Minutes - 09-10-01MINIJTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION IiELD IN CITY BALL, 800 SEMINOLE ROAD AT
7:15 P.M. ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
PRESENT John Meserve, Mayor
Richard Beaver, Mayor Pro Tem
Mike Bomo
Theo Mitchelson
Dezmond Waters, Commissioners
AND James Hanson, City Manager
Alan C Jensen, Crty Attorney
Maureen King, City Clerk
The meeting was called to order at 7 15 p m by Mayor Meserve The
Invocation, given by Mayor Meserve, was followed by the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag
1. Approval of the minutes of the regular Commission meeting of
August 27, 2001
Commissioner Borno pointed out a scnvener's error m the motion on Page
6, Item 8C indicating that the first tine of the motron was omitted
Motion: Approve the minutes of the August 27, 2001
Commissiou Meeting as amended.
The motion tamed unanimously
2. Courtesy of Floor to Visitors:
J.P Marchioh of 414 Sherry Drive felt that the Camp, Dresser and
McKee Water Master Plan presented at the previous meeting needed to be
updated since the replacement of water fines on Sherry Dnve, as
recommended in the plan, was nearly completed He also felt that no
additional trash pick up was needed and the Monday schedule should
remain unchanged
Alan Potter of 374 Second Street spoke in opposition to the transfer of
water/sewer funds to the general fund He felt the Commissioners
should rescind last year's 8% water/sewer rate increase, should not
implement this yeaz's 8% rate increase and should increase the tax rate to
stop the transfer of these funds
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Sara Storm of 1373 Beach Avenue felt the city should notify residents
pnor to approval, of any permit pulled or request made w}uch may
impact their neighborhood She suggested that a sign be placed on the
property subject to the permit or that a letter be sent to citizens affected
by the proposed change
Ms Storm cited a recent incident concerning use of the Fourteenth Street
beach access as an entryway for heavy equipment to a construction site,
which she believed was approved by the Planning and Zoning
Commission She indicated that this beach access was one of the first
landscaped in the city and the proposed use would have destroyed the
landscaping, imgation and closed the access for a lengthy penod of time,
negatively impacting her neighborhood She felt the residents of the
neighborhood should have been notified
City Manager Hanson indicated that the Building Official had made him
aware of the situation, and at that time, the city had not given the property
owner permission to use the beach access He Further indicated that the
property owner had withdrawn the request
Mayor Meseive stated that it would be impossible to notify residents
every time a permit was applied for, and suggested that concerned
citizens contact the City Manager's office
Gregory Carr of 574 Nautical Boulevard North inquired concerning
any zoning changes relative to the parking of boats m front yards and
mgmred if the current regulations were being enforced
City Manager Hanson responded that the proposed change was to fifteen
feet behind the property setback line
Discussion ensued and it was pointed out that there would be future
workshops and an advertised public heanng before final adoption of the
ordinance Mr Carr was informed that the current regulations were
being enforced
Pat Pillmore of 995 CameLa Street expressed concern that flooding
might occur m Marsh Oaks since the recent razns had caused the retention
ponds to overflow dunng high tide Ms Pillmore also opposed the
transfer of water/sewer funds to the general fund
3. Unfinished Business from Previous Meeting
There was no unfinished business from the previous meeting
4. Consent Agenda:
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A. Acknowledge receipt of monthly reports from City
Departments: New Occupational Licenses, Public Safety
Public Works, Recreation Deprtment and Sherry Drive
status report (City 1Vlanager)
Motion: Approve Consent Agenda Item A as
presented
There was no discussion and the motion carved unanimously
5. Committee Reports.
There were no Committee Reports
6. Action on Resolutions:
A. Resolution No. 01-17
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF
MAE JONES ON THE CITY'S TREE CONSERVATION
BOARD (Commissioner Beaver)
Commissioner Beaver read Resolution No 01-17 recognizing Mae
Jones' yeazs of service on the Tree Conservation Board m its entirety
Commissioner Beaver thanked Mrs Jones for grvmg generously of
her time, talents and energy to promote tree protection and ensure the
quality of hfe m Atlantic Beach
Mrs Jones stated that rt was a pnvilege to have served on the Tree
Conservation Board and thanked the other Board Members and staff
for their assistance and cooperation through the years
7. Action on Ordinances:
A. Ordinance No. 20-01-53: Introduction and First Reading
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OPERATING
BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING
OCTOBER 1, 2000 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001
Motion: Adopt Ordinance No. 20-01-53 on first reading.
Mayor Meserve read the ordinance by title only and indicated that the
final reading and public heanng would be September 24, 2001
There was no discussion and the motion carved unanimously
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8. Miscellaneous Business:
A. Approve a one year extension to the contract with Gruhn
May, Inc. for annual point repairs at the current prices, as
submitted under Bid No. 9900-24 (City Manager)
Motion: Approve a one year extension to the contract
with Gruhn May, Inc. for annual point repairs at the
current prices, as submitted under Bid No 9900-24.
