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Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Tequesta Drive
' Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (407) 575-6200
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TO: Village Council
FROM Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager
DATE: April 7, 1994
5USJECT: Cypress Drive Drainage Project Status Report; Agenda Item
The Northern Palm Beach County Water Control District is
contemplating initiating the long awaited Cypress Drive Drainage
Project. As you recall, this is a multi-jurisdictional Project to
effect drainage improvements on a regional basis. The governmental
entities aside from the District are Jupiter, Palm Beach County and
Tequesta.
The Village Council has previously committed to this Project, as
have the other governmental entities. By committing to this
Project, the Village Council has made known its willingness to
allow its public property to be taxed by the District in order to
pay for its fair share of drainage improvements necessitated by
that public property owned by Tequesta. Tequesta owns right-of-way
and Water Department property within the drainage basin area.
There are two ways in which to pay for Project assessments, as
follows:
1) Amortize the same over twenty (20) year period
2) Lump-sum payment
The Village Council has previously committed to participation in
this Project and has indicated its intent to pay for its cost on a
lump-sum, one-time payment basis. This is evidenced by the fact
that we have continued to budget for these anticipated costs within
the applicable capital improvement funds of the Village, in order
to provide funds necessary to pay our estimated lump-sum assessment
costs.
I believe that Peter Pimentel, Executive Director of the District,
is ready to bring this Project to fruition. Negotiations for
property acquisition are about to commence. A final Public
Information Meeting with affected property owners is anticipated in
the near future.
It is recommended that the Village Council participate in this
Project. I am requesting that the Village Council reiterate its
formal position on this Project as we head into its final chapter.
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