[0:18] Hey, Brad. We're good to go.
[0:20] >> Okay.
[0:21] » Okay.
[0:22] All right. Right. I'd like to call to
[0:23] order the Environmental Advisory
[0:25] Committee meeting August 12th, 2026 at 2
[0:28] p.m. Could we do a roll call, please?
[0:31] >> Brad Freeze
[0:32] » Brad Freeze
[0:32] >> here.
[0:32] » here.
[0:32] >> Thomas Bradford
[0:34] » Thomas Bradford
[0:34] >> here.
[0:34] » here.
[0:34] >> Shrauss
[0:35] » Shrauss
[0:35] >> here.
[0:36] » here.
[0:36] >> Joe Wenta
[0:36] » Joe Wenta
[0:36] >> here.
[0:37] » here.
[0:37] >> Barbara Gomez
[0:38] » Barbara Gomez
[0:38] >> here.
[0:38] » here.
[0:38] >> Brook Bonma.
[0:43] » Um, before we do the approval of agenda,
[0:46] I want to give our new EAC member Jim
[0:49] Ober Meyer. Is that right?
[0:52] um an opportunity to introduce himself
[0:54] and say whatever you'd like to say about
[0:57] yourself.
[0:58] >> Not not a whole lot to say. Uh
[1:02] » Not not a whole lot to say. Uh
[1:02] yesterday was the uh council meeting and
[1:05] you know I volunteered to be on the
[1:06] board. I'm a been a resident here in
[1:09] Tquesta for four years now and um just
[1:13] you know felt like it was time to start
[1:15] participating a little bit more in the
[1:17] community. this is uh this time for this
[1:21] board kind of works doesn't take away
[1:23] from any family time. So like I liked
[1:26] the timing of it and everything. Um my
[1:28] background is uh engineering and
[1:30] facilities of buildings, large campuses.
[1:33] Um before I was here, I was in Denver,
[1:36] Colorado for 20 years. So, I don't have
[1:38] a ton of background with um you know,
[1:42] waterways and shorelines and stuff like
[1:44] that, but definitely interested in
[1:46] learning and this would be a a way to do
[1:48] it as well. So, I'm just happy to be,
[1:52] you know, part of it and learn and
[1:54] anything I can provide as a subject
[1:56] matter expert as well from my field. So,
[1:59] >> great. Thank you very much.
[2:01] » great. Thank you very much.
[2:01] >> Welcome.
[2:01] » Welcome.
[2:01] >> Welcome. Yes.
[2:02] » Welcome. Yes.
[2:02] >> Welcome to the committee.
[2:04] » Welcome to the committee.
[2:04] There's no like swearing in or
[2:07] [laughter]
[2:07] >> no.
[2:08] » no.
[2:08] >> Does he have to recite something
[2:11] » Does he have to recite something
[2:11] >> or hazing
[2:12] » or hazing
[2:12] >> secret password?
[2:14] » secret password?
[2:14] >> Yeah, we'll save that for the next
[2:15] » Yeah, we'll save that for the next
[2:15] meeting. [laughter]
[2:16] >> We don't want to I I did block my
[2:19] » We don't want to I I did block my
[2:19] calendar. I won't be able to be at the
[2:21] next meeting.
[2:22] >> I've got the So, all the hazing should
[2:24] » I've got the So, all the hazing should
[2:24] be next meeting.
[2:25] >> Okay. [laughter]
[2:26] » Okay. [laughter]
[2:26] the rest of the year I won't be block my
[2:29] calendar for you know so next meeting I
[2:32] won't be here but from then on out I
[2:34] will
[2:35] >> thanks
[2:35] » thanks
[2:35] >> well again welcome
[2:36] » well again welcome
[2:36] >> we'll think of something good
[2:37] » we'll think of something good
[2:37] >> thank you very much for uh for
[2:39] » thank you very much for uh for
[2:39] volunteering
[2:41] >> um all right uh any additions deletions
[2:44] » um all right uh any additions deletions
[2:44] modifications to the agenda as written
[2:48] if not someone could make a motion so we
[2:51] could approve the agenda as written
[2:54] >> I make a motion to to approve the agenda
[2:57] » I make a motion to to approve the agenda
[2:57] as submitted.
[3:00] >> Is there a second?
[3:01] » Is there a second?
[3:01] >> I'll second it.
[3:02] » I'll second it.
[3:02] >> Sorry, I'm [laughter] a little slow
[3:04] » Sorry, I'm [laughter] a little slow
[3:04] today. [snorts]
[3:05] >> You're usually right on with the
[3:07] » You're usually right on with the
[3:07] seconds. Come on.
[3:08] >> Totally flow today.
[3:09] » Totally flow today.
[3:09] >> All those in favor?
[3:10] » All those in favor?
[3:10] >> I
[3:11] » I
[3:11] >> against.
[3:13] » against.
[3:13] Motion carries. Communication from
[3:15] citizens.
[3:18] No citizens here. So, we'll skip down to
[3:21] presentations.
[3:22] >> A lady
[3:24] » A lady
[3:24] present. She's giving the presentation.
[3:25] >> Oh, she's a presenter. Okay. [laughter]
[3:28] » Oh, she's a presenter. Okay. [laughter]
[3:28] >> Sorry.
[3:29] » Sorry.
[3:29] >> Um, so, uh, Christy Nelson, who heads up
[3:34] » Um, so, uh, Christy Nelson, who heads up
[3:34] the Eco Scouts, uh, would like to update
[3:38] us on current activities or maybe even
[3:41] future activities.
[3:43] >> Yeah. So, we are Is this Clicker?
[3:47] » Yeah. So, we are Is this Clicker?
[3:47] >> Yes.
[3:47] » Yes.
[3:47] >> Okay. So, we're an environmental
[3:50] » Okay. So, we're an environmental
[3:50] education um nonprofit that operates out
[3:53] of Tqua and Jupiter. Um we serve kids
[3:57] from unincorporated Martin County,
[3:59] Martin County, Palm Beach County um
[4:01] pretty much to Questa to Delray Beach is
[4:03] where our members are from. Um and what
[4:06] we do, we do all sorts of environmental
[4:10] education. We've been doing this since
[4:11] 2021
[4:13] and we have met with over 200 scientists
[4:16] locally um willing to engage our
[4:19] students in all sorts of cool
[4:22] scientists. We've met with even the
[4:24] chimpanzeee scientists up at Lion Safari
[4:26] to shark and dolphin scientists and
[4:29] obviously we work a lot with um Palm
[4:31] Beach County M because they are the
[4:33] experts in our local area. But that's
[4:35] just kind of how we started was kids
[4:37] that wanted to learn about um the
[4:40] environment. Um our most recent projects
[4:43] have turned into local restoration
[4:46] projects. Um we went ahead, we built a
[4:49] mangrove nursery at the Jupiter
[4:51] Lighthouse. We redid all the tables at
[4:53] the lighthouse for their native plant
[4:55] nursery. We've donated,
[4:57] it's getting close to a thousand native
[4:59] plants at the lighthouse in addition to
[5:02] the mangrove nursery that we grew. We
[5:04] grew 3,000 mangroves. Um they were in my
[5:06] front yard, but those have since been
[5:08] moved to the lighthouse and they're
[5:10] actually going to be planted along the
[5:11] shoreline this week. Um we're going over
[5:14] to Sarasota tomorrow to we're partnering
[5:17] with Pine Island Redfish. I don't know
[5:19] if you're familiar with them, but they
[5:20] do sustainable aquaculture. So they grow
[5:23] red fish, sell them to restaurants, and
[5:26] then they use the fish waste from their
[5:27] aquaculture labs to grow mangroves and
[5:29] sea purse lane and other edible plants.
