Amended Item 6B- Resolution No. 17-08AGENDA ITEM:
SUBMITTED BY:
DATE:
SUMMARY:
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION
JULY 24, 2017
STAFF REPORT
Resolution creating a Parking Advisory Resource Committee
Kevin Hogencamp, Interim city Manae
July 19, 2017
This resolution is a product of a proposal submitted by Commissioner John Stinson at the June
26, 2017 City Commission meeting, augmented by input provided during and after that meeting.
Under this proposal, the Committee would have 11 members. The Mayor and Commissioners
each would appoint two people who are residents ofthe City of Atlantic Beach; the 11th member
would be an elected official whose responsibility will be to chair all meetings of the Committee,
not direct the work of the Committee, and to vote only in the event of a tie.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Commission approve the resolution creating a Parking Advisory Resource
Committee
ATTACHMENT:
1. Proposed resolution
2. June 6, 2017 report submitted by Commissioner John Stinson
3. Table 2: Duval County Public Parking Spaces, Bicycle Spaces, and Access Length
4. Feb. 24, 2016 report submitted by Commissioner John Stinson
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RESOLUTIONN0.17-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA CREATING
A PARKING ADVISORY RESOURCE COMMITTEE; PROVIDING FOR
PURPOSE, MEMBERS AND SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES OF SAID COMMITTEE;
AND PROVIDING FOR SUNSET OF COMMITTEE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Boards and Committees established by the Mayor and Commission of
the City of Atlantic Beach provide many valuable services to the community by enlisting City staff
and citizen volunteers to provide input and consideration upon several important issues that affect
the daily lives of citizens in the community; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission deems it to be in the best interests of the citizens of
Atlantic Beach to create an advisory committee to review parking and collect parking data, conduct
field inspections and make recommendations to the Commission regarding parking issues in the
City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH:
SECTION 1. Creation. There is hereby created and established the PARKING
ADVISORY RESOURCE COMMITTEE.
SECTION 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Parking Advisory Resource Committee is to
review and collect parking data, conduct related field inspections, evaluate the data and make
recommendations to the Mayor and Commission as to changes and revisions to the cunent parking
system which will eliminate confusion and safety issues.
SECTION 3. Membership and Staff Support
(a) There will be a total of eleven (11) members on the Committee. The Mayor and
Commissioners shall each propose two (2) persons who are residents of the City of Atlantic Beach
to serve on the Committee. The eleventh member shall be an elected official whose responsibility
will be to chair all meetings of the Committee but not to direct the work of the Committee, and to
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vote only in the event of a tie between the ten other members. All members shall be appointed by
the City Commission.
(b) The Committee shall be supported by the following persons:
1. One senior staff member from the Public Works Depmiment, to be selected
by the City Manager;
2. One senior staff member from the Public Safety Department, to be selected
by the City Manager;
3. One member (past or present) ofthe Community Development Board, to be
selected by the City Commission; and
4. One recording/noticing clerk from the City Clerk's Office, to be selected by
the City Clerk
SECTION 4. Scope of Activities. The Committee shall unde1iake the following
activities:
(a) Utilize traffic counters to determine demand loads on available parking placed at
locations with the City to be determined by the Committee for a period of two (2) months,
beginning in August, 2017;
(b) Collect data from the counters weekly to fully understand traffic loading and any
increases experienced;
(c) Collect data twice daily for a one-week period at a midpoint in each time frame to
better understand peak periods of traffic loading;
(d) Evaluate the data and prepm·e a written report containing recommendations to
modify and improve the safety and efficiency of the cunent beach access parking system and
design no later than October 1, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practical;
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(e) Make a presentation of the written report to the City Commission in October, 2017,
or as soon thereafter as practical; and
(f) Undertake such additional work as requested by the City Manager or City
Commission.
SECTION 5. Meetings and Notice. The meetings of the Parking Advisory Resource
Committee shall be set at regular times and will be open to the public and notice of meetings shall
be provided in accordance with state law.
