of the
earliest developments probably in the county, but definitely within the village of Dquesta, which makes it truly an icon for us. And that's why we've paid so much special attention with hearing the residents, hearing the members, hearing council, and what everyone has had to say about how to make this such a special project. It's
also important to note that this is one of the youngest club membership profiles within the county as well. And I'll go through some of those numbers later in the presentation. The golf course was designed by Dick Wilson and officially opened December 12th of 1957. And there have been a number of golf legends that
have played uh in this course, including one of our locals, Jack Nicholas. The DNA of the Toquesta Country Club is truly rooted in its history and its understated elegance, which you will see in the design of the architecture. And this proposed redevelopment really
embraces the club's history and the character of its membership. As your as your staff uh described, we do have a couple of petition requests that are going to be coming through in different phases. Uh the land use amendment is an update to amend uh three
of the parcels from residential to open space and recreation which will provide more consistency with the comprehensive plan and the existing uses that are there today. We're also going to be coming in with a special exception approval. This is simply a requirement
for any buildings that are going to be within this zoning district, no matter how small the buildings are. So for our petition, we will be requesting approval for special exception on the clubhouse, the golf maintenance facility, the halfway house, and of course temporary facilities that we might need during
construction. This petition will also require site plan review and approval. And we believe that we're going to be having to ask for a couple of variances with this because as the property is from 1957 and and many pieces of it is from almost 70
years ago, there are a number of things on the site um that don't meet the current village of Dquesta standards and I'll point out a couple of them in the presentation, but for example, one of them is uh the existing parking lot that is pulled right up to that ride ofway here. And so we're hoping to fix some of
those uh non-conformities within this site plan proposal. The new clubhouse will utilize a very similar location to the existing facilities. And it's really important to note that even though you might have seen uh earlier versions of the design of this clubhouse and of the halfway
house that may have been uh two stories that this petition brings that back down to the one single story for both of those buildings. The building square footage is virtually the same. And again I'll go through that uh within site data of this presentation. And it's important
to note that uh pickle ball which has been a very uh serious topic of conversation um and there have been previous concerns for the pickle ball which was previously proposed on the east side of country club drive and we have listened and heard the feedback from the residents the council the
members and we are keeping it on uh the west side of country club drive which you'll see in our site plan petition which means that there are no changes to that east parking lot at all. some very quick site data information. On the left side of the screen, we have
our existing square footages, and we wanted to show how it compares to what we're proposing within this particular petition. So, again, the clubhouse virtually remains the same with uh under air versus covered uh square footages and our total actually decreases the
total amount by just about 200 square feet. And again, that's where we are today with these conceptual images. when it goes in for formal approval, it'll have a more current updated number. But that is uh where we are today with the square footages. The golf cart building is increasing in size to accommodate the
operations of today's need for the club facilities. When it comes to parking, again, the existing parking does not meet the current code and is not ADA compliant. And so we're taking that existing uh standard grade stalls in front of the clubhouse, bringing them up
to code, bringing them up to ADA compliance and even adding a couple as well. And it's important to note that 42% of the members travel by golf cart. And so part of this petition is uh um understanding and accommodating those multimodal uses that not everybody has
to get in their car that they can use their golf carts. And we're going to be providing an increase of the golf cart spaces on the property. And again, the east parking lot remains the same and uh our maintenance increases by a couple of parking spaces.
So, we're going to get into some of the fun graphics and aerials uh to show to you tonight, which is kind of the the main attraction. So this is an existing aerial of our clubhouse parcel which is highlighted in yellow and the halfway house which is located more of the golf course. Now this
halfway house is one of the first projects in this first phase of development that we're hoping to achieve and we really want this to be completed because there will be a small kitchen that has food service in there for the members who are on the golf course. And it is important from a membership perspective and that's what we heard
with communicating with the members um that this provides uh an amenity to the golf course as a whole. And so that amenity is not affected during the clubhouse construction. The clubhouse construction is anticipated to last around 20 months. And so we can get both
the halfway house open and also the new golf golf maintenance facility as well for the operation standpoint. then the golf course as a whole can remain functional, provide um a little bit of food service for the members and can still operate while the main clubhouse
is under construction. The new golf course maintenance does currently exist along Country Club Drive, but what we're doing is we're relocating that most of the facilities to the middle of the course hidden with landscaping. We're also providing on the
existing site uh minimal maintenance facilities to support the operations with some additional uh vehicle spaces and of course uh the pickle ball will be located there as well and there are no changes to the east parking lot.
Uh this is an existing clubhouse uh aerial and again you can see with the existing uh parking facilities when I flip to the next slide you're going to be seeing an overlay and what I'm going to be showing you within that overlay is that it's virtually in the same location
same square footage but we are making improvements with providing uh additional circulation within uh the parking facilities. We're providing for a drop off Port Kushchair covered area for drop offs and we're also pulling that parking back away from the ride
ofway of Country Club Drive to allow for additional landscape buffers. And another thing that was missing in that previous existing aerial is you have no landscape islands, no diamonds, nowhere to put any landscaping or shade. It's truly just asphalt. And so this is a big improvement. One thing I wanted to note,
those big be beautiful oak trees you have along Country Club Drive are uh going to remain and not going to be touched within this petition. And here is our proposed site plan graphic. Again, I just want to reiterate that this is a a one-story clubhouse. We
have spacious covered areas that are uh oriented facing the golf course areas. And then of course our cart barn uh which is highlighted on the screen here is generally located where it is today. And this is just a little bit closer view of that with the pickle ball courts on the bottom left hand corner um of
your screen. And this is my favorite part of the presentation is really bringing it to life with our threedimensional graphics. Um so we have Leo A Dailyaly here who uh our architects at Leo A Daily have created a beautiful number a beautiful number of renderings which I'm going to walk you through for the architecture.
So this particular view here I mean talking about the style the style of architecture and the way it's presented when someone drives up is so incredibly important to any sort of membership but also to the folks who are driving down country club uh country club road country club drive. And so this particular design of architecture is
truly understated. It's an understated Florida style of architecture and really keeping in the residential character of the area which is what the membership told us and we listened within that feedback. On the next slide,
this is a view looking at that covered drop off port kosher area that I had mentioned in the previous slides and again just showing showcasing the understated elegance and it really fits the membership profile and what they wanted to see. And I feel proud of our team that we've we've delivered
something that the membership feels so strongly in supports at a very high level. This is our view from the 18th green showcasing uh a lot of the outdoor spaces that are covered and just a lot of flexible areas for members to enjoy
uh both indoors and outdoors. And a view from the driving range. Um the special part about the architecture um again it just fits in with this Florida character lifestyle and also on the left hand side of the screen here uh is the cart barn and it's connected by a
beautiful piece of covered architecture right into the main clubhouse which you're looking at the rear elevation of that clubhouse. This is a view from the the outdoor seating looking out onto the golf course and you can just see it's light and bright. It's very coastal and if you've
had a chance, which I'm sure all of you have visited at some point, you know, the existing one has very low ceilings and Yes, it's very dark. Exactly. It's very dark. And so with this redesign, it allows our architects to really pull up these ceilings and allow natural
sunlight into these spaces, which just become so much more desirable for the folks who are members and going to be attending these spaces. And then just simple and elegant in the interior as well. And so it's a full upgrade. and we're just so very excited about that.
