Resolution No. 17-08 vRESOLUTION NO. 17-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA CREATING
A PARKING/PEDESTRIAN SAFETY 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 and
pedestrian safety 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 AND
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ADVISORY RESOURCE COMMITTEE.
SECTION 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Parking and Pedestrian Safety 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 current parking system and pedestrian safety 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 Mayor Pro Tem whose responsibility
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will be to chair all meetings of the Committee but not to direct the work of the Committee, and to
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 Department, 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) of the 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 undertake 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 prepare a written report containing recommendations to
modify and improve the safety and efficiency of the current 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 and Pedestrian Safety
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 and Pedestrian Safety 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
24th day of July, 2017.
Mitchell E. Reeves, Mayor
Donna L. Bartle, City Clerk
Approved as to frm and correctness:
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B nna M. Dur en,ity Attorney
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