SECTION 6. Sunset. The Parking Advisory Resource Committee shall exist and be in
place for a six month period beginning on the date of the first meeting of the Committee and,
unless extended by the City Commission by further enactment, shall automatically sunset, expire
and cease to exist after said six month period.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effective immediately upon its
final passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, this
_day of __ , 2017.
Mitchell E. Reeves, Mayor
Attest:
Donna L. Bartle, City Clerk
Approved as to form and conectness:
Brenna M. Durden, City Attomey
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AGENDA ITEM:
SUBMITTED BY:
REPORT DATE:
BACKGROUND:
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
Formation of a Parking Advisory Resource Committee
John M. Stinson, Commissioner, Seat No. 2
6th ofJune 2017
The chronological timeline and associated data related to the
recommendation to form a Parking Advisory Resource
Committee are as follows:
1) In January 2016, the presenter of this report hosted a
resident meeting in which numerous parking concerns
were raised by the attending residents;
2) In February 2016, Commissioner Stinson presented
and made a recommendation to the City Commission to
undertake the formation of a parking study committee.
Consensus to move the recommendation forward for
consideration was not given by the Commission;
3) As late as April2017, the City Commission has heard
public comment about ongoing parking issues and
problems;
4) Adequate, delineated, parking continues to be a source
of confusion for residents and problematic for visitors;
a. Examples of such problems include:
i. The 3rd Street Beach Access area;
ii. The 7th Street Beach Access area;
iii. Club Drive and Beach Avenue between
Club Drive and 7th Street;
iv. 10th Street between Ocean Blvd. and the
10th Street Beach Access area;
v. And, the 18th Street Beach Access area.
The City of Atlantic Beach and our adjacent neighboring
communities are the premier beach destination of northeast
Florida and the southeast United States. As the Jacksonville
metropolitan area and surrounding communities continue to
experience growth, the demands on our infrastructure,
neighborhoods, public safety and our beach access points will
also increase.
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JUSTIFICATION:
BUDGET:
RECOMMENDATION:
There may be other historical information, not presented in
this chronology and not available at the time of the drafting of
this report.
The influx of visitors during the summer season will provide an
indication of peak summer demand on parking and will
contribute to highlighting problematic areas.
1) Traffic counters should be placed to determine demand
loads on available parking.
a. It is recommended counters be placed at the
following areas for a period of (2) months:
i. The 3rd Street beach access area east of
Beach Avenue;
ii. The 7th Street beach access area east of
Beach Avenue;
iii. Club Drive west of Beach Avenue;
iv. The 1Qth Street beach access area east of
Ocean Blvd;
v. The 18th Street Beach Access area at both
Seminole Road and Beach Avenue.
2) Data should be collected from the counters weekly to fully
understand traffic loading and any increases experienced.
3) Data should be collected twice daily for a one-week period
at a midpoint in each time frame to better understand peak
periods of traffic loading.
4) The data collection should begin as soon as practical to
facilitate implementing any changes prior to the summer
2016 season.
5) A traffic engineer isn't required, the changes to parking
and residential traffic are simple to address and would be
an unnecessary expense to bear.
The impact on the current Budget will be the time and expense
of traffic counter utilization, time and expense for collection of
data from the traffic counters, and the time and expense for
City staff to meet with team members to assist in data
evaluation and formation of recommendations.
It is recommended for the City Commission to:
1) To create a Committee consisting of one Public Works
senior staff member, one Public Safety senior staff
member, one member (past or present) of the
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ATTACHMENTS:
PRESENTATIONS:
APPROVAL:
Community Development Board, one resident with
interest or experience in such matters, working with
one member of the current City Commission to review
gathered data, to conduct a onsite review of all beach
access parking, and to make recommendations to the
City Manager and City Commission no later than the 1st
of October 2017 and a sunset on the Committee of the
31st of December 2017.
The following attachments are included for reference and
informational purposes:
1) Table 2: Duval County Public Parking Spaces, Bicycle
Spaces, and Access Length
2) Copy of the Commission Report Dated the 24th of
February 2016 submitted by Commissioner Stinson.