There was no discussion and the motion earned unammously
B Acknowledge receipt of the Annual Storm Water Report,
authorize the City Manager to sign the receipt statement,
and approve submittal to the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (City Manager)
Motion: Acknowledge receipt of the Annual Storm Water
Report, authorize the City Manager to sign the receipt
statement, and approve submittal to the Florida
Department of Environmental Protectiou
There was no discussion and the motion Gamed unammously
C. Cancel the contract with Metropolitan Systems, Inc. and
the Jacksonville Jaycees, Inc ,for failure to comply with
the contract (City Manager)
Motion: Cancel the contract with Metropolitan Systems,
Inc. and the Jacksonville Jaycees, Inc., for failure to
comply with the contract.
City Manager Hanson explained the request as wntten m his Staff
Report dated September 4, 2001, which is attached and made part of
this official record as Attachment A.
It was also reported that the city would contact the Jacksonville
Transportation Authonty (JTA) to be placed on a wazting list to
obtain glass enclosures for bus stop locations, and other benches will
be replaced by the city at a cost of approximately $5,000 from state
recycling grant money
Commissioner Beaver expressed concern that someone may have
entered into a contract with Metropolitan Systems, Inc to repaint the
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slgns on the benches and the city might bear some hablhty If newly
painted benches were removed
There was no further dlscussion and the motion tamed unammously
D. Authorize the Mayor to sign a contract for grant funds not
to exceed $10,000 from the St. Johns River Water
Management Distrlct (City Manager)
Motlon: Authorize the Mayor to s-gn a contract for grant
funds not to exceed $10,000 from the St. Johns River
Water Management District
Commissloner Waters inquired If a lazger amount of grant money
would be available from the St Johns Rlver Water Management
Dlstnct (S7RWMD) to develop a reuse program in the city
Clty Manager Hanson explained that qty's cost for the Camp,
Dresser and McKee Reuse Feaslblhty Study was $7,585 and the
$10,000 available from the SJRWMD was m matching funds If the
city chose not to proceed to the next phase m the design process and
approve an Engmeenng Report , the city would be reimbursed 50%
of the cost of the study or $3,792 50
Discussion ensued concemmg the cost for the Engmeenng Report
Utility Director Kaluzmak indicated that the Engmeenng Report
would cost approximately $30,000 It was pointed out that If the city
proceeded with the engmeenng report, the maximum amount of
reimbursement would still be $10,000
Commissioner Beaver confirmed that the city was not committing to
the Engmeenng Report
There being no further discussion, the motion canied unanimously
E. Board Appointments:
1. Tree Conservation Board (2)
2. Community Development Board (I) to till an
unexpired term
3. Code Enforcement Board (3)
Mayor Meserve mdlcated that he wished to appoint Maureen
Shaughnessy and Cazol Rockwood to the Tree Conservation Boazd
Motion: Appoint Maureen Shaughnessy and Carol
Rockwood to the Tree Conservation Board.
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There was no discussion and the motion carved unanimously
Mayor Meserve stated that he wished to appoint Steven Jenkins to the
Community Development Board
Motion: Appoint Steven Jenkins to the unexpired term on
the Community Development Board with the term
expiring December 31, 2001.
There was no discussion and the motion carved unanimously
Mayor Meserve stated that there had been some dlscusslon
concerning disbanding the Recreation Advisory Board and appointing
ad hoc committee members for specific projects No appointments to
the Recreation Advisory Board were made at this time
Mayor Meserve stated that he wished to reappoint Richard Mann and
Cazl Russell to three year terms on the Code Enforcement Board
Mayor Meserve reported that Taml Dertchman did not wish to be
reappointed to the Boazd A bnef discussion ensued concerning a
prospective appointment and it was the detennmed that the
appointment would be made pending zeceipt of a resume
Motion. Reappoint Richard Mann and Carl Russell to
three year terms on the Code Enforcement Board.
There was no further discussion and the motion tamed unanimously
9. City Manager Reports:
CIty Manager Hanson
Commented on nationwide police department response times
and reported that the Atlantic Beach Police Department
compared favorably with the national times
Announced that all Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach city
officials had been invited to attend a Boselh Foundation open
house on September 18`h from 3-5.00 pm at 500 Sawgrass
Center -Suite 6 He indicated that he would venfy the date
with each Commissioner since he had~ust noticed the
announcement contained conflicting information
Commissioner Beaver
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• Reported that the clty had received another check for $5,000
for the Adele Grage Cultural Center renovations
Commiss-oner Mitchelson
• Reminded the Commissloners that he would be attending the
annual Flonda Shore and Beach Preservation Assoclation
conference next week
Mayor Meserve
• Announced that a feaslbilrty study was being conducted
concerning the bulldmg of a surfing berm offshore from
Atlantlc Beach and Hanna Park
There being no further dlscusslon or buslness to come before the
Commisslon, the Mayor declared the meeting ad~oumed at 8 10 p m
Attest
Maureen King
Certlfied Municipal Clerk
John Meserve
Mayor/Presldmg Officer
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