[5:32] and they have been willing to donate um
[5:35] a bunch of trays of sea purse lane that
[5:37] we'll be able to use along the Toquesta
[5:39] and Jupiter shorelines um near the
[5:42] lighthouse. So, we're doing that
[5:43] tomorrow, which we're really excited
[5:44] about. Um we're also we've been
[5:48] handwatering the 5,000 native plants
[5:51] that have been planted along the
[5:52] shoreline. Some of them are being drip
[5:55] watered, but we're going over and
[5:57] spending hours every day watering the
[5:59] plants. So, if you see us while you're
[6:00] sailing by, say hello. But um it's been
[6:03] a lot of work. The kids are mostly my
[6:05] son is doing it, but it's been um a
[6:09] really good project. The other thing
[6:12] that we did this summer was we um
[6:15] completed our first round of native clam
[6:17] restoration. So um we have a neighbor
[6:20] across the street from us who's 98 years
[6:22] old and she said there used to be
[6:23] plentiful clam beds, plentiful oyster
[6:25] beds, and now you don't see them at low
[6:28] tide like you used to. A lot of the
[6:30] mangrove nurseries she not nurseries, a
[6:32] lot of the mangrove islands she used to
[6:34] see are gone. So, um, my son and I are
[6:37] trying to get it back to her baseline of
[6:39] what she remembers Jupiter and Tquesta
[6:42] being like. So, what we did was we went
[6:44] out and we found some live native clams
[6:47] in our local waters, which was really
[6:49] difficult to find because when was the
[6:51] last time you saw a live clam? I don't
[6:53] know. But we found them. We partnered
[6:55] with the um Whitney Lab of Marine and
[6:58] Bioscience up in St. Augustine. They
[7:00] were able to spawn, we had 30 broodstock
[7:03] of local clams. They were able to spawn
[7:05] them and turn that into 23,000 native
[7:08] clams, which we then brought down. Um
[7:11] and then using the permits with Dr.
[7:12] Osborne, we were able to release those
[7:14] clams back into our native waters.
[7:16] >> So, we've tried it a couple of different
[7:19] » So, we've tried it a couple of different
[7:19] ways. Um we have eight bagged locations
[7:21] that we're keeping the clams in mesh
[7:23] bags along um our waterways and they're
[7:27] all tagged so that way we can monitor um
[7:30] like bofouling like what's trying to eat
[7:32] the clams. It protects them from
[7:34] predation but then we can find out what
[7:36] our clams are facing in our native
[7:38] waters as far as like pollution and all
[7:41] the things that why are they
[7:42] disappearing. And then um the kids were
[7:46] able to release some not in the mesh
[7:48] bags, but they were able to just release
[7:49] some live and free. And um a lot of
[7:53] those got eaten right away, but we still
[7:56] have the ones in the bags and we're
[7:57] going to see how how they do over the
[8:00] next spawning season. So um that was a
[8:02] really fun project. Um we're also
[8:05] partnering with you guys, West Palm
[8:06] Beach Fishing Club, to do our vertical
[8:08] oyster gardens. Um, we have, I think,
[8:12] 120 that have been hung up by our Eco
[8:14] Scouts right now. So, when those are
[8:15] mature, that's like, um, over a million
[8:18] gallons of water a day that will be
[8:20] filtered locally. We are still looking
[8:22] to have local dock owners um,
[8:24] participate in that. We're always
[8:26] reaching out. So, if you ever talk to
[8:28] local dock owners that are willing to
[8:29] let us host the gardens on their docks,
[8:33] we're more than willing to come out and
[8:34] hang them for them.
[8:36] Um the other thing that we're doing is
[8:39] we um my son engineered a benthic camera
[8:43] that can be deployed in water for days
[8:47] at a time. And using a advanced AI
[8:50] modeling, what it will do is it will
[8:52] take all that video and we're going to
[8:54] be able to pull out just the pieces of
[8:57] film that have animals in them. So,
[9:00] we're going to start creating the very
[9:02] first benthic database of
[9:05] what animals, what sea life, what things
[9:08] are in our waterways here locally so
[9:09] that we can get greater protection to
[9:12] understand what's coming, what's going.
[9:14] Um, and so this has been in partnership
[9:17] with the um
[9:20] University of Miami. So, they've been
[9:22] kind of letting us use their maker lab
[9:24] to get a lot of this done. And
[9:26] >> um it's ready to go. We're we're going
[9:28] » um it's ready to go. We're we're going
[9:28] to be deploying it at um the lighthouse
[9:32] once the construction's done. We're
[9:34] going to be doing it in the Jupiter
[9:35] Narrows once their construction is done.
[9:37] And I would like to use it in other
[9:39] locations further up the river as well
[9:41] where it's murkier, harder to see, less
[9:43] studied. So that's something that's
[9:45] ready to go. We're just waiting for
[9:47] construction to be complete on the two
[9:48] projects where we know we're going to
[9:49] put the camera. But we're open to using
[9:52] that anywhere you need us to. So, if you
[9:54] have waterways you'd like to monitor,
[9:56] like Dover Ditch, for example, you just
[9:59] did a restoration there. What's living
[10:00] there? I don't know. We could put the
[10:01] camera in there and find out, you know.
[10:03] Um, oh, Pine Island Redfish, like I
[10:06] said, um, we're going to be creating a a
[10:09] sea pearlane nursery at the Jupiter
[10:11] Lighthouse. So, in addition to the
[10:12] mangrove nursery, we will now be growing
[10:14] separation
[10:17] pro projects across to Questa. So, um,
[10:20] happy to share our super person if
[10:22] there's restoration that's needed. The
[10:24] other thing we're doing is my son has
[10:25] partnered with another young person
[10:27] that's on the other side, um, closer to
[10:31] Sarasota and she's making reef balls.
[10:34] Um, she's using an a substrate that is
[10:38] an aggregate that is a lot lighter
[10:40] weight than what the traditional
[10:42] companies that you can buy the reef
[10:43] balls from are using. So, they're a lot
[10:46] more um easy to transport, easier to
[10:49] install because they're not as heavy as
[10:50] the ones that [clears throat] are simply
[10:51] made out of concrete. And she's donating
[10:54] these. These are going to go along the
[10:55] snorkel trail by KO's Bridge. Um we're
[10:58] going to use the existing lighouses
[10:59] permits because they're already
[11:00] installing reef balls. And those are
[11:02] going to be going in in September. So,
[11:04] we're really excited to see you can see
[11:06] down there the difference between just
[11:07] um one year of being in the water. You
[11:09] can see how much oyster and marine life
[11:12] that that will be habitat to. So, we're
[11:14] excited about that. Um,
[11:18] and oh, my son was invited to speak at
[11:21] the Explorers Club in New York. Um, Dr.