Other documents that may be helpful but not provided herein
due to size include:
The Inter-local Agreement between the City of Jacksonville,
Florida and the City of Atlantic Beach Florida as related to
beach re-nourishment and requirements for parking to qualify
for re-nourishment;
Any Army Corp of Engineers agreement related to beach re-
nourishment I dune restoration as related to beach re-
nourishment and requirements for parking to qualify for re-
nourishment.
None at this time.
Approved to form and correctness by:
John M. Stinson, City Commission, Seat No.2
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7'! bl 2 D IC P b/' B l p k' s. B' l s. fA L a e . uva OllllfV II IC eac 1 m·m~ DUCes, ICVC e •'paces, am ccess en~lt .
201411of 201411of 2014 lensth of
Parking Bicycle Public Access
Public Access Spaces Spaces (feel) Public Access
ATLANTIC BEACH\ IIIACKSONVILLE BEACH)
Hanna Park 100+ -· 7695 N. Oce~nfront Park/19th Ave. N
20th St. 7 0 40 18th Ave. N
19th St. 16 7 40 17th Ave. N
18th St. 48 9 12 16th Ave. N
Dewees Ave./Coral St./Coquina
Pl./Ocean Dlvd 12 0 40 15th Ave. N
16th St. 0 2 40 14th Ave. N
15th St. 6 0 40 13th Ave. N
14th St. 2 0 40 12th Ave. N
13th St. 1 5 40 11th Ave. N
12th St. 2 5 40 10th Ave. N
11th St. 6 5 40 9th Ave. N
lOth St. 10 18 40 8th Ave. N
8th St/9th St./Adele GraRe Center 17 0 12 7th Ave.N
7U!St. 0 0 40 6th Ave. N
6th St. 8 2 40 4th & 5th Ave. Njpubllc Plerl
5th St. 4 0 40 3rd Ave. N/Publlc Porkln2 Lot
4th St. 2 0 40 2nd Ave. N
3rdSt. 0 5 40 1st Ave. N
2nd St. 3 0 40 Beach Blvd.
1st St. 25 0 30 lst Ave. S
Palm St./Atlantic St. (Ahern St.) 59 16 SO 2nd Ave.S
Atlantic Blvd. 126 .63 100 3rd Ave. s
4th Ave. S
NEPTUNE BEACH\ 5th & 6th Ave. S (Ocean Front Pork\
Lemon St. 59 82 57 7th Ave.s
OramteSt. 44 18 57 8thAve.s
CherrvSt. 31 0 57 9thAve.S
Walnut St. 20 2 57 lOth Avo. S
MvrtleSt. 21 2 57 11th Ave. s
Cedar St. 6 0 57 12th Avo. s
OakSt 12 0 57 13th Ave, 5
Pine St. 27 0 57 14th Ave. S
Bay St. 12 0 57 15th Ave. S
Maanollo St. 15 0 335 16th Avo.S
Rose Place 0 0 16 18th Ave. S
I North St. 14 2 so 19th Ave.S
Florida Blvd. 29 0 61 Unnamed Access/20th Ave. S
South St. 8 0 50 21st Ave. s
Unnamed Access btwn 22nd and
Bowles St. 11 0 so 23rd Ave. S
Davis St. 13 s so 25th Ave.S
Lora St. 8 0 so 26th Ave. s
Oleander St. 9 s so 27th Ave. 5
Mvra st. 4 0 50 28th Ave.S
Margaret St. 6 0 so 29th Ave.s
Hopkins St. 21 0 50 30thAve.S
Sea gate Ave./N. 20th Ave. 19 2 50 31st Ave. S
32nd Ave. S
33rdAve.s
34th Ave. S
37th Ave. S
Duval Drive Ill
ITotal Number of A<XOssos 97 Not Including llano~ Park Duval Drive 12
Total Number of Parkin" Soacas 2932 Not Including IIanna Park Duval Drive 113
,Total Numb or of lltko So""'s 500 Not Inc ualng ll~nno ParK_ tnnvol ndvPIId
Duval County FL Shore Protection Project
June 2014 Public Beach Access and Parl<ing
9
201411of 201411of 2014 length of
Parkins Dlcycle Public Access
Spaces Spaces It recti
32 0 70
28 0 63
27 ,, 0 80
46 0 so
25 0 55
21 0 60
36 0 80
39 0 80
57 0 80
14 0 48
43 0 80
27 0 80
39 0 80
49 0 80
249 58 471
134 7 80
98 118 80
262 16 160
21 18 100
96 0 80
52 0 80
69 0 80
81 0 80
123 0 480
39 0 80
31 0 80
