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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A regular meeting of the Community Development Board was convened at 6:00 pm on Tuesday,
September 16, 2008 in the City Hall Commission Chambers, located at 800 Seminole Road in
Atlantic Beach. In attendance were Community Development Director Sonya Doerr, and
Community Development Board members Blaine Adams, David Boyer, Lynn Drysdale, Ellen
Glasser, Kirk Hansen and Chairman Chris Lambertson. Board member Joshua Putterman was
absent.
1. CALL TO ORDER. Chairman Chris Lambertson called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm.
2. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS. Chairman Lambertson noted the presence of one visitor
in the audience.
3. OLD BUSINESS. There was no unfinished business for consideration.
4. NEW BUSINESS.
a. Public hearing to discuss and take comments on the Evaluation and Appraisal
Report (EAR) which assesses the effectiveness of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
The Community Development Board will make a recommendation to the City
Commission regarding adoption of the EAR.
Chairman Lambertson introduced the item, and Ms. Doerr briefly explained the process to
review and adopt the EAR. Mr. Lambertson opened the floor for public comments. There
were no public comments related to the EAR. The public hearing was closed, and discussion
moved to the Board.
Ms. Glasser commented on the status of the City as an exceptional community and asked if
there were recognitions of any type that would be appropriate to pursue.
Mr. Hansen inquired regarding concurrency and how this related to the City specifically with
regard to transportation concurrency. Ms. Doerr explained the system of concurrency and
level of service standards and capacities, noting that in general concurrency has little
implication or relevance to Atlantic Beach since the City is built-out and has excess capacity
in the concurrency measured services, particularly with respect to water and sewer. And with
respect to roads, the City's roadway system is fully developed, and we would not be building
new roads to accommodate more traffic.
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Discussion related to school concurrency caused the Board to express concern about the
future of Atlantic Beach Elementary, and the possibility that it would be closed at any point
in the future because of low enrollment. Ms. Doerr noted that Atlantic Beach Elementary is
in fact an older school and not hurricane hardened, but that hopefully, when school
concurrency is implemented, more students might be sent to our school from adjacent areas
reducing possible risk of closure at some point in the future.
Ms. Glasser asked about the bike plan that is referenced in the EAR. Ms. Doerr stated that
sidewalks and bike path planning continues to be a priority and new facilities are considered
each year as part of the budget process. Ms. Doerr also noted that a large portion of
Community Development Block Grant funds have been committed to new sidewalk
construction. Ms. Glasser advocated that this continue to be a priority.
Mr. Boyer inquired regarding provisions that refer to deepwater port facilities. Ms. Doerr
explained that these references were in the table that lists all changes in state law, and that
that some of these may not be applicable to Atlantic Beach. Mr. Boyer stressed that the City
should coordinate with the Navy.
MOTION: Following general discussion related to the EAR, a motion to recommend
that the City Commission adopt the 2008 Evaluation and Appraisal Report was made
by Kirk Hansen and seconded by Ellen Glasser. The motion carried unanimously.
Ms. Doerr made note of the October meeting date, and a majority of members indicated that
they could not be in attendance on October 21st. An alternative date of October 14th, subject
to availability of the Chambers was agreed upon.
5. ADJOURNMENT. Chairman Lambertson adjourned the meeting at 6:40 pm.
' ed: C is Lambertson, Chairman
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