Item 9AAGENDA ITEM # 9A
JANUARY 28, 2008
January 22, 2008
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the Commission
FROM: Jim Hanson
City Manager
SUBJECT: City Manager's Report
Timmy Johnson Apaointed to Jacksonville Anti-Crime Subcommittee; Mayor Peyton has
created anAnti-Crime Committee to make various recommendations on how to improve the
level of crime in Jacksonville. Several subcommittees have been created, including one on
Positive Youth Development. The City's Recreation Director Timmy Johnson has been
appointed to that Subcommittee because of his experience in creating and managing youth
programs at area community centers.
TMDL Regulation Status; After approximately two years of meetings and research, the process
to finalize state and federal regulations for the Total Maximum Daily Loads for nitrogen and
phosphorous in the St. Johns River is coming to completion. By the time of this report to the
City Commission, the USEPA should have approved the final TMDLs and the state process for
final approval will. have begun. This will include a public workshop that will be held on
February 13`" in Jacksonville followed by rule making and a public hearing. The state approval
is expected to be completed on or about April 30~". This approval will take the form of a Basin
Management Action Plan (BMAP) which is expected to be complete and enforceable by July of
2008. However, the State Department of Environmental Protection does not plan to wait for the
TMDL/BMAP approval process before issuing permits for nitrogen limits.
The City of Atlantic Beach's project with HDR Engineering to determine how best to meet the
TMDL standards is currently underway. Results will be presented to the City Commission as
soon as they aze available.
AT&T to Provide Cable TV Service: AT&T is upgrading it's communication lines in Atlantic
Beach to be able to provide cable TV service. The extent of the upgrades and when the service
will be available to customers is not yet known.
Contractors working on behalf of AT&T have been digging in several areas of the city recently.
Staff was under the impression it was to complete the Sherry Drive relocations overdue since
completion of the Core City Project in 2002. However, after investigation we found that they
were planning to do much more. While recent state and federal regulations have relieved cable
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TV providers of the requirement to obtain local franchises such as the one completed with
Comcast in 2006, they still have to obtain permits to do work in the city's right-of--ways and
follow the city's rules for that work. AT&T has been advised of the city requirements and has
agreed to provide plans and get permits. More information will be provided to the Commission
when the extent of the work is known.