The halfway house is existing today and uh it'll be replaced in the same location. Uh our architect for this uh halfway house is uh through Studio Green and they are a local architect in Jupiter and they specialize in
hospitality. And so Leo Ale is doing the clubhouse and then we have a studio green that's doing uh the halfway house. The halfway house is is one story. And like I said earlier, just to reiterate as many times as I can, you may have seen a two-story version of it in the past, but this particular version that
we are moving forward with is one story. Keeping it low-key and just really blending it in with the landscape on the golf course. And looking at the elevations, it's just simple and clean. So, a metal seam roof with horizontal siding and the indoor and outdoor spaces
that meet the membership needs and what we heard from the members with what they want to see out of this halfway house. We are also going to be relocating the the greater maintenance area to the golf maintenance space almost in the central
area on on the top leftand corner of this aerial. And the majority of the machinery that's going to be used for golf golf course maintenance, blowers, other types of machinery to keep the golf course looking pristine will be in that particular area.
And then the spot which is along Country Club Drive here for uh the rest of the maintenance area, we do still have a cart storage area with additional parking uh as well. And here's just another rendering of that golf maintenance area. Um, and
we're hoping that the the the halfway house and the golf maintenance area, um, the goal of those two are to be coming through in the first phase. And rounding out closing out my presentation with a couple of fun facts, we do have full golf members, 290
members, and that is not proposed to change with this petition. Uh, the club also has a handful of social members and legacy and tour pro members. It's important to note that these particular uh memberships are limited and exclusive as well. It's not proposed to change at
this time. However, we do have representatives from Toquesta Country Club here as well who can who can verify all of that for me if there's any questions on that. Um some more interesting facts is that uh there are 42% of members residing in the country club and travel by golf cart and there
are 82% of their members live within seven miles of the club. And as I had mentioned at the very beginning of this presentation, the membership profile of this club is one of the youngest, if not the youngest, in Palm Beach County with over 72% of its members under the age of
65 and 25% of the members under the age of 46. And it's a very familyfriendly friendly club and Questa as a whole is just such such a desirable location for younger families and that's really what we um we have within our membership
profile and we have a project timeline for the clubhouse itself at 20 months. So, as I had mentioned at the beginning of this presentation, we've been working on this project for a couple years now. And um it's important to note that we did gain membership approval on May 1st
of 2025. So, just a little over two months ago. And so, now we are moving forward now that we've had consensus with moving forward. We're moving forward with uh the site plan and special exception approvals along with the land use cleanup anticipated on July
15th, next week. We're also uh tentatively planning to submit that first phase of the golf maintenance and halfway house on August 15th with the clubhouse coming shortly after on September 1st. And we have some tentative uh construction timelines as well to give you an idea of what that
will look like. Uh the halfway house and the golf maintenance construction on November 1st and clubhouse on June 1st of 2026 with the ultimate project completion in 20 months aiming for December 31st of 2027.
And on behalf of our team here tonight, uh, I thank you all for your time and for allowing us to come up and and give a project update. And we're here to answer any questions that you have. Thank you. Thank you, Nicole. All right, council. Open up for discussion. I'll go first. Thank you, Nicole. That
was very, very well done as always. Um, so just I have one quite well, first of all, generally looks beautiful. the the design is very nice. Um I would agree it's kind of that understated old Florida. Um
doesn't look exactly like the Tquesta wreck, but I can rec center which I think really epitomizes to Questa. There are some elements there that uh that I think are very similar. So I think it ties in well. Um I just had a one question though. So you did say no
changes to the east parking lot. So, does that mean will you be seeking a land use any type of land use um amendment for that specific parcel or That's a great question and I appreciate you having me clarify on it. We are at
this time moving forward with the land use change to accommodate the comp plan update and again just to kind of bring it up to what is what it is currently being used for today. However, I know Jay had mentioned in his presentation that it's not required to move forward
with that. So I believe we just had a quick conversation back there. We are open to discussing that and hearing feedback from council on on that particular item as we value your feedback on that. Okay. So we've determined that could be too separate. Um have we come to a
resolution on that? Didn't we talk? Yeah. What what Jay I think highlighted is that that particular property or parcel on the east side does not have to and you can separate and you can do the land uses for the west side of that. Okay. and it still move forward with
with their plan. You know, in an ideal world, you know, we do reszone that, but it's okay if council has some hesitation with that, we can still move forward. Okay. Yeah. I don't I don't I don't know if I have a huge opinion right now, but given
the the friction involving that property, um, and seeing as there's no plan to do anything with it just yet, um, part of me thinks that, you know, maybe It'd be good to wait to see what the club wants to do with it and then at that time we can figure out a use for
it. But I'm not saying that's my stance or would be my stance at this time. That's kind of kind of where I'm at right now. I think it'd be good for the council whether whether or not we're even up here at that time to appine on it, but we'll see. That's all I got. Thank you. It was really nice. Thank you.
So, that was actually one of the first things when I got sent this. Um, and it's mostly just because that parcel is over on the other side of the road, completely separated. Really is only ever used for parking. And again, it just came down to
is there a need to have to change it rather than just we want to change it. Is there a need to change it? And that's really what I asked staff was just a little more in-depth explanation if it was attached to the overall club parcel. Um, so again, I'm not really sitting one way or the other on that. I just that
was my overall was just every time we look at any kind of development I always look at is there a need for it or is this a want. Secondly, I will give you kudos. You you all definitely did your leg work. Um because I know this has been years and I have
been here for many many many years now and I've been in that club. I've gone to many events and I take my kids there and it's it's shocked me how how long time or how fast time has gone, how long it's been since you guys have really done anything with that club. But this to
that extent, I would like to say thank you because I know there was a lot of negative vibes sometimes coming towards you guys like the twotory, the pickle ball courts on the east side parking lot. Um, thank you for taking that negative feedback because that's never
easy. But I believe in and I do this with kids. I teach. You got to take the positive and the negative and figure out how do we make this work? Um because like you said, this club is an icon and it's literally one of the first things that's a part of Tquesta. The east side came later. So I appreciate you guys
trying to make an effort to really make sure that it stays an icon and everyone loves it whether they're a member or not. And the interesting thing is you guys are moving the things in the middle of the golf course. That's interesting. Um,
I don't know your infrastructure for out there. So, that's really the only thing I I was curious about, but that's on you guys to figure out. Make sure you guys have the infrastructure to handle that. And lastly, when or if construction were to start, thank you. You've answered one of my
questions about the oak trees on Country Club Drive. Um, but the other landscaping that's there during because it's it's such a big construction project, would that all get ripped out to make room for big machines coming in and out and try to go around the trees
or are we going to try and keep some of the hedges that are on Country Club Drive that kind of help shield the club as well? That's a great question and I know with construction trying to understand what the big equipment getting through is always a big question and trying to understand that. At this point, uh, we
don't have a landscape plan developed that I'm aware of. Um, but we will take that all into consideration to figure out what's something that's feasible to be able to be saved and would make sense in the current proposed plans and be able to designate that on those landscape plans that come through to
you. Okay. Yeah. The the oak trees I think for me and most of the committee would be top priority because they take so long and those were planted back in the 90s by our former manager slashcounsil member slash whatever else Tom was. Um and obviously those just take so long. So that would just be such
a shame to rip out part of that canopy. The rest of it though because there's so much hedge especially on that south end like where your tennis courts are. I I just don't want to shock and awe the community. like if you were to rip all that out to get all that construction stuff in. So, any way we
can kind of keep to a minimum, um just remove what you have to. Um again, I'm just looking to not shock and awe our community and let you guys do your construction thing kind of behind the scenes and then one day in 20 months, whatever it was, be like, h Does that
make sense? Absolutely. And that's something that's been, you know, high on the priority with with sort of the the whole idea of phasing it to begin with is how do we we accomplish certain things so that the members are the least disturbed and the residents who we've met with as well are
least disturbed during this entire process. So, thank you so much for that feedback. Yeah. Otherwise, um I think you guys have come a long way. Again, I really really appreciate the back and forth um with residents, the members, council, staff.
