Item 3A - Aquatic Townhomes Site ProposalAGENDA ITEM:
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Aquatic Town homes Site Proposal by TriBridge Residential
Nelson Van liere
City M anage r @
January 22, 2016
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Attached for your review is a proposed site plan. The Developers,
TriBrldge Residential, have requested utilizing a portion of our Dog
Park to make their project better. The attached information will be
presented by the developer in hopes of gaining support for a project
that partners with Atlantic Beach. The project is located at the North
West corner of Aquatic Drive and Atlantic Blvd .
No Operating Budget Impact at this time, but could lead to enhanced
property tax revenues.
RECOMMENDATION: Consider working with the developer to negoti ate a contract for the
utilization of our Dog Park as outlined in the attached proposal.
ATTACHMENTS : Description of the developer's project and the benefits for Atlantic
Beach with diagrams
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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT CORNER OF ATLANTIC & AQUATIC
Developer: TriBridge Resi dential, developer of BluWater Apariments in Jacks onville
Beach (former George Moore Chevrolet property)
Plan of Development: 23 "market-ra te" rental townhomes; 2 and 3 story units with 2 car
garages; same architectural and d esign s tandards as BluWater.
The existing s ite contajns a layer of ho usehold trash and debris that will have to be
removed in order to build the project. The developer intends to work with the Florida
Department of Enviroru11enta l Protection to enroll the prope1iy in the F lorida Brownfields
Program . The clean-up of the site will require that the existing trees be removed in o rder to
correctly remediate the s it e.
Development will comply with the ex isting zoning di s trict pem1itted u ses and density, all
of the development s tandard s of the Land Development Code and the 35' height limit. The
project wi ll also comply with C hapter 23 Protection of Trees and Native Vegetation of the City
Municipal C ode by a combination of re-planting of trees fi·om the City of Atla nti c Beach
Recommended Tree List on the dev eloped property and on the Dog Park retention pond along
with purchasing credits from the City of Atlantic Beach tree mitigation fund.
Proposed enhancements to adjacent City Dog Park
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• Conveyance of land to the C ity of Atlantic Beach for expanded pond and
recreation path (area shown in green on attached aerial) within o ne year of the
completion of the project. The completion of the project is defined as the point in
time at which th e owner has obtained all Certificates of Occupancy for the project
and all required approva ls from the various departments that oversee new
construction projects within the City of Atlantic Beach or any governing entity
that has juris diction over the project.
As a part of the conveyance of land, the City of Atlantic Beach w ill agree to sign
and g rant the following easements to th e developer:
Perpetual Drainage Easement for the right to drain into the modified
retention pond. T hi s easemen t wi ll include the maintenance of the
pond and include access rights fo r the owner to the pond and dog park
for maintenance activities.
Easement to reserve the right to util ize the property that was conveyed
to the City of Atlantic Beach to allow for the development to be legal
and conforming to all zoning requirements. The property will not be
considered legal no n-confonning upon conveyance.
Any access or utility easements that would be required by the owner or
any governing body that would require such easement.
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• Enlargement of the city owned and maintained retention pond immediately
adjacent to the proposed development site for additional stormwater capacity for
the Aquatic Gardens area of Atlantic Beach. The modifications to the existing
pond will create approximately 3,053 Cubic Yards of additional volume at a water
elevation of 7; of this capacity, approximately one-third of the additional storage
is above and beyond the required capacity for our site.
• As a part of the enlargement of the pond, the existing pedestrian area on the
southern and eastern sides of the pond will be lowered to make them closer to the
normal water level of the pond. The City of Atlantic Beach and the developer
both acknowledge that during a significant rain event, the pond will rise over this
modified pedestrian area to create additional storage volume for the pond.
• The existing maintenance easement around the southern and eastern portion of the
pond will be located within the pedestrian area of the pond as coordinated with
SJRWMD.
• Appropriate grass and tree materials will be planted on the southern and eastern
portions of the pond within the pedestrian area. The pedestrian walkway will be
grass. The developer will work with the City of Atlantic Beach to determine the
correct tree species to plant in this area of the dog park.
• Construction of a 12' by 12' cabana for shade, rain cover, etc. with the existing
footprint of the dog park. The construction of the cabana will be of standard
construction techniques and utilize masonry and wood frame construction.
• All improvements outlined in this document are to be funded by developer.
Additional benefits to City
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• Projected property tax revenue to the City will be approximately 8 times the
existing assessed value.
• Complete remediation of existing site contamination from former unpermitted
solid waste dump.
• Creation of delineated on-street parking on Aquatic Drive as overflow parking for
Dog Park.
• Construction of side walk on Aquatic Drive from intersection with Atlantic
Boulevard to the Dog Park.
Conceptual Image for the Proposed Development at Aquatic Drive and Atlantic Boulevard
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