Page 11 - Abacoa Community News - February '21

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Town Of Jupiter News

By Ilan Kaufer, in known areas, reduce water pollution runoff into local
Jupiter Vice Mayor waterways, and reduce future flooding via encouraging
Happy February, the reduction of impervious surface construction in future
I hope everyone is planning.
having a great start to the
new year. It is my hope that
2021 will bring recovery Reverse Medical Marijuana
both for our health and Dispensary Ban
our economic endeavors. Schedule a discussion on the
I want to again thank all current Town medical marijuana
our neighbors and friends dispensary ban, hear public input,
who are on the front lines and vote to reverse the ban on
fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and helping our medical marijuana dispensaries in
communities move forward. While the start to the Jupiter. We need to allow all those
vaccine distribution has not been as fluid as I would eligible to purchase medical marijuana under Florida’s
like to see, I encourage you to be patient and attentive laws as approved by Florida voters, to purchase this
to communications from the county on how to best get medicine in Jupiter and not require medically eligible Town Employee Benefits – Family Military Deployment,
your vaccine in a timely manner. It is my hope that by people such as veterans suffering from PTSD or cancer Bereavement, And Parental Leave Benefits
the time of this printing, accessibility to the vaccine is patients to incur additional transportation costs just to Improve Town employee benefits to include a paid
starting to improve. receive their medication. family leave program that includes paid time off for
Last month the Jupiter Council held its first strategic Create More Robust Historic Preservation Policy pre- and post-military deployment of immediate family
planning meeting of the year. Every year I aim to bring The Town should evaluate the effectiveness of members, critical illness or death of an immediate family
ideas for the community that are responsive to the needs its current historic preservation policies and make member, and birth or adoption of a child.
or concerns of our residents, businesses, public safety improvements to the program to ensure effective use
and our environment. This year I brought several new of taxpayer dollars and improving communication
ideas to the council for consideration, and also asked with residents and property owners to preserve historic
we revisit decisions made in the past several years that properties through both public and private investment.
I believe need to be re-evaluated. Please find below my
proposals for 2021 and please send in any comments or
thoughts on any issues.
Create Local Business Advisory Board
Creation of a Business
Advisory Board to
provide council with
recommendations on how
to support local businesses.
The Town needs to hear
more directly from Jupiter
business owners, nonprofit leaders, and other stakeholders
on how to maintain our Jupiter feel while ensuring
the success of our local business and creating work Art In Public Places
opportunities. Engage the public to evaluate our current policies for
Create Environmental Sustainability Plan Reduce Flooding And Runoff In Known Problem art in public places to determine future potential for art
Design and complete an environmental sustainability plan, Areas in public places.
including input from the Environmental Task Force, to guide Develop and adopt policies and/or projects to reduce As always please contact me with any comments
future policy goals and initiatives. This plan will provide flooding and runoff through best practices, including the or questions on Town matters at ilank@jupiter.fl.us
recommendations on how the Town can improve Town use of environmentally pervious surfaces in easements and and follow me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/
operations and future planning to preserve our local environment. future planning. This can lead to a reduction in flooding Councilorkaufer or on Twitter @Councilorkaufer.

Northern Notes from page 10 and soil; highly polluted; or lies too far under the earth’s and explains why it floats. This is good because ice floating
surface to be extracted at an affordable cost. That leaves on top of a body of water lets the rest of it stay liquid. If ice
vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to just .5 percent for all of humanity’s needs – its agricultural, sank, whole oceans could freeze solid!
earth in the form of rain and snow. Water in different phases residential, manufacturing, community, and personal needs. As you can see, water is essential to life here on earth.
moves through the atmosphere (transportation). Liquid Water regulates the earth’s temperature. It also regulates It is important to keep it clean and be mindful of what goes
water flows across land (runoff), into the ground (infiltration the temperature of the human body, carries nutrients and into it. Water is part of a deeply interconnected system. What
and percolation), and through the ground (groundwater). oxygen to cells, cushions joints, protects organs and tissues, we pour on the ground ends up in our water, and what we
Groundwater moves into plants (plant uptake) and evaporates and removes wastes. The human body is comprised of mostly spew into the sky ends up in our water. Life on earth simply
from plants into the atmosphere (transpiration). On a global water. A newborn baby, for example, is 78 percent water cannot exist without water. Whether or not it can exist on
basis, evaporation approximately equals precipitation. There and adults are 55 to 60 percent water. The human brain is other planets without water, is a topic for another time.
is more water in the atmosphere than in all of our rivers comprised of about 75 percent water. Interestingly enough, Sources: www.epa.gov and www.climatekids.nasa.gov.
combined. If all of the water vapor in our planet’s atmosphere a tree is also comprised of about 75 percent water. NPDES tip: Planting a rain garden with native plants
fell as water at once and spread out evenly, it would only Usually when solids form, atoms get closer together to somewhere around your home helps lock rain water in the
cover the globe with about an inch of water. form something denser. This is why most solids sink in water. ground, reducing the flow of pollutants and poisons into the
Nearly 97 percent of the world’s water is salty, therefore But solid water, or ice, is actually less dense. It expands by drains. Using organic fertilizers and pesticides in your garden
undrinkable. 2.5 percent of the earth’s fresh water is about 9 percent, which is unusual. The water molecules form further protects and brings health to your yard and all the
unavailable: locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, rings when water freezes. All that space makes ice less dense species living there.
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