[11:24] Sylvia Earl invited him there. So, we
[11:26] were talking about all the restoration
[11:27] work that the eco scouts are doing
[11:29] there. And there my son met up with um,
[11:31] Phipe Kustoau, the grandson of Jacqu
[11:34] Kustoau, and he does a lot of um, marine
[11:38] conservation work with the youth. So,
[11:41] we're working with him to work on doing
[11:43] reef tiles, which I think this is where
[11:45] I we could use the village's help in
[11:48] we're so there's several versions that
[11:51] they're going through right now trying
[11:52] to decide what's the most effective way
[11:55] to do this. But what Philipe wants to do
[11:57] is instead of just like what they're
[11:59] doing in other places is they just put
[12:01] these tiles up on seaw walls and it
[12:03] collects marine life, it collects oyster
[12:06] spout, it coral grows on it, things like
[12:08] that. Philippe, what he does because
[12:10] he's been doing coral restoration around
[12:12] the world for decades is when he puts
[12:15] his coral reefs down in the bottom of
[12:18] the of the ocean, he's already preeding
[12:20] them with coral. So, he wants to preede
[12:26] our seaw wall living reefs with oyster,
[12:30] spat, coral. We're We're not sure what
[12:33] we're doing. Um, he has taken Isaac's
[12:36] designs, that's my son, and he's taken
[12:38] them to his engineers and they're trying
[12:41] to decide what would be the best for our
[12:42] local waterways because they haven't
[12:44] worked in Florida a lot. They're all
[12:46] over the globe, but this would be one of
[12:48] their first projects doing seaw walls in
[12:50] Florida. So, um, they're going to get
[12:52] back to us this month on what they think
[12:54] they can seed it with. They know we can
[12:55] do oysters, but I would like to seed it
[12:57] with other growing things like sea
[12:59] sponges and corals. Um, we're not sure
[13:03] what corals grow in the Jupiter inlet
[13:06] exactly. So, the lighthouse has given
[13:09] the eco scouts autonomous monitoring
[13:12] structures. So, autonomous reef
[13:14] monitoring structures, they're called
[13:15] arms. And the Smithsonian, what they do
[13:18] is you place these arms in the water and
[13:20] then you see what grows on them. Then
[13:22] you bring them up after they've been
[13:23] underwater for six months to a year. You
[13:25] scrape everything off, blend it in a
[13:28] blender, send it to the lab, and then
[13:29] you're making a baseline of this is what
[13:31] coral grows, this is what oysters grow,
[13:34] this is what clams, all the things that
[13:35] are growing in your local waterways. And
[13:37] it's a very standardized science way of
[13:40] making sure that we know what's growing
[13:42] in our waterways versus everyone else.
[13:45] And so, um, we already have six of these
[13:47] that we're ready to deploy again once
[13:49] the construction project is done. And
[13:51] then we'll be able to set a baseline of
[13:53] what is growing here and then we can put
[13:54] those on there. So I was hoping if there
[13:57] are blank seaw walls that are anywhere
[14:00] here in Tquesta that we could obviously
[14:02] use those seaw walls and put them up on
[14:04] the wall. The thing that um in talking
[14:07] to local dock owners the question is how
[14:09] do you install them? Right now all the
[14:10] companies that are doing this they are
[14:12] bolting them into the walls which
[14:13] requires permits and I don't think as a
[14:15] dock owner I want anyone drilling into
[14:17] my seaw wall. So, we are looking at
[14:20] doing something that would go in front
[14:22] of the dock. So, you drill a piling or
[14:24] just stakes that go in front of the
[14:26] dock. So, you're not having to actually
[14:28] touch the dock, but they're still si
[14:30] sitting in front of the dock, creating a
[14:31] living shoreline. So, again, this is all
[14:34] um in the works, but when we are
[14:37] complete with the the design, I'd love
[14:39] to talk to you, Jay, and figure out
[14:42] where in Tquesta we can test these out
[14:44] because they're doing them in Miami. I
[14:45] think they make a lot of sense to bring
[14:47] up our way. Um, last thing we're doing,
[14:51] this is our newest project, is we're
[14:53] going to take the water that comes from
[14:54] the Lockxahhatchee. I'm sure you've all
[14:56] seen it when the water the the brown
[14:59] tanninfield water that's coming from the
[15:01] canals meets the beautiful water of the
[15:03] inlet and you can physically see the
[15:05] change. Um, and that's every day with
[15:07] every tide, every tide cycle. So, um, my
[15:12] son is and I are working on these we're
[15:17] basically it's like cells that are these
[15:20] membranes that you can buy that take the
[15:22] change in salinity of water and convert
[15:25] it into electricity.
[15:27] So every day when the tide's coming down
[15:30] the lockahhatchee and it meets the inlet
[15:32] and that change is happening, if we put
[15:35] this right in the water there, it can
[15:37] generate electricity for us, which I
[15:39] think is a super cool idea. Um there are
[15:43] the researchers at Stanford are the ones
[15:46] that pioneered this idea. We reached out
[15:48] to them. Everybody loves helping kids.
[15:50] So, you know, a 13-year-old calls them
[15:52] and says, "Hey, can we make this?"
[15:54] They're more than willing to help. So,
[15:56] we are hoping to have this project done
[15:59] in by February is our timeline. So,
[16:04] that's what we've been working on.
[16:06] >> That's a lot.
[16:08] » That's a lot.
[16:08] [laughter]
[16:10] >> Gosh. Wow.
[16:11] » Gosh. Wow.
[16:11] >> So, um
[16:11] » So, um
[16:11] >> impressive. Amazing.
[16:13] » impressive. Amazing.
[16:13] >> Yeah. We we love um to Questa. We love
[16:15] » Yeah. We we love um to Questa. We love
[16:16] how open you guys have been with your
[16:17] environmental committee and willing to
[16:18] partner with us. So if we ever need help
[16:21] or if you ever need we the Eco Scouts,
[16:25] we meet every Thursday doing
[16:26] environmental projects. So if there's
[16:28] ever something you need extra hands for,
[16:30] we have 20 to 30 teenagers that always
[16:33] reserve Thursday mornings for us to do
[16:35] projects. So let us know if we can help
[16:37] you. We'd be more than happy to.
[16:41] >> That was a lot.
[16:42] » That was a lot.
[16:42] >> That was amazing.
[16:44] » That was amazing.
[16:44] >> Yeah.
[16:44] » Yeah.
[16:44] >> Are you open for questions?
[16:46] » Are you open for questions?
[16:46] >> Sure.
[16:47] » Sure.
[16:47] >> Does anyone have questions? Yeah, I do.
[16:50] » Does anyone have questions? Yeah, I do.
[16:50] Um I do remember you now from when we
[16:53] had the uh might have been a concert and
[16:56] we did the worst thing and you had your
[16:58] son and I think a daughter. So I I
[17:00] remember you now. Sorry.
[17:02] >> U
[17:04] » U
[17:04] do uh clams filter water similar to how
[17:08] oysters do?
[17:09] >> They do. And the cool thing about clams
[17:11] » They do. And the cool thing about clams
[17:11] is because they're on the bottom of the
[17:13] seabed, they bring more photosynthesis
[17:16] down, which will help our seaggrass
[17:19] nurseries. So, because they're on the
[17:21] bottom, oysters, because they hang up to
[17:23] mangrove roots, they can be higher up in
[17:26] the water column, whereas these are on
[17:27] the bottom. So, they're actually pretty
[17:29] important for seaggrass, which might be
[17:31] one of the reasons we're losing so much
[17:33] of our seaggrass. So, um, that's another
[17:36] thing that I didn't put on here, but
[17:37] we're also working at bringing a
[17:38] seaggrass nursery to the lighthouse,
[17:41] which they've said they have space for.
[17:43] They'd be happy to have us do that. Um,
[17:45] so we're going to work with the Florida
[17:46] Oceanographic Society, who has a really
[17:48] successful seaggrass program about
[17:50] bringing that down here to the further
[17:52] south part of the Indian River Lagoon.
[17:55] >> That's great. Thank you.
[17:58] » That's great. Thank you.
[17:58] >> Um, I do have a qu first question is off
[18:01] » Um, I do have a qu first question is off
[18:01] the clams. Um, are they not as
[18:03] susceptible to the um particulate and
[18:05] and pollution that's on the bottom like
[18:08] in the river like as the oysters are?
[18:11] Because the oysters don't proliferate at
[18:13] the bottom.
[18:14] >> Yeah. So, our clams are a little bit
[18:16] » Yeah. So, our clams are a little bit
[18:16] they use their um what's the muscle
[18:20] called? The abductor muscle to filter.
[18:23] So, we're not really sure how the
[18:26] pollution in the river is going to
[18:27] affect them. That's why we did several
[18:29] different locations.
[18:30] >> Yeah. Um, so I'm not sure. I'll I'll
[18:33] » Yeah. Um, so I'm not sure. I'll I'll
[18:33] know more in six months.
