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“We found out that we were approved for a $4,500,000 drinking water state revolving loan fund for Beach Road Phase 2,” Village Manager Jeremy Allen reported during his standing report. Allen said the village will proceed through the required agreement process and bring any loan documents to council for approval before work proceeds.

Staff also reported forthcoming procurement steps on other utilities projects. The village plans to advertise bids for filter-plant work, including filter-media replacement, and officials said a separate water‑safety project with an estimated value of $6,500,000 will move forward once the Florida Department of Environmental Protection executes a related agreement. Staff submitted paperwork seeking a $145,000 reimbursement tied to a vulnerability assessment and said work on Water Main Nos. 1 and 4 is near substantial completion, with only a small punch list remaining.

Utilities staff introduced new Deputy Director Allison Halsberg and said they will return to council with the formal agreements and bid documents needed to begin procurement and construction. The village’s next steps include finalizing the DWSRF agreement and presenting contract approvals and budget adjustments to the council as required.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Regular Council - Feb 13 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Village staff reported approval of a $4.5 million Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan for Beach Road Phase 2 and said filter-plant and water-safety projects are moving toward bidding; village to bring agreements to council for approval.","taxTitle","Village of Tequesta, Palm Beach County, Florida","taxId",71873,"location","Florida","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6330178,"At-a-glance: Tequesta council actions Feb. 13 — pension change, construction noise limits, legislative priorities",476,3758000,4234000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2314877-433b6cd833743083cb1c04b8a0da8dbb&start=3758&end=4234","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2314877-433b6cd833743083cb1c04b8a0da8dbb/thumbnail_3758000.jpg","/articles/6330178/Florida/At-a-glance-Tequesta-council-actions-Feb-13-pension-change-construction-noise-limits-legislative-priorities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6330178-17eb45c1ffc7764eb2d59a783650e57a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775548633&Signature=k4MkAQbdqf6h-hQv86DQmZyjqWHsJDdjX8E8ZoGjb-RpE2G1P8dv6BBcqEhSFjNZDDSNJY3hQoBscExFreq5glMYbYVCRH1T6q~485C7Vx10GwYyHDnTqpBcJQ8V8K9terDQOy6EOjSWqnSECpqbu2F5NXzH1xFwx14LA8F-pAXEOT0w8Y1DA0b3-g-iQ8r4QAFVFnArNWlV7cFx0-UQSiwD-xkQUZhpi5Z81cdGPHpEt5ZqmX0-aILuwx72Yblx2pm60pRQqgBYUgLKzAy7UAr6UcZjNoxa~Lvye6D6fYvcZ3qPUxCfxVAO87KjnXwFEN~t36L-~enrtwrD1h9aOg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Village of Tequesta council took several procedural votes Feb. 13, adopting first readings and a resolution on matters the council had discussed in prior workshops.

Ordinance O‑4‑25 (first reading): The council approved on first reading an amendment to the village’s General Employees Pension Trust Fund code to change an optional form-of-benefit percentage from 76% to 75%, aligning the village with other municipal plans and facilitating joint administration with resource centers. The General Employees Pension Board of Trustees supported the change; staff and the village attorney raised no objection. The ordinance passed first reading by voice vote.

Ordinance 125 (first reading) — construction noise: The council approved first reading of an ordinance amending the noise code to reduce permissible Saturday construction hours from 7 a.m.–6 p.m. to 8 a.m.–5 p.m. The ordinance also includes provisions addressing high‑vibration activities (pile driving and similar operations) and gives staff discretion to require vibration monitoring if demolition activity produces damaging vibration. The item was previously discussed in a workshop; council approved first reading by voice vote.

Resolution 04‑25 — legislative priorities: The council adopted the village’s 2025 legislative priorities, which align the village with Palm Beach County and Florida League of Cities priorities and add a records-exemption request for municipal clerks’ personnel records. Council members noted that some state bills may require additional review or future action if language changes during the session. The resolution passed by voice vote.

