Exh 3A.AGENDA ITEM #3A
JiTLY 22, 2002
July 15, 2002
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members ofthe C
FROM: Jim
SUBJECT: Follow-up
Workshop on Si¢n Ordinance; Monday night, August Sa' at 5:00 p.m. has been set as the
workshop to consider the proposed changes to the City's sign regulations. The meeting will be
held in the Commission Chambers and a light supper will be served.
Welcome Sign on Atlantic Boulevard; The Welcome to Atlantic Beach sign was removed from
Atlantic Boulevazd when the Flyover construction was started. The sign has been stored until the
project was complete. Lack of visibility limits possible locations for the welcome sign on the
north side of the Atlantic Boulevard, but a location at the end of the pazking lot at Tideviews
Park (old Begonia Street) has been chosen as the best. The sign will be placed there in the neaz
future.
Citv Property behind the Pic-N-Save Lot; When a developer recently requested several
approvals from the City Commission dealing with the reuse of the old Pic-N-Save building on
Atlantic Boulevard, he also asked if the City would sell a peace of properly adjacent to the
parking lot and fronting on Cavella Road. The Commission approved his request and asked that
an appraisal be prepazed. The appraisal is now complete and lists the value of the property at
$14,400. It is staff's recommendation that the sale price for the parcel not only include the
appraised value but also our legal and related cost in selling the lot. The developer indicated that
he will not close on the Pic-N-Save lot for several months. Assuming that the City would not
want to sell the pazcel unless it were part of a redevelopment project that has been approved by
the City, it would be appropriate to give the developer an option to buy the property at the stated
price contingent upon the purchase of the adjoining Pic-N-Save lot.
Skate Road SoeedinQ Complaint; At the last Commission meeting, a citizen living on Skate
Road complained about the continued speeding on her street. Attached is a report from Dauid
Thompson entitled "Report on Speed Enforcement on Skate Road" outlining Police Department
plans for future enforcement activities.
Sneed Bumps on Roval Palms; Commission recently discussed the speed bumps that the City
had placed on Royal Palms just south of the Royal Palms/Plaza Drive intersection. A question
was raised about the replacement of the speed bumps with some that were less obnoxious.
Police and Public Works staff have worked together to study other options for speed bumps.
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Other designs have been found. However, a less expensive option that has been tried first is the
removal of several of the existing strips, which has now been completed. If this is not
acceptable, the remaining strips can be ground off and more elaborate speed bumps can be
installed. No cost estimate for new speed bumps has been obtained at this point.
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Report on Speed Enforcement on Skate Road
A review of the past history of speed enforcement on Skate Road has suggested that there
is a problem with speeding in the azea. In the past when this was identified as a problem,
the Police Department assigned special enforcement officers to focus their efforts on
Skate Road. The assignments were successful in writing traffic citations and reducing
speeds for a while, but when the crackdown on traffic was lifted, the motorists increased
their speeds.
The current plan is to crackdown on speeding and other traffic violations on Skate Road
with special assignments. As the Police Department beg-iris this process, the speeds will
be measured and documented. Special enforcement units will be assigned to Skate Road
during the highest visibility and highest speeding days and times. After repeating this for
several weeks, the speed will be measured again to evaluate the results.
If the speeds have been successftxlly reduced, then the special units will be assigned back
to Skate Road occasionally to reinforce the traffic enforcement and keep the speeds
down. The pattern of speeding is consistent with other police crackdown operations. It
will be necessary to periodically return to the location to maintain the effect on motorists.
In terms of resources, several new officers have recently been certified as radaz operators,
and they will be working with other traffic officers, dedicated to that location. The
Police Department will collect statistical information on these events to track progress.