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06-13-90BEAUTIFICATION MINUTES The Atlantic Beach Beautification Committee met on Wednesday, June 13, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. at City Ha11, Atlantic Beach, Fl. In attendance were Mayor William Gulliford, Chairman Jody Ford, Coordinator Carl Walker, Deborah Barbee, Alice Pardee, Dorothy Hollis, Betty Carey, Barbara Bonner, Vern Weatherford, Bob Wilkins, Dezmond Waters and Secretary Georgia Horn. Chairman Ford & Mayor Gulliford opened the meeting with discussion relative to the medians on Atlantic Boulevard which the committee has been trying to negotiate with Neptune Beach. Mayor Gulliford went over the problem the committee has been having for new members explaining recently' we had found out the medians were owned by Neptune Beach, leaving the decision up to them as far as beautification or planting of trees were concerned. Mayor Gulliford said he was having a hard time trying to get together with their -City Manager or Mayor and has referred Carl Walker to try and pursue the matter a little further. Mayor Gulliford also briefly talked about getting involved with Neptune Beach's Mayor in reference to beautifying the area that adjoins Neptune & Atlantic Beach. He mentioned Neptune Beach already has plans for Lemon Street, in Neptune Beach for a beach access & beautification plan... Mayor Gulliford asked Carl to also check into meeting with David Hansford, of the Sun Dog Diner & Tom Morton, of Ragtime Tavern about their participation in the project and to share what ideas they have. At this time the Tree Ordinance was mentioned with Mayor Gulliford stating the Commission had deferred the amendment the committee had presented. He said there will be a workshop held at City Hall, on July 2, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. including the Commission, Beautification Members and Tree Board, in reference to the amendment, and urged all members to attend. The Mayor said he felt it was the wording of certain areas that needed to be looked at and that it was too subjective. The new Atlantic Beach signs were mentioned and the need to go ahead and start some type of landscaping. Most members felt they looked very bare and incomplete. They agreed mulch could be placed at the foot of the signs until the landscaping & flowers could be planted. Jody stressed to everyone it was just too dry to go ahead and try to plant anything and that anything planted would die due to the lack of rain along with the water restrictions limiting the watering time. '~_ The committee discussed the landscaping for the new signs and the type flowers, etc. to use. Three that were mentioned were the Indian Hawthorn, Society Garlic and Day Lilies. Jody said she would call Claudie Hogans to see if he could carry a small load of dirt to be placed at the bottom of the signs. Also volunteers were asked to donate time to clear debris away from the sign to determine if the area needed to be tilled. They decided they would start at the Atlantic Beach sign first, and work their way to the other signs. At this time Carl Walker reviewed briefly the budget he has been working on and what he had listed which included: 18th & 19th Street Access Trash Receptacles Miscellaneous Supplies Flowers & Landscaping - including Oaks for Seminole Road Discussion at this time went back to the Atlantic Boulevard area and Mayor Gulliford said it was important that the .committee get started on as many improvements as possible so that hopefully it would be contagious. He said the committee needed to showcase a certain area and this would most likely create more contributions from other citizens in Atlantic Beach. Tim Townsend of our Sewer Department is checking into a surplus tanker for watering and Jody said if the Mayor would get the tanker, she would supply the City with all the flowers that the committee needed for planting. An idea of putting together a booklet on flowers and plants that would be good for planting in our area was talked about with the committee also mentioning that they could sell them to try and make a profit for the committee for other projects. Also, The committee agreed to go ahead and try to use most of the remaining money in this years budget to buy trash receptacles for different areas that the committee has been working on in their master access plan. The final discussion of the evening was the decision of choosing a City tree, flower and shrub. The idea of letting .the community decide and voice their opinion was mentioned by having an extra in the next issue of the Atlantic Beach Courier, with a section being included for voting on these selections: Tree: Oak Magnolia Holly Other Flower: Periwinkle Galardia Lantana other Shrub: Indian Hawthorn Wax Myrtle Azalea Other The Yard Of The Month was briefly mentioned with Carl stating that it had been narrowed down to three or four yards with the yard committee needing to check out certain locations. With no further discussion, the next meeting was set for July 10, 1990 at City Hall ~ also a reminder for July 2, at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall for the Special meeting with the Commission ~ Tree Board on the Amendment to the Tree Ordinance. The meeting was adjourned at 10;00 P.M.