[18:35] >> Okay. And on the oysters, I still
[18:37] » Okay. And on the oysters, I still
[18:38] haven't got mine on my dock. How do I
[18:40] get that done?
[18:41] >> Oh, I found the list. But they the first
[18:43] » Oh, I found the list. But they the first
[18:43] installation they ran out and they were
[18:45] going to somebody's going to contact. So
[18:47] I just
[18:48] >> I'll follow up with my son and find out.
[18:49] » I'll follow up with my son and find out.
[18:49] [laughter]
[18:50] >> Okay.
[18:51] » Okay.
[18:52] >> Direct contact.
[18:53] » Direct contact.
[18:53] >> I've got her address, so I'll I'll send
[18:55] » I've got her address, so I'll I'll send
[18:55] it to you and
[18:56] >> Okay. Thank you.
[18:58] » Okay. Thank you.
[18:58] I just want to say I'm super impressed
[19:01] >> and I love everything that you brought
[19:02] » and I love everything that you brought
[19:02] up and excited to watch and see how it
[19:05] it grows and happens
[19:07] >> and where we can support it.
[19:09] » and where we can support it.
[19:09] >> Yes. Right. Yeah.
[19:11] » Yes. Right. Yeah.
[19:11] >> It's amazing.
[19:13] » It's amazing.
[19:13] >> Barbara, you have anything any
[19:15] » Barbara, you have anything any
[19:15] questions?
[19:15] >> No, just uh want to say thank you for
[19:17] » No, just uh want to say thank you for
[19:18] presenting this to us today. It's quite
[19:20] interesting. y'all are very busy with
[19:21] what you're doing and anything that we
[19:24] can do to assist um be happy to try to
[19:27] do that.
[19:27] >> Yeah, you guys have been great with the
[19:28] » Yeah, you guys have been great with the
[19:28] oyster gardens. It was it was awesome to
[19:31] have you guys get the word out for us.
[19:32] So, we we really appreciate you.
[19:35] >> Wonderful.
[19:35] » Wonderful.
[19:35] >> Thank you so much.
[19:36] » Thank you so much.
[19:36] >> Can you go back to that benthic camera
[19:38] » Can you go back to that benthic camera
[19:38] slide?
[19:39] >> Yeah.
[19:40] » Yeah.
[19:40] >> So cool.
[19:42] » So cool.
[19:42] >> Maybe
[19:51] just want to see.
[19:55] » Oh, um, if you're looking at the So,
[19:58] it's actually really affordable. It
[20:00] costs less than a GoPro to make.
[20:02] >> Wow.
[20:03] » Wow.
[20:03] >> So, we can easily reproduce this. Um,
[20:07] » So, we can easily reproduce this. Um,
[20:07] we've been very fortunate to have a lot
[20:09] of National Geographic photographers
[20:10] that have been willing, not
[20:11] photographers, but National Geographic
[20:13] explorers that have been willing to talk
[20:15] and teach with the Eco Scouts over the
[20:17] years.
[20:18] >> Um, there's one particular one who um is
[20:21] » Um, there's one particular one who um is
[20:22] doing something similar to this and so
[20:24] we uh talked to him like three or four
[20:27] weeks ago. So, he's going to be helping
[20:29] us to even refine our design further to
[20:32] make it more easily reproduced because
[20:34] he's doing the same thing in kind of
[20:36] freshwater environments. Um, but yeah,
[20:39] it costs like $500 to make these
[20:41] cameras. So, if they get stolen, it's
[20:42] not a big deal. Um, the coral scientist
[20:45] at the University of Miami that's using
[20:47] them places them like 200 meters deep
[20:50] and they're he says they're getting
[20:52] stolen, but I think they're getting
[20:54] washed away. We don't really know. Um,
[20:57] so I think in our more shallow waters,
[21:00] we're just going to put a tag on them
[21:02] that says, you know, this is a
[21:03] 13year-old kid science project. Don't be
[21:05] a jerk that steals it.
[21:07] >> Um, but again, it only being $500, it
[21:09] » Um, but again, it only being $500, it
[21:09] will be easy to replace and have
[21:11] multiple cameras. So,
[21:13] >> and this is your son that developed
[21:15] » and this is your son that developed
[21:15] this?
[21:16] >> That's amazing.
[21:17] » That's amazing.
[21:17] >> And how old is he?
[21:18] » And how old is he?
[21:18] >> He's 13. [laughter]
[21:20] » He's 13. [laughter]
[21:20] >> Like 12 or 13 or something like that.
[21:22] » Like 12 or 13 or something like that.
[21:22] That's incredible.
[21:23] >> Yeah.
[21:24] » Yeah.
[21:24] Um what life is uh what sea life or
[21:28] marine life um would be monitored? Just
[21:31] everything.
[21:32] >> We're gonna we're going for everything.
[21:33] » We're gonna we're going for everything.
[21:34] Um the thing that's the number one on
[21:35] his list is um a guitar fish because he
[21:39] he thinks that they're in our river. Um
[21:42] which is definitely possible. Um the you
[21:45] know the sawtooth ones.
[21:47] >> Um that's what he's hoping to find. Um,
[21:49] » Um that's what he's hoping to find. Um,
[21:49] but we're and the thing is with this
[21:52] database is we're going to make it
[21:53] public. So all of the scientists that
[21:56] monitor manatees and manity scars and
[21:59] dolphins and they want you to send them
[22:00] their photos of dolphin fins and we'll
[22:03] be able to send them actual photos of
[22:04] the dolphins instead of just the fins.
[22:06] Um, so there's a lot of scientists that
[22:08] are local that are already,
[22:10] you know, using all this information.
[22:13] Um, so we might as well share it because
[22:16] we're going to have it. So
[22:17] >> incredible. um the reef tile. Uh
[22:22] » incredible. um the reef tile. Uh
[22:22] so is there a place on the Tquesta
[22:24] bridge since there's a restoration going
[22:25] on right now and
[22:27] >> you probably wouldn't have to pull an
[22:29] » you probably wouldn't have to pull an
[22:29] extra permit to stick a few reef
[22:31] >> tiles? Yeah, it's possible. I'll I'll
[22:33] » tiles? Yeah, it's possible. I'll I'll
[22:33] definitely ask around and look for some
[22:35] spots. That's a good idea.
[22:36] >> Thank you.
[22:38] » Thank you.
[22:38] >> Awesome. Well, thank you so much
[22:40] » Awesome. Well, thank you so much
[22:40] >> very much. Appreciate it.
[22:41] » very much. Appreciate it.
[22:41] >> Brett, can I get Sorry. Um, on the the
[22:45] » Brett, can I get Sorry. Um, on the the
[22:45] benthic cameras, you said they'd be
[22:47] movable, so you'll be you can shift them
[22:49] around.
[22:50] >> Are they available now? Like if we did
[22:52] » Are they available now? Like if we did
[22:52] want to do a do ditch
[22:54] >> Yeah.
[22:54] » Yeah.
[22:54] >> thing.
[22:55] » thing.
[22:55] >> Mhm.
[22:55] » Mhm.
[22:55] >> Okay. I'm I'll touch base with you about
[22:57] » Okay. I'm I'll touch base with you about
[22:57] that. And then lastly, on the um I think
[23:00] it was the blue box, the energy thing.
[23:02] Have you guys talked to FPL at all about
[23:04] that?
[23:04] >> No, that's a great idea.
[23:06] » No, that's a great idea.
[23:06] >> So, yeah, I think we have some contacts
[23:08] » So, yeah, I think we have some contacts
[23:08] at FPL, so I wonder if they'd be
[23:10] supportive of it. Um,
[23:11] >> I have contacts at
[23:14] » I have contacts at
[23:14] >> Next.
[23:15] » Next.
