Item 3A - Aquatic TownhomesAGENDA ITEM :
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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
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Aquatic Town homes Site Proposal by TriBridge Residential
Nelson Van Liere
City Ma n ager ~
January 22, 2016
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Attached for your review is a proposed site plan. The Developers,
TriBridge Residential, have requested utilizing a portion o f 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 negotiate a contract for the
utilization of our Dog Park as outlined ln 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: TriBridgc Residential, developer of BJuWatcr Apartments in Jacksonville
Beach (fOLmer George Moore Chevrolet property)
Plan of Development: 23 "market-rate" rental townhomes; 2 and 3 s tory units with 2 car
garages; same architectural and design standards as Blu'Water.
The existing site contains a layer of household trash and debris that will have to be
removed in order to build the project. The developer intends to wo rk with the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection to enroll the property in the Florida Brownfields
Program. The clean-up of the s ite wil l require that the existin g trees be removed in order to
correctly remediate the s ite.
Development will comply with the existing zoning district permitted uses and density, all
of the development s tandards of the Land Development Code and the 35' he ight l imit. The
project will a lso comply with C hapter 23 Protection of Trees and Native Vegetation of the City
Municipal Code by a combination of re-planting of trees :fi·orn the City of Atlanti c Beac h
Recommended Tree List on the developed 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 C ity Dog Park
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• Conveyance of land to the City of Atlantic Beach for expanded pond and
recreation path (area shown in green on attached aerial) within one year of the
comp leti on of the project. The completion of the project is det1ned as the point in
time at which th e owner has obtained all Certificates of Occupancy for the project
and all required approvals from the various departments that oversee new
construction projects within the C ity of Atlantic Beach or any goveming entity
that has juris di cti on over the project.
As a patt of the conveyance of land , the C ity of Atlantic Beach will agree to s ign
and grant the following easements to the developer:
Perpetual Drainage Easement for the right to drain into the modified
retention pond. This easement will include the maintenance of the
pond and include access rights for the owner to the pond and dog park
for maintenance activities.
Eas ement to reserve the right to utilize the property that was conveyed
to the City of Atlantic Beach to allow for the development to be legal
and confonning to all z oning requirements. The property will not be
considered legal non-conforming upon conveyance.
Any access or utility easements that woul d be required by the owner or
any governing body that would requjre s uch 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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