October 2004.pdfcity of atlantic beach newsletter
VOL.3 NO.10OCTOBER 2004
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904-247-5800
www.coab.us
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
REGULATIONS
RECYCLING
Recycling schedules vary according to
address. Please visit the City’s Web site at
www.coab.us or call 247-5834 during normal
business hours for clarification.
For Jacksonville residents, please call
630-City (2489) for additional information.
Recycling bins may be obtained from the
Public Works Department located at 1200
Sandpiper Lane or you may request delivery
of a bin(s) by telephoning (904) 247-5834
between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Recycled material does not need to be
segregated or separated in the bin. Do not put
items in bags and then place them in the bin.
APPLIANCES
Appliances are picked up every Wednesday
and Friday by appointment. Call the Public
Works Department at 247-5834. Appliances
should be placed curbside (but out of the
street) the night before. For safety purposes,
refrigerators should be placed face down or
have the doors removed.
Furniture is picked up on regular household
garbage days.
If you have an Atlantic Beach address but
live in Jacksonville jurisdiction for trash, call
630-City (2489) for appliance pickup.
SOLID WASTE
The City of Atlantic Beach provides solid waste
removal, including trash, garbage, yard and tree
debris to the designated areas (shown in the
map on the City’s Web site, www.coab.us). The
City’s solid waste contractor is Waste Services
of Florida, Inc. All other areas north of the
Church Road line are under the jurisdiction of
the contractor hired by the City of Jacksonville,
630-City (2489).
All household garbage is to be placed
curbside in a container with a lid, not a
plastic bag, by 7:00 a.m.
Building materials, construction debris and
fencing are considered to be household
garbage, not yard debris. They cannot be
mixed together in piles because separate
trucks that deliver to two different processing
facilities handle them.
Lumber must be cut into pieces 4' long or less.
Concrete chunks, tiles, etc. must be in a contain-
er that can be lifted that weighs less than 40 lbs.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISPOSAL
Oil based paint, chemicals and other hazardous
waste including rechargeable batteries,
photographic chemicals, drain cleaners, pool
chemicals, pesticides, antifreeze and paint
thinner must be taken to:
Duval County Hazardous Waste
2675 Commonwealth Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Telephone (904) 387-8847
Hours of Operation: Monday through Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Closed on Sundays and
most major holidays.
MULCH
Residents of Atlantic Beach may obtain free
mulch from the following facility:
Enviro-Comp Services
7000 Imeson Road or
11771 Phillips Hwy.
Jacksonville, Florida
POST STORM YARD TRASH AND DEBRIS PICKUP
Precedence will be given to waste that is bagged or otherwise containerized or already cut to
the normal size for pickup. Leaves and clippings should be placed behind the curb in plastic
barrels, boxes or disposable plastic or waterproof paper bags. Tree trunks, stumps, limbs, and
trimmings will be collected.These items should be cut to approximately four (4) feet in length
or less than forty (40) pounds for thick trunk segments.
To protect the drainage systems, streets and other public property, please do not place trees,
limbs, and other debris in the roadway or medians. The debris should be placed next to the
roadway, and not in the street where it will obstruct drainage.
Yard debris may not be placed on vacant lots, City medians, parks or right-of-ways. These are
considered to be illegal dumps, are subject to a fine and delays pickup of debris. Residents
living along streets with separate medians (e.g. Plaza, Selva Marina, Saturiba, and other roads
in the Selva Norte and Oceanwalk areas) are reminded they are to place their waste on their
side of the street,not in the medians.
NOTICE: If a tree trimming contractor, lawn service provider or other professional is hired by a
private homeowner to remove trees and/or limbs, the Contractor is responsible for removing
the resulting debris. Private contractors are not allowed to simply place the debris at the curb to
be removed by the City. There will be no cleanup efforts by FEMA in the City of Atlantic Beach.
Mayor’s letter
(continued from back)
Jim Dickenson, the CEO
of JEA has agreed to meet
with us, and I believe we
can improve both system
reliability and response time
should we be faced with a
similar situation in the future.