[23:15] >> Next. Yeah.
[23:17] » Next. Yeah.
[23:17] >> So, I think maybe there's some synergy
[23:19] » So, I think maybe there's some synergy
[23:19] there.
[23:19] >> Yeah.
[23:20] » Yeah.
[23:20] >> Great idea.
[23:23] » Great idea.
[23:23] >> On their plate.
[23:23] » On their plate.
[23:24] >> That's it.
[23:24] » That's it.
[23:24] >> Yeah.
[23:25] » Yeah.
[23:25] >> Okay. Thank you very much.
[23:26] » Okay. Thank you very much.
[23:26] >> Thank you.
[23:29] » Okay. Next item on the agenda is the
[23:33] consent agenda, which includes the
[23:35] minutes from last month's meeting, July
[23:37] 8th.
[23:39] Um,
[23:41] this can be approved with a motion and a
[23:43] second.
[23:44] >> Yeah, I
[23:46] » Yeah, I
[23:46] um I read the minutes of July 8th and I
[23:51] thought they were perfect. So, I'll make
[23:53] a motion to approve the consent agenda,
[23:57] including the minutes of July 8, 2026.
[24:00] >> I second.
[24:01] » I second.
[24:02] >> All those in favor?
[24:03] » All those in favor?
[24:03] >> I
[24:04] » I
[24:04] >> against motion carries.
[24:07] » against motion carries.
[24:07] Um, so our regular agenda looks like Meg
[24:10] is going to give us an update on that
[24:12] River Beach permit that we discussed in
[24:15] our last meeting.
[24:17] >> Yes. Good afternoon. It is a very brief
[24:19] » Yes. Good afternoon. It is a very brief
[24:19] update. I just wanted to let you know
[24:21] that I did reach out to Linda K with the
[24:24] US Army Corps of Engineers. She's the
[24:26] project manager for the permit that you
[24:27] guys looked at previously. Basically,
[24:30] the feedback from them was that the
[24:32] application is currently under review.
[24:34] Public notice for the proposed um for
[24:37] the proposal went out and the project is
[24:40] in the early stages of review um
[24:42] currently in consultation with other
[24:45] federal resource agencies. So she didn't
[24:48] have any updates really. Uh, and then I
[24:50] spoke with Riviera Beach and they just
[24:53] wanted to let us know that the applicant
[24:55] had previously applied for variances at
[24:57] this property. Um, was denied twice and
[25:00] there was no new updates like from
[25:03] Riviera at this time. No new permit
[25:05] applications. [clears throat]
[25:06] >> Uh, they would let us know if anything
[25:08] » Uh, they would let us know if anything
[25:08] changed.
[25:10] >> Yeah,
[25:10] » Yeah,
[25:10] >> that is that's the update. So, it's
[25:13] » that is that's the update. So, it's
[25:13] being reviewed and probably will sit
[25:15] there for months and months and months
[25:18] >> and it's probably being processed. They
[25:20] » and it's probably being processed. They
[25:20] probably know it won't be approved, but
[25:22] they need it to go to get denied so they
[25:24] can get into litigation about it is my
[25:26] my guess.
[25:30] » Interesting.
[25:33] Okay.
[25:34] >> Hi, Christie. Thank you.
[25:35] » Hi, Christie. Thank you.
[25:35] >> Thank you.
[25:36] » Thank you.
[25:36] >> Thank you.
[25:37] » Thank you.
[25:37] >> All right. Um, so the only other item on
[25:40] » All right. Um, so the only other item on
[25:40] here is uh new business. Um, it looks
[25:44] like
[25:45] uh Jay was able to get us into the
[25:49] meeting in October, right? October 1st,
[25:52] is it?
[25:53] >> I think it's No, I think it's actually
[25:54] » I think it's No, I think it's actually
[25:54] late. I think it was October 29th.
[25:56] >> Oh, okay.
[25:59] » Oh, okay.
[25:59] >> It's confirmed.
[26:01] » It's confirmed.
[26:01] So we will be having a [snorts] joint
[26:04] meeting with them uh
[26:07] with the Jupiter environmental task
[26:09] force as we had discussed in our
[26:12] previous meetings uh the interest in
[26:15] doing that. So uh I tried to get in
[26:18] touch with someone there and their
[26:20] website is kind of lackluster in that
[26:22] there were no I couldn't find any uh
[26:25] email addresses. Uh so anyway um Jay had
[26:29] contacts there. So, we were able to um
[26:33] schedule a joint meeting.
[26:35] >> Uh what I wanted to do is and we have a
[26:39] » Uh what I wanted to do is and we have a
[26:39] couple months uh well this month and and
[26:42] our next meeting next month uh to come
[26:44] up with some things that we want to
[26:48] discuss with them or present to them.
[26:51] That could be anything from a review of
[26:53] what we've been doing over the past six
[26:55] months
[26:57] um andor
[26:59] uh what are some of the things they're
[27:01] doing andor what are the things that we
[27:05] have in common that we could work
[27:07] together on.
[27:08] >> Uh so this is kind of an open
[27:10] » Uh so this is kind of an open
[27:10] discussion. Um, I'll kick it off with
[27:15] um,
[27:17] Brooke had sent an email and Brooke was
[27:20] under the weather today, which is why
[27:22] she's not here.
[27:24] Um, these are some bullet points that
[27:26] she put together. Uh, does Jupiter have
[27:29] vertical oyster gardens? If not, we can
[27:32] walk them through what we've done to
[27:34] date so they can do something similar.
[27:38] um curious to understand what issues
[27:41] their task force has been working on and
[27:44] faced over the past year.
[27:47] Their website says they meet quarterly
[27:49] in light of the property tax bill and
[27:52] potential changes to EAC's meeting
[27:55] cadence. I'm curious their thoughts on
[27:57] the quarterly meetings.
[28:00] I'm also interested in how we can work
[28:02] together for marine restoration or
[28:04] multi-town public education campaigns
[28:07] for co-sponsored events. All good stuff.
[28:12] Um, does anyone have any ideas? Any This
[28:16] is kind of like brainstorm basically
[28:18] open discussion brainstorm.
[28:20] >> Kind of need that input of what the
[28:22] » Kind of need that input of what the
[28:22] review of what they are have done and
[28:24] what they're involved with to see where
[28:27] we have some commonality.
[28:29] >> Well, yeah. And we'll I don't know if
[28:30] » Well, yeah. And we'll I don't know if
[28:30] there's a way to do that beforehand
[28:32] before the actual meeting, but um
[28:35] >> I looked on their website and um it
[28:38] » I looked on their website and um it
[28:38] listed some items that they didn't seem
[28:42] to involve projects like we're involved
[28:44] with. They see the items that were on
[28:47] their website were beach cleanups and
[28:50] activities that they're involved with,
[28:52] but I didn't see programs like
[28:55] >> initiatives like we're taking. But
[28:57] » initiatives like we're taking. But
[28:57] that's just what's on their website and
[28:58] that might not be all-incclusive
[29:00] obviously.
[29:01] >> So I would if there was a way to kind of
[29:04] » So I would if there was a way to kind of
[29:04] get some more information so that we can
[29:07] see [clears throat]
[29:08] if we do have some similar things and
[29:11] then of course try to try and identify
[29:13] some of our projects that we're involved
[29:15] with.
[29:16] Do they go hand inand with extending it
[29:18] into the Jupiter waterways with
[29:20] shoreline and
[29:23] >> all that? I agree with maybe the areas
[29:26] » all that? I agree with maybe the areas
[29:26] that Jupiter and Tqua County lines cross
[29:30] over along our waterways. How we can
[29:32] work together
[29:33] >> uh on projects for those areas.
[29:37] » uh on projects for those areas.
