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Town Of Jupiter News

By Jim Kuretski, The Town Council unanimously denied this request complete set of litigation settlement documents to be
Mayor, Town of Jupiter during a public hearing at its Feb. 21 Town Council submitted to the court to bring final closure to all litigated
The Town Council works meeting. Even if there had been support by a majority matters. This final step was underway at the mid-April
with our town manager, staff of POA membership for this request (which there copy deadline for this Seabreeze news report.
and others to address issues was not), we would have remained concerned about Harbourside agreed to limit sound emissions during
affecting our residents and setting such a precedent. Jupiter remains a uniquely all future special events held at its amphitheater to fully
businesses. The following special place to live for various reasons, one being an comply with Town requirements.
provides a summary of abundance of open space/common use tracts scattered Harbourside also agreed to early termination of a
actions and achievements throughout Jupiter neighborhoods. lucrative tax rebate deal that it secured from the CRA
since March’s community Harbourside Settlement Agreement years ago. No other property owners in Jupiter get tax
newspaper report: Harbourside initiated a lawsuit against the Town rebates, so I had long advocated for this to occur. The
Open Space/Common Use and Community Development Agency (CRA) in early termination is estimated to reduce the total tax
Tracts January 2016. This case has been in the court system rebate payout to Harbourside by about $3 million. This
A Property Owners Association (POA) requested Town and mediated for the past seven years. The Town represents about a $50 future tax savings for every Town
Council approval to remove portions of designated open Council worked earnestly and held a number of resident.
space/common use tracts and transfer it to 14 individual attorney/client sessions from November 2022 through In return, the Town granted approval for Harbourside
property owners. January 2023 in a concerted effort to resolve these to utilize a limited number of public parking spaces to
Many Jupiter residential neighborhoods received matters. enable a new restaurant to locate in existing building
development approvals that included designated open space/ A settlement agreement was unanimously approved space that has remained vacant since Harbourside first
common use tracts intended for the enjoyment of all property by the Town Council and authorized by the parties opened.
owners. While POA documents may allow its POA Board to on Jan. 17. Public hearings were conducted on Feb. Harbourside appears ready and eager to rebrand itself
make some decisions about open space/common use tracts, 21 and March 9 to amend the Harbourside Planned to the Jupiter community. Stay tuned.
no such properties may be sold and/or transferred to private Unit Development Order and Site Plan to incorporate
ownership without Town Council approval for such action(s). settlement agreement items. The final step is for a

Northern Notes from page 10 torpedo grass. Small fish will eat only the leaves, but as notorious for eluding capture if the population gets out
they increase in size, they will eat both leaves and stems. of control. Careful program management is imperative
problems in Florida are exotic and have few natural insect As adults, they consume large amounts of plant material. to avoid consuming too many plants and disrupting the
or disease controls; consequently, they frequently create In suitably warm water, an adult grass carp will consume natural balance of plants and animals.
problems with access, navigation, flood control, irrigation its body weight in hydrilla daily. Because of their feeding Northern strives to maintain our lakes and canals in
and aesthetics. Since chemical herbicides and mechanical behavior, they are used under special restricted programs optimal condition, allowing water to flow freely, especially
removal are costly alternatives that often cause secondary in our area to help manage aquatic plant problems. Florida during storm events. Biologic weed control is one method
issues, triploid grass carp can provide a beneficial tool. They Fish and Wildlife Commission requires a permit to stock that is very effective under the right conditions. Stocking
are most effective in lakes and deeper canals since they lakes with grass carp. grass carp into our deeper lakes and canals helps keep the
can grow 25 to 35 inches long and require a continual food While these fish are an effective means of aquatic aquatic weeds under control and water flowing.
supply. When introduced, they usually start by consuming plant control, several factors must be considered before Source: University of Florida/ IFAS
torpedo grass but then move on to hydrilla and southern using them. Grass carp are not picky eaters. They will NPDES tip: Planting a rain garden with native plants
naiad. The grass carp is a grazer, feeding on vegetation generally eat the undesirable plant species first. When somewhere around your home helps lock rain water in the
near the surface and in shallower waters. The new growth those plants are unavailable, they will move onto any ground, reducing the flow of pollutants and poisons into
of underwater plants is preferred. Plant feeding depends on plant in the water body. Therefore, a limited number of the drains. Using organic fertilizers and pesticides in your
fish size, with small fish preferring grasses like musk grass fish are introduced into the ecosystem so that the native garden further protects and brings health to your yard and
and large fish preferring hardier plants such as hydrilla and fish also have plenty of food. They are intelligent and are all the species living there.

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