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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_Special Meeting_3/7/2025 MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MEETING VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FL MARCH 7, 2025 9:00 AM COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order by Mayor Molly Young at 9:04 AM. A roll call was taken by Village Clerk Lori McWilliams. Present were: Mayor Molly Young, Council Member Patrick Painter, Vice-Mayor Rick Sartory, Council Member Laurie Brandon, and Council Member Jayson E. French. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Council Member Patrick Painter made a motion to approve the agenda; seconded by Council Member Jayson French. 5-0 COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS There were none. AGENDA ITEMS Village of Tequesta Strategic Planning Workshop Presentation 1. Village Manager Jeremy Allen provided a history of the strategic planning workshop and explained the process of scoring and evaluating each item. Mr. Allen presented a slide presentation to Council which included the mission and vision for the Village. Also included were values that included excellence, ethics and transparency, quality of life, employees, communication and compassion. Four core pillars of the strategic plans were: fiscally responsible government, community appearance, character and identity, municipal infrastructure and operational excellence. Council explored all items listed on the strategic plan 2025-26 worksheet and discussed the importance of each item. Detailed discussion on each goal ensued, with some items clearly being more important to Council than others. Items discussed included: Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) funding, stormwater upgrades and funding, cross departmental innovation program, impact fee analysis and implementation, Remembrance Park Phase 2, tree planting, carbon footprint, land acquisitions and park improvements, beautification of Old Dixie Highway, education on golf carts and e-bikes policy, developer/community engagement, enhancing civic engagement and digital governance, improve cross connection control compliance, provide match funding for Tequesta Park, develop future master and facilites plan, develop Master Plan and Assessment Methodology for Undergrounding, Establish Safe and Quiet Railroad Crossing, High-Level Transportation Plan with Mobility Plan, Improve Safety Intersection Safety for Pedestrian and Cyclist, Utility Project Timelines and Reporting, Improve Village Gateways, Road and Sidewalk Improvements, Develop Strategies to Address the Anticipated Rise in Transient Populations with the Community, and Employee Retention and Recruitment. Council broke for lunch at 12:38 PM and the meeting reconvened at 1:37 PM. The highest priorities and scores determined by Council were as follows: 1. Provide Additional Match Funding to State Appropriations -15 2. Identify Additional CIP Funding - 14 3. Enhance Resilience of Stormwater through Funding/Upgrades - 13 4. Employee Retention and Recruitment - 11 5. Consider Remembrance Park Phase 2 - 11 6. Develop Future Master Facilities Plan - 10 7. Road and Sidewalk Improvements - 9 8. Expand and Improve Critical Land Areas through Land Acquisition and Improvements - 6 9. Continue Education of Policy on Golf Carts and E-Bikes - 6 10.Expand Tree Planting Efforts - 5 11.Impact Fee Analysis - 5 12.Improve Village Gateways - 4 13.Beautification of Old Dixie Hwy - 3 14.High Level Transportation and Mobility Plan - 3 The priorities would appear on the April Council Agenda for Council approval and would then move through the budget (and other means ) process. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1 :46 PM Respectfully submitted, Lori McWilliams, MMC Village Clerk Note: These summary minutes are prepared in compliance with 286.011 F.S. and are not verbatim transcripts of the meeting. A verbatim audio record is available from the office of the Village Clerk. All referenced attachments are on file in the Village Clerk's office.