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Residents urge CPR training, say donated AED cabinets are too prominent
Summary
During public comment, residents asked the commission to prioritize community CPR training and to reconsider the placement and aesthetic impact of donated AED cabinets, citing potential pedestrian obstruction and lack of local incidents.
In public comment, multiple residents told the Jupiter Inlet Colony commission they appreciated the donation of AEDs but objected to the cabinets' size and locations and expressed a preference for CPR training for neighbors. "I don't want to hear that they were given to us, and I don't want that to go unacknowledged or for it to seem unappreciated," Kristen Blackman said, adding she would rather "spend money on CPR classes for everybody in the neighborhood."
Other residents and commissioners discussed observed placements near the North and South beach walkways and suggested softscaping, repainting, or minor repositioning to reduce visual impact and pedestrian obstruction. Commissioners and the chief said training is part of the plan and that the vendor's system provides step-by-step guidance when a unit is opened; commissioners asked staff to prepare placement alternatives and to advertise the issue for formal public comment if relocations are considered.
