MCHWB Vice Chair Summary of Recommendations - August 10, 2022Edits as of October 12, 2022 MCHWB meeting
Topic-Specific Summary of the MCHWB August 10, 2022 Meeting The Main Topic: Community Engagement and Purpose The Presenters: AB Vision and Mission (Citizen Volunteer Linda
Lanier). Beaches Vineyard (Pastor Bobby Spahn). Code Enforcement (Code Enforcement Officer Angela Irizarry). Cultural Arts and Recreation Advisory Committee (Member Joe Schwarz). Community Development Board (Chairman Kirk Hansen). Environmental Stewardship Committee (Chair Mark Gabrynowicz). Beaches Town Center Agency (Board Member Bruce Andrews) The Theme of the Presentation: Creating, improving, and sustaining community welfare through civic engagement. The Takeaways (a few): 1. The Atlantic Beach faith-based community can support our
community by continuing to sponsor events connecting residents east and west of Mayport Road.
2. When seeking and placing volunteers, the City of Atlantic Beach needs to focus on a meaningful fit between person and purpose. 3. Recognizing the thin line between property rights and neighborhood rights, city code enforcement needs the support of the city administration to keep blight and crime in check. 4. CARAC needs volunteers and outreach for its events that promote quality of life. 5. The Environmental Stewardship Committee sees a connection between this Council’s work and the city’s comprehensive plan.
6. Beaches Town Center continues to focus on quality-of-life initiatives and recommendations. The Recommendations (and the Council member making the recommendation):
1. Encourage the COAB City Commission to publish (via the COAB website) both the Mayor’s Council on Health and Wellbeing’s final report of recommendations and all actions taken to address the recommendations. [Lisa Herrold] 2. Develop and support volunteer recruitment and volunteer services to help the city’s Recreation Department outreach. [Tracy Marko] 3. Identify groups already working in our community to ascertain that appropriate background checks have been conducted on all of them.[Joann Wallace]
4. Collaborate on a “Friends of the Parks” volunteer model for all Atlantic Beach parks. [Kyle Brady]
5. Support the Beaches Town Center Agency’s suggestions to implement traffic and pedestrian safety strategies. [Tracy Marko] 6. Renovate or expand the Gail Baker Center to allow for additional space to better accommodate our senior citizens. [Joyce Freeman] 7. Consider implementing an Autism Awareness Program for Atlantic Beach. [Tracy Marko] Submitted to the MCHWB on September 14, 2022 Steve Piscitelli, Vice Chair