Exh 3AAGENDA ITEM #3A
FEBRUARY 26, 2001
Febnzary 20,2001
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the C;
FROM:
City Manager
SUBJECT: Follow-up
The following aze responses to questions and requests for additional information that were made
in recent City Commission meetings.
Antenna Height; A question was raised at the last City Commission meeting about the City's
ability to regulate the height of antennas in residential azeas, particulazly some that have been
placed in trees reaching heights of sixty to seventy feet. After reseazch, the staff has determined
that the Federal Communications Act prohibits local ordinance provisions that inhibit in any way
the ability of a person to receive broadcast communication signals. The sixty to seventy foot
antennas that were questioned in the last meeting are probably referred to the small, diamond
shape BellSouth "wireless cable" receivers that have been deployed locally. This technology
requires a line of sight broadcast from Be1lSouth's ground based antennas which must often be
higher than any surrounding obstructions. Many other types of antennas receive the broadcast
orbiting satellites, and can be mounted much lower.
Tideviews Preserve Final Boundaries: A request was made at the last Commission meeting
when the property exchange with the JTA for the pond adjacent to Tideviews was approved.
Attached for your information is a drawing showing the 7TA pond, the older City of Atlantic
Beach pond that drains the Marsh Oaks azea, and the new boundary of the Tideviews Preserve.
The map presented at the last meeting did not show all of the property that the Tree Board had
requested to be added to the Tideviews Preserve. This map now reflects their request and it may
be appropriate for the Commission to approve the amended boundary.
Resolution Concerning Seatbelts: The City Commission requested that a City resolution be
drafted that would encourage the Florida Legislature to make driving without seatbelts on a
primary offense. Some information has been requested by the Florida Police Chief's Association
to aid in the drafting of this document, which has not been received as of the deadline for agenda
submissions. Consequently, the resolution will not be available for the Commission to consider
until the first meeting in March.
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