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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A regular meeting of the Community Development Board was convened at 6:05 pm on Tuesday,
July 21, 2009 in the City Hall Commission Chambers, located at 800 Seminole Road in Atlantic
Beach. In attendance were Community Development Director Sonya Doerr, Principal Planner
Erika Hall and Community Development Board members Blaine Adams, David Boyer, Ellen
Glasser, Kirk Hansen and Chris Lambertson. Board members Lynn Drysdale (excused) and
Joshua Putterman were absent.
1. CALL TO ORDER. Chair Chris Lambertson called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. Mr. Lambertson called for a motion to approve the minutes of
the June 16, 2009 regular meeting. Kirk Hansen moved that the Board approve the
minutes of the June 16, 2009 meeting, as written. Blaine Adams seconded the motion
and it carried unanimously, 5-0.
3. RECOGNITION OF VISITORS. There were no visitors present.
4. OLD BUSINESS. There was no old business for consideration.
5. NEW BUSINESS.
a. Public Hearing to consider proposed Evaluation and Appraisal Report based
amendments to the adopted Comprehensive Plan Map Series.
Ms. Doerr reminded the Board and audience that this is the third of several meetings to
review proposed updates to the Comprehensive Plan. The Community Development
Board's role, acting in its capacity as the Local Planning Agency, is to make a
recommendation to the City Commission to transmit the proposed amendments to the
Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for review, after which DCA will issue an
Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) report to the City.
Ms. Doerr explained that the Comprehensive Plan consists of two parts, the text which is
the definitive and authoritative, and the maps which are presumptive but serve an
important role in conveying a great deal of information that is more easily understood by
the general public. The subject of tonight's meeting is the map series. For the most part,
the map amendments consist only of data updates. However, Ms. Doerr noted that the
City now has staff with GIS expertise, and thus the overall quality of the map series has
been significantly improved.
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• Map A-1-the Future Land Use Map (FLUM)
The FLUM is the probably the most used map of the series, in that it guides
everything else that happens within the City related to development. Ms. Doerr
pointed out two "housekeeping" changes to the FLUM. The first change
designates the beachfront as Recreation/Open Space (R/O). Ms. Doerr noted that
the beach has always been assigned this designation within the text, but
apparently during the last EAR-based amendments (2004), the area was
inadvertently omitted from the FLUM. The second change designates Tideviews
Preserve and adjacent parcels as R/O -Recreation & Open Space. Currently, a
portion is designated Residential Low Density (RL) and a portion is designated
Commercial (CM). Ms. Glasser asked if what would be the consequence of this
change, to which Ms. Doerr replied none because all parcels subject to this
change are owned either by the City of Atlantic Beach, the Jacksonville Electric
Authority (JEA) or the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA), and are either
vacant or they are used for recreation and/or infrastructure facilities.
• Map A-2 -the Wetlands Map
Ms. Doerr explained that staff had incorporated the most recent data from the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Saint Johns River
Water Management District (SJRWMD), the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) along with parcel data from the City of Jacksonville Property Appraiser
Office to create a map far superior to the previous wetland map. Still, she noted
that this is only a "presumptive" map, meaning that any proposed development in
an area shown on this map to contain wetlands will require the applicant to
provide a formal wetland delineation and environmental assessment. Mr. Boyer
asked about a portion of the beach area (southeast corner of town) not classified.
Ms. Hall responded that none of the available data extended to the City Limits in
that area. However, that area is within the Coastal Construction Control Zone, so
any development there already has to go through additional reviews at the state
(FDEP) level prior to local permitting. Blaine Adams [who also works in GIS]
concurred that this data was not typically used on such a large scale. Ms. Glasser
asked if any of the areas denoted as possible wetlands were currently targeted for
development. Ms. Doerr pointed out the Selva Preserve parcel which has some
wetlands on site that will have to be addressed when the project is developed, and
Ms. Hall mentioned the commercial property that was previously considered for a
Hampton Inn may have some wetlands, but whether these are jurisdictional
wetlands or just low areas is not yet known.
• Map A-3 -the Coastal High Hazard Area (CHHA) Map
Ms. Doerr pointed out that this map is not yet complete, as staff is waiting on the
State to accept the results of a SLOSH Model (Sea, Lake and Overland Surges
from Hurricanes Model) being run by the National Hurricane Center, to define the
boundaries of the CHHA, per legislation previously enacted. This is the end stage
of a multi-year process which included the statewide collection and processing of
LiDaR (Light Detection and Ranging) data and the running of the SLOSH Model.
It is anticipated that the CHHA boundaries will be released within the next couple
of months, and that data will then be incorporated into the CHHA map frame,
which currently is merely a place holder on the page. Ms. Hall noted that she four
smaller frames along the bottom of the page, showing assessments for wind risk,
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flood risk, surge risk and combined risk, all based upon current data from FDEP,
as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• Map A-4 -the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) Map
Ms. Doerr said as with the Wetlands Map, staff had extracted data from a number
of state, regional and federal resources to create a far superior ESA map, which is
reflective of the definition contained in the text of the Future Land Use Element.
Mr. Adams asked what the data requirements were for these maps, to which Ms.
Doerr responded "best available".
• Map B-1-the Transportation Facilities Map
Ms. Doerr explained that this map simply depicts the streets and roads within the
City and assigns a Functional Classification to each according to Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT) definitions.
• Map C-1-the Potable Water Wells Map
Ms. Doerr explained that this map depicts the location of existing potable water
wells, as well as water & sewage treatment plants and wellfields within the City's
service area. Ms. Hall noted that there is also a proposed well in the northwest
quarter of the 145 Walter Road map frame, and Ms. Doerr said that well is
currently in the permitting process. Mr. Lambertson asked Ms. Doerr to explain
wellhead protection, to which Ms. Doerr replied that wellhead protection zones
restrict the location of potential sources of contamination in close proximity to
public water supplies.
Mr. Lambertson opened the hearing to public comment. Having no one come forward, he
closed that portion of the hearing and opened discussion to the Board. Board members
had no further questions or comments.
MOTION: David Boyer moved that the Board recommend transmittal of the
proposed amendments to the Map Series, consisting of Maps A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, B-1
and C-1, as presented, to the City Commission, finding that these map amendments
consist of updates to the latest, best available data and that they are consistent with
and address the key issues identified as part of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report
process and/or they are required by State Growth Management law. Kirk Hansen
seconded the motion and it carried unanimously, 5-0.
Mr. Lambertson complimented staff on the nice job they had done pulling all the data
together and presenting it in a comprehensible manner. Mr. Adams added that the maps
were comparable to those produced by many municipalities with greater resources, and
he recommended that they be submitted to the ESRI Southeast Regional User Group's
(SERUG) annual map contest, noting that the Saint Johns County GIS department had
won a number of competitions during his tenure there. He added that it would be a credit
to staff's technical knowledge and hard work, as well as bring recognition to Atlantic
Beach's dedication to using the technology for decision-making and improved
communications with its citizenry.
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6. OTHER BUSINESS NOT REQUIRING ACTION. None.
7. ADJOURNMENT. Mr. Lambertson adjourned the meeting at 6:45 pm.
Chris L mbertson, Chairman
Attest
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