Item 9
February 3, 2004
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
`~" FROM: Jim Hans
City~ar.
'""' SUBJECT: City Mana is Report
AGENDA ITEM #9
FEBRUARY 9, 2004
New Domain Name; City staff has often received complaints about the length of the city's
domain name and resulting a-mail addresses. With this in mind, and with some recent changes in
the addressing requirements for the Internet, the City has been able to reserve a new and shorter
domain name which will make a-mails much easier. The new name is "coab.us". Consequently,
employees can be reached at the new address of ~doe(~coab.us versus the old address of
~ jdoe~a ci-atlantic-beach.fl.us. The City will keep both the new and old domain names active in to
the foreseeable future to eliminate any missed mail. As new letterhead and business cards are
ordered, the new address will be used.
Receipt of Jacksonville Funds for Adele Grage Renovation; It was reported to the City
Commission on several occasions that problems had been encountered in receiving the check for
$50,000 from the City of Jacksonville that was committed by Councilman Holland for the
renovation of the Adele Grage building. The check has now been received. Councihnember Art
Graham is due the city's appreciation for getting the problems worked out.
Dancin' In The Street; The date for the Dancin' in the Street Festival has been set for Saturday,
May 15, 2004. The event will follow the same format as established in previous years. City staff
„~, will meet with the event organizers in upcoming weeks to iron out the details.
Naw Privatization; The City of Atlantic Beach submitted a proposal for privatization of
,. facilities at the Naval Station Mayport. The proposal was turned in June of last year. The Navy
has notified us that Atlantic Beach's proposal will not receive any further consideration.
Upcoming Events;
- Laughter Workshop -February 12, 2004, 7:00 pm, Adele Grage Cultural Center
-Songwriter's Night in the Theatre -February 17, 2004, 7:00 pm, Adele Grage Cultural Center
- Acoustic Night -March 21, 2004, Bull Park
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AGENDA ITEM #9
FEBRUARY 9, 2004
Mavuort Rd. Medians; A meeting was held on January 29`h with representatives from
FDOT, the MPO, the cities of Jacksonville and Atlantic Beach and GAI Consultants to
~"'"' discuss coordination and timing between each entity for the permitting and construction of
medians for Mayport Rd. The FDOT is expected to contribute to the construction portion
through use of resurfacing money and must permit any construction on a State highway.
~' Jacksonville has money budgeted for the design of medians.
FDOT representatives want some additional study of the possibility of reducing the number of
lanes on the south end of Mayport Rd. from six to four and individual traffic analysis for each
intersection prior to issuing permits. The amount of this work and specific scope has yet to be
determined. They also pointed out that their resurfacing project is scheduled to be included in
the FY '08 budget which would allow for a July 2007 start. This project has been coupled
with a traffic signal replacement project that will require the acquisition of additional ROW
which will take a minimum of two years to complete after design. They were asked in the
meeting to de-couple the two projects so that the median construction could begin before the
signal work.
As a result of the meeting, all entities agreed that the medians would be an important
improvement to traffic safety and that all should coordinate closely on the design, permitting
and construction. One important component of that cooperation would be getting one
consultant to do the design work for all entities. Many details are yet to be worked out and the
scope for the contract between Atlantic Beach and GAI Consultants cannot be fully
determined until several of these issues can be resolved. It appears inevitable that the
coordination and permitting issues will cause the construction of the medians to be delayed
past the current fiscal year.