2-15-24 Safety, Traffic and Parking (STOP) Committee Agenda
City of Atlantic Beach
Agenda
Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee Meeting
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, Commission Chamber
800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
PRIORITIES
Review of Parking Standards
Paid Parking Program
Parking Enforcement
Speed Limit Review*
Uniform Standards for Design of Streets*
Pedestrian and Bicycle Connectivity and Safety*
(*Community Safety Action Plan Steering Committee work)
WORK PLAN/TIMELINE
Page(s)
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1.A.
Approve minutes of the January 18, 2024 Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee
meeting.
1-18-24 Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee Draft Minutes
Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee - 18 Jan 2024 - Minutes
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2. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR TO VISITORS
3. PRIORITY - PAID PARKING PROGRAM
3.A. Paid Parking Standard Policy Questions and Draft Policies
5 - 7
4. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA
5. ADJOURNMENT
This meeting will be live-streamed and videotaped. The video recording will be posted within
four business days on the City's website. To access live or recorded videos, visit
www.coab.us/live.
Any person wishing to speak to the Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee at this meeting
should submit a request prior to public comment. For your convenience, forms for this
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purpose are available at the entrance to the Commission Chamber.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes,
persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in this meeting should
contact the City Clerk’s Office at (904) 247-5821 at least three business days prior to the
meeting.
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Safety, Traffic and Parking (STOP) Committee
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MINUTES
Safety, Traffic and Parking (STOP) Committee
Meeting
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 6:00 PM
Commission Chamber
Present:Richard Arthur, Chair
Ken Caudle, Member
Brinkley Harrell, Member
Frederick Jones, Vice Chair
Michael Tari, Member
Grace Neville, Secretary
Absent:John Reich, Member
James Johnson, Member
Also Present:William B. Killingsworth, City Manager (CM)
Kevin Hogencamp, Deputy City Manager (DCM)
Jason Gabriel, City Attorney (CA)
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Chair Arthur called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.
1.APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A.Approved minutes of the Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee meeting held on
December 14, 2023.
The December 14, 2023 Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee Meeting minutes were
approved as submitted, with one change.
2.COURTESY OF FLOOR TO VISITORS
1. Mike Diaz discussed Fifth Street parking and parking standards.
2. Kelly Diaz discussed parking.
3. Max Schaefer discussed traffic signs.
4. Albert Kerber discussed stop signs.
3.BEACH RENOURISHMENT FUNDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM-PARKING
Jason Gabriel presented information pertaining to beach renourishment funding assistance
program-parking, and a Q&A ensued.
4.PRIORITY-PARKING STANDARDS
A.Safety, Traffic and Parking Committee Parking Standards Policy Questions
Agenda Item #1.A.
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After discussion, the committee unanimously adopted parking standards (which is
attached hereto and made part of this Official Record as Attachment A) to recommend
to the City Commission.
Attachment A - Parking Parking Policy Adopted 1-16-24
5.PRIORITY-PAID PARKING
The Committee received draft paid parking program policies (which is attached hereto and
made part of this Official Record as Attachment B) for review from staff, and Committee
members were encouraged to ask for information from staff as needed in advance of the next
meeting.
Attachment B - Paid Parking Program Policies
6.ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA
A. Paid Parking Program Policies
7.ADJOURNMENT
There being no further discussion, Chair Arthur declared the meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m.
Attest:
Kevin Hogencamp, Deputy City
Manager Richard Arthur, Chair
Agenda Item #1.A.
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Paid Parking Program
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Policy Question 1: Should the 18th – 19th Street paid-parking program area be extended? If so, to
where?
Paid Parking Policy: Locations for paid parking programs
Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines for the locations of paid parking. Charging for
parking encourages turnover and ensures that parking spaces are utilized efficiently. It discourages
long-term or unnecessary parking, allowing more people to access the available parking spots.
Currently paid parking is operated in the Beaches Town Center (year round) and 18 th and 19th Street
(seasonal)
Policy
Paid parking should be located in the Beaches Town Center, Old Atlantic Beach and Beach Zones (as
identified in Parking Policy: Demarcating Parking Spaces (see Figure 1) on stabilized surfaces
(pavement, gravel, turf block, etc.) with more than three (3) abutting parking spaces.
Paid parking should be extended to areas within the identified zones with more than three (3) abutting
parking spaces on stabilized surface.
Areas with 3 or more abutting spaces
Ahern St beach access
1st St beach access
7th St adjacent to Bull Park
7th St between Ocean Blvd &
Beach Ave
Beach Ave near the 8th ST beach
access
Bull Park parking
Plaza 300 Block
10th St Beach Access
11th St Beach Access
15th St Beach Access
Waters Park parking
Dewees Ave adjacent to
Marvin’s Gardens
20th St Beach Access
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Figure 1
Policy Question 2: Should either both paid-parking program times and season be changed? If so, to
what?
Paid Parking Policy: Times and seasons for paid parking
Policy
Paid parking on the Atlantic Beach side of Beaches Town Center (BTC) should as mirror the paid parking
structure on the Neptune Beach side of Beaches Town Center.
18th and 19th Street and new paid parking areas
EXISTING OPTION 1 (same as BTC) OTHER
Residents All AB registered
residents get 3 free
hours of parking
All AB registered
residents get 3 free hours
of parking
Time
Paid parking is 9am to
5pm
Paid parking 11am to
midnight
Season from March 1st to Sept.
30th
Year round
Parking
time limits
No parking between
9pm to 6am
none
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Policy Question 3: Should residential parking permits be issued? If so, where?
Paid Parking Policy: Residential Parking Permits
Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to protect residential neighborhoods from vehicles trying to avoid paid
parking.
Policy
The City should institute a program for permitting residential only parking in areas within one (1) block
of any paid parking (with the exception of the parking spaces counted towards beach renourishment).
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Policy Question 4: Should overtime parking fine amounts be the same citywide?
Paid Parking Policy: Overtime parking fines
Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to create a fair and equitable overtime parking fine structure.
Policy
The City should institute the same fines in all pay parking in the city in order to streamline the program
and avoid confusion.
Policy Question 5: How should net paid-parking revenue be allocated?
Paid Parking Policy: Net paid parking revenue
Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to create guidance on how net revenue should be spent. Net revenue
from other locations outside of the Beaches Town Center should be structured like the revenue
collected in the Beaches Town Center. This enables the revenue to be reinvested in the community
and not the general fund
Policy
The City should establish a pay-for-parking enterprise fund for the City’s paid parking program outside
of Beaches Town Center just as it has for Beaches Town Center. This parking fund may be used to fund
complete streets projects; landscape and/or hardscape improvements; alternative transportation
solutions; and to pay for management of the paid parking program.
Agenda Item #3.A.
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