47 0 80
38 0 80
19 0 10
29 0 80
48 0 80
39 0 80
48 0 80
115 0 80
17 0 40
16 0 40
0 0 60
0 0 40
0 0 40
0 0 30
0 0 5
5 0 5
0 0 5
4 0 5
4 0 so
0 0 5
5 0 s
0 0 5
9 14 so
8 14 50
0 0 10
D 0 10
0 0 ,l{l
0 0 liJ
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Type of location/Name R-Mon Access
Hanna Park R-31 to R-39 Primary
20th St. R-42 Secondary
19th St. R-43 Secondary
St. Dewees Ave/Coral St./Coquina R-46 Secondary
16th St. R-47 Secondary
15th St. R-47 Secondary
13th St.** R-48 Secondary
8th/9th/ Adele Grage Center R-49 Secondary
7th St. R-50 Secondary
6th St. R-50 Secondary
5th St. R-51 Secondary
4th St. R-51 Secondary
lst.St R-52 Secondary
Palm St./Atlantic St. (Ahern St.) R-52 Secondary
Atlantic Blvd. R-53 Secondary
AlTACHMENT B -15DU1 Am. 1
FUNDING EUGIBILITY
DUVAL COUNTY SHORE PROTECTION PROJECT
Width of Total parking Total Eligible Cumulative Closest Beach Access to Access/
Frontage spaces/units shoreline (ft) Distance (ft) FDEP Parking Allocation
7695 100 10335 0 Hanna Park
40 7 409.6 410 20th St.
40 17.75 9n.2 1,387 19th St.
40 13 726.4 2,113 18th St. (200' north)
40 0.5 66.4 2,180 18th St. (140' north)
40 6 356.8 2,536 18th St.
40 2.25 158.8 2,695 18th St. (180' south)
12 17 909.6 3,605 Dewee Ave (110' north)
40 0 40 3,645 Dewee Ave {70' north)
40 8.5 488.8 4,134 DeweeAve
40 4 251.2 4,385 16th St. (30' north)
40 2 40 4,425 17th St. (10' north)
30 25 1350 5,775 16th, 15th, 13th St.
50 54 2901.2 8,676 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th St.
100 50 2740 11,416 4th, 1st, Ahern St.
Distance from middle of I
FDEP Parking Allocation to1
Actual Access (ft) j
1/2milel
200
480
2,215
2,329
2,461
2,904
4,429
4,134
4,213
4,183
4,364
4,757
2,871
430
** Example: In the FDEP schedule (Att. B), the beach access parking listed at 13th Street is physically allocated to a location about 180ft south of 18th Street-
or 2,904 ft distant from 13th Street, by mid-point measure.
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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM ON 101b STREET BEACH ACCESS
CONGESTION
AGENDA ITEM: This is a fonnal request for the City Manager and staff to begin the
process of identifying the traffic volumes in the area ofthe lOth Street
beach access, including 1oth Street between the beach and Ocean Blvd.,
Plaza Drive between Ocean Blvd. and East Coast Drive, and along Beach
Ave. & Club Drive between 7th Street and Ocean Blvd.
SUBMITTED BY: Commissioner John M Stinson
DATE: The 24th of February 2016
BACKGROUND: The City of Atlantic Beach committed to facilitating a meeting between
residents of the Cloister condominium complex and neighboring residents adjacent to the
Cloister condominium, in which all parties would work to some resolution oftraffic congestion
and the Cloister residents requesting use of their south gate. This meeting was held in early
January 2016.
The benefits of the work done by all parties thus far, has identified some concerns that should be
of keen interest to the City of Atlantic Beach and are contributing factors to the requests made
and presented in the meeting of early January 2016.