I publicly thank all the City
staff who assisted with
cleanup, which will continue
for some time. The crews did
a wonderful job at opening
up streets and hauling away
the piles of yard trash. We
did have some issues with
tree contractors who did
not haul away their waste
material as part of the
contract. As with the other
Beach cities and Jacksonville,
Atlantic Beach requires a
contractor who trims or cut
trees to haul away their trash
and not leave it for the City
to finish the job. In this last
storm,while most contractors
lived with the rules, some did
not. As a member of the
Emergency Operations
Center, I can report that the
teamwork in dealing with
major disasters in our area is
well thought out, with the
Beach cities as major partners
in the decision-making
process.Again, thanks to
the City workers who worked
so hard during the recovery
process.
––John S. Meserve, mayor
Hurricane Season – A
Good Time to Save Water
Remember, all sprinkler
systems should have rain
sensors that prevent irrigation
systems from operating in
the rain. Also, timers should
be re-adjusted during the
rainy season to prevent over-
watering and wasting precious
resources. Learn how to save
more water by going to the
following web sites:
• www.sjrwmd.com
• www.floridaswater.com.
• www.epa.gov/seahome/
watcon.html.
Presort Standard
US Postage Paid
Jacksonville FL
Permit No. 1645
City of Atlantic Beach
800 Seminole Road
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
October Calendar
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT
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18 21
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26 27 30
Community
Development
Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
Helping Hands
Festival-Donner Park
1:00-5:00 p.m.
Dog Show
Jack Russell Park
7:00 p.m.
City Commission
Meeting
7:15 p.m.
11
City Commission
Meeting
7:15 p.m.
*Cultural Arts &
Recreation Adv.
Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
John S. Meserve
MAYOR
Richard M. Beaver
MAYOR PRO TEM
J. Dezmond
Waters, III
COMMISSIONER
Sylvia Simmons
COMMISSIONER
Paul B. Parsons
COMMISSIONER
James Hanson
CITY MANAGER
Alan Jensen
CITY ATTORNEY
Maureen King
CITY CLERK
LETTER
FROM THE MAYOR
*Acoustic Night
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
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Meetings are held in the Commission
Chambers unless otherwise indicated
*These events will be held at Adele Grage
Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Boulevard
232019
12
*Tree Conservation
Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
*Tree Conservation
Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
25
*Public Arts
Commission
Board Meeting
7:00 p.m.
31
With hurricane season in full force, Public Works is
asking residents to plan ahead when a tropical storm
that may impact our area is coming. If the storm will
arrive before the next yard waste pickup day (normally
Mondays), residents are asked to avoid landscape
work, or tree trimming that will create yard trash, since
the material will not be collected prior to the arrival of
winds and rain resulting from the storm.
Loose yard waste and other objects can be carried
by high winds and cause damage to property. In
addition, it is important that yard waste not be placed in,
on, or near any drainage structures such as stormwater
inlets, drains, gutters or ditches. Residents should avoid
placing yard trash or debris in a manner that could cause
drainage structures to be obstructed, resulting in flooding.
If tree trimming is done by a commercial entity (tree or
lawn care service, etc.), they are required to remove
debris prior to leaving the site.
Residents are also requested to not place appliances
outside for pickup until Thursday night for a Friday pickup.
They are asked to schedule all appliance pickups through
Public Works not later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays.
The City’s Public Works Department also wishes
residents to be aware that collection of refuse and
materials for recycling must be stopped when winds
make it impractical or unsafe for operation of trucks
and for operation of the landfill where the material is
deposited. Generally, we will not schedule special
pickups before a storm arrives, but will respond as
necessary for clean up after a storm has passed through.
For additional information contact:
Public Works:
904-247-5834
sgorman@coab.us
RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO PLEASE AVOID CREATING YARD TRASH BEFORE APPROACHING STORMS
To date we have been spared the devastating
effects of a major hurricane in our area, but we
have suffered some damage to trees, homes
and businesses from “Frances.” The power
outages, in some cases more than a week,
reminded us all of the interruption in our lives
should a major storm impact our community. I
would offer a few comments about storm damage. JEA was
overwhelmed with trouble calls, and as they are our electrical
provider, we suffered outages like others. Some experienced
outages that lasted eight days, painful to say the least. While
the electrical line crews worked hard, communications and
other issues certainly delayed some repairs. We intend to
address those issues with senior officials at JEA, specifically
how we can establish better communications with the City as
well as trouble calls, and we would like an assessment of the
level of maintenance on our grid. Another problem we noticed
was that line crews in some cases had no maps of our City or
no maps of their own electrical system,
resulting in trucks seemingly wandering
around looking for streets and the sources
of problems. That issue must be solved.
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