Um lastly, just I over the years I've heard good and bad from residents on the relationship with the club. So again, anything we could always do to kind of play nice and keep it a good um relationship because I know they're not all members, but they basically are kind
of tied to the club and the area. So that's all I ask. just keep that relationship as a partnership. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Nicole. Um, great presentation. Um, I'm in support of concept and the rebuild. Um, I want to
say thank you to uh Sam Forest and Jeff Ellner for the work that they've done and the leads that they took. I also know that several years ago there was other people that were involved. So, and I want to acknowledge everybody that's ever um you know taken a role in this and they've always been very communicative through all the different
um you know different types of buildings and things that would be there. Um thank you for and my understanding is that you've spoken to the folks that would be impacted by the pickle ball and uh I appreciate that getting them hearing their feedback on the LED lights and things like that. So um thank you for
for doing that. Uh, I am in favor of um reszoning to residential or excuse me to recreation on the west parcels on the east parcel. I don't see the need for it at this time. Um, so I'm not in favor of that and I'm glad to hear that it seems like it's going to be okay with the
applicant. Um, and my main reason for that is uh not just not just for pickle ball but for anything else that could go there that could be recreation like a boat ramp or something like that. And I have a concern with that. you know, there's the that's a a lot of people want to use that and it's not going to be just a boat ramp. It could morph into
something else and that could be 10 years down the road, but the residents that live around that would still be there. You know, the board may change, the membership may change, this council may change, but u so I'd like to see it stay zoned as it is as R1 as a non-conforming use, but everything else
is great and I look forward to seeing it come out of the ground. So, thank you and for the formal presentation and the vote. Absolutely. Thank you, Council Member French. Thank you Nicole for presentation. I was able to tour the grounds and see the proposed changes a few weeks ago and I
would like to commend the building committee uh in the past committees on the planning and being proactive in communicating as well as thinking of uh our citizens all around Questa and the neighbors uh directly affected as well. uh what I've seen so far, it's a proposal um for an improvement for the
neighbors and from just the design, but also the daily operation of even the deliveries. Uh I was impressed to see and have that information. So I look forward to discussing this project at future meetings. Thank you. Thank you.
And I don't have um too many comments which means you all did a very good job. Uh the I did see the early conceptuals and this is a huge improvement. Um aesthetically it really is timeless. It's not one of these trendy current architectural aesthetics that might not
be so popular in you know 10 15 years because this will be here for a long time. So thank you for taking that into consideration. Um on the on the uh resoning for the east lot, I really am on the fence. Um I take any land use or zoning changes very seriously. I really
only like to do them if it really makes sense and there's a real clear need. So, I haven't made up my mind, but I am on the fence if that helps you. Um, there was on I don't think it was on your presentation, but on the backup that council has, it's in the agenda. There
was a future multi-purpose building shown. I guess it was kind of northwest of the cart barn. Can you tell us what those plans are? I'm Sam Forest. I'm on the board of Tquest Country Club and and I run the long-term planning committee as well.
Um, so the the intent there was just to show that there is space available. If someday we want to build an exercise room or golf simulator or something to that extent, that's that's not proposed today. It will not be part of either phase one or phase two at this point. It's something that we just showed the
membership that if we got to a point where we wanted to expand, there is space available to uh to do something there, but nothing nothing is being proposed as part of this as this project. Okay. Thank you for clarifying. Yes. And then um Nicole, you had mentioned
variances, but I guess I didn't really pick up on what exactly those were for the presentation. Are you you're going to be submitting some variances? It's possible. So, from what I understand in talking with Don Hearing is that there may be a couple of variances due to existing nonconformities on this particular
property. We're going to do everything we can to bring it up to code to not have to ask for those, but I do believe that there are going to be some, and I don't know, um, Jay, if you've got any color that you can add to that. Yeah, I think I think she's referring mostly to like landscape islands and and
things of that nature. Um, I think the intent is to make it more conforming with codes. So, We'll have to Keith and I will have to kind of look at it and see if it rises to the level of a variance or not. Um, we haven't really seen the landscape plans yet, so we can't make that determination, but it's not going to be for the structure. It's
not going to be for setbacks. It's going to be probably for kind of small things. So, um, we'll we'll find a way to to to make it work. Okay. But, so it sounds like they're mostly just for existing nonconformities. You're not going to be bringing anything new that doesn't conform. It's kind of working around
what you got right now is what it sounds like. Okay. Okay. And when when there's opportunities where they're making it more conforming, we'll see if there's any leeway to to not make it a variance, right? No one wants to have to variance. Okay. And then this is kind of a silly comment, but I noticed on where the
pickle bar courts are there where there are stalls that say bins on it. I don't know if those are the dumpster locations. If they are, those are really close to a home. So, if they're if those are supposed to be dumpster locations, maybe if we could not have them right next to
a home. I think it's a bin, unless I'm imagining it. Where is it? Um, it's to the that would be the south of the pickle ball courts. Is that a backyard right there? Okay, I got clarification. So, that's in the uh the the portion of the maintenance facility there. See? I guess
I don't have a mouse. Yeah, you zoom in down there. So part so even though the majority of the maintenance the main operations is being pulled into the golf course, there are still a handful of uh smaller operations happening within that existing uh area. Go a little bit to the
left. Yeah, there we go. Oh, where'd it go? Actually, it's on the ne the next slide. Slide 10. Yeah. So the the things that are labeled bins that's that supports the golf course operations. So like sand for the
golf course that they have to pull out the sand and redo the sand in the golf course. Um so those are the types of things. It's not a dumpster for trash. It's justified. It's just to provide additional storage areas for the stuff that's going to need for the operations of the golf course maintenance. Okay. Yep. That I just want to make sure
it was a dumpster so close to someone's home and those can get stinky even if they're serviced, you know, frequently. So Okay. I have no other comments. Are there any public comment? Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Steve Osborne. Good evening, council, and thank you for
the time. Um, I am Steve Osborne. I live at my wife and I own the property at 216 Country Club Drive, which you put slide 10 back up and pull it back in, you'll see the silver rooftop and you can see the actual house
pull back out a little bit. Oh, maybe I have to do that. No, no, I can. Give me just a second. I got Let me get sit anyway. Yeah, the aerial, but it's it got zoomed in. If you zoom back out, you can see the property up by the
parking lot. Anyway, um my wife and I have owned this property since 1988, which is 37 years. We lived in Tquest on Fairway West before that for another 10 years. So, we've been here a really long time and seen all the changes that have come to that property.
