Item 1C - 1-10-15 Town Hall MinutesAtlantic Beach Town Hall Meeting
Saturday, January 10, 2015
AGENDA ITEM# IC
JANUARY 26, 2015
Gail Baker Community Center 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
In attendance:
Mayor Carolyn Woods
Commissioner Mark Beckenbach
Commissioner Jonathan Daugherty
Commissioner Jimmy Hill
Absent:
Commissioner Maria Mark
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Mayor Woods.
Subjects Discussed:
Tideviews and Dutton Island Park should consider concrete paving instead of wood.
Industrial section of town should be encouraged and delineated better with marked truck
routes to minimize conflicts with residential communities.
Opening of Hanna Park Gate for pedestrian and bicycle traffic was discussed at length with
many pros; access for Atlantic Beach citizens to this great park, the north end of Atlantic
Beach does not have a park, easier and safer for families to get to and enjoy Hanna without
having to use Mayport Rd., remote part of park might be better with more traffic, safe route
to schools project is planned to build ped-path from Oceanwalk to Atlantic Beach
Elementary in 2017. Many negatives were also discussed; already heavy bike and
pedestrian traffic on Seminole Rd., the road is not designed for it, there is already
congestion at 5 points, cars will park in beach parking areas, erosion of the cul-de-sac
nature of this part of Atlantic Beach, anticipation of increased crime due to open access,
unintended consequences, we should not have to prove what we have in Atlantic Beach is
worth keeping privacy, security, peaceful atmosphere. Possibilities for how a gate system
would work as well as the likelihood of whether Jacksonville would even want to have a
gate. Who owns and should take care of the cul-de-sac at the north end of Seminole Rd.?
Homeowner at the end is privately taking care of it.
Roberts Rd. ditch: how is the progress going for closing it in? Suggestions for Seminole Rd.
ditch, boardwalk over it?
Perception that staff is consistently incorrectly and intentionally interpreting our codes to
make builders/homeowners/individuals happy. Staff also seems to practice selective
enforcement of code violations.
Atlantic Beach Town Hall Meeting
Saturday, January 10, 2015
AGENDA ITEM# lC
JANUARY 26, 2015
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Charter Review consideration; should only their district vote district representatives?
What is the City's mission statement? Vision Statement?
City needs to prioritize pedestrian and bicycle safety.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m.
Carolyn Woods
Mayor /Presiding Officer