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01-21-21 Commission Priority Setting _ Visioning Workshop - Agenda City of Atlantic Beach Agenda Commission Priority Setting & Visioning Workshop Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 5:00 p.m. Commission Chamber City Hall, 800 Seminole Road Page(s) CALL TO ORDER 1. WELCOME (SHANE CORBIN, CITY MANAGER) 2. PUBLIC COMMENT Instructions for Public Commenting 3 3. REVIEW OF 2020 PRIORITIES AND THEIR STATUS. DID THE PROCESS WORK? 2020 Priorities 5 - 6 4. OVERVIEW OF NOMINAL GROUP PROCESS, SMART FRAMEWORK FOR GOAL SETTING AND URGENT/IMPORTANT MATRIX (LINDA LANIER, FACILITATOR) 5. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF RESPONSES FROM COMMISSIONERS ACCORDING TO SUBJECT AREAS. COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE FOR THEIR PERSONAL PRIORITIES IN EACH SUBJECT AREA. (LINDA LANIER AND GROUP) 5.A. Fiscal Sustainability 5.B. Infrastructure 5.C. Public Safety 5.D. Quality of Life 5.E. Environment 5.F. City Services 5.G. Effectiveness of Commission 5.H. Other 6. BREAK 7. DISCUSSION AND SECOND ROUND OF VOTING TO WORK THROUGH PRIORITIES IN EACH SUBJECT AREA AND GENERATE COLLECTIVE, AGREED UPON GOALS FOR 2021 (LINDA LANIER AND GROUP) Page 1 of 6 Commission Priority Setting & Visioning Workshop - 21 Jan 2021 8. NEXT STEPS (SHANE CORBIN) ADJOURNMENT This meeting will be live-streamed and videotaped. To access live or recorded videos, click on the Meeting Videos tab on the city's home page at www.coab.us. Any person wishing to speak to the City Commission on any matter at this meeting should submit a request to the City Clerk. For your convenience, forms for this purpose are available at the entrance to the Commission Chamber. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons with disabilities needing special accommodation to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office by 5:00 PM, the Friday prior to the meeting. Page 2 of 6 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE COMMISSION PRIORITY SETTING/VISIONING WORKSHOP BEING HELD ON JANUARY 21, 2021 AT 5:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL, COMMISSION CHAMBER, 800 SEMINOLE ROAD, ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA 32233 Due to the ongoing State of Emergency, the following two (2) options are available for providing public comments. Option 1: Attend and provide comments at the meeting. If you choose this option, please register to speak by completing a speaker form which is located on the table as you enter the Commission Chamber and submitting it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. The time allowed for public comments will be determined by the number of speakers and will be announced by the mayor. When it is your turn to speak, you will be called to the podium. CDC Guidance, including mask wearing and social distancing, relevant to preventing the spread of COVID- 19 will be strictly enforced. Option 2: Provide written comments/materials - either by email, hand delivery, or drop box. This option allows the public to submit written comments (1) to be read during the meeting or (2) to be entered into record without being read during the meeting. For this option, the following are required. 1. Title your comments: “Written Comments for Commission Priority Setting/Visioning Workshop, January 21, 2021” 2. Provide your name (required), address and email address, and 3. If you desire for your written comments to be read into the record during the meeting, please indicate so and limit the size to 300 words. Only written comments of 300 or fewer words will be read into the record during the workshop. All other written comments received by the deadline below will be entered into the meeting record and distributed to the City Commission and the appropriate staff before the start of the workshop. 4. Submit your comments to the City Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 using one of the following methods: by emailing to cityclerk@coab.us, by hand delivering to City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach during business hours, OR by placing in the Drop Box located at the entrance to City Hall, 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach. For assistance, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, (904) 247-5809 or (904) 247-5821, cityclerk@coab.us Agenda Item # 21 Jan 2021 Page 3 of 6 Page 4 of 6 ATLANTIC BEACH CITY COMMISSION PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED JANUARY 8, 2020 ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP An initiative validating COAB’s commitment to being a sustainable, resilient community via:  Improving the LEED silver-certified community performance score across the five categories -- energy, water, waste, transportation, and human experience.  Advocating a no-net-loss of the tree canopy by planting trees and updating the tree-protection code  Promoting plastic-reduction measures  Promoting the four Rs (refuse, reuse, reuse, recycle)  Maintaining the Tree City USA designation by meeting certain criteria, including celebrating Arbor Day event, spending at least $2 per-capita on urban forestry MULTIMODAL MOBILITY & SAFETY An initiative to provide safe, convenient and efficient automobile, bicycle and pedestrian travelways citywide via:  Developing a complete streets policy  Establishing/developing a system of sidewalks/multi-use paths  Improving pedestrian/bicycle crossings  Initiating a public relations campaign to promote roadway safety  Parking and traffic calming measures MAYPORT ROAD An initiative to improve safety, business and cultural opportunities, quality of life, and neighborhood identity via:  Strengthening the city’s position on securing future state complete stree ts/road diet/safety- enhancement funding  Updating the Comprehensive Plan to incentivize redevelopment  Growing the public art grant program  Growing the façade-improvement/landscaping grant program  Mural painting at the Atlantic Boulevard interchange CAPITAL PLANNING & BUDGETING A financial and infrastructure planning initiative to prepare future needs via:  Adopting a reserve fund policy  Establishing a property acquisition and development fund to aggregate capital for land conservation/green space and other real estate purchases  Updating the 10-year capital improvement plan  Developing a sea level rise adaptation plan  Implementing the stormwater and parks-to-marsh master plans Agenda Item # 21 Jan 2021 Page 5 of 6 QUALITY OF LIFE An initiative encompassing people, parks, beach accesses and neighborhoods to improve quality of life indicators via:  Beautifying parks, beach accesses and rights of-way  Reducing sign pollution  Promoting art and history  Improving recreation/wellness programming for youth and senior citizens  Promoting recreation and cultural opportunities at Beaches Veterans Memorial Park and other parks west of Mayport Road PARTNER DEVELOPMENT An initiative with specific focus on improving governance and fiscal opportunities via:  Developing a legislative action plan  Forging viable intergovernmental and interagency partnerships, including but not limited to the following: U.S. Congressional representatives; Florida Legislature representatives: the City’s Jacksonville City Council representative; Florida Department of Transportation; St. Johns River Water Management District; Jacksonville Transportation Authority; North Florida Transportation Planning Organization; and Jacksonville Electric Authority  Forging viable private partnerships with human services, sustainability and nonprofit sectors that support the City’s priorities  Public engagement with citizens of all ages, including youth Agenda Item # 21 Jan 2021 Page 6 of 6