Exh 8BAGENDA ITEM #8B
JANUARY 12, ?004
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item: Request from the 8th Street Beach Access Committee for
matching funds of 50% of total cost for improvements at
8th Street Beach Access
Submitted by: Timmy Johnson, Recreation Director
Date: December 29, 2003
Background: Staff received a request from the 8th Street Beach Access
Committee for improvements at the 8th Street Beach
Access. The Committee is requesting matching funds of
50% of total cost. This project falls in line with the Beach
Access Beautification Program; the area is highly visible
and is in need of improvements. This project was delayed
because of the Core-City Project.
Budget: Funds for this project will come from account number 001-
6025-541-52-00
Recommendation: Approve request from the 8th Street Beach Access
Committee for matching funds of 50% of total cost for
improvements at 8th Street Beach Access not to exceed
$4,000.
Attachments: 1. Letter from the 8th Street Beach Access Committee.
2. Landscape Plan
Reviewed by City
AGENDA ITEM #8B
JANUARY 12, 2004
Le Chateau Condominium Association
701 Beach Avenue # 204
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
904/241-2289
20 August 2001
Tim Johnson
Parks and Recreation Dept.
Adele Grage Community Center
716 Ocean Boulevard
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Dear Mr. Johnson,
It is our understanding that one factor in the final approval of the 8th
Street Beach Access Beautification is maintenance of the shrubs to be
planted. Our Landscape Maintenance vendor has informed us that the
annual cost of maintaining the shrubs would add $750 to our current
contract for maintenance of Le Chateau property.
Our Association has voted to accept this responsibility, with the
understanding that as provided in the City of Atlantic Beach
specifications for beach access improvement projects, "One year and
every after the completion of the project, the City will match up to
$300... per year for maintenance/restoration of existing projects."
Thank you,
Charles Vermillion
President
AGENDA ITEM #8B
JANUARY 12, 2004
8th Street Beach Access Beautification Proposal
Orginally submitted in 2001
Resubmitted November 2003
The ad hoc committee for the beautification of the 8th Street Beach Access was
formed by AI Vedro and John Wasloski of Le Chateau Condominium, 701 Beach
Avenue. Post cards were sent to all residents of the block bounded by Beach Avenue,
Club Drive, Ocean Boulevard, 8th Street, and the six North side condominium owners
of Le Chateau, inviting them to a planning meeting at Adele Grage Community Center
on Saturday, February 24, 2001.
In addition to Messrs Vedro and Wasloski, only one other person attended, Robert
Hines of 880 Beach Avenue. However, Mr. Hines also attended on behalf of two of his
neighbors, Philip Corp and William Thompson, who were very interested but unable to
come to the meeting.
Discussion centered on the limitations of what could be accomplished at the 8th Street
Access. The 180' space is a narrow corridor containing a wooden board walk that is
bordered on the North side by a solid 6' fence and on the South side by a decorative
3' fence. The spaces between the edge of the board walk and the fences are 3' on the
North and 22" on the South. (Note: Le Chateau has replaced its fencing
along the Beach Access, moving it almost a foot inside the property line.
Thus the strips on each side of the boardwalk are just about the same
size -- 3 feet.)
Consequently, the challenge is to choose a planting that is salt, wind, and sun tolerant
but also one that can be maintained attractively within the narrow confines of the
Access. There was immediate and unanimous agreement that the best "look" would
be a hedge that could be trained and trimmed to a height just below each of the
fences.
Messrs Vedro and Wasloski had spoken with shrub specialists at Plant Ranch Nursery
and Second Hand Rose Nursery to garner a list of salt, sun, and wind tolerant
possibilities and presented them for discussion at the meeting.
Pittosporum was ruled out because it tends to grow bushy and would immediately
crowd the board walk. Keeping it cut back would result in a leggy, woody
appearance.
Eleagnus and Majestic Beauty Hawthorn were ruled out because of their sprawling
characteristics: 8-10 feet in height and breadth and the difficulty to maintain them at
smaller sizes.
Indian Hawthorn was ruled out because of its height limitations: 3' at best.
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JANUARY 12, 2004
We discovered Escallonia in a gardening encyclopedia and were impressed because
it was described as a shrub "that thrives at the seaside." However, further
investigation with nursery representatives and the USDA Field Office suggested that it
is rare in this area and is better suited to southern California. It would be a risky
undertaking to select it.
The best candidate to meet the unique requirements of the 8th Street Beach Access
seems to be LIGUSTRUM.
L. japonicum is afast-growing (1 to 2 feet a year), pest-free shrub that is extensively
used in the South and West as a screen, shrub border, hedge, and foundation-hiding
plant. It is an attractive plant with clusters of pungent white flowers in the summer,
followed by small blue-black berries that cling for many months.
Notable for its gleaming dark green foliage, it resists cold exceptionally well and
reaches a maximum height of 6 feet in six to eight years. It thrives in sun or shade in
any soil and is noted for its tolerance of difficult conditions- poor soil, drought and
neglect. Fertilizer is seldom needed unless the usually rapid growth seems
abnormally slow. Pruning maintenance is easy to achieve a formal shape such as a
hedge.
A survey of beach front properties in Atlantic Beach revealed ubiquitous plantings of
Ligustrum.
PROPOSAL
Accompanying this Proposal are computer generated "before and after" images of the
Beach Access from both the Beach Avenue point of view and the Ocean point of view
in its current state and after the proposed planting.
1. Because there already exists a large planting of Pittosporum at the Beach
Avenue entrance, with additional plantings by Le Chateau Condominium on
its property in an extended planter area, we propose additional Pittosporum to
frame the entrance: seven 7-gallon plants. (The palm suckers at the base of the
existing palm. trees should be removed.)
2. 110 3-gallon Ligustrum planted on 3' centers, 55 down each side of the board
walk.
3. Two straight lines (one each side) of Metaphin soaker hose irrigation
connected to Le Chateau irrigation system fed by Le Chateau's welt.
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JANUARY 12, 2004
Estimated Cost
Two proposals have been received (attached):
Second Hand Rose Nursery Landscaping
Second Hand Rose Nursery Irrigation (subbed to American Well)
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Total $3,965
TNT Landscape and Lawn Maintenance -- Landscaping and Irrigation $3,170
We prefer TNT not only because of the lower price but also because TNT is our
maintenance contractor and currently maintains the recently completed 7th Street
Beach Access.
Maintenance
Le Chateau Condominium Association proposes to absorb the cost of keeping the
Ligustrum trimmed, assigning this task to its Landscape and Maintenance vendor
because the increase to the service contract with the vendor will be minimal. This
proposal assumes that per Item #11 in the Beautification Program specifications, the
City will match 50% of the additional fee up to $300 per year.
Submitted for your approval.
8th Street Beach Access Beautification Committee
John Wasloski, Chair
Phil Corp, Vice Chair
Bob Hines, Treasurer
AI Vedro, Secretary
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AGENDA ITEM #8B
JANUARY 12, 2004
TNT Landscape & Lawn Maintenance, Inc.
1603 Seabreeze Avenue
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
NAME/ADDRESS
Le Chateau Condominium Assoc.
c/o Lifestyles Realtors
Property Management Services
P.O. Box 50218
Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32240
Estimate~~ontract
DATE ESTIMATE NO.
10/13/2003 76
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION QTY Total
Landscape Improvements along the Beach Access on the north end of the property.
Install :Two zone irrigation system. (Metaphin soaker hose) 1,275.00
110 - 3 gallon Ligustrum 1,650.00
7 - 7 gallon Green Pittosporum 245.00
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