4-15-25 CDB Adopted MinutesMINUTES
Community Development Board (CDB) Meeting
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - 6:00 PM
City Hall, Commission Chamber
800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Present: Kirk Hansen, Chair
Ellen Golombek. Vice Ch
Angela Farford, Member
Harold Gear, Member
Richard Arthur, Member
Jeff Haynie, Member
Absent: Jennifer Lagner, Member
Gregory (Greg) Behles, Alternate Member
Also Present: Robert Graham, City Attorney (CA)
Abrielle Genest, Principal Planner
Valerie Jones, Recording Clerk
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes of the March 18, 2025 regular meeting of the Community
Development Board.
The minutes were approved contingent upon Staff correcting the recorded vote for
UBEX25-0001 be corrected to reflect Ms. Lagner as voting for approval and Ms.
Golombek as voting against approval.
3. OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business.
4. NEW BUSINESS
A. 170 Club Drive WAIV25-0002 (Mitchel Henry Morse)
A request for a waiver from Section 19-1 to allow a parking pad in city right -of- way at
170 Club Drive.
STAFF REPORT: Planner Genest presented the information as explained in the staff
report. She also provided a PowerPoint presentation. Chair Hansen asked if there was
a time when staff was approving these parking pads in the right-of-way. Planner Genest
said staff hasn't been approving them for about 5 years.
APPLICANT REPORT: Mitch Morse introduced himself as the homeowner. He said
that after hearing the presentation it gave him some insight into the reasoning behind the
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City's stance on parking pads. Mr. Morse said if not approved, he will take any action
he has to.
PUBLIC COMMENT: Chair Hansen opened the floor to public comment. There were
no public comments.
BOARD DISCUSSION: Mr. Arthur said he thought it made sense to have cars out of
the road. He said he would like to see the City consider these parking pads instead of
just denying them across the entire city. Mr. Haynie said he didn't see the grounds for
approval. He said he was on the fence about this case. Ms. Farford said she was having
a hard time seeing a reason for approval. She didn't think parking off of the street was a
bad thing. Mr. Gear said they could be required to put in a public parking sign. Mr.
Arthur said the STOP committee discussed a recommendation to budget for additional
parking in the right-of-way. He said he could see parking pads working under certain
conditions and if the homeowner would attest to sign and acknowledge that they're going
to improve the right-of-way.
MOTION: To recommend DENIAL of WAIV25-0002 to the Citv Commission.
Motion: Jeff Haynie
Second: Ellen Golombek
Kirk Hansen
For
Ellen Golombek (Seconded By)
For
Angela Far
For
Harold Gear
Against
Richard Arthur
Against
Jeff Haynie (Moved By)
For
Motion passed 4 to 2.
REPORTS
There were no reports.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Chair Hansen said he would like to talk about some old business that was brought up by Brinkley
Harrell. He said that he would like to see the trigger of 400 square foot addition to pervious
surface requiring site retention be removed if the total impervious ratio is under 45%. Chair
Hansen asked Planner Genest if Staff could come up with that language for discussion at the
next meeting. Planner Genest confirmed what the Board was requesting.
The next topic was swimming pools being 100% pervious instead of the current 50% pervious.
The Board decided to delay that discussion.
Chair Hansen said he would like to discuss the quirk in the code regarding shared parking and
how a business's on-site parking doesn't count toward total parking spaces. He asked Planner
Genest if Staff could come up with language that reflects the fact that if a business can find on -
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site parking that would count toward their parking requirements. There was further discussion
regarding parking issues in Atlantic Beach in general.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further discussion, Chair Hansen declared the meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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Kik Hansen, Chair
Community Development Board (CDB)
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