Item 3A AGENDA ITEM # 3A
AUGUST 23, 2010
August 16, 2010
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim Hanson
City Manager
SUBJECT: Follow -up Report
Decorative Lifeguard Chairs for Town Center; The Town Center Agency has requested that
the City of Atlantic Beach approve and manage a project to upgrade the holiday decorations in
the Town Center area which would include the installation of six decorative lifeguard chairs.
The revenues and expenses for this project are included in a proposed budget amendment which
is on the agenda for a second reading and approval at the city commission meeting on August
23`
When the ordinance was considered at first reading, Commissioners expressed a concern over
the safety of the proposed lifeguard chair decorations and potential liability to the City for people
climbing on them. PRI Productions, the company which will construct and install the lifeguard
chairs, has forwarded a photo of a similar lifeguard chair constructed for the recent Donna
Deegan marathon. They are proposing to construct a shorter chair that would be more to scale
with other decorations. The seat height on these would be approximately five and a half to six
feet high. They also propose to modify the design of the lifeguard chairs to leave out any
horizontal supports which would impede climbing and also to add rails on the side that "pinch
in ", reducing the potential seating area. These decorative lifeguard chairs will be securely
strapped to adjacent trees so that they will not be easily tipped over.
Last, the Police Department will be involved during the installation of these and other holiday
decorations to ensure that they don't limit traffic visibility.
Attached are copies of pictures of the lifeguard chair used for the marathon as well as the layout
for new holiday decorations in the Town Center area.
Advertisement for Kayak Rentals at Dutton Island; At a recent city commission meeting,
someone asked whether it was possible to have "kayak rentals" added to the brown directional
sign to the Dutton Island Preserve that is located on Mayport Road. Rick Carper checked with
the FDOT and found that while the term "kayak rentals" cannot be put on the sign, a kayak
symbol can be added. Staff has ordered a new sign with the kayak symbol and will put it up as
soon as it is delivered.
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