04-09-97BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MINUTES
Meeting of April 9, 1997
The regular meeting of the Committee was held on Wednesday,
April 9, in the Conference Room of City Hall. Present were:
Chairperson June Morris, Chuck Pendleton, Jane Vincent,
Pamela Fitzwilliams, Ron Schiebler, City Gardener, and Carl
Walker, Coordinator.
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 PM and a motion made
by Chuck Pendleton to approve the minutes of the last meeting
as read. Pamela Fitzwilliams seconded and the motion passed.
Carl reported, in the absence of Barbara Hopson and Brenda
Wray, on the plans for the forthcoming "Spring Bright Spots"
tour. The meeting of the sub-committee is still set for
Tuesday, April 15 at which time a final timetable will be
set. The event will be patterned after the two last such
tours and there will be approximately 15 locations through-
out the City. June turned in to Carl 2 addresses in the
Royal Palms area that he will pass an to Brenda & Barbara H.
Chuck reported that he had checked and "Fleet Landing" could
not participate in the event this time. Carl also asked that
if any member had any recommendations or nominations to for-
ward them to Brenda, Barbara H. or him, na later than the
end of April, along with a brief description of the property
and/or why it was felt to be noteworthy.
Jane Vincent had not yet arrived at the meeting, so Carl ad-
vised that he had spoken with Jody Ford, daughter of Adelaide
Tucker, and plans for the enhancements of the 11th Street
beach access were moving forward. Jody also owns a wholesale
nursery {East Coast Greenery} in Atlantic Beach and is know-
ledgeable on plants, landscaping, etc. He was told that a
meeting was scheduled to be held on Monday, April 14, on the
subject of the access plans.
Ron reported on various landscaping projects that he has been
working on. All of the pindo palms, formerly in the Atlantic
Blvd. medians, have been transplanted to Sailfish Drive and
appear to be healthy. Ron recently completed mulching around
their bases and is watering them an a regular basis. He is
nearing completion of work at Ahern Street, including the
laying of new sod. New mulch is currently on order as well
as new pop-up sprinkler heads. New annual plants have also
been ordered and will be available next week. Ron advised
,,~ that he plans to start with the flower bed at the "mailbox"
area at the Plaza/Seminole Rd. intersection and with the two
beds in front of City Hall.
Chuck Pendelton distributed photographs of the "Welcome to
Atlantic Beach" sign landscaping near the entrance to Fleet
Landing. Many of the plants at that location were trans-
planted from the Atlantic Boulevard medians.
Jane Vincent, who arrived after the meeting started, gave a
further update on the 11th Street beach access program. She
and several others from the oceanfront section adjacent to
11th St. meet and another meeting is scheduled for Monday,
April 14. Jody Ford is assisting and it has been suggested
to wait until fall to actually begin the planting and in-
stallation of the improvements. This was further discussed
by the committee and several suggestions made. Jane will
further report at the next regular meeting.
Carl gave a brief overview of the budget process for the
forthcoming '97-'98 fiscal year and the members expressed
that they were satisfied with the budget proposal being pre-
sented.
Although June Morris has agreed to serve as Chairperson for
the next year, no one has come forward to volunteer to serve
as vice-chair. After discussion of the options available,
it was agreed to defer the annual election of officers until
the next meeting when, hopefully, there will be more members
present and a candidate willing to accept the task of serving
as vice-chairperson. June will continue to serve as Chair
in the interim.
There was no further business and June adjourned the meeting
at 8:50 PM.
Carl Walker
Beautification Coordinator
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