But when we were lucky enough to be able to buy it 1988, uh I've been in the real estate development business my career and I looked at those lots that were next to it and said, "This is really good. It's all our 1A zoning on the
entire side of the street and all the activity for the club is on the other side. And there is a non-conforming use with some parking. At that time, it was very little parking. It has since grown over the years, but that use is the only non-conforming use that's that's there
on that property. Um, the key part of it, and the reason I want it, thank you for zooming that out. If you see the silver lot there, um roof there, the property line that abuts our property with the club is about 280 ft long. And you see the layout because our lot is
narrow. The house got built sort of long. And that whole that whole property line is really our recreational area on our pool deck. Our bedroom wing is down there. So, if people are actually parking in those parking spaces over there, particularly the grass spaces, they're literally 20 feet from our
master bedroom windows and bathrooms and so forth. So, the parking lot isn't, you know, I've come to grips with all that. There's I have no objection to the parking lot. And candidly, I'd like to start with thanking you guys for morphing the plan that you had originally on the club into what it has
now evolved to. Uh, yes, I was not a pickle ball fan because of the obvious reasons that I just pointed out. Um but the bottom line is uh the things that you have done to make this come back in architecturally and so forth are are fabulous. And so my bottom line is
really this. Um we want to continue to enjoy that property the way we always have with the peace and serenity of our backyard, the waterfront. I'm not getting any younger. Neither is my wife. And uh we just don't want a whole lot of activity there that doesn't have to be
there. So, when I saw that there was a reszoning request and a comp plan change, I don't want you to do that if you can avoid it because going to a recreational zoning for one non-conforming use that's inert like a parking space parking lot doesn't have
to be done. If you reszone it to recreation, my fear is that then this club, perhaps not, but future owners of members of that club will look at that and go, "Gee, it would be really nice to hold a wedding over there, or let's put a food truck over there, or let's do
this or do that. That might be available on a recreation open space zoning, but would not be available on a R1A lot." Um, so I I'm pleading uh to say you don't need to do this and it doesn't make sense to me to try and reszone it
to a recreation and open space and then try and get the owners to agree to deed restrictions to say we won't do a bunch of things. That's not what zoning is for. You resone it and those purposes that you reszone it to should be permitted uses. We don't as neighbors,
myself on one side and Mr. Peril who lives on the east wind side um are the biggest two property affected and it's just very difficult to to have to want to worry about that. I also worry about not only our use but the value of the property itself if all of a sudden
because that became recreation and we wanted to sell our property in a few years it could be worth a lot less because of activity that could be going on in there or the perception of the ability to have that activity. So that's the reason the request has been talked about tonight. But again, I want to
thank the club and I I was a member of the club. We we were for se for a lot of years and finally stopped playing golf and that was probably a gift to the people who were members that played much better than I. But um uh I love the club. I have obviously lots of friends and neighbors who are members of the
club and I've lived in the country club for obviously many decades. So I I don't think this causes the club not to be able to go forward with everything they want to do and I'm really happy about that. So I'm not objecting to anything with the club. just please consider that
that opportunity to stay in the sir current R1A zoning for the east side and yes I think the other two because there's there's the reason difference the those two properties abut the current recreation zoning in the existing golf course makes sense to attach those pieces to get them squared
off doesn't make sense to go across country club drive into an area that's never been that and wasn't ever intended to be that and try and pretend that we're changing it to it for one one non-conforming use. I thank you for your consideration and I appreciate the time.
Thank you, sir. Thank you. Maryanne, any other com any other public comment? All right. And since this was a conceptual, we do not take a vote on this tonight. Thank you, everyone. Moving on. Agenda item 13, ordinance
number 5-25, which is a first reading to annex a property into Dquesta. Thank you, Mayor. Ordinance 0525, ordinance of the village council village at the quest of Florida, providing for the voluntary annexation of additional territory owned by Robert
and Amy Swan to be included within the village boundaries in accordance with article 8 section 2C of the constitution of the state of Florida section 171 044 Florida statutes and section 4.02 02 of the village toquesta charter redefining
the boundaries of the village toquesta to include all of said real property directing the village manager to do all things necessary to affffectuate this annexation directing the village clerk to file a copy of the ordinance with the clerk of the circuit court in Palm Beach County the chief administrative officer Palm Beach County and the department of
state within 7 days after adoption providing conflicts clause severability clause and effective date and for other purposes this is first reading thank you Keith Jame thank you Mr. Ellen. Oh, sorry. He's just got to pull my presentation.
Okay. Y good evening. Jay Hop again. Uh presenting uh an annexation, something that we don't have too often. Um but we think this this is a good a good deal for the for the village. So, uh, a few months ago, April 2025,
Amy and Rob Swan, the owners of 19245 North Riverside, met with village staff, um, express some interest in annexing their property into the village. Uh, here's the property right here. Um, the property is located within potential annexation area C on our annexation map.