[29:37] I think they blend and meld a lot all
[29:39] along right here
[29:40] >> along the inter Riverside Drive and
[29:43] » along the inter Riverside Drive and
[29:43] Inter Coastal. Yeah. And then eventually
[29:45] I guess with
[29:47] if that works out to be a good um
[29:51] program between the two if we can even
[29:53] get up the river into I believe that's
[29:55] unincorporated Palm Beach County.
[29:57] >> That's a good
[29:58] » That's a good
[29:58] >> because that whole side of the river is
[30:01] » because that whole side of the river is
[30:01] uh
[30:02] >> just
[30:03] » just
[30:03] >> integral part as well just a different
[30:05] » integral part as well just a different
[30:05] >> unincorporated
[30:06] » unincorporated
[30:06] >> legislative area. Yeah.
[30:07] » legislative area. Yeah.
[30:08] >> Some of it is in Martin County as well
[30:09] » Some of it is in Martin County as well
[30:09] as we go up the river. Yeah.
[30:12] I I was wondering if um
[30:17] I'm not sure how to word this so it
[30:19] makes sense, but if we are in a
[30:22] situation with our village where we're
[30:24] not in compliance with
[30:27] a state regulation on something,
[30:29] whatever it may be, fertilizers of
[30:32] runoff into into the locks ahead,
[30:34] whatever that may be that they may be
[30:36] looking at us to correct, if they have a
[30:39] similar situation that they're dealing
[30:41] with and how they're dealing with it.
[30:44] Um,
[30:46] I would think that
[30:48] perhaps they do have
[30:50] um some similar concerns and I'd like to
[30:54] know if if we cross over with them uh
[30:57] how they're dealing with these things.
[31:01] >> So basically local compliance with state
[31:04] » So basically local compliance with state
[31:04] laws.
[31:04] >> Correct. And are they facing if we may
[31:07] » Correct. And are they facing if we may
[31:07] be in total compliance? I don't know.
[31:09] I'm new to this committee. Yeah. But if
[31:11] not, do we have similar
[31:14] violations, I hate to use that word, as
[31:17] they have in Jupiter? And how are they
[31:21] >> processing that and making the remedies?
[31:25] » processing that and making the remedies?
[31:25] >> Maybe we could learn from each other.
[31:32] Is there any way that we would be able
[31:35] this committee would be able to know if
[31:38] were in compliance right now with all of
[31:40] those things? Any any red flags that
[31:42] have been
[31:45] >> I I don't think the village is
[31:48] » I I don't think the village is
[31:48] specifically in violation of anything. I
[31:51] I'd have to check with Allison, our uh
[31:54] water and utilities director, to see if
[31:56] there were any like nitrogen issues in
[31:58] the Lockxahhatchee.
[32:00] Um but I'm I'm not aware of any at the
[32:03] moment.
[32:04] >> I know at one point the the golf c the
[32:08] » I know at one point the the golf c the
[32:08] Questa Country Club golf course there
[32:11] was an issue. Probably that's been
[32:13] solved. I'm going back a couple of
[32:15] years. That's the kind of things that,
[32:17] you know, I wonder if if we need to be
[32:19] aware of if it if there are problems and
[32:22] there may not be hopefully
[32:25] the Lockxahhatchee River Coordinating
[32:28] Council that was created by well
[32:33] it was requested to be created by FD
[32:37] because of ongoing
[32:40] uh nitrogen and phosphorus u overloading
[32:43] in the river and to uh so all of the
[32:47] participants including Jupiter to Questa
[32:50] Lockache River District others
[32:54] uh the the the goal
[32:58] going back years ago when it first was
[33:01] created it was kind of like u uh I can't
[33:05] remember the old saying but it was
[33:08] either do this and make progress on
[33:11] these problems or we will site you and,
[33:15] you know, take you to court and all that
[33:17] other stuff to make you comply and force
[33:20] expensive
[33:22] things
[33:24] uh on the municipalities and the other
[33:26] districts so that they were in
[33:28] compliance and the courts would
[33:30] therefore dictate you must do this that
[33:33] and the other by day certain regardless
[33:37] of what it cost. So
[33:41] [snorts]
[33:41] there is that
[33:44] Apparently there's been progress because
[33:46] they haven't done anything to sue
[33:48] anybody in that are uh contributing to
[33:52] the high levels of nitrogen and
[33:54] phosphorus.
[33:56] Uh, so I guess what I'm saying is
[34:00] in regard to the Lock Hatche River
[34:02] Coordinating Council, do they does
[34:05] Jupiter and their environmental uh
[34:08] board, do they feel like the group is
[34:13] making adequate progress? Um I I
[34:18] remember years ago they had a Jupiter
[34:22] had a program where they you might have
[34:24] been working there where they were uh
[34:28] imple they were in uh installing in
[34:31] drainage uh inlet uh culverts or
[34:34] whatever you want to call it. They were
[34:36] putting in filter bags and and leaf
[34:39] catchers and things like that.
[34:41] >> Baff boxes
[34:42] » Baff boxes
[34:42] >> and pardon
[34:43] » and pardon
[34:43] >> baffle boxes I think.
[34:44] » baffle boxes I think.
[34:44] >> Yeah, I think that's what it's called.
[34:45] » Yeah, I think that's what it's called.
[34:46] Yes. and um but I haven't heard anything
[34:49] since and it's been you know like
[34:51] five to 10 years ago I guess. Um but so
[34:56] that's one thing and then the other is
[34:58] if I keep hearing bits and pieces that
[35:03] on the do ditch the uh there may be a
[35:07] phase two and a phase three. And so if
[35:11] that's true because I mean you remember
[35:13] now we're on the
[35:16] what we what we saw last month was just
[35:20] phase one. If you go, I don't know, to
[35:23] the east, then uh we would want I I
[35:28] would assume that Tquesta would love for
[35:30] Jupiter to participate at least uh
[35:33] financially the way they did in phase
[35:36] one. And so that would be something that
[35:39] I would be interested in knowing and
[35:42] hopefully there that environmental
[35:44] committee could let it be known if
[35:48] that's if if in fact we're going to have
[35:50] a phase two and three or whatever. The
[35:53] last thing I can think of is you
[35:55] remember you know we had the uh
[35:57] shoreline u
[36:00] uh the natural shoreline thing that we
[36:03] >> living shoreline.
[36:04] » living shoreline.
[36:04] >> Yeah. The living shoreline. So we sort
[36:07] » Yeah. The living shoreline. So we sort
[36:07] of modeled what we did after Jupiter,
[36:10] right? So the question I would have for
[36:11] them in regard to that that issue is do
[36:16] they have any successful projects that
[36:18] have been constructed and if so uh what
[36:22] are some of the things that they learned
[36:24] from that that we could know and maybe
[36:27] use that data to help uh uh waterfront
[36:31] property owners in Tquesta consider that
[36:34] as an alternative when the day comes
[36:36] that they need to do something about
[36:38] their seaw
[36:44] Those are the only things I can think
[36:46] of.
[36:46] >> Yeah, including seaw wall because some
[36:48] » Yeah, including seaw wall because some
[36:48] seaw walls are never coming down. So,
[36:51] are they coming up? Do they have any
[36:53] plans for just seaw walls? Like when she
[36:55] gave us the information about the seaw
[36:58] wall um
[36:59] >> tiles.
[36:59] » tiles.
[36:59] >> Tiles. Yeah. Something like see what
[37:02] » Tiles. Yeah. Something like see what
[37:02] they're involved with. Some seaw walls
[37:05] are never going to be able to come down
[37:06] because property won't
[37:09] allow it
[37:10] >> right
[37:12] » right
[37:12] >> due to the construction that's on it.