In no particular order or priority, these factors are:
1) Traffic congestion and driver I pedestrian confusion on 1 01h Street between the beach
access and Beach Avenue.
a. Contributing factors include: Cloister north gate ingress & egress; opposing traffic
angled parking adjacent the "Bikini" apartments; parking along 1 01h Street
adjacent to the Cloister north fence; vehicles backing into the 1Oth Street -Beach
Ave intersection; the heavy use of the beach access by beach visitors.
2) Resident concerns about resident, pedestrian and vehicular safety on Plaza Drive between
Ocean Blvd. and East Coast Drive.
a. Contributing factors include: traffic loads on the street due to the limited access to
neighborhoods east of the area; the speed of traffic exiting Ocean Blvd. and East
Coast Drive onto this portion of Plaza Drive; and the narrow street width between
Ocean Blvd. and East Coast Drive.
3) Resident concerns about resident, pedestrian and vehicular traffic safety on the Beach
Ave -Club Drive route between ih Street and Ocean Blvd.
a. Contributing factors include: the impact of additional traffic should the Cloister
south gate be accessed; current traffic loads and the ability of these neighborhoods
to absorb more traffic; high levels of pedestrian and bicycle traffic along this
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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM ON loth STREET BEACH ACCESS
CONGESTION
route; limited amount of parking for visitors creating further congestion and
safety concerns.
The City of Atlantic Beach and our adjacent neighboring communities are the premier beach
destination of northeast Florida and the southeast United States. As the Jacksonville metropolitan
area and surrounding communities continue to experience growth, the demands on our
infrastructure, neighborhoods, public safety and our beach access points will also increase.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: Currently Atlantic Beach is experiencing an offseason with
regards to visitors and traffic. Although not one of the more popular spring break destinations,
Atlantic Beach does experience a moderate peak of visitors during the spring break period,
which will begin in a few short weeks. The presenter believes this spring break and the following
summer 2016 period would not be an ideal timeframe to introduce changes to traffic patterns and
more confusion to visitors.
Therefore, now is the time to gather necessary data to evaluate traffic flows and forecast the
impact of any changes planned. Key milestones to complete prior to any influx of visitors or
traffic include:
1) Traffic counters should be placed to determine loads during these times of lighter traffic
and visitation.
a. It is recommended counters should be placed at the following areas for a period of
(2) months:
i. 7th Street, just east of the 71h Street and Beach Ave intersection, in the
offset of Beach Ave but prior to Beach Ave resuming a northerly direction
towards 81h Street and Club Drive.
ii. Club Drive between Beach Ave & Ocean Blvd.
iii. Plaza between Ocean Blvd. & East Coast Drive.
iv. 1 01h Street between the beach access and Beach Ave.
b. It is recommended the counters be placed or retained again for a (2) month period
on or about June 2016 in the same areas for additional data gathering.
2) Data should be collected from the counters weekly to fully understand traffic loading and
any increases experienced.
3) Data should be collected twice daily for a one-week period at a midpoint in each time
frame to better understand peak periods of traffic loading.
4) The data collection should begin as soon as practical to facilitate implementing any
changes prior to the summer 2016 season.
5) A traffic engineer isn't required, the changes to parking and residential traffic are simple
to address and would be an unnecessary expense to bear.
CONCLUSION: Changes to residential traffic patterns and parking are generally easily
implemented and expense should be minimal. But, time is of the essence, and the issues will be
compounded as time and demand on resources increases.
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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM ON lOtb STREET BEACH ACCESS
CONGESTION
BUDGET: Time and expense of traffic counter utilization, time and expense for data collection,
time and focus of City staff to meet with other team members to evaluate data and make
recommendations.
RECOMMENDATION: Create a team consisting of one Public Works senior staffmember,
one Public Safety senior staff member, one member (past or present) of the Community
Development Board, one resident with interest or experience in such matters, working with one
member of the current City Commission to review gathered data, to conduct a onsite review of
all beach access parking, and to make recommendations to the City Manager and City
Commission no later than the 151 ofmay 2016.
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