Um, that's actually adopted into the comprehensive plan. And the comprehensive plan also has some language in there that says that we shall, you know, move forward with annexations when it makes sense. Um the interesting element of this is that the property owners already have a
site plan that was approved by Palm Beach County which was done in March of 2025. Um they expressed that that the process was a little bit slow getting through Palm Beach County and and kind of figured that they could could work through uh to Quest a little bit faster on their future permitting. So I think
that was one of the things that that got them to kind of be interested in annexing into the village. um their site plan with the county uh it contains eight lots. It's 3.75 five units per acre which is below our maximum allowable density of 5.4 units per acre
and that's in the village's low density land use. That's our lowest density land use. Um when you look at that site plan, so there's a a dry a dry detention area on the uh the top and just next to that is a passive park. that passive park
would actually uh not be required by our code if they had come to us. So, um the county made them do something that that we wouldn't have made them do. Um they let the lots be probably a little bit smaller than we than we maybe would have. Um but there's also a nice 15 foot
landscape buffer um along Riverside Drive in addition to the rightway that already exists. So, the houses will be set back. Uh the closest that the house can be to to Riverside Drive is 50 feet. So, should be set back pretty far. Should be a nice landscape buff for
along Riverside Drive. Um, you notice the the the terminus of it is a little bit a little bit wonky and that's just for firet truck turnarounds. Uh, so again, Swans indicated the site plan approval process was was lengthy and costly. They didn't want to have to
go through that process again with with Questa if they decided to to pursue annexation. Um, we consulted with uh with Mr. Davis and his staff and they've confirmed that we can we can essentially adopt the approved site plan through the
annexation process. U we've done a cursor review. There aren't any real major issues that jump out. Um and uh yeah, so uh shortly after we met with them on May 14th, the Swans formally submitted a petition to voluntarily annex into the
municipal boundaries of Tquesta. Um there's some complex procedures we had to follow through the county's annexation ordinance and through the Florida statutes. We met all of those. We um had to complete an annexation study which basically um needed to determine can we provide services and
accommodate the annexation. And uh we we did that and determined we were able to provide services of the property with no issues. We provided all these to the county and on uh June 24th, Palm Beach County provided a notice to the village that they have not identified any issues
with the annexation. Uh if this is approved tonight, um second reading will be well August 14th now August 12th. Um, if it's adopted, the village clerk will file notice to the clerk of courts, the the department
of state, and it will essentially be effective, and it will be in the the village of Tquesta. Um, we will also have to process a future land use amendment and reszoning to designate land use and zoning classifications for the property and it will also update the village's municipal boundaries. We
actually also need to update our comp plan anyways to make uh remembrance park phase one recreation and open space. the land use there is still rec uh is still residential. So we figure we can kind of do that at the same time. Um additionally the the swans um would have
to submit a plat application to the village. Um I'm not sure if council's aware or not but plats are now administratively approved per state statute which just got passed. They'll also uh submit a horizontal site plan permit which we will review. It'll go through engineering. It'll go through
building fire and everything. And then once those two are approved, they could then uh start applying for single family permits uh for the individual homes. And uh with that, that's my presentation. I will note the swans are uh on vacation
for the entire month of July. So they are not here tonight. I know they would have liked to have been and I think they will be back in town and they would be at second reading if if it passes tonight. But I can answer any questions that you have. Okay. Thank you, Jay. Council, I'll open up for discussion.
I have no questions, but um staff and council don't often get to both open a park and annex a property all within this time frame. So, I feel uh I'm I'm for it.
That's all I got. Thank you. All right. So, our item is about annexing. Um we aren't doing any kind of like site approval. I personally I just want to say that like eight houses on that lot seems a little tight to me but they went to the county and got approval. I would love to see some
visual designs just for fun but again that's just me personally being curious. The dry retention to the south of it. Never seen that filled with water. Correct. I haven't. I I'm going I know they've done their
homework. I just want to make sure because this obviously they're going to sell these homes once they build them. And again, that's that's going to be our job if we annex them in to make sure that the infrastructure surrounding it is, you know, safe and for those future
residents. So, um I'm sure they go through your process for elevations and this and that, but I don't see why we wouldn't annex them in. If they want to join us, I mean, I'll welcome them. And thank you for answering the question on the the culdesac just looked a little
interesting. Yeah, agreed. Only because I would think it would go the other way, but that's just my engineer head. I thought it would Yeah, that's where I'm at. I don't really have any objections at this time. So, just to interject, you know, through the through the building process and the
the review that our staff will do, they will have to make sure that they don't drain onto other properties. That'll be done in the civil review part of it. what Marjorie and her team do, they will make sure the water and storm water is is accounted for. They they shouldn't be able to drain. They have to keep their own water on their own property. So,
that will that your concern will be addressed. I appreciate that and that's probably where I was going with it. Just because nothing's been there for so long. Um, and just considering if on our end again for the safety of future residents, just making sure our infrastructure is up to date around it and that would be on us.
So, yeah, thank you for that. Just curiosity, Jay. Um the the size of the lots to Lor's comment, um what is our minimum lot size? It's 8,000. 8,000. Yeah. And so there's some on here that appear
they're going to be less than that. Yeah. There they're a little over 6,000. Um our PRD code does allow like 4500 square foot like garden style lots. So there there are some that you can do through the PRD process, but but it
doesn't meet the standard R1. Yeah. And my my while that would be a concern or could be a concern, they could have build these houses and then they could all come and say we want to be annexed and we would have make a decision at that time and I don't think we would say no because the lots are
smaller. It's kind of I think we get it a lot now or we get a home later. So, um I don't have a while it is a concern. Um but I think if they build it as the county's approved it and then they came to us, we're going to get what's built. So, we're going to get that size lot
regardless. I do like the um the retention pond and the passive park next door. It's about.3 of an acre it looks like. So, so no, I I have met the swans on other occasions and I think they're great people and I look forward to having them in the village hopefully
or their properties in the village. They are member. They are residents by the way. Yes. Correct. Council member French. Thank you, Mayor. Uh I did speak with a few residents in the area just on the informal proposals that uh we have heard
of the possibilities from the Palm Beach County site plan. Uh they didn't have any direct issues with it. supported annexation and also some of those on a very nearby street actually expressed voluntary annexing um on their street
and a few of their neighbors that border Palm Beach County. Uh they understood the tax increase, but they appreciated what the village uh has done for their family and the all the residents around us. So, I thought that was an interesting conversation that this created. Uh I do support the annexation
as well. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. No, I support it. It's been a a initiative of Dquesta for longer than any of us have been up here. So, even you, Council Member Brandon, I believe. So, I think it's great. Um, and you
know, I talked I had some questions. I talked to Keith about, and I think kind of what we came to, which really made sense, is we're we're adopting a legal nonconforming site plan is kind of what it boils down to. And then if for whatever reason down the road the new
development comes in or whatever, then they would have it they would have to bring it up to our code. So, and that that really kind of clicked in my head when we talked in those in those uh terms. So, a random question. So many people ask me about the volleyball court
there. Like, how do you guys allow that? And I'm like, well, it's Palm Beach County. It's not us. If it does annex in, is that volleyball court going to stay? Do we allow that? Because it's shocking how many people um inquire me about that. Yeah, I think they intend to remove it quickly, but I'll I'll have
them prepare to address that at second reading. Okay. All right. Do we have any uh comment cards? No comment cards. No. Any public comment? All right. Can I get a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? I
I Thank you, Jay. Thank you, council. Thank you, Jay. Agenda item 14, consider approval of sidewalk improvements on Questa Drive within Sunsign. Good evening. Doug Chambers, public works director. The public works department is seeking consideration to
prove sidewalk improvements on the north and south side of Tquesta Drive from Venus Avenue to US1. Uh we are planning to replace approximately 1,600 linear feet of damaged sidewalk. Uh we will bring uh all driveway transitions up to
ADA compliance, install ADA compliant U mats at all cross streets and also uh modify a couple curb ramps. Uh throughout the project, we'll also include some root pruning and any irrigation repairs. Um we're utilizing the proposal uh the
proposal we have is from Wind and Suns Construction. We're utilizing contract that we have an existing contract with the village. And so the proposal you have in front of you for $169,974.50 is based on contract pricing. Also includes a 10% uh contingency.
