Exh 9AGENDA ITEM #9
NOVEMBER 12, 2001
November 6, 2001
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim Han
Ci yt Manager
SUBJECT: City Mana er's Report
Jordan Park Ribbon Cuttin¢; The Community Center at Jordan Pazk has now been
completed and a ribbon cutting has been scheduled for Saturday morning, November 17s'
at 9:00 am. Elected officials, members of the. press and the public are all invited to
attend:
Quarterly Strategic Plan Report; The second Quarterly Report for the 01-02 strategic
plan yeaz has been distributed to the Commission last week. Two items need additional
comment. The first is street lighting under master planning. While this was not filled in
on the Master Plan Report, several actions have been taken in recent months. The Police
Department has surveyed street lighting conditions in the Marsh Oaks azea and made
recommendations for the installation of several new lights. The JEA installed the new
lights where existing poles were available. For several ofthe new lights, no poles were
located in the immediate vicinity. JEA offered to install these at the City's expense, and
they have been authorized to complete the installation within She next month.
Generally the City has streetlights for the purpose of traffic and pedestrian safety on
public streets. These aze generally located at intersections and in a maximum of 300-foot
intervals in developed azeas. However, because of the many trees in Atlantic Beach,
additional lights aze sometimes approved. Lighting requests aze submitted to the Police
Department for consideration ofthe specific azea and other conditions.
Parks and Recreation Master Plan; Staff recommended to the Commission that the work
involved inputting together a Master Plan for Pazks and Recreation facilities could be
done "in house" rather than paying a consultant. This will be a job jointly shazed by our
Community Development and Recreation Directors and a report on the steps to be taken
to prepaze a plan will be presented at the November 11 ~' Commission Meeting.