TOWNOF JUNO BEACH FLORIDA INCORPORATED 1953 May 22, 2024 at 5:30 PM TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Council Chambers - 340 Ocean Drive and YouTube PRESENT: PEGGY WHEELER, MAYOR DD HALPERN, VICE MAYOR MARIANNE HOSTA, VICE MAYOR PROTEM JACOB ROSENGARTEN, COUNCILMEMBER DIANA DAVIS, COUNCILMEMBER LEONARD RUBIN, TOWN ATTORNEY FRANK DAVILA, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & ZONING ISABELLA HICKEY, SENIOR PLANNER ANDREA DOBBINS, PROJECT COORDINATORRISK MANAGER CAITLIN E. COPELAND-RODRIGUEZ, TOWN CLERK FIORELLA VERDECIA, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY ALSO PRESENT: DAVID DYESS, TOWN MANAGER AUDIENCE: 36 CALLTO ORDER-5:30PM PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO' THE FLAG ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, SUBSTITUTIONS TOTHE AGENDA - None PRESENTATIONS 1.3 Swearing in New Police Officers 2. Employee oft the Year- - 2023 COMMENTS FROM' THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE TOWN MANAGER, THE TOWN ATTORNEY, AND STAFF All Non-Agenda items are limited to three (3) minutes. Anyone wishing to. speak is asked to complete a comment card with their name and address prior to the. start of the meeting as well as state their name and address for the record when called upon to. speak (prior to addressing the Town Council). Town Council will not discuss these items at this time. Public Comments Opened at 5:50pm. Public Comments Closed at 6:09pm. CONSENT AGENDA 3. Town Council Meeting Minutes for May 8, 2024 4. Special Event Request - 2024 Loggerhead Triathlon 5. Easement Agreements for Celestial Way Drainage Project 6. Asset Disposals 7. Year to Date (YTD) Financial Statements MOTION: Rapermkosengarten made a motion to approve the consent agenda. ACTION: The motion passed unanimously. COUNCILACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS (A public comment period was providedj for each item below.) 8. Public Hearing and First Reading on Ordinance No. 788 - Electronic Publication ofLegal MOTION: Dvs/Rosengarten made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 788 onj firstr reading. Notices and Advertisements on Palm Beach County's Website ACTION: The motion passed unanimously. 10. Kagan Park Ground Cover Discussion 9. Legislative Updates - (see attached updated memorandum.) - No. Action Needed MOTION: Rosengarten/ Halpern made a motion to approve moving forward with selecting the ACTION: The motion, failed 2-3 with Mayor Wheeler; Vice Mayor Pro Tem Hosta, and new playground equipment and proceeding with Option #4. Councilmember Davis opposed. Mayor Wheeler passed the gavel. MOTION: Wheeler/ Hosta made a motion to cancel the playground selection and apply for a FRDAP grant in the amount of8150,000 (75% state funding/25% local finding) and make the immediate minor repairs to the existing equipment; with a. funding request of $10,000 from contingency, for the repairs and the agreement for RMPK's.services) for the grant application. ACTION: The motion, failed 2-3 with Vice Mayor Halpern, Councilmember Rosengarten, and MOTION: Davis made a motion to cancel the playground selection and apply. for a FRDAP grant ini the amount of8150,000 (75%statej funding/25% local funding) and make the immediate minor repairs to the existing equipment along with the temporary replacement ofs ground cover; with aj finding request of830,000) from contingency, for the repairs, wood mulch, ground cover, Councilmember Davis opposed. and the agreement for RMPK's services for the grant application. ACTION: The motion, failed) for lack ofas second. 11. Discussion on Reconsidering Bicycle Access At. JB#7 Mayor Wheeler; Councilmember Rosengarten, and Councilmember Davis, gave consensus to have staffcreate a1 warning policy to enforce against bicycle offenders at. JB#7. 12. Suggestions for code improvements for new projects requiring al landscape plan. Council gave unanimous consensus to have staff obtain a landscaping code benchmark comparative analysis utilizing codes from Palm Beach County, Town of Palm Beach, Town of Jupiter;, and other similar jurisdictions. 13. Discussion on ai reliefo option for nonconforming single-family residences Council gave unanimous consensus to have staff proceed in preparing a code text amendment for the mechanical equipment section of Chapter 34 to incorporate language that addresses minor changes for equipment installed pursuant to a permit that would otherwise be considered nonconforming. 14. Discussion on a Proposed Modified Donation Policy Council gave unanimous consensus to have staff proceed in creating a resolution to adopt the proposedmodifed. donation policy to provide that Council approve all donations ofpublic safety equipment and to reference Council consideration oft the Town' 'sj financial goals or positions. Council gave unanimous consensus to have staff send out asurvey to gather input from the public 15. Discussion on Polco Survey Ideas on the Council's goals. COMMENTS FROM' THE COUNCIL (See attached handout provided by Councilmember Rosengarten.) Council gave unanimous consensus to have staffpropose an amendment to the code to regulate the Mayor Wheeler; Vice Mayor Halpern, and Councilmember Davis gave consensus to get a list ofall 2024 eligible grants along with more detailed information and a longer timeframe to review. Council gave unanimous consensus to have a discussion on the replacement of the chain link fence adjacent to the dune walkover (JB7); and have the Hanukkah bej from Spm-7pm, to match the duration of Vice Mayor Halpern, Councilmember Rosengarten, and Councilmember Davis gave consensus to have a discussion on North. Palm. Beach's recent Ordinance regulating the volume and massing ofsingle-family height oftieredi walls. the Christmas by the Lake event. dwellings on the next agenda. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Wheeler adjourned the meeting at 9:08pm. - Peggy Wheeler, Mayor LA Caitlin E. Copeland-Rodriguez, TownClerk