March 2017
March 2017
March 2017
Mar 13 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm Mar 1 Qigong – Adele Grage 9:30 am
Mar 14 Code Enforcement Meeting 6 pm Mar 1 Mid-Week Market – Bull Park 3-6 pmMar 21 Community Development Board Meeting 6 pm
Mar 27 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
Mar 28 *Cultural Arts & Recreation Advisory Committee 6 pm
Mar 1 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 6:00 pm
Mar 1 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 7:30-8:30 pm
Mar 2 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 9:30-10:30 am
April 2017
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Apr 10 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
Apr 18 Community Development Board Meeting 6 pm
Mar 5 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 3:30 pm
Mar 5 Songwriters’ Concert – Adele Grage 6-8 pm
Mar 7 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
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Apr 22 **Town Hall Meeting 10 am to Noon (Tentative)
Apr 24 City Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
Apr 25 *Cultural Arts & Recreation Advisory Committee 6 pm
Meetings are held in the Commission Chamber unless otherwise indicated.
*These events will be held at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd.
**This event will be held at Jordan Park Community Center, 1671 Francis Ave
CITY OFFICIALS
Mitchell E. Reeves, Mayor Mitchell Harding, Commissioner
John Stinson, Mayor Pro Tem Donna Bartle, City Clerk
Jimmy Hill, Commissioner Brenna Durden, City Attorney
Blythe Waters, Commissioner Kevin Hogencamp, Interim City
Manager
www.coab.us • (904) 247-5800
Acoustic Nights with Food Truck
March 26th – 6 to 8 pm
Bull Memorial Park
Bring the family out to enjoy the ocean breeze and live music performed by
local musicians as they perform popular/original music in Bull Memorial
Park. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and spend a relaxing evening
with your friends and neighbors.
4000 MILES
March 10, 11, 17, 18, *19, 24, 25 and *26
Friday & Saturday 8 pm — *Sunday 2 pm
www.ABETtheatre.com
DRAMA / After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike
trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his spirited 91 year-old grandmother
Mar 8 Qigong – Adele Grage 9:30 am
Mar 8 Mid-Week Market– Bull 3-6 pm
Mar 8 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 6:00 pm
Mar 8 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 7:30-8:30 pm
Mar 9 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 9:30-10:30 am
Mar 11 Wild Wonders – Dutton Island Preserve 1 pm
Mar 14 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
Mar 15 Qigong – Adele Grage 9:30 am
Mar 15 Mid-Week Market– Bull Park 3-6 pm
Mar 15 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 6:00 pm
Mar 15 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 7:30-8:30 pm
Mar 16 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 9:30-10:30 am
Mar 16 Artist Reception-Adele Grage 5-8 pm
Mar 16 North Beaches Art Walk – Town Center 5-9 pm
Mar 18 Yoga Workshop – Adele Grage 9-10 am
Mar 19 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 3:30 pm
Mar 21 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
Mar 22 Qigong – Adele Grage 9:30 am
Mar 22 Mid-Week Market– Bull Park 3-6 pm
Mar 22 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 6:00 pm
Mar 22 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 7:30-8:30 pm
Mar 23 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 9:30-10:30 am
Mar 25 Wild Wonders – Dutton Island Preserve 1 pm
Mar 26 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 3:30 pm
Mar 26 Acoustic Nights with food truck – Bull Park 6-8 pm
Mar 28 Wild Child Yoga – Adele Grage 5:30-6:30 pm & 6:30-7:30 pm
Mar 29 Qigong – Adele Grage 9:30 am
Mar 29 Mid-Week Market – Bull Park 3-6 pm
Mar 29 Free Yoga – Adele Grage 6:00 pm
Mar 29 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 7:30-8:30 pm
Mar 30 Free Meditation Buzz – Adele Grage 9:30 am
www.coab.us/recreation
Vera in her West Village apartment. Over the course of a single month,
these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each
other. A look at how two outsiders find their way in today’s world.
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Friends and Neighbors,
Hello from your City Staff and Commission.
Within a few short weeks, spring break will have sprung, local restaurants
will be bustling and people from all over will be enjoying a glimpse of the
life we are blessed with every day. The circle of “life in Atlantic Beach” will
have completed a full circuit, and, will continue to bless us all every day in
the days ahead.
There is so much to talk to you about and so little time, or space in this case.
The new Public Safety building should be complete near the end of April or
the beginning of May. My hope is we will be able to host an open house to
highlight to you all, what your investment is and will be. Sidewalks, storm
water system upgrades or perhaps even improvements in parking may be in
our near term future.
Please take a moment to compliment your City staff. The work they do
continues without falter as we take steps to fill key positions within the
City. This is a testament to the quality of people who work for you every
day. Be kind to your police officers, fire personnel, lifeguards and other first
responders. Thank them for their sacrifices. It isn’t even a faded memory yet
that Atlantic Beach escaped a more severe impact from Hurricane Matthew.
