September 2016.pdfSeptember 2016
September 5 Labor Day – City Offices Closed
September 8 *Pension Board Meeting 6:30 pm
September 12 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
September 13 Code Enforcement Board 6 pm
September 20 Community Development Board Meeting 6 pm
September 26 City Commission Meeting 6: 30 pm
September 27 *Cultural Arts & Recreation Advisory Committee 6 pm
October 2016
October 10 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
October 13 *Pension Board Meeting 6:30 pm
October 18 Community Development Board Meeting 6 pm
October 24 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
October 25 *Cultural Arts & Recreation Advisory Committee 6 pm
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CITY OFFICIALS
Mitchell E. Reeves, Mayor
Jimmy Hill, Mayor Pro - Tem
John Stinson, Commissioner
Blythe Waters, Commissioner
Mitchell Harding, Commissioner
Nelson Van Liere, City Manager
Donna Bartle, City Clerk
Brenna Durden, City Attorney
Meetings are held in the Commission Chamber unless otherwise indicated.
* These events will be held at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd.
September 2016
September 6 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
September 7 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
September 11 Songwriters’ Concert – Adele Grage 6-8 pm
September 13 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
September 14 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
September 14 Well Being Wednesday – Adele Grage 4-5 pm & 5-6 pm
September 15 North Beaches Art Walk – Town Center & Adele Grage 5-9 pm
September 21 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
September 20 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
September 25 Acoustic Nights – Bull Park 6-8 pm
September 27 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
September 28 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
September 30 Movie in the Park – “Star Wars- The Force Awakens” Donner Park
October 2016
October 6 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
October 7 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
October 9 Songwriters’ Concert – Adele Grage 6-8 pm
October 13 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
October 14 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
October 15 North Beaches Art Walk – Town Center & Adele Grage 6-9 pm
October 20 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
October 21 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
October 22 Family Fun Day/Campout – Jack Russell Park
October 22 Movie in the Park – “Peanuts Movie” Jack Russell Park
October 23 Acoustic Nights – Bull Park 6-8 pm
October 27 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
October 28 Wednesday Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
www.coab.us/recreation
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ABET Presents…Merrily We Roll Along Music and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by George FurthBased on the George S. Kaufman – Moss Hart play September 9, 10, 15, 16, *18, 23, 24 and *25, 2016
MUSICAL/This thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, compromise and the high price of success turns the traditional showbiz musical on its head. Stephen Sondheim and George Furth expertly blend the excitement and energy of a backstage musical with a poignant and emotional contemporary story about the importance of staying true to one’s ideals.
Showtimes: Thurs, Fri & Sat at 8:00pm | *Sundays at 2:00pm
Hurricane Season Preparedness
Elected officials and employees from the City of Atlantic Beach participated in
the 2016 Peak Hurricane Season Tabletop Exercise in Jacksonville Beach on
July 20th. The tabletop exercise put on by the City of Jacksonville Emergency
Preparedness Division brought over 50 participants from all over Northeast
Florida including Federal, State, and local organizations. The exercise focused
on a strong category 2 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean threatening Northeast
Florida with a direct impact over the beaches.
The exercise was well received by all participants and was an excellent
opportunity for some of our staff and officials to get to know and interact with
other key partners in our area. The objectives for this exercise included plans
and decision points for evacuation and re-entry, providing timely and reliable
information to the public, and identifying needed response and support from
our Federal, State, and local partners in and around the beaches community.
Mid-August to late October is considered Peak Hurricane Season. It is not too
early or too late for all of us to prepare. A few key points to consider when
putting your plan together:
1. Plan your evacuation route ahead of time and leave early.
2. If you are evacuating to avoid flood waters you may only need to travel as
far as Hodges out of the stated evacuation zones to get to a safe place.
Please monitor your local news stations and COJ Emergency Preparedness
Division @ http://www.coj.net/departments/fire-and-rescue/emergency-
preparedness.aspx for evacuation information.
3. The re-entry pass is no longer needed.
4. Make sure your address is up to date on your driver’s license.
For more information on hurricane planning and preparedness please visit our
webpage at www.coab.us and click the link under Emergency Preparedness.
Water and Energy – Conserving One Helps the Other
Water and energy may seem like two different issues, but they are strongly
interconnected.
It takes massive amounts of water to produce electricity. On the other hand, it
takes a lot of electricity to treat water, distribute it to every household, and then
treat the resulting wastewater.
So, the next time you forget to turn off the garage light, you are also wasting
water—and when you leave the faucet running while brushing your teeth, you
are also wasting electricity. By conserving water, you are also helping the utility
company to save energy and vice versa. In the meantime, you’ll be saving
money by keeping both your water and electric bill low.
Remember – Water only on your assigned days per week, before 10:00 a.m.
or after 4:00 p.m.
Homes with ODD addresses – Wednesday and Saturday
Homes with EVEN addresses – Thursday and Sunday
Non-Residential – Tuesday and Friday
For more information, go to www.sjrwmd.com.
Friends and neighbors,
Summer is ending, schools are in session and most of our seasonal visitors have all returned home. I find this is one of the times I love most about living in Atlantic Beach. Quiet, peaceful and just a hint of change in the air.
In my last letter to you all, I urged you to slow down and enjoy the gift we have all been given, the gift of calling Atlantic Beach home. Now, I have to remind myself to heed my own advice because I have allowed the season to pass so quickly. A walk along the beach is calling.
Last year at the end of the summer, I was intently watching a turtle nest at the beach entrance near my home and was fortunate to witness the hatching of some 150 sea turtles and their race to the water. This season I was saddened when I didn’t see the familiar nest and its protective fence at our beach entrance. I wondered what had happened to the mother turtle that she had not returned as she had for the previous five years. Imagine in my elation when I learned that all the sea turtle nests south of 18th Street are being relocated due to the beach re-nourishment program. My most sincere thank you to the Turtle Patrol volunteers. I wonder if they can tell me where our adopted turtle nest has been relocated to, because it would be awesome to watch this turtle family grow and emerge again.
These footnotes in life are blessings to be sure, and there are many more all around us. A lot of these happen because of volunteers and civil servants who choose to work on improving our quality of life. Please take a moment to thank them.
And thank those in your Police Department for their selfless efforts to protect you. Although we have been fortunate not to have an attack on our Police Officers like other cities have suffered, I feel certain our officers are in a state of heightened awareness which weighs on them heavily. Speak kindly to them, smile at them, show them your appreciation and most importantly, do this by complying with their instructions when asked by an officer of the law.
And, we have one other privilege that many in the world do not enjoy. That is the right to vote and to choose our elected officials. I urge everyone to make plans to voice your choice by voting in the coming election. I think Atlantic Beach should be the shining example to our sister cities to the south by leading the election in voter turnout. We have a City full of bright, talented people. For those voices not to be heard is a travesty.
My most sincere gratitude for being allowed to work for you.
John M Stinson
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Family Fun Day & Campout
Bigger and better than ever, you will not want to miss this popular event scheduled
for Saturday, October 22nd from 3 to 10 pm at Jack Russell Park, 800 Seminole
Road, Atlantic Beach, FL. This year’s Family Fun Day will feature caricature
drawings, face painting, rock wall climbing, Captain Character’s Ventriloquist/
Puppet Show, Prince Pele’s Polynesian Show and much more. The evening ends
with the showing of “Peanuts the Movie”. All afternoon and evening events are
free and open to the public. Campers can reserve a camp site for a $10 fee. A free
pancake breakfast is served on Sunday morning for overnight campers.
To register stop by the Recreation Office located in the Adele Grage
Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd. For more information call 247-5828 or
visit www.coab.us/events.