Exh 9AAGENDA ITEbI #9A
JANUARY 10, 2005
January 3, 2005
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim Hans
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SUBJECT: City Man er's Report
Parking Lease For lOt" Street Condominiums. Several Commissioners have asked the.status
of signing the parking lease for parking spaces adjacent to the condominiums on 10`" Street.
Authorization to execute this lease was approved by the City Commission several weeks ago on
. the condition that the owners form an association and various other conditions. Since that
approval was given, the homeowners have created an association called "Island Club
Homeowner's, Inc" and filed the proper paperwork with the Sate of Florida. Our City Attorney
has reviewed the paperwork and approved it as to form. The lease has been revised to reflect the
new organization's name and the City is ready to sign that agreement as soon as the homeowners
have the first payment ready which is e.~cpected within the next few weeks. The Public Works
Department has already been in contact with the homeowners to discuss the necessary signage to
designate the leased parking spaces.
Septic Tank Conversions. In May of 2000 the City Commission adopted an ordinance delaying
the city's enforcement of the state law requiring septic tank owners to connect to public sewer
systems. A timetable was provided to give ample time for the septic tank owners to convert. The
first group required to connect are those that do not have any water/sewer assessments. They are
to be connected within five years of the adoption of the ordinance: by May 2005. The ordinance
also provides loans to encourage the septic tank owners to make those conversions.
Community Development Block Grant Funds were also used for several homeowners who fell
within the income requirements.
This program has been very successful in the first four and half years. The initial count of septic
tanks in Atlantic Beach where sewer service was available was 279. The number ofremaining
septic tanks yet to be converted is 169; a 40% reduction. Most of these have a considerable
amount of time before the expiration of their enforcement timetable, which will be one year after
the pay out of their outstanding water and sewer assessments. However, the first group without
assessments is to be completed by May 2005 and there are 57 of those remaining. Originally,
this group comprised almost half of all the septic tanks.
This report is being made to give the Mayor and Commission notice that the timetable delaying
enforcement for this first group of septic tank owners will expire soon and to consider if any
further adjustments to the City's policies for septic tank conversion should be made.
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