But, those whose job it is to keep us safe, were there doing just that.
We should all thank Mr. Bill Gulliford and the Jacksonville City Council for
their quick action and financial support to restore the dunes devastated
by Hurricane Matthew. Without this support, Atlantic Beach, along with
our southerly neighbors, would either be exposed to further damage from
following storms or significant financial obligations. My understanding is our
beaches will begin to undergo restoration work about May of this year.
Please understand this work will be undertaken during the hatching season
for the sea turtles. There may be relocation of nests again this year. I am
asking the question, but as yet I can’t give you an answer to what the plan
is for protecting the sea turtles. There is also a move underfoot within Atlantic
Beach to improve education efforts with residents and visitors about our sea turtles.
Balancing education and exposure to such memories with the preservation of the
turtles requires you, your input and ideas, and your involvement.
(From the Comm.; Cont.)
Last, I would be remiss if I did not inform you that a group of your neighbors, working
closely with City staff, are preparing a recommendation to improve the recruitment,
training and retention of citizen board and committee members. Not all cities rely
on citizen participation to determine the culture a City may choose or how the City
achieves such aspirations. Please consider volunteering for a board or committee.
Second perhaps only to our responsibility to vote, serving your City, your neighbors and
friends, and your family is truly a selfless and rewarding experience.
God bless you all and thank you for allowing us to serve you.
John M. Stinson
NEW FLOOD MAPS
New preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) were introduced at the January FEMA
Open House meeting. FIRMs determine if properties are in a low, medium, or high risk
flood zone. High risk flood zones are called Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) and flood
insurance is required where properties have a federally backed mortgage.
The current and preliminary FIRMs, along with other information, can be found on the
City’s website under the Building Department.
The new maps use an updated format and are much easier to use and find specific
properties. Atlantic Beach residents are encouraged to find their properties on the new
maps and be aware of their flood risk. There are four map panels, covering Atlantic Beach,
and the blue areas are SFHAs where buildings may require flood insurance.
A preliminary study of the new FIRMs shows approximately 112 buildings will be added
to a SFHA and 228 buildings will no longer be in a SFHA (many beach front properties).
The new flood calculations show higher Base Flood Elevations in most existing SFHAs.
If you would like to discuss your property and its location within the floodplain, please
contact Dan Arlington at darlington@coab.us or 247-5813.
IrrIgATION DAyS ChANgE WITh DAyLIghT SAvINgS TIME
Just a reminder – beginning Sunday, March 12, 2015 when Daylight Savings Time
begins, irrigation is allowed two days per week. Here are a few things to remember:
Restrictions apply to private wells and pumps, ground or surface water and water from
your City meter.
Water no more than one hour per zone.
Water only when needed, and never between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Address Irrigation Days
Homes with odd-numbered addresses Wednesday and Saturday
Homes with even-numbered addresses Thursday and Sunday
Non-residential properties Tuesday and Friday
For more information on water conservation, go to www.sjrwmd.com.
COMbINED EFFLuENT OuTFALL PrOjECT COMPLETE
In February, the City of Atlantic
Beach completed pipe restoration
for the Combined Effluent Outfall,
which serves the three Beaches
communities. This project replaced
an aging, deteriorating outfall that
carries the treated effluent from the
three cities to the Intracoastal.
While the project was managed by
the City of Atlantic Beach, all three
cities participated in paying more
than $500,000 total.
FArMErS MArkET NOW OPEN FrIDAyS ON MAyPOrT rOAD
With special thanks to Dig Local Network
and New Friendship Baptist Church, farm-
fresh produce, local goods and much more
is now available from 3 to 6 p.m. Fridays
at the new Atlantic Beach City Market at
Mayport Road and Dutton Island Drive.
Yes, that’s two producers-only farmers
markets each week in Atlantic Beach,
including the Mid-Week Market from 3 to
6 p.m. Wednesdays at Bull Park at East
Coast Drive and Seventh Street.
The new City of Atlantic Beach-sponsored
farmers market is open year-round,
rain or shine. It serves a USDA-defined food dessert with weekly access to a
point-of-sale for fresh produce, meats, dairy, other items, nutrition education,
and twice-monthly health screening opportunities. All of Dig Local Network’s
markets, including the market open to 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays at Jarboe Park in
Neptune Beach, feature a Fresh Access Bucks tent where SNAP/EBT cardholders
receive double the amount in tokens, up to $20 per visit.
Additional collaborators in the new market are Atlantic Beach Urban Farms, Baptist
Health, BEAM, Jacksonville University, and the Clinton Health Matters Initiative. For
information, visit diglocalnetwork.com/markets or call (904) 710-2022.