[37:18] One thought I had was to see if they'd
[37:20] be open to doing like a yearly or
[37:22] bianual meeting together to make it a
[37:25] recurring thing,
[37:26] >> but also perhaps as a way to to invite
[37:29] » but also perhaps as a way to to invite
[37:29] people like like Joe Chason from the
[37:31] Jupiter Inlet District or you know Peter
[37:33] Dwit from Jona to give an an you to give
[37:37] kind of an annual or bannual update so
[37:39] they're not having to go to both groups.
[37:40] great communication piece
[37:42] >> and so that we could kind of just
[37:43] » and so that we could kind of just
[37:43] jointly do that and then maybe maybe if
[37:45] we did it as an annual meeting or a
[37:47] bianual meeting um we could kind of line
[37:49] up a good group of speakers like also
[37:51] Keith Rosson at Mang and people that you
[37:53] know we know that people want to see and
[37:56] then invite kind of invite the public
[37:58] and make it make it kind of a public
[37:59] education forum too.
[38:01] >> So
[38:01] » So
[38:02] >> I like that. That's a thought.
[38:03] » I like that. That's a thought.
[38:03] >> You know, you know, long term, I have a
[38:06] » You know, you know, long term, I have a
[38:06] hunch, and it I may totally be wrong,
[38:09] but I have a feeling that the North Palm
[38:12] Environmental Committee is much more
[38:16] active than the Jupiter one. And if
[38:18] that's the case, then maybe that should
[38:20] be something we try to meet with them at
[38:23] some point in time and see, you know,
[38:25] >> didn't know they had
[38:27] » didn't know they had
[38:27] >> comparative analysis, see what they're
[38:29] » comparative analysis, see what they're
[38:29] doing, what, you know, what works, what
[38:30] doesn't work.
[38:31] >> Best practice. sharing.
[38:32] » Best practice. sharing.
[38:32] >> I I did send a mass email out to that
[38:35] » I I did send a mass email out to that
[38:35] whole to their whole committee. Um but I
[38:39] haven't heard back from anybody yet, but
[38:40] I think they possibly needed to get
[38:42] together and meet to determine if they
[38:44] want to even have a meeting with us
[38:46] before getting back to me. So, if I
[38:48] don't hear anything for a little while,
[38:49] I'll reach out to Dodie, who's their uh
[38:52] my counterpart over there, and maybe see
[38:53] if she could help coordinate that, too.
[38:55] Um because yeah, maybe if we're going to
[38:57] do that educational piece, maybe we make
[38:59] it all of North County and we really get
[39:02] get a great speaker series. North Palm
[39:04] does do their own speaker series at the
[39:07] North Palm Country Club from time to
[39:08] time um with environmental based. Um I
[39:12] don't think it's hugely attended. Um but
[39:15] they do get some good speakers there
[39:17] from time to time.
[39:17] >> Does Juno Beach have a
[39:20] » Does Juno Beach have a
[39:20] >> I don't think they do. Didn't Tom didn't
[39:22] » I don't think they do. Didn't Tom didn't
[39:22] you say they have some sort of like Juno
[39:24] beach like they have like a beach
[39:26] committee or
[39:27] >> they have an they call it the ecology
[39:29] » they have an they call it the ecology
[39:29] group and it's citizens and it's not
[39:33] >> it's not
[39:34] » it's not
[39:34] >> it's active it's active and and their
[39:36] » it's active it's active and and their
[39:36] main focus is on beach issues and
[39:39] Pelican Lake
[39:40] >> the lake
[39:41] » the lake
[39:41] >> but uh they're real they're just not
[39:45] » but uh they're real they're just not
[39:46] >> part of the municipality.
[39:47] » part of the municipality.
[39:47] >> Yeah. Yeah. But it I I think one of
[39:50] » Yeah. Yeah. But it I I think one of
[39:50] their council members, what's her name?
[39:52] Uh
[39:55] Judy Judy Davis or something like that.
[39:57] I forgot her name. She's very big into
[40:00] it and she regularly reports at Juno
[40:02] Beach Town Council meetings about things
[40:05] that the their ecology group does. So
[40:08] she would be a good contact
[40:10] to see if they want to have their
[40:13] ecology group people attend some sort of
[40:15] educational thing that whatever we do in
[40:18] the future.
[40:21] >> Jupiter inlet colony.
[40:23] » Jupiter inlet colony.
[40:23] >> All right. But I don't know that they
[40:25] » All right. But I don't know that they
[40:25] have anything.
[40:27] I know that Mr. Chip Block the current
[40:30] mayor is very into all of this
[40:33] environmental stuff. I think he
[40:35] >> at least invite him.
[40:36] » at least invite him.
[40:36] >> Yeah.
[40:36] » Yeah.
[40:36] >> Yeah. I think he spoke to us one time
[40:38] » Yeah. I think he spoke to us one time
[40:38] about something that they did.
[40:43] >> I think if we were to do a joint
[40:44] » I think if we were to do a joint
[40:44] educational thing, we could So Jeremy
[40:47] and I know Heidi, their city manager
[40:49] well and we talk to her all the time. So
[40:51] we could just invite their entire, you
[40:54] know, through their city council and
[40:56] through the city manager just invite
[40:57] everyone there to come.
[41:01] Uh last comment, uh Jupiter, do they
[41:04] meet in their community center? The EA
[41:06] their EAC?
[41:07] >> I believe they meet in council chambers.
[41:09] » I believe they meet in council chambers.
[41:10] Okay.
[41:10] >> And so that's where this the meeting
[41:11] » And so that's where this the meeting
[41:12] it's it's actually it's October 26th. Um
[41:15] and that I believe is supposed to be in
[41:17] their council chambers, but I will I
[41:19] will confirm that with them.
[41:20] >> So this team's call on the 1 of October
[41:23] » So this team's call on the 1 of October
[41:23] is to like discuss the agenda, correct?
[41:28] >> Yes.
[41:28] » Yes.
[41:28] >> Okay.
[41:31] So,
[41:33] I'll summarize or write out everything
[41:36] that um we spoke about and uh at the
[41:40] next meeting we can go through it. If I
[41:43] missed anything, add it. if I didn't uh
[41:46] or it we don't think it's worthwhile, we
[41:49] can strike it and that way I have
[41:51] something
[41:53] meaningful to say that the committee has
[41:55] approved to discuss with the uh Jupiter
[41:58] environmental task force on October 1st
[42:02] when they put together their agenda.
[42:06] >> Thank you.
[42:08] » Thank you.
[42:08] >> Good.
[42:09] » Good.
[42:09] >> Sounds great. Yeah.
[42:10] » Sounds great. Yeah.
[42:10] >> Um what else? There was one other
[42:14] » Um what else? There was one other
[42:14] >> [snorts]
[42:16] » I think everybody received an email from
[42:19] Sue
[42:21] um
[42:22] from the Jupiter Narrows Conservation
[42:26] Alliance.
[42:28] >> I saw it, but I didn't read it. So, you
[42:30] » I saw it, but I didn't read it. So, you
[42:30] want to tell me?
[42:31] >> Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. I'm just going to
[42:32] » Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. I'm just going to
[42:32] read it. Um, on behalf of Jupiter
[42:34] Narrows Ocean Conservancy and the Andrew
[42:37] Red Harris Foundation, we are excited to
[42:39] invite you to join us as we celebrate an
[42:42] important milestone for the Jupiter
[42:44] Narrows. After years of planning and
[42:45] collaboration, we're officially breaking
[42:47] ground on a major effort to restore the
[42:49] mangrove islands in the Jupiter Narrows.
[42:52] This project represents an important
[42:54] step toward reversing decades of
[42:55] erosion, rebuilding critical coastal
[42:57] habitat, and preser preserving this
[42:59] treasured waterway for future
[43:00] generations. We would be honored to have
[43:03] you with us as we celebrate the
[43:05] beginning of this work. The date is on
[43:08] Wednesday, August 19th at 11 a.m. The
[43:11] location is behind Island House
[43:14] Southwest at 3:25 South Beach Road into
[43:18] Questa.