Uh we have funding available in our sidewalk capital improvement account. And this um this section of sidewalk improvements also listed in our five-year sidewalk improvement plan. So if approved tonight, uh tenative start date would be July 28th with
construction for approximately a month and a half. here to answer any questions you might have. Thank you, council. Any comments, questions? None for me. None for me. The driveway aprons, you said they're
going to get their swailes. No, no, no. Any sidewalk that's more than a 2% slope towards the street or towards the driveway apron, there will be a transition piece. So, we lift the sidewalk and fix just a small section of the driveway apron. Okay? Okay,
we're not replacing full driveways. No, thank you. I support of this. I wish we could do more sidewalks. Thank you. Okay. Any public comment? Can I get a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I Thank you.
Thank you, Doug. Agenda item 15, resolution 10-22, which is to make some corrections to a previous resolution for SRF loan for the utility department. Okay. um Marjorie Craig, utilities director, and it's just merely to
correct the uh loan or the number that was in there, which is DW50271, and it should be DW50271. So, the first number is is really a loan number, and the second number, the number that it should have been was the
project number. So there's a lot of information here, but it basically laying out exactly what the resolution does and just corrects basically the same one as what was approved in October. Thank you. Council any comments,
questions? None for me. Any public comment? Can I get a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I ag 16 consider approval of a contract
with Ferrer. Did I say that right? Yeah. For water main one. Yeah. Marjorie Craig, utilities director. And this is for water main number one. It's along Questa Drive. And we will be coordinating with Doug on the sidewalk stuff. Make sure it's not
conflicting there because we will be uh it'll be much like we experienced in country club drive. Um, so we've got a the engineer of record has recommended this award. He reviewed all of the um submitts and uh the apparent low bidder
was indeed the um most responsive responsible low bidder and we recommend approval of this contract. Thank you council. Any comments, questions? What is it about that section,
that part of the road? No questions. Have none. Okay. Any public comment? Can I get a motion? So move. Second. Someone say all in favor? I
I All right. Agenda item 17. Marjorie still on deck. Consider approval of the Blue Terra contract for the Dover Ditch Living Shoreline. Yes. this project. We've been uh we waited for permits for about a year, got
those. We're ready to get started on this uh storm water project to create a living shoreline on do ditch uh and award it to blue for $34,2989 almost $90. Um uh the engineer of record
reviewed all the submittals um and checked all the references and blue met all the criteria and we are looking forward to get started on this project. Any questions? Yep. Council any comments or questions? And this is all also part of a grant. So
right and sharing what town a joint project with the town of Jupiter we pay 60% they pay 40% but half of the entire project is paid for with a grant. Thank you. Any comments or questions, Council Member French?
No, thank you. Um, I have two minor comments. Um, I know like D and Army Corps permits, they oftent times have very strict construction requirements and guidelines on them and construction reporting. Are
those going to be part of this contract? Um, like how do we tie them to that? So um as the engineer of record will also pro be providing the construction engineering inspection services and
we'll we'll make sure that those permits uh uh get the reporting that they need. Okay. And then are they going to be making sure that that contractor complies with all the construction requirements and those permits? Yes. Usually it's like a couple pages, especially in the Army Corps permit. Well, the D ones do. Yeah, they're
they're very complicated and um uh the project itself is a fairly small project although it's expensive. Um but this this project is going to be a win for win for everyone. Okay. See, as long as the uh engineer
helping, we'll keep a good eye on that because that stuff's really important in trouble there, too. Yeah, we'll be out there as well. Awesome. Okay. Thank you. Any public comment? Can I get a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? I
I agree setting the proposed maximum advalorum millage rate. Uh this this item is to approve the setting the maximum proposed maximum ad valorum millage rate for the village of
Tquesta for the fiscal year 2526 at a rate of 6.4595 per thousand of assessed value and setting the bud budget public hearings as follows. September 4th, 2025 at 5:30 and approve the proposed budget
September 11th, 2025 5:30 for the adopted of the final budget. The maximum tax rate is established at this meeting. This is the rate that the village council cannot exceed after this point and the village council can reduce the millage rate if desired in the future.
Staff recommends setting the maximum tax rate at the current rate of 6.4595. Thank you. All right, council. Any discussion on this? None for me. Yep. None. None for me. All right. Any public comment? Can I get
a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I I. All right. And the last agenda item, which is always fun to do on public DAS, public record, is Jeremy's annual
review. So, I know attached to the um agenda backup are his performance expectations, which we're kind of supposed to um you know, rank or give feedback on each of those. So, I will open the floor up for council's feedback
for Jeremy and thoughts on how he did this past year. All right. I already shared this with him, but I'll tell him again in person. Says on the screen, I think Jeremy does a great job. Um, it's my first and will be my only
council I will serve on because I will live this quest for the rest of my life. I don't mean just this term, but um, so I don't haven't had the privilege to work with our village managers, but in my opinion, you do a fantastic job. The communication is just amazing. I wish
some people I worked with my office communicated as well as you. um you're really really good at keeping us all in the loop which sometimes I wonder how much of a pain that is because you can't you know you have to call us all individually and just let us know what's going on all the emails and uh and the
staff seems to really enjoy working with you which I think is the biggest um that's that means a lot. So um and some I think you do a great job and I'm continue I look forward to continue working with you. I love this part. No, I'm just kidding.
So, for me, I don't have any anything big really to nitpick or complain about or check off a big red X on your checklist here. My biggest thing I love um and it just gets better every every year. So,
even kids I teach and even us as humans, we're not robots and we aren't all perfect. We're always improving. We're always taking critiques, um, construction criticism, how to be better as people, humans, neighbors, whatever. Um, but I think
your best quality is your team oriented quality because we've set it up here. Um, not every town gets along. So, I think your communication to council, you send all of us the same stuff. You are always good about putting things on our agenda. If you think
something needs to be talked about, you'll bring it to council's attention rather than just brushing it aside. I know that you're o your door is always open because I know when it gets to a point with a resident, I know we can always send them to you and you will make sure that they are taken care of and we'll find a solution for them. So
again, really me the biggest thing I think you bring to the village is the team aspect and keeping that's a lot. You have a lot of department heads, a lot of staff, us five different personalities. um finances which is not easy either
especially in this economy so again I don't have anything big that is a red flag for me just always keep working on yourself always trying to improve take constant keep learning right and you're winning awards for supporting us and what we're fighting
for as a council for our residents and I fully appreciate that I'm not going to get into the other part right yet no okay I'll stop I'll stop there oh Yeah, I was going to give her comments first. Okay, we'll stop that then. Um, yeah, Jeremy, as Patrick said, I'll
share publicly what you and I discussed. Um, you know, managers, I've always believed that managers, you know, do things right and leaders do the right thing. And I believe that you do the right thing. Um, even when it's not popular. Um, so maybe
we change your title to village leader instead of village manager. I'm not quite sure. Um, so I I I believe that's one of your strongest of of the five, just your leadership and always doing what I see as the right thing. Fiscal responsibility again to touch on
all five of these. Um, you are always prepared. Um, you work very closely and I think it's great that you have a great relationship it appears with Jeff and our finance department and you're always looking at ways to what can we do, how can we do it differently, better, more efficiently, uh, less expensively and I
appreciate that. creativity, you're you're always um I think looking for other it says out of the box. So, I'll just use that. You're always looking things out of the box. And I like when we sit down on our um agenda reviews how you always say, "Let me pose this question to you. Let me look at look at
it this way. Have you thought of this and you thought of that?" that I think it's a very way non intrusive way and non-threatening way to say hey Rick you know because I tell everybody you know I I look at life through my eyes based on my life experience and there's so five of us up here and then
there's Keith and all every all the staff people and you're very good at saying did you think of this community and public relations uh I think you're available all the time um you you're supportive of everything that the clerk's office wants to do and community development uh that's great and the last
council relations I think um is where I'm equally as impressed as uh with your leadership. Um you make us you make me prepared. I have never felt unprepared going to any meeting uh meeting with a resident. I
call you before I call people back if it's something and I think the best thing that you do is that you make me look good and I believe that you make the rest of us look good. Um, and that's you put your ego aside and you do what
is best for the village. And I think and I think that's what I value the most. And I said that our relationship is that you make me prepared and you make sure I'm prepared and you make sure that I'm not in a position to fail. And I think that's a very that's a it's an amazing character that you have character trait.
