The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutDocumentation_Workshop_Tab 01_03/03/2014 McWilliams, Lori From: Brennan, Abby Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:04 AM To: McWiiliams, Lori Cc: Couzzo, Michael; Telfrin, Debra; Weinand, James; Elg, Christopher; 'keith@cwd-legal.com' Subject: FW: All Aboard Florida Attachments: AAF - Status Update 2-26-14.pdf; AAF - Challenges and Considerations.pdf; Articles and links.docx PLEASE FORWARD TO COUNCIL � {�. •;.. ., � I am forwarding information concerning the All Aboard Florida project in advance of the March 3 rd presentation to Council by Kim Delaney of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. It is a lot of reading but this project is advancing rapidly toward becoming a reality with significant impact on the Village of Tequesta. Please find attached: • VOT Initiatives and Status Update • Statement of Public Safety Challenges and Considerations AAF / FECI Websites, Articles and Links �� n�i�K� Mayor Village ofTequesta 345 Tequesta Drive Tequesta, FL 33469-0273 561-339-0740 - personal cell 561.768-0460 - main number abrennan@tequesta.or� www.tepuesta.or� i ��- VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA � . - AllAboard Florida Project Status Update _ _ � __ _. February 26, 2014 ABSY BRENNAN _liapox abrerinan@tequesta.org ��atives currentl�T underway: • I�F conducting a highway-rail b ade crossing diagnostic at the Tequesta Drive VINCE ARENA Crossing on February 27` at 6:15 pm. Representatives fromAllAboard Florida, Vice-�Iayor Florida F ast Coast Railway, Florida Department of Transportation, and Federal Vax�a @tequesta.arg Railroad Administration will be visiting each grade crossing in the county to review proposed modifications associated with the �ll Aboard Florida passenger STEVE OKUIV rail project. Coundl Member sokun@tequesta.org • Dr. Kim DeLaney of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council will present an overview ofthe t1AF project at the March 3" Village Council workshop; TOM PATERNO Coundl tiiemb�:r • Principals from �ll Aboard Florida and FECI will tour the Loxahatchee Ri� er tpaterno @tequesta.org aboard Marine-85, Tequesta's Police and Fire Rescue boat on Monday, March 3, 2014; Fx�3NK D'AMS� . A meeting of the public, sponsored by the North Bay Homeowners Association, Counal Member fdambra@tequesta.org concerning the Loxahatchee River train trestle bridge is occurring on March 6`''; 6:00 pm at the Jupiter Community Center. • Individual meetings with United States Congressman Patrick Murphy, Florida State Representati�re Patrick Rooney and Palm Beach County Commissioner Hal Valeche have occurred. All pledged to assist mitigate issues that would negatively affect public safety in the Village; • Requests have been made for individual meetings with Florida State Governor VILr�GE M�v:�GEx Rick Scott, Florida State Senator Joseph I�iegron and United States Senator Bill MICHAEL COUZZO Nelson to discuss the project and its impact on the Village; mwuzzo@tequestaorg 561.768.046s . The Village of Tequesta will host a public meeting where representatives of FECI, All Aboard Florida, Florida DOT, US Coast Guard and others will speak. Inforniation concerning the date, time and location of the meeting will be disseminated using every available means to reach members of our community including newspapers, our website, Facebook, Twitter, sib s and local radio stations. 345 Tequesta Drive Tequesta, FL 33469-0273 561.768.0700 www.tequesta.org � �+ � � .. � , 3 I: Public Safety Facility Locations: • Tequesta Public Safety Facility (police and fire rescue) is located west of the FECI railroad tracks. The fire rescue department serves the VOT municipality and is contracted to service pockets of Jupiter, unincorporated Palm Beach County and the Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony on Jupiter Island; • The Village ofTequesta operates Marine-85, the only certified Advanced Life Support (ALS) boat in Palm Beach County. The ALS boat is docked at a Marina located east of the train trestle bridge. Public Safety Challenges: • Bisecting the Village with increasing traffic tie-ups at the three crossings; • Difficulty for police to respond and receive backup to routine and emergency police calls; • Inability to access, treat and transport victims of inedical emergencies; • Jupiter Medical Center transports requires emergency vehicles first travel east over the tracks and then re-cross to the west two miles south; • Train bridge lowering and raising mechanism is decades old and frequently fails; • Bridge difficulties cause southbound trains to block all three road closings — often for hours — the only way out is to travel west through Martin County on a one lane road and double back to cross the tracks at a far distant location; • Train trestle bridge routinely takes well over 15 minutes to begin the process of being lowered and then raised after a train has passed. Bridge is often left in the lowered position when it is determined that another train will be crossing in 20 - 30 minutes; • Passageway under the bridge is e�remely narrow with strong currents. Two small boats can navigate in different directions but with extreme care; • Increased lowering of train trestle bridge will cause boat backups on either side of the bridge and increase potential for collisions between boats and pilings lining the passageway; • It is impossible for Tequesta Marine-85 to pass under the bridge when it is in the lowered position. Mitigating Considerations: • Replace the Loxahatchee train trestle bridge raising and lowering mechanism — critical for both land and marine safety; • Widen the span beneath the bridge for safer boat travel when the bridge is raised; • Require a bridge tender onsite during hours of passenger trains; • Decrease the number of passenger trains; � Divert or decrease the number of freight trains; • Reschedule freight trains to run at night; • Build a Public Safety substation east of the railroad tracks; • Fund cost-sharing among neighboring marine patrols to maintain a unit west of the bridge on weekends and holidavs. �a �,: � <.3 VILI.AGE OF TEQUEST�� AT •T" ABOARD FLORIDA PROJECT The addition of 32 passenger trains a day to the FECI railroad tracks affecting the Village of Tequesta and adjacent communities north of the Loxahatchee River --.- -- - -- --- M . -- �- -- -- ---, --.,�, _ _ �_. _ � _ ..� ��,.�1-� ��,:� AlV � �.�� I3��T�� --- : --�-�,,,�.---� :�:.�..�-- .� � . —_ �, ,.�, , W _ _�,,: •'� ., '� 1�i�.�s•�c�r eo '" i , + '�`�1.: I , ..:.;• . � „ � . �, ,. � :...,.. } ' � . . } `� �= 1 �c �;�V1 � �' �'. . • � ti . i �- `z � ' � - - �� . '�d � .'�� f �- a 1'. `` a ; � �.:^� . :. . - � :� � ti,G , � y . t + . •t..- � ._ . � 1� '•.. � __ • c�' , � t � � ' �•� 6 ' •: • o { �� '•l�� ! ,. Z �' �' .. _ � ; : xv_ .. .a�'�..''�5,�_. . p . �__. ' • y ' � �� '� � , i�6 : ,� ° � � �2Sta ' �" Tequesta;, 3D .��;'1, ' I ti 1 �°- :' �''�; 1. I I �� s�' `�� t`K � , � �s• , � ,• c� ' y . : 1 i `\ \ , �ti i �� s„�� z �c� � � i f: ' . J � I 11III ` ;� � 1� �� -^. _� ,q w, � � , � ; / i :, i i .. : �:�. , ;. 1 � ��_ i � �'� '•t ':::;. '� �e. ;� ■ �,�'� � , - . . . - . .- 57'30 . �' ti, t '_' • . . , i ' � �`" � �' _ ' °;�... . 4 _.M,r-u.�/,�`• ' � '� ;'�, Y- ,� � `\ 1 5 1 . • ' 'y�. f � \ • . . .. � � � •'1 • IYP� ' �^t � � �..1.:.� i�l� .� � - . ,,,.>„�� . . -.. _ f yr t.. % ::.� / � . ; �}�--�'. , �l ' • \_� ._ � i� `� � `�\ \ '� -e . r 'n � \ .I ��r � _ �C� . , ,1 ..:1 ''y�;F f �ti ` � . _�• ;s- � �'. I � � � `�( . , .. . '.\ �"i� k � �� ; � � � • � ' �� = )—' . , ... •.\ `�i F \ / .r� l rII� RTrtA�niir i Y'�1� .\ . . .. — � . R' \ . � c s co�Si .a �m � � .. '� ea �. . \:�'"�t , •. i�; ,,.r�, �� . � �TtC PRF�SEBV�E �� ..��.•'��'� �� . ac � � \ . . . .35. . . , 36 • 31.� 'c�t Ju��ite- lnlet � � .. . . ,.� : RI4'f.R ��ji�� Y _�„f f3runCclor.p .. ' �,,, � ., ,�gu . F- � r . , n.�RK- r �. \ .. � . 4tl � _� ' f FY� _ � �f �� °"'` � �� - �F •: ;ti \ � , • - �✓' E g'f .� .r `t'"''� r. � ' . (( ,J•� ii' �\� `� : � � � _ \ � _ . � ��_ ��..nLT "—� �-� � }� : z . ,:/-, ...�\.. �. '�., __ 1�1�'.:a.�s -: �- r JuPitalurt ' Geography • Bounded to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, the Jupiter Inlet and Intracoastal Waterway. Loxahatchee River wraps around southern and western sides. North fork of the Loxahatchee creates a peninsula west of the Tequesta Drive Bridge. Tequesta's is bordered to the north by Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Population Location • Primarily single family and low density condos lie west of the railroad tracks. Approximately 85% of the population in Tequesta and adjacent areas live west of the tracks; • US Highway 1 corridor, multi-family housing developments, all public schools, 95% of commercial property, medical facilities, retail and restaurants are situated east of the tracks; • Condominiums and Town of Jupiter Inlet Colony lie east of the tracks on Jupiter Island. All Aboard Florida — Passenger Rail Service from Miami to Orlando in 3 Hours c. • 0lIdn00 The rail lie�e from ....: � ?(_ ....... ...... onanao m towa Orld^^ ..... mlllfolloivstate �� RoaO 528. about � F d0 miles. ��. P - Tlte K'est Palm --� Fumreraiiline - eeacnstation ��- Exisiing Florida - �vi�l be at m? Eas: Coast lines er of Datura antl Evernla. WPSI �. TI�e Fort Palm ` iauaemaie Beach • ,�at,o„ �,te � �n�: o�� o�„ . r� aisclosea. 6 Fort Lauderdale � � 71ie Mfami Sla9on wili be north ot Mianll =- Mfami-D�ae counry court�,oacc. G http://www.feci.com/ All Aboard Florida is planned topic for March 6 meeting in Jupiter By Bill DiPaolo Palm Beach Post Staff Writer JUPITER — All Aboard Florida is the scheduled topic for a March 6 meeting sponsored by the North Bay Homeowners Association. The 6 p.m. meeting is planned for the Jupiter Community Center, 200 Military Trail, behind Jupiter Town Hall. The meeting is free and open to the public. Scheduled topics are boaters, traffic, safety and property values. Scheduled speakers include Tequesta Mayor Abby Brennan, Jupiter Inlet District Chairman George Gentile and Kim Delaney, strategic development coordinator of Treasurer Coast Regional Planning Council. For information, call 561-746-7353. West Palm Beach Station Confirmation: http://www.mvpalmbeachpost.com/news/business/all-aboard-florida-confirms-west-palm- station-clea/nWZL2/ Florida Trend Article: http://www.floridatrend.com/article/16021/ticket-to-ride-on-fecis-all-aboard-florida Ri�ht of Wav Lease: http://www.huffin�tonpost.com/2013/10/03/all-aboard-florida n 4040567 html Florida State Chief of Staff — Adam Hollin�sworth re: All Aboard Florida: h_ttp://www.saintpetersblo�.com/another-adam-hollin�sworth-scandal-can-he-be-trusted http://miamiherald.tvpepad.com/nakedpolitics/2014/02/the-adam-hollin�sworth-effect-railroad- edition.html?utm source=twitterfeed&utm medium=twitter