[43:20] Um, she says, "Please go to 375 South
[43:23] Beach Road and use walkway on south side
[43:25] of property to get to waterfront, then
[43:27] turn left. Parking is very limited.
[43:30] Please carpool.
[43:32] Um, there are some guest parking spots
[43:34] available.
[43:37] Please let us know if you'll be able to
[43:39] attend RSVP
[43:42] to info@ Jupiter Narrowsconervation.org.
[43:47] Thank you for your partnership and
[43:48] support and helping make this project a
[43:51] reality. We hope to celebrate with you
[43:52] best. Supernella,
[43:54] >> what time was it at? Right.
[43:55] » what time was it at? Right.
[43:55] >> It is at 11 a.m. on August 19th.
[44:00] » It is at 11 a.m. on August 19th.
[44:00] Unfortunately, I will not be available
[44:02] on that day, but
[44:04] I was hoping someone from the committee
[44:07] might be able to go.
[44:08] >> I might be. I have like I have to check.
[44:13] » I might be. I have like I have to check.
[44:13] >> If you do go, please remember to RSVP.
[44:17] » If you do go, please remember to RSVP.
[44:17] >> If you if you plan to go, please RSVP to
[44:21] » If you if you plan to go, please RSVP to
[44:21] Jupiter.
[44:21] >> Okay.
[44:22] » Okay.
[44:22] >> And I think everybody on committee here
[44:25] » And I think everybody on committee here
[44:25] should have gotten this. It was an email
[44:27] to all EAC members.
[44:29] >> I And I believe I forwarded to everyone
[44:31] » I And I believe I forwarded to everyone
[44:31] as well.
[44:32] >> You did? Okay.
[44:33] » You did? Okay.
[44:33] >> To to your personal email addresses.
[44:35] » To to your personal email addresses.
[44:35] >> All right.
[44:38] » All right.
[44:38] Okay.
[44:41] » That lady Sue uh Panella,
[44:45] >> she's a bulldog.
[44:45] » she's a bulldog.
[44:45] >> Amazing.
[44:46] » Amazing.
[44:46] >> She's a bulldog.
[44:47] » She's a bulldog.
[44:47] >> She She never gave up. Yeah, it just it
[44:51] » She She never gave up. Yeah, it just it
[44:51] was just like another uh step on a
[44:53] ladder if she had anybody to cause her
[44:57] delays.
[44:57] >> It's impressive.
[44:58] » It's impressive.
[44:58] >> Amazing.
[44:59] » Amazing.
[44:59] >> That's impressive.
[45:01] » That's impressive.
[45:01] >> Um are there any other various comments
[45:04] » Um are there any other various comments
[45:04] from committee members?
[45:07] >> No.
[45:10] » Just a just a real quick staff update.
[45:12] when when we were doing the Dover Ditch
[45:14] tour and when I did my prep for that
[45:15] Dover Ditch tour, I noticed that some of
[45:17] the mangroves really weren't growing in
[45:19] as well as we probably would have hoped.
[45:22] So, um Allison and I are going to have
[45:24] Keith Rosson from Mang go out with us
[45:26] next week to see if he what his thoughts
[45:29] are on if if we need to put some more
[45:31] mangroves in. I think it's actually
[45:32] still under warranty, so we're going to
[45:35] possibly see if um Keith um or our
[45:39] contractor will put more mangroves in
[45:41] there. So, that's a good out possibly a
[45:44] good outcome from our our tour.
[45:46] >> Um, I'll give an update at the next
[45:47] » Um, I'll give an update at the next
[45:47] meeting uh about what we figure out.
[45:50] >> Awesome.
[45:51] » Awesome.
[45:51] >> But otherwise, I mean, do I thought
[45:53] » But otherwise, I mean, do I thought
[45:53] looked great. Just thought the mangroves
[45:55] were a little
[45:56] >> Yeah,
[45:56] » Yeah,
[45:56] >> a little thin.
[45:57] » a little thin.
[45:58] >> Are they um able to survive in where
[46:01] » Are they um able to survive in where
[46:01] they are?
[46:01] >> That's what I wanted to have Keith look
[46:03] » That's what I wanted to have Keith look
[46:03] at. We're going to go at low tide um
[46:05] peak low tide just so he can make sure
[46:07] that that they were installed in the
[46:09] right place.
[46:11] um and that they're, you know, in a in a
[46:14] good environment to to thrive. And then
[46:16] we also kind of noticed that that there
[46:18] was maybe an opportunity to put even
[46:20] more in because there's an existing
[46:21] strand of mangroves that are kind of out
[46:23] in the river and then they planted them
[46:25] here and then there's still a whole
[46:26] another bank. So, I'm going to ask Keith
[46:28] like why not why not just make them make
[46:30] them the whole way.
[46:32] >> Um and of course we've got Keith who can
[46:34] » Um and of course we've got Keith who can
[46:34] do mangroves, the Eco Scouts can do
[46:36] mangroves. So
[46:38] >> yeah,
[46:39] » yeah,
[46:39] >> we might we might be able to
[46:41] » we might we might be able to
[46:41] >> put more in.
[46:43] » put more in.
[46:43] >> Will is it possible uh for me to tag
[46:46] » Will is it possible uh for me to tag
[46:46] along if available?
[46:48] >> Just let me know when.
[46:50] » Just let me know when.
[46:50] >> Yeah. 9 o'clock on Monday. I'll send you
[46:51] » Yeah. 9 o'clock on Monday. I'll send you
[46:51] an invite.
[46:52] >> It's coming.
[46:53] » It's coming.
[46:53] >> Yeah, Monday.
[46:53] » Yeah, Monday.
[46:53] >> That'd be cool.
[46:55] » That'd be cool.
[46:55] >> Um the Dover Ditch phase two and perhaps
[46:59] » Um the Dover Ditch phase two and perhaps
[46:59] phase three. Is that something online?
[47:01] Do you know?
[47:03] >> No, we don't we don't have design for
[47:05] » No, we don't we don't have design for
[47:05] it. It's just something that's been
[47:06] talked about that there's an opportunity
[47:08] to extend it to on the other side of
[47:10] Riverside in the future.
[47:12] >> Um,
[47:13] » Um,
[47:13] >> and just for my information, that other
[47:15] » and just for my information, that other
[47:15] side of of River or Riverside, um,
[47:19] that's still toquest on one side and
[47:21] Jupiter on the other. Okay.
[47:25] >> All right. Um, any other future agenda
[47:29] » All right. Um, any other future agenda
[47:29] items?
[47:32] » I ask it every time.
[47:35] Um, anything else?
[47:38] All right. Well, that is all on the
[47:40] agenda. So, if you um would like to end
[47:45] the meeting, I think we need a motion,
[47:47] don't we?
[47:48] >> Let's go.
[47:49] » Let's go.
[47:49] >> Or do I just call it? I I forget.
[47:53] » Or do I just call it? I I forget.
[47:53] >> Motion to end.
[47:55] » Motion to end.
[47:56] >> Motion to adjurnn.
[47:56] » Motion to adjurnn.
[47:56] >> Motion to adjurnn. That was a nicer way
[47:58] » Motion to adjurnn. That was a nicer way
[47:58] to put it.
[47:59] >> Motion to adjurnn. Is there a second?
[48:01] » Motion to adjurnn. Is there a second?
[48:02] All those in favor? I
[48:04] >> against
[48:06] » against
[48:06] motion carries.
[48:08] >> Meeting is adjourned.
[48:13] [laughter]
[48:14] >> I'm looking forward to the Jupiter
[48:15] » I'm looking forward to the Jupiter
[48:15] Alliance.
[48:17] >> It'll be fun. Nice to meet you.