Um, and it's something that I think has been in your DNA your whole life. And I'm glad that it hasn't changed. And you and I think you have evolved in the three years that I've been here up here. Um you have evolved and you continue to evolve, but you evolve in the direction that I'm proud to see you going. So
thank you and I'm glad to be part of your team. You council member French. Thank you, Mayor. Council member Sartorii. Uh you said that very well. Um you really detailed some of the things that I think I've experienced from our
village manager over the past year. And um I really appreciate you saying those things. I was kind of motivated right there. And you know, as the newest member, um our village manager has given me the opportunity to, you know, reduce my learning curve by some of the
educating he's done with us and uh being neutral on issues uh and just being just like you said, council member Sartorii as a leader to the uh village. And I really think he's a great example of a a true leader to me. So, Jeremy, thank you for, you know, all that you do for us
and our residents and the the sacrifice from your family as well. I know there's uh some long days in there or long weekends and uh your fishing skills could definitely use some practice, but uh hopefully we're easy on you as a council and uh continue to um get to
work with you as a village manager in the next few years and I look forward to learning from you. Thank you. All right, I'll just echo what everyone else has said. I don't have to regurgitate it. I do say truly like if you weren't um you know as great as leader and so good at your job as
everyone has said you know the culture here would be different. The demeanor with staff would be different like this is a great place and a lot of that is because of you. Um Jeremy always makes a good point. If I'm just finding out about something at my review over here, like I'm doing a bad job and um and
that's true, like anything that I've had questions or thought, you know, maybe we could tweak something here, he jumps on it right away and works on it throughout the year. Um some specific I know like the billing department, utility department, EAC, you've really kind of streamlined some um things in those
departments in that committee. And um I know you know one thing that is a concern to me that we've openly talked about is you know funding solutions going forward. We've had an incredible wave and ride of increased revenue this past couple years and as we all know as we've talked about in our first budget
meeting that is potentially going to kind of slow down, but I think you take that very seriously. I know you're already thinking about that and you're going to um keep working towards, you know, some um more concrete plans and solutions and keep us with, you know, Jeff and the finance department in a
good place that we've been for, uh quite some years now. So, thank you for everything you do. I think my only other thing is uh what was the public re relations? I'm trying to get you to the FLC conference. We moved the meeting. Let's get Jeremy there. There's so many
other city managers there. It would be great to see you there with us. And then when it comes to um his raise, I know the contract is he gets the percentage that the rest of the non-UN staff get. So um of course on board with that and I was suggesting a $17,000 bonus as well. Typically, I think we've
done these raises uh effective October one, but we usually do the bonus immediately. I think that's what we've done the past years, right? Correct. Is that in line with what we don't remember last year? Last year I think it was 15,000. Okay. Yeah.
Okay. But the compensation increase was the same as the and it's non union contract. Yeah. I'd like to actually say maybe a little bit different. I'd like to actually add 1%
um to the salary increase and then stick to the yearly bonus that you said. Okay. So whatever wherever staff lands, he gets additional percent. I I am thinking that the manager who has been here now for six years um has never had
really any challenges or any big red flags or difficulties working with staff or council that's come up and residents. I've never hear anything negative about them. It has been set up here too when we talk about other departments that we are constantly looking to be competitive
and keep quality people. And again, looking back the past six years, I don't see anything that would not reward that. Like, does that make sense? So, I'm going to say we should give one more extra percent to the
manager salary raise for the year, keep it competitive because um the what is it the study that we were sent earlier that actually would not even put our manager position even halfway competitively. So,
I think 1% is very fair. Okay. Council, any other what are your what are your thoughts? And Council Member French, speak up whenever. I don't have to call on you. Okay. Thank you. No, thank you. So, I just want to be clear. Uh, Council Member Brandt, are you speaking of the
bonus or the salary? Um, I did have some salary. You said I'm sorry, salary. Yes. I have no objections to the bonus that was um mentioned, but I am proposing that we add one more percent to the salary increase.
Okay. And I did have some I I kind of speak in a similar manner. I didn't know we were um speaking on this tonight. So, I do apologize. I was trying to put my another my numbers together. I think my calculation was actually 5.2%.
Um, but I cannot tell you why right now because I don't have those in front of me. U when we are looking at the comparatives uh city managers in Palm Beach County. And so I would uh in that case um I would recre that 1% to a 5%
raise on salary on his uh base salary not including bonus. I'm sorry. Council member French, can you repeat that one more time? Sure. Uh, without the detail. So, similar to what council member Brandon said, but 5%
on the base salary. So, a further increase 5% base salary. So, you want five on top of the five or you're right now staff is at five, correct? Yes. Yeah. So, you suggested six. Yes. So, what is your suggestion then,
Council Member French? So, she's saying six. I'm saying 10. 10. Oh, so you're adding an extra five. Yes. Hang on. I'm doing some math. I'll let you do that.
Um, so adding 10% to our manager position salary still does not even put them in the middle of the competitiveness. It's It actually puts them quite below it. just if we're being fair to the other positions that we discuss as being competitive and keeping
quality people. Wow, I didn't really tell how low that was. Okay, I'm going I will say I I don't recall receiving that. I think it might have been at a meeting where I was not there. So, I don't I don't know what Okay,
what we're looking at. Yeah, this was from the compensation study. I I think my only so I think over I'm good with the 6% I think ten's a little high mostly from the standpoint that I think overall we're having a lot of
salary increases this year and with potential fiscal restraints down the road I want to make sure that we are being responsible there and I know like you have Palm Beach Gardens in here I you know that data I don't it could be skewed because you know Palm Beach
Gardens manager makes a lot of money. Um, I know he's not taking a raise or bonus this year. I know I think Jupiter just did theirs. They're not doing bonuses. So, I think that every situation's a little different at every city and we need to kind of take that into account.
