Exh 3A.~.GENDA ITEM 3A
JUNE 23, 2003
June 17~ 2003
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members ofthe City Commission
FROM: Jim Hanso
City anager
SUBJECT: Follow-up R. ort
Traffic Study on 10`" Street; When the City Commission received a petition from residents of 10`n
Street requesting that speed bumps be installed, the Police Department was asked to investigate the
conditions and make a recommendation. A speed counter was placed on 10`n Street. The results
showed that there were no incidences of speeding at that location, and the results were reported to
the City Commission. The Commission then decided not to install speed bumps.
Some of the residents of 10`n Street that circulated the petition came to the last City Commission
meeting expressing their disbelief that there were no incidences of speeding. While there was no
evidence that the measuring equipment had malfunctioned in any way on 10`h Street, the Police
Department had already attempted to recheck the findings with another study using the same
equipment. However, the speed detector was vandalized. The equipment was repaired and placed
out on loin Street again, only to be vandalized a second time. The City will repair the equipment
and set it up one last time on 10`n Street to recheck the findings of the previous report. As soon as
data is available, it will be reported to the City Commission.
Resolution to Express Concern to the Jacksonville Council About the Proposed Rezoning and
Redevelopment on Mayport Road; At the last meeting, the City Commission requested that a
resolution be prepazed to express the City's concern with a proposed rezoning and change to the
land use designation that would allow for the construction of a Wal-Mart on Mayport ]toad. Since
that meeting, the Jacksonville Council voted against supporting the proposed land use amendment,
which effectively ended the project.
The issues raised by the proposed Wal-Mart will undoubtedly come up again as other large
redevelopment projects aze proposed for this and other sites along Mayport Road within
Jacksonville's city limits. State and local laws and regulations give adjacent cities several
opportunities to have input: on major development in matters that affect them. Sonya Doerr will
make a brief presentation at the City Commission meeting on June 23`~ outlining those;
opportunities.