Exh 3CAGENDA ITEM #3C
MAY 13, 2002
May 6, 2002
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM:. Jim Hans
City Manager
SUBJECT: Follow-U terns
Complaints about 11th Street Dune Walkover; A citizen complained at the last Commission
Meeting about the dune walkover recently buih at l lm Street. The complaints were that the
structure was too high, that construction was shoddy and that the piling splices were not
structurally sound. On height, the walkover meets City of Atlantic Beach requirements of being
within 25 inches of the sand with the exception of where it crosses over the dune. It would have
been impossible to build a ramp to comply with the 25 inch height limit without the ramp being
to steep. The other complaints were noted is the City's final inspection of the job. When these
complaints were made, the City had not yet made a final inspection. The nails not fiilly driven
into the wood were actually left over from the stringers used by the contractors to level the
construction and have been added to a punch list of items for the contractor to remove. Splicing
the pflings is an acceptable technique and approved by the City if it is done correctly. During the
fmal inspection, one of the splicings was found to be poorly constructed and the contractor was
instructed to rework that piling.. The work should have been completed by the contractor prior to
the date of the May 13th Commission meeting.
Fire on Seminole Road; Two follow-up points are appropriate after the discussion about the
response to the recent fire on Seminole Road. Both are in response to complaints by one person
at the scene that the response time of the Fire Department was considerably longer than shown
on the Atlantic Beach Dispatch Log. First, a question was raised about whether the City of
Jacksonville received other calls about the fire that were not routed through the Atlantic Beach
Dispatch Center and possibly were received prior to Atlantic Beach getting the first fire call.
City staff checked with Jacksonville and found that the only calls received about this fire were
routed through the Atlantic Beach 911 Center: Second, a citizen insisted that a call. had come
from his house to Atlantic Beach about this fire well before the time shown on the Atlantic
Beach Dispatch Log. The City recorder clearly shows that his wife's call was the fifth to report
the fire. She. called at 3:20 am The first call received was at 3:19 am.
AGENDA ITEM #3C
MAY 13, 2002
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Workshop for Budeetine the Better Jacksonville Half Cent Sales Taa Fund; At tbe last
Commission Meeting, Commissioners indicated they would like to have a special workshop to
discuss the use of money in the Better Jacksonville Half Cent Sales Tax Fund that was deferred
during the budget approval process last Fall pending the Core City bids being opened. Following
are three options for the workshop date. It would be helpful. if each of you coukl check your
schedules and be ready to let us know your availability at the Commission Meeting on May 13`x:
..Monday, May 20d' - 5:00 pm
Monday, June 3rd - 5:00 pm
Monday, July 1"- 5:00 pm