And I hear you. I agree with that. Like, I don't think garden should be in there. I was looking at the other towns that were in there that were comparative to us. And I know after knowing Jeremy for many years now working here, I think he'd be too humble to not take one and
give it, you know, and stick to all the raises that we have to give across the board. And another reason why I think he deserves it. Plus, again, he is the helm. He's the leader, like I've just said. So I'd rather keep our leader rewarded for the hard work
and efforts and the creativity, the budget um that is constantly being worked on yearly and creatively trying to find solutions. Also being active at fighting for grants and every I mean I think I think it's well deserved.
I'm good with the six. I'm I'm not comfortable with the 10. Yeah, I I would agree. I I didn't dive into this compensation study, but I wish I had. Okay, this is basically the Okay, that because this is the manager, okay, summary of the market.
Okay, so average is right there. Okay, and what's over this is the Yeah. Okay, gotcha. Yeah, I mean I'm certainly in favor of six. So that's plus 10. Okay, and that's salary. I'm in favor of that.
I I'm comfortable with the six as well. Um I agree with the mayor's comment about uh I'm glad the the bonus is is there. I like that the bonus number. Um I'm just concerned as you know we look at this we um Jeremy is the leader and deserves every penny we can pay him. I
just think that we need to get there. This is I think this is a fair compensation increase and we can get there looking at that. And I do recall the study and I apologize. I just never dove deep into it. Um, so I did receive it. So I'm I'm comfortable with the six and the proposed bonus as well. I think
it's just where we need to be because we've got a lot of things that are going to be happening in the next year or two. I just think we'll get that. I think he'd be too humble to take anything. He's he treats the staff before him. So I think it's our turn to
take care of him. Okay. All right. Any public comment or staff comment? We should wait. part of the public. I didn't know you were doing this tonight and I just happened to be here, but I just want to say that everything that
everybody said is what the manager is. He is rock solid and um I'm 43 years now in my professional career and this this man right here is outstanding. So awesome. You'd want to keep him here. Yeah.
I didn't even want to say that because I know he'll he'll never leave. But got to keep this guy happy. You know how I can tell staff is happy? Because when they're out in the field, they're smiling. No one's out there like. So even our police, they stop. They're happy. Fire
utilities. I mean, they have that grunt work and they all seem chipper. They wave when you honk at them. So I said the culture, the demeanor here, it's it's starts at the helm, right? So okay. So I think the consensus is a 6% uh well 6%. We're not gonna because if
the for whatever reason if the staff changes it from five we is it 6% or if like if staff if we keep staff at five he would be six but if it goes over if we end up doing over or under that current 5% where would we want him to be? So is it just straight up 1% over
what staff is getting? Well I'm saying 1% for this year. I didn't know we were changing because that would change legal the way that's legally written. Right. Right now it's written that he gets the the staff percentage. There's two things at play. So
you have full discretion to increase the base salary or benefits as you see fit. Doesn't have to be tied to any other staff salary increase. You you
can increase base salary whatever you want. The second piece is the performance review compensation that uh is capped at onetenth of 1% of the village's um operating budget. So you
can't go above that but you can go anywhere between zero and whatever onetenth of 1% of the general operating budget is for that. Dare I ask what that number is? Does anybody know? I I like it's a general fund, right? Be like
19,000. Okay. So, we're So, we So, we want if the if what I'm saying is if the staff um the non-union changes plus or minus through the budget conversations, do we want him to be
just 1% above staff what that ends up being or do we want him just at 6%. Does that make sense what I'm saying? Yes, it does. Bas I'm hearing it as a one-time deal or a like based on performance or if it changes permanently.
Am I hearing that correct? Well, I think it's Oh, the base salary increase you've been talking about 6%. I just use that that that would be a 6% raised base salary that that would start
presumably tomorrow and go forward. um the performance review compensation would be a one-time okay thing. So I think the real question is do we restate what Molly said is do we want to set it just at a 6% and say regardless
of what the union negotiations turn out to or no I'm sorry non-union or is it just the uh or is it just simply a 1% increase over whatever that is. I'm in favor of setting it at at a minimum of 6%. So if that means let's just call it 6% that's
where I Okay. So we'll just do the 6%. That's just me. Okay. I'm okay with the 6% because the bonus could be based on performance. It could be decided each year. It could be low. It could be high. It could be in the middle. So we'll just Okay. So we'll set the
consensus is in the 6% um salary increase this year and the $17,000 bonus. Okay. Okay. So can I get a motion for that? So moved. So I No, that's fine. And I'm just I have the 6% base salary increase. I'm I'm not clear on what the performance
review compensation number is. Or 17,000. 17. 17. Thank you. Is it effective 10 one or because I heard two different things and so I just want to make sure. Well, I don't know. I would just do what we historically did. I thought usually the bonus you get
immediately, but the raise isn't until October one with everyone else. But whatever we've historically done, which I thought that would is to keep the salary raised when everyone else is gets changed because it just for me that's just more organized. Yeah. Um I guess bonus can come out whenever it's just
Yeah, that's right. I just wanted to make sure it was clear. So 6% is beginning October 1st and the 17,000 would be processed the next paper right away. I just because I need to bring you back a resolution and a
contract amendment at your next meeting which to memorialize all this but will make it effective as you've stated in your motion tonight. Do we do that last year? A cont why you do a contract amendment every year when when there's a when there's a bonus
or something given we memorialize it in the agreement when there's when there's a salary change like that amendment. So just the bonus I don't think we do but when there's a a change to the the salary we did so last year I don't think we did a salary so I
don't think we had amendment to the Oh wait maybe I'm sorry maybe I'm not clear we did you got an increase in salary last year I don't think I got an increase I only got what the other employees got last year I got a bonus and that was it. I did not get a salary increase last year
other than what everybody else got and that's per contract. But that's what we're talking about written into the contract. Oh, but we have to do it because it's above what? Because you're giving me 1% above what everybody else. So, if it was just what everyone else getting, there wouldn't be a like I don't think we did a contract amendment last year. Got it. Thank you for
explaining. I think I'd have a stone path by now. It's once a year. True. True. It's once a year. I didn't mean to interrupt the maker of the motion. I just wanted to make sure that I was getting everything so I could bring the documents back to you next month. Perfect. Okay. All right. Can uh we need
to make a motion on that. Yeah. Can I get a motion? So moved. Second. Second. All in favor? I I Hey, any other matters tonight? Well, if I could, I just want to I'll give you guys some feedback. You know, I I almost turned into Lori Brandon at the beginning of the meeting and got a
little teary eyed and emotional. I appreciate, you know, the the positive feedback support. You know, I'm I'm honored to be here and be part of the village and, you know, I know we have a a great team and the council's worked really good with our staff and just look forward to, you know, continuing to try
to hit that vision we're all striving for and keep to Questa to Questa. So, you know, just thank you. Appreciate it. And, you know, just untouched. So, thank you. Thanks, Jeremy. Okay. Any other matters tonight? No. No comments for me.
All right. Can I get a motion to adjurnn? So moved. So move second. All in favor? I I I Man, that must be awkward. Awkward. I'm fine. So awkward. It is the awkward process. Yes. To do it
all in the sunshine. It's really awkward if it's not positive. Yeah. I mean, some cities