Votes were recorded as voice votes with no roll-call tallies recorded in the meeting transcript.","The council approved three first-reading or non-controversial items by voice vote: an ordinance adjusting a pension optional benefit percentage, a first reading tightening Saturday construction hours and a resolution adopting the village's 2025 legislative priorities.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6330183,"Tequesta council approves special exception and site plan for private bridal museum at 358 Cypress Drive",1589,2168000,3757000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2314877-433b6cd833743083cb1c04b8a0da8dbb&start=2168&end=3757","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2314877-433b6cd833743083cb1c04b8a0da8dbb/thumbnail_2168000.jpg","/articles/6330183/Florida/Tequesta-council-approves-special-exception-and-site-plan-for-private-bridal-museum-at-358-Cypress-Drive","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6330183-088619923e17664c2f278ce412c47cc9/orig.mp4?Expires=1775548633&Signature=g9qz4DX6T69Raa3O53-mXqbmj3tn0o4JT0m98VJCpPGuMD3jb~362N1uVi2rjUNMN6rvIKPT~sVWYuSecvdsys7a~4cYzY5XYqwCOYW12h623R9fnxO8XxwZfhm9E2uiueRgTXcgt82q4Loyy-~4OeEvuUj8dpUgO6-7G0ds1XFrwwZnH1hUDPuLl4HFtTA-z-uv07LhjST1GpDCEZ94-O8zKnoFIA1cwSYj9-Gc5tNBMeXDWSAq4QPUHYi~I4Yrc20Aso~MdOmau5s0pHgUE6-BzMI-dYL6vDmBIUSt5DGRzSEDWAUw8UROtkBQy~mp9izK43jcTX6woMVy87u5pw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Village of Tequesta council on Feb. 13 approved a special exception and a site plan modification to convert the 1970-era commercial building at 358 Cypress Drive into a private bridal museum, with conditions governing landscaping, maintenance and event permits.

Jay Hutch, the village’s community development director, summarized the proposal and staff review. Hutch said the property is in the C‑3 zoning district and previously operated as an auto repair business; the applicant seeks to convert the building to a private museum after the council approved a zoning text amendment last year to allow private museums in C‑3. Hutch said staff found the proposed use “compatible with adjoining development” and recommended approval with nine conditions addressing landscape maintenance, median upgrades, tree preservation, special-event permitting, signage, mechanical screening, root barriers, walkway stabilization and an administrative sequencing condition that the special exception be approved before final site-plan approval.

Donaldson Herring, attorney for 358 Cypress LLC, and applicant Nate Albers presented the project. Herring said the building is roughly 6,000 square feet, with about 5,000 square feet planned for display and about 1,500 square feet for offices. He described the existing site as “in pretty dilapidated condition” and said violations identified during review have been resolved. Herring told the council staff had worked with the village landscape architect and utilities staff to design a substantial landscape buffer adjacent to the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad right of way and to preserve an existing exfiltration trench beneath the linear park area.

Herring said the project includes off‑site improvements: the applicant will install landscaping in the Cypress Drive median and maintain that landscaping for an initial establishment period (the applicant agreed to maintain the new median plantings for 90–120 days before the village assumes maintenance). Herring said the applicant will maintain the new landscaping within the village’s linear park area adjacent to the site and that the site meets the parking and circulation requirements in the code.

Council members asked about security, fuel storage and fire protection. The architect said the front windows facing Tequesta Drive would maintain visibility into office space but that high‑value items would be located in secured areas not visible from the main road. Hutch and a project representative said the building will be equipped with sprinkler protection and new security cameras, and the applicant said no fuel storage containers would be kept on-site beyond the gasoline present in vehicles; any fuel in excess of permitted limits would have to be stored properly. The applicant also described an approximately 6‑foot‑deep, 20‑foot‑wide exfiltration trench that required coordination with utilities staff when siting landscaping and walkways.

At the planning and zoning board meeting on Dec. 16, the PZB voted 5–0 to recommend approval of the site plan with staff’s nine conditions. At the council meeting, a motion to approve the special exception passed by voice vote (all in favor). The council then approved the site plan modification by motion, adopting staff’s nine conditions and asking staff and the applicant to draft specific language requiring interior roll‑down screening on windows that would expose high‑value items to public view at night; the applicant agreed to work with staff on that language.

Council members who spoke during the hearing said they hoped the project’s improvements would spur additional redevelopment along the Cypress Drive corridor. The mayor and several council members thanked the applicant for investing in the village.","After a quasi‑judicial hearing, the council voted to approve a special exception and a site plan modification that will convert a 1970-era auto body shop at 358 Cypress Drive into a private bridal museum, subject to nine staff conditions and additional security-screening language to be drafted.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6330188,"Nonprofit 19 o 9 pitches pop-up event to connect Tequesta entrepreneurs with county resources",762,272000,1034000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2314877-433b6cd833743083cb1c04b8a0da8dbb&start=272&end=1034","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2314877-433b6cd833743083cb1c04b8a0da8dbb/thumbnail_272000.jpg","/articles/6330188/Florida/Nonprofit-19-o-9-pitches-pop-up-event-to-connect-Tequesta-entrepreneurs-with-county-resources","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6330188-e390e19d655246b044924a921f2c6f87/orig.mp4?Expires=1775548633&Signature=H5vrLjK3LpHA2xxLKpWiZ1NUwu7RvP6yKfWlA3rLJWgxulm-gnzX-BmVt-38U-1sucqSK73zSyP9gheSQ6hU48kBS~f7nwkR0E3LUolPRqybDKSr327Z2O5ey1YFcgaa7ifMA4vlFlHZBli9CQPgrqAcoHcqX2I0rgcpc9IpdpmQALKlSKaXeVJEUTbJbDGMg2KSAiavsNfqKFyFk85HpZeQE6AkTmPYvfLLL6geCy4pHsqWOx1ntJvStr0G9Xc3q6sm51Qzw29StEhKnKAqkzDs04vFgWrwiRnDBHH387h6NKF7C2vytDpWdevtwaBt9bXfDo3SlT-q7Y47FfpAkw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Monique Fabio, development director for 19 o 9, a West Palm Beach nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs and small businesses across Palm Beach County, told the Village of Tequesta council on Feb. 13 that the organization would like to host a pop-up meet-and-greet in the village to connect local businesses with 19 o 9’s mentorship, workshops and affordable workspace.

The event would promote 19 o 9’s programs and give small-business owners “a chance to learn about 19 o 9’s resources, build relationships with one another, and explore new opportunities for collaboration and growth,” Fabio said. She asked the council to consider helping promote the event through village channels and to assist in identifying a venue or local partners who might provide food or donations.

The proposal drew positive reaction from council members. One council member said the group had misperceived 19 o 9 previously as merely a co‑working space and described the nonprofit as a “community of resources” that can help both nascent and growing businesses. Multiple council members said they would support promotion through the village’s social media and newsletter and suggested collaboration with the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce for broader outreach. “We are members of the Palm Beach North Chamber, and we often promote our big events through their channel,” Fabio said, adding that 19 o 9 typically would also include chamber promotion for events.

Village staff said the presentation does not require immediate council action and recommended staff-level follow-up to clarify the exact request. Village Manager Jeremy Allen (staff) suggested scheduling a meeting between the nonprofit and village staff to determine whether the request involves use of village web or communications resources, or other formal support that would require council review. “I would think at the very least, some interaction at the staff level, and then bring it back to council for formal action on what exactly is being sought,” he said.

Fabio described 19 o 9 as a 501(c)(3) that offers mentorship, workshops and below-market workspaces; she said the organization’s members travel from across the county and that more than 60% of its supported businesses are women- and minority-owned. Fabio also said the group’s signature collaboration event has provided about $500,000 in pro bono services to emerging businesses. Fabio and other 19 o 9 representatives said they would welcome staff outreach to set up a follow-up meeting.

Staff will meet with the nonprofit and report back to the council with clarified requests and any policy or permitting requirements that would apply, the manager said.","19 o 9, a West Palm Beach–based nonprofit, presented its small-business support programs and proposed a local pop-up meet-and-greet in Tequesta; council members voiced general support and asked staff to meet with the group to clarify